The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
WILDCATS, CLINTON PLAY FRIDAY
IS LOCALS
FIRST OF SEASON
High School Baseball Team
Made Up OF Veterans; Track
And Tennis Teams Drill

Inc weather tOpp0A Oil pioSSASS
sessions of the New Hanover High
school athletic teams yesterday at
ternoon, but the coaches hope to
have their charges or the field this
afternoon for full workouts in track,
baseball and tennis.
The baseball team of Coach Floyd
Bumgarner will get it's initial test on
Friday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock on
Legion diamond against a visiting
Clinton High squad. This game will
give the coach a line on his regulars
for the season and the wedding pro-
cess will no doubt take place short
ly after the results are in.
The local squad is made up Of al
most the entire American Legion
Junior team of last season with tn"
addition of several fine prospects
who are giving more than their all
in the daily practices.
In Mondays practice session Coach
Bumgarner had a snappy infield at
work with Junior Edwards stopping
them behind the plate; Harold Hor'
ton on the initial sacks, Jack High
on the keystone. Johnny Smidt at
short and Curly Stands holding down
the hot corner. All Of these lads were
on the Legion team last summer
and this just gives the fans a sam
pie of what Coach Bumgarner has
on hand to make a team from.
Morse Standout
Little is known Of the calibre of
the track team except the ability Of
Jimmy Morse, dash speedster of last
year., who showed his heels to the
pack in the locals only meet of the
year, a triangular event which the
locals won over Goldsboro and Beau
fort. Coach Relmon Robinson, local
track star in his high school days.
will not give out any advance infor-
nation and has only been working
his boys slowly this past week.
Tough Net Schedule
The tennis teams are still await
ing their challenges to be accepted
and hope to announce a schedule
this week. A number of first class
teams have been contacted and the
schedule this year is expected to Le
the best the locals have ever played.
Dillon, Marion, Charleston and
Mullins Highs Of South Carolina and
Raleigh, Durham, Charlotte, Wilson,
Rocky Mount, Fayetteville, South.
ern Pines and Rockingham Highs of
North Carolina and Danville, Vir-
GINA are the high schools the Phan.
tom Aces and Queens hope to smash
this year with Wingate Junior Col.
lege, Presbyterian Junior, Porter
Military of Charleston and the Uni.
versity OF North Carolina goods
among the h~igher.ups which the
locals r out to count among their
victims. The Chapel Hill high school
teams will probably be played dur.
ing the state singles and doubles
championships in April in Char !
Hill.
Several changes have been ma6a
in the lineups of the girls team in
the past few weeks. Captain Mary
Johnson still occupies the top spot;
Elsie Fergus sits the throne in two;
Jane Lewis seems secure in three,
but Norma Henderson topped
Joycelyn Peck for the fourth place
last week and Peck now rests at
five with Jean Jones and Agnes
Morton battling it out for six with
Morton leading by a set.
There has been no change in the
boys lineup, but Nelson Taylor fell
off sharply on Monday after taking
the first set from Lionel Johnson
and the latter successfully defend
ed his top position in three fast sets.