May 27, 1932
HIGH LIFE
Page Five
Athletes Receive Letters
At First Annual Gathering
RIVES
PRESIDES
Certificates Awarded to Both
Boys and Girls for Par
ticipation in Sports.
COACH WADE IS SPEAKER
Various Colleg^esi Represented While
Garland) Daniel Appears in Behalf
of Institutions Out of State.
New Year s Football
Schedule
Sanford at Greensboro, September
16.
Winners of athletic certificates were
awarded Friday night, May 13, at an
event new to Greensboro high school.
Athletic Night. Certificates were re
ceived for the following sport,s: foot
ball, cross-#juntry, basketball, boxing,
wrestling, baseball, track, and golf.
The athletic council, composed of
A. i!*. Routh, chairman; C. W. Phillips,
principal of the school, the coach of
each sport, the captain of each team,
and Jack Brown, representative of the
monogram wearers, decided athletes
should receiye certificatfies.
Judge E. E. Rives Presides
Mr. Phillips introduced Judge E. E.
Rives, who presided over the assembly.
A nurnber of ex-athletes of Greensboro
high were present, and it was pointed
out that Greensboro has, at various
times, been state champions in every
sport except swimming.
Coach Wallace Wade Speaks
Main speaker of the night was Coach
Wallace Wade, of Duke, who said, “De
velopment along the line of morals and
character, in which athletics play a
large part, has been recognized by the
field of education as being of more im
portance than the mere training of the
mind.” “Schools,” he continued, “are
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interested in 1;he training of bodies,
with characters, to attain in the end
citizens rather than merely scholars. It
is now generally agreed tluit the men
ranking first as students upon the
school campus are the athletes.”
Colleges Are Well Represented
Representing the various colieges of
the state were J. Max Hendrix, Da
vidson ; Earl E. Rives, Caroiina; Coach
Wade, Duke; Romeo LeForte, State;
Ben Ward, Wake Forest; Bili Stone,
Elon; Julian Bead, High Point; John
Anderson, Guilford; Garland Daniel,
ou-of-state; all colleges, J. D. Wilkins.
Wilkins.
Miss Mary Coleman Awards Girls
Miss Mary Coleman, director of
physical education at N. C. C. W., pre
sented monogram certificates to the
giris after a short talk, congratulating
the system which recognizes all round
ability rather than a specialization.
Football monogram certificates were
presented by Ben Ward, J. D. Wilkins
awarded the basketball letters; Ray
mond Lamier the baseball certificates;
Max Hendrix the boxing and wrestling ;
Bill Stoner the track certificates, and
golf, tennis, and s\timming honorable
mention were awarded by Max Payne.
Total of 345 Athletes! Out
Mr. Routh. said that during the past
year there was a total of 345 athletes
out fdr the various sports, with football
leading with a total of 80. There were
three squads, varsity of 30 players; re
serves of 35; and midgets of 25. Cross
country brought out 20 boys; basket
ball, 25; boxing, 20; wrestling, 25;
25; baseball, GO; track, 45; golf, 20;
tennis, 15; swimming, 25. In addition
to these athletics, the first annual cake
race attracted 40 boys.
Those receiving certificates were;
Football, Jack Burroughs (captain),
Harry Wicker, Ed Hartsook, Ralph
Riley, Charles Pemberton, Harry Phil
lips, Elmer Wrenn, Allan Johnson, Oka
Hester, Nathan Lipscomb, Charles El
der, Sam Rees, Frank Pittman, Bill
Elias, Red Whitt, Ed Lee, Sid Ogburn,
Branch Fields, George Causey, Hyman
Ellison (manager), L. C. Belding
(coach), W. M. Hamilton, A. P. Routh,
assistant coaches.
Baseball: Red Whitt, Elmer Wrenn,
Jack Brown, Isaac Fesmire, Jack Bur
roughs, Harry Wicker, Sid Kelley, Ed
Martin (manager), L. C. Belding
(coach).
