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TIIF.SDAY. FEBRUARY 25, 1941
SPORTS
BILL THOMPSON EDITOR
Staff:
Iris Coleman, Tom Farlow, John Justice
and W. R. Chancey.
Squaws Close Season W ithout
Loss, A. Loughridge Is Star
F. F. A. DEFEATS
CITY ALL-STARS
West Georgia F. F. A. team met
the Carrollton All-Stars at the col
lege gym Tuesday night and defeat
ed them in a close game by a
score of 39-33.
Although the score remained
close throughout the entire game,
the F. F. A. team pushed ahead
led by the brilliant shooting and
floor work of Russell and Steven
son. Stevenson ran up a score of
13 points and Russell trailed with
12.
Morgan led the attack of the All-
Stars. He amassed a total of 10
points for his team. Steven fol
lowed close behind with a tally
of nine points.
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The curtain has been rung up
on the cage season for Tudor Trot
ter’s Squaws. The lassies have sur
vived 10 battles without a loss.
Victims of the enviable record of
the Squaws were Young Harris,
Reinhardt, Rabun Gap, Georgia
Evening School, B remen, and
Southern Union.
Avis Loughridge, tall forward
from LaFayette, led the West Geor
gians in annihilating their oppo
sition. She amassed a grand total
of 151 points in the 10 games. Elsie
Gosdin, fancy shooting forward,
gave some great performances and
scored 85 points for the girls. Sarah
Nell Popham came next on the
scoring list with 44 tallies, while
Joy Jackson had 15, Genelle Lough
ridge 14, Rozelle Hyatt 11, and
Catherine Hooks 7.
Doing a noble job at the guard
posts throughout the year were
Jan£ McCain, Hilda Seagraves, and
Alice Swint, the three first string
defensive players. Melba Morgan
and Eloise Hackett were the cap
able reserves.
Credit must go to Carolyn Turn
er, the manager for her part in
the highly successful season. Coach
Trotter’s part was a masterpiece.
She moulded the material into a
team that was unbeatable from the
curtain till the finale.
Connecticut College recently ob
served its twenty-fifth anniversary.
THE WEST GEORGIAN
Braves Meet North Georgia In
Opening Round of Tournament;
Win 16 Games To Close Season
Beating the Tom-Tom
With
BILL THOMPSON
BRAVES DEFEAT RABUN GAP
TO FINISH SEASON
IN BLAZE OF GLORY
The West Georgia Braves with
an offense that never failed to
click and with a defense that was
well nigh impregnable, finished
the greatest basketball season in
the history of the school in a blaze
of glory Saturday night by defeat
ing a fighting team from Rabun
Gap to the tune of 45—42. Despite
the fact that previously the Braves
had defeated them, 70 —45, the
boys from the hills weren’t fazed
in the least.
From the starting whistle, the
Nacoochee Indians went on the
war path, and before the Braves
could collect their wits the Indians
had slapped the ball in the basket
for six points. With the old do or
die spirit the Braves came back
with fire in their eyes and before
the first quarter was over and the
dust had settled the Braves were
in the lead, 11—10.
The game continued with the
same furious pace of the first half
that exhausted both teams and
when at the closing minutes of the
game and with the score very close
both teams called on their exhaust
ed bodies for that extra bit of
stamina that all athletes are sup
posed to possess. Both teams with
victory in sight, put everything
they had in the last minute fight
that thrilled and awed the scream
ing fans that packed the W. G. C.
gym.
TOURNAMENT BOUND
Wednesday, February 26, at 1
P. M. the West Georgia Braves
leave for' Tifton, Ga., with the one
single phrase beating through their
minds. This one phrase like the
ominous beat of a Tom-Tom is,
“Win, Win, Win for Coach.’’
CREDIT TO GOOD COACH
The credit of this great team
must go partly to Coach Rhea Tay
lor, with his famous fast break
type of basketball and his ever pa
tient way of handling a bunch of
rough and unruly boys.
For the few people at West Ga.
who think that the schedule has
been easy, put on your glasses and
take a gander at a few choice moi’-
sals that the beater of the Tom-
Tom has picked up here and there.
Coach Vance, Physical Ed. Director
at Young Harris, announced that
because of such competition he
wasn’t going to take his team to
the tournament. The same thing
has been reported at Reinhardt.
West Georgia had a tough time
defeating Young Harris, 35—28.
Faculty Fancies
Fencing seems to have taken
the fancy of several West Geor
gia faculty members. Among
those who have been seen
practicing their skill at the
“parry and thrust” sport are
Mrs. Scarborough, Mrs. Hart,
and Prof. Gordon Watson.
Learn to fence—watch our
swashbuckling faculty in act
ion and take a note on an ac
tivity which should be highly
popular here.
