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PAGE THREE
SPORTS OF THE DAY IN
BRIEF
What Dempsey is to boxing, what
Lonidos is to wrestling, what Jones is
to golf, what Ruth is to baseball, what
Weissmuller is to swimming, what
Nurmi is to track —that’s what West
Georgia is going to be to West Geor
gia sports in general. First, the boys
started the infant school into tho spor
tanic world by a wonderfully success
ful basketball season. On the side
epeedball was played, the first game
of tho south being played between the
frosh and sophs; and now the season
of sports is getting in full swing.
Coach Bonner has his track men run
ning their “dogs” off, and they are
all training faithfully, although the
dormitory students still take huge
sops of that good ole syrup.
Tho sprinters of the school will be
Driver, Fields, Webb, and Loftin. The
sprints to be included ar e the fifty
yard, two hundred yard, and two twen
ty yard dashes-
Mabry will be the school’s high
jumper and“/ Screechy” Daves will
do the broad jumping and the pole
vaulting. It is significant to know
that “Screechy” was second in the
state last year in the pole vault.
Then M’oses Baskin, cousin to the
famous Weems Baskin, w T ill ido the
hurdling.
As yet no man for the four forty (lias
appeared. Taylor, Watts and Fields
are expected to lead in the shot put
and discus.
But baseball is drawing the most
attention. Candidates galore are try
ing for the team, and among them are
many stars of past season.
Kelly has the back-stop sewed up.
Kelly has a peg that would make
“Pepper” Martin think before he
tried to “swipe a sack.”
Then Staples has first base cinched;
Daves has second; Webb has short,
and Driver has third. Staples played
lasit year for G. I. C., in Barnesville,
and had a very successful season there,
being one of the leading (hitters.
“Screchy” played last year with Cal
houn, and is an excellent fielder, as
well as batter. He had been hitting
very strongly and is expected to be
a main stake in the batting line-up.
Webb, at short, is good fielding and
with coaching should be good at bat
ting. He will probably prove to be
the most colorful player on the team.
Driver, a veteran of Carrollton Hi in
past years, is a good batter and is also
good afield. Driver has shown up better
than any other Brave as a base run
ner. Then Entrekin, at center-field, is
an excellent fly chaser, and is showing
up favorably at bat.
And more for these pitchers —Wil-
liams is the speed demon of the team.
We would advise all opposing batters
to wear knee pads when Fred pitches,
because their knees will undoubtedly
knock.
Parker has the best crooks of the
hurling staff. Jack was the pitcher
of the Carrollton Hi Midgets last year,
and hurled one no-run, no-hit affair.
Jack is also good at the bat.
Cansler has both speed and curves.
His only fault is that when there is a
girl in the stands, regardless of how
she looks, Cansler insists on playing
too much to the grand stand.
Last, but not least, comes Sam Fields,
(l aptain of the baseball team of
the past season. Sam plays in the out
bid also. He h'as a good curve ball,
an d has exceptionally good control.
With the support of the student
body -we (oui, oui, monsieur) will pro
ceed in the near future to prepare a
petition to be presented to the faculty
before the end of the present quarter.
This petition will call for a three year
school instead of a two year one.
Simply because we might have
°ur unsurpassable student body presi
dent, Damon Webb, for another year.
*ft9lK
By JACK SMITH
KELLY ELECTED
BASEBALL CAPTAIN
About two weeks ago'the basebabll
candidates, after one of their prac
tices, elected Edgar Kelly, first string
catcher, captain for tho coming season.
Kelly played last year at Teachers ’
Colloge at Tifton, Ga- He is expected
to prove very valuable to West Geor
gia’s first baseball team. Kelly is a
slugger at the bat, and is the best re
ceiver that we have seen in these parts
in a long time. He has already been
offered a contract to play with the
Carrollton team in the West Georgia
League during the summer.
Kelly is from Blakely, should any
of the ladies desire to know.