Baseball: Red Riley, Ed Clements,
Buck Peake, Hughes Clements, Lee
Wall, Charles Carrol, Red Whitt, Amos
Shelton, Ernest Ray, Bill Wharton, Eu
gene Bulloefi;, Billy Jerome (manager),
J. Stanley Johnson (coach).
Track: Bill Elias, Powell Banner,
Jack Burroughs, Jack Nowlin, David
Miller, Jack Brown, Elmer Wrenn, J.
T. Coleman, Joe McDonald (manager),
A. P. Routh (coach).
Golf; Bill Venning, Carl Jeffress, Bill
Bonkemeyer, Ernest Remmy, Prank
Causey, L. C. Belding (coach).
Tennis: Speight Bird, Waldo Porter,
Carl Carlson, Jack Staples, G. P. Cobb
(coach). '
Boxing: Jimmy Tuttle, Hal Justice,
Sam Rees, R. J. Allen (captain). Jesse
Moreeld, W. S. Hamilton (coach).
Wrestling: Ed Benbdw, William
Bell, Johnny King, Ed Douglas (cap
tain), Dudley Poster, Fred Koury,
Billy Golding, Jimmy Hodgin, Hilton
Gerringer, Fred Work, Holt Neese
(manager), A. P. Routh (coach).
Cross-country: Fred Koury (cap
tain), LeRoy Suttles, Austin Lovin,
Vernon Langley, Hubert Rochelle, Her
bert Montgomery, David Miller, A. P.
Routh (coach).
Girls’ Certificates: Katherine Elli
son, Gene Hay, Eva Mae Edmondson,
Margaret Knight, Marian Goodman,
Helen Kirkman, and Josephine Lucas.
Honorable Mention: Swimming—Hil-
Durham at Greensboro, September
23.
Leaksville at Greensboro, Septem
ber 30.
Gastonia at Gastonia, October 7.
Salisbury at Greensboro, October
14.
Charlotte at Greensboro, October
21.
Eeidsville at Greensboro, October
28.
Winston at Greensboro, Novem
ber 4.
Barium Springs, at Barium Spring,
November 11.
High Point at High Point, Novem
ber 18.
“Haven’t you finished hitching up that
horse yet. Jack? At the rate you’re
going we’ll never get out to the “Y”
camp,” yelled Bill Venning.
“Have a heart, can’t cha? This horse
hasn’t seen a harness in a century.
Anyway, where’s Branch Fields? He’s
not here yet,” yelled back Jack Nowlin,
the newly elected boating councilor.
Grady Hardin at this moment ap
peared on the scene laden with food
stuffs, for he was to be the head man
in the kitchen. He reported that
Branch had gone back for a bathing
suit. Imagine a swimming councilor
without a bathing suit! “Bill, what are
you going to be councilor of?”
“Woah!” from all four of the eoun-,,
cilors from Greensboro high school to
“Y” camp.
SPOTLIGHTS OF SPORTS
ATHLETE RECORD WON
BY JACK BURROUGHS
Is Only Four Letter Man in High
School; Has Basketball, Track, Foot
ball, Baseball Letters.
Jack Burroughs is one of the best if
not the best athlete that has ever been
in Greensboro high school^ He not only
excelled in physhil ability, but in
sportsmanship w'hich is the most impor
tant.
He has been a good athlete all of his
way through school, but the last year
hfis been his best season by far.
In the past year he was captain and
end on the football team and won the
same places on the all-state team. He
was forwmrd on the basketball squad
threw’ the javelin, w’hich he has thrown
177 feet, wdiich if it had been official,
w’ould have been the state record, ran
the 440 and the 20, and pole vaulted.
He is the only four letter man in
Greensboro high now. He received let
ters in the, three sports in baseball
on which team one year he played in
the outfield.
He will not be back next year and we
surely wdll miss him, but we congratu
late him on what he has done.
