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Page Four High Life December 17,1954 Whirlies Triumph Over Tri-City; ichabad, Scurlock Star In Wins GHSCagersSeek Win Over Gastonia Tonight is basketball night at GHS when the hardwood of Seni or’s newly completed, and as yet undedicated gymnasium, is host to Gastonia, the Whirlies’ first confer ence competition of the young ’54-’55 season. By Jerry Farber Coach Bob Jamieson’s dribblers won their second game of the sea son against Tri-City, a team which had beaten the Whirlies the pre vious season. Eighteen goals sep arated the two quintets as Greens boro won 62 to 26. Greensboro, at times, gave the appearance of being in mid-season j form, but penalties and flurries of ragged play offset their showing considerably. Tri-City could not get started as their fast-moving op ponents gave them little time to shoot. They were completely out- manned under the backboards, with Dave Scurlock and Doug Albright helping out considerably in that department. Both teams substituted freely throughout the contest, with 15 boys seeing action for the Whirlies and 13 for Tri-City. Dave Scurlock, Whirlie forward who is being counted on heavily this year, was Greensboro’s high scorer, swishing 18 points through the buckets to lead in that department. Next high man was Lawrence McCranie with 14, who showed up very well under the boards and played a fine defensive game. For Tri-City, Williams was the leading scorer with eleven points. Williams, the loser’s lanky center, played all but two minutes of the game and was the leading rebound er for his squad. WHIRLIE THIRD WIN With two. wins already behind them, the Greensboro Whirlwinds took on Tri-City and captured win number three, beating the losers 89 to 36 in Leaksville. The Whirlies scored a creditable 59 points in the second half to polish off their outclassed oppon ents by a score of 89 to 36. The big gun in this non-conference win was Lawrence McCranie, Whirlie forward, who led the scoring with 30 points. McCranie, who ran into scholas tic difficulties last year, played a good offensive game, also show ing up very well defensively. He was under the backboards, and his opponents found him to be very deceptive. He hit on 11 out of 17 from the floor and added 8 more points from the frep throw line. The Whirlies hit on 29 out of 63 tries for a 46% n-ark. At the foul line they made 31 and missed 25. Coach Jamieson found praise for his dependable guard, Frank Jones. Jones managed to get 23 points, and gave a very good performance while starting his third game for Greensboro this year. He had six field goals and 11 foul shots. Dave Scurlock and. Doug Albright also contributed heavily, with Scurlock accounting for 18 of the Whirlie’s points. Albright got 5, but played a good-all-round game. Others who saw action in the tilt were Bill Lewey, with 6 points; C. W. Bolling and Paul Dyson, with 1; Brad An derson, 2; and Norm Odyniec and Bill Hanna, 4. High man for Tri-City was center Ron Williams, who scored 12 points. Second high man for the losers was guard Wodall, who had one field goal and four free throws for 6 points. Wary coaches hesitate to venture into the realm of the unpredict able by picking winners in the con tested Western Conference race this early in a season which most feel should pack some surprises. For example, the Greensboro- Gastonia encounter scheduled for tonight pits a Greensboro quint, depleted by the loss of four regu lars from last year’s championship club, against a Green Wave club described by Coach Ted Canter as “much improved’’ with seven let- termen and three starters back in the lineup. Despite their loss last week to the towering Burlington five, coaches are designating Gas tonia as “one to watch.” After squeezing by Asheboro, Greensboro dumped Tri-City two nights in succession and then was successful in the first AAA en counter against Durham. Still juggling his starting line-up, Bob Jamieson sends his charges after their fifth straight win to night. The Whirlies extend their AAA activities this Saturday night t'^ Raleigh against that team which has proved so troublesome in pre vious times. With Christmas holidays afford ing an opportunity to sharpen various phases of their game the Whirlies are expected by most ob servers to be ready to hoM their own in defense of the Western crown. Five teams of the eight com posing the conference are men tioned by coaches as possible champions. Besides Greensboro are Charlotte, Central, Burlington, Asheville, and Gastonia. Bowl Predictions: Martin Southern Cal Duke Navy Georgia Tech Blue Rose Bowl Ohio State-Southern Cal Orange Bowl Nebraska-Duke Sugar Bowl Mississippi-Navy Cotton Bowl Arkansas-Georgia Tech Blue-Grey Farber Ohio State Duke Navy Arkansas Grey Now to all you all faithful sports column readers, we on the sports staff of HIGH LIFE wish you a Merry Christmas, have a Cool Yule and a Frantic First! 