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cut IIIIII All!-II I1 The Dulldog quintet begun their cuge season with two serious injuries on the list. Captain n Gainer was still suffering with « broken ant, and Alternate Captain Jacque Tribble was not in shape for the first week. The opening game was with Kirkman on the Rossville floor. Xossville quickly took the lead and led the entire bull gai e with Pete Drown accounting for 19 of the 64 points scored to the Kirkman 22. Evatt took runner-up honors with 11. Lights of the Peerless floor found the Blue and White handling the scrapping Tyner team a 60-20 loss. Tiny Sel-vidgc anil jacque Tribble led in scoring with 13 and 12 respectively. The Hi II toppers found the one defense ineffective on the fast breaking Rossville team. The Green of the fighting Irish flashed on the Rossville Five clipped the not re Dame team 41-36. A thrilling last minute rully by the Irish fell short. The score was well distributed, the entire team playing a good floor game. With Tribble back tickling the hoop and acting as Cuptjin, the Blue and White took a close decision over Baylor on the opening night of the Times Cup Series. Brown and F.vatt tied with 16 points for high. Selvidge, Tribble, and North played bang-up defense. The semi-finals were brightened with a Rossville 37-29 victory over the Me Callie Blues. Backboard demons Evatt and Brown led the way with Evatt scoring 10 and North accounting for 9. In the finals the Auditorium floor was covered with basketeers from Rossville and Soddy-Baisy, the defending Champions. The firey Rossville team jumped to the lead and at half time led 29-IS. Tribble and Brown went for high point with 12 and 10 respectively. The hard-fighting team from Rossville was the 39-34 contest to win the series and the cup. Pete Brown won the best player award and was placed ulone with teammates Bill Evatt and Jacque Tribble on the All-Series team. The Bulldog cagers under the capable leadershipof Coach Gordon E. “ Boots Payne traveled up to Fayetteville and added a 40-38 victory to their undefeated record. The whistle brought the Red Bank and Rossville teams to battle on the Peerless floor, but the high scoring Rossville boys stepped to an easy 58-30 victory with Bill Evatt setting the mark at 14. The entire team handed in good performances, and the substitutes lived up to their s tandard. The next game on the Bulldog card was with the Ooltewah Owls. Rossville. led by Bill Evatt. hit the net for 47 points to Ooltewah s 37. Rossville came back the following week to win over Tyner again by the score of 65-39. Brown paced the way with 25 points while Tribble and North took second place wi th 10 each. The U.C. Freshmen invaded the Rossville floor but were turned back by the spirited Bulldogs 47.43. The Rossville boys sltowed well on defense and also handled the ball well enough to please any coach. Red Bank's Lions almost upset Rossville in their return game but the Bulldogs turned on the steam and came from behind to defeat the Lions 45-42. Again the boys on the border had a return match, this time with the determined U.C. Freshmen. Brown and Selvidge led the Blue and White to u 47.34 victory. Each player held up his share of the honors. Coach Payne and his i illdogs with their long •tring of victories traveled Atlanta way for their first GIAA en-counter. The Bulldogs turned in a very good defensive job led by Tribble and North. Brown and Evatt control 1ed both buckboards and defeated the classy North Fulton team 66-54. The Rossville team stayed in Atlanta and sow the Georgia Tech-Kentucky game. After two days of rest the Bulldogs ployed host to Central, but sent them home on the short end of a point score. Brown led with 17, Selvidge, Tribble, Evatt and North rocked up high points also, working well from the fast break. the the Facing the strong Baylor team for the second time of season, the Bulldogs and Raiders held close, but in closing minutes streaking Dick North slipped in for a crip and the Bulldogs pulled away to win 55-47. beividge and North, two of the midget of the court, went into action for their share of the honors. Brown led the scoring with 18. Long Bill Evatt, the most improved player on the Rossville team, led his teammates to a 51-45 victory over the Ooltewah Owls. Evatt scored high with 16. Tiny Selvidge scored 16 points as the Bulldogs trampled the LaFayette Ramblers