West Georgia Braves will meet their traditional rivals,
the North Georgia Cadets, in the initial round of the State
Junior College Tournament at Tifton Thursday night, ac
cording to information received here yesterday. The tilt
will get underway at 7:00 P. M.
Rhea Taylor’s tribe completed
the most successful cage season in
the history of the College last Sat
urday night defeating Rabun Gap,
45—42, for their sixteenth triumph
of the year. The Braves won 12
consecutive games before they suf
fered a loss at the hand of North
Georgia. Bouncing back after the
loss, they continued their victory
parade to ring up the curtain with
a record of 16 won 1 lost.
Paul Rogers, elongated forward,
led the West Georgians, scoring 268
points for an average of approxi
mately 16 points per game. The
“Heard County Flash” is one of
the best offensive players ever
produced in this section of the
state.
Dan Rogers, captain, rang up 202
markers in the sixteen encounters.
Taylormen Defeat
Rabun Gap Here
By FRED HAMMOND
The West Georgia Braves
finished the 1940-41 basket
ball season in a blaze of
glory by ekeing out a 45 to
42 victory over Rabun Gap.
This final game of the seas
on was undoubtedly the
hardest fought game of the
entire season.
Rabun Gap opened the game
with three field goals by McNeal in
quick succession to take a 6 to 0
lead in the first two minutes of
play, but the Braves gradually nar
nowed this margain and finally
forged ahead to lead 11 to 10 at
the end of the first period. In the
second period the Braves’ defense
weakened slightly and by taking
advantage of this the Rabun Gap
boys maneuvered into a 20 to 19
lead at the half-time. As the sec
ond half opened West Georgia
forged into the lead and did not
relinquish it, the final score being
45 to 42.
West Georgia, 45 Rabun Gap, 42
P. Rogers, 22 F Deaton, 11
D. Rogers, 13 F McNeal, 20
McGraw, 6 C Gregory, 1
Hammond G Griffin, 2
Butler, 4 G Goswell, 4
Souther G Morgan, 1
F Taylor, 4
G Black
BRAVES TRIM -
YOUNG HARRIS
With an offense that clicked with
prescribed precision and an alert
defense that often pulled the game
from the jaws of defeat, the West
Georgia Braves marched down the
war path to up their 14th
victory of the season by downing
the strong quintet from Young
Harris 35—28.
Paced by the play of Paul and
Dan Rogers, the Braves displayed
a brand of basketball that made
one of the most successful squads
in the state.
Paul and Dan Rogers led the
scoring for the West Georgians
with 12 and 11 points respectively.
While for the invaders Perkins
held the spotlight with 8 tallies to
his credit for the night.
West Georgia, 35 Young Harris, 28
P. Rogers, 12 F Brewer, 3
D. Rogers, 11 F Matthews, G
McGraw, 7 C Hanao.i
Denton, 2 G Broadwick, 5
Butler, 3 G Hogan, 4
Substitutions: Young Harris,
Nichols, Nibble; Perkins, 8; Jork
ner, 5.
BRAVES WIN
FROM GORDON
40
By RAYMOND FARR
With a crack at the junior col
lege crown ahead of them, West
Georgia Braves defeated a formi
dable quintet from Gordon Mili
tary College 53-30 in the college
gymnasium Tuesday night, Feb
ruary 18.
Playing a game of fast breaks
and rapid passes, they soon put
the foe to rout in the second quar
ter. Only in the first quarter was
the game close. When the Braves
had felt their opponents out, they
unloosed a “Blitz” that soon made
the game a sure thing for the
Braves.
During the forty minutes of the
attack Paul Rogers led the Braves
by amassing a total of 18 points
with Dan Rogers trailing with 13
points to his credit. Oswald, the
swift forward of G. M. C. led his
team with 13 points.
West Georgia’s brisky cagers led
by the Rogers cousins brilliant
shooting from all angles and Rich
ard Butler’s fancy floor play keeps
our hopes high for the junior col
lege crown.
Summary:
West Georgia College, 53
g fg pf tp
P. Rogers f. 9 0 0 18
Thompson 0 0 0 0
P.* Rogers f. 6 1 2 13
Whitener f. 10 0 2
McGraw c. 4 119
Bentley c. 0 0 0 O
Denton g. 4 13 9
Hammond g. 0 0 10
Butler g. 10 12
Souther g. 0 0 10
Totals 25 3 9 53
Gordon Military Academy, 30
g fg pf tp
Oswald f. 5 3 1 13
Matthews f. 2 115
Painter c. 10 0 2
Fromholz g. 3 0 0 6
Smith g. 2 0 2 4
Totals 13 4 * 4 30
Score at half: West Georgia 28;
Gordon 11.
Scorers: Butler and Mize. Referees,
Reynolds and McWhorter.
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