Page 4 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 Ph. CH 6-6015 or CH 6-6552 1 tmiiiii 1 Hi 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. Buck Young 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. Compliments of MUTUAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION Lexington, N. C. SUNLIGHT LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANERS One Call Cleans All Ph. CH 6-5228 DON’T BE A LITTERBUG Coach Bowen shows baseball veterans how.

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