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THE L EX HIP EP
April 2, 1963
Bill Hall - Jacket Golfer With A Future
Baseballers Show Promise As
Blackhorse Of Conference
Baseball looks to a bright future this year as Coach Bowen
greets about 10 returning lettermen for last year’s team. Bearing a
lot of the hitting burden will be Tommy Grayson, Johnny Bumgarner,
and Harvey Fullbright. Third baseman Nolan Leonard leads the club
in securing the much-needed base hits when the time approaches.
Depth is something new this year around the baseball diamond
as the hurlers are numerous this season. Thompson MOler, however,
is the only returning pitcher from last year who actually participated
in action.
In the infield, Nolan Leonard, Tommy Grayson, and Johnny Bum
garner are the mainstays as they add that extra punch in the lineup.
Newcomer David Martin has been lo'oking good in early practices
and is hoping to crack into the lineup at game time. Jerry Anderson
shows signs of coming up this year and also hopes to find game
experience this year.
Harold Johnson, Gene Leonard, Jimmy Call, and Larry Beck
produce the strong-armed outfielders. Beck is a pitcher-outfielder who
has that hitting power to become an alternate outfielder.
Overall, the Jacket baseball team looks to a bright future this
year and expects a good season. Good luck to them from the
LEXHIPEP.
The boys most likely to see action are:
Gene Leonard, LF
James Samuels, 3rd
Johnny Bumgarner, 1st
Nolan Leonard, 3rd - P
Ken Conrad, P
Pat McGinn, P
Thompson Miller, P
Dan Jones, P
Harvey Fullbright, C
Tommy Grayson, 2nd
Danny Grubb, P
Larry Beck, P
Robert Mode, P
Alan PalLsoul, P
Jimmy Johnson, 1st
Jerry Anderson, 2nd
David Martin, SS
Donald Leonard, RF
Danny Wood, C
Steve Smith, C
Giving it that old heave ho—
Hard-swinging Hall practices up
on his dirives at the Country Clulb
course here.
Everyone
Get Out
And Follow
Spring
Sports
SPORTS
Tennis Team Begins Grind
The youthful tennis team be
gan full-time practice a few
weeks ago, and began ironing
out a few kinks. With veterans
Louie Cox and Dan Spears, num
ber one and number two uien
respectively, the team could
surprise a lot of people.
After losing a good portion of
last year’s exceHent team, the
squad had to fill in a few va
cant places in the top six posi
tions. Jimmy Philpott, number
six last year, Cordy Easter,
Chris Ripple, Mickey Corn, and
James Rash seem to be the oth
er select men as practice hits
its peak. During the s3a.son
though. Coach Callicutt may
shuffle his men as the others
show promise.
The whole team shows great
promise and should fare well
in conference competition.
LEARN TO EARN
Lexington
College of Business
5 South Main St.
Call Mr. Eddie
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I PLAYBACKS
and
BIG GUNS ON BASEBALL SQUAD
Names like Tommy Grayson,
Johnny Bumgarner, Harvey Full-
bright, and Nolan Leonard ap
pear on the L.S.H.S. baseball ros
ter this year and certainly dis
close the toype of power hidden
among the team. These boys could
really boost the Jackets with
their power bitting this year if
all of them come through at the
right times.
NEW TRACK EQUIPMENT
At last L.S.H.S. has secured
PREDICTIONS
PAT McGINN
some much-needed track equip
ment for practice for the confer
ence meets. About 10 hurdles
have arrived and should help con
siderably in conditioning the boys
f:r the event.
FOOTBALL CO-CAPTAINS
Next year’s football squad looks
to a prosperous year with co-cap
tains Hugh Bingham and Harvey
Fulbright leading the way. Bing
ham, at end, adds punch to the
offensive attack in catching
passes while Fulbright sparks the
line at center.
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Oil Co.
DISTRIBUTORS
OF
SINCLAIR
PRODUCTS
IN
DAVIDSON
COUNTY
At the Country Club, the sloping
greens are at last turning green
again, and the club-swinging
iSp'Ortsmen are swarming over
them like flies. One of the earliest
of these avid fans to try out his
clubs is Bill Hall, one of th(i
finest golfers in the South. L.S.H.S.
proudly boasts of Bill’s numerous
accomplishments.
Since the age of 10, Bill has
been on the tee, ready to take on
anybody at his favorite sport. He
has a fine teacher in his father,
who ranks among the top male
golfers in this area.
Last year in the 4-A conference.
Bill blazed his way over oppon
ents’ courses as well as the one
here at the Country Club. No one
came close to his mark as low
scorer as he copped the confer
ence crown. After being number
one in the high school ranks. Bill
entered several invitational tourn
aments around the state. Bill
placed third in one at Pinehurst
this past December. His expert
golfmanship earned him the select
spot of number eight in the na
tion in a tournament in West Vir
ginia. He has gained much recog
nition from this feat. In the city
tournament last year. Bill gain
ed a semi-finals berth before los
ing out to Don Hedrick, pad
champion of 4-iA con'ercnce. Bill
and his father brought more fame
and glory to the Hall household
as they topped the entire field of
father-son golfers in a tournament
at Pinehurst.
This year he will be number
one on the Jacket golf team with
boys such as Jim Snyder, David
Sechrest, Craig Clodfelter, and
J;e Hornbuckle backing him up.
Around the conference, such boys
as Charles Wood, from Reynolds;
Bob Gilliam, from Page; and
Mike Spam, from Burlington,
emerge as top contenders for
Bill’s crown.
“Lexington is a fine golf town,’’
relates Bill, “as far as size goes,
that is. In larger towns, you’ll
find better situations, but Lex
ington being the size it is, is a
very good golf town.”
Bill wants to go to Wake Forest
College next fall, but his plans
for the future are indefinite.
This summer Bill plans to enter
several inter-state events. He
plans to enter the Carolinas Junior
Tournament at Greensboro, the
Fayetteville Invitational Junior,
and the North Carolina Amateur
at Pinehurst.
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