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w G. c. WINS TWO W ‘ FROM DAHLONEGA T l, t> West Georgia College baseball tcalU journeyed to North Georgia and r , Xorth Georgia the little end of t tvo game series. The Braves had previously split a two-game series. Therefore, the two teams ended their 19 34 campaign with West Georgia Col 1, - e on the big end. In the first game, the Braves had tvi overcome a four-run lead, but when they got thoir journey-stiffened legs limbered up, they cut loose with a mer (iless hitting attack. This, behind the excellent pitching of Fields, gave the Bravos the game by the score of 9-6. In the second game W. G. C* almost blanked the North Georgians. The Braves did themselves proud, however, and gathered 37 hits- North Georgia pushed over a run in the ninth, thus robbing Williams of a perfect shut out. Staples and Webb had their bat ting eyes open and the opposing pitch ers couldn’t even hit them. Webb was rather poor in batting for the North Georgians last year and they expected him to be an easy mark, but they were badly fooled. Coach Bonner was especially proud to defeat them as they had defeated West Georgia in both basketball games. Too, this series was a test to see how West Georgia stood in the rating of junior college teams in this section of the state. STROZIER, NEW TENNIS COACH Coach Bonner, feeling that he could not devote the necessary time to tennis that he should, has turned this sport over to Prof. Robert M. Strozier (oth wise known as Big Bill Tilden, Jr.) Tennis enthusiasts feel that Mr- Stro zier will find plenty for the teams to do. Prof. -Strozier, on boing made coach of the team, called a meeting of those interested in the tennis club. Those joining were: Beverly Campbell, James Platt, Harris Hay, Harold Morris, Leo man Simonton, Ruth Staples, Mildred Webb, Norwood Floyd, Tom Loftin, Tom Harding. At the first meeting the following officers were elected: President, Har ris Hay; secretary, Leeman 'Simonton; manager, Norwood Floyd. The tennis team, composed of Oscar Hay, James Platt, Beverly Campbell, Harold Morris, Thelma Andrews and Mildred Webb, has entered a regular schedule of practice and has already played Alabama i S, T- C. and won a hand victory. Hay, as expected, has shown up very favorably, and ranks No. 1 on the team. His service is working nicely although he has been having trouble keeping his lobs in the court. He is in tip-top condition now. Campbell, the next in rank, promises to be the other singles player. He has a backhand lob which is practically impossible to return. His service, though not as fast as Hay’s, is plenty good and aces are not infrequent from his racquet. Platt is the other player being used in the matches. He has improved tre mendously since last fall and has de veloped a forehand lob that even Hay cannot surpass. Morris, as yet, has not been able to get into his old swing. Mr. Strozier expressed a feeling that he needs only practice to get into his old prowess. Millie Webb is the ace of the col lege’s women tennisters and rivals the gents for supremacy. Our fear of Mil lie’s playing has kept us from going *° the court to challenge those present- Although we have no idea that our protest in a past issue had anything to do with the cheer leaders getting letters, we were very “joyeux” that It happened. If it hadn’t been for -Jarjie Lee, Tillman, and Bess, the team wouldn’t have had half the back -ng it did have. Even tho'ugh Simon +on was not one of the leaders, lie ■as always there and invariably won ’"he vocal contest. TO THE TEAM With the graduation exorcises Wed nesday, June 6, the West Georgia base ball team will lose four players, all of them mainstays in the line-up. Kelly, captain of the team, was a heavy hitter and knew how to handle his position on any club. He did more than was expected of him, and he was truly a great captain. Kelley would have made the Carrollton league team if he had been given a fair chance- His place will be hard to fill- Then Staples, at first base, was a slugger and excellent afield. Don was the clean-up man in the batting line-, up, and served nobly in that place. To show that this heavy hitting wasn’t a fluke, Don slapped out a home-run off Bob Hasty, former hurler for the Birmingham Southern League team. Don will be greatly missed. Webb, shortstop, played as good