March 6, 1942
HIGH LIFE
Sportsman's
Holiday
By
EARLE
HOLLIDAY
Several interesting things may be
said coneerning the state tinnls of the
class A basketball game last Tuesday
night. In the first place, I wish to
iiiferm many, many of you school-spir
ited students that Greensboro's cagors
were playing Durham in that game.
Although it was publici/'>etl iu all lo
cal papers, on the radio, etc., many
of the (ii’eensboro students didn't find
it (iut until the next day, and it is
(loulitful if the news that C’oach Bob
Jamieson's team was out there bat
tling for a crown that Greensboro has
failed to win in over 10 years, has jxm-
etrated all parts of the school yet.
.V very weak excuse offered by many
was that we liad snow on the ground.
However, Hanes high of Winston, which
had more snow and bad weather to
cover than local fans, had all their
cheer-leaders and a large section of
students out for their class B game.
Incidentally, after you reached Bur
lington, you eouldn’t tell that it had
snowed this year.
Even the class C teams, who come
from .schools with undouhteilly less than
one-tenth as many stuclent.s as we do,
had organized cheering. In contrast
tons, Durham filled almost half of the
gyiiuiasium and had ten cheerleaders,
while a mere^ handful of Whirlwind
supporters, and many of them alumni,
were supporting their team.
Getting to the actual playing, Dur
ham may l)e the North Carolina cham
pions hut they know now that they’ve
been iu a light. A couple of (iiiestion-
able decisions in the game, which went
to Durham, would have made a dif
ferent story.
T(ie first of these, which occurred in
the first half, was called by a Mr.
Knight, who hails from the Durham Y.
This does not imply that he was par
tial toward either team. In this in
stance, Joe Coleman had the ball for
Greensboro and he attempted a long
set shot which was good. Well, after
the ball was in the air a Durham
player charged Bob Fondren, a foul
that many referees wouldn’t have
called because neither boy was in pos-
session of the ball. However, Knight
called it. not on the Durham player
but against Fondren. He also ruled
that Coleman’s goal was no good, al
though no rule in the book says that
it should have been cancelled. Those
two points could have won the ball
game for Senior.
Another “one of those things’’ ap
peared when Harold (Skinny) Brown
fonlwl out of the game. Jamieson keeps
an accurate record of each play of a
game, and he had three fouls against
him and Skinny knew that he had com
mitted only three fouls. However, he
was expelled from the game. Con
cerning fouling, two of the four fouls
of Jack Jarvis were made against Ken
ny Turner when he told the referee
that Jarvis hadn't touched him.
The final (luestionahle play by the
officials occurred at the last of the
game. Gus Paschal was in the act of
shooting when he was fouled by Ed
I^ougee. According to all rules of bas
ketball, Paschal was due two shots;
he was awarded one. Then came the
worst example of sportmanship shown
in these parts in a long time. Paschal
liad a free shot coming, the gun* to
end the game had gone off, and the
championship of North Carolina was
in his hands. You would expect' the
student body of Durham to play the
game fairly and keep quiet while he
was shooting, but they rose to their
feet as one and started booing, stamp
ing their feet and everything else that
would distract Paschal’s attention,
''ilb all the tension and pressure on
him and all the noise, it is a wonder
that he was able to' pick the ball up.
I don't want to take any credit away
when it's due, for Durham has a very
good basketbal team, made up of good
players and good sport.s, but the group
hficl best watch out if they meet Greens
boro next week at the Duke tourna
ment.
To Take New Post
1*01*1 IjAR Coach Jim Day, who leaves today to take a post with the
city recreation department.
Jim Day Resigns As Line Coach;
Accepts Recreation Job With City
Today Greensboro high school loses
a great coach and a fine fellow in Jim
Day, former Elon star, who has re
signed as line coach to take up new
dutie.s with the City Recreation de
partment.
Coach Day came to Greensboro in
the fall of '88 shortly after graduation
from Elon college, where he was out
standing as a tackle on the Christians'
football squad, for the school officials
learned of Day’s knowledge of the grid
iron stM)rr and signed him almost imme
diately a.s line coach.
Goes to Recreation De|)artnient
The local mentor will probably go to
work in Greensboro's recreation depart
ment toda.v, for when Daniel Neal left
his post as athletic director Tom Jen-
rette took over, and this left a vactincy
as assistant director, a i)osition which
Coach Day will ably fill.
