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TUESDAY MAY 21, 1946
BEATING THE TOM-TOM
Vets Take Three
From Boy’s Barracks
On the afternoon of April 22.
the W.G.C. Yets took their first
victory of the season from the
boys barracks by a score of 14
to 4.
The Yets, strengthened by the
purchase of Ray Jones from the
New York Yankees, took the lead
early in the game and never gave
the contest a close shave during
the 7 innings of play.
Jones pitched for the Vets and
Mac McCoy hurled for the Cubs
of Manager Bill Martin.
The second defeat was given
the barracks on April 24 when
Tom Morgan took the place of
McCoy on the mound for the bar
racks and Speed Demon Roy
Jones hurled another win for the
Yets and an 8 to 1 defeat for the
Cubs.
The game was a tight contest
until Big Chief Paul Rogers and
Little Beaver Ten Hutcheson gave
the left field fence a lok at the
ball as it sailed into the clover.
Both hits were good for a round
trip on the bases and a man was
knocked in in both instances.
First baseman Fred Bass, of
the Yets, was mortally wounded
when Manager Martin of the Cubs
sailed into him in a hard drive
base slide. Bass was taken to a
local hospital for treatment but
his case was beyond repair. Local
friends served as pallbearers for
the deceased.
The next tragedy for the boys
was met on April 29 when Jones
and his newly organized Vets
took on new life and racked up
a score of 18 to 4 in the short 7
inning contest.
Fielding was the downfall for
the boys barracks as the Cubs
dropped many very easy flies and
the Yets cashed in on this weak
ness.
The second inning was the Vets
all the way with 10 runs coming
across home plate. Morgan gave
up many hits and the infield
dropped many easy balls.
Dr. Charles B. Clark served as
umpire and Clarence Salmon call
ed the bases for these sporting
events.
"More massacres are in store
for the Cubs”, said Hurler Jones
as he produly walked off the field
with George, the pet dog of the
campus.
Compliments of
I Dr. Perry N. Huff
! "It’s all in the Examination”
Tennis Tournament
Starts May Sixth
In 1946 Spring Tennis Tourna
ment is scheduled to get under
way Monday, May 6, on the local
tennis courts.
The matching of all entries
were made by Dr. Charles B.
Clark, director of men’s athletics,
on the basis of the amount of time
each contestant has played this
year. All matching was done as
fair and as evenly as possible.
Winner of each of these match
es meets and winner goes to semi
finals.
Byars. Hires—Estes. Anderson
Winner of each of these matches
meets and winner goes to semi-finals.
Smyly, Counts—Hutcheson. Martin
Winners meet and victor goes to semi
finals.
Beasley. Miller—Simonton. Lindsay
Winners meet and victor goes to semi
finals.
Morgan. Frost—McKibben. Griffith
Winners meet and victor goes to semi
finals.
In doubles the matching and
qualifications were the same of
in the single matches. The ones
entering the double contest are
as follows:
Byrs-Morgan; Bye; Rives-Griffith:
Frost-Reed
Winners meet in semi-finals.
Beasley-Smvly ; Bye; Hutcheson-Mc-
Kibben; Counts-Martin
Winners meet in semi-finals.
Sport Shorts
Congratulations to Dr. Clark
on his new baby girl. Too bad it
couldn’t have been a fullback ...
Manager Martin of the Cubs is in
the market for 200 new pitchers.
He stated that he would pay a
salary of §250,000 to any one who
would like to hurl for the Cubs. .
Fred Bass is slowly recovering
from his collision with Martin on
April 24. He has stated that he
will retire from softball as soon
as able to sign his release. . ..
Byars is showing good form
on the tennis court as well as the
softball field. . . What has happen
ed to pitcher McCoy of the Cubs?
Estes seems to be the No. 1 man
in track these days. Counts is
still gaining on you Buck. Better
hurry... . Goodby little Gordon.
Uncle Sam will take good care of
you and then you can come back
to W.G.C. and play basketball
again. ... Oh! that red skirt and
white sweater. . . . Rumors have
it that Ray Jones prayed for cold
weather when the Varsity Club
sweaters arrived.. It seems that
there are still some unpatrotic
girls on our campus who insist
on wearing letters from other
schools. They should be made to
wear them backwards Was
Buck Hollingsworth correct when
he said that he was responsible
for the Vets victories? ... Oliver
Lindsey seems to be taking Tom
Morgan’s place now as pitcher for
the Cubs. . . What day are the um
pires going to receive their checks
from the Vets? ... J. D. Shankle
has been offered a place in the
Mexican League, but due to his
ability to cover third base, he is
thinking about staying on with
the Cubs.
