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“Believe It or Rot ”
By ANDY FLOYD
This column of sports featui es
will mention all the activities in
the sports department at West
Georgia College. Each week I will
attempt to feature the heroes and
heroines in this column.
Fiis t in the sportlight is Sims
and Watson. Sims has proved that
he is a ten-second man by the way
he made time in the balcony Sat
urday afternoon. Sutton and Hunt
fought dogedly to the finish, but
the descent of the steps left Sut
ton in a state of complete fatigue.
Sunday feature was a game of
“stoop-tag” between the couples::
Hendrix and Hayes, and Kelly and
McLarty. The couples were neck
'and neck three feet from the finish
line, but Hendrix-Hayes won by a
virtue of a stoop briar, adding
much gusto to the finish. Jack
Stephens played Robin Hood Sun
day, by going Bowen.
Poindexter went big-game hunt
ing the same day; her quotation is
as follows: “Greene will believe
anything that’s said. His name is
Greene, and so is his head.” Berry
went hiking but to his surprise at
five p. m. he was out of Winn.
Horesfeathers came out pushing a
streamline-blond-colored Hudson,
but his spectacular drive ended in
a blow-out and punch.
Raymond Hill went “Hunt-ing
Sunday, and still has a hang-over.
His room-mates report that from
the sounds in his sleep, he cooed
like a love-dove. Incidentally Hill
is convinced that Carrollton is not
a one-horse town after winning the
peanut-pushing contest held on the
main street of the city.
Ashworth and Hines have ac
quired the sports of punchmaking;
Hines complains that all she got
for' her work was a lemon.
Sewell spent Sunday making
toast to her Maxwell, who was
good to the last drop. Miss Arm
strong spent the day carrying her
“Burden” the length of the stone
wall.
Marion Huddleston has gone in
for football in a big way: the camp
us has noticed his tackle of Miss
McKinney. McKibbon has taken up
mature study like all good biolog
ists—i. e. he turned up with a Nutt
during Sunday’s parade. And by
the way, Cantrell’s opinion of Bell_
is that he is just another ding-dong.
Leila plans a great season of Bell
reigns. Got the right stuff, Leila,
going from Racey-ing to Bells.
Spec Neely was all pepped up
over the prospects of group danc
ing until he discovered that it was
just like boxing: “No clinching al
lowed.”
This column wishes to mention
the improvements in the gymnas
ium. One can at lea§t tell the
gymnasium from the “Barn”. The
students think this improvement in
regard to the gym came none too
soon, and orchids to you, Goober.
Miss Kendricks wishes to change
the time of hog-callers from 12:30
to 11:30. She believes this will
eliminate the rush at the din
ing hall. Scullions for this week go
to the annoying person who per
sists in a quiet hour by aggravat
ing anatomy of a cat with a
horse’s tail. Even Gilberto with
SPORTS
STEWART McKIBBEN, GRADY COOK, ELBERT HENDRIX
O’REAR TREADAWAY AND RALPH WESTBROOK
I Seven Basketball Stars
Return; Prospects Are
For Successful Season
A large number of students are
expected to attend the opening of
the basketball season this year.
Coach J. C. Bonner has scheduled
an intramural tournament which
will begin at an early date, and re
ports state that he expects to have
at least seven teams from which to
choose the varsity team.
Among the entering Freshmen
who were high school stars back
home, West Georgia College this
year has Robert (Bobby) Bell, an
all-seventh district center; Dick
Grace of Decatur, an all-North
Georgia Intercollegiate Confe’rence
forward; William Allen of Social
Circle, an all-tenth district guard;.
Marcus McGarity of JDrlando, Fla.,
an all-state guard—all of which are
considered hopeful players.
The stars of last year’s teams
that are back this season are: Eid
son, Shumake, Cook, Huggins,
Webb, and Handley.
Wrestling Planned For
An Extensive Schedule
The West Georgia College wrest
ling team last year won for itself
an undisputed state-wide reputa
tion.
The team held three matches
during the season with the Atlanta
Y. M. C. A. and with the Tech
High School wrestling team.
Composed mostly of inexperienc
ed men, the team returns this
year with four left of last year s
crew. Simms, Ingram, Westbrook,
and King are the four.
Coach Bonner has planned a
more extensive schedule, and trips
to other colleges are being arrang
ed.
Within the next few weeks, prac
tice will begin and intiamural
bouts staged for the inter-collegi
ate matches.
Tennis Is Popular
Sport At West Ga.
From all indications, tennis
seems destined to be as popular
this year as it was last season.
Everyday finds the courts full, and
people waiting on the side to play.
A great deal of interest is also
being shown in the fall tournament
of which O’Rear Treadaway is the
defending champion. A girls’ tour
nament will be run off in the near
future, and from the interest being
shown by several of the girls, it
promises to. be a very good one. It
is hoped that West Georgia College
will be able to have a girls’ team
this season. Among the Freshmen
women’s prospects are Miss Rachel
Hunt; and Miss Mary C. Langford,
holder of the city champion of Ce
dartown, Ga.; and Miss Margaret
Bowen of Atlanta, Ga.
all his manners says, “Very, very,
very bad.”
“I know not what sports others
may take, but as for me, gime me
liberty or give me Justice”, says
“Pop” Warner.
