Wednesday, April 24, 1929 THE P.O I N T E R Page Three ™letic THE LOCAL TRACK lEl TAKES FIRST PLACE AT MEET HERE SATORDAY High Pointers Score 45 1-3 Points Against Three Strong Rivals; Alexandria - Wilson, Second. one run short of tying the score. High Point AB R H Hill, c 4 Culler, 3b 2 Kearns, lb 5 Johnson, If 4 Stone, cf 4 The High Point high school girls’ track team defeated the teams representing Winston-Salem, Old- town and Alexandria-Wllson last Saturday morning on the local athletic field. The High Pointers scored a total of 45 1-3 points, while Alexandria-Wllson came sec ond with 40 1-3. Old town, with 12 points, was third. Winston- Salem trailed with 10 1-3 points. Hedrick was the outstanding star for the locals. She won first place in both the 50 and 75 yard dash. She was also in the relay. Scoggins took first place in the running broad jump and second place in the standing broad jump. Parks placed in 3 events and Ingram in 2. Summary by events; 30 yard dash: Bulla, High Point; Phillips, Elexandria-Wilson; Mc Kee, High Point. Time, 4.4. 50 yard dash; Hedrick, High Point; Keck, Alexandria-Wilson; Ingram and Parks, High Point, tied for third. Time, 7.6.^ 75 yard dash: Hedrick, High Point; Martin, Oldtown; Ingram, High Point. Time, 9.4. Basket ball throw; Beeson, Old- town; Austin, Winston; Ouacken- bush, Alexandria-Wllson. Baseball throw: McDaniel, Alex- andria-Wilson; Beeson, Oldtown; Lotts, High Point. Distance, 122.4. Running broad jump: Scoggins, High Point; Overman, Alexandrla- Wilson; Ouackenbush, Alexandria- Wllson. Distance, 14 ft. Hurdles; Ouackenbush, Alexan dria-Wilson; Parks, High Point; Livengood, Winston; Time, 10.7. Standing broad ;ump: Halden, Winston; Scoggins, High Point; Parks, High Point. Distance, 7 ft. 6 in. Basket ball target: Surratt, High Point; Phillips, Oldtown; Payne, Alexandria-Wllson. Standing high jump: Isley, Alex andria-Wllson; D. Forward and L. Forward, tied for second. Dis tance, 3.8. _ Running high jump: Ouacken bush, Alexandria-Wilson; Askew, High Point; P. Ouackenbush, Alex andria-Wilson, and Austin, Win ston, tied for second. Relay: High Point, Hedrick, Ingram, Bulla, Marshall; Alexan- dria-Wilson, Oldtown. Team score; High Point 45 1-3. Alexandria-Wllson 40 1-3. Old town 12. Winston-Salem 10 1-3. TRACK TEilNSSTH PLACE AT CHAPEL HILL Gurley Wins Two Second Places In Javelin and Discus Throw. mington; Goodwin, Greensboro; Laney, Charlotte; Woodside, Char lotte. Time, 10 1-5 seconds. 220-yard dash: Hancock, Wil mington; Goodwin, Greensboro; Woodside, Charlotte; Nicholson, Greensboro. Time, 22 3-5 seconds. Ties state record. 440-yard dash: Meacham, Char lotte; Evans, Charlotte; Lynch, Wilmington; Robinson, Wilming ton. Time, 53 4-5 seconds. 880-yard run: Rankin, Wilming ton; Robinson, Wilmington; Lam bert, Charlotte; Waddell, Char lotte. Time, 2 minutes, 6 3-5 seconds. One mile run: Jones, Asheville; Bennett, Wilmington; Hubbard, High Point; Williamson, High Point. Time, 4 minutes, 5 3-5 seconds. 120-yard low hurdles: E. Smith, Wilmington; Nicholson, Greens boro; Moffitt, High Point; F. Smith, Wilmington. Time, 15 1-5 seconds. 12-pound shot put: Williams, Oxford; Mullls, Charlotte; Wash ington, Asheville; Lashe, Char lotte. Distance, 47 feet, 10j4 in ches. High jump; Sikes, Edward Best and Johnson, Greensboro, tied for first; Rankin, Wilmington, and Wood, Charlotte, tied for third. Height; 5 feet, 8>2 inches. Broad jump: Woodside, Char lotte; Laney, Charlotte; Ruff, Wil mington; Nicholson, Greensboro. Distance: 20 feet, 10>^ inches. Pole vault: Sikes, Edward Best; James, Hickory; Goodwin, Greens boro, and Earp, Edward Best; in triple tie for second. Height: 10 feet, 9 inches. Discus throw: Mullls, Charlotte; Gurley, High Point; James, Hick ory; Martin, Asheville. Distance, 122 feet, lOJ^ inches. Javelin throw: Martin, Ashe ville; Gurley, High Point; Bow man, Hickory; James, Hickory Distance, 170 feet, 7j4 inches State record. One mile relay: Wilmington Lynch, Donnell, Bennett, Han cock, Asheville, Winston-Salem anc High Point. Time: 3 minutes, 41 3-5 seconds Team score: Charlotte 34>^; Wil mington 33 Greensboro 17 Asheville 13; High Point 11; Ed ward Best 11; Hickory 7; Oxford 5 First places: Wilmington 4 Charlotte 3; Asheville 2; Edwarc Best 1; Oxford 1; Greensboro and Edward Best tied for 1. O Connor, ss- „ Brogden, 2b. Bryant, p Allred, rf Ridge, rf Totals 34 Winston-Salem AB N. Smith, 2b 5 Sprinkler, rf 5 West, ss 5 Cook, cf 3 Short, If 4 Clodfelter, 3b 2 Weaver, lb 3 Carter, c 3 utchens, p 0 Holt, p 2 Totals 33 11 8 3 Summary: Two-base hits. West, Kearns, Short, Carter. Three-base ilts, Connor. Stolen bases. Hill, Brogden 2, Bryant, N. Smith, Cook, Clodfelter. Sacrifice, Stone. Umpires, Plaster, Watson. O Bisons Collect Fifteen Hits But Unable to Bunch Them For Runs. Coach Spencer’s track team won fifth place at the state champion