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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. LANE SHOE SHOP Service Quality Workmanship 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. See • • • • Our Shoe Physician . ... 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