195 Ian. 30, 1954
THE HILLTOP, MARS HILL COLLEGE, MARS HILL, N. C.
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Coach Bob Edward’s Mars Hill cagers opened up their basketball slate
December 9, and since that time have compiled an impressive array of
r hoiwdns and high scores which has placed them as the highest scoring Junior
a d College team in the nation as recorded by the Association of Junior Col
as l ieges in the United States.
Mi: Racing along at an average of 83 5/6 points per game, the Lions have
2etin massed a total of 503 points in a
ns u total of six conference games. The
,e fo lowest single game tally thus far
lean was a 61-point effort which came
eade in a rugged and closely fought bat-
titlei tie against Lees-McRae’s Bulldogs,
of a the outcome of which saw the Lions
fall for their only conference loss,
calk statistics compiled by the Na-
Association of Junior Col-
haV ^^S^s, the basketeers broke out
if til in the very beginning of the
Lho5 and since then have re-
1 behind a consistent
lefol °^^^nsive made up of accurate floor
Ltom outside, together with
idinl^^^^ driving crips.
;re b Mountain Lions hold a slight
r an on the Pioneers of Spartan-
trul onrg Junior College for the favored
ik u position of conference kingpins as
ustii ^is writing goes to press. The
le h ^op^ots have recorded five wins
against two losses. One of these
was to Mars Hill while the other
surprise upset by the non-
" rhe Asheville-Biltmore squad.
( ^oes-McRae, who is the only
^°j,^^^ber of the WCJC conference
amily thus far to gain a victory
j ,„j fho Lions, is fast developing
n'ki ^^0 teams to watch. At
na£ f .^^^iting, the team has driven
> tb straight wins, though not all
thin within th conference.
^ foi V. A^°og the family the Lions
0 d a record of 5-1, while outside
0 WCjC material they have
b3 amassed a 6-2 record by way of one
1 m Beacon
0 anketeers of Swannanoa. The
wb cagers lost to the Beacon boys, who
qiQ, currently lead the Western Inde-
noi' pendent Conference, in their initial
) tb game of the season 78 to 61. Car-
otte ro Whitson, leading scorer for the
id J ions, was absent from the lineup
) a m this practice game. In the re
sold ^nrn battle here on the McConnell
goC a revengeful crew snuffed the
1 c out of the Blanketeers with a
^j.tough 86-82 triumph, in a game
J- at Was spectacular in that no fe-
-',yna e students were present to view
Whee! Examinations are finally
over and now everyone can really
relax. During these heavy sched
ules, useless to say, the girls have
not been doing much in the sports
world. But, on the other hand, it
has been possible for a few things
to carry on.
Recently the student body elect
ed the 1953-54 May Court. Chos
en to be queen is Barbara Barr.
Roberta McBride is to be Maid-of-
Honor. Art Fore will reign as king.
The C-I class elected Maryanne
Long, Kitzi Miller, Mollie Fennel,
Edna June Funk, and Tony Snider
to be their attendants to the queen.
Those representing the C-II class
are Martha Swanson, Pat Loving,
Cathy Crain, Lou Mary Switzer, and
Virginia Lake.
The winter clubs are making
progress. The Folk Dance club held
its first meeting last Tuesday night.
About twenty were present to have
their pictures made. It is hoped
that this many will remain inter
ested in the club and will attract
more of their friends into joining.
With a group that is sincerely in
terested, many things can be learned
and' enjoyed in the Folk Dance
Club.
The Hiking Club held its first
meeting of the year yesterday. A
picture was made of the group im
mediately before they left to go on
a hike. Girls, start a new semester
right. Join a club today and put
your very best into it.
The M-Blem Club will hold its
first meeting of the semester Mon
day night February 8.
It sure is wonderful to see Char
lotte Venable out walking around
again. She has really had it tough,
p- 1 She wished to express her many
‘rson^rufJ^^^"^ Bud Green holds thanks to all the people who have
^ been so kind to her while she has
personal high scoring honors for
•Sing e game thus far this season
been sick. Especially to the W. A.
