Horney, Phoenix Compete
In Southern Track Meet
galf Mile Runner Makes Only
Points for Greensboro
In Meet.
Wednesday, April 29, Bill Horney and
Clarence Phoenix, representatives of the
Greensboro High School Track Team,
left for College Park, Mch, to compete in
(J,e South Eastern Track Meet which was
l,eld Saturday, May 1. Both Horney,
,vlio is ca])tain, and Phoenix, have
starred on the track team for the past
two years.
Phoenix failed to })lace in the meet,
but Horney finished second in the half
mile and scored the only points of the
meet for Greendsboro.
greenwo lassies
trounce high point
Final Score 58 to 7—Ruth Watson
Pitches Good Game and Pulls
the Babe Ruth Stunt.
'Jf-
The High Point girls baseball team
was completely swamped by the Greens
boro .girls Tuesday, April 27. The score
was -W to 7. .Vlthongh the score was
one-sided the game was interesting,
hut luid to be called at the end of the
sixth inning after the High Point lasses
were entirely outclassed. 'J'his game
marked the eighth straight win for the
locals and the second in the champion
ship. lliith Watson, ])itehing for
tlreenshoro, net oidy iritehed well, hut
also liit lliree home runs. She was re-
s|)on.silile for ten Greensboro tallies,
more Ilian tlie enlire High Point team
miulc.
By winning this game G. H. S. meets
Winston-Salem in the third game of the
title series Friday, April 30.
Line-up:
Greensboro—^BaP,an,ce, 3b; Hoffman,
lb; Hutchinson, ss; Watson, p; Murray,
c; Tilley, ss; Tate, 2h; llussel, cf; Aber
nathy, rf; Tye, If.
High Point—Totty, Ih; Royal, ss;
Evans, rf; Peedin, cf; Fritz, 2b; Hayne,
ss; Armfield, c; Penny, p; Venable, If;
Gihscii, If; Ribbons, 3h.
WINSTON WINS IN
TRIANGLE MEET
Greensboro Second, High Point
Third. Winston Seven, Greens
boro Three, High Point One.
First Place.
Friday, Ai)ril 23, at Winston-Salem,
Greensboro High took second place in
a track meet between the representatives
of the triangle cities with thirty-four
points. Winston-Salem with sixty-five
points took first place, and High Point
"’ith seventeen finished third.
Greensboro was disqualified in the mile
relay on account of one of her men
slightly varying from the course. How
ever, the. Gate City lads took three first
Jilaces. Those first ])laces and winners
for Greensboro were: Hurdles, Glascock;
lialf-mile, Horney, and shotirut, Brown.
ii inston-Salein, who led the field in
scoring, took seven first ]daces. Events
and their winners for Whnston were:
Pole vault, Blackwood; 100 yard dash,
'Iordan; 2^0 yard dash, Jordan; 440 yard
dash, Lentz; discus throw, Wray; javelin
throw, Brewer; high jump). Brewer and
Buie tied.
High Point, who finished third, took
une first and several second and third
places.
.‘\mong tl,(. large mnnher of fans who
'illeiided the meet from Greensboro there
"rre three Greensboro misses who start
ed hiking but finished their journey to
die I win City in a coal truck.
Judah Shohan said Tuesday that he
''anted to leave a message with the stu
dent body, but it must he discreet. What
could it be?
Crawford has been riding
around with Julian Meadows lately.
^lartha Broadhurst, Pllizabeth Hodgin
aud Betty Harrison were home Plaster.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL MEET
Records Broken
50-yd. dash—Louise Goodman,
Aycock, 7 2-5 seconds.
70-yd. dash—Kate I,. Hutchin
son, Mclver, 9 2-5 seconds.
80-yd. dash—Rosa Davis, Ay-
cock, JO 3-5 seconds.
5()-yd. dash, Harry Wimhish,
Caldwell, 7 seconds.
6'5-\d. dash—Eddie Harrison,
C aldwell, 8 seconds.
75-yd. dash—Gilbert Cobb, Cald
well, 9 4-5 seconds.
85-yd. dash—Robert Williams,
Caldwell, 10 1-5 seconds.
90-yd. dash —Rcbert Watson,
Caldwell, 111-5 seconds.
Pole Vault—Richard Quate, Mc
lver, 7 feet () inches.
Running broad jump)—Robert
Williams, Caldwell, 5 feet 11 in.
Discus throw—Robert Watson,
Caldwell, 95 feet (i inches.
