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THK UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 0, 10,'fl
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TYSON
Cheerleaders?
It’s About ’Em
This week I received a letter con
cerning last week's column that ex
presses a slightly different view on
Georgia’s cheer
leaders and fans.
Here it is:
"If I might sug
gest rephrasing the
lead to your edi
torial of Feb. 2, I
would recommend
cheerleaders fine,
support stinks. As
for the support of
the bask etball
team by its 'fans'
it is obvious that
you and I see a different picture in
the gym on game nights. It seems 1 son
to me that it took a 15 point lead !
to elicit support from a sparse crowd
in the Florida game. Prior to that
time the efforts of the cheerleaders
to arouse support for the team had i
been met by a loud silence on
Bulldog Cagers
To Encounter
Alabama Five
‘Best Cellar Team Ever’
To Play Title, Plainsmen
In League Road Contests
Georgia’s basketeers, whose fu
ture has been enhanced by their
recent upsurge,' makes the turn
into the backstretch of conference
play, clashing with league leader
Alabama Saturday, and dangerous
Auburn Tuesday.
Both contests provide the Bulldogs
with a chance to avenge earlier sea
son setbacks—Alabama racked Geor
gia. 99-75, and Auburn edged out
a 60-59 victory.
Coach Harbin Lawson lauded his
squad for their fine defensive work
in holding Vanderbilt to one of their
lowest point productions of the sea
Posey Appointed Assistant
InRecent Coaching Shuffle
Landrum Quits;
Lumpkin Shifts
To Frosh Post
Lawson's Hope
“We’re the best team to ever oc
cupy the SEC cellar," Lawson said,
who will pin his hopes for victory
on ^ ur ** s Gleaton, Henry Cabaniss,
mr* j e !Hill Ensley, Morris Dinwiddie,
part of the students in the stands.
Don
Hartsfield and Ray Allen.
The Crimson Tide, ranked 10th
centive tn a . . nationally, has been riding strictly
n2° 18 n018y 8Up - overdrive of late, and rates the
The easiest job a student has is to
support a winner. The greatest in
port by its followers
“The job of cheerleading is an ar
duous one calling for long periods of
practice. There is little reward given
for the effort. A cheerleader can give
direction to the students; the noise
of a good cheer comes from a stu
dent body with the spirit to back a
good effort whether it be a winning
or losing one. A crowd sitting on its
hands with its voices silent makes a
good cheerleader look bad.
"As for the ‘outmoded antics' the
cheerleaders and I are always eager
to receive constructive suggestions
for improvements. I would welcome
a visit from you to discuss this; how
ever, in the past the presence of
sports writers in the physical educa
tion and intramural departments has
been notable only for the rareness
of the occasion.
"Tryouts for cheerleaders for
1956-57 will be held at the begin
ning of spring quarter. Your great
store of knowledge in this field will
add distinction to the squad. Please
accept my personal invitation to try
out for the squad. Capable male
cheerleaders are always a great asset
to school spirit.”
Robert T. Bowen
Faculty Advisor to Cheerleaders
I suspect Mr. Bowen was a bit per
turbed.
Also, I agree that good cheerlead
ing is an arduous task that requires
much practice. Apparently Georgia's
cheerleaders haven’t been putting in
the required practice.
As for the outmoded antics—
three of the five cheers given at the
Vanderbilt game were—G-E-O-R-
G-I-A—Qeorgiaaaaa. If that isn’t
outmoded the cheerleaders must be
teaching spelling lessons and Geor
gia is a hard word to learn.
As for the rest of the sarcasm—
let it, bother Mr. Bowen—it doesn’t
worry me.
BUTTS, POSEY SHAKE ON AGREEMENT
Newly Appointed Assistant Coach Is Former Georgia Star
inside track on the conference crown
with a 7-0 record.
Monsterous Jerry Harper, who
caged 43 points against Georgia
earlier this season, leads the loop
in rebounds, and is one of the top
scorers. Sharp shooting George Linn
and Dennis O’Shea team with Harper
as major threats.
Auburn Stronger
n P m„ML! a l been a 8tr0nger c ° m ’! Emory Tuesday by a lop-sided score of 60-23.
petitor than pre-season prognostics- 1 J J J ‘
Georgia Swimming Squad
Strangles Emory, 60-23
Taking all but two first places, the Georgia swimmers defeated
tors had anticipated.
Agile Bill McGriff, whose clutch
shooting provided the difference in
the initial tilt, is flanked by Kay
Slayden, Jim O’Donnell, Brownie
Nelson and Henry Sturkie. Captain
O’Donnell has cast the dye on an
other fine season, and Slayden Is
capable of breaking the 20 point or
better scoring barrier.
No Derision Reached
On ’56 Florida Came
No decision has been made
concerning next year’s football
contract between Georgia and
Florida, Coach Wally Butts told
The Red and Black just before
the sports section went to press
Wednesday.
The contract arrived at Geor
gia Monday, but there probably
won’t be an announcement con
cerning the contract before the
weekend or the first of next
week, Butts said.
