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SPORTS OF THE DAY IN BRIEF In the recent Who's Who election, Sam Fields, basketball captain, was elected the most athletic bov at West Georgia- Personally speaking, we know of no finer athlete anywhere than Sam- We do not consider his playing abilities alone, but also his fine sports manship* And that holds true for the entire West Georgia team. They are all true sportsmen, playing the game fair an 1 c ] ea n. It is indeed a pleasure to watch a game free of roughness and of dis courtesy to the referee- Too, our boys play well as well as fair. Thoy have lost only three games in the last month and two of those by very close margins- Ordinarily, a school, during its first year of com petitive athletics, plays only small <<pick-up’' teams, but not so with the Braves; Mr. Bonner has a tough sched ule for his boys and they are coming through with their heads up. Here’s wishing you all the success in the world, boys! During the past three years the public has turned its back almost en tirely on the boxing world, and now the grapplers hold the spotlight. We haven’t had one of the old $1,000,000 fights since Tunney and Dempsey swapped blows. But why not? The M’adison Square Garden Corporation has control over all the leading fighters except Baer, and puts them up in matches with com paratively unknowns* They're offer ing the two Maxes, Baer and Schmel ing, SIOO,OOO each t sling leather at f each other, but they will be hard to come to terms* Such a match would prove popular because nobody can de cide whether Baer really defeated the German at the latter's prime,, or, as Schmeling claims, got him with the aid of the intolerable heat- Joe Knight' Georgia’s representa tive in the boxing world, earned a draw with Rosenbloom, light heavy weight champion, in New York Mon day night. With a little more expe lience Knight should put Georgia on the spot* Then as for wrestling, there has never before been such a group of wrestlers of their class- Landos, Browning, 'Steele, George, Savoldi boy, what a bunch! And all of them are real showmen. They could no doubt make a mule appear to be ap plying jiu jitsu. The usual spring football practice has begun at all the major colleges, and thig year finds the greatest array of coaches the south has ever had. McGughin, Wynne, Mehre, Alexander, Wade, Anderson —any of those famous mentors will cope with the country’s best and most of them are superior. About the most foolish thing in our opinion that has taken place in late years in the football world is Yale’s persistence in hiring former Yale men only as coaches* This has led to Yale’s almost complete downfall at football and a general let down in the athletics at that school* About a month ago this tradition was broken, and the Yale alumni are coming back with renewed hopes* Well, it couldn’t furt! ** * * With the beginning of the Vines- Tilden world tour, tennis has finally become a resemblance of a major s'port* At Cleveland last week 2,000 tennis fans w r ere turned away, every available seat being occupied at the fourth match between these two stars. Tilden copped the first two matches the canvas courts handicapping Vines greatly. Then Vines took the next two in real style* Consequently, the leading critics have put “Uncle Bill” -u fifth place among the leader’s ranks, since Vines is no longer the top-ranking star —just another proof JACK SMITH, Editor that youth comes before age- It’s nothing less than remarkable Hat old man Public still puts out to Tilden's matches. He’s fading fast and lie’s undoubtedly the poorest sportsman in the game. Last year he refused to finish five matches because of linesmen’s close decisions on line balls. Tilden owes his livelihood to tennis, and instead of giving the best impression possible on the public, he makes life miserable for linesmen ami puts a bad taste for the game in ten uis fans' mouths. Down in Australia last week Fred Perry, English star, strengthened his claim to the world’s title as world's number 1 player by trouncing Jack Crawford, Australian claimant of the title, in two matches. Crawford plays a brilliant and spectacular game, being until .recently recognized as leading claimant to the tennis crown* Perry, on the other hand, plays a steady game and is perilaps the most easy going player among the leaders. He will probably be recognized by the Inter national Tennis Association at that or ganization’s next meeting. The United States is said to be def initely out of the 1936 Olympics, to bo held in Berlin- This action was taken because of unfair impositions cn Jewish athletes in Germany. Dur ing the last twenty years the United States teams have stolen the show at every meeting of the teams of the world’s leading nations; therefore, the other nations will probably encourage Herr Hitler in his actions against Jewish athletes. The Jews have lead ers in all fields of sports and they are to be greatly admired for keeping up their spirits so well under such gTeat handicaps •* * * It was with great sorrow and re morse that we read the cheer leader’s message on the bulletin