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BELIEVE IT OR ROT
By ANDY FLOYD
Well, folks, all sports are In full
swing, although tennis seems to
take and hold firmly the spotlight.
It is taken for granted that most of
the students know about Jackson’s
and Treadway’s trip to the Tennis
Clinic to Presbyterian College.
And speaking of tennis, by spe
cial request will the boys who are
helping certain co eds in tennis,
kindly remember that it is imposri
ble to hit a ball when jou are hold
ing both hands. The place for
courting is, strangely enough, off
the court.
Speedball is creating much camp
us interest. Some sixty boys are
participating in the game. I no
tice that many fellows are taking
advantage of the plays and settling
personal grudges by kicking each
others’ legs.
Ping-pong, like speedball, is in
full swing. I wonder if the day
students still actually play at lunch
time,*or are they possessed with
last year’s hangover?
Sweets and candies are not good
for proper training. Fellows, you
can sit and talk and eat on the
front campus, but when at the
gym, then make use of it and the
equipment, and play.
Socially ambitious, perhaps, the
majority of the students are going
in for group dancing more than
any other form of activity. And
suggestions, the activity would be
a pleasure if some of the wallflow
ers would either dance or get off
the floor so that the others could
make use of the limited space. It
has never been known that those
who don’t try are the ones who
succeed. The group dancing pe
riods were established to help
those who so desired to improve
their steps and learn the art of
ballroom dancing and etiquette.
Archery is very popular, and
you can find groups shooting at all
hours. Some students hav6 called
this a mild and mellow form of fhe
Boy Scout activities. I am sorry
that those students cannot shoot
this quarter, but I wish they would
remember the first twelve to sign
were the lucky ones. Where were
you when Director Bonner made
the announcement during chapel?
Basketball is not far off now,
and material is plentiful. It is
generally thought that we should
call the team “The All Stars”; if
you don’t believe it, then ask some
of the players.
My scullions for this week go to
that group of girls who did not
have dates last Saturday night.
Pouring water on the front porch
steps might have been funny to
some of them, but the boys having
the dates couldn’t see any humor
in standing two hours on a date.
Just such things as that is the rea
son this group never has but one
date. The boys on the campus like
going with the co-eds —and what
group doesn’t —but it isn’t consid
ered either sporting or lady-like?
And the lady who eats onions—
Orchids for this week go to Jack
Fleming for his hard work in
keeping the campus clean and rid
of papers and trash thrown by
those who cannot distinguish be-
SPORTS
STEWART McKIBBEN, GRADY COOK, ELBERT HENDRIX
O’REAR TREADAWAY AND RALPH WESTBROOK
Group Dancing Classes
Are Heavily Enrolled
Coach Bonner reports that none
of the gym classes are as heavily
enrolled and as regularly attended
as the classes sponsored for those
students who wish to improve
their dancing technique and those
who wish to learn to dance.
In the midst of such classes
Thursday morning during chapel
period, Bonner stated that among
the types to be taught in these
classes were Group Dancing, Waltz
ing, the Grand March, Ball Room
Dancing, and varieties of popular
steps, such as trucking and shag
ging.
Owen Malcolm, serving as an
assistant in these classes, reports
that many of the new students who
have not had any previous experi
ence are learning rapidly.
Much interest, other assistants
said, was stimulated greatly by the
social last night.
Gymnasium Library
Adds Sport Books
Coach J. C. Bonner, athletic di
rector and instructor, announces
the arrival of anew set of sports
books ranging from football to
checkers. These books, ready for
use, are available in the supply
room of the gymnasium, and may
be checked out Whenever the li
brarian is on duty. Following is a
list: Amateur Wrestling; Athletic
Handbook; Archery Syllabus; Arch
ery Book; Basketball; Volley Ball,
official rules; Official Boxing Rules;
Boxing Simplified; Exercises with
Medicine Ball; Fundamentals of
Fencing; Football and Basketball
Official Rules for 1936; Guide to
Sports and Outdoor Recreation;
How to Wrestle; How to Organize
a Baseball League; How to Play
Handball.
How to Pitch; How to Play In
field and Outfield; How to Punch
the Bag; Knotty Problems of Base
ball; Lawn Tennis Made Simple
and Lawn Tennis Guide; Modern
Wrestling; Official Softball Rules;
Quoitennis; Spalding’s Official Bas
ketball Guide; Track and Field Of
ficial Handbook; Trapeze; Long
Horse and Rope Exercises; The
Typical American Sport; and
Wrestling Rules.
Letters To Young Shooters;
Guide to Sports; and Swimming
Scientifically Taught.
Lehigh’s President, Dr. Clement
C. Williams, will teach parts of a
graduate course in structural foun
dations in the civil engineering de
partment. First time such has oc
curred since 1875-79 when Dr. John
Leavitt taught in phychology.
tween trash cans and mail boxes.
And to the Freshman girls, dates
at W. G. C. determine what group
gets it all. You Fresh have made
many an upperclass-sister glad to
sit in the balcony at the Carroll.
