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Side Shots
By Elbert Hendrix
This season the Braves boast of
seven new members. These men
have all come to our campus with
fine reputations as basketball stars,
and have more than fulfilled ex
pectations.
Bill Allen came to us as a repres
entative of the best Social Circle
High School produces in the way of
athletes. During his High School
career he was on the basketball,
football and baseball teams, mak
ing letters in each of them. During
his four years on the basketball
varsity he played as guard and
forward. In the fourth year he
was chosen captain of the basket
ball team.
Herman Barnes, the boy who cut
loose and surprised us all at the
Alabama State Teachers’ game be
gan his career in basketball at
Tyus High school. He was a mem
ber of the varsity in his junior
and senior years. During these
years he very capably held down
the position of left forward.
Bobby Bell, as you probably
know, hails from Trion. His High
school athletic accomplishments
were in basketball, football and
baseball, and has letters in the
three sports to prove it. His
four years of basketball playing
were divided between the center
and gpard positions. During these
years Trion High was three times
District champions, and Bobby’s
name appears on the All-District
Team all four years.
John “Buddy” Brooks is a pro
duct of Miller County, “way down
South.” Miller County High School
presented him with letters for his
ability in basketball and baseball,
electing him captain of the base
ball team for one year. In his
four years in the basketball varsity
he monopolized one of the for
ward positions. Later “Buddy” at
tended Georgia Military College for
one year, an made the team ir. his
favorite position as forward.
Dick Grace graduated from De
catur Boys’ High last year, after
making an excellent athletic record.
He was at one time or another
a member of the football, baseball,
basketball, track and tennis teams,
an sports five letters. In his bas
ketball career he split his time be
tween the guard and forward posi
tions. In 1933, the basketball team
won the N.G.I.C. and All District
Champs.
Allyn Gunn, a very capable look
ing member of this year’s squad
attended Carrollton High school.
Although he is very apparently no
greenhorn at the game, his varsity
experience was limited to one year
in the pivot position at Carrollton
high.
Marcus McGarity comes to us as
a worthy example of Florida High
school athletic. He attended Or
lando high school, where he made
a name for himself in basketball,
football and baseball. Although
he made letters in these three
sports, he states his preference to
be basketball. Marc was All-Dis
trict guard for three years. In his
Senior year, the Orlando High team
was runners up in the both the Big
Ten Championship and the Cham
pionship of the State.
SPORTS
STEWART .SKr COoT&BERT BELL
O’REAR TREADAWAY AND RALPH WESTBROOK
W. G. C. BRAVES
LOSE CAGE TILT TO
ALABAMA TEACHERS
SMOOTH ALABAMA TEAM
TURNS BACK 49-17
(By Warner Morgan)
With a remarkable floor game
that continually seemed to work,
the Alabama State Teachers basket
ball team won over the West Geor
gia Braves in long style.
Led by Penny who stopped the
field with seventeen points, the
Alabama team washed up a lead
that the Braves were never able
to equal.
For West Georgia Barnes, substi
tute guard was the high individual
scorer with six points. Glenn Shu
make trailed with five, while Cook
and McGarity tallied three each
for the total of seventeen.
The height of the visiting team,
represented by three men over six
feet three, and others by no means
short, was partly responsible for
their considerable advantage.
Plunkett, though much shorter
than his team mates made up for
his height by the distance between
the floor and his feet. He showed
remarkable ability for going up
after the ball which he usually
came down with.
Though, as mentioned, they were
not classes from the first by height
and speed, the West Georgia bas
keteers showed considerable co
operated spirit and determination
as well as some nice playing.
Left at the half with a score of
six points to Alabama’s twenty-six,
the Braves came back with a hard
fight to hold their opponents to
twenty-three and gain nine more
points fro themselves.
Smooth passwork was the high
point of the game. Each of the
talltall Alabama players contribut
ed to the well-executed plays.
Alabama State Game.
