January 10,1930
HIGH LIFE
Page Three
GREENSBORO WINS OPENERS
.EAKSVILLE SCORES
SINGLE GOAL AS
G.H.S. WINS 19-8
Greensboro Girls Win Their
Game by a Score of
29 to 16.
BOYS PLAY RAGGED BALL
Greensboro i'Guards Well, But Lacks
Accuracy on Many Chances
for Field Goals.
The Purple aud Gold of Greensboro
high school triumphed over Leaksville
high in basketball, as both boys- and
girls teams took the lid off the cage
season, Wednesday night, January 8.
The girls team went in action first, the
G. H. S. girls coming out on the long
end of a 29-16 score.
The fact that the game was never in
any danger as far as the Gate City six
were concerned was responsible in a
large part to the heady fiashy play of
Leila George Cram, jumping center, and
Margaret McCollum. Margaret was
high scorer for the game,^ with thirteen
points to her account. She led in team
work, was fast on he^. feet, and han
dled the ball well. Altogether she
looked plenty good Wednesday night.
Leila George Cram has had several
years’ experience on the varsity, and
showed some excellent playing at times.
Mary Butler, another Greensboro for
ward was also deserving of mention.
The Greensboro girls cage team is
coached by Misses Camelle Brinkley,
Ida Bell Moore, aud Sarah Ashcraft.
The line-up:
Greensboro Pos. Leaksville
McCollum (13)—i.f Hobbs (6)
Butler (4) r.f Darnels (2)
Cram (9) j.c McCullum (5)
Byrd l.g Mabes
Hay c.c A. Garden
'Pye r.g Brooks
Greensboro subs: Holtz, White (3) ;
Leaksville: Hobbs (3), Truslow, Dar
nell.
Boys’ Game
The G. H. S. boys basketball team
did not show up so well comparatively
as did the G. H. S. girls team. Team
work was off, and their throws for
field goals lacked accuracy. They man
aged, however, to hold the Leaksville
five to one basket, but allowed seven
i)oints on free throws. Greensboro’s
first score in .actual completion for the
1930 season came early in the first quar
ter. Curtis dribbled down the floor,
passed to Burroughs in the left corner.
Burroughs passed to Whitt under the
basket, and Whitt threw it in for the
field goal. Soon after, Whitehead scored
Leaksville’s only basket.
A little later. Jack Xorman lanky
G. 11. S. center scored two goals, one
right after the other. Norman seemed
to have some difficulty with his shoot
ing as he thre\V (completely over the
backboard several times.
in the second half, Morris got loose
from the mix-up around his own bas
ket, dribbled down the floor, and made
a quick pass to Whitt who scored an
other goal. Soon after, Burroughs
tossed one in from close under the op
ponent’s backboard, leaving,the score
at the half ten to five.
In the last half, Curtis, who played
through in his usual steady style, fur
nished the most spectacular shot of the
game.
Perhaps some of’the best playing and
best team work came in the last quar
ter when Norman passed to Homey
who passed to Burroughs, who scored.
Morrie Witten, coming in in the last
half, took a long pass from Homey, and
added two points more to his team’s
score.
Burroughs has been looking good in
practice games, and to some extent
showed good basketball in the Leaks
ville game. Curtis, who promises to be
Here are the three most important
class A basketball schedules, at least to
G. II. S. fans:
Greensboro High School
Jan. 17—High Point at Greensboro.
Jan. 18—Greensboro at Winston.
Jan. 23—Greensboro at Charlotte.
Jan. 24—Greensboro at Gastonia.
Jan. 28—Winston at Greensboro.
Feb. 1—Greensboro at Asheville.
Feb. 4—Charlotte at Greensboro.
Feb. 7—Greensboro at High Point.
Feb. 11—Salisbury at Greensboro.
Feb. 14—Asheville at Greensboro.
Feb. 21—Gastonia at Greensboro.
Feb. 25—Greensboro at Salisbury.
High Point High School
Jan. 10—Gastonia at High Point.