board about two weeks ago after the student body had walked out of a pep meeting. We were among those who left and we are bitterly ashamed of it* But it’s too late to save a sinking ship (a sinking spirit this time). Come on, students, let’s back 'em up* They're doing it for us and we should, in appreciation, if for nothing else, back them up by coming to all pep meetings and giving a yell for dear ole West Georgia! “Come along, lit tle Bravies, come along, come along; we're headin' for every pep meeting!" What about that for our theme song? WEST GEORGIA TRIMS U. S. B. The West Georgia Braves gave the L. S* B. Bluobirds a genuine dust-off Tuesday nite in the college gym. The Bluebirds from Atlanta were supposed to be a strong quintet, but Coach Bonner’s boys seemed to think other wise, licking them 42 to 19* The game was fast with Driver and Fields lead ing the locals, bagging 15 and 13 points respectively* The Braves were especial ly good in breaking up the Fni\eisity Boys’ passes* The Braves second team played some in the second quarter and held their own with the visitors. Hearn was especially good on the de fense* West Georgia Braves Trip B’ham-Southem Panthers Friday night, January 26, the West Georgia boys avenged themselves for a defeat suffered three weeks ago at the hands of Alabama States Teachers’ college, taking their ferocity out on the Birmingham-Southern freshmen* The game was fast and close through out, as the score, 38-32, indicates* The Braves took advantage of the visitors’ complete bewilderment at so many good looking members of the fairer sex, and scored in the f-t seconds. Then during the rest of t e first quarter the West Georgians go ( 8 more points while the Panthers were THE WEST GEORGIAN SUMMARY OF GAMES OF LAST MONTH After scalping the Tallapoosa bas keteors and then the Douglasville all stars, the Braves of W- G. C. started the regular scheduled basketball soa sou with a bang on January 13- Al though defeated by the Ft. Beuning team 36 to 33, the Braves showed their metal aiul were defeated only after a hand-fought game. In this game Gla zier and Fields starred for the locals, and Miller and Randall for the sol diers. This was one of tho best games ever seen in northwest Georgia- Then, on January 16, the Southern Union college cage stars from Alabama came over to fill up their bacon box and take it home, but our boys gave their answer with a 44 to 29 victory over the visitors. This game was fast and clean fought with Fields, Hearn, and Driver starring. Then came the Avorst licking suffer ed by our cagesters as yet. On Janu ary 19 they motored over to Jackson \ ille, Ala., and Avere quickly subdued by the strong Alabama State Teachers quintet to the tune of 44 to 9- Hughes, Alabama all-state star, was the "big" man in tho Teacher’s machine. Almon aa as the only Brave that could get going. llOAA'eA’er, the Teachers have been established for many years and have a much larger field to pick from, and it is only natural that they should Avin. But just Avait a year or two and let the two teams get together. Oh boy, Avhat a game that’ll be* The boys took the Tallapoosa troup for another ride on January 23, show ing great, form. The team was begin ning to really click about then. Then came the game with Birming ham Southern, Avhich is described else where in this section. Tuesday night, January 30, the Tate C- C. C. came through with a victory ever our boys, but only by superior leach. On the Tate team were two former all-state men, and the others had much past experience- The Braves Avere so much smaller that they were just Avhipped down trying to get the ball off the back-board. This g*ame was very slow, but probably found our boys more exhausted than they had been in any previous game. Then, last Friday night, February 2 Mr. Bonner’s boys trounced the Reinhardt college team 40 to 15. The BraA r es’ second team played about a half of the /Janie and the result Avas neA r er in doubt- In the games so far Almon has bag ged the highest total number of points. Fields, Staples, and Driver also have a high number. The regular team for the past six games haA r e been composed of Staples, of center: Fields and Almon, for wards; Hearn and Driver, guards- In addition to the rest of the sched ule, Mr. Bonner is considering enter ing the team in the Southwestern bas ketball tournament for junior colleges to be held at Statesboro. seemingly lost* But with the second quarter the Alabamians began to show their class, getting nine points. Mr. Bonner’s boys eased up a bit and bagged nine also* The high-point man of the night was McCall, guard of the visitors, with 14 points* Then came Almon, local star, with 11 counters* Fields, Driver (Braves) and Chisam, Lanky Panther center, came next with 8 points each. The line-ups were as follows: Chisam (8) C Staples (4) Bridges (2) F Fields (8) Neville (4) F Almon (11) McCall (14) G Driver (8) Welch (4) G Taylor (1) Substitutions for B* S.: Clements for Neville at beginning of second quarter; Neville for Clements at half* Substitutions for W. G. 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