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ON THE BALL
By Harmon Hmlth
Coach Welch In to be commended for his untiring efforts to build up
a better athletic department here at West Georgia. Few of us seem to
realize the amount of extra time he has worked in order to get high
school football players up here to help the Braves next year. He ha*
made some elaborate plans for his physical education classes for next
year; he Is making plans to build a track field, buy more equipment for
the Athletic Department and do many more things which take a great
deal of patience and work. Just a glance at his little black book woul< re
veal a hundred things that he was not required to do but w c we <
instrumental in bettering sports at the college.
After looking over a copy of The Chleftlan, Coach Welch said he was
very pleased to learn that he is so well known around the campus. Also
he would like to thank the members of the annual staff for their recog
nition of men’s sports at the college.
Off the record, Coach Welch says that he is planning a trip to Hoard
County to see Madam Mahaley Lancaster before the 1949 football season
gets under way. By looking over his list of prospective players for next
season, one would get the impression that he will get a good reply rom
the “Oracle of the Age (?)”.
Several teams of the Carrollton city softball league have played some
of their games on the West Georgia softball field. They play a good
brand of ball. In fact, it is believed by many that they could outp ay
many of the intra-mural teams here on the campus.
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NEW LINE COACH FOR WGC RUMORED
It has been rumored, from a reliable source, that a former guard for
the New York Giants professional football team will be on hand to help
Coach Welch with the Brave line when the fall football season begins
September 1.
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PHYSICAL ED. STUDENTS GIVEN
SWIMMING INSTRUCTIONS
With the aid of Donald Rampley as swimming instructor, swim
ming was initiated into the physical education curriculum by Coach
Welch. The purpose of his program is to develop better swimming
ability among the students and also to develop muscles not used in
other sports. Coach Welch is greatly indebted to Dean L. E. Roberts
and Mr. Paul M. Peterson for their efforts in securing the use of the
city pool for the swimming classes. Students will also have unlimited
access to the pool during the summer quarter for $2.00. This Is throug
the courtesy of the Carroll Service Council.
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NEW TALENT TO JOIN BRAVES NEXT SEASON
In high hopes of getting a winning football team for West Georgia
College,, Coach Welch has rounded up a good many high school grad
uates who were excellent high school football players. If they come
through as expected, West Georgia may have one of the greatest foot
ball seasons in its history.
From O’Keefe High School in Atlanta, Welch is sure of obtaining
three players, and possibly more. Billy Cole, a star halfback, will be
her£ next year. Ray Serrett, a center weighing 175 pounds, will also
conie, along with Gaines Wilbanks, a guard. All three boys were with
the* O’Keefe Fighting Irish last season.
J Johnny Manning and J. C. Freeman are expected from Dallas High
Schpol. Manning was the star halfback with the Dallas team last year.
J. G. Freeman is reported to be an excellent defensive player.
;joe Deraney, a star with Middle Georgia last year, has transfrred to
We?t Georgia, and is expected to don a Braves uniform come fall.
From Baker Village, in Columbus, Georgia, Coach Welch is hoping
to get one of the best punters in he state in George Lawson. Also from
Baker Village. Welch hopes to get four more boys. They are Halbert,
Kuykendall, Earl Jones, and Red Jones.
With all this talent, along with a good many other players Coach
hopes to get from in and around Atlanta, and around Savannah, plus the
returning talent, Welch shouldn’t have to worry about not having
enough players on the field next fall.
Returning to the campus next fall are: Pete Causey, Lawrence Hice,
Bill Cummings, James Massey, Charles Perry, and Charles Craig, half
backs;; Boyd Culp and Burnell Paine, ends; Dan Blankenship, “Tip”
Mizell, George Peacock and Lane Slaughter, tackles; Ronald Skelton and
Charles Starnes, guards; Bill Leach and Joe Conn, centers; and
Williams, quarterback.
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WELCH LOOKS TOWARD BETTER
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Coach Welch has announced that he has planned a well-rounded
physical education program for his phys-ed classes next year. The pur
pose of this improved program is to give the students a better idea of
what physical education r. ally m ans, and so that th.y can really gt.
some good oher than the exercise obtained from playing the various
games that are on the present program.
Coach wants to put in track at West Georgia, provided that a
bulldozer can be obtained to do the necessary excavating on the field.
A lot of new equipment will be bought If enough money is allotted to
the Physical Education Department.
A physical education workbook will be required for the phys-ed
classes. Physical education uniforms will be furnished by the schools.
They may be either rented or bought by the students.
Items are simply plans now, but if they materialize as Welch
hopes, they will mean a much improved athletic program for West
Georgia College.
THE WEST GEORGIAN
Peter Rabbits Win
Softball Tournament
When the intramural softball
season ended there were five teams
in the first division. It was decided
that a round robin tournament
would be played to decide the pen
nant winner. The five teams of the
first division which included the
Peter Rabbits from Borders Bar
racks, the Wright Barracks team,
the Storm I and II teams and the
Roger’s Hall boys played each other
once, the team with the highest
average winning the pennant.
The Peter Rabbits from Borders
used the tournament as an oppor
tunity to show the softball fans of
the college hat they have a monop
oly on the first place slot. The
Hares went straight through the
season without losing a game.