Jan. 14—Salisbury at High Point.
Jan. 17—High Point at Greensboro.
Jan. 24—Asheville at High Point.
Jan, 28—^HigU Point at Winston.
Jan. 31—Winston at High Point.
Feb. 4—High Point at Gastonia.
Feb. 7—Greensboro at High Point.
E'eb. 11—High Point at Winston.
Feb. 1-4—Charlotte at High Point.
E'eb. 18—High Point at Salisbury.
Feb. 22—High Point at Asheville.
Winston-Salem High School
Jan. 18—Greensboro at Winston.
Jan. 21—Winston at Salisbury.
Jau. 25—Asheville at Winston.
Jan. 28—Winston at Greensboro.
Jan. 31—Winston at High Point.
Feb. 7—Winston at Asheville.
Feb, 8—Winston at Asheville.
Feb. 11—High Point at Winston.
E'eb. 18—Winston at Gastonia.
Feb. 21—Charlotte at Winston.
E^eb, 25—Gastonia at Winston.
Mar. 1—Salisbury at Winston.
BOYS'BASKETBALL
TEAM BEGINS WORK
Wins Over Pilot Life Team in
Last Practice Game Be
fore Season.
TO PLAY OAK RIDGE SAT.
To get the squad “shaken down” for
the Leaksville game, the Greensboro
boys’ basketball team played a practive
game with the Pilot Life’ Insurance
Company’s team, Monday, the sixth. In
this game our team showed for the first
time the rudiments of teamwork so nec
essary in basketball. According to the
coaches, the boys really looked good in
the first half, when the high school
first team was on the floor. They were
clicking so good that they held the Pilot
Life bunch to 15 to 6. In the second
half, the second five, Fesmire, Witten,
H. Nicholson, Homey and Curtis, took
the court and nearly permitted the
other team to catch up, but the first
team had them sw-amped. Curtis,
Greensboro guard, was the outstanding
star of the game, making several diffi
cult baskets, and being high scorer of
the game with eight points. Burroughs
was also in good form; he is expected
to make the varsity this year. Morris,
twice basketball captain, is always good,
and played his usual game.
The line-up:
Greensboro Pos. Pilot Life
Whitt (3) I.f Devant
Burroughs (6) ...r.f Carson (4)
Norman (4) ...Center Sharpe (7)
Curtis (8) .......l.g Miles (6)
Morris (4) r.? Blair (5)
Greensboro subs.: Fesmire, Homey,
H. Nicholson, Witten.
\ ~
the best man on the squad if he keeps
on, showed his stuff quite well. Morris,
alone, could not seem to get going, prob
ably because he had a bad finger.
The line-up:
Greensboro Pos. Leaksville
Whitt (4) I.f ‘Wilson (2)
Burroughs (4) __r.f_._-. Webster
Norman (G) —Center LewTs
Curtis (3) 1.? Neese
Morris ,__p,j— Whitehead (6)
Greensboro substitutes: Witten (2) ;
Homey, H. Nicholson.
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
FOR NEXT SEASON
RELEASED BY ROUTH
Plenty of Good Material Re
turning to Form Next
Year’s Team.
G. H. S. PLAYS NINE GAMES
Norman and Shaffer Prospects for Big
Guns of Next Year’s
Offensive.
As a last echo of the football season,
Coach A. P. Eouth has released the
football schedule for 1930. The coaches
of course can’t say anything about the
prospects,’but we know that next year
G. H. S. will have some team. How
about this line-up? ;
End—Whitt, a letter man.
Tackle—Brown, a letter man and cap
tain.
Guard—Avery, a letter man.
Center—Fordham, a letter man.
Guard—Apple, not a letter man but
has had plenty of experience.
Tackle—Morris, a letter man.
End—Vanstory, has size and experi
ence.
Quarterback—Shaffer, has two letters.
Halfback—Goodwin, has three letters.
Halfback—Elias, ineligible this year,
but back next.