FRESHMAN GIRLS
NOSE OUT SOPHS
Thursday night the fresh girls’ bas
ketball team nosed out the Soph Quin
tet with a score of sixteen to four
teen. The result after the first quar
ter was never in doubt- The sopho
mores, led by Hazel Robinson, got off
to a good start and led at the end of
the first quarter. Then the freslh girls
came out of their sleep, and with Mil
lie Webb leading, began to drop the
ball through the hoop with deadly ac
curacy. By the half they had taken
the lead, and continued to increase
the lead. About six minutes after the
end of the game the sophs opened up
again, and the game was a real fight
till the final whistle-
The game was played for athletic
fund being raised for the basketball
team. Mondell Driver refereed.
ROUGH MAN’S GAME
What about a little croquetting
To the knocking of the croquet balls
Where you play such a rough game
Down by the Jerico walls?
Although we ar e not poets and know
it, how’s that for a poem? Yes, it’s
a poem, and it is very realistic.
When Mr. Bonne r brought a croquet
set out, it was originally meant for the
weaker hearted of the students, but,
alas! tho games became more and more
thrilling. They were so exciting that
the women had to seek the company
of the gents, and, of course, the gents
wouldn’t miss the game; so there you
are! This game of ancients became
so exciting that the girls were no
longer able to engage in it without the
company of the boys. W r e feel sure
that Dean Gunn will agreo with us
when w e say that it takes a most
powerful force to cause tho boys of
West Georgia to associate with the
girls. What next? Probably a heart
failure at a strenuous tiddle-de-winks
tournament!
Damon had already impressed th e stu
dents very favorably, but since he’s
been struggling for the cause of base
ball and its finance at West Georgia,
the students have been even consider
ing applying fo r Damon a berth in
St. Peter’s Tavern. Th e only thing
that’s holding them is the fear that
probably Damon would really try to
find out where M’oses was when the
light went out.
Although the school nudist colony
has not made it a practice heretofore
to admit faculty members into its ex
clusive society, they ar e now consider
ing given pledges to Profs- Gordon
Watson and Strozier. Of late the col
ony has been holding its meetings on
the river banks about a mile back of
the school, and about two weeks ago
the two profs partook of a refreshing
swim with the members of this colony.
Fearing that the two faculty members
may let some of the club’s secret
creeds out, tßie Board of View of the
colony has been seriously considering
the above mentioned actions. Oh! we
can just visualize Mr. Watson with his
THE WfiST GEORGIAN
TENNIS SCHEDULE BEING
FILLED
With the coming of spring and the
incidentally warm weather, the school’s
tennis wizards have begun practice for
the meets planned by Coach Bonner.
Two new courts are nearing comple
tion, and the team already has one
practice match, scheduled with Doug
lasville.
Matches with Tech Freshmen and
Alabama State Teachers’ College have
already been arranged, although
neither of the matches have been set.
Oscar Hay is generally recognized as
the numbor-one ranking player of tho
school. Hay has a fast service, and
is a chop stroke expert. His backhand
is as good, if not better, than his fore
stroke, and his lobs are practically un
returnable.
Then comes several good tennisters,
including Platt, Campbell, Morris and
Newman. At present Platt is proba
bly superior to any of tho others of
this group. James has a very regular
service and, exepet for a slightly weak
back hand, has a large variety of
shots. His lobs, barely skimming the
net, are very hard to return. One of
James’ best means of defeating his
opponent is by working him out of po
sition and then dropping an easy one
out of his victim’s reach-
Campbell lias practiced very little,
and is sure to get back in his old form
before long. Morris has undoubtedly
the best service of tho group and will
give a hard fight for a berth on the
team. Newman plays a steady game,
and, as may be seen, from his not be
ing eliminated in the tournament last
fall, is to be recognized with serious
ness in the selection of the team.
Then, Harding, although playing with
seeming recklessness, will give any
body at any time a real go.
