Page Four
High Life
April 18, 1947
Whirlie Nine Tops Burlington in Opener
WINDWARD
by
Charlie Melvin
Spring sports are now officially
under way here at Senior with all
teams having seen action (unless
the track meet, scheduled for yes
terday, was rained out.) The Whir-
lie nine have had three games so
far with only one of these being a
conference battle. This they drop-
I>ed to Winston by a score of 16-3.
Another conference engagement was
slated for last Tuesday but bad
weather intervened and the game
was i)ostponed. The diamonders are
slated to meet Burlington today in
their second clash of the year but
their first conference tussle.
The golf men have experienced
some difficulty in getting started
this year and have dropped both of
their opening matches, the first to
Winston and the second to High
Point. The top four men on the team
now are Barnes, Garrall, .Tones and
Kidd, although there may be some
changes in the list before the paper
is issued.
The tennis boys have had the
most successful start in that they
have won a'll of their matches so far.
Their last scheduled meet, which
was to have been with High Point,
was rained out, and the next date
on the schedule is for next Monday.
Editor’s note: Pictures for Sport
Spots were destroyed in a dark
room accident of our staff photo
grapher and consequently this issue’s
shot had to be omitted.
Althuogh it’s still a trifle-early in
the season to make predictions, we
feel that the various teams here at
Senior will soon straighten out their
early season kinks and be in the
fights for the respective champion
ships in all fields from here on in.
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We want to take this opportunity
to offer apologies and make amends
to Jim Farabee’s basketball team in
the 5th period Physical Education
class, which triumphed in the bas
ketball tourney a few weeks back,
instead of Oliver Harrisons quint
as we stated. Acompanied by threats
of death by hanging, drowning, and
numerous other ways, we soon learn
ed of our error from various mem
bers of Farabee’s team, and have
been hounded and plaqued by them
since. The winning team is as fol
lows. Farrabee—captain; Wright,
Hutchinson, Scott, Geague, Maynard,
and Insly.
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With the coming of Spring and
warm weather. Coach Dave Dia
mond and his Physical Education
proteges have taken to the out-of-
doors in pursuit of such sports as
softball, volleyball, and high jump
ing. (Of course there is the added
attraction of watching the girls at
their daily attempts at softball, but
we didn’t consider this worth men
tioning.)
Some hot games of softball have
developed in the 6th period class,
but as the numbers of players on
each team run into higher mathe
matics we won’t have space to men
tion them .here. Homer Lowdermilk
has currently been umpiring these
games, but someone recently dis
covered that he is blind in one eye
and can’t see out of the other, and
consequently there has been some
talk of evicting him from his posi
tion.
Lari'y Dempsey, winning pitcher of the Greensboro-Gray High game,
which the locals won 7-6, looks on while Herman Enochs, local first
sacker, stretches to put out a Gray runner for the final out of the game.
(Photo by Lowell Dryzer)
Whirlie Netters Cop Two;
Golfers Bow to Reynolds
SPORT SPOTS
By SEAY
Bobby Clemmons could easily be
called slugger after the fine show
ing he made in Burlington and High
Point. Playing his first year as a
regular, Clemmons is at home in
deep center field. Possessing a good
throwing arm and weilding a hard
hitting bat Clemmons is expected to
be one of the leaders on the Whirlie
Squad.
Bobby is a .steady base runner and
can steal his share of the bases. To
date Bob has stolen three bases to
be in a tie with Speedy Bob Crews
for the team lead.
Gene Caviness, the hard hitting
outfielder, has had a hard time get
ting his eye adjusted to the slow
pitching in the High School league.
In the army Gene batted against
Professional pitchers and being used
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to them he. is finding it difficult to
get startedif Once he does find the
range opposing pitchers will do well
to walk him.
Coming to Senior at the beginning
of the second semester ex-G.I. Cavi
ness played Center on the basket
ball squad and did a fine job of it
too. Along came spring and Gene
took lip baseball and is a regular In
right field.
Charlie Nelson, the new pitching
sensation of Senior High has taken
over the duties of Dewey Wolfe who
graduated last year. This is a tall
order for one that has as little
experience as Charlie but every one
that has seen him pitch will say
that he will win his share of the
games.
Charlie is a junior and will be
around next year to give the Whir-
lies added strength.