ship meet at Chapel Hill Friday with a total score of eleven points. High Point scored in four of the events but took no first places. Hubbard and Williamson placed in the milcj Mioffitt in the hurdles and Gurley in the Discus throw and javelin throw. Charlotte won their sixth state championship in the last seven years by the total score of 34 points. Wilmington took second place with 33 points just one point behind Charlotte. Greensboro won third place with 17 points and Asheville took fourth with 13 points. Summary by events: 100-yard dash: Hancock (Wil- BLACK BISONS DEFEAT KION-SIEIIl, 12-11 Bryant Pitches Pretty Game And Allows Only Eight Hits. The Black Bisons won their first important victory Wednesday afternoon by defeating Winston Salem by the score of 12 to 11 High Point was recently defeated by Winston-Salem by about the same score as they won this game Winston got only eight hits but aided by nine errors by the Point ers were able to score eleven runs Bryant pitched nearly the whole game being replaced in the nintn just before the last out. Hill anc Stone led the Pointers at bat wit two hits out of four times up, whi Carter starred in hitting for Win ston with two hits out of three trips to the plater. High Point started the scoring early by getting two runs in the first Inning and came back in the third to score six. The Pointers added four more runs in the next four innings to run their total up to twelve. Winson made a run in the first and scored three runs in the third. They scored five more tallys in the next three innings and started a rally in the last inning. They were only able to score two runs however, and their rally fell 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 12 R 1 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 11 H 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 seventh, but defeat seemed sure with two outs and one run short. Farlowe scored the run on Fox- worth’s hit that saved the game for the locals. The entire local team played a good game and the outlook for a very successful season is good. Wood c Tlllotson Sprye p Knott Foxworth lb Ackerman Rutledge 2b Cllnard Fritz 3b Nattlng Waznlck rs Pinkston Farlowe Is King Waynick (E.) _^_cf _Maynard Surratt rf Raper Darby If Lambeth Substitutes: Sawers for Waynick, Spinks for Chnard, Caulk for Natting. Scoring runs: Fritz 2, Farlowe 2, Wood, Foxworth 2, Surratt, Tll lotson 2, Knott, Natting 2, Pink ston. F TERS BY I H. P. PHYSICAL DIRECTOR * FLAG CONTEST * * UNDECIDED * * The judges of the flag con- * * test were still undecided about * * the results when The Pointei^ * * copy was sent in. Although * * several of those who were to * * announce the winners had * * finished their work, there was * * some discussion as to who * * would be chosen to compete * * in the school elimination. The * * three boys and the three girls * * will be announced next week, * if not before. * STATE INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS MAKES TALK The Black Bisons were defeated in an exciting game with Spencer Friday afternoon by the score of 11 to 10. The Pointers outhlt Spencer by fifteen to eleven, but were unable to make their hits count. Johnson starred with the willow for High Point getting four fits out of five times up, one going for extra bases. The Holt boys stood out for Spencer with three lits each. Brogden and Culler pitched for High Point and allowed only eleven hits. The Pointers getting away to a fast start piled up a nice lead in the first four innings by scoring eight runs. High Point scored two more runs in the eighth but were held scoreless in the last inning. Spencer did not get such a good start but scored four runs in their part of the eighth to nose out the Pointers by one run. High Point AB Hill, c 4 Culler, 3b 4 Kearns, lb 4 Johnson. If 5 Stone, cf 5 Connor, ss 5 Brogden, 2b 4 Allred, rf 5 Bryant, ss, lb 2 R 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 H 1 1 2 4 1 3 0 2 1 (Continued from Page 1) physical director was an active participator in the athletic life of the school. He made the gym team all four years, and was captain of it in his senior year. He was a gym assistant in his junior and senior years, and was member of the Y. M. C. A. cabinet. During the summers of 1925-28, he attended the summer school ses sions at Columbia University, and was director of physical education at Camp Sapphire, Brevard, N. C., in 1921, 22 and 24. In 1923, he traveled in Pennsylvania, Mary land, Virginia, and in New York as a salesman. Immediately before coming to High Point, Mr. Spencer taught in Reidsville where he coached base ball, basket ball, football, and girls’ brsket ball. He was a member of the faculty there for three years. POSSIBLE CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT APPEAR BEFORE STUDENT BODY (Continued from Page 1) the Students’ Point