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WRESTLING TEAM
MAKES FINE SHOWING
The wrestling team, West Georgia’s
latest entry into the field of inter
collegiate competition, was defeated
hy Tech High School of Atlanta in
West Georgia’s first match of the seas
on. The team scoro for the evening
was 30-10 —but 10 of Tech high’s
points were gained through two of
West Georgia’s forfeits.
Roland Harris, 155 pounds, won the
feature match of the evening by
llirovving Burnett in 8:50. This match
was between two well matched boys
and it was extremely fast throughout.
Harris’ victory was due to better phys
ical condition and superior strength.
Merritt, 110 pounds, won West Geor
gia’s other victory by pinning his man
in 1:10. Merritt, should be given full
credit for his victory as lie was up
against a capable man, but lie was just
too much for his opponent. Lasseter,
126 pounds, was thrown by his op
ponent of Tech High in 5:20. This
was one of the two best matches of
the evening, but the Atlanta boy’s
quarter experience proved the margin
of victory. Ingram, 132 pounds, lost
his match in 1:20 seconds. This was
another match in which the inex
perience of the West Georgia boys
showed up. Neely, the West Georgia
Captain, weight 143 pounds, lost in
5:50 to Bryant who is said be be Tech.
High’s best wrestler. Neely’s defeat was
mainly due to overconfidence. Hogue,
136 pounds, was thrown by Diamond
in 3 minutes flat.
Harris and Lassiters’ matches were
the two best of the evening, but none
of the matches could be called dull as
every one of the boys got in there
and fought. Despite West Georgia’s
defeat, Manager Neely was pleased
with his teams showing as Tech High
is the state champion and every man
,of the team has 'had a world of ex
perience while West Georgia had only
one man who had ever wrestled in a
match of that kind before.
Summeries:
Harris W. G. C., 155' lbs. threw
Burnett in 8:50.
Bryant, Tech High, 145 lbs. threw
Neely, W. G. C., 143, in 5:50.
Diamond Tech High, 140 lbs, threw
Hogue, W. G. C. 136 lbs., in 3:00.
Merritt, W. G. C. 126 lbs, Avon his
match.
Lassister, W. G. C. 126 was pinned
in 5:20.
Ingram, W. G. C. 132 lbs, Avas pinned
in 1:20. [j, {•
West Georgia lost her second wrest
ling match of the season in her own
gymansium to Tech High school by a
team score of 25-8. In this match
West Georgia was at a bad disadvan
tage because of a mixup in dates.
Some of her best men were not nA Tail
able. Dispite these disadvantages W.
G. C. gave the state champions a
tough fight by Avinning two matches.
Earl Brown Avrestling in his first match
won on a time advantage. He was
in every way superior to his opponent.
He had fiA r e minutes time ad\ T antage
in his seven minutes time limit bout.
W. G. C’s. second victory Avas Avon by
Roland Harris who pinned his man in
2:50. This was very exciting match
but there was never much doubt as to
the outcome. Harris has developed
into W. G. C.’s most consistent winner
on the team and one of the best
wrestlers of his Aveight to be found in
any junior college or Y. M. C. A. m
the state. Sammie Fields drew with
Hodgelift in one of the better match
es on the card. Red Martin was pin
ned by Byrant in 3:35. This AA r as an
good showing for Martin as
lie has had practically no experience
in Avrestling and Bryant is said to be
the star or certainly one of the highest
stars on Tech High’s team. Lassister
dreAv with Sexton in another good
match. Thomas —yes, our own Billy
—lost his match as did Ingram a\ ho
was pinned by Diamond.
Lyman Moore came back from the
Glee Club trip to LaGrange Avith rouge
and lip stick all over his cheeks, espe
cially his right cheek. Why, Mr. Moore,
you the president of the club, too, and
at a girls’ college?
WEST GEORGIA BRAVES
DEFEAT B. A. C.
