May 21. 1955
Henson \(^ins Batting
Crown with .429 Av.
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THE HILLTOP. MARS HILL COLLEGE. MARS HILL. N. C.
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Jim Henson. C-I shortstop for the Mars Hill nine, possessed a 429
batting average «th only two games left in the season. His nearest
rapped out M * •^''2 average. Henson had
rapped out 24 hits in 56 times at bat. Debruhl had 20 for 51. The
^eam had an almost unbelievable .342 average with 155 hits for 453
"'f '■’e team in runs with 21 and was tied
^ith Debruhl in doubles with 7. ■■ — —
^‘Pop” Seel cracked three home
runs to lead the team in that de
partment and stood third in bat
ting averages with .385.
“Gentleman Jim” Fortune
with a 2-0 record was the leading
Lion pitcher as far as statistics
were concerned. Bobby Robinson
had the most decisions for the
year with a 4-2 record. Glen Bre
land, the Lions ace, had won 3
while losing 2 and had struck out
26. Perry Lawing had a 1-0 rec
ord. The Lions had an overall
record of 10 wins against 4 losses
with two games remaining.
Lee’s-McRae Takes
Conference Meet
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Po.
Player
Ab
R
H
Ave.
SS
Henson
56
12
25
.429
1B
Debruhl
51
17
20
.392
CF
Seel
52
12
20
.385
LF
Painter
51
12
19
.373
3B
Gales
52
21
18
.346
RF
Ammons
45
9
14
.311
2B
Whetstone
40
12
12
.300
C
Bibb
43
11
12
.279
P
Breland
11
9
2
.181
2B
Long
6
2
1
.166
P
Lawing
12
3
9
.166
P
Robinson
12
1
T
.083
P
Fortune
14
0
1
.072
LF
Jackson
5
4
4
.000
CF
Brogden
3
0
0
.000
2B
Banks
0
0
0
.000
Lees-McRae dominated the field
of four in the annual WNJC
track meet held on their own
grounds May 14, as they earned
89 points to second place Mars
Hill’s 59 1-2. Versatile trackster
Lambert of Lees-McRae tallied 19
points to lead the host squad to
a decisive victory. North Green
ville and Spartanburg, the other
two participants in the meet, gar
nered 13 and VA points respec
tively.
Alike Miller took first in the
broad jump, 100 yard dash, 220
3"^ard dash, and the 220 low hur
dles to take 20 points and high
laurels for the meet. Old Reliable
John Reaves took first in the 880
and 440 once again, setting a rec
ord in the 880 with a 2:6.3 time,
John finished the season undefeat
ed in the 440 and once beaten in
Lions Stop Brevard
Behind Ammons’ Bat
Roy Ammons lashed out six
hits against the offerings of two
Brevard hurlers in a double-
header on the Lions’ field. Am
mons hits included two triples and
a homerun. First baseman Gary
Debruhl connected for three hits
the first game and two more in
the second. The Lions continued
to show their power with 12 hits
m the first contest and 9 in the
second. The Adars Hill nine won
both games, 12-11 and 10-5 re
spectively.
The two wins left the Lions
with a 10-4 record and only two
non-conference games left.
the 880. Earl Kirkland finished
second in the high hurdles and
fourth in the low hurdles, 100, and
220 to capture six points for the
Lioris. Gene Wells took second
m the two mile and third in the
mile for five points.
By Arm Robinson
The Ivy Chain ceremony under
the direction of the Women’s
Athletic Association will take
place on AVednesday evening. May
25 on the slope below McConnell.
The C-H’s will exchange their
caps for chains of ivy from their
CT little sisters. Songs of dedica
tion will be sung by each group
before marching off together.
Recognition Day and installa
tion of new officers was held Mon
day, May 9, in the amphitheatre
by the M-Blem Club and W.A.A.
Emmett Sams was the speaker for
the event. Girls were recognized
for being chosen on the varsity
teams throughout the year, and
individual sports winners were an
nounced. Six girls who received
Gold M’s for their all-round
sportsmanship, personality, and
their interest in the sports clubs
are Mary Hawkins, Pansy Col
lins, Carol Guth, Peggy Hartsell
Dot Newman, and Nancy Roberts.’
The Faculty Play Day was held
May 17 at 5:00 o’clock on the
Athletic Field. Softball, volleyball
and horseshoes were played. Every
body had a “real” good time!!
Softball play-offs were held last
week. Stroup beat Huffman and
Spilman beat Edna Moore.
Lucia Holder has been elected
president of the M-Blem Club to
replace Juanita Horton who will
not return next year.
The physical education majors’
class planned a camp-out Friday
May 13, but due to rain, they had
it in the gym, (They even had
a camp fire.) The girls put the
tumbling mats down and slept on
them. They had lots of fun eating,
telling ghost stories and sleeping
a tiny bit.
The joint W. A. A. Council
had a breakfast Thursday morn-
ing, Aday 12, at 6:00 o’clock on
the Athletic Field. Around 30
girls found their way down to the
field.
Another breakfast is being
planned before school ends.
Mike Miller .ee„. be breaking the o';;
against Lee.-MeRae, but in this rice he took .ecVd F iV*;
land, u> the far right took third place for the Lions '
Treat Triumphs
In Softball Meet
Landers and Treat advanced to
the finals in the intramural soft-
ball tournament as the season
drew to a close. In the double
elimination event Landers moved
into the finals with a 4-0 tourna
ment record and Treat had a 3-1.