THE WEST GEORGIAN
Genola’s Softball
Association Gets Off
To A Good Start
The Genola Softball Associa
tion. which is composed of such
famous teams as the Wright Sox,
Peacock Reds and the Beasley
Yankees, is off to a good start
with some reall thrillers.
The Acree Cubs defeated the
strong Kee Tigers, 10-6, in a three
game tilt. April 18.
CUBS TIGERS
Plavrr— Po*. ab h r Player—oos. ab h r
Hughie. c 3 2 1 Rowland, c 3 2 I
Pennington 33 2 Ru>m*ll. p 3 1
Acree. 1 3 1# IVniglas. 13 2 1
Can’team. 2 3 11 Ward. 2 3 1#
King. C. 33 t • Hunt. 3
Marlowe, ss 3 1 1 Kee. ss
Steelejf 2 11 Fuller, rf 3 1 •
Hendrix, cf 2 1 1 Freeman, cf 3 2 1
Beasley. If 2 2 2 Parks. If. 2 10
The second tilt of the day was
reigned over by the Beasley
Yankees when the Rogers Giants
were defeated, 6-4.
YANKEES GIANTS
Plaver—Pas. ab h r Player—Pus. ab h r
Ipshaw. c 32 1 Moone. c 32 0
Beasley, p 3 2 2 Rogers, P 3 2 2
Nixon, 1 3 2 1 King, 1 'J -
Dukes. 2 3 2 1 Deimer. 2 3 2 0
Dav’port, 33 2 1 Daniel. 33 - (
MeWh'er. ss 3 2 1 Eidson, ss 3 10
Cun'ham, sf 3 2 0 Banks. 3 10
Bryant, rf 3 2 0 Whanic. rf 3 1 0
Russell, cf 3 1 0 McArver. cf 3 1 0
Brooks. If 3 2 0 Marlow, If 3 2 1
The Wright Sox allowed the
Upshaw Indians only one run.
thus capturing a 9-1 victory over
the Indians.
WRIGHT SOX INDIANS
Player—Pos ab h r Player— Pos. ab h r
West, c 2 2 1 Upshaw, c 2 2 0
Wright, p 2 2 1 Finch, p >2O
Edgeworth.l 2 2 1 Hstes, 1 2 2 0
Trundle, 2 2 2 2 Garner, 2 1
Potts. 3 2 2 2 Wilson. 3 110
Hoi'worth ,ss 2 2 2 1 1 *
Hudgns. sf 2 2 0 Craven.sf 1 1 0
Russell.A..rf 2 2 0 Longino.rf 1 1 0
W’brook, cf 2 1 0 Pulliam.cf 1 1 0
Camp. If 00 0 Cun’ham.lf 110
The Peacock Reds downed the
Doss Phils, 7-3, in another Genola
Association thriller.
REDS PHILS
Plaver —Pos. ab h r Player—Pos. ab h r
Sherrill,c 2 2 1 ’Cardin.c 2 2 0
Peacock.p 2 2 2 Waldrop.p 2 2 0
Prince,l 2 2 1 I)oss,l 110
Peacock, 2 2 1 1 1 ]
■ Ballew,3 2 2 1 Holmes.3 1 1 1
Turner,ss 2 2 1 Hall.ss
Cheney.sf 2 2 0 Smith.sf 110
Mundy,rf 110 Holcomb.rf 111
Jones.MiL.cf 110 McCready.cf 1
Thurmond,lf 110 Dunn.lf 1 1 0
The Ward Pelicans were on the
ball when they took a 4 to 2 win
over the strong Barrett Bears.
BEARS PELICANS
Plaver—Pos. ab h r Player—Pos. ab h r
Leach,c 33 0 Oavis,D.,c 33 1
Justice.p 33 0 Ward.p
Price 1 3 2 0 Hunt.l 33 0
Nelson. 2 33 0
Barrett.ss 2 2 0 Kee.sf 2 2 0
Morgan,sf 2 2 1
Owings.rf 2 2 0 Malcomb.rf 2 2 1
McCurdy,cf 2 2 0 Hendrix.cf 2 2 0
Croker.lf 2 2 OlDanielJf 2 2 1
The Beasley Yankees showed
supremacy by stomping the Acree
Cubs, 22-3, in the April 30th tilt.