o3-32. Noddy-Daisy, the Tennessee boys, met the Bulldogs on the Peerless hardwood. The gome was a typical KossviIle-Noddy-Da i sy game - close and hard fought. With the score in a 43 deadlock, dependable Bill Evatt hit the hoop for the winning score. Time ran out before the Trojans got the ball to the other end. Gainer, the Captain of the Bulldogs got his first taste of basketball this season, Rossville registered its twentieth victory of the season over Kirkman, with a scoring rally of 70 points. The substitutes started the game and ran up a large icore before the Big Five got in. Kirkman was held to only 16 ooints. Rossville extended the victory string to 21 by stopping a last minute drive of the Raiders in a thriller from start to finish. Brown and North led the acoring with 20 and 13 respectively. The 57-55 victory for the Blue and White made their third over Baylor. Team spark plugs Pete Brown and Bill Evatt made good showing as the Rossvillians netted a 68-40 win over the boys from Red Bunk. Evatt and Brown had 15 and 14 points. The scoring peak of the season was hit when the Bulldogs lowered the Ramblers 84-40 in a scoring spree. Next on the card was the return engagement of the Notre Dame Irish who battled back but fell short of the mark and yielded to the stronger Bulldogs 51-44, Captain Don Gainer, seeing action after the Baylor game when Jacque Tribble injured his collarbone, scored 12 points. The third game of the season against Soddy-Duisy was slated on the Trojan floor. Before the packed stands of the gym, rangy Bill Evatt and big Pete Brown hit the net time after time, scoring 15 and 17 points. Captain Don “ Flip” Gainer and his teammates showed their old style by detesting the Trojans 62-51. Facing the Central Purple Pounders with 25 victories to no losses behind them, the Bulldogs were upset for the first time of the season after leading most of the game. Despite 18 points by Evatt and 14 bv Brown the Bull-dogs were shaken loose from their line of 25 victories by a 50-48 defeat. Still suffering from the upset by Central, the Bull-dogs traveled to Atlanta for the Region 4 GIAA Championship. They found themselves in an over time period with the score tied at 48 all. A Decatur player slipped in u goal and Rossville lost its second in a row by the same score of 50-48, another upset. The same day Rossville met Aissell High in the consolation. They got back on the victory trail with a 52-42 win and third place in the state tournament. Two prep powerhouses met at the Memorial Auditorium, a fray between the Bulldogs and the strong Bradley team from Cleveland. The lace ripping Bulldogs defeated the Bears 67-60 leading them 20 points at one time. Huskey Pete Brown scored 25 points and Evatt took second place with 16. The regular season ended with 26 victories to only one loss. The best record in Rossvilie's basketball hi story. With only the GIAA tournament left the Bulldogs traveled Atlanta way. Advancing from the B to the AA, the improved Bulldogs clipped the Richmond Military Acadumy 55-52 led by Jacque Tribble's 18 points. Brown und North with 4 fouls hanging over their heads, played commendable ball. Meeting the Smith High team in the second game of the tourney found the Bulldogs fighting. Dickie North led the 45-32 win with 13 points. The entire team showed signs of a championship title. Hopes were shattered in the closing seconds of the tilt with Roosevelt, when a Rooseve1t p 1 ayer slipped in 2 points to put them ahead 54-53. Tiny Selvidge turned in a good performance scoring 14 points. Brown, trying desperately for possession of the ball, fouled out and the Bulldogs went under. Hie low-spirited Bulldogs came back in the consolation game. But with their goal lost, the Rossville boys were snowed under by the fust working Lanier team 60-42. They took fourth place in the tournament. Coach Boots Payne worked his boys into a well-developed basketball machine, winning 28 of 32 games. Big Pete Brown made All-State center and was the high scorer for the GIAA bracket. Scrapping Dick North joined his tcuirmn tc for AI I - Tou rnament honors. Rossvilie's ” B” team learned the fundamentals under the leadership of Coach Wardlaw, and competed in the B tournament at Hixon. Much appreciation should go to the students for their ardent support, which was appreciated by both the players and the coaches.
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