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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1949
On The Ball
High Scoring Games Not
Good For Football
Lately we have heard a great
many discussions about the
merits and evils of a football
team intentionally running up
high scores. We know that this
has absolutely nothing to do
with West Georgia, but just the
same we would like to elaborate
on the subject, mainly because
we are totally disgusted with
the two or three high school
teams in our vicinity who are
deliberatly running the score up
as high as is possible—some
times 60 or 70 points. There are
a number of reasons why we
believe this.
Purposefully running up an
enormously high score is likely
to bring on bad feeling between
the two schools participating.
No one likes to be humiliated in
such a way. In our opinion, it
is a symbol of good sportsman
ship when a coach takes his
first string from the game and
sends in his second string.
In this day and time football
games must have spectators to
survive. Do you actually enjoy
seeing a powerful team run up
a sixty or seventy point margin
against a weak team? Certainly
you donJt, and neither does any
one else. So we say, high scoring
games are not exciting for the
fans.
Putting in the second string
after the first string has piled
up a 20 to 25 point margin gives
the second string experience for
the time when they will be first
Braves Continue
To Lose Games
The West Georgia Braves con
tinue their losing streak by be
ing defeated by Chipola Junior
College, Marion Institute, Hi
wassee Junior College and St.
Bernard Jr. College.
The Braves lost to Chipola
in Marianna, Florida, in a game
that was full of long runs by the
Floridians and poor blocking on
the part of the Braves. Burnell
Payne scored the only tally for
West Georgia on a pass. The
game ended 40 to 7.
In the game with Marion In
stitute, the Braves led the Cad
ets in every department but the
one that counted most —points.
A few bad breaks were the only
thing that prevented the Braves
from taking this one. Marion
started the scoring off in the
first quarter with a touchdown
set up by a 20 yard pass to the
Braves’ ten.
The Braves monopolized the
possession of the ball in the
second quarter when they car
ried the ball, mostly by a beauti
ful passing attack from their
own eighteen to the Marion four.
This 78 yard drive stopped right
there, however, as a Cadet back
field man intercepted a Brave
pass in the end zone and held
the ball out indicating a fair
catch. The ball was then in
Marion’s possession on the
twenty yard line and WGC’s
scoring hopes vanished as the
half was called.
West Georgia got on the scor
ing train in the third quarter
by
Hannon “Scoop” Smith
stringers. This is possibly the
most powerful argument for at
tempting to keep the score
down.
Nowadays, it is very seldom
that a team plays a game when
there aren’t several scouts from
opposing schools on hand to find
the weak spots in the team. If it
is possible to take the first
string out early in the game,
these scouts will probably go
home either empty handed or
with the weak spots of the sec
ond string.
Therefore, we believe that for
the sake of his opponents’ pride,
the fans’ desire for excitement,
and his own inexperienced play
ers, no coach should keep play
ing his varsity after he has a
margin of three or four touch
downs.
Even though the West Geor
gia Braves haven’t done ro well
'or. the gridiron this fad, the
fans have turned out in rather
astounding numbers. It is our
firm belief that many of these
fans were at the games mainly
because of the great work done
by the members of the Kiwanis
Club of Carrollton. They, as you
know, were the sponsors of the
Brave team this year and they
are to be congratulated on the
fine work they did. Their work
in the making of programs, gett
ing publicity and advertising the
games was instrumental in
bringing out such large crowds
to the game.
when James Massey plunged
over from the four yard line.
The Cadets rolled up 12 more
points in the third quarter when
they scored on an intercept
ed pass and again by virtue of a
fumble on the Brave six yard
line. The Braves ended up the
scoring for the night when
James Massey plunged over from
the two yard line early in the
last quarter.
Final score: Marion Institute
19—West Georgia 6.
Next opponent for the Braves
was Hiwassee Jr. College out of
Madisonville, Tennesee. This
was a virtual repetition of the
Chipola game as poor blocking
was again the Braves’ downfall.
WGC did score 12 points, how
ever. In the first half, Bill Cole
ran through the center of the
line for a 58 yard touchdown
sprint and in the second half,
Bill Allison, Brave quarterback
tossed a long downfield pass to
J. W. Greenwood who raced into
the end zone untouched. This
play covered 52 yards. The game
ended up a 44 to 12 victory for
the undefeated Tigers.
In the St. Bernard game the
Braves entered the second half
with a 20 to 0 deficit. As the
game proceeded during the sec
ond half the Braves proceeded
to prove that the game is not
won until the final whistle. An
inspired West Georgia squad be
gan holding the St. Bernard boys
to a minimum of yardage gam
ed and rolled up a good bit of
yardage itself. With a series of
passes, the Braves found them
selves on the St. Bernard 20
ward line. Here Grover C. Ad
ams tossed another pass to Bill
THE WEST GEORGIAN
Back of the Month
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Pictured above is Bill Cole,
the West Georgian’s choice
for “Back of the Month.” Cole,
a Freshman from O’Keefe
high school jn Atlanta has
been one of the sparkplugs
for the Braves backfield this
fall.