YANKEES CUBS
Plaver —Pos. ab h r Player—Pos. ab h r
Upshaw,c 33 3 Johnson.c 2 2 0
Beasley,p 33 3 Penn’ton.p 1 1 1
Nixon,l 33 3 Acree.l 2 2 2
Dukes. 2 33 2|Cannon,2 2 2 0
Bryant,3 33 1 King,3 2 2 0
Jones,ss 33 2 Weaver.ss 2 2 0
I)av’pt.,sf 33 1 Hendrix.sf 2 2 0
Cun’ham.rf 33 1
Mc\Yh’er,cf 33 1
Williams.lf 2 2 2
In the game following, the
Wright Sox added another victory
to their list by defeating the un
defeated Peacock Reds.
WRIGHT SOX REDS
Player—Pos. ab h r Player Pos. ab h r
Camp.c 4 4 1 ;Sherrill,c 33 1
Wright.p 33 3 Prince,p 33 0
Edg’wth.l 33 1 Ballew.l 331
Casevjj 33 1 Mundy,2 33 1
Ward,3 33 3 Jones,3 2 2 0
Hol’worth.ss 33 2 Thurman.ss 2 2 1
,sf 0 0 0
Russell,rf 33 1 Bates,rf 2 2 1
West’bk.cf 33 1 ,cf 0 0 0
,lf 0 0 0| ,lf 0 0 0
The team capturing the Genola
Association Softball pennant will
be announced in the next issue.
Women s Sports
TENNIS?
What is more exciting than a
fast game of tennis? Especially
when the game is similar to gam
es played in the girls’ physical
education classes.
We’re off to an early start for
a visit to a tennis class. Miss
Sturgis, the never tiring instruc
tor. calls the role and the class
begins.
What a beginning! There are
twelve girls on each court, swing
ing rackets in all directions. Miss
Sturgis stands by with first aid
equipment on hand, waiting for
accidents to begin.
What form! What grace! What
tennis players? Peggy (Alice
Marble) Steele yells as her oppo
nent, Betty Johnson, sends a
beauty through the air. Say. have
you noticed what a nice court
the road at the side of the pre
sent courts would make? Most
of the balls hit over there any
way. Betty Crook is really "on
the ball’’ using her own original
stroke, while Partner Joy Prince
gets practice catching the flies. A
question which arises in our mind
is what Billie Cheney and Otye
Lee Munday are doing down by
the barn, crawling on hands and
knees. Evelyn Hendrix reads our
minds and informs us that
Cheney and Munday are two ex
perts at hitting balls over the net
(excuse me. I meant fence) and
that they spend the entire period
hunting for the first ball they hit.
Virginia Ballew is heard giving
her ideas on anew way to play
tennis. She believes it would be
much simpler if tennis were play
ed without a net. Vivian Acree
has reached the conclusion that
the game would be harder for ex
perts if it were necessary for the
ball to go under the net. Doris
Cannon has become an expert in
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the forehand stroke. That is why
she has so much trouble getting
into position for balls that come
on the other side. Haxel Thur
man. holding the tennis racket
like a baseball hat sends a beauty
over the net to Sherrill. Sherrill
puts every thing she has behind it.
She takes the right foot position,
turns her aside to the net, shakes
hands with the racket throws it
back to her shoulder and brings
it through only to find that the
hall has already gone out of
bounds. Ah. what girls will go
through in order to learn how to
lay tennis-
Louise and Cathrine Penning
ton, Gloria and Georgia Peacock
are four that we predict will be
come as famous as Helen Jacobs
and Alice Marble. Just give them
a little more time.
Class period is up. However.
Miss Sturgis counts the balls and
finds one is missing, so the girls,
with the aid of our champion bird
dog. George, start out in search of
the bail. When the balls are found
and returned to Miss Sturgis, she
reminds the students that they
have homework to do before re
turning to the next class. Then
she collaspses on the nearest
bench, asking herself if her stu
dents will ever learn to play ten
nis.
But that isn’t the end! Just af
ter dinner, we see the future
champions doing their homework
with such diligence that we fail
to see why they don’t make the
dean’s list. The courts are full
of hard workers and the street is
overflowing with girls practicing
for a half an hour on the fore
hand and backhand strokes. They
show a lot of improvement. Of
course, practice has a lot to do
with it but it is just as Ballew
says, it is much more fun with
out a net.
Some day, when these girls
take their place in the Tennis
Hall of Fame, Miss Sturgis can
say "I gave them their start”.