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In the Sportlight
Tennis Takes Screen;
Minor Sports Score
Over and above the many other
sports here at West Georgia tennis
resides on a lofty pedistle. it is un
doubtedly a tradition in its em
nryontic stage: a tradition of tennis
as being the feature sportanic ac
tivity here, and West Georgia be
ing the tennis center of western
Georgia, or possibly greater realms.
Great anxiety was felt and ex
presssed for the continued domi
nace of tennis with the graduation
of last years great team. However
the talent already exhibited in
practice and the fall tournament
has been a soothing balm to the
mangers’ worriies. Of course re
placement of last year’s trio will
hardly be realized in its entirety,
but the number of promising ma
terial is almost inexhaustible.
Travis Jackson, James Cowart,
u. N. Todd, Bishop, Treadaway —
all these are good.
The interest in tennis shown by
the ieminine element here from a
spectator s standpoint is at a high
pitch. A Rose Bowl game couldn’t
possibly create such frenzies of ex
citement as is present in inese oc
cupants of the sidelines. If a play
er gets one over the net, mighty
salvos of joy acclaim him a second
Perry.
WHAT OF OUR
ANCESTORS?
Professor Roberts would say the
tribes that came down thru Europe
in the middle ages were barbarous.
He would base this on their mode
of living and the things they did
and showed interest in.
But what would those ancients
think if they could read one of our
bunday morning papers, with head
lines something like this: Wild
cats Smother Tigers; Goats make
chops of Razorbacks: Bulldogs
overthrow Wolverines, or Blue
Devils Spear Yellow Jackets? They
would probably think the lower
animals have displaced us hu
mans, and would think of theirs
as the good old days. Of course we
know better, but we hope none of
our descendants get track of
the sports pages of today.
Lassetter Optimistic
As Wrestlers Enlist
The art of the ancient Greeks,
wrestling has drawn into its fold
some fifteen or twenty men at
West Georgia. Those enlisted fcr
the wrestling team have shown a
great deal of interest along with
no small degree of prowess, and
manager James Lassetter is op
tomistic about his prospects. These
fellows have already mastered
the fundamentals of the sport, and
are tying each other into knots
that would make a sailor green
with envy.
Among those displaying especial
ly good wrestling ability are In
gram, Westbrook, and Richardson.
Lassetter plans an exhibition by
the team about a week after the
boxing exhibitions, w r hich are to be
held shortly.
HENDRIX AT PEAK IN
PING PONG TOURNEY
A hot ping-pong tournament has
been on ever since the opening of
school, with fifteen entered. The
pace has been extremely fast, and
except for the number one man
the players have changed standing
quite frequently. Hendrix, who at
present, and who most of the time,
occupies the upper berth, is a wiz
ard, and the competition is mostly
for the second, third and fourth po
sitions. Bohannon, Braswell, and
Treadaway have held these posi
tions most of the time.
TREADAWAY WINS
TENNIS TOURNEY
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trant, made short work of Hendrix,
losing only one game in each set.
Then in the second round Jack
son put Bishop out by the scores
of 6-2, 6-1. In this match some of
the best tennis of the tournament
was played. Both boys were play
ing very nicely, with a w r ide varie
ty of strokes in their bags. Bishop
was onto his game, and looks good
for a position on the team. How
ever Jackson was impassable, and
his backhand was even better than
usual.
O. N. Todd experienced little dif
ficulty in eliminating Jimmie
Jones by the scores of 6-0, 6-1.
Smith went into the third round
by defeating Barrett 6-1, 6-1.
Billy Johnson came from behind
to trip Cowart, who was favored
to wind handily. Cowart took the
first set, 10-8, and they agreed to
flip for the second, Johnson win
ning. This was a very unusual pro
ceedure, especially when Cowart
was leading a set. The loss of the
toss seemed to dishearten Cowart,
and Johnson took the deciding set
with ease, 6-1.
By agreement Jack Stone and
Owen Malcolm matched for their
second round match, Stone win
ning.
In the quarter-finals Todd put
Johnson out in straight sets. Todd
was proving his play in the early
rounds to be regular game instead
of luck, as some had been prone to
think. The scores were 6-4, 7-5.
It will be noticed that Jackson
and Stone had to play one fewer
matches, due to their being rated
one and two respectively.
Treadaway downed Newell to
the tune of 6-3, 6-4.
Treadaway took Smith in tow in
their match. After a proloned first
set. The Roman ran his opponent
to all corners of the court to easily
take the deciding one. The scores
were 9-7, 6-2.
STONE, JACKSON, STONE
REACH SEMI-FINALS
/
In the semi-finals Stone, al
though favored to win, was trounc
ed by Treadaway. Stone could nev
er get going, and won only one
game in the two sets.
Treadway broke through his
opponent’s service in the first
game, and added the three next
games to lead 4 love. In the next
game Stone showed up in his old
form, winning in a game of fast
exchanges. From then on it was
Treadaway altogether. In the
fourth game of the second set
Stone again flared up, leading 40-
15, but threw that chance by serv
ing doubles. Treadaway constantly
shot low drives to the sidelines,
and was the aggressor on prac
tically every point. His backhand,
his service —in fact in every de
partment excelled Stone except for
sporadic lofts to the baselines,
which usually caught Treadaway
napping.
In the other semi-final Jackson
won in straight sets as was ex
pected. This duel was featured
with long volley, with soft shots
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Basketball Teams
Get In Full Swing
GYM LECTURES TO IMPROVE
GAME OF 31 PROSPECTS
If quantity has anything to do
with what West Georgia’s basket
ball team will be this year, all op
position is already licked. Last
week Manager Barrett enticed
around thirty-seven prospects to
apply their monnikers to the dot
ted line, and more are assured.
