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BASKETBALL EDITION
Devoted To The
Dost Interests
Of W. G. C.
VOLUMN VI
Basketball Teams Of
Past Seasons
Reviewed
It was in the fall of 1933 that
basketball became a major sport
at West Georgia College and was
played on an intercollegiate basis.
Coach J. C. Bonner was director
of the sports and he stated in a
WEST GEORGIAN of that date,
“Judging from the prospects, the
team will be very formidable.
Fifty men are expected to report
next month and it will be hard to
select five men from such a num
ber of basketeers.” The team
played hard in the 1933-34 season
and won nine games and lost three
games. It is said that this team
is one of the two best that has
ever been produced at West Geor
gia College, numbering among its
conquests Birmingham - Southern
and a strong Army team from
Fort Benning.
From an excerpt from the July
IG, 1934 issue of THE WEST
GEORGIAN we find that David
M. Braswell, Jr., of Tifton, was
elected to the faculty of West
Georgia College as director of
Physical Education for the com
ing year. The College took more
interest in basketball the next fall
—1934, and, “Coach Bonner did
what is commonly known as a
swell job of coaching the Braves
this season, and our hats off to
him” says an old WEST GEOR
GIAN printed that year. Indeed,
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BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
December 2—C.A.C.—Here.
December 9—C.A.C.—Here
December 10—Southern Un
ion—Here.
January 6 & 7—Reinhardt
—There.
January 13 & 14 Young
Harris —Here.
January 24—C.A.C.—Here.
February 2 & 3 Young
Harris—There.
February 7—C.A.C.—Here.
February 10 & 11—Rein
hardt—Here.
January 20 Dahionega—
Here.
January 26 Dahionega—
There.
Brave Comments ■ ■.
Sports Editor Predicts Braves Will
Win First Three Games
By TOM LUCK
Since this issue of the West
Georgian is being devoted pri
marily to basketball and the forth
coming season, your humble scribe
would like to make a few
but sincere predictions about our
outcome. Maybe Grantland Rice
and Henry McLemore could be a
little more accurate... but they
could have no more faith than I
have.
Here they are! Your guess is as
good as mine.. .so pardon the mis
takes. When the Braves meet the
Carrollton Redskins on December
2 in their initial battle, they will
face a group of ex-college stars
and experienced players. My pre
diction is that West Georgia will
emerge victors after a hard strug
gle. . .the reason... better physical j
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Braves In Readiness For First Encounter With
Redskins As Pre-Season Practice Nears Climax
Local Cagers Appear To Be In
Top Shape For First Game
Scheduled For December 2
Basketball is in the air. The West Georgia Braves
are ready for the warpath!
With only four more practice sessions before the
season’s opener with the Carrollton Redskins, December
2, the local quintet is practicing feverously. Coach Taylor
is determined to have a winning team; over a score of
West Georgia’s basketeers are determined to have a
winning team. Furthermore, this spirit of determination
has spread to the student body supporters.
Serious Practice
After grueling daily workouts,
the local squad has perfected plays
with a clock-work precision. The
practices have consisted of run
ning plays, both defensive and
offensive. Passing and goal
shooting have been stressed. In
all probability the first scrim
mage will be held to-night.
Outstanding Players Noted
In the practice sessions the fol
owing players have been singled
out for their outstanding abilities:
Dale Hampton, Glenn and Seth
Whittemore, Eugene Evans, Dal
ton Scott, James Morrison, Merlin
Goss, 0. E. Smith and Hubert
Brooks. Coach Taylor withheld
the probable lineup.
Henry Crowder is manager of
the Brave cagers. Dalton Scott
is captain. Tom Luck is co-cap
tain, but has been out of practice
because of injuries.
The opening game with the
Redskins of the Carrollton Ath
letic Club will be played in the
city gymnasium. The college bus
will provide transportation.
Word From The Enemy Camp
From the enemy’s camp comes
the following information:
With about the same crew back
this year from last year’s team,
and Lester Reaves as coach, the
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condition. Besides winning their
first game from the Redskins, I
believe the Braves will win their
first three games ... namely, Red
skins, December 2; Redskins, De
cember 9; and Southern Union,
December 10. After that I can’t
say! Time alone will tell!