West Georgia Braves, led by Red
Martin, reserve guard, defeated the
Burwell Athletic Club 41-40. Martin
led the scoring Avith 15 points and he
also played one of the best floor games
played by any W. G. C. man on the
floor. Martin seemed to be the only
man able to get going for the Braves
during the first uarter. He scored six
points Avhile Hearn was sinking one
from-center and Almon made one foul
trv good. West Georgia was trailing
at the end of the first quarter by 12-0.
The Braves gained the lead for the
first time in the second quarter by
virtue of two field goals each by Har
ris, Hearn and Martin. The score at
the half Avas: West Georgia 21, Bur
v.vll Athletic Club 18. The Braves
played good ball in the third quarter
which is usually a slack period for
them and they increased their lead
somewhat. In this quarter every man
on the team made at least one point.
Williams, Martin, and Almon, Avith 3
points each, had the scoring for this
quarter, Avhile Harris, 2 points, and
Hearn, 1 point, were trailing them.
The fourth quarter avos a desperate
ly fought period. The final outcome
of the game Avas in doubt up to the
final whistle. Almon had the scoring
for West Georgia Avith 4 points for
this period. Martin and Hearn con-_
tributed one field goal each to the
West Georgia cause. The final score
Avas: W. G. C., 41; B. A. C., 40.
This game, AA'hich Avas expected to
be a rnnaAvay for West Georgia, was
hard fought throughout. The out
standing thing about the game Avas the
surprisingly good showing made by
Red Martin. Red just couldn’t seem
to miss, and he Avas also playing no
slouch of a game on defense. The rest
of the team played their usual fine
game. Hearn Avas, perhaps, the out
standing man, besides Martin, for the
BraA T es. He was second high point
man, with 9 points. He was, as usual,
the best guard on the floor. Almon
played an excellent game at fonvard,
shooting 8 points. Harris, at guard,
with 6 points, and Williams at center,
Avith 3 points, played heads-up basket
ball and they Avere vital cogs in ti e
West Georgia victory.
BRAVES ATTEND N. G. J. C.
TOURNAMENT
West Georgia Avas defeated in the
opening ground of the North Georgia
Junior College tournament at Young
Harris by Reinhardt College 38-30.
The Braves were at a great disadvan
tage in the game. They had. to ride
the entire distance to Young Harris
the morning before the game A\ith
seven in the car, plus baggage. Only
five players were carried and Coach
BrasAA’ell Avas unable to get aAvay from
his Avork here at school. Despite these
disadvantages West Georgia gaA T e the
Reinhardt boys a tough fight. This
game was described by one of the At
lanta papers as the best of the ayliolp
tournament.
West Georgia jumped into an early
lead Avhen Sammie Fields shot a beau
tiful goal from behind the center 1 line
on the opening tip off. Reinhardt,
however, quickly tied the score and
then went into a lead that the Braves
AA-ere never quite able to overcome.
Wst Georgia fought desperately, but
they Avere handicapped by numerous
fouls called on them by a rather in
competent referee. Reinhardt Avas
leading by 4 points to the half, 21-17.
In the second half the Braves Avere
never able to get going. During the
last half they could not make their
shots count. This failure was mainly
due to the football tendencies of the
Reinhardt Steam. Despite numerous
protests bv Captain Fields to the ref
eree, he allowed this holding and tack-
THE WEST GEORGIAN
NORWOOD FLOYD, 3ports Editor
BRAVES GET REVENGE
FROM REINHARDT
West Georgia defeated her old rival,
Reinhardt College, 36-34 in an extra
period game on February 1. This game
Avas one of the best played iu the
West Georgia gymnasium this season.
West Georgia jumped into the lead
early iu the first quarter. Chick Al
mon with two field goals and one
each for Hearn and Fields, gave the
Braves a load of 8-0 before Reinhardt
was able to make good one foul try.