GIRLS WIN FIELD
MEET IN WINSTON
Score 39. Ruth Watson is Star
With a Total of
15 Points.
The Second Annual High School 'Track
Meet for girls was held April 25 in Win-
don-Salem. The Greensboro Higli School
girls came first with a total of 39 points;
Winston-Salem second, 25 pioints; and
High Point third, 18 pioints. 'i'he 4Vent-
worth girls failed to score. Ruth Wat-
•on, Greensboro, was the individual high
scorer, with a total of 15 pioints.
G. H. S. girls took (i first pilaces, 2 sec-
ind pilaces and 4 third pilaces; 'Winston
girls, 4 first pilaces, 1 second pilace, 1
diird pilace; High Point girls, 5 second
places and 3 third pilaces.
50 yd. dash—Chandler (ML S.), Fritz
(H. P.), Abernathy (G). '.Lime, 6 4-5
■ccends.
75 yd. dash—Abernathy (G), Fritz
(H. P.), Walker (G). Time, 10 seconds.
Hurdles—Walker (G), Ixithy (H. P.).
rime, 9 1-5 seconds.
Standing, hrpad juinpi—Walker (G),
Fritz (H. P.), Abernathy (G). Dist
ance, 7 feet 7 inches.
Running high jump)—Watson (G),
Chandler (W. 8.), tie. Distance, 52
inches.
Basketball distance throw—Watson
(G), Carmichael (W. S.), Bennet (H.
P.). Distance, 75 feet 9 inches.
Baseball distance throw—Watson (G),
Tye. (G), l^arlowe (H. P.). Distance,
174 feet 3 inches.
Stilt Relay—WHnston-Salem, Greens
boro, High Point.
Pdag Relay — Winston-Salem, High
Point, Greensboro.
Miss Nellie K. Dry, faculty advisor of
girls’ athletics, took with her 19 girls.
They were: Duella Walker, Ruth Wat
son, Joe Abernathy, Marguerite Harri
son, Allene Dixon, Marguerite Tilley,
Ethel G. Rogers, Virginia Shelton, Lydia
Ballance, Evelyn Stratee, I>ola Michaux,
I.ouise Whittington, Plmma Griffin, Jane
Harris, Virginia Douglas, Mezpah Show,
Lillian I.ye, Evelyn Russel and LJnda
Gorrell.
G. H. S. GIRLS’ TEAM WIN
FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
The Greensboro Hi girls won their first
ehanipionshipi game from Mehane by an
overwhelming score of 32 to 6 on Apiril
19th at Mehane. In the final inning the
G. PI. S. team scored fourteen runs.
Ruth 'Watson made a homerun when
the three bases were full. She pitched
a spilendid game for her team. 'Ihe en
tire team pilayed good ball.
This made the seventh straight win for
G. H. S., the most overwhelming and
most uninteresting one they have yet
pilayed.
Greensboro ^03 148 14 32
Mehane 210 120 0- 6
H 1 GH LIFE
GREENSBOROHIGH
WINS ALL FIVE
MATCHES B. H. S.
The Next Meet is Scheduled
With Winston, at Country
Club of Greensboro.
JONES IS DEF FATED
Andrews, Sockwcll, Kendrick, Stone
and Gillespie for Greensboro, While
•Jones, Sharp, Vernon, Play for
Burlington.
1 lie (ireenshoro tennis team won all
five matches pilayed against the Burling
ton net men at the Country Chili Tues
day, Apiril 27.
Jones, of Burlington, considered one of
the best pilaycrs in the state, went down
to defeat in the singles match against
Andrews, of Greensboro. Ten pilayers
were as fellows: Greensboro: Andrews,
Suekwell, Kendrick, Stone and Gillespiic;
Burlington, Jones, Sharp), ^'ernon, Jones.
i'he next match is scheduled with Win
ston at the Greensboro Country Club.
The only additional game pilanned at
piresent will be with High Point.
G. H. SAREmiPlONS
BY DEFEATING W. H. S.
The Local Girls Have Won Every Game
of the Season—Kept the Lead
Throughout the Game.
^
The Greensboro girls’ baseball team
won the ehainphonship of the district by
defcaling Winston-Salem in the last
ehamiiionshii) game lL-7, at Melver
sehc.ol last Fridai'. The local girls have
won ever\- game of the season and have
contested with the best girls’ teams of
the state.
The Green.sboro girls began the game
by making 9 runs, allowing the Winston-
ers only 3. They kept the lead through
out the game.
Lydia Ballance knocked the only home
run of the game, but many long and hard
hits were made by both teams.