From these numbers, a formidable
team should be an easily deriva
tive, and Barrett has said so much.
Altho these are mostly fiist year
men out for the squad, this wi.l be
no hindrance, as was proven the
first year of this institution.
The preferred positions seem to
be forward with the goal defend
ers running a close second. Only
seven signed up as centers. Seri
ous piactice will start after
Thanksgiving, with regular prac
tices thereafter.
GAME DISCUSSED
Thus far the discussion period
in gym has proven quite popular,
and beneficial to all the students.
Basketball, with its innumerable
rules, has ever been somewhat a
complicated game to a large ma
jority of the public, and therefore
has not been enjoyed nearly so
much as it would have been with
a full understanding on the spec
tators’ standpoint of the does and
donts involved. This season all the
game with a much greater degree
of interest. Too we will know more
to blambast the referee for not
seeing. To referee a basketball
games makes a fellow about as pop
ular as he would be should he cast
aside a “duck” of such enormous
proportions as the one recently so
publicized back of the Academic
Building.
Basketball promises to be light
ning fast this winter, the new rules,
which have been so lengthily dis
cussed in the discussion period,
all are intended to speed up this
already breathing game of the
thin clads. These new regulations
will displace the old one-man
teams, and will increase the im
portance of teamwork. Therefore
we may expect to see more teams
with a large degree of the quintes
sence of perfection in the most
beautiful feature in basketball
coordination of the quintet.
as infrequent as oysters in oyster
stew.
Todd took his first service and
Jackosn retaliated by taking his.
Both boys opened up at the start.
On the third game Todd begun
having trouble with his service,
which is usually his best weapon.
The backhands of Jackson and
Todd were working very nicely.
Jackson had the better drive and
all Todd could do was try to get
the ball back across the net. Jack
son wasn’t quite as good as when
he played Bishop, but seemed to
be trying himself out more than
losing any prowess. The scores for
this match were 6-4, 6-1,6-4.
Jfr
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FLOYD TO STAGE
TUMBLING ARENA
Plans for an exhibition by the
West Georgia tumbling team has
been announced for a date early in
December. This is real credit to
the teams, both boys and girls, as
they have been working out only
about six weeks. Besides being in
structed by Coach Braswell in the
regular gym periods, the tumblers
are put through their daily rou
tines by the student manager.
Andy Floyd.
The women tumblers meet each
day at 2:30. Some fifteen or twen
ty report regularly, and are all
progressing rapidly. Virginia Webb
and Mary Cole are exceptionally
good. Dot Holmes also shows tal
ent in this line.
Among the men there is no end
of good tumblers. Floyd is a well
versed man in this sport, and is
putting his knowledge to good use.
Bohannon and Donahue are quite
competent, and Verdel is an India
rubber man.
All in all, tumbling is making
great strides here with a high de
gree of success a certainty.
Rifling Gains Interest
The extensive activities in rifl
ing at West Georgia are quite in
keeping with the prevailing trend
thruout the South. In the past
three or four years this sport has
constantly gained popularity. In
numerable shoots are held over
Dixie, and Georgia is a leader. Al
tho not exactly the same type as
the one most common, the riflery
practiced here has the same gen
eral idea. The targets used here
are the bull’s eyes, which are of
course stationary.
This is a great sport, and has a
hustling manager. Afternoons it
sounds as though II Duce and Haile
Selassie were giving exhibitions
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Boxing Exhibition
Scheduled For
November 22
BISHOP PAIRS BATTLERS;
FLOYD TO REFEREE
Doug Bishop, boxing manager,
announced last week plans for a
boxing exhibition to be held Nov.
22. Great interest has been shown
in this activity since that time.
Eighteen expressed desires to par
ticipate in this exhibition, with
men of weights ranging from 120
pounds to 165 pounds. The fighting
in this forthcoming event promises
to be fast, with each bout going 3
rounds of one minute each. All the
men are rounding into shape, and
some look exceptionally good.
James Lassetter, Willis Sims, and
Jack Stephens heave hefty lefts ?
while Bob Jackson, Lovett Newell,
and Doug Bishop have hay making
rights. Then Bill Litton, Bob Rich
ardson, and Walter Abney are pro
ficient with both fists.
The bouts consist of:
Charles Bohannon, 120 lbs. vs.
J. W. Sutton, 125 lbs.
Doug Bishop, 125 lbs. vs R. Scott
Donehoo, 130 lbs.
Lovett Newell, 130 lbs, vs. James
Lassiter, 130 lbs.
Norman Tant, 130 lbs. vs. William
Donehoo, 130 lbs.
Lanier Jones, 135 lbs. vs. Pelham
Staples, 140 lbs.
Bob Richardson, 140 lbs. vs. Ralph
Westbrook, 145 lbs.
Jack Stephens, 150 lbs. vs. Bob
Jackson, 155 lbs.
Bill Litton, 160 lbs. vs. Walter
Abney, 165 lbs.
The bout between Litton and
Abney will be the feature bout of
the day.
Those men showing up extra
well in the exhibition Che 22nd will
most likely be selected for the in
tercollegiate team, which will make
several trips along with the wrest
ling team.
Andy Floyd will serve as referee
for all the matches.
back of the gym. The interest in
this sport is assuredly genuine, for
rifles are acquired by the students
themselves. Although not at all
strenuous, this is an ideal recrea
tional and a generally wholesome
atmosphere surrounds the range.