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THE ECHO
January, 19^^
sports Page
By JACK ALEXANDER
SPORTS CHAHER
During the past year athletic
activities here at Ecusta resumed
a pre-war pace, and several sports,
handicapped because of wartime
restrictions, were once again put
into action.
To start off the 1946 season, bas
Icetball went into full swing with
Ecustd sponsoring both boys’ and
girls’ teams which enjoyed a suc
cessful season considering the
playing and practice conditions.
For the six home-games, aver
age attendance of 300 was far
above expectations and the girls
made an outstanding record by
winning ten games and losing only
two. The boys didn’t fare so well
and won only two of their sched
uled games. The season lasted from
Janunary 1st. to March 1st.
The Bowling league experienced
one of its best seasons. The men’s
league, made up of seven teams,
bowled from October, 1945, to
March, 1946. Diuring this period aip-
proximately one hundred employees
participated in at least one game
each. The girls’ league, comprised
of six teams, offered competition
for fifty women employees, and
was started and ended about the
same dates as the men’s league.
Following the regular season, a
bowling banquet was held at Camp
Sapphire with 85 bowlers present.
At this time special team and indi
vidual awards were presented.
The baseball season, the first
since 1941, got underway in April;
Ecusta’s entry in the local Indus
trial league finished in second
place. In our ten home games, the
average attendance was four hun
dred spectators. Highlight of the
season was the game between En-
ka and Ecusta, following festivi
ties at Camp Sapphire, on the
fourth of July. At this game over
two thousand persons were pres
ent.
Ecusta not only sponsored a
company team, but we also offered
competition and play to fifty em
ployees in our inter-departmental
league of four teams. This league
played a three-month schedule,
with two games being played each
week.
In addition to our men’s league,
the girls formed a softball team
and played six exhibition games in
Brevard and at Camp Sapphire. We
ulso encouragtd the playing of
.softball by aiding two departmen
tal teams in the local softball
league.
Much time and consideration
was given to activities at Camp
Sapphire. During the summer, the
athletic department sponsored a
coaching school for boys between
the ages of seven and fourteen.
This venture was most successful.
Starting June 1, and ending on July
15, some 50 youngsters were given
instruction three times weekly in
softball, baseball, boxing, wrest
ling, suffloboard, basketball, etc.
At the end of six weeks, 45 boys
were presented Merit Certificate
Awards. At Sapphire, the athletic
department arranged to have such
equipment as was necessary to en-
''PID YOU mo A ball with a thumb
HOLE THAT WAS SMALL ENOUGH, DEAR"
Ecusta Is Third
In W. N. C. League
Last Tuesday night the league
leading Reed and Abee team of
the W. N. C. bowling league took
two of the three games from our
Ecusta team. Although the leaders
gained a full game in standings,
vve were able to stick to third place,
only six games from the top. Ralph
Morris had an exceptionally good
set of 573 to lead the Ecusta boys.
Chris Rogers, Clyde Galloway, and
Captain Walter Straus also turned
in fine performances of 533, 533 and
530. Morris and Rogers lead in
team high averages with 177 and
175. Next week Ecusta will bowl
Asheville Tire in Asheville.
BOWLING
STANDINGS
+——
ECUSTA BOWLING LEAGUE
Team W L
Control 31 5
Cardinals 28 8
Office “A” 19 17
Champagne “B” 18 18
Research 18 18
Maintenance 17 19
Refining 17 19
Pulp Mill 15 21
Office “B” 12 24
:ble employees to have a well
ounded free play period. On Sun
days, special attractions such as
tennis matches between our own
teams and outside competition
were offered. Also, several exhibi
tion softball games were arranged.
We were fortunate in having
two exhibitions given by the Amer
ican Red Cross Aquatic school
from Camp Carolina. Another fea
ture which turned out very suc
cessful was the ladies’ exercise
class. Average attendance on each
Tuesday and Thursday morning
was 15 ladies.
Special attractions such as mak-
mg arrangements for employees
attending a big football game in
Knoxville, Tenn., was attempted
during the past football season.