Fullback—Norman or Ogburn, and are
they good!
It seems to us that that is a pretty
good team that G. H, S. will be able to
put on the field at the first of the sea-
sin next year. Personally we are keep
ing our eyes on Norman and Shaffer to
be the big guns of next year’s G. H. S.
offensive. The schedule, with confer
ence games starred:
September 26, Eeidsville at Greens
boro (pending).
October 3, Hickory at Greensboro
(pending),
October 10, Charlotte at Greensboro.*
October 17, Salisbury at Salisbury.*
October 24, Concord at Greensboro
(pending).
October 31, Asheville at Asheville.*
November 7, Winston at Greensboro.*
November 14, Durham at Greensboro.*
November 25, High Point at High
Point.*
Conference games.
BASKETBALL GAMES ARE
PLAYED AT CALDWELL
For Lack of Other Place Caldwell
Gymnasium Will be Used for
Cage Games.
When the Greensboro high sdiool
cage team plays at home they must per
force use the Caldwell grammar school
gynmasium. There is no better place
available. The objection to the Cald
well gym lies not in the floor, but in
tile fact that the seating arrangements
permit only a few spectators to see the
game. Proof that sometbing is wrong
with the school spirit of G. H. S., no
basketball game has drawn more than
the few (about 300), for whom there is
adequate seating space.
This year the admission to basket
ball games will probably be to students^
25c, other, 35c. Mr. Routh is making
preparations for additional seating
space in anticipation of more high
school students waking up and support
ing their team.
Bowling is Popular Fad
Bowling, forinerly praiTically un
known in Greensboro, is now rapidly
becoming, by leaps and bounds, a most
popular pastime for all. High school
students especially patronize the alleys,
both boys and girls, and the popularity
of bowling is said to have something to
do with chronic condition of financial
embarrasment now prevalent in the
school. We’ve got one thing to say for
the bowling alley fellow'.
GIRLS’ BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
Jan. Id—Reidsville at Reidsville.
Jan. 14—U. N. C. co-eds at Greens
boro.
Jan. 17—Winston at Greensboro.
Jan. 24—High Point at High Point.
Jan. 31—Chapel Hill at Chapel
Hill.
Feb. 7—Old Town at Old Town.
Feb. 1-4—Alexander -Wilson at
Alexander-Wilson.
Feb. 21—Leaksville at Leaksville,
•■hampionship game.
Sport Colyumn
The boys’ basketball team has ten
new uniforms and ten old ones that
have been cleaned. The laundry made
a nice-lookijig job cleaning the old
ones.
I don’t think that the coaches would
think much of this line if reasoning,
but how about this? There are lots of
healthy boys over here who have never
made an athletic team, or perhaps have
never gone out for one. ' Maybe these
boys are not good enough -fo win the
big G in one of the major sports. Per
haps they think that they haven’t got
ten “a chance.” If you . want a chance
to contest for G. H. S. make a letter,
join the Monogram club, and partici
pate in a good clean sport, they should
go out for tjie boxing and wrestling
teams, an added incentive is that there
are plenty of openings on the squads,
especially from a hundred and forty-
five pounds and up.
As ye sports editor was laboriously
making up his page for this issue he
suddenly found himself confronted with
a game which was scheduled for Octo
ber the thirty-fifth. Imagine his em
barrassment!
The boxing and wrestling schedule at
present is: ■
Jan. 13—Leaksville at Leaksville.
Jan. 17—Durham at Durham.
Feb. 6—Leaksville at Greensboro.
Oak Eidge—Pending.
The matches with Durham are wres
tling only.
Ranking next after football in
popularity at Greensboro High is
track. The coaches are already work,
ing on this year’s schedule. Greens
boro trackmen will probably partici
pate this year in the following
meets, in the order named:
Davidson in March.
Guilford in April.
Carolina in April.
Civitan in May.
Asheville in May.
There is a possibility of the team
entering a meet at Wake Forest,
also. The track team will hold its
first workout some time around the
first of March.