The Line-up Position Points
ALABAMA STATE
Plunkett f 10
Penny f 17
Caldwell c 7
Kemp g 6
Stelle g 2
Bassett c 0
Waters g 0
Vandgrist g 0
49
WEST GEORGIA
Shumake f 5
Cook f 3
Bell c 0
McGarity g 3
Huggins g 0
Grace f 0
Brooks f 0
Webb f 0
Barnes g 6
Allen - g 0
Gunn c 0
King f 0
17
Shep: I suppose you dance?
Marjorie: Oh, yes, I love to.
Shep: Great, that’s better than
dancing.
THE WEST GEORGIAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1937
West Georgia Mat Men
To Meet Atlanta Y
And Tech High
TEAM INCULDES TEN
NEW MEN
As the first notch draws near,
the wrestling team is rapidly be
coming to take on the aspect of
seasoned matmen.
Every man now going out for
wrestling will be given an oppou
tunity to wrestle in competition
and against members of the At
lanta Y team and Tech High. This
will assure everyone four matches.
However, when the team meets
other junior colleges, there will
be an elimination, and one repres
entative in each of the ten weights
will constitute the varsity.
Three nights a week, Floyd,
manager of the team trains the
men in new holds and in the per
fection of those already employed.
The first intercollegiate match
will be with Young Harris college
at Young Harris, Saturday, Jan. 29.
Beside those veteran matmen
who were on last year’s team, ten
new aspirants have been meeting
regularly in the gymnasium.
These new wrestlers are: R. L.
Crawford, Horton Greene, Allyn
Gunn, Paul Plurt, Warner Morgan,
Pete Potts, J. J. Rivers, Pelham
Staples, J. W. Sutton, and L. E.
Witt.
These men are being instructed
in the wrestling fundamentals, al
ready mastered by last year’s mat
men, and new tricks of two bone
crushing trade are being introduc
ed.
The team has fine prospects for
a successful season and for reco
gnition as an outstanding team
in the state.
Next year’s season includes sev
eral intercollegiate games with
Alabama State Teachers College,
our Georgian Southwestern College.
Speedball Season
Ends With Cherokees
Intra Mural Victors
West Georgia officially closed its
first season of speed ball before
Christmas. Coach Bonner said that
he was very satisfied with the
season’s results.
There were three intra-mural
teams: The Mohicans, the Greeks,
and The Cherokees of which the
Cherokees were the season’s
victors.
The eleven players to receive let
ters are: Robert Kirby, Bruce
Taylor, Herman Barnes, Elmer
Huggins, Marcus McGarity, Allyn
Gunn, Billy Thomas, Bob Webb,
Morris King and Chester Patterson.
During the inter-class matches,
the Freshmen defeated the Sopho
mores 44-36 Coach Bonner listed
the outstanding freshmen players
as: McGarity, Barnes, Kirby, Strick
land, the latter being perhaps the
best "developed guard of the fresh
man team.
Among the starring Sophomores
Coach Bonner named Cook, Hug
gins, Patterson, and Thomas.
Roy Neely: I’ll go nuts if you
don’t kiss me.
Barbara: Well what’s the differ
ence; you’ll go nuts if I do.
BELIEVE IT OR ROT
By ANDY FLOYD
By Andy Floyd
The' shock of the campus has
come. Claire and Frank have fin
ally parted. "The best of friends,”
they insist. But we learned that
she returned Frank’s Christmas
present a.nd by this time a girl
in Blakely has received it.
Woodfin’s New Year resolution
is to learn his Math from a hole in
the ground.
We wonder why Louise Merrill
does not favor her brother who
comes for her quite often.
How does Eva Mae rate the Sat
urday night 10:45 show? The
dormitory girls don’t, it seems.
Dick Grace has been constantly
to Bowdon. It is rumored he has
borrowed Huckaby’s corresponence
course on how to make love.
Virginia Brown is all Bogg’d
down with “Planto” Wilborn.