LINE-UPS AT W. G. C’s FIRST GAMES
By JACK SMITH
FIRST GAME
N. G. C. Ab. R. H. E.
Ragsdale, ss 4 0 10
Tanner, 3b 4 111
Stewart, 2b- 3 110
Meeks, c- - 3 0 10
Graves, 3b. J 0 0 0
Walden cf 3 0 0 0
Watkins, If 3 0 0 0
Hobson, rf 3 0 0 0
Brown, p 3 10 0
Total 29 3 4 1
W. G. C- Ab. R. H. E.
Driver, 3b 4 0 0 0
Webb, ss 4 0 0 0
Kelly, c- 4 0 2 0
Staples, lb 4 10 0
Entrekin, ef 3 110
Daves, 2b- ’ 3 0 2 1
Fields, If 3 0 0 0
Reaves, rf 2 0 0 0
Cansler, rf 10 0 0
Parker, p 3 0 0 0
Total 31 2 5 1
R 11. E
W- G. C. 000 002 o—20 —2 5 1
N. G. C 210 000 o—3 4 1
SYMPATHETIC
Hart —‘ ‘lf there are any dumbbells
in the room, please stand up.”
A long pause and then Mamie stood
up.
“What, do you consider yourself a
dumbbell?”
“Well, not exactly that, sir, but I
bate to ,see you standing all alone.”
AN ECHO OF TENNYSON
Break, break, break,
On thy cold gray stones, O sea;
But I bet you could break for forty
years,
And not be as broke as me
—V. P- I- Skipper.
perpetual dignity upholding the prin
ciples for which the nudists (nutists,
if you desire) stand-
HUMOR
M’iss Ward—“l hope that’s a nico
book that you are reading, Helen.”
Helen II.—“Oh, yes, it’s a lovely
book, but I don’t think that you would
like it - It’s so sad In the end.”
Miss W—“ How is it sad, dear?”
IL H.—“ Well, sho dies, and he had
to go back to his wife.”
Tolephono—“Hello, I’d like to know
where I can get hold of Miss Cart
lege.”
Hawkeye (answering the phone)—
“I don’t know. She’s awfully tick
lish.
Bill Brown—“ Hazel, what’s that
light shining in your eyes?’
Hazel—“ That’s my stop light, Bill.”
Mr. Strozier in a restaurant called a
waiter and complained:
“Waiter, my co-co is cold.’
“Well, sail,” replied tho son of
Ham, “why don’t yo’ put yo’ hat on,
sahf ”
“Collier,’ said Mr. Howell, “give
tho formula for water.”
Bill—“ Yes, sir, h, i, j, k, 1, m, n, o.”
Mr. H. —What are you driving at?
Do you think that you are in kinder
garten?”
Bill—“ Well, you said yesterday that
it was H to O.”
Melvin Harris—“ This butter is so
strong that it could walk over and in
sult the coffoe.”
Lively—“And this coffee is so weak
Fiat it couldn’t resist it.”
Mr. Fisher—“ Now, don’t let me hear
(any bad reports about you.”
Emmy—“l’ll try hard, dad, but you
know how things leak out.”
“Now,’ said Mr. Watson at or
chestra practice, “we’ll play ‘The
Stars and Stripes Forever.’ ”
“Gosh,’ said Enk, “I’ve just finish
ed that.”
SECOND GAME
W. G. C. Ab. R. H. E.
Driver, 3b. 5 2 10
Webb, ss- 5 0 11
Kelly, c 5 2 S 0
Staples, lb 1 4 12 1
Daves, 21) 4 12 1
Entrekin, cf 4 0 10
Fields, If 4 0 0 0
Reaves, rf. 4 0 0 0
Williams, p. 4 2 2 0
Total 39 8 12 3
N. G. C. Ab. R. H. E
Ragsdale, ss- 5 0 0 1
Tanner, 3b. 4 2 2 0
Stewart, 2b 4 0 10
M’eeks, c• 4 0 0 0
Graves, lb 4 3 10
Waldin, cf 4 0 3 0
Watkins, 3f 4 0 0 0
Yarbrough, rf 4 0 0 0
Lee, p 2 0 0 0
Brown, p. 2 0 0 0
Total 37 3 5 1
R. II.E.
W. G. C 001 222 03 x—B 12 3
N. G. C- 010 001 010—3 5 1
A POINTED QUESTION
Mr. Gunn —“I never told lies when a
boy.’