1 reat s lone defeat was at the
hands of Landers 12-11.
Melrose and Treat’staged a
play-off to see which team would
meet Landers in the finals. Jose
Anas twirled a neat two-hitter
as the Sons of Treat emerged vic
torious 7-0, Landers tried in vain
to capture the championship in
their second meeting with Treat,
as Arias pitched a threehitter in
defeating the previously unbeaten
crew 3-0. The final game in the
play-off was played earlier this
week.
Going into the bottom of the
seventh inning. Treat was on the
^ort end of a 6-5 score. Harold
Kirby singled to bring in the tying
run and Bill Brogden hit a long
fly to right field to bring Donnie
Tribble home from third with the
winning run. Landers moved into
the final two games undefeated
in tournament play, but met their
match in the Sons of Treat. Treat
won the final game 7-6 to take
the softball championship.
The
Lions’ Den
by Hugh IDilder
a ^-f'relordlortr ^ions football eleven compiled
‘t T1 record tor the season. After a slow stari- r j
dazzling comeback, winning three of their last four ball games "’rheir
McRa" n T champTons, W
Midler, Jerr/Sfowe: jXtw^
.ea?o”Sl“'Lions'!S„^\''°'’‘“°" ''“™g basketball
uAttZit ZeZie'zzt
and Bobb, Cole teamed up”rwtk Z-Tt^tbL^Th^
tournament wns q c t uuuoies crown. 1 he
to opp„r’th?7Lf ^ver ttuX a7thTcdr "T
were invited to nartirinntP ' fk colleges m the conference
ttacksters ZZZZZZZrZt TLsZiZS tt
fair season. Mike Miller Tnhn A -Ar ’ ^
Earl Kirkland, and Arnold Parker conTribu^e'd a Imm'the'"''''’ '’“TT’
Reaves turned out to bp i ^ season. John
was not beaten all season in 160*44^^7 daThTd
the 880. He will return npvt / dash and only one time in
who took second place h" he hfgh hu' dlfs he cf f"
IS needless to say that the baseball nine a Ma s Hm’h '"b"-, "
excellent season. Going into their i rl
10-4 record. Their powerful hnf h ° Sames, the Lions possessed a
mountains of Western North CarnK^''^ feared through the
the pellet at T M2 averat A " t " fitting
first of the baseball year probablv cost T weather at the
pionship. With onlv one week 4 r \ Lions the conference cham-
Lions threw bL ^e curtZ f! ZZT
header to the conference lead ^ n Z ^tid lost a double
losses the Mountak Me. hie ’ After those two
With the WCJC 't"op“p':;’t o^^of'Tei °e°acL le'Lio
‘“ShfRob- "’’T “Plaie ?n thr:un.'""
the curLf scrooTyeL has‘’tee"'''l''’’ f ‘‘'‘■'''''g
next year. Bobby K ^s^ex^Tl d^^" president of the Ad-ClubXf
t-all, as the leadlg scor^ on ‘ITfo 1" basket
leading southpaw twirler on the MHc" ’’““^I’aH. as the
on the football squad, was elecLj to 4r
Cogdill will serve as secretarv and T r vice-president. Tommy
is a backfield man on the Lion elevei ^iid" Frv Cogdill
and IS a lineman on the football squad’ ‘ ^ ^
n,i^mL:4:r2e tlo^Ls'tc'etf tenn"
on Its grounds. Tennis has become a ver, ‘'Z'’
among Mars Hillians. It is a pitv that 2'’°’’“ j” '®P™aHy
access to the courts more than they do Tenn^ ""t have
first semester, giving mam student ^
second semester rolled around the h"" Play. When
only a very few are in th' “iennis chJs '"tT
from 2:30 in the afternoon until about six •'''■« occupied
SIX, but darkness is no time for niavinv tennis f
Lions Finish
Good Season
Coach Don Henderson has been
very pleased with the outcome of
the 1955 baseball season at Mars
Hill. The Lions fielded one of
the most powerful hitting teams
the conference has seen in many
years. With two games remaining,
the Lions had an excellent 10-4
record and a team batting average
of .349. W^ith only a few games
to be played in the conference,
the Lions hold second place with
an 8-4 record. Their two remain
ing games were played last
AVednesday against Tennessee-
Wesleyan.
Jim Henson has been hitting
the ball at a .429 clip to lead the
MHC nine at the plate. Jim For
tune with a 2-0 record is the num
ber one moundsman with Bobby
Robinson and Glenn Breland hot
on his trail with 4-2 and 3-2 rec
ords respectively.
McGirt Declared
Single s Winner
Spartanburg was the only team
represented o nthe Mars Hill
coum to oppose the Lions in the
conference tennis tournament on
May 11. The Pioneers brought
^ree men to the meet as Mars
Hill took both the singles and
doubles championships.
Harris McGirt, the Lions’
number one man, was crowned
singles champion as he defeated
Lions number three man. Bob
'-ole. Jim Simmons and Cole
teamed up to take the doubles
laurel over Scoggins and Greene
xrom bpartanburg.
The outlook for next vear al
ready looks brigh^ The plavers
'his yearin-
Buddv Gales,
Whetstone, Freddie
ibb, Glenn Breland, and Llovd
Jackson.