of View,’^ Ernest Bailey on “The Students’ Store,” J. D. Koonce on “Improve ments Under Way on the Building and Grounds,” Mildred Von Drehle on “The Physical Educa tion Department,” Nell McMullan on “The Athletic Equipment, Rose Askew on “Other Athletic Equipment,” Genevieve Sheetz on “Laboratory Fees,” Adelaide Crowell on “The Cafeteria, and Louise Kearns on “Facts About Students Who Take Part in Out side Activities and Those Who Do Not.” o (Continued from Page 1) results. By the use of a few figures, the students were shown the possi bilities of as short a time as thirty minutes a day if used correctly. “The conditions upon which scholarship may be attained are to have a desire for learning, to ex pend the necessary time, and to read both widely anti rapidly. For the last, if you cannot read the average novel in three or four hours you are wasting your time. Learn to read rapidly,” advised the speaker. He added that the en cyclopedic notion had been aban doned, for since the tremendous progress in civilization, complete knowledge is no longer possible. “You are young and strong,” he concluded, “use your strength in the betterment of mankind.’ Exchange Notes ‘OH, KAYl CAST AT WORK ON SENIOR PLAY, MAY 10 38 10 15 2 Spencer AB R H E Banning, ss 3 2 1 0 Swiceford, 3b 4 2 1 0 F. Holt, lb 5 13 1 Robinson, c 3 1 1 0 Small, rf 4 1 1 0 T. Holt, 2b 5 13 1 Miller, cf 5 2 1 0 Brown, If 3 1 0 0 Parker, p 3 0 0 0 35 11 11 2 LOCAL BASEBALL lEAM IS yilLISTON-SALEM Visitors Take Lead In Seventh But Farlowe Gets One Run to End the Game a Tie. The High Point high school girls’ baseball team tied the strong team from Winston-Salem on the local field last Saturday afternoon. This was the first game played by High Pointers this season and they exhibited an especially good brand of baseball playing. The locals started the game off with a rush and scored 5 runs first inning to Winston’s 2. During the first half of the game the locals scored 7 runs to keep a lead over the visitors until the last period, when Winston scored their eighth run. The Pointers came back strong in the last half of the (Continued from Page 1) George Whitman and Evelyn Whitman, Edith and Art’s mother and father. Ralto Farlowe will appear as the father and Mrs. Whitman will be portrayed by Mary Elizabeth Harllee. The other characters m “Oh, Kay are; The Black Terror, Alice Bordon, Jim Hayes and Fred Alden. David Parsons will be the Black Terror and the other parts will be an nounced later. There are three acys to “Oh, Kay,” and the action is said to be unusually fast, and will keep the audience “on tiptoes.” Tickets will be on sale by the seniors. The pro ceeds from the play will be used as the senior class gift fund. Last year the seniors presented “Bab,” which was declared an unusual success, and many who saw it are anxiously awaiting this year’s play to be given. o EXTRA PROJECTS WORK OF HISTORY STUDENTS IN THIS SCHOOL The Scout, Muskogee, Oklahoma —The Scout is a very good paper. The make-up of the sport page is especially interesting. We hope you will send us more copies of The Scout. The Red and White, Henderson ville, N. C.—The Hendersonville high school will follow up tradition and have a May Day Festival on May the first. Mount Airy High Spots, Mount Airy, N. C.—The April Fool issue was certainly rich. The Guide Post, Hillside, New Jersey—The Guide Post is improv ing. It won third place at the Co lumbia Scholastic Press Association last year, and was awarded second place this year. Congratulations, keep it up! The Connecting Link, Kinston N. C.—The Connecting Link is a small but well prepared paper. Where are your editorials? The Zanesvillian, Zanesville, O. -The editorials on “Forts and Strongholds” in a back number, is forceful and well written. We like your “Have You Read” column. The Northerner, Fort Wayne, Ind.—The seniors of North Side high school will wear cap and gown at their commencement. Central High News, Minne apolis, Minn. -Your Open House supplement is very good. The pro gram is interesting, and the sup- plent to your “News” is good ad vertisement and Information. The Broadcaster, Holland, Va.— The Broadcaster is a small, but neat paper. Do you think the joke page should come before the edi torials? -o (Continued from Page 1) in this country, the tariff, and the civil service department. In Civil Government last week they all studied about the state governors. This study includes the powers, salary, and election of the chief state executives. The subscriptions to the Literary Digest have ex pired, so now they are using the several current topics magazines in the library for reference work. This work takes up the affairs of state, nation and foreign countries. Fine Diamonds Longines Watches Towle Sterling Unusual Gifts Stanley's High Point’s Greatest Jewelry Store 108 North Main St. k A ^ A A A. , L A A A A