“Jago” Henderson, the Rabbit hurl
er, seems to be one of the best
pitchers around with a record of
three tournament victories against
no defeats. His strikeout record is
unequalled by any other picther in
the league. The Borders infield,
composed of Minor at first, Jimmy
Tucker at second, Greenwood at
short and Edward Picklesimer at
third, is air-tight. Greenwood
shortstop is the best fielder of this
group. His ability and speed in
fielding the ball and sending it to
first base far excels that of the av
erage college player. Edward ‘Pick’
Picklesimer is the ideal clean-up
man as he has been hitting at a
consistnt pace and always for long
distances. John Gilreath is the best
outfielder in the whole league—a
fact, whica he has proven on num
erous occasions with his spectacu
lar catches. Although he is not a
hitter, he can bunt better than any
player around. In one game recent
ly he reached first base safely four
times on his remarkable bunting
and speed. The other players for
the Rabbits not mentioned above,
Alfred McCoy, left fielder; Petit,
catcher and Daley, right fielder, are
also excellent players.
The scores for the softball tourna
ment games are:
Borders 12 Storm II 8
Borders 15 Rogers Hall 5
Storm I 0 Borders 7 (forfeit!
Borders 7 Wright 5
Wright 5 Rogers Hall G
Wright 14 Storm II 13
Wright 7...... Storm I 0 (forfeit)
Storm II vs. Rogers Hall (no con
test).
Storm II 6 Storm I 1
Rogers Hall 7.. .Storm I 0 (forfeit)
SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT
STANDINGS
TEAM Won Lost Pet.
Borders 4 0 1.000
Rogers Hall.. 2 1 .667
Wright 2 2 .500
Storm II 1 2 .333
Storm 1 0 4 .000
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Milton Moore Wins WGC
Tennis Championship
Pictured above is Milton Moore, winner of the tennis crown of West
Georgia College. Milton is a veteran from Comer, Georgia. Although
he played like an experienced hand in the tournament, he says that prior
to the tournament he had not played much tennis since he represented
his high school in the district tennis tournament nine years ago.
With excellnet footwork and the stamina to keep going when
behind, Milton has shown that he
deserved his newly attained title of
“Tennis Champion of West Georgia
College.” Although a virtual un
known at West Georgia he has
spent six quarters here. He will
finish his sophomore year this quar
ter and plans to enter the Univer
sity of Georgia next fall, to major in
physical education. He is a very
modest fellow, who is liked by all
who know him. Of his victory he
only commented by saying, “All
my opponents played well, and
I was lucky to win.’’ Milton claims
that Wallace ‘Lucky” Spier, whom
he defeated 6-3, 9-7 in the semi
finals, wao his toughest foe. All
those who witnessed the last set of
Milton’s match with Spier will
agree that it was one of the closest
and most exciting that they had
ever experienced.
Milton started out the tourna
ment with two unimpressive wins.
After drawing a bye in the first
round of the preliminaries, he met
James Massey in the second round
and defeated the atom-sized boy
from Columbus two sets to one: 3-6,
6- 8-6. Next he encountered Tate,
whom he mastered by a score of
7- 3-6, 6-2. It was not until his
game with Wallace Spier that Mil
ton gave notice that he possessed
the ability of a champion. It was a
hard battle between two excellent
tennis players. Milton won the first
set fairly easy to the tune of 6-3.
The second set of this match was
much closer, with Milton winning
9-7. In the final match of the tour
nament, Moore played Moore. Yep,
that’s right. Milton Moore played
John Harvey Moore to decide the
championship of West Georgia Col
lege. It wasn’t as exciting a con
test as the one with Spier, but once
again he showed his championship
ability by taking three consecutive
sets, 6-2, 6-2, 7-5.
For a run-down of the entire tour
nament, starting with the first pre
liminary round, Culp defeated Hay
ward, 6-0, 6-3; Stanford clpped Cash,
6-1, 6-0; Spier won over Adams, 7-5,
6-3; Henry beat Bill Smith, 6-2, 5-7,
6-2; Massey overpowered Prescott,
6-1, 6-3; Chick White forfeited to
John Moore; Medcalf defeated
Graves; Brooks Clipped Joe White,
6-0, 6-1; Minor, Tate, Milton Moore,
Scott Smith, Gilreath, Hice, Huff
and Leach drew byes.
In the second round of the pre
liminaries, Stanford defeated Culp,
6-1, 6-2; Spier beat Henry, 6-3, 6-1;
Tate nipped Minor, 6-2, 6-1; Milton
Moore defeated Massey, 3-6, 6-2, 8-6;
John Moore won over Medcalf, 4-6,
6-2, 6-0; Brooks won one set from
Scott Smith, 7-5, and gained the
other by forfeit; Hice won from
Gilreath, 6-3, 6-1, and Huff beat
Leach, 6-1, 6-2.
In the quarter-finals, Spier de
feated Stanford, 6-3, 6-4; Milton
Moore nipped Tate, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2;
John Moore won over Brooks, 7-5,
4-6, 6-2; nd Hice defeated Huff.
In the semi-finals, Milton Moore
shadowed Spier, 6-3, 9-7; and John
Moore won over Lawrence Hice,
3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
In the finals, Milton Moore de
feated John Moore, 6-2, 6-2, 7-5.
June 8, 1949