Jack has not yet decided w^hich
school he will go to next year. It is
thought that he wall go to some prep
school.
Good Baseball Material
Baseball was another very successful sport. This year there was
plenty of material for a good team as most of the players were ex
perienced, and there was a good baseball team. If they had only won
their last game from Charlotte we would have been Western Conference
Champions and probably state champions. The last game with Char
lotte was a hard game and Charlotte won by only a narrow margin.
Experienced Trackmen Are Few
This year seemed to be our lean year or the darkest hour in track,
but as the lean year comes before the fat one and the darkest hour
before the dawn, I think that next year holds in store a very successful
track season. This year we were handicapped by not having enough
men that had had experience. We had a lot of raw material this year
that will probably improve very much by next year. This year would
probably have been a better success if so many of our best trackmen
had not been ineligible.
Coaching Staff Efficient
Greensboro high school was fortunate this year in having an excel
lent coaching staff. For football we had Belding, Routh, and Hamil
ton; for basketball, Belding; for baseball, Johnson; for track, Routh;
for cross country, Routh; for wrestling, Routh; for boxing, Hamilton;
for tennis, Cobb; for golf, Belding; and for girls ’ sports. Miss Robinson.
Eleven Won Five Out of Nine Games
Our football team won five out of nine games last season. The
whole team, on the average, played good ball with very few excep
tions. This season turned out the all-state end and captain. Jack Bur
roughs, who played the same position on our team. Several other
players received honorable mention.
Basketball Season Good
Basketball was one of the most successful sports of the season.
Although the team had only nine players from which to choose a quin
tet, they won the N. C. State College’s Seventh Annual Invitation tour
nament at Raleigh and nine of the fifteen games in the Western Con
ference. If the team had won their second game with Charlotte, they
would have won the Western Conference Championship and probably
the state championship They almost won their last game with Char
lotte, for it required two extra periods of hard play, and we were de
feated by only tWo points.
Minor Sports
Our cross country team won the state meet. Those on the team
were Koury, Miller, Suttles, and Loving.
Wrestling was successful also, one state title was won by Koury of
the 135-lb. class in the state meet. The team, as a whole, came in third.
Our boxers had a tough season mainly because of the lack of
material.
Our tennis and golf teams had a fair season.
The swimming team was very good, but because of lack of compe
tition was not a success.
The girls’ sports would have been a bigger success if more girls
who would make good athletes would take an interest in sports.
Whirlwinds Third in Annual Meet
Greensboro high cindermen placed last in the annual Western Con
ference track meet held at High Point, April 9, The poor showing was
due, mainly, to the absence of several of its most important members
who were on the sick list,
Charlotte took first place, nosing out the Black Bisons from High
Point by 1 1-2 points. Salisbury took second from Winston by a close
margin. Wrenn, Burroughs, and Brown were the scorers for the locals,
each getting one point.
Stars of the meet were: Frank Sizemore, High Point, who broke
the state record for the 100-yard dash by running it in ten seconds
fiat; Montgomery, his team mate, who starred in the relay and took
first in the low hurdles; and Captain Harold Sutton, who placed first
in the shot, discus, and javelin for Charlotte.
Wrenn, Brown, and Nowlin Star for Locals
Coach Routh’s trackmen placed third in the triangular meet be
tween High Point, Salisbury, and Greensboro at High Point, April 23.
The final score was: High Point 59 1-3; Salisbury 49 1-2; and Greens
boro 34. Better form was shown at this meet than had been shown
previously, and Coach Routh was 'well-pleased with the outcome.
Wrenn, Nowlin, and Brown starred for Greensboro, Wrenn took first
and one of. the best in the state. He pjacg the shot-put with a throw of over 46 feet. Nowlin placed an
was on the track team on which he locals in the mile run, while Brown won first in the
discus throw. Other Greensboro entrants scoring points were: Bur
roughs, Hinton, Miller, and Elias.
