High Point University - Zenith Yearbook (High Point, NC)

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The unheralded Panther reserves, who serve as a feeding machine for the varsity, went virtually unnoticed through a tough campaign; but, never- theless, they compiled a record of twelve wins and seven losses. The Kittens racked up victories over high school teams and strong semi-pro outfits of this section. Coach Jim Mc- Cachren ' s boys triumphed over the high school team.; of Greensboro, Hanes, Sumner, Fair Grove, Mayodan, Thom- asville, Jamestown, Bethany, Cornelius, and Madison. The independent team which fell was the McCrary Night- hawks of Asheboro. Losses were suffered during the year to McCrary Night- hawks, Greensboro High, Wingate Jun- JUNIOR VARSITY HASKETHALL ior College, Trinity High, Adams- Millis, Mirmeola Mills, and Hanes High. Outstanding men for the Kitrens in- cluded Henry Liptak, Marry Spinelli, Hugh Goerncr, and Jim Flanagan, all of whom dressed with the varsity at various times during the year. Jack Burkhead was the fifth man in the com- bination. Other members of the squad were Bowen, Petack, Jarrett, Walker, Pappas, Lowdermilk, Farlow, Sebastin, Auman, and Perry. [94]

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The Purple Panthers of basketball for the 1940-41 season will go down in sports annals as a team which overcame an early season slump; reached a peak which was high enough to beat Appalachian and Elon by big mar- gins; then dropped down to just a mediocre club when the conference championship was decided in the first annual tournament held here. Even with the loss of Hilliard Nance dur- ing the Christmas holidays, and even with the illness of key men in the closing games of the campaign, Coach Virgil Yow ' s club maintained a record of 17 wins and 8 defeats during the tough schedule. In four pre-Christmas games the Panthers held a .500 mark, and then after Christmas visited Virginia, there to lose three of the four games played. But upon their return the team began functioning in a manner which netted them wins over Catawba, W. C. T. G, Langley Field, Atlantic Christian, and Guilford. On January 25 the team struck a snag against McCrary but then in succeeding games turned back Appalachian, Lenoir- Rhyne, and Elon. Then came a turning point in the season. With High Point minus Jack Moran and Bill Keene, Elon triumphed at Elon, 37-35; three nights later Appalachian raced in with a 42-39 win at Boone. Two nights before the Conference Tourna- ment the Panthers played spotty ball in de- feating Lenoir-Rhyne at Hickory 43-37 but in the first game of the tournament the team played like professionals in whipping Atlan- tic Christian 60-31. Spirit was at a high pitch when the Panthers collided with a hot Catawba team in the semi-finals. Then doom came. It is all history now, how the Indians, playing faultlessly, out-classed a careless Pan- ther outfit, 35-29. Hanes was beaten 44-43 in a season-ender which has as its only interest the fact that Jack Moran ended his four-year career as a Panther eager gloriously by buck- eting four points in the final seconds of the game. The team was the best-balanced one in recent years, with no one being consistently outstanding all season. George Zuras hit a scoring streak in mid-season and piled up enough points to lead the club in scoring. Captain Jack Moran, Jerry Counihan, Bill Keene, and Marcel Malfregeot must be men- tioned if outstanding men are named. George Demrny, Milliard Red Coble, Emmett Hartnetr, Billy Patterson, Frank Murray, and Russ Lombardy played valuable roles as re- serves while Freshmen Henry Liptak and John Stasulli showed promise of aiding the squad a great deal next year. [93]

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SOCCER 19411 RESULTS High Point 1 University of Maryland 2 High Point 2 Davidson High Point . 1 Duke High Point 8 Davidson . . 2 High Point 1 Frostburg .... 1 High Point 2 Duke 1 The mythical title of state soccer champions was again earned by the Pur- ple Panther squad after another bril- liantly successful season. Continuing to play a championship game, they dis- played excellent teamwork and great spirit as they downed such powers as Duke University and Davidson. Their loss and tie came after great fighting games by this team which deserves more praise than it has received. Etvin Lewis and Millard Coble coached the shin- busters through the 1940 season in which they won four games, lost one, and tied one. Those showing fine soc- cer talent were Koontz, Lewis, M. Co- ble, Giles, H. Gannon, Zuras, R. Gar- mon, Ferree, Stasulli, Lombardy, Ro- zelle, Lowdermilk, Weatherly, Pappas, Farlow, Gibson, Soschia, Mecum, Van Bylevelt, and S, Coble. [ 95 I