A. and M-Blem Club, she says
thank you for the thoughtful gifts
and visits that you have given, to
the various friends and organiza
tions on campus, to those who sent
flowers, to everyone thanks a mil
lion! Incidentally she is making a
q-u . scrapbook out of the cards that her
starting Mars Hill lineup all friends have sent. This is proving
VC an 0X7^*. _ri . 1 -lo . . -
to be an interesting project. Any-
way, Charlotte, we are glad to see
you out again!
1 ^ ^^rk of 30 points which he
eted in the return match with
enc^^f Taking only confer-
^ foes into consideration, the
goes to Carroll Whitson.
Norlh^n
n Lrreenville early in the seas
on. ^
. -i-Liug ivtars mil lineup
no^^ average of better than x.:
i„ game with Whitson lead-
conte ^ .pack with 20.2 tallies per
^’acluding the two practice
follows
Team
are as
Members
Whitson
Creene
Odom
f'^cGirt •
Hall
.Tohnson
-53
-46
-42
-40
-38
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FTA
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49
36
45
30
46
21
30
21
28
16
17
11
PF TP Avg.
14 142 20.2
24 122 15.2
33 105 13.1
18 101 12.5
29 101 12.5
9 28 3.4
Lancaster ..5 9 5 12 15
Petree 3 13 7 6 13
Hunter 4 2 13 9
Cole 2 4 4 0 8
Kittrell 2 0 0 2 4
Bocook 2 4 15 5
Hough 1 1 1 12 3
Brogdon .... 0 2 2 0 2
Roberts 0 2 111
1.7
1.5
1.1
1
V2
5/8
3/8
2/8
1/8
The
Pictured above with the coaches is the 1953-54 varsity squad in bas
ketball. They are, left to right, front row: Carroll Whitson, Dave Odom,
Bobby Cole, Maxie Lancaster, John Hough, Bud Greene, Bill Brogden.
Second row: Harris McGirt, Todd Kittrell, Ed Johnson, Gene Hall,
Bill Bocook, and coaches Henderson and Edwards.
C-II Rebels Take
Intramurals Lead
The C-II Rebels have climbed
into first place in the intramural
games by virtue of their 2 wins
against 0 defeats record. All of the
remaining teams, with the excep
tion of the Brown Boys, are tied
for second place with an even split
of the two games each team has
played. Brown holds down last
place due to the double loss their
team has suffered in their two at
tempts at victory.
In the first game, Saturday Jan
uary 16, Landers rode over "Eu” by
a 23 to 13 margin. Gales of "Eu”
was high scorer for the game with
8 points. Wilson had 6 and Doug
lass 5 for Landers, as the team
pulled away in the first quarter
and was never headed. Landers and
"Eu” both have a 1-1 record, Lan
ders having lost to the C-II’s and
"Eu” defeated Melrose.
Treat defeated Brown in the clos
est game of the year, a 21 to 19
thriller. Kirby of Treat and Sim
mons of Brown tied for honors
with 11 each. It was Brown’s sec
ond loss giving them undisputed
hold on last place.
Melrose upset the Preachers 27
Comments By An
Intramural Referee
As everyone knows, ball games
wouldn’t be what they are if it
weren’t for the referees. Intramural
basketball is no different than any
other ball game; so they have been
using about two referees per game.
So far these fellows who go in to
defy anyone in order to call it the
way they see it have been doing a
good job. Most of the teams have
been giving them good cooperation
but at times it has been pretty
rough on the referees.
The fellows who are playing at
the time usually don’t say any
thing; protests usually come from
the fellow teammates who are tak
ing the job of warming the bench.
This kind of procedure isn’t the
best kind of sportsmanship but
tempers will get a little wild at
times.
The referees have had the cooper-
C—Poteat (2)
G—Dillard (1)
G—Batchelor (3)
(2) Todd—C
Green—G
(2) Orcutt—G
Subs: Treat—Wilson (2), Rooke
(4), Miller. Brown—Myers, Stafford,
Byers, Reid (2), Webb.
"EU’s” (13)
F—^Joslin (2)
F—Crisp
C—Young
G—Carter (3)
G—Gales (8)
(23) LANDERS
(6) Wilson—F
(3) Powers—F
(5) Douglass—C
Painter—G
(2) Ray-
Subs: "Eu”—Hendrix, Probst, How
ard, Jones, Lovern. Landers—Waller
(3), Johnson (4).