Barton—“ When did you begin, fa
ther?”
THE TRUTH
Howell —‘ ‘ Where is the capital of
the United States?”
A. G.—“ All over the world-’
Williams who reached an examina
tion question, “What causes a depres
sion?” wrote, “God knows! I dont!
Merry Christmas! ’
When the examination paper came
back he found the professor’s notation,
“God gets 100. You get zero. Happy
New Year!” /
Frances Cruse—“ Have I got the
right expression?”
Photographor—“Perfectly natural.”
F- C.—“Then hurry. It hurta. my
face.”
“Eyes right,” thundered the negro
lieutenant.
“You is wrong,” came from the
back of tho black troops.
Sadie Morrow, looking at an Ital
ian menu —“Please bring me two or
ders of Spurmoni Vormicolli.”
“Very sorry, mam, but that ia the
proprietor.”
Margaret —“Why did you break
your engagement to Tom?”
Luta —“He deceived me- He told
m 0 bo was a liver and kidney special
ist, and then I found that he only
worked in a butcher ahop.”
There was once a man who #aved up
for the future,
And put in his money-box all he could
spare;
But, ah! for the poor economical
moocher
The future arrived and the man wasn't
there.
Plumber (arriving late) —“How is
it?”
Mr. Strozier —“Not so bad. While
we were waiting for you I taught all
the boys to swim.”
I 1-der when I say 2 you
While c arth 3mains my heart is true
(I never felt like this be-4)
If 5 a chance at all to win
In this 6-ponsive game I’m in
It’s 71y to think you mine!
If 8 will only lie 9
I’ll love you 10-derly always,
And 0 shall cloud your (happy days.
“My follow,” yelled the gam# war
den, appearing suddenly near Lowom
Gladney fishing, “don’t you know
that it’s against the law to fish out
of season?”
“Sure,” replied Lowom, “but
when it’s the season the trout don’t
bite, and when it’s out of season there
are all kinds of them. If the fish won’t
obey the law I won’t either.”
THE MUSSING TEACHER
Gunn—“Did you hear about Laven
der stealing fifty thousand and run
ning away with his best friend’s
wife ? ’ ’
Ingram—“ Good heavens! Who’ll
teach his Sunday-school class .tomor
row?”
KISSES
Kisses are the connecting 1 links be
tween the wife and poeketbOok or the
divorce court, depending upon Whose
wife it was. Prior to marriage kisses
denote affection; afterward, ®fty-
They usually start with a warm smack
in the parlor and eird witht a s bl<l
snack in the kitchen. They are caused
by shy, sensitive microbes - whichfc'ia*
habit darkened corners and* scheduled
places when the lights are turned lew
and the moon is gently percolating
through the vines overhead* but once
they get a foothold they bring* unex
pected returns.
There are many kinds of k kisses,
among which are the duty ? dab f the
soul kiss, which is a sort of airialjttte
political kiss such as candidates; give
to babies; the double-barreled L kiss
which whiskered French generals', be
stow upon heroes; and that inimitable
kiss which results when a wad of chew
ing gum gets tangled up with mn mm
brvonic mustache.
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INDIVIDUAL BATTING
G.Ab.R* H. Pet.
Daves, 2b 2 7 I-. 4 . *572
Kelly, c. - 2 9 2 5 .555
Williams, p- - 1 4 2 2 .500
Entrekin* cf* .. 2 7 1 2 .286
Staples, lb 2 8 2 2 '.250
Webb, ss 2 9 o' 2 *225
Driver, 3b 2 8 2 1 "5®85
Fields, If 2 6 0 0 ’-000
Reaves* rf 2 6 0 0-;d00
Parker, p I'. 2 a- 0 •<•00
Cansler, rf 1 1 0 0 -000
Errors, Daves, 2; Webb. 2; Parker* I‘,
Staples, 1* Double plays, 3.