MISS CAMILLE BRINKLEY
ORGANIZES HIKING CLUB
Purpose Is to Encourage More Girls to
Take Interest in Outdoor
Activities.
A Hiking and Camping club for all
girls of G. H. S. is being organized by
Miss Camille Brinkley, girls’ director
of Physical Education. The aim of this
club, which held its first meeting
Wednesday, according to Miss Brinkley,
is to encourage participation in the out
door pastimes by as many girls as will.
Teachers who will, are also urged to go
with the girls.
There will be no dues except those to
defray actual expenses incurred on the
trips. Meetings will be held twice a
month.
The first hiking trip will not be
until after examinations.
At least once every two months. Miss
Brinkley plan,s to take in a camping
trip.
BOXERS AND MATMEN
PREPARE FOR MEET
WITH LEAKSVILLE
Reporter Watches Greensboro
High School Mat and Ring
Team Work Out.
BELL CAPT. AND COACHES
Squads Need Men to Fight in the
Heavier Weight Classes—145
Pounds and Up.
The other day a High Life reporter,
snooping around in his ever-present
search for copy meandered down the
long wooden walk that leads to the field
house.
Entering the hoys side first, quite
naturally, the first thing his eyes fell
upon two grapplers entwined in strug
gling embrace upon three mats that
slid about at w’ill. Which brought
fourth the news item that the canvas
to cover the mats has not yet arrvied.
Hovering over the men on the mat, was
a well built 135 poundei* in black wres
tling tights, Hiram Bell. Hiram is
tackling a man-sized job this year, being
captain of the mat team aud at the
same time acting as coach. It is being
circulated around among the fighters
that Hiram thinks that the wrestlers
iire going to be good this year, and that
lie is willing to back this belief to the
exten tfhat he made the following bet
with “Speed” Moore, of the boxers. If
the wrestlers win more ixiints in meets
than the boxers, Moore wil push a pea
nut. with his nose from one side of the
main building down the sidewalk to the
front entrance, and thence down the
walk to the street. If the boxers win
the most points. Bell wil appear in the
peanut pushing act.
David Morrah and Johuy King are
c*ontesting in the 105 pound class.
Either Stimsou or May will fight in
the meet at Leaksville on the 12th, in
the 125 class, while Bell at 135, Mitchell
at 145, and Apple, at 155, appear lo
have their places cinched. At present
the grapplers have urgent need of can
didates to fight in the 160 aud 165
pound, and unlimited classes.
Watches Boxers
Tjeaviiig the boys side of the field
house, the reporter timidly ventured into
the other side, where he had heard that
the boxing team would be working out.
Sure enough a bunch of aspirants to
master the art of self-defence, were
doing their stuff under the direction of
Coach Homer Coltraiie. All around the
room boys were skipping rope, punching
the bag, shadow-boxing, or pounding on
the mats. In the center, Mr. Coltraiie
and Clyde Justice were pounding each
other. They were just finishing when
our reporter stepped into the room.
Then coach called the' would-be fighters,
by pairs, to put on the gloves.
Strange tho' it may’ be, it seemed to
ye scrivener that the most proficient
shadow boxers and sparrers, usually
were the first to get their noses bloodied
when they got in the ring with an op-
Iionent. Of the light classes Wilson
and Schloser seemed to look the best.
It is said that G. E. Morgan is also
looking good. John Moore is about
the most polishde glove sllnger on the
squad, and is practically sure of his
place. We hear that he may be elected
to the captaincy left vacant by Justice
in the near future. Moore boxes in the
125 pound class. McC'lintock will prob
ably fight in the 135 class in the meet
with Leaksville which wil be held the
12tli. Clyde Justice, though not able to
attend high school, will box in the meet
by mutual consent.
Other promising candidates are
Moorfield, Lane, and Hall. Boxers are
needed for all classes above the 135
pound class. This seemed to the snoop
ing reporter to be the trouble, our ring
and mat squads have good material in
some classes, and none at all in others.
This will never do.