Competition often forces the co-ed
to change her mind; keep it up
Freshmen girls.
THE WEST GEORGIAN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1936
WEST GEORGIA
COLLEGE BRAVES
EYEING TITLE
BASKETBALL PRACTICE WILL
GET UNDER WAY EARLY
IN DECEMBER
The West Georgia College Braves
this year are eyeing a state basket
ball championship, something they
haven’t been able to get since the
college opened.
West Georgia has turned out
strong teams in the past but they
have never managed to get any
where toward annexing a state
crown. Nothing would suit Coach
J. C. Bonner better than to lead
them right up to the head of the
list.
Basketball practice is to get un
der way early in December, it is
understood. Four first-string men
will be back in Grady Cook, Travis
Eidson, Elmer Huggins and Glenn
Shumake while at least seven in
tra-mural cage teams will provide
Coach Bonner with any additional
material he may need.
Among the newcomers who are
expected to show something are
Dick Grace, All-G.I.A.A. forward;
Marcus McGarrity, All-State Flor
ida guard; Robert Bell, All-Seventh
District center for two years; Hor
ton Greene, tall center and Hamil
ton Green, tall center and Hamil
ton Jones, a former Bremen High
ace.
Bonner Optimistic
As Wrestlers Enlist
As the art (M the ancient Greeks,
wrestling has attracted into its
folds some fifteen or twenty men
at West Georgia. Those enlisted
for the wrestling teaiAs have
shown, according to an interview,
a great deal of interest along with
no small degree of prowess and the
wrestling team managers Simms
and Westbrook with Bonner and
Shuttleworth assisting, is more
than optimistic about the pros
pects.
The new fellows have already
mastered the fundamentals of the
sport, and are tying each other in
to knots that would make any
sailor turn green with envy.
Among those out each afternoon,
are Westbrook, Simms, Richard
son, Cole, Bell, and Floyd.
Plans for an exhibition in the
near future are being considered.
LOST, AND FOUND
Lost; Pair rimless glasses in
green case, vicinity of bus station
in Atlanta. Finder please return
to Betty Ann Sewell. Reward!
Lost: Red crochet pocket book
containing change, papers, etc. Be
lieved lost in Dr. Lang’s Physical
Science class. Finder please re
turn to Betty Ann Sewell.
Lost: Between gym. and Ingram
apartment beaten gold bracelet, en
graved B. A. S. High sentimental
value. Reward! Betty Ann Sewell.
All First Round Tennis
Matches Now Complete
BAD WEATHER PREVENTED
COMPLETION OF WHOLE
BY SATURDAY
By DICK GRACE
All first round matches in the
annual fall tennis tournament, di
rected by Robert M. Strozier, have
been completed with majority of
favorites advancing. It was hoped
that the tournament would be en
tirely finished by Saturday, but
bad weather prevented.
The most interesting match was
between Owen Malcolm and Shep
Griffith, the victor being the Social
Circle Star 6-1, 5-7, 8-6.
Other results are as follows:
First round, O. N. Todd defeated
Earle Reeves, 6-0, 6-0. Robert Mc-
New defeated Forrest Ingram 6-1,
6-1. J. G. Robertson lost to Dick
Grace, 6-2, 6-1. Horton Greene de
feated Paul Hurt, 6-0, 6-3. Warner
“Pop” Morgan took the measure of
Elbert Hendrix, 6-4, 6-4. In an ex
citing match, George Vincent top
scored Phillip Jones 6-0, 6-1, while
Bob Bell triumphed over Stewart
McKibben to the tune of 6-1, 6-2.
Jack Stephens defeated Raymond
Hill 7-5, 6-3 in a very close match.
Robert Knox lost to Bill Berry.
A few second round matches
have been played. Results are as
follows: Stephens defeated Per
kins 6-0, 6-1. Bill Allen, tourna
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ment “dark horse” also from So
cial Circle, took the measure of
Hugh Harris 6-1, 6-2. George
“Horsefeathers” Vincent upset
Andy Floyd with a 6-1, 6-3 decision,
while Owen Malcolm bowed to
Dick Grace in a 6-3, 6-4 match.
The finals are expected to be
played Sunday afternoon. This
match will be evtremely interest
ing for all who enjoy tennis.
O’Rear Treadway and Travis
Jackson, last year’s stars, were
awarded the trips to Presbyterian
College to attend the Clinic in
which Bryan (Bitsy) Grant,
Frankie Parker, and several of
the well known professional stars
of America participated. These
boys-will return tomorrow in order
to participate in the finals of the
tournament.
Survey reveals that 11 Princeton
men now heads of colleges; that
Thornwell Jacobs of Oglethorpe
University in Atlanta was post
graduate student at the New Jer
sey institution, and that nine
Princeton grads head foreign col
leges while four more direct other
educational institutions in the for
eign field.
Enrollments at leading colleges
this year show a substantial gain
over the fall of 1935.