He started the season in the
halfback slot but was trans
ferred to fullback before the
Marion game because of his
power driving. Bill is also an
excellent baseball prospect.
At O’Keefe he was named one
of hte best high school pitch
ers in the Atlanta area. He is
an outfielder while not on the
mound.
Reed on the five who lateraled
to J. W. Greenwood who raced
across for the score.
Kenneth Minor, Brave end
broke through the St. Bernard
forward wall and intercepted a
lateral to go for a 45 yard touch
down run. Billy Hayes kicked
the extra point.
Once again the Braves got
within sight of the goal post but
were unable to score after two
incompleted passes. The final
score was 20 to 12 in favor of
St. Bernard.
Miss Weaver Attends
Library Conference
Miss Weaver, our college li
brarian, and Miss Foster, the
Regional librarian, have just
come back from a trip which
combined business with pleas
ure. They attended the Southern
Library Association Conference
held at Miami Beach Florida,
October 26-29. This Association,
which is interested mainly in a
plan for Regional Educational
libraries in the Southeastern
states.
Miss Weaver and Miss Foster
left Carollton Monday, October
24 and drove down the east
coast of Florida, taking in all
the scenery and got to Miami
Beach in time for the opening
session, Wednesday, October 26.
They came back Sunday by way
of the west coat of Florida,
through some of Florida’s beau
tiful orange groves. Miss Weaver
said that they had had a “won
derful time” and were looking
forward to the next meeting of
the association.
Beating The Tom Tom
'Now that the fall hockey
tournament for women is un
derway, shrieks yells, screams,
clashing of sticks and whistles
can be heard drifting from the
athletic field these colorful fall
afternoons. Yes, the girls are
down there dribbling, bullying,
making sticks and corners, and
playing their hearts out to win
each game.
The first practice game be
gan November 1, and by the
end of the week, Middlebrook’s
fast Team B had emerged as
the winner with Floyd’s 8:55
C as the runner-up. Other teams
)articipating in the practice tour
nament were Rogers’ Team A,
Burson’s Team B and Crowd
er’s Team A.
The real class tournament,
after the practive games, began
on November 8, with Roger’s
Team A winning a 4-3 victory
over Burson’s Team B. On that
same date, Crowder’s Team A
suffered a 4-2 defeat from
Floyd’s Team C. This left Rog
ers and Floyd to play each other
in the next bracket, the winner
of which played Middlebrooks
for the class championship. In
these final games, Floyd downed
Rogers 2-1 and Middlebrooks
2-1, thus making Floyd the win
Walter Paschall of WSB
Pays Annual Visit to WG3
Mr. Walter Paschall, who is
news editor for radio station
WSB in Atlanta, spoke to the
student body on November 8.
Mr. Paschall, outstanding also
in the field of sociology, spoke
on the closing of the Western
frontier in 1890, which, he ex
plained, was a turning point
in American civilization. He
pointed out that as the lands
near the Atlantic coast became
worn, the pioneers simply mov
ed westward to greener pas
tures. This, he said, was res
ponsible for the exhaustion and
waste of many valuable resour
ces.
Mr. Paschell, who was intro
duced by Dr. L. E. Roberts, is
president of the Georgia Aca
demy of Social Sciences and is
a teacher at the Atlanta Divi
sion of the University of Geor
gia.
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Hockey Tournaments of
Fall Quarter
ner of the tournament.
Outstanding Players
Some of the girls have really
been playing swell hockey. For
the fighting offense: Clara Jer
nigan, Mary Jane Clarkson,
Myra White, Jo Floyd and Jean
nine Malcon are proving they
can make the goals while Ann
Traylor, Jean Plant, Martha O’-
Kelly, Julia Cole and Martha
Boling are really producing a
strong defense wall.
Prosh-Soph Tournament
The Freshman-Soph Tourna
ment, which is the climax of
the ‘-tason, is next on schedule.
From this tournament, the l:-'49*
50 Hockey Varsity will be chos
en.
Lineman of the Monfh
V jHHrjltt I'.
“They shall not pass this
way” is the by-word of Ray
Sarrett, expert ball snapper
and line backer for the WGC
Braves. All season Sarrett
has played an excellent brand
of football and has shown that
he can go far on the grid
iron. Although he is rather
small for a lineman, tipping
the scales at only 155 pounds,
his weight is of little import
ance when he throws a block
•or makes a tackle. Sarrett
hails from O’Keefe high school
in Atlanta where he was chos
en the Irish “Player of the
Year.” He was also picked
by one of the Atlanta papers
as “Player of the Week,” once
last year. So here he is—the
West Georgian’s selection of
Player of the Month.
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