High Point’s star was Prank Sizemore, who was also the outstand
ing man of the meet. Graham showed up well for Salisbury, taking
place in the high jump, and doing good in the relay, which was won
by Salisbury.
Winston Nine Wins Over Pointers
The Whirlwind nine received a real break when the Winston-
Salem team defeated High Point in their final game before the race for
competition in the championship games. This defeat gave all these
teams a tie, which meant that Greensboro still had a chance for the
championship. Had High Point beaten Winston, Greensboro’s season
would have been closed.
Both teams won from the locals in the early season, but Greensboro
soon turned, and defeated them by^large scores.
Since all three teams were tied for first place, they drew to see
which would play first. High Point drew a bye, giving Greensboro
the opportunity to play Winston on the local diamond.
Eligible Trackmen Defeat Ineligibles
The eligible track team won the meet which was held at the Me
morial Stadium, April 19, by an overwhelming score of 80 1-3 to 30 1-2.
The object in having this meet was to create more interest in track.
The varsity had had a tough season, losing in several meets, so the ineli
gibles, thinking the loss was due to their not being members of the regu
lar team, challenged the eligibles to a meet. Results showed an increase
in the school’s spirit and interest toward this sport as well as encourag
ing the varsity.
Quakers Take Triangular Meet
Whirlwind tracksters won second place in the triangular meet
with the Guilford Reserves and Sanford high school, Friday, April 29
on Guilford’s field. Guilford was given a close race for first place by
the local team, but the Quakers finally nosed them out by eight points.
Sanford captured first place in all the running events with excellent
showing from the Tuggs brothers.
Elmer Wrenn and Jack Burroughs were outstanding for Greens
boro. Wrenn placed first in the shot-put and second in the discus
while Burroughs came in first in the javelin with a throw of 177 feet,
4 inches, beating the state records.
Others winning points for the Gate City squad were,: Coleman,
Nowlin, Brown, Marsh, Fincke, Miller, and Elias.
97 Letters Awarded
There were 97 letters awarded to athletes for skillfulness in various
sports for the recently ended season. Jack Burroughs was our only
four-letter man who starred in football, basketball, track, and baseball.
The three letter men were Wrenn, who received awards for football,
basketball and track, and Whitt, who starred in football, basketball,
and baseball. Men who won two letters were Koury, Miller, Elias,
Wicker, Brown, Rees, Fesmire, Wharton, and Riley. Helen Kirkmen
received two stars for girls’ sports.
FIVE RECORDS ARE
BROKEN IN ANNUAL
CIVITAN MEET
Charlotte’s Team Defends Title
Successfully—G. H. S.
Is Sixth.
G. H. S. COACH IN CHARGE
High Point Wins Second, Led by Size
more; Burroughs, Wrenn and
Brown Star.
To H. H. Diploma—12,480 Miles
Saginaw, Mich., (ABS)-t-How long
is the road to high graduation? Just
12,480 miles, if the experiment made by
the journalism class at Arthur Hill
high school here is pijoof. A member
of the class wore a speedometer to
school and discovered that he averaged
four and one-half miles a day—two
and one-half in school. At this rate
the student walks 26 miles a week,
104 a month, 1,040 a year, and 12,480
in the 12 years before he finishes high
school.
SENIORS CELEBRATE KID DAY
Dignified seniors, bah! Perhaps you
think they are visitors from the gram
mar schools, but don’t they greatly re
semble the seniors who just the other
day were in long trousers, long dresses,
and hose? We will all have to forgive
them for this action for we must re
member we too will someday be old
and in our second childhood.
Bad little boys untie little girls’
sashes and pull their “curls.” A toy
car and wagon being puiled over the
grass, scratches on the desks, ugly
drawings on the board, all done by the
(dignified?) seniors!
Oh well, oh well, perhaps we, too, in
later years will yearn to be a kid once
more. As the old saying goes: we are
a child only once, so have a good time;
but now you are a child once and a
“kid” once.
ton Gerringer, Joe McDonald, Billy
Murphy, George Fincke, and Sidney
Kelley.