in that position as any player can in this part of the country. Damon was the pep of the team,, and he was a favor ite because of his aggressiveness and determination to win- Damon will be missed both from the baseball squad and as student body president. And last, but not least by any moans, Cansler, a chunker, is passing on from dear ole W. G. C. Cansler had almost perfect control and he couldn’t be rattled in the worst situ tions. He also substituted in the out field. “Race Horse” will be greatly missed. As for liurlers we have Parker, Wil liams and Fields. All of the men did excellent hurling. Their texture is shown by the fact that Parker and Fields have already been signed to hurl in West Georgia League, and Williams is going to play with his home city. Fields also played in the outfield. All of these men hit excep tionally well for pitchers, and Coach Bonner didn’t send in a pincli-hitter a single time for the pitchers. Then the infied, composed of Sta ples, Driver, Daves and Webb, is about the niftiest one we have seen this year. Three of these have been playing with the Carrollton league team, and Daves plays with the Calhoun team- The way Webb and Daves throw that ball around on second makes one dizzy. Then in the outfield were Reaves, Entrekin, and Fields (Glazier at times.) Reaves was considered at the first of the season to be the weakest man on the team at bat, and not overly supe rior afield. However, Grady has, since the first tAvo games, been hitting very timely, and we'feel easy at mind when a fly is knocked into his territory, for he is sure to pull it down. Then En trekin has done some very good batting also. Fields, playing in the outfield when not pitching, has filled his posi tion afield and at bat very favorably. Then Driver has been one of the big cogs in the batting attack. Then as utility, Glazier has played all over the diamond- Ho has caught several times and did very good- Ovid Davis was also faithful to the team, and made one of the most spec tacular catches of the season against Bowdon. Weaver, manager, has won the friendship of all his teammates, and lie has served very faithfully in that capacity. Mr. Bonner, coach, deserves a lot of credit and our bat is off to him. He has done a wonderful job at his posi tion, and his team loves him like a father. More power to them all- However the freshman treated the Bowdon team with less civility tKan the regular team had done in the pre vious game. Fields struck out IS men, and the game went only 7 innings (called because the Braves were tired of running bases.) THE WEST GEORGIAN ♦IPOETt By JACK SMITH WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE OVERWHELMS BOWDON W. G. (’• met her weakest opponent in Bowdon College and defeated them in two games. The first was by a score of 16-2; the second by aJß*ofc of 18-1. The Bowdon team showed the neod of much practice and blew up in the early part of both games. In the first game, played at Bowdon. the Braves expected a Hard fight bat soon discovered their own superiority- Then in the second game, playeid on the local diamond, Coach Bonner play ed an all-freshman line-up, except for Cansler. Webb, Kelly, Staples, and Driver, all mainstays in the Braves’ line-up, were absent. PROSPECTS for the coming year are very favorable although the school will lose several excellent athletes in June. Too, the shyness of the fresh men will have worn off by next year- We feel that “Thar’s gold in them tliar mountains” even if it hasn’t all shown up yet. Basketball, being the first on the schedule, is first discussed. The en tire team with the exception of Sta pes at center will return. After having played together for a,' season, fthey prom ise to put out even a better team than this year- However, Staples was a big cog in the wheel and he will be hard to replace. Our guess for next year’s center would be Glazier, unless some other student turns out to be a wizard. In this season, Glazier played at center a number of times and with a little coaching and practice in that position should clinch it. Wouldn’t that be a quintet —Glazier at center, Fields and Almon, forwards; Driver and Hearn, guards AH these are about the same height and with enough pep to sizzle a court. Damon Webb is another sophomore who will be lost from the team on account of liis leav ing for furrin’ parts. Then