Greenville High School - Nautilus Yearbook (Greenville, SC)

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lb ll 9 lb Q ll ll lb ll ll ll lat tal Ia' tal tal I I l E E 6 6 l ' I U S In The Wake of A Championship Grid Combine Greenville I8 Rock Hill 0 f 'l'he lied Raiders opened the 1938 pig- skin season with a deeisive, smashing vietory over a lioek llill eleven in Sirrine stadium, in a game played primarily t'or the purpose ot' sizing up the tlreenvillians' ehanees l'or the eampaign and ol' seeing the reaetions ol' some ot' the newer players. 'l'he loeals showed up favorably, the line hloeking, eharging, and taekling well, and holding the Beareats to only 11 yards net gain. Mueh ot' the affray was played relaxedly, as the Speermen eased up at times, and there is little doubt hut that the llleetries eould have seored more points. Booty Payne and Bill Byers repeatedly got oft' on long dashes and sweeps, doing all the seoring, Payne 's titi-yard end run being the high light ol' the tussle. 'l'he new first-stringers had good ehanees to display their wares, as did the many suhstitutes whom t'oaeh Speer sent in. And the Raiders were oft' on the tirst lap ol' their South t'arolina state Foot- hall ehampionship raee. Greenville Zl Charleston 7 f tlreenville's winning Raiders played their seeond game ol' the 1938 season under the hrilliant are lights on the turt' ot' heautitul Sirrine stadium and de- l'eated a elassy eleven from l'harleston hy a 2l-7 seore, whieh helies the hard struggle that took plaee. 'l'he l'p-Staters were just a little too good t'or the liuntams who fought to the very end. Both teams had to tight hard l'or every l'oot ol' ground, tlreenville reeeiving aid l'rom a few hreaks. ln the last stanza, Jimmy Rhodes snagged a pass thrown hy the desperate t'harlestonians and raeed to a seore in the last thirty seeonds ol' play. 'l'he ltaiders' other tallies eame on a pass, an oft'-taekle dash, and a safety. 'l'his hattle kept the Speermen on their toes and gave them little ehanee for letting up, while t'aptain Rhett Martin did a great joh ot' keeping his mates alert while also setting a good example ot' line-play. Walter Payne and Hill Byers played their usual ahove-the-average games as did the entire team. 'l'hus the Speermen were one step nearer that eoveted ehampionship. Greenville l9 Sumter 0 f Alter a long, uneomtortahle hus ride. the Red Raiders arrived in Sumter Friday night, tbetoher 7, stretehed, put on their elassy red unil'orms, walked on the gridiron, and ran rough-shod over a brave llameeoek outtit. hut eame out with only a lllstl vletory.

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Dick RILEY sicxiok MANAGIQR 'l'liis elunguteml, smiling Irislmum is the type ol' fellow who is t'0llSl2lllfij' helping' smneoue else. Dick has been am invuluzilmle ziimle to Coach Speer lor the past three years, uetiug as font- lmll and lizisketbull l'll2lll2'lQ'Ol'S. 'Fziping ankles, elieeking lllllii0l'lllS in mul out, taking' c-are ol' all equipment, and zu-- eepting the blame for every little thing that went wrong, were a few ol' the ,jobs that Diek Illilll2l,9f0ll efficiently this year. He was just like an memlmer of the regular team, taking n keen in- terest in its t'ortunes :lt all times. flttlfillllly, this lanky youngster tle- servetl his lmlm-k tl, THF: 19239 RED R1XllJl'lli SQUAD A Y , V lwnm 1l1L'if'h www Hue f7l111mpirm.w

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