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THE HILLTOP, MARS HILL COLLEGE, MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA Page Three BASKETBALL PERSONALS By John Foster West Another game has been added to the Lions' schedule. They ire to meet Tennessee Wesleyan here March 1. Introducing our basktball squad: First we will take Hambright, a six foot forward from Grover, Jorth Carolina. This is his first year in the cage racket for *lars Hill college and he is becoming known already. Ham- Jright attended Grover High School and played two years of ligh school basketball under Coach C. H. May. Next in line is Maynard Haithcock, the pinch pass grabber mown to you from football season. Maynard also ploys for ward and towers six feet three into the stratosphere. When rfaithcock is at home he is in Macon, North Carolina. This is lis first year of service with the Mars Hill Lions and he shows promise of becoming high scorer this season. He played high school basketball four years under Coach Tilly while attend- ng Macon High School. Bill McMurray is the moon fixer of the squad, being six eet five inches in length. He plays center and is a veteran k4ars Hill eager. Bill is from Swonnanoa, North Carolina. He cloyed basketball two years in high school there under Coach Dowyer and one year for Biltmore College under Coach jwicegood. "Sot" Trentham flashes into the game at forward position. >ot is six feet two and one-half inches tall, but he has plenty 3f muscles. Trentham is from Mars Hill and attended Mars Hill High School, where he played one year of excellent t>asketball under Coach Sparks. From under a pile of wrestling bodies zips Johnny Farrar, ;oo fast to be seen clearly. Farrar is five feet seven inches low, but that only adds to his ability of flashing around the legs of the giants towering above him. Johnny plays forward on the first team. The race for high score this year will be between him and Haithcock. In one of the conference games they have played so far, Farrar tied with Haithcock, in the other, Haith- -ock was ahead. Farrar hails from Gastonia, N. C. He played iiree years of basketball for Gastonia Hi under Coach Jim Morgan and Coach Bert Shore. Ickey Carr, the Lions' versatile fullback last fall, is only sixteen but he is an athlete, every inch of him. Carr is six feet and one-half inch tall, and large along with it. Add speed ■o this and you have an athlete. Carr plays guard but he can shoot goals as well as any forward. This is his first year at Mars Hill college. He is from Mars Hill and attended the local high school, where he has three years of basketball experince to his credit. He is also a product of Coach Sparks. Next we will examine Jack Spratt, that five feet eleven forward from the foothills. Spratt is playing his first time with fhe Hillions this season, but he does a commendable job on the hardwood. Jack is from a suburb of Marion, North Car olina, known as Nebo. He attended Glenwood High School ond chalked up three years of basketball experience there ,imder Coach "Fig" Newton. John McMurray will stand inspection next. He is a great basketball performer. John is six feet one and one-half inches from top to bottom, and plays forward. This is his second year on the Mars Hill floor also, and we like his style. McMurray is from Swannanoa. He attended Swonnanoa Hi and played basketball two years under Coach Sawyer. Brookshire came from a basketball playing school. Kings Creek Hi beyond Lenoir, N. C. He has brought quite a bit of ■ability along with him after four years of service for that school under Coach Livingston. Brookshire is five feet 10 inches. He plays an excellent game of guard position. Louis McKinney, a five foot ten and a half guard from Greenville, South Carolina, has attracted our attention in the few games that have been played already. McKinney doesn t tijy for a goal often, but he doesn't seem to miss when he does .try. He has run up several points so far. McKinney attended Parker High School, where he played two years of basketball , u^er Coach Rheames. .Bobby Edwards is a fiv9 foot Gl©v©n and a hali guard irom ' Mars Hill. We know him as the stellar halfback from football season and also as the fast basketball player he has proven \. himself to be. Edwards is one of the most versatile athletes on , :the campus. He attended Mars Hill Hi where he chalked up four years of basketball experience. He is another one of the roony good products turned out by Coach Sparks and later irnproved by our own Coach Dickerson. j i i . : Praytor hails from Fletcher, N. C., where he played basket- ■hall for two years under Coach Youngblood. This is his firsi 7®ctr on the hardwood at Mors Hill but he shows promise Oi .becoming on even better forward than he already is. Prayto. ;is six feet two inches tall and every inch a man. i Luby Royal is also an ex-gridder, a veteran guard on the ■ tootball team. Luby also plays guard on the basketball squad, '■ bis speed and weight stand him in good stead on the floor. •Ne is five feet ten inches tall, but he hasi a powerhouse build. , his is his second year of action with the Hillians. Royal is .born Smithfield, N. C. Cowboy" Blanton is a six foot one and a half inch youth |rom^ Asheville, N. C. He has played two years with the Lions, nolding an excellent card at center position. '• p, ^rink Johnson is a five foot eight one-half inch eager from weensboro, N. C. He is small but he is a great little player , d one of the best sports you ever knew. He attended Monti- o Hi at Greensboro, where he played basketball four years. '• lor from least, is Hollis. He is six feet tall, but he • ol Ihe most powerful men on the entire squad ' T1 speed along with it. This is his second year with the ^^ Uons. Hollis is from Copper Hill, Virginia, and attended ewortsville High School there. I