as for baseball, tho prospects aren’t so bright. However, we know of sevoral stars who are bashful about showing their ability. For in stance, Shad Callaway is death on fly balls and has a curve that would baf fle Major Walker. This team will lose four of its best men by their graduation. Kelley, cap tain and catcher, was a good key man and did more than his part to make the team a success. Staples at first base did a good job, good enough to make the Carrollton (West Georgia League) team, as did Kelly and Webb. Webb, at short stop, flew around the ball like a fly after honey and always got it. Cansler pitched only one game so we can’t tell so much about him, but his remarks to the stands while on the coaching line made him a joy to the spectators. Prospects were bad at the first of the season this year, but look what a team it turned out to be. Perhaps we will get some freshies that will shine in the places vacated by those four men- The Braves lose their two best hitters in Kelly and Staples. * • • West Georgia College lias the undis puted claim to the Junior College Championship in North Georgia. Coach Bonner challenged the South Georgia champions, Norman Park Junior College, for the state champion ship, but they refused to play because their school was getting out before we would have had time to play off the games. # * * W. G. C. split a series with the Bow don team of the West Georgia League and also split a series with the Doug lasville League team. The Mandeville Mills team was completely overwhelm ed in 2 games with the Braves. Bre men defeated West Georgia, in Bre men 21 to 9, but the West Georgians turned the tables completely in the return game on the local field- Wh jd WEST GEORGIA’S TENNIS TEAM BEATS A. S. T. C. The West Georgia tennis team, coached by Robert \T. Strozier, trav eled to Jacksonville, Ala., Friday. May 18, and gave Alabama State Teachers’ College a severe licking. The West Georgians won six out of six matches, three boys’ and three girls’ matches. In one of the boys’ singles, Hay, W. G. C.’s number one man, defeated Wil liams, of A. S. T. by a score of 6-4, 6-5. This match was never in doubt as Hay bad Williams in tho palm of his hand the entire game. Williams had a good chop shot, but this gave Hay no trouble-whatever, llav would work ,Ins opponent to one side of tin court and then place a lob on the other side completely out of Williams’ reach. Hay served doubles a number of times and the larger number of games lie lost were on his own service. He served four doubles on match point while attempting to ace Williams. Hay and Williams were undoubtedly tTie best two men on tlio courts. In the other boys’ singles match, Campbell made a wonderful comeback to defeat 3-6, 6-3, 8-6, af ter a two hour battle. Campbell was badly off form in the first set, but improved in the second. However, lie played with anew racquet, and was nover at his best* Watterwood had a very easy service compared with Campbell’s bullet service. In the first of the match, Watterwood rushed the net, and being very la 11, made It prac tically Impossible for Campbell to put ono by him. In the final set, how ever, Campbell placed his shots deep in Wattenvooid’s court; thus keeping his taller opponent front rushing the net. Watterwood got the final set to match point in his favor once, but Campbell rallied and ran through the remaining games to take the most hard fought games of the day. In tlie“ boys’ doubles, won by Hay and Platt, neither pair overexerted and the losers, Williams and Hall, seemed completely disheartened and worn out. Hall’s service seemed to worry Platt considerably, but aside from that, the West Georgians outclassed the Teach ers altogether. The score was 6-3, 6-5. In the first girls’ singles match, Mil lie Webb defeated Miss Lane 6-4, 6-0. Millie (having slight stage? fright) and playing with anew racquet, got off to a bad start and her opponent took an early lead of 4-1* Then Mil lie suddenly took pn her old form and won 11 consecutive games to take the match. Millie outclassed Miss Dane aftor she got going and by the final game her most deadly weapon, a chop ped drive, was working practically perfect. In the other girls’ singles match, Thelma Andrews defeated Miss Will iams 6-3, 6-0. M’iss Williams had a good lob and a good drive, but Thel ma would return each hand drive