After some two weeks of practice,
the Whirlie netters got into action
April 8 at Burlington and trounced
the Bulldogs handily 7-1. Coach
Mann, who guides the netters, was
well pleased with his team’s initial
success. Raymond Herbin, top man
on our team, lost to Burlington’s
number one man, Fogleman, for
the Bulldog’s only point. The sum
mary : Fogleman over Herbin, 6-4,
10-8; Laughlin over Wicker, 6-2, 6-4;
Spencer over Greene, 6-2, 6-1; At-
tayek over Sartin, 6-0, 6-1; Bates
oyer Trollinger, 6-0,6-l; Troxler over
Barnwell, 6-0,6-l; Herbin-Laughlin
over Fogleman-Wicker, 6-2, 6-4; At-
tayek-Troxler over Cates-Butler, 6-1,
6-1.
Last Friday, April 11, the tennis
team as well as the golf and baseball
teams were in action. And it was the
netters who walked away with the
only victory of the day from Rey
nolds of Winston-Salem. In a match
which saw two doubles matches
rained out, the Whirlies emerged as
5-2 victors. Joe McAlister, Winston’s
number one man, defeated Raymond
Herbin in the feature match. The
summary. McAlister over Herbin,
3-6, 6-4, 6-0; Curtis Laughlin (G)
over Clyde Lentz, 6-3, 6-0; John
Booker (W) over Bobby Spencer,
7-5, 9-7; .Toe Attayek (G) over
Don West, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3; Jim Trox
ler (G) over Dick Sapp, 9-7, 6-0;
Seymour Bates (G) over Ed Travis,
62, 6-2; Herbin-Laughlin over Book-
er-McAlister, 6-2, 6-1. With these
two victories to their credit in as
many starts, the netters appear well
on the way to a successful season.
After qualifying for their respec
tive positions on April 6th at Muni
cipal Golf Course, the Whirlie
golfers swung into action last Fri
day against Reynolds and came out
on the little end of the score 13-5.
Low score for the day went to Carlo
Farrell with a 79, closely followed
by Ed Barnes with an 80 and Cor
nell of Winston, who also posted an
by the participants; Jones, Greens-
80. Following are the scores posted
boro, 89; Tharin, Greensboro, 85;
Cecil, Winston-Salem, 83; Cornell,
Winston-Salem, 80; Farrell, top
man on the (jreensboro four, 79;
Barnes, Greensboro, 80; George,
Winston-Salem, 83; and James,
Winston-Salem, 83.
Tennis schedule for the remainder
of this year is as follows;
Winston, April 22—^there.
Thomasville, April 24—here.
Thomasville, April 28—there.
High Point, May 2—^here.
Burlington, May 6—^here.
Durham, May 9—there.
State Championship game. May
15, and 16, will be played here in
Greensboro.
Diamond Men Drop
Conference Game
To Reynolds High
By GEORGE SEAY
The baseball Whirlies started the
season off with a bang by defeating
the Burlington Bulldogs on their
own field 16 to 0.
Charlie Nelson, the Whirlie’s only
southpaw, started on the mound for
Greesnboro and allowed only one hit
in his four inning stint. Dave Burt-
ner followed Nelson on the hill and
shut the Bulldogs out for two in
nings before being relieved by Bill
Lester. The latter being the only one
to have any trouble, that being
when he hit a wild streak and walk
ed two batters.
Bob Clemmons, Red Frazier, and
Herman Enochs led the Whirlies
at the plate.
Meeting Reynolds of Winston-
Salem the Whirlies were unable to
solve the slants of pitcher Frank
Hill and came off on the short end
of a 16 to 3 score.
Staton, Burtner, Hooke, and Dus-
ham all saw action on the mound
in the run-away game.
Saturday of last week Larry
Dempsey hurled the Whirlies to a
seven to six victory over Gray High
of Winston-Salem. Getting off to a
shaky start Dempsey settled down
to pitch creditable ball striking out
eight Gray batters. Frazier, Caviness
and Dempsey led the Whirlies at the
plate.
Caviness, of the Whirlies and J. R.
Jones of Gray got the only extra
base blows of the game. Both were
doubles.
The Whirlies mee*! Burlington this
afternoon. Coach Diamont is un
decided as to who will get the
mound call. He has Nelson, Demp
sey, Staton, and Seay ready to go.
Baseball schedule for the re
mainder of this year is as follows:
Burlington, April 18—^here.
Thomasville, April 19—there.
Winston-Salem, April 22—^here.
Thomasville, April 24—here.
Mt. Airy, April 26—^here.
Burlington, April 29—there.
High Poirit, May 2—here.
Gray, May 3—there.
Carolina Frosh, May 5—there.
Burlington, May 6—here.
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