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PAGE SIX
The SPORTING THING
By BUD LOVETT
Baseball in Student Demand. Quite a number of people, stu
dents or otherwise, have asked us time and again, “Why doesn’t
West Georgia have a baseball team? ” Our excuse that it would
take dollars and cents to buy hits and runs, offered them little
consolation.
The boys are eager to organize a team, and their eagerness is
perfectly justified. The school has a line crop of baseball mate
rial on hand, waiting for a chance to show their stuff. In fact,
\ juld venture to say that the prospective baseball material
is better than that of either football or basketball. Coach Welch,
a former diamond star himself, seems as anxious to field a nine
as are the boys.
if has often been brought to mind that other junior colleges in
it. . c ave baseball teams, and that West Georgia College
ad u am.; up utbil several years ago, although not on an inter
basis. The fact that the college season would last but
a sh< rl time seems in their favor, also.
Again, as to finances, several fellows suggested that business
firms might offer assistance, as in American Legion ball.. As for
gloves, and possibly shoes (the most costly equipment), many
of the boys prefer to use their own
Perhaps if a meeting of baseball hopefuls were called, with
proper authorization from the administration, some sort of plan
can be worked out to provide a team for Georgia’s largest junior
college.
*****
Our Bowl Prediction* Miscued. Perhaps it is a little late for
such discussion, but before the 1948 football season is dead and
buried, we would like to say a few last words over our ill-fated
bowl predictions.
Four out of seven is possibly not the worst record for the
January Ist contests; neither is it the best. We were right with
Northwestern, Oklahoma, SMU and West Virginia, but miscued
when the underdogs, Clemson, Texas and Villanova, had their
day.
It can be said, we think, that most of the post-season games
this year were more closely matched than ever before in history.
*** * *
From Here and There
Sonny Stephenson, famed All-State halfback from Valdosta
High, has migrated into the South Georgia College camp. The
place seems to be very enticing, for SOME reason or another.
XXX
Congrats to Earl Wheby, former WGC mentor, whose Fitz
gerald High team captured the state Class A title. Earl’s boys
were upset, however, by a champion Westfield, Mass., outfit,
by a score of 20 to 7
XXX
Prexy Earl Mann, of the Atlanta Crackers, has assembled
some very line baseball material for the coming season. Mr.
Mann is no doubt keeping his fingers crossed, remembering what
happened to his star-studded Crax of 1948, who on paper were
pennant contenders, only to sink into second-division obscurity
at the finish line.
XXX
Congratulations are also in order for Bob Garrett, end, and
Tom Brown, tackle, who were selected on the At lanta Journal’s
All-State first and second teams, respectively. Brown was
chosen on Troy State’s All-Opponent.
Intramural Loop in
Four-Way Deadlock
The eight team men’s intramural
basketball league, behind sched
ule because of postponements, is
in a four-way deadlock for the top
position in games played through
Wednesday, January 19. Several
earlier games were not included
in the standings because the league
had not been fully organized at the
time.
STANDINGS
(As of January 19)
W. L.
Rogers 1 0
Storms 1 0
Log Cabin 1 0
Pitts Panthers 1 0
Married Men 0 1
Yates 0 1
Day Students 0 1
Wright 0 1
The intramural league is spon
sored by the “W” Club, with mem
bers of the club serving as referees
for the games. Each team is al
lowed ten men on its roster. Ac
cording to Walter Davis, who is in
charge of the league, players will
not be allowed to change from one
team to another.
Whenever possible, intramural
games are scheduled as prelimin*
ries to the varsity’s home contests.
Tonight, however, a team made up
of some of the outstanding intra
mural players will tangle with Gor
don’! “B” team. The game is slated
to precede the varsity encounter.
A plan is under consideration by
the league officials to award a tro
phy to the championship team.
Contributions from each team will
make the award possible. That de
cision is, of course, entirely up to
the individual teams.
Regular intramural competition
will be concluded February 28, but
a Shaughnessy play-off has been
scheduled for the first week in
March.
in games to be played tomorrow
night. Storms will meet Wright in
the opener, at 6:00 p.m., and Pitts
Panthers battle Rogers at 7:00.
Other contests scheduled for the
coming week are the following:
January 31:
6:oo—Day Students vs. Log Cabin
7:00 —Yates vs. Married Men
February 2:
6:00 —Storms vs. Rogers
7:00 —Pitts vs. Day Students
Braves Fall Twice
Before Alabama Teams
Although a native Alabamian,
Coach Shag Welch was glad to
leave his home state after the West
Georgia Braves were manhandled
last week-end by St. Bernard, 68-
52, and Marion Institute, 61-)7.
The twin killing broke a three
game winning streak which the
Braves had held up until crossing
the border.
The Welchmen were without the
services of Green Williams, a de
pendable guard, who has been out
with a strained back for two weeks.