This season watch Captain Scott.
Because of his consistency and de
termination, Scott has proven him
self to be a real leader for the
team... his defensive work is hard
to beat. Goss, high point man
on last year’s squad, will give
strength to the offensive. Among
the newcomers watch Brook, the
Whittemore boys, and Hampton...
with a year’s experience Smith
and Rowe improved a 10t... In fact
conditions all point to a favorable
season for the Braves.
THE WEST GEORGIAN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1938
RAH! RAH! RAH!
AN EDITORIAL
BY JACK BARNWELL
It’s Brave time again! The tepees art? folded up; all is in readiness
to go on the warpath and invade the enemy camp. War paint and war
whoops; all signify that West Georgia’s basketeers are ready to start
a season of campaining.
The first scalp slated to be hung in the local belfrey is that oi
another redskin, hut no relation—the Carrollton Redskins. Our Braves
play no favorites and show no mercy; every opponent is expected to
bite the dust.
A good tribe follows its warriors into a battle and encourages them
to greater heights in such undertakings as anhilations, etc. Asa good
tribe the West Georgia student body should do the same by its war
riors. When the Genola camp is invaded by enemy forces, it is the duty
of every West Georgia student of be “Johnny-on-the-spot” and stick by
the Braves until either the foe is vanquished of the Braves are beaten
and the finel round is over.
“Medicine-man” Taylor says the boys are good, the boys say they
are good; so there is no reason why they should not be barked by even
those who only support a winner. Our boys have tomahawks charged
with lightening and it would be a shame to miss seeing them use them.
Leading our rah, rah, rah, section will be several cheerleaders
whose duties are to centralize and lead the Genola tribes’ vocal out
bursts in behalf of the Braves. With such leadership, organized bedlam
would be a reality, so lets all leave the papooses to their papoosing and
go to every game with tomahawks in each pocket and a pair of spare
lungs to “whoop—whoop.”
THE TRIBESMEN OF 1937-38 SEASON
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Above are members of last season’s basketball squad. Also Coach Taylor and
Manager Cole. Reading from left to right, Earl Griffin, Merlin Goss, Bobby Bell,
Coach Taylor, Dick Grace, Tom Luck and Dalton Scott. Bottom, left to right; Gay
Rowe, Allen Longino, Aaron Buckalew, Manager Cole, Buddy Brown, Fuller Gordon,
and O. E. Smith. Seven of these players are out again this season.
—Picture Courtesy 1937-38 Chieftain
Notebooks Required
Of Physical
Education Classes
In order to familiarize physical
education students with the rules
and regulations, and general in
formation concerning the activity
in which they participate, a note
book is to be kept by each stu
dent on his physical education
activity.
These notebooks are to contain
the rules of the selected activity as
well as actual reports on all games.
The South’s
Best Junior College
Newspaper
NUMBER FIVE
Merlin Goss Given
‘All State* Mention
Last Season
Was High Point Man
Last Season With
Total Of 142 Points
Returning this year to West
Georgia’s basketball team is Mer
lin Goss, who was one of the main
stays of the 1937-38 squad. Goss
is expected to do the major part
or the forward duties during the
coming season. In the 1937-38
season, he was the Braves’ high
jeorer, amassing a total of 142
points during the season, and
Coach Taylor is depending upon
his steady performance to be of
great value to the team all this
season.
Received All-State Mention
Because of his outstanding play
in the Georgia State Junior College
Basketball Tournament held at
South Georgia College, February
27, 1938, Merlin won honorable
mention for all-state forward. In
this tournament he scored 17
points in the one game that West
Georgia participated. In the state
junior college championship play
offs, ten outstanding players are
nominated for all-state honors; of
this number, five are given all
state rating with the remaining
five getting honorable mention.
Merlin was the only player on the
West Georgia squad to receive this
honor.
Merlin played basketball in’his
pre-college days with the same in
terest he displays now. He has
proven to be a basketball player
‘from the heart.”