THE WEST GEORGIAN, TUESDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1936
COACH ANNOUNCES
ATHLETIC SCHEDULE
In an interview Friday after
noon, October 2, Coach J. C. Bon
ner, athletic director and succes
sor to David M. Braswell who is
at Yale University doing graduate
work in religious philosophy, an
nounced that it was the desire at
West Georgia College to furnish
the student activities which will be
an opportunity for all to find some
thing in which he can participate
with seasonable success.
Emphasizing the fact that each
of the three hundred or more stu
dents is requested to actually do
three hours per week in athletic
recreational activity, Coach Bon
ner has introduced several new ac
tivities, the latest being speedbafi,
croquet, and quoitennis.
During the fall quarter,-rather
than participate in intercollegiate
matches in speedball which will
be the principal sport, the director
announced the majority of the com
petition would be between classes.
Much new equipment has been
added to the gymnasium which it
self has been renovated. Among
the newer features is an athletic li
brary which will be located in the
lecture room of the gymnasium.
Coach Bonner has also prepared
a syllabus for student use; this is
the first step ever taken in this
field of athletics.
No figures regarding the amounts
expended for the various new
equipment and renovating were
available.
T. H. MERRELL
COMPANY
“On the Square”
Carroll Theatre
Wed. & Thurs., Oct. 7 & 8
POMONA
IN COLOR!
With Loretta Young
YY r EST GA. CO-EDS!
Have you found the way
to the
FOLSOM DRESS
SHOPPE
Newnan Street?
West Georgia Netmen
Invited To Tennis Clinic
Ping Pong Proves To Be
Most Interesting Sport
Last year ping pong was one of
West Georgia’s most popular minor
sports, and a great deal of interest
—both faculty and student —was
shown in this activity.
Two tournaments were held, one
during the Fall Quarter, and the
other in the Spring Quarter. El
bert Hendrix, Havana, Cuba, was
Victor in the first affair, and James
Maxwell, Carrollton, defeated his
opponent in the Spring tourna
ment.
Already several promising Fresh
men boys and girls have made
their appearance.
A tournament filled with close
and hard fought games is expected
early in the year.
Riflery One Of Newest
Sports On Campus
Riflery, introduced to West Geor
gia College last year, one of the
newest minor sports on the campus
is expected to be of keen interest
to the students this year.
The rifle range is in anew place
this year. It isHocated in the rear
of the gymnasium.
The Club is under the student
leadership of Grady Cook.
Tryouts for the club will be held
sometime in the near future; only
twelve boys and twelve girls are to
compose the two teams.
The club -hopes to schedule sev
eral inter-collegiate matches this
year.
By a strange paradox, a man,
goes farther when he is nearest.
Compliments
—of—
W. S. CAMPBELL
HARRIS HARDWARE COMPANY
CBOSL.EY RADIOS
Ideal Inexpensive Sets for the College Room!
SOUTHEASTERN MOTOR LINES
Operating Six Round-Trips Daily To Atlanta
Operating Two Round-Trips Daily To Rome
Operating One Round-Trip Daily To Griffin
Operating Three Round-Trips Daily To Bow’don
FREE SERYTCE BETYYEEN BUS STATION AND
YVEST GEORGIA COLLEGE FOR STUDENTS
SPONORED BY PRESBYTERIAN
COLLEGE TO BE HELD
OCT. 13, 14, 15
According to Robert M. Strozier,
tennis coach, arrangements have
been made for the finalists in the
fall tennis tournament to attend a
tennis clinic, sponsored by Presby
terian College, to be held at Clin
ton, S. C., October 13, 14 and 15.
The college will contribute five
dollars to each the winner and run
ner-up in the fall tournament to
help pay expenses to the meeting.
The clinic, sponsored by Presi
dent William P. Jacobs, of Presby
terian College, will be the most am
bitious ever held in the south.
Bryan M. (Bitsy) Gfant, Atlanta’s
mighty atom of the tennis courts,
will be on hand to demonstrate And
teach his giant killing tactics. Bit
sy, ranked number 3, as a mem
ber of the Davis Cup Team, and is
likely to be ranked number 2, na
tionally, this year. He is famous as
the “Bulldog of the baselines” and
is practically invincible on cl^y.
Besides Grant and other promi
nent amateurs, some of the nation’s
finest pros will also attend. John
nie Cardegnia, vice-president of the
Professional Tennis Players Asso
ciation, is one of the nation’s most
outstanding professional players
who will also attend. He plays an
excellent game of tennis and beat
Wilmer Allison in an exhibition
match this summer.
Jimmy Presley, Jack Stocton and
Lev Richards, all prominent in ten
nis cricles, will play with and coach
the simon-pures.
Invited to watch the play oY
these national champions will be
the college and high school tennis
teams of South Carolina, North
Carolina and Georgia. They will
play with these national figures,
have the privilege of being cor
rected in their play by them, and
watch them as they play among
themselves.
Exhibition matches will open the
clinic Tuesday evening at seven
p. m. on the college view courts.
Wednesday afternoon visiting high
school and college teams will par
ticipate in play on the college
courts and learn the fine points of
the game. Wednesday evening the
great players will put on another
exhibition, and the other days of
the week will be given to instruc
tion by the professionals.