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Western Carolinian Volume 32 Number 49

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  • Page 10 THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN Thursday, May 11, 1967 Turbyfill And Lewis Receive Jim Gudger And Dan Robinson Awards The second annual Jim Gudger and Dan Robinson Awards were presented today. Randy TurbyflU was the recipient of the Gudger trophy and Ken Lewis took the Robinson football aqard. Randy, a sophomore from Enka, stepped into the basketball lineup and did an outstanding job ballhandllng, play- making, and defensing as he molded several Catamount victories this past winter. "Ken Lewis," says Coach Robinson "is a complete foot= ball player. He is the kind of guy who comes along much too seldom." Ken Is a junior hailing from East Point, Ga. Lewis received quite an honor last fall when he was named to both the offensive and defensive all-conference teams. Kappa Alpha Order. Delta Alpha Chapter, presents the awards annually to tne basketball and football player that best displays the qualities of sportsmanship, leadership, scholarship, desire, and attitude—the elements that, according to the coaches, makes a college athlete what he should be. Hamlet Star, Woody Wright, Signs Grant With Cats HANDY TURBYFILL KEN LEWIS Sports Car Rally Cumberland, Maryland, April 26, 1967. When tha starter's flag falls for the first of the fifteenth Annual Cumberland Championship Sports Car Races, 350 licenced sports car drivers wiU begin competition in this classic event scheduled for May 12, 13, and 14 at Cumberland's Municipal Airport These national races are co- sponsored by the Cumberland, Maryland Lions Foundation a.id the Steel Cities Region of the Sports Car Club of America. Clf«T .LUC ,EL You have to look for the W" because it's silent. Mr.Wrangler for wreal sportswear. The famous silent "W": you don't pronounce it, but you must look for it if you want sportswear that looks wright fits wright, feels wright. Made wright, too—many in no-iron fabrics treated with the wre- markable-Wranglok® permanent press finish. Mr. Wrangler sportswear is here, on campus, in your size. BELKS OF BREVARD BOWERS OF BREVARD Hamlet High All-Stater Woody Wright, with his coach Charlie Bishop looking on, signs a WCC basketball grant-in-aid. Softball Featured Finals Of All-Campus Tourney Today Men's Intramural Softball came to a dramatic close today at 4:15, when defending champions, Kappa Alpha Order tangled with Pi Kappa Alpha, Kappa Alpha advanced to the All-Campus playoffs by virtue of winn'ng the Fraternity League championship. The KA's sport a defensive ball- club which has given up only 12 runs In the four gamos they have played thus far. Hitting has been commendable so far for the defending champs, but their tough defense has boon the major factor in past wins. PI Kappa Alpha was the runner-up in the Fraternity League, losing their first game of the season to Tau Kappa Epsilon. Now a much more organized team than they were during that first loss, the PIKA's feature a timely hit ting offense and a steady defense. Other All-Campus playoff action saw 1st and 2nd Robertson, American League champions, upset the D«;y Students, 13=12, Tuesday, and PIKA whipped 1st Moore, 12-2, 1st and 2nd Robertson and PiKA advanced to the seml= finals against Kappa Alpha and 1st and 2nd Reynolds South. This action took place yesterday with the two fraternity teams coming out on top. PiKA whipped the "7-Ups," 10-6, while KA struck late to defeat a stubborn 1st and 2nd Robertson team, 9-4, Today's results will not be printed since this is the last issue of the year, but if you want to know the outcome, just ask anyone who attended the game. Bess Chandler shows her form in the women's Softball throw for distance. Action took piace in the Men's and Women's Field Day held behind Reid Gym. (See story page 11) By STEVE WHITE Woody Wright, one of the most sought after prep basketball players in North Carolina, has signed an athletic grant-in-aid with Western Carolina. Woody, playing on the Hamlet High Red Ram basketball team Jast winter, was named to the all-state team by scoring at a 36 point clip during the past season—tops in the state. The Catamount coaching staff, head coach Jim Gudger and Bob Ray, courted Woody heavily during the past year in order to sign the 6-2 guear- forward. Wright was contacted by better than 20 colleges since the high school season At Hamlet High, Woody set 14 school records, Including a 57 point performance Laurin- burg High last season. As a sophomore, he averaged 18.6 points per gam>3, 30.4 as a junior, and an astounding 36 last winter. Wright was named to the All-Southwestern Conference team three years and was the league's MVP twice. Woody is scheduled to play In the East-West High School All- Star at Greensboro In August Coaches Gudger and Ray were overjoyed with the Inking of Wright's signature. "Woody does it all," says Coach Gudger, "He is 100% basketball." Coach Ray, who saw Wright in action several times last winter, labels Woody "one of the finest shooter I've seen In high school ball. He will make us a great guard." Angel, Scott Are Outsttmdt.g P. [.Majors Most outstanding Health and Physical Education majoss for the 1966-67 school years were announced Wednesday, May 3, at the Health and Physical Education meeting. Joyce Angel, a senior from Franklin, N.C, and Chuck Scott, a senior from Orlando, Fla,, received these honors for their outstanding contributions to the department here at Western Carolina. Joyce served as intramural manager of the Women's Intramural Association, and captain of the WR A volleyball team, and was an active member in the P.E, Club, WRA, SNEA. Chuck wa* past president of the Physical Education Club and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, a starter on the foot- baU team, a brother of Tau Kappa EpsUon, and one of next year's tri-captains of the football team. Final Standings Conl. Games All Games WL Pet. ™ L Pel. Pteitfer Guilford Hioh Point Lrnoir Rhvoc western Carolina Catawba Appalachian Ml. Christian Newberry Elon Presbvlrrian 4 .iOO 21 > .73) 4 4 .778 21 6 .778 t 4 .778 27 5 .844 ; n 5 .667 10 5 .647! 1 9 .550 14 11 .560 9 10 .474 10 11 .476 8 10 .444 8 15 .348 6 10 .375 7 15 .318 6 13 .3'6 7 17 m 4 17 .190 6 23 .207 2 13 .133 14 .125 SUMMER WORK Looking for summer workers, preferable from around the Gastonia area. If interested, contact: Mr. L. C. Davis Personnel Manager Burlington Industries Gastonia, N. C. Phone: 824-2581
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