2158 Lawndale McFALLS Sunset hills Drug Co. 1610 \ Madison/Are. ^oiij?^2-5140 Where the Elite Meet Greensboro’s Largest Home Owned Drug Store SCRUG Flowers ne 3-8230 RIST All Occasions Looks as though our Whirlies are the ‘bestest with the mostest’ this year in more ways than one. The “fustest” were the gridders. who fielded one of the greatest football elevens ever to assemble under the name Whirlie. They came through in fine tradition that has usually been known to GHS, and also came through against Dur ham to win the state AAA title. Quite an accomplishment for a team which some pre-season for- seers picked to have a mediocre season. Secondly, the first few games of the year for Coach Jamieson’s drib blers led sports fans to the con clusion that Greensboro will field not only a first-rate football team, but also a first rate basketball quint. With Dave Scurlock, Law rence McCranie, Frank J o n e S; Norm Odyniec, and Doug Albright plus a host of other promising prospects, playing ball for us this vear. vou can bet your best for the Whirlies . . , You will have picked a winner . . . I’ve learned one thing about what I can do and cannot do. I am too at prognostigator. I seem to thrive on picking a loser, some thing which no other succe.ss^ul SDorts writer' can boast of. Think I’ll start writing a column called. Pick The Loser.” That should be right up my alley. Just one more word do I wish to say ... Carolina could not have possibly beaten Notre Dame—it was futile to even have the slightest doubt about the outcome. I did pick Carolina because I thought it would stir up a little noise. It sure did. I could have gotten more bets than the entire world of bookieism. People came to me, with stupid grins on their faces, and cash in their pockets. “Put vour money where your mouth is. Farber.” I did just that. And now. I’ve got no more money and no more mouth. But that little prediction served it’s purpose. It stirred up o little noise. I could hear that noise in every corner of the school. “That lumb little jerk has flipped his lip. Wonder if he’s in school.on a lend-lease program. Dumb jeiy-” Okay, so I’m dumb. lyn Monroe. I’m just trying to say that I haven’t flipped my lid, that I thought the same things you did. It would have been hard for Notre Dame to keep the score under a point a second, that was just about right. If anybody want’s to say anything about my judgment, you can say it to my face now. And I’ll convince you that I’m still sane. . . . But try and tell me that picking Carolina to beat Duke was crazy. Well, just try and tell me. . . . I’ll be around. The Tar Heels could have won that ball game, and to this^ minute, some of the biggest and best sports analsdsts in the country are still scratching their heads and wondering, just as I’m doing now. But NO, never. That one was strictly for publicity pur poses. One last word about football— prediction: that Barclay will have one more year, next year, to pro duce a winning football team. I doubt if he will. Four coaches will be possible prospects for the job as head coach of the Tar Heels. Jim Tatum, Bud Wilkinson, Art Guepe, or Eddie Erdelatz, with Tatum, getting the nod, so it looks from here. . . . And now, you want to know what will probably hap pen? Barclay will continue as head coach, leading UNC to a very successful season, and his Tar Heels will beat the Irish next year. Now wait a minute. Balderacchi, ... to each his own!! In the ACC this year, you can expect better teams and higher scores. State, Duke, and Wake Forest all rank national ly and will along with Carolina, form the nucleus of that confer- (Continued on Fa^e Five) h( vh ju Hi n Open Every Night Until 9 SUil^gVIIT SHOPPING "'CEl'f'ITER Greensboro, N. C. Look what that trait did for Mari- KYLE’S ESSO SERVICENTER 323 South Greene St. Greensboro, N. C. ; Eh(Sne4-4160 SEE OUR WIDE VARIETY OF COSMETICS Tysoii^ Wdza Drug Co. 1726 Battleground'TTSr^ Phone 4-8418 RELAX AND ENJOY YOUR FAVORITE SANDWICH ASS JEWELERS 105 toESTMlCRKET STREET GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA HAM’S SUNDRY STORE 201 North Ay cock Street CHICKEN IN THE BASKET HOMEMADE KOSH^ER STYLE SANDWICHES DELICIOUS GRltteirgANDWICHES Fountain Service Phone 3-5658 Curb Service “Quickest Service In Town” GREGORY'S DRIVE-M III viunr AC CAunufiruEi ALLI KINDS OF SANDWICHES WITH YOUR FAVORITE BEVERAGE JUST A NICE DRIVE OUT Old ReidsvillelRd. PHONE 3-7292 I************************
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