Major issue of the contract is
equal distribution of student
tickets at the annual football
game played in the Gator Bowl.
Captain Hal Stolz who is still un
beaten this season won two first
places and swam a leg on the winning
medley relay team. In winning the
two firsts Stolz set as many Emory
pool records. He swam the 200-yard
breaststroke in 2:34.5 and the 200-
yard individual medley in 2:21.9.
Eric Shoneberg, who won both the
220 yard and 440-yard freestyle
eventB, was the only first place win
ner for Emory.
In the 300-yard medley relay, Bob
Terry, Stolz and Henry Oldham
combined efforts to win first. Jim
Holmes and Frank Eberhart took
first and second places for Georgia
in 50-yard freestyle races.
I William McNutt knifed through
the water well enough to capture
first place in the diving event, and
Val Arnold and Holmes picked up
points for the Bulldogs by winning
first and second in the 100-yard free
style event.
The Bulldog tankmen now have a
5-3 record. They have downed Clent-
son, Miami, Georgia Tech, Vander
bilt and Emory, while losing to Flor
ida State, Florida and North Caro
lina.
Wyatt Posey Tuesday signed an
agreement to assume an assistant
coaching position at Georgia. Head
Coach Wally Butts announced the
agreement Tuesday afternoon af
ter conferring with Posey Tuesday
morning.
Posey will fill Quinton Lumpkin’s
position which was vacated when
Lumpkin was appointed freshman
coach after James Landrum resigned
from that position last week.
Landrum reportedly resigned be
cause of “family commitments” and
a desire for more coaching and iess
traveling. He had served as head
Bullpup coach since Dec. 1, 1961
and during that time he also directed
freshman recruiting.
Poey was an outstanding tackle
on Georgia’s 1941 football team ‘hat
heat Texas Christian, 40-26, for a
post-season Orange Bowl victory. It
was the first team to compete in a
bowl game under the direction of
Butts.
After serving a stint in the Army
during World War II, Posey began
his coaching career at South Georgia
College.
He began coaching major college
football at Yale as an assistant coach
in 1950. In 1951, he joined the Texas
Tech coaching staff and helped coach
the Red Raiders to three bowl
games of which they won two.
Butts expressed regret that Lan
drum could not accept the proposl-
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FIRST GAME THURSDAY
The Engineers are in the thick of
the current scramble for a first di
vision berth in the Southeastern Con-
Terry and Gamberell also won first ference, and their squad is much
and second places in the 200-yard better than their won-lost record in
backstroke. In the final event Geor- uicates. All their defeats have been
gia swimmers Eberhart, Oldham, Qf Btrong
Georgia To Face Tech Twice
Within 10-Day Span at Home
By Ed Ingles
Georgia Tech will supply opposition twice in u 10-day span at air
cooled Woodruff Hall for the Bulldog basketball team. Georgia and
its arch rival will open their hoopster festivities Thursday at 8 p.m.
not have to give a height advantage
in their attempt to reverse a prev
ious defeat by the visitors.
together to
style relay.
absorbed at the hands
win the 400-yard free- squads in the South.
For a change the Bulldogs
will
Top
Dinwiddie Remains
[» Dog Scorer
Despite Bad Night
Guard Morris Dinwiddie still re
tains his position as leading Bulldog
scorer in spite of a bad night Satur
day.
Dinwiddie has scored 201 points,
leading in field goals with 75 and
second in free throws with 51.
Bill Ensley is Becond in field goals
and scoring with 73 goals and 186
points for a 13.3 average.
Henry Cabaniss, third with 160
and 11.4 per game, leads in free
throws with 60. Curtis Gleaton has
an average of 8, and » total of 111
points.
After 14 games, Don Hartsfield
has a 6.7 average and Ray Allen Is
averaging 5.9 points a game.
Horace Knight and Terry Hagan
have averages of 3.9 and 2.2 with
nine games to their credit.
Bobby Kimmel, listed among the
ranks of prominent SEC courtsmen,
possesses a 17.3 scoring average, and
many times draws the assignment of
guarding the opposition’s top scorer.
Smooth ball handling Joe HelmB Is
averaging 16.9 in addition to being a
scrappy floor man.
Don Lenholt handles the pivot
| chores, and if need be Bill Cohen can
shift into the spot from his forward
position. I,enny Cohen, an effective
point-maker, rounds out the start
ing lineup.
Lane Akers and Jim Johnson add
the necessary depth to this experi
enced club.
BiiUm Dislike* Vainly Opening
For 1956 Football Season
On the eve of spring training,
} Coach Wally Butts Bays that he does
■not “relish" opening the 1956 foot
ball season with Vanderbilt Sept. 22.
Butts saw Vanderbilt upset Au-
iburn In the Gator Bowl last year
and indicates that he thinks the Com-
I modores will be one of the toughest
jteams that the Bulldogs will play
next season.
"We have been lucky in squeak
ing by Vandy the past two years,"
Butts said. Joe Graff's late-in-the-
game field goal gave the Bulldogs a
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