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On The Ball
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HARMON "SCOOP" SMITH
BRAVES TOURNAMENT BOUND WITH 6-10 RECORD
Having finished their regular season, the West Georgia Braves
headed for the Southern Junior College Basketball Tournament Feb
ruary 27-28 with high hopes of returning with a victory. The tourna
ment is being held in Boaz, Alabama, the home of Snead Junior Col
lege. There are six teams participating in the Tournament, including
West Georgia, Snead, Middle Georgia, Hiwassee, Marion and St. Ber
nard. Martin, who had planned to enter, was forced to drop out at the
last moment.
The Braves, playing ten senior college teams, five junior college
games and one game against amateur competition, racked up a six
won, ten lost record for the year. An account of all the games since
the last issue of the West Georgian is as follows:
WEST GEORGIA 36. GORDON 54
The Braves traveled over to Barnes v iile, Georgia with high hopes
of taking this one, but were turned back by a strong Bulldog five.
Green Williams was high-point man for the W. G. C. men with nine
points. Wilson lead the Bulldogs with 19 points followed by Steadham
with 11.
WEST GEORGIA 54. TECH INSTITUTE 49
The Braves took an early lead in this one. Mid-way the last half
they towered over their opponents by fifteen points but got a bit
shakey toward the last and Tech Institute gave them quite a scare
before the final whistle. The big threat to the Braves was Rettie, left
guard for Tech who alone garnered over half of his team’s total points
with 25. Wayne Thompson led the Braves in basket-hitting by tossing
in 13 points. Green Williams won second honors with 10 talleys.
WEST GEORGIA 40. TECH INSTITUTE 22
The Braves wrapped up their series with the men from Chamblee
easily enough by taking the second game on the home court. With
out to much trouble. Green Williams again took scoring honors with
total of 12 points to his credit. Wales Goebel followed him closely,
however, with ten. Rettie, the Tech big gun during the previous en
counter led the Technical Institute boys in scoring with seven points
—a far call from the 25 he scored in the first game.
WEST GEORGIA 52. CALLAWAY ALL-STARS 53
In this game the Braves showed that they had the ability to play
some real basketball. They played an excellent game against the strong
Callaway All-Stars. Leading throughout most of the game, the Braves
were suddenly surprised at a remarkable spurt by the All-Stars in the
last few minutes of play. The Callaway boys went ahead in the con
test just a few seconds before the buzzer sounded ending the game.
High scorer for the Braves was Bob Garrett with 18 points, followed
by Green Williams with 15. Wayne Thompson hit the basket for nine
points. Jac Roth was high scorer for the All-Stars with 11 points fol
lowed by Charles Blankenship and Austin McCluskey with eight.
WEST GEORGIA 46; GORDON 48
Gordon took their second straight game from the Braves by only
a two point margin—just revenge for their defeat by one point at
the hands of the Shagmen last year. Wayne Thompson was high point
man for W. G. C. with 14 points. Green Williams was second with 13.
Steadman of Gordon tallied 22 times during the contest.
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE 50. OGLETHORPE 42
The West Georgia Braves split their two game series with Ogle
thorpe University as Green Williams became the first Brave to score
2 Opoints during a single contest. Johnson, pivot man for the Petrels
topped Williams 20 points, however, with 22 tallies. It was an excit
ing game from start to finish, and a free-for-all midway the second
half did much to add to that excitement.
WEST GEORGIA 60. G. M. A. 49
The Braves took both ends of their series with GMA by defeating
them 60 to 49. The Braves seemed to have little trouble in this one
as they racked up an early lead and held it throughout the contest.
Green Williams and Charles “Cosmo” Perry shared scoring honors
in this one with 14 points each. Harry Alford was close behind with 11
points. Davis led G. M. A. in scoring with 14 points.
WEST GEORGIA 49; JACKSONVILLE STATE 68
The Braves didn’t have much hope in this one against Jackson
ville State—reputed to be one of the best teams around here. It was
a thrilling contest, however. Williams again led the Braves in scoring
with 21 points. Ayers for the Teachers garnered 22 points, while Mar
tin and Dililon were second with 14. Hayes followed them closely,
with 12 points.
WEST GEORGIA 61. ATLANTA DIVISION 63
This game was undoubtedly the most exciting game of the sea
son for the Braves as they fought a strong team from the Atlanta Divi
sion of the University of Georgia. The score was just like a see-saw as
one team would be in the lead and then the other. The biggest lead of
the game—seven points—was held by the Atlanta Division by the
score of 55 to 62 with only two minutes to go. Then the Braves got
“on the ball” and tallied six points while the Atlanta boys only scor
ed one. The Braves tried hard and looked good in this last minute
spurt, but were unable to catch up. Green Williams tallied 18 points
to lead the Braves in scoring. He was followed by Charles “Carlos’
Graham, a promising young lad who played his best game, with 14.
THE WEST GEORGIAN
*
Ilk.
Green Williams, the WEST
GEORGIAN'S choice for “Brave
of the Month" this issue probab
ly could easily win the title of
"West Georgia's most Athletic
Student" if there were a count
of votes to decide. Besides be
ing a good basketball player,,
he was also a standout at the
quarterback slot during the pre
vious season and also plays a
pretty good brand of baseball.