with an easy drive and finally Miss Will iams would error. Thelma’s steadiness seemed to rattle Miss Williams and she blew up in the last few g&mes- In the girls’ double match, Miss Webb and Miss Andrews defeated Miss Lane and Miss Williams by a score of 0-6, 6-0, 8-6- The pair from A. S. T. O. trounced the West Geor gians during the first set, but the lat ter returned the compliment in the second, and went on to take the third set and incidentally, the match. Professor was highly elated over the team’s success in this, its first match, especially because A. S. T. C is a well known school. The editor of this department wishes to express his appreciation to “Scree chy” Daves for his aid to this section of THE WEST GEORGIAN. He has been a great help and deserves credit BASKETBALL SUMMARY Although basketball is gone for this yoar, we can’t help but say something about the team and its excellent rec ord. The regular team, composed of Staples at center. Almon and Fields (captain) at forwards, and Hearn and Driver at guards, was a smooth work ing quintet, and when it got started was almost impossible to stop. The substitutes were Webb, Glazier, Cans ler, Williams, J. Taylor, N. Taylor, and Campbell. The Braves won ten games and lost six, one by only one point. The Braves amassed a total of 613 points against 522 for opponents- The games and their scores are: Douglasvillo A. C 12 W. G. C. .. 60 Tallapoosa A. C 22 W\ G. C- .. 27 Fort Henning 36 W G. C. .. 35 Southern Union .. .. 29 W. G. C- .. 44 Ala. 8. T. C 44 W. G, C. .. 9 Tallapoosa A- (’. .. .. 24 W. O. C. .. 44 Birm. Southern .. .. 32 W. G. C.. 38 Tate C. C. C, 19 W. G. C. .. 28 N. S. B 19 W. G. C. .. 42 Warm Springs (’OC .. 31 W. G. C- .. 37 Dalilonega 35 W. G. C. .. 32 Fort Henning 25 W. G. C- .. 61 Ala. S. T. C- 61 W. G. C. .. 43 Itoinhardt 29 W. G. C. .. 30 Dalilonega 48 W. G. C. .. 35 Bowdon 33 W- G. C. .. 46 The manager of the team was “Screechy” Daves, and he served in this capacity to an admirable degree of efficiency. West Georgia Tennis Team Blanks Emory Junior College The West Georgia tennis team jour neyed to Covington, Georgia, Friday, May 25, and defeated the Emory Jun ior College’s tennis team three matches to none. All the matches were be tween boys. The opposition was stronger than that found at Jackson ville the previous Friday. In the first match Hay licked Sew ell in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5. Ock was ill, but nevertheless defeated his opponent with apparent ease. Sew ell’s racquet seemed to handicap him greatly, but there was no doubt as to who was the better player. Sewell had a rather fast service, but it was not as consistent as Hay’s. Then Campbell defeated King in three out of four sots in the other sin gles match by a score of 6-1, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2. Campbell got over several niee shots in the early part of the game and this rattled his opponent considerably. In the socond set, King rallied and won. However, Campbell was taking it easy and returned to win the next two sets and the game. Campbell play ed the most spectacular tennis of the day in the last set- Bis backhand was working perfectly and his drives were practically unreturnable- In the doubles match Platt and Campbell defeated Sewell and King 6-4, 8-6. The West Georgians were never fully extended as Sewell was fully fatigued from his match with Hay. This was the last match of the sea son, and Strozier is very proud of the team’s record in this first year. W. G. C. Revenge* Itself Of Former Defeat by Camp Meriwether The West Georgians did the C. O'. C. boys from Warm Springs as they them selves had been treated in the famous bathing center the week previous- The Braves won out behind the ex cellent hurling of Parker by a score of 9 to 3. Parker allowed the C. 0. C. boys only 3 hits, and only one of these accounted for a run, as the other 2 were scored on errors- Entrekin was the hitting star of the game, driving in 6 runs- He blasted a homer with 2 men on. The C. C. C. hurler was no puzzle to the Braves even from the start, and was hit freely throughout. The hard-hitting first baseman of Warm Springs was helpless against Parker and struck out twice. The C. C. C. team was one of the best met by the team this season. for being one of the silent but inval uable members of the staff. PAGE FIVE