MELROSE (27) (23) PREACHERS
F—Seel (2) Freeman—F
F—Hupp Jenkins—F
C—Petree (8) (6) Caldwell—C
G—Moore (5) Johnson—G
G—^Townsend (2)
(4) Funderburke—G
Subs: Melrose—Southern (1), Grose
(2), Lee (12), Chapman, Hudson (2).
C-IFs (35)
F—Young (7)
F—Roberts (2)
C—Barrier (4)
G—Johnson (10)
G—Snider
(13) TOWN
Martin—F
(4) Stooke—F
(2) Davis—C
(1) Trevathen—G
(6) Hiott—G
Subs: C-II—Godshall (8), Murry
Thomas, Jr. (2), Thomas G. (2).
ation of the varsity coaches all
along. The coaches are behind the
boys who are calling the games and
have offered to get some rule books
for any of them who are interested.
Some people probably think that
it’s fun to be out there calling a
game, but believe me it’s no Sun
day school picnic. It is hard to see
everything that goes on and hard
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to 23 as Lee led the scoring for the
game with 12 big points. Melrose
scored 16 points in the second
quarter to go ahead and retain a
lead with a finishing cushion of 8
point. Both of these teams have a
1-1 record also.
The last game found the G-II’s
racking the town team by a 35 to
13 margin. Finley Johnson led the
floor play as well as being high
scorer with 10 points. The first
quarter found the C-II’s taking the
lead by virtue of Fred Young’s 6
points. Godshal produced 6 in the
second quarter to ice the game as
far as threat from the opposition
was concerned. This game gave
these C-II’s complete and undisput
ed possession of first place.
BROWN (19) (21) TREAT
F—Long McCall—F
F—Simmons (11) (11) Kirby—F
Lion’s
Den
By Richard Young
Hello Sports! The campus sports
news has been sadly lacking this
week as you can tell from this page.
This leaves me with little material
to write on except past and future
events. Let’s try the past first.
The Lions have been doing very
well as they, under the direction of
Coach Edwards have won five out
of six games and are giving a good
account of themselves in the strug
gle for first place in the conference.
These netters have given, and will
continue to give, their competitors
plenty of proof that they are in the
conference and have their eye on
first place In a non-bragging way,
it looks like my prediction was
pretty well-founded as to the type
of team the Lions would field this
3’ear.
Speaking of talented basketball,
and who was, intramural ball is
really beginning to show some
promise. The teams have shown
full co-operation in all ways, ex
cept one. Of course it would never
do for me to name that team, but
they are surely not in first place.
The brand of ball has been far
better than was hoped for, 1 believe,
and the sportsmanship, in most
cases, is well worthy of Mars Hill.
The C-II Rebels seem to hold an
undisputed first place in the won-
lost record with three consecutive
victories. Brown haunts the cellar
of these standings and Melrose, in
a second place tie, should offer the
Rebels most of their competition.
All the teams figure in the running,
but these two seem to be a little
above the others.
Now for a crack at the future!
The Lions seem to have Spartan
burg and Asheville-Biltmore as
their next opposition, as the exams
and registration draw to a close.
Both will be tough but the Lion
basketeers will be just as tough,
and I might even give them a slight
edge. Only time will tell, however.
Both games should be very excit-
ing.
While I’m sticking my neck out,
I might as well take a shot at in
tramurals too. The Rebels get the
nod as holding a slight edge over
opponents in the coming contests,
this refers to the next two weeks
only, with their string of victories
going unmarred. Melrose also
comes into the two-win department
for the next games. This is con
sidering that these teams don’t
tangle with each other in the com
ing events. Should this happen it
would be too hard to decide who
would emerge victorious.
That about covers your campus
sports for this time. So be a good
sport, sport.
TO WHOM IT MAY
CONCERN
Are 3'ou good in track, tennis, i
{or baseball? Be thinking about]
• joining one of these teams be-
I cause time for spring sports is I
rapidly drawing near. |