The quarter ended with the Braves
leading 9-1. The second quarter was
almost a repetition of the first. The
Braves were still clicking and every
man on the team was playing good
ball. Led by Sammie Fields and Jud
son Hearn, they Avere passing the ball
in the Reinhardt defense for crip
shots. The Reinhardt boys at this
stage of the game seemed totally in
capable of stopping the Braves’ of
fense. At one time during this quar
ter the Braves Avere leading 15-1, but
here they slackened their air-tight de
fense someAvliat and. Reinhardt was
able to make three field goals. The
score at the half was, West Georgia
19, Reinhardt 8. Following their usual
custom, the Braves suffered a severe
letdoAvn in the third quarter. Rein
hardt started making their long shots
good and the Braves allowed some
Reinhardt men to get behind them for
several crisp shots. West Georgia was
able to score only one field goal by
Hearn and one foul try each by Harris
and Almon, Avhile Reinhardt was
scoring 14 points to leave the Braves
still leading by the margin of one
point, 23-22, in the third period. Early
in the fourth quarter two beautiful
field goals bv one of the Reinhardt
forwards put West Georgia behind for
the first time in the game. Here the
Braves suddenly awoke to the fact that
defeat Avas staring them in the face.
From that point until the finish of
the fourth quarter it was just one con
tinual desperate fight for the ball.
West Georgia was only barely able to
hold its oAvn as Reinhardt was playing
one of the best games that West Geor
gia had run up against this season.
The end of the regular period of play
found the score knotted at 32-32. Af
ter a conference between Reinhardt
and West Georga officials a five-min
ote play off Avas decided upon. Rein
hardt immediately jumped into the
lead Avith a beautiful field goal from
near the center line. But here Sammie
Fields Avas fouled and given two shots
—he made one of these trys good to
put West Georgia Avithin one point of
tying the score. After several long
shots, Fields was again fouled in a
desperate struggle under the basket
and again he was able to make one of
the trys good. This tied the score
again and the play was as furious as
ever. Then Hearn Avas fouled and
made his try good to put West Geor
gia into the lead again and just be
fore the end of the five-minute period,
Fields shot another foul goal to put
the game on ice for West Georgia.
As is customary in most of the games
that West Georgia plays, every man
contributed his share of points. Hearn
was high point man Avith 12 points.
Sammie Fields gained second honor
with 10 points and then came Almon
with 9 points, Harris 3 and Williams 2.
Visitor (speaking of small boy)—
“He has his mother’s eyes.”
Mother —“And his father’s mouth.”
Small Boy —“And my brother’s
pants.”
ling to go on and practically ruin W.
G. C.’s chance. The final score was
38-30.
Sam Fields and Judson Hearn tied
for high point honors with 8 points
each. Chick Almon trailed closely
Avith 7, and then Harris with 6 points,
and Williams, with 1, did his share
COLUMBUS “Y” WINS
OVER BRAVES
•Columbus Y. M. C. A. defeated the
West Georgia wrestling team 33-5 on
February 28. West Georgia was up
against a distinctly superior team, as
the Y. is the state champion. Despite
this, however, there were several
thrilling matches. Probably the best
matches of the evening were the In
gram-Martin match, the Roe-Wntson
match, the Brown-Barfield match and
the Thomas-MeCarty match.
Brown Avas pinned by Barfield in
the opening match on the card. This
started the evening off right, as both
boys were extremely fast and they
Avere fairly evenly matched. Towns,
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West Georgia, lost his match to
Thomas of tho Y. on time advantage.
Lassiter, West Georgia, was pinned
by Register in a fast match. This
match might easily have been a vic
tory for Lassiter. Roe was pinned by
Watson in what was one of the best
events on the cand. Those two men
were evenly matched and several
times it looked as if Roe might pat
Watson’s shoulders to the mat, but he
was never quite ablo to do it. Ingram
won the only West Georgia victor}’ of
tho evening by pinning Martin. This
was u good match. Ingram finally
showed the wrestling that he is capa
ble of doing. In each of his previous
matches Ingrain had shown a great
deal of promise, but this Avas tho first
time ho had been victorious. Thomas
was pinned by McCarthy in a match
that drew some boos from the spec
tators who did not think that Billy’s
shoulders were on the mat. Hayes,
ex-state champion in tho 145 pound
class who was deprived of his title by
losing weight, threw Wood, and then
later on tho card put Bill Trent’s
shoulders to the mat.
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