Asa guard for the Brave cage
team this year. Green has been
the leading scorer and a defin
ite spark-plug to his teammates.
His good siprit and sportsman
ship have been a real asset to
the Braves on the courts
throughout the winter.
ON THE WAR PATH
By JUDY CROWDER
Little Frances McWilliams real
ly gave the star basketball player,
Jo Ann Garrett, a bump in an in
tramural game. In fact, a bump
hard enough to “floor” Jo Ann!
Well, whatta’ ya’ know! The
1:30 volleyball lassies refused to
take a holiday for extra good be
havior. Those girls must really
love that game, or at least, it is
evident by their squeals and yells
after the midday lunch period.
We understand about twenty
young performers are busy these
evenings getting ready for the
dance program for May Day.
Congratulations to the members
of the folk dance class who shar
ed some of their dances at “REC”
Saturday night. They seem to be
learning the difference between
scottische and polka quite fast!
It is not an unusual sight to see
them doing the polka down the
“dorm” hallways.
Our hat is off to Jo Ann Garrett
for the high score she made dur
ing the class basketball tourna
ment. She was followed by Shu
gart, White, Ruark, Burson and
Riden who put the ball in the goal
almost every chance. Jo Ann is
to be commended on her long
shots, too.
Brave Gridiron Schedule
For 'SO Almost Complete
According to Coach “Shag”
Welch, the football schedule for
1950 is almost complete. So far
six games have been put on the
calendar—three home games and
three road games. Two or three
more games are yet to be added.
Coach “Shag” Welch also an
nounced that Fall practice will be
gin pn September 18.
Tlie tentative schedule is as fol
lows:
September 30—Gordon, here.
October 7 —Not filled as yet.
October 14 or 14—Middle Geor
gia, there.
October 21 —Not filled as yet.
October 28—Marion, there.
November 4—Hiwassee, there.
November 12 St. Bernard,
here.
November 18—Brevard, there.
Storms Best Bet In Intra-murals
The West Georgia College Intra-
Mural basketball league under the
direction of Coach Welch has fun
ctioned smoothly so far and now
most of the teams are winding up
their league play in preparation
for tournament time the teams
line up in this order: Log Cabin
(5-1); Day Students (3-1); Wright
Barracks (2-1); Storm Barracks
(1-2); Coonn Specials (1-2); and
Borders (0-5).
The play in this league has been
for the most part, fast and furious.
The playing of every team has
improved during the season. The
teams either have two or three
games left to play in the regular
scheduled season before the tour
nament. There have been no defi
nite plans drawn up about the
tournament, but. it is hoped that
the pairings will be made before
tournament time according to the
won and lost records of the teams,
and the first two or three teams
being seeded.
The league began with seven
teams but one, the Trionettes, was
dropped because of their failure to
correspond to the league rules
about using players from differ
ent barracks. They had a very fine
team, but their use of players
from several different places was
a distinct disadvantage to the
other teams in the league. The lea
gue-leading, Log Cabin, started
the season by losing to the Day
W. G. C. Catalogues Sent
To Prospective Students
The Registrar’s Office reports
that over 500 West Georgia Col
lege catalogues have been sent to
high school students who on the
Beta Club preference list of col
leges listed West Georgia Col
lege their first choice. New catalo
gues are to be sent those students
who are planning to enter.
Roberts and Welch Attend
Athletic Conference
Dr. L. E. Roberts and Mr. Henry
Welch attended a meeting of the
Southern Athletic Conference of
Junior Colleges in Birmingham,
Alabama, February 14. Drawings
were made for places in the bas
ketball tournament, which are to
be held on February 27 and 28
at Senard College, Boaz, Alaba
ma.
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1950
Students, but came back to beat
Storms in their next game and
have been undefeated in league
play since then. The Day Stu
dents hold down second place be
ing beaten only by Wright Bar
racks. Storms Barracks seems to
be the hard luck team of the lea
gue, as they seem unable to win
for losing, even though they have
an aggressive, well-balenced team.
Borders, just doesn’t have the ma
terial nor do the Conn Specials.
The Tournament, as it looks now
should be a toss-up between the
Log Cabin, Wright Barracks, and
the Day Students, with a chance
of Storms upsetting the apple
cart.
The games have been officiated
by Coach Welch, Jr., Mr. Hazel
grove, or various students and the
scoring and timing by the stu
dents. The participation by the
teams has been excellent and the
conduct and sportsmanship of the
players good. The league has run
smoothly, thanks to Coach Welch,
and everyone is looking forward
to the coming tournament.
Summer School Slated
Summer school at West Georgia
College will be from June 12, July
15. There will be offerings in
general College courses. A teacher
workshop with Mr. Row as direc
tor will also be held.
Borders Resigns As
Secretary To President
Mrs. Borders, secretary to the
“President, is resigning effective
April 1, and will be succeeded by
Miss Dorothy Williamson. Miss
Williamson of the Dean and Re
gistrar’s office will be succeeded
by Miss Elizabeth Black.
Mr. Ingram said of the resigna
tion, “Mrs. Borders is a valuable
employee and it is with regret that
we see her give up her work.”
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