Down The Sports Trail By Jerry Rogers Jan. 25— Greetings students, faculty, and everyone in general. How do you feel after that gruesome week of exams? It's funny how a person can be feeling just as young, cheerful, and gay, then go into an evil looking classroom and come out two hours later with a depressed spirit and with streaks of gray showing about the temples. Whew! Anyway exams are gone now for almost four months. Our basketball game of Saturday the 18th was post poned due to the danger of spreading influenza; however the Lions do have a game this Saturday the 25th. They wih ploy the Textile Institute in Sportenburg, South Carolina, where Textile Jr. College is lo cated. The students attend this school for two weeks, and then work for two weeks. Pretty nifty, huh! According to Coach Dick erson they have one of the best ball clubs on the present roster. They have not been beaten so for. Last year they spilt with the Lions, each team winning one game. We're going to beat them in both games this year. The next Tuesday, Jan. 28, we hove an encounter with Beacon Mills. Last year Mors Hill split with them also. This year they have a completely new team and may provide some real opposition. Beacon Mills hasn't been defeated this year and to top that, they were chosen to play the world famous Celtics. That game was played in Ashe ville Monday night. Starting the week-end of the 31st, our boys hit the road for the next four games, but return the 8th of February to play Bilt more College here. On the road they play Appalachian "B" the 31st, Lees McRae the 1st of February, Beacon Mills again the 4th and finish off with Bre vard the 5th. Appalachian "B" is expected to have quite a good team. It's the first time we've played them in a good many years, so there is no tell ing what to expect. Lees McRae won 3 from us last year while we 'won one. Here's wishing the Lion's plenty of luck while they are away. We feel confident they will bring both the fruits of victory. Goodby for now! We'll see you at the game. Intramurals Feature Basketball Playoff The two intramural basket ball leagues, each composed of six -teams, are fighting for a championship banner that only one of the twelve can claim in the final play-off. The public is invitd to watch these games which are played during sup- oers every week night. The National league consists of six teams. The winner of each league will plav for the ntramural Basketball Cham pionship of 1941. The banner rward will have the name of ' he team on it and will be olaced in the athletic office. Teams led by Bud Anderson, Jim Vissage, and Kemp Reese (Continued on page 4) YOU TASTE ITS QUALITY You'll enjoy the relaxation of a pause more if you add the re freshment of ice-cold Coca-Cola. Its taste never fails to please, and it brings a refreshed feel ing you will like. So when you pause throughout the day, make it tfie pause that refreshes with ice-cold Coca-Cola. Bottled under authority of The Coca-Cola Company by COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF ASHEVILLE, N. C. Tumbling Gives Team Exhibition Wednesday, night, January 22, between halves in the E. C. T. C. vs. M. H. C. basketball game the Sebrenetts presented their first tumbling exhibition of the year. The team will continue to work throughout the season but will give only two or three more exhibitions between halves in basketball games. At the end of the season Mr. Sebren and his tumbling team will hold a final exhibition featuring only tumbling. In this presentation the boys will try for and re ceive their letters in this art. Mr. Sebren and Charlie (S. C.) Huff flavored the act with a little comedy on the side. They were excellent. The mats were placed. All was quiet. Then, suddenly out of the wings came white clad figures. They cut forward flips across the mats; they returned and cut backward flips. Suddenly they were halted by an apparition in white duck trousers and a blouse stolen off someone's clothes line, (prob ably from Spillman or Edna Moore). The Apparition (Mr. Sebren) wound himself up, gave a '"runigo" at the mats, jumped, and then—His mo mentum slipped down his legs and he fell awkwardly in a heap of joints and blond wavy hair. This continued throughout the oerformance; while the tumb ling team, fifteen with Charlie Huff the ground man, went through their acrobatic antics. One at a time the team leaped across from one to four men, (Continued on page 4) I S P Y We hove begun our Springs cleaning rather early this year —and here is just th outer layer cf dust and dirt. . . . Who got that timely advice, upon leaving home to resume his studies (accent on studies), about "running off up here and getting married?" Reckon he thought his heart had a mind of its own? Or—should we say, "Vinita has a Hart of her own?" —Bill West, self - appointed Romeo, was caught between two young belles from the local high school entertaining them, so successfully that none of thern sow the ball'game. How' 'bout that? Boddie Perry and Paul Garri son were wrecked recently coming ' from Asheville and' turned over three times. The fact is it was just before the finals—Too bad it didn't work, boys. We hove often wondered vhy Ruth Pierce walks around he circle so much. 'Tis said hat she has an S.P. around here — Speaking of S.P.'s ^hyllis Rayburn has a new ^ne, but she won't tell who he is. She did disclose that he is Tn artist—or something. l^LEA TO MRS. SHAW; What happened to the grits at break- 'ast? Those sausages used to; slide down pretty well with grits. i ’REE ADVERTISEMENT: Call CMHC, for requests for music md commercial advertisement; The manager of the new radio tation is Jimmy McDaniels and the announcers are Bob Beallj hmmv James, and John West. : They tell us Jack Roper likes (Continued on page 4) 1
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