The Carroll Theatre is a desirable
place to sit and rewrite a modern
version of the balcony scene from
“Romeo and Juliet.”
We wonder of the back seats of
the Carroll’s balcony were worn
out by the West Georgia students?
Jean Winn and her guest have
their terrace-garden blown away.
How does the campus look now
after a week?
We wonder why the only amuse
ment that all students enjoyed
participating in was abolished?
We the student body want group
dancing?
What six boys are spending their
afternoon with dormitory girls,
and their nights with town girls?
Ask Greene, Rivers, Sutton, Simms,
Berry, and Crawford.
Ask J. G. what he did Sunday
night and the trophy he received
for it.
A skunk got into Miss St. Clair’s
room after being run from the
room above by the occupant’s
socks. (The skunk died during the
holidays).
Mildred Sims and Grady Cook
have missed the mark. She said,
“Cook can’t shoot straight.”
Did Grace Thompson know that
her Friday night date didn’t know
her name?
Who is going to try to crack the
Nut next?
Georgia Mae, your name is in
the paper.
Who knows the Ballard about
Bob Webb?
What town girls went weiner
roasting without the weiner.s? Ask
Sallie, Lynette, June, Pop, Allen,
Woodfin, and Chandler.
The girls who give pictures to
boys had better check-up. We
sawone girl with a mustache.
Boys, watch your dates. Walter
Ashworth is on the loose again.
He complains that a cop got his
Atlanta girl.
Marcus McGarity has enborned
feet. We don’t blame him; he is
no longer a menace to society.
This week’s surprise saying goes
to Max Back. He said, “All he
needs now is a case of good old
fashioned love.”
They set on the bench. Her hair
caressed his face. Her head rested
on his shoulder. Her lips looked
down on his. Finally she mur
mured, “Why don’t you kiss me?”
“I can’t, he said, “Some sand got
in my mouth.”
“Swallow it, my boy, swallow it;
if anyone ever had need of sand,
you are the guy.
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Basketball Schedule
Completed Last Week
The completed schedule for the
Braves cage season was given out
by Coach Bonner last week. Be
sides the games listed below, two
more are being planned with the
Carrollton Athletic Club, one in the
College gymnasium and one in the
new gymnasium in Carrollton.
The schedule is as follows:
January 15, Rhinehardt College,
January IC, North Georgia College,
January 20, Y. M. B. C. (Here),
January 23, Georgia Evening
School (Here), January 27, South
ern Union College (Here), January
30, Georgia Evening School, Febru
ary 5, Young Harris College, Fe
bruary 11, North Georgia College
(Here) February 16, Y. M. B. C.,
February 20, Southern Union Col
lege.
Men’s Glee Club
Begins Winter Work
FUTURE PLANS INCLUDE
CONCERT TOUR
Thursday night the Men’s Glee
Club held its first practice of the
year. %
Because of the emphasis put on
the Annual Spring Concert the
club is scheduled for some very
hard and regular work, Director
Gordon Watson said yesterday.
Although no definite places have
been designated, the club members
expect to make a concert tour of
several towns during the later part
of the winter quarter, it was re
vealed.
Director Watson said Saturday
night that he expected to select
twelve men from the present
roster, and that Miss St. Clair was
expected to select an equal num
ber from the Women’s Glee Club,
the twenty-four to compose the
chapel choir and take places on the
stage at the bi-weekly chapel ses
sions.
The members of the club have
stated that it was decided at a
meeting held before the beginning
of the Christmas Holidays to buy
small goldfilled pins, symbalizing
membership in the club.
The club’s secretary informed
members that the pins had been
ordered, and they were expected
to arrive within a fortnight.
Ex-Registrar On
Oglethorpe Faculty
Word was received here last
week that N. M. Cauthon, registrar
here last year, has been selected
to conduct the chemistry classes of
Dr. H. G. Shaw, former professor
at Oglethorpe University.
Cauthon received degrees from
University of Georgia, Georgia Tech
before accepting his present posi
tion in Atlanta.
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