From all reports this proved high
ly successful. The athletic depart
ment also rebroadcast the World
Series baseball games to Cham
pagne and Ennless Belt. The re-
:^ults were also phoned to each de
partment in Ecusta.
Feeling a need for additional
.‘stimulation, the athletic depart
ment is now editing and mailing to
interested employees a weekly
“sports news”. This news is mere
ly a weekly analysis of athletic ac
tivities here at Ecusta. Early re
ports of this new issue are most en
couraging.
W. N. C. LEAGUE
Team W L
Reed and Abee 46 20
Enka 44 22
Ecusta 40 26
Allen Transfer 40 26
Stikeleather 36 30
Champion 32 24
Transylvania Times 28 38
Hendersonville 22 44
Western Produce 22 44
Asheville Tire 20 46
Control And “Cards”
Hold To League-Lead
Control and the Champagne
“Cards” continued their battle for
league leadership when each team
lost a single game last week. The
fast improving Maintenance team
prevented the “Cards” from gain
ing on Control by taking one of
their three games. Champagne “B”
duplicated a similar feat on the
Control team. Jim Higdon saved
the day for Control when he
bowled a season third high set of
579. Other high sets were bowled
by Bruce Reynolds, 553; Conrad
McClure, 516; Lewis Meece, 509;
James Avery, 508; Chris Rogers,
504; and Ralph Morris, 503.
Schedule for week of February
3rd.; Control vs. Office “B”; Re
search vs. Maintenance; Pulp Mill
vs. “Cards”; Refining vs. Machine
Room; and Office “A” vs. Cham
pagne “B”.
Boys’ Basketball
Team Takes Otee®
For Fourth
The Ecusta boys won tb®
fourth game of the season i*'®.
they defeated Oteen, 44 to
Playing steady ball through
entire game, our boys were
behind in the scoring. It *1
“Rusty” Carland and Roy
who filled the hoops with thirt®
and twelve points to lead the
sta scoring. “Skipper” Holt
Pete Dockins were outstanding ^
defense. Ecusta’s record now sta”
four wins and six losses.
Cagers Lost Close
One To Martel Mi***
Playing their finest game of
season oiu: boys’ basketball
lost a heartbreaker to the
Mills, 58 to 49. Once again it
that fourth quarter nemesis
turned victory into defeat. Lea*
Martel 27 to 20 at half-time
continuing this lead through
third quarter, victory was al® ,
in our grasp. For once it was
game of individual outstanding
formances but one of outstaD®,
team performance. Our scor^
was well proportioned among
players due to a superb passing
‘2ck. j
Next week’s schedule will s. j
Ecusta to Waynesville to
Dayton Rubber Company in a ’ ,
gle game on Thursday, Febr*>
6th. On the following Friday, * j
turn engagement with the j.
team will be played in the
vard college gym. A prelim^'
game between the Ecusta girl* ®
the Asheville Bomberettes
start at 7:30 p. m.
Girls’ Cage Team
Loses First Ga*^^
Last Saturday night the
girls’ basketball team more ^ j
met their match in their
with the strong Hanes Hosiery ® jj
tet of Winston Salem. This
broke an eight game win’’^j|t
streak for our girls and ®
though we were out-played and ®,|j,
scored, the game was a very.^j,
teresting contest from all (o
At half time with the score
7, our chances to win looked ''
promising. je
In the second half, Hanes ^
out with a scoring spree tha*
v/ere unable to handle. Final
Hanes 34; Ecusta 16.
The following girls made .[f
trip to Winston-Salem: Ch^.jjjc
Barnwell, Sai'ah Avery,
Prince, Mary Alice Merrill, Ey® je
Morrow, Evelyn Taylor, D*
Whitaker, and Florence Snyde^’
TRAIN SCHEDULE
Carolina Special now leav®*
Asheville at 5:30 p. m.,
rives in Cincinnati, at 7:00
m. and arrives in Chicago* *
2:40 p. m., central time.