IJne-iipi:
G u i: ]: X SI! 01! o W i x stox - S a le vr
Watson Davis
Pitcher
Murray Lennille
Catcher
Hoffman Cline
First Base
Tate O’Brien
Second Base
Ballance 'VVVolsallger
R. Shortstop)
Hntchin.son Efird
Iv. Shortstop)
Abernathy Holder
Right P^ield
Russel Biles
Left Feld
Myers David
Center Field
Jackson Pinkston
Third Base
Score by innings: R-
■Winston 320 200 0—7
Greensboro 911 120 0—14
SIX WEMlRAlNiNG
TO TOUGHENJJRIDDERS
Twenty-three New Men Answer First
Call for Spring Football Practice-
Practice to Continue Six Weeks.
'J’wenty-three new men answered ‘the
first call for spiring football practice on
Wednesday, April 21, at Mclver field.
While several varsity men are out Coach
P’ordliam is holding piractiee.s primarily
to develop) new material. He has a list
(it POO new fellows he is trying to get
out so as to develop) a slate ehampiion-
shipi team next year.
Practice will continue every after
noon for six weeks. At the end ot this
time the team will pilay either 'M ins-
ton-Salem Pligh School or the Greens
boro boys who leave at the end of this
year.
Worth Ferree was home from Duke
during the holidays.
Garnet Gregory was seen piarking in
the Journalism room Tuesday
Friday, May 7, 19'26
Brown Suffers
Broken Bones
Due to the tact that Theron
Tirown recently broke two bones in
Ins ankle, G. H. S. will he greatly
hand.capipied in coming track meets.
Brown has been high scorer for
this season, staring in piole-vault,
discus, javelin, and shot pint and
broad jump).
'Ihe accident oeenrred while he
was piartieipiating in the triangular
ii;eet lield ;d Winston-S;dem P’ri-
day, Apiril 23. It was not until the
following day, however, that
Brown learned tluit his injury
would keep) liim from the track for
tl'.t rest of the season.
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GREENSBORO IS DOWNED
AT HANDS OF MEBANE
L'riday, .Vpiril 23 at IMehane, CSreens-
horo liigh was eliminated froin the state
eliampiionshipi race, when they tasted de
feat at the hands ot Mehane by the score
ot five to four. Mehane came from be
hind and staged a ninth inning rally to
pint the winning run across the pilate.
Greensboro started oft in the first b\' un
corking a heavy hatting attack. After
two men were away, Jonc! hit the hall
over the fence for tiie circuit. Greens
boro managed to pint three runs across
the pilate in tlie first frame. Mehane pint
two runs across in tlie tliird and both
teams tallied one each in the sixth. They
tonghf neck and neck until what piioved
lo he llie fatal ninth tor llie Gate Cil.v
lads.
Hiner was on tlie mound tor Mehane
and Taylor did the twirling for Greens
boro. With the excepition of ihe first,
Riner piitehed good hall for Mehane, and
was touehed for only six hits. While
Mehane liad two big frames at the ex-
pien .e of 't’aylor. Greensboro piaved the
I way to tlieir downfall by booting the five
I times while Mehane errored three,
i Mehane R.
I Riggs, 3h .... .2
I Cheek, Hi. .. 1
j Rimmer, pi. 0
Nicholson, c. . 1
Bradshaw, ef. 0
P’trrcll, ss. 0
Satterfield, rf. 0
Morgan, 2b. 0 0
Wilkerson, It. 1 3
Total 5 9
H. S.
Greensboro
R. H. S.
W'yrick, 2b. 0 1
Jones, ss. 1 0
Brewer, c. 0 1
Fife, p. -- 1 0
1 largrove, ef. . T 1
Tufty, 3b. 1 2
Taylor, If. 0 0
Whitehart, lb. .^.O 0
Burgess, rf. 0 0
Total 4 5
TUMBLING EXHIBITION
GIVEN BY BOYS GYM TEAM
Several of the boys who have received
gymnasium training at Caldwell, under
the direction of J. C. White, gave an ex-
hihition in Chapicl Wednesday, Apiril 21.
Tlie demonstration consisted of various
tumbles.
Outstanding among the: tumbles were
dives over the “horse”; a dive through
the legs of a boy standing upion the
“horse’’; and a dive over several hoys
lying on a mat. 'I’he cast wheel elepihant
walk, and heads stands done npi on the
“horse” also brought forth apipilause.
'J’hese tumbles are a piart of the gym
nasium training given tlie grammar
school-;, under the instruction ot coinpie-
tent piliysieal directors.