At Cullman, Alabama, on Friday
night the West Georgia quintet bat
tled St. Bernard on even terms un
til the third quarter, when the
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Braves, With 5-4 Record, Will Open Home
Georgia Military College Bulldogs Tonight
"Shag" Welch’s West Georgia Braves, groggy from defeats inflicted by j
St. Bernard and Marion Institute last week-end, open a three-game home |
stand with a game against the Gordon Military College Bulldogs to
night at 8:00 p.m. in the WGC gymnasium. The Braves’ record to date
stands at five wins, four losses.
Bgjtt : SMS JKiSh # M
Here Is the 1948 edition of the West Georgia College Braves basketball
team: Kneeling, left to right, Coach “Shag” Welch, Perry, Herrin, Par
rish, Hise. Standing. Howell, Henderson, Goebel, Culberson, Garrett,
Brown
Saints, set-shot specialists, iced the
struggle with a flurry of accurate
shots. On the other hand, the
Braves could never get started,
playing an unsteady, slow brand
of ball throughout the game.
Marion Institute’s speedy bas
keteers completed the clean sweep
over the Georgians with a sound
Gl-37 thrashing.
The Braves, who failed to take
advantage of a number of shots,
were entirely without harmony.
The Cadets, small but unbelievably
fast, jumped to an early lead which
they held firmly for the remaining
distance.
Marion was out front, 31-21, at
half-time.
Seals Replaces Roberts
As Hornets* Manager
The Carrollton Hornets have
signed Bobby Seals, veteran in
fielder, as player-manager for the
1949 baseball season. Seals will
replace Charlie Roberts, who held
that position last year.
Seals, a 29-year-old shortstop and
third baseman, was with Vicks
burg, in the Southeastern League,
in 1947 and 1948, hitting over ,3t>o
both years. He played a short time
for the Memphis Chicles in the
Southern Association, during the
1946 season.
William O. (Billy) Cobb has been
elected president of the Carrollton
Baseball Association by the board
of directors, succeeding Harvey J.
Copeland, who had held the club
presidency since the revival of the
Georgia-Alabama League several
years ago.
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Tournament to Climax
Women’s Intramurals
The women’s intramural basket
ball practice games, scheduled
through January 21, will be cli
maxed by a tournament which is
to be held after the practice tilts
have ended.
Teams in the league were chosen
from the regular basketball classes
taught by Miss Ruth Sturgis, wom
en’s athletic head, and from others
who were interested in playing, but
who were not in the basketball
class.
Extra points in the WAA are
given for intramural basketball
participation.
Team captains are: Darlene San
ders, Jo Garrett,t Oraa Vaughn,
Ann Traylor, Louise Robertson,
Christine Copeland, Janie Warren,
Elizabeth Ballew, Rochel Kennerv,
Doranne Hunt, and Annettte Tyson.
In games played last Friday aft
ernoon, Kennedy’s team outscored
the Warren sextet, 33-23; Vaughn
and Robertson battled to a 12-12
tie, and the Traylor team white-
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Feb. 2-4—“ Roadhouse”
Feb. 6-7—“ Hills of Home”
Feb. 8-9—“ Arch of Triumph”
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Tuesday, January 25, 1940
Stand Against
at 8, at WGC Gym
The Bulldogs will be out to
avenge a 57-56 devision which the
West Georgians handed them last
week at Barnesville. The visitors,
needless to say, will keep an es
pecially watchful eye on Bobby
Garrett, since Big Bob racked up
28 points against them in their pre
vious encounter.
For the first time this season,
cheerleaders will be on hand to
rally the home team on to victory.
A preliminary game, at 7:00, will
match Gordon’s “B” squad against
a local team made up of intramural
league stars.
The probable lineup for West
Georgia in tonight’s tussle: Gar
rett and Herrin, forwards; Goebel,
center; Henderson and Cuiberson,
guards.
Other home games this week are
with the NAS Technical Institute,
tomorrow night, and Baldwin ( oi
lege, Friday night. Then the
Welchmen hit the road for six
games before returning home for
an engagement with North Georgia
Vocational, February 19.
In nine games they have played
this year the Braves have scored
a total of 468 points to 482 for their
opponents, or an average of 52-53.6
points per game. Bob Garrett
leads in individual scoring, with a
total or 121, or 17 a game, followed
by Henderson, 76, for an eleven
point average, and Herrin, averag
ing 8 points with a total of 55.
Other scoring includes Goebel, 31;
Culberson, 27; and Parrish, 16. The
statistics for individual scoring do
not include games played last Fri
day and Saturday nights, as the
information was not available at
press* time.
Here is the complete season rec
ord which the Braves will carry
into tonight’s fracas:
WGC 52—Tech Institute 47
WGC 41—Armstrong 52
WGC 68—GMA 52
WGC 39—Georgia Frosh, 60
WGC 60—GMC 48
WGC 62—GMA 38
WGC 57—Gordon 56
WGC 52—St.Bernard 68
WGC 37—Marion 61
washed Sanders, 26-0. (Yes —26-0!)
Other results: Rust 39, Ballew 16;
Copeland 20, Sanders 5; Vaughn
10, Tyson 9.
You’ll get rid of the borrowing
habit pronto if you don’t pay back.