Five records were broken in the ninth
annual Civitan track meet held at the
Greensboro Memorial Stadium Friday,
May 6. Lester Belding was in charge
of the occasion, which got under way
about 1:30. The field events were run
off first, followed by the preliminaries
for the winning events. The finals for
the running events were run off about
4:30.
Coach Milstead’s Charlotte team,
which was barred from the meet until
the last minute, defended their title
successfully. Captain' Harold Sutton of
the Wildcats was the individual star of
the meet, winning 13 points, while Guy
Soule captured 11 joints for the Wild
cats.
High Point, favored to win the title,
placed second. The Black Bisons were
led by Frann Sizemore,-who galloped to
first places in the lOO-yard dash and
220-yard dash.
Greensboro high placed sixth in the
meet, fetting 12 points. Coach Routh
saved some of his good men for the
medley relay, but they failed to come
through. Burroughs, Wrenn and Brown
were the high scorers of the local-squad.
Wrenn got third in the shot-put and
fourth in the discus, while Brown took
second in the discus, and Burroughs sec
ond in the javelin throw. Coleman
placed fourth in the low hurdles, trail
ing Kennerly, who managed to get a
third. The medley relay was won by
Charlotte, with Winston second, High
Point third, and Greensboro fourth.
Greensboro’s hope for a second po
sition was blasted when it was decided
to let the Charlotte squad enter the
meet. The weight men of the. local
squad would have won more points if
it had not been for the excellent show
ing of the weight men from the Queen
City. The Greensboro milers also had
a fair chance to capture some points,
but they did not enter that event be
cause Coach Routh wanted a fresh group
for the medley relay. The locals took
the lead in the medley but failed to
hold it and were forced to take fourth
place.
Surprise Entry
It was thought, through previous re
ports, that Charlottet would not be al
lowed to enter the meet because of
filing the entry blank after the re
quired time, and the Civitan committtee
had already voted not to allow the team
to enter.
The Civitans, however, left the en
trance of the Charlotte team with the
coaches of the other schools entering
the meet, and they decided the day be
fore the meet to allow th Charlotte
team to enter. How different the out
come would have been had they not
entered!
1932 BASEBALL TEAM
ELECTS RILEY CAPTAIN
Senior High Club Names Honorary
Leader Before Western Conference
Game With Charlotte.
Before the first Western Conference
game with Charlotte, the baseball club
of Senior high elected their honorary
captain for 1932, hoping it would give
them good luck. The name of the cap
tain was Ralph Riley, a senior and reg
ular catcher of the team.
Riley, better known as “Red” among
the members of the team, is finishing
his third season with the school team
and has distinguished himself not only
as a catcher but as a hitter. His name
has been mentioned a number of times
for all-state selections? Riley is the
owner of letters for three seasons wfith
the club.
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Whirlwinds Defeated
In Elimination Game
WHAT MAKES THE GAME
“I fumbled,” said the sad-eyed lad,
“And lost the golden chance I had!”
“That’s quite all right,” his coach re
plied,
“I understand how’ hard you tried.
Forget it now! Go back and fight
With all your strength and all your
might.
“Take hold of this consoling thought:
If every ball that’s thrown were
caught;
If no one faltered; no one fell;
If every play \ve tried w’ent well;
If gain with every venture came.
There would be nothing to the game.
“What makes the game? Not perfect
play.
But golden chances thrown away!
The fumbled ball; the slight mistake
Which men, however skillful, make;
The faulty judgment and the will
To wait and work for victory still.
“And so with life! If all were plain.
If men perfection could attain ;
If neither doubt, nor loss, nor fear
Should ever test our courage here;
If ye knew all, and all could see.
Then deadly dull this life would be.”
Gentennialiglit, Centennial High
School, Pueblo, Colorado.
ERRORS COSTLY
Peake Hurled Good Ball—Char-
loote’s Fielding in
Game Excellent.