GREENSBORO CLASS TANK
TEAMS TO COMPETE AT N. C. C. W.
On Friday night, May 7, at X. C. C. W.
the girls' class swimming teams will com
plete for honors pireliminary to the final
swimming meet to be held in High Point
the middle of May. 'J'he final meet will
be between cornpietitors from High Point,
Greensboro and Winston-Salem.
On Wednesday, May 12, the Greens
boro swimmers will pirobably go to Win
ston for piractice meet with the Wins
ton girls.
GREENSBORO HIGH
TRIMS POINTERS
THE SCORE IS 5-4
Locals Chase Petty, of No Run,
Not Hit Fame, From
The Mound.
LUFTY" IS STAR OF FRAY
^
Gate City Lads Continue Hitting At
tack on Howell, Fite Relieves Tay
lor, Both Tight in Pinches.
Tuesdai', Apiril 20, at Cone Park,
Greensboro turned tlie tables on High
Point and defeated them by the score of
11 to 4. The game was closer than the
score would seem to indicate and the two
teams for six innings fought dcspierately
tor the lead.
The locals had on their balling togs
and smarting under Ihe no run no hit de
feat tliat had been given Ihem in Ihe fur
niture eit\’ a tew (lavs pirovious started
oft like a wliirlwind. Greensboro, after
retiring Migli Point scoreless in the first,
touehed Petty for enough lilts to pint
two runs across the pilate. High Point
came hack in the second and knotted
the count at two each, and in the sixth
tlie\' elia.sed two more runs across Ihe
pilatter. Greensboro unloosened a heav>'
liitting attack in tlie sixtli wliicli netted
tliem four inns and cliased Petty, he ot
no liit no run fame, from tlie mound.
Howell then took npi the piitehing bur
den tor Liigh Point and was tonelied
for five runs in tlie seventli.
Greensboro garnered 13 liits olT ot
I’etty and Howell, tliree ot wliieli went
tor extra base liils. High Point got
next to Taylor and L'ife, who relieved
liim, for a total of five lilts. Both
Greensboro piitehers were inclined to he
ratlier wild, hut they settled down in the
piinehos and were stingy with the number
of liits tliey gave up. Taylor fanned
five, Petty seven, Howell two. Taylor
gave up two bases on balls, Fife four,
and Howell two.
Line-upi and summary:
Giiimx^siioito Ah. R. H.
Wyriek, 2b. 5 2 2
.tones, ss. 5 1 2
Brewer, e. 5 1 1
Hargrove, ef. 5 1 2
Tufty, 3b. 4 1 3
Pennington, If. 4 1 1
Wliitelieart, lb. .....3 2 1
Taylor, pi. _.3 2 0
Jobe, rf. 2 0 1
Fife, p. 0 0
Gardner, Ih. 1 0 0
Wood, e. 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 13
Ilioir PoiN'i' b. R. H.
Wall, cf. 4 0 0
Pierce, ss. _...2 0 0
R. Petty, If. 3 1 1
Myers, 21). 4 1 1
Howell, pi. 0 0 0
Scott, rf. .3 1 1
'J'. Petty, pi. _.3 1 1
Hinkle, 3b. ._._..4 0 1
Kearns, lb. 3 0 0
a Bryant 0 0 0
Kemp), c. : 1 0 0
Totals 27 4 5
a Batted for Hinkle in the ninth.
Score by innings: R. H. E.
Greensboro 200 004 50x—11 13 1
High Point 020 002 000— 4 5 3
Summary—Errors, Jones, B. Petty,
Myors, Kearns. Two base hits: Wyriek,
Putty (2), Pennington, B. Petty, Hin
kle. Stolen bases: Llargrovc,. Lufty, Wall,
Howell. Sacrifices: Pennington, Lufty.
Base on halls, oft 'J'aylor 2, Howell 2,
Pile 1. St nick out by 'Taylor 5, by 'T.
lVlt\’ 7, by Howell 2. Hits oil' 'T. Petty,
8 ill 6 innings; cfl' 'Taylor, 5 in 6 innings;
ofl' How(>ll, 5 in 2 2-3 innings. Winning
piitelier, 'Taylor, losing piitcher, T. Petty.
Cmpiirc.), Stuart. 'Time, 2:10.
Norman Block has been stationed in
the halls of late. Did he remind you of
a Roman senator?
Sammy Goode and John Betts went
out to the three-cornered piond to shoot
terrapiins.
Joe Britton and the Madame (former
ly -known as “Babe” Duncan) are in
town.