Rutherford College - Foot Hills Yearbook (Rutherford College, NC)

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«£ FOOT HILL lUMMART OF THM TIC T) UTHERFORD College holds a record unsurpassed by any Junior College in the South. Beginning in 1925, baseball came into its own here. Until then, Rutherford had played only high school teams, not having had a team strong enough to interest even the weakest Junior College teams of the state. A new change came about that year by our capturing the N. C. State Junior College Championship in Baseball. For three consecutive years that record was held, until 1929, when the Southern Junior College Championship was taken. George Hartley led the club with a batting average of 410, and was pushed closely by others. Tellis Bumgarner added to Rutherford ' s prestige by signing up with the Cleveland Indians at the close of the ' 29 season. Out of 21 games played, only two were lost. As a token of the meritorious playing, the Belk-Broome Company of Hickory, N. C. awarded the team with a beautiful loving cup. In basketball, our team won 1 1 games and lost six. Many very close games were played: the Campbell College team was defeated by only one point; Cullowhee by only two points in the last eight seconds to play; Lenoir Athletic Club by only two points; lost to Wingate in the last 15 seconds of an extra five-minute period by two points; and with one minute to play, and five points behind, we overcame Biltmore by one point. The whole season was one of unusual interest because of the fast working team that always had the comeback when its back was to the wall. Last year ' s football season was the most successful that the Ramblers have had since football was instituted here in 1925. There was always present a spirit that caused every player to give the best that he had at all times. In ' 28 we lost the State Junior College Championship by only one touchdown. In ' 29 our schedule was a great deal more difficult than any we had ever undertaken. Though not making the record by scores that we did the previous year, the season was a suc- cessful one. The standard of Rutherford will never fall as long as we have the spirit among the boys that was always present during this season. The team was clean and hard-working. Ut» [59]

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Southern Championship Baseball Club (Last Year) (Standing, Left to Right) Tellis Bumgarner Baxter Kirk Willis Bumgarner Francis Selden Claude Quick Hazel Baker Caldwell Nixon, Manager (Sitting, Left to Right) Spencer Agee Coach Weaver George Hartley Lynwood Smith Charles Weaver, Jr.. Mascot Paul Cox Gvvvn Berrv Max Ward Otis Buff Luke Ward BASEBALL SCORES (Last At Boiling Springs Rutherford College— 1 At Rutherford College .... Rutherford College.... 1 1 At Rutherford College ... Rutherford College.... 5 At Rutherford College ... Rutherford College .16 At Boone Rutherford College .11 At Emory Rutherford College.— 5 At Emory .. Rutherford College .18 At Rutherford College. .Rutherford College ...12 At Rutherford College ...Rutherford College ...16 At Rutherford College... Rutherford College.... 2 1 At Rutherford College .Rutherford College ... 9 At Davidson Rutherford College.— 16 At Weaverville Rutherford College ... 1 At Mars Hill .. Rutherford College... 6 At Rutherford College .Rutherford Coll ege 1 2 At Rutherford College. ..Rutherford College .. 13 At Wingate Rutherford College ... 7 At Wingate Rutherford College ... 8 At Wake Forest .. .Rutherford College ...10 At Durham .. Rutherford College ... 1 At Wake Forest Rutherford College .... 2 Total ... Rutherford College..201 f 58] Year) Boiling Springs . Belmont Abbey 3 Boiling Springs . Boiling Springs 1 A. S. T. C. 5 Emory and Henry .. Emory and Henry .... 3 A. S. ' T. C. Weaver Weaver 6 Wingate (Forfeit) .. Davidson Frosh . 5 Weaver 10 Mars Hill . . 3 Catawba . 5 Mars Hill .. 8 Wingate 5 Wingate 2 Wake Forest Frosh 1 Duke Frosh . 2 Wake Forest Frosh Opponents 59 i i fivivcvt ivi prvorfvivr

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MANAGERS Ialph Brown, Jack Scott, Caldwell Nixon, Football, ' 29. Basketball, ' 80. Baseball, ' 29. • [60]