LOCALS LEAD IN HITS
Gadd Leads Charlotte in Hitting; Whar-
ton and Peake Lead Locals; Sen
iors’ Last Game.
WRENN WILL CAPTAIN
1933 FOOTBALL SQUAD
Is Three Letter Man, Winner of Awards
in Football, Basketball, Track;
Only Old Player in Line.
WILL PLAY GUARD POSITION
The foptball captain for next season’s
Purple Whirlwinds will be Elmer
Wrenn, who has played guard for some
time. He was elected by the football
men who have already received letters,
Wednesday, May 11.
Wrenn has been excellent as variety
guard for the past three years and re
ceived the distinction of being included
on several all-star line-ups last fall. Be
sides being one of the most outstand
ing offensive players, Wrenn also
drop-kicked the extra points for the
eleven last season.
Since Wrenn is the only old player
in the line-up for next year, with the
exception of Oka Hester, center, he will
be looked to by Coach Lester Belding
as the leader of the forward wall.
Beside being a three-letter man,
Wrenn also stars in his other two
sports. He was elected honorary cap
tain of the basketball team at the close
of the last season, and stood out as the
most consistent snorer on the track
team. Te also throws the weights in
the track season, particularly the
shots.
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Through the courtesy of the Greens
boro Patriots, who are members of the
Piedmont baseball league, knot hole
tickets have been issued for the third
consecutive year.
Approximately 150 Senior 'high stu
dents who had not yet reached its age
limit of 16 years, were given knot hole
tickets.
This ticket, which is a season pass,
entitles its holder to free admission to
all the hame games of the Patriots,
with the exception of games played on
holidays or other special occasions.
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Greensboro’s baseball season was
closed when the Whirlwinds lost the
second and final game of the Western
Conference Class A championship se
ries with Charlotte high school, May 13,
at the Memorial Stadium, by the score
of 4 to 3. The first game of the series
.,was played in the Queen City, and
Greensboro lost by 2-0.
In the second game, Greensboro hit
King of Charlotte several times but
could not score until the last inning,
while Charlotte’s hitting did not exceed
a hit each inning. Charlotte, followed
up errors with bingles for runs.
Peake hurled good ball for the local
team, allowing only six hits, while his
teammates were collecting 13. The out
field for the home team was poor in
the first three periods, but soon*
straightened out, while the Charlotte
boys’ fielding was excellent prior to
the last when it fell considerably.
Shelton’s error caused Brady, the
first man up, to reach first. Brady then
stole around to third, and Gadd sent
him home with a single.
A couple of errors in the second in
ning put. Mulligan and Deihl on base..
Beam knocked them in with a long sin
gle, nearly good for a two-bagger, but
was caught while the first two men were
crossing the plate.
Another error brought Black safely
in in the next inning, and Morris sent
him down with a bunt. Gadd hit again
and the Charlotte tally of four was com
plete. Coach Johnson changed Ray
from th« left field to third and put
Clements in the outfield. The Whirl
winds hit off in fair form the rest of
the time.
The. lo.cals managed to get a man or
two on the sacks in practically every
inning up to the last without scoring.
Greensboro started a rally in the last
inning that netted the pair of runs.
Rees, pinch hitting for Carroll, walked,
with one gone. Wharton hit to right
field and Mulligan threw wild to third,
letting Rees in. Whit' flew out but
Peake doubled and Wharton came in.
One more man, Wall, got a hit before
Clements struck out to .end the game.
Playing their last games for Greens,
boro high, were. Captain Ralph Riley,
Bill Wharton, Red Whitt, and Eugene
Bullock.
The outstanding hitter of the day
was Bill Wharton, who got four hits
out of five times to the bat. Peake,
who hit three out of four, was not far
behind. Gadd was the only visitor to
make two safeties.
This game gave Charlotte the right to
play Durham for the state champion
ship and closed the season for Greens
boro.
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