Since coming foi the local high school
in ’38, Day has turned out a strong
forward wall each season for the Whirl
winds. The former Elonite has coached
such high school star linemen as Rob
ert (Body) Glenn, (’barlie Hood. Law
rence (Pinky) Reddick, Bob George,
Jack Ginsburg, ilelvin Trull, Jim
Groonie, Bob Campbell, and many
others.
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School Letters To Be Given
^t G. A. L Annual Banquet
To honor members of the Girls'
Athletic association and partiei-
pant.s in after-school sport.s, the
annual G. A. A. banquet will be
held March 1!) at 7 p.m. in the
Masonic temple. Miss Doris Hutch
inson, adviser for the club, an
nounced Monday.
“Highlighting the program will
be the presentation of school let
ters for which a girl must win 2(K)
points, state letters, 400, •iiid stars,
500 points. “However, the speaker
for the banquet luis not yet been
chose.’’ she concluded.
Students who were recently appoint
ed for the senior pageant committoe
have started work on plans for the
•lune graduation.
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Page Five
Paschal, With Hook Shot,
Proves His Cage Ability
3 Tennis Lettermen
[Return for '42 Team
('each Jim Day has three return
ing lettermen around whom to build
bis tennis team this year. They are
Ball Cavan, Emry (ireen aiul Don
ald Garrett. The '41 team lost only
two niatelies out of 14, both of
which were to Oak Ridge. Joe
Coleman, a leading player last year
until he became ineligible for fur
ther play, will also be back for
acticii with the local nettei's.
.\t present a schedule has not
been made, but ('harlotte will prob-
ably be added to the list of oppon
ent seliools f((r this season. Joe
Coleman, conmienting on the oiit-
lo:k for the season, said, "T think
we will liave a strong, winning
team.”
Greensboro Gets Bid
To Duke Tournament
Returning home last Wednesday af
ter an unsuccessful (piest of tlu^ N. 0.
state championship. Coach Bob Jamie
son’s Whirlwinds lost no time in pre
paring for the Duke-Diirhani southern
high school invitational tournament at
Duke uiiiversit.v next Friday and Sat
urday.
Q’o date only three teams have been
invited and have consented to appear
in this tournament, which brings to
gether the best high school basketball
teams in the south. .Tohn Marshall high
school of Richmond, Durham, the state
champions, and Greensboro, the West
ern conference winner, are scheduled
to enter the bout.
Five Other Teams To .Appear
Five other leading southern team.s
wil be invited by Duke and the Dur
ham junior chamber of commerce to
appear at the meet.
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'I’oday's guest athlete is one of the
mainstays en (loach Bub .laniieson’s
successful basketball team, T.oroy
(Gus) 1‘ascbal. whose playing went a
long way in i)Utting the (iroensboro
cagers in the state spotlight.
^Vitb the type of playing that Jamie
son uses. P.-isclial holds down one of
the most dillicult and important posi
tions on the floor, that of the pivot,
post, and he does it reniarkably well.
Like many of the other stars on tliis
year's team he received his start at
basketball while at Central junior high.
However, during bis first year at Sen
ior. be didn't make his appearance on
tlie hardwood luit did most of his play
ing at the V. M, ('. A.
During the year he perfected a hook
shot that could be made with cither
baud, a trick that few high school
cagers liave accomiilisluMl. However,
during the fir.st part of the year his
luck with this shot failed him. but
whim the conference season rolled
armind, he started clicking. It was a
rare oeeasion when he secured less
than 10 i)oints.
Shows Real Spirit
In the big game of the year 'i'uesday
with Durliam be .showed his real merit
to tlie fullest extent. After being elect
ed co-captain of the all-eonforence team
and having his pivot-shot highly pul»-
licized, he was probably the most mark
ed man on the Whirlwind team, 'fhe
Bulldogs set up their defense in such
a way as to make it impossible for him
to .score on a hook shot: lienee he
switched to a guard position during
part of the game and still scored more
points than any other player on the
fioor.
.After the game was over and he had
missed tlie foul shot that could have
won the game, Paschal was sunk in
the deptlis. Instead he should liave
been carried out on the shoulders of
the fans, for ho was truly the iiion of
the niglit.
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