El! i jay Cage Team Continues
On Conference Victory March
Georgia Tenm Has
8 Wins, No Losses:
Hayesville Second
A'ill
?he
i'. u(v:-nee member.?, art- still
* utmi : ic ? nu when some one
ill s', ; : In rampaumg Ellijay bo s
n w won 8 straight names
.i.':r.n ? no defeats. With but two
mi: . ainsi Copperhlll remaining
.t i ..most ?> certainty that Ellijay
Mill -am at kast a tie for first place
EUijaj defeat it! Ducktown and
Morganton by decisive scores while
Hayesville overwhelmed Copperhill
Muiptiy lips' ". Cheroke? . then lost to
Hi? 11 .so Duoktown upset highly
favored Robbinsville who had pre
viousdly defeated them by a 44-18
count. Copperhill t >ok IJucktown in
to camp but then dropped one to
Ep worth.
Hayesville must get by Murphy
and Hiwassee in the coming week to
stay even with Ellijay and to main
"ain their chance for a tie for the
; liampionship.
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Fine Responses ....
'Continued from Front i
The state forestry department, the
National forest representatives and
the TVA forestry divisions are urg
ing that students come to them for
..n\ aid the;.- may need. promising
full cooperation.
Winners for the contest will be
announced right after the first of
March and preparations for it good
field day arc being made for a date
BULLDOGS DROP
CAGE THRILLER
TC TOWNS HIGH
Hiwassee walked off the local
hardwood Tuesday with a victory
|.icheivcd without the mtviccs of
Eddie Bcrrong. their ace ball-liandl
!er who was laid up with a charley
j horse suffered in the recent Hayes
|Vlile come. A second quarter rti'ly
!by the visitors pave them a long 20
|G lead at the half and they went
j oil to win ty a final count of 27-22.
After listless first half play.'ng.
|tile Bulldogs came back with a ven
geance m the final half and threat
lined to overtake the invaders. Tin
'end of the third quarter found me
j 14 half time lead whittled in t'.vo
and .i few moments later Murphy
pulled up to a 22-20 defic'l At this
time Towns high scored its firs'
points since the opening nrnute of
the half. Before the Bulldogs coi'ld
get to rolling again, the remaining
time had elasped.
Fans acclaimed the brilliant come
back of llie locals and even had
near the middle of April. The state
forestry department will act as
judges in the event, and announce
winners.
Transportation for the field day
to Joyce Kilmer forest is being sub
scribed by interested groups and in
dividuals throughout the three coun
ties Prominent lumber companies of
the area are furnishing the cash
prizes and jackets. The jackets will
have emblems denoting the winner.
Murphy Boys Win
Upset Victory from
Cherokee Indians
Muiphv's basketball boys gave
their rirs indication ol powei lor
?us rason iast Friday as tlx;, turn
i <! :n ,i brilliant upse' over tin- In
dians of Cherokee by a score of -
17. This tarat marked the first time
that the locals had counted mor?
itan IK points in one name.
Murphy crabbed an early lead and
held it throughout althouph the visi
tors drew within three points as the
third quarter ended after the Bull
does had led at the halt way mark.
11 to 6 A final conto spurt account
ed for fifteen points as Crawford
? iooped them in from all ancles and
ihe second five finished the game,
holding their opponents even for
! the time they were in the came
Jack Crawford scored 13 points
to cop high honors for the after
noon. However, the play of tne en
tire Murphy quintet was much bet
ter than in any previous encounter.
The local zone defense proved quite
a puzzle to the Indians who were
never quite able to fathom i'. despite
a brief flurry in the third stanzor
As Cherokee is not supporting a
Kills' team now the doubleheader
was completed by the "B" squads of
the boys aggregations. The vis'ting
five chalked up an 11 to 7 victory
over the scrubs. However, it must
be said that the "B" boys engaged
ill a full game with the second strin
gers while waiting for the Indians
to p.it in a belated arrival. No doubt
this took the edge off the boys and
they were not up to par.
hopes of victory for a moment or
two but it was not in the book. Seve
ral shots by Odom and Wei's worm
ed their way out of the goal after
seemingly having fallen through.
Clyde Amos led the belated as
sault. on the Georgians and counted
j 8 points to lead his teammates in
'scoring. Crawford and Odom came
in for 7 and 5 markers each. Corn
and McGaha were outstanding for
i the w inning five.
Ellijay Girls Lead
Conference Race
With 1-Game Edpe
MISt K\l. HI.I KK CLOSE
sMOM). NEITHER TKA M
!l\^ I.O>T \ CONTEST
Ellijay in ys and girls (urged to Uu
front m the Tri-State conlcrencc by
adding to their victory strings whili
tli,-ir pursuers were idle over tin
week-end. The Ellijay girls streak
was broke by Morganton who battled
the leaders to a 30-all tie
Hayesville wallop? d Copperhill by
28-18 as Ellijay ducked the Ugly
Ducklings of Ducktown by 29-25
Ducktown also dropped a tilt to Rob
binsville but regained the winnin;
side by trouncing their ancient ri
vals-. Copperhill. m a close game.
22-19. Epworth reentered competit
ion by downing Copperhill 34-20
while Murphy kept just one step be
hind Ellijay as they conqured Hi
wassee. 23-16.
Ellijay completes its conferencc
schedule by engaging Copperhill on
Friday and Tuesday. Hayesville will
seek to gain revenge over Murphy
Friday at Hayesville while the Blur
Ridge invades Ducktown. Saturday
finds Robbinsville returning a visit
to Bryson City. Tuesday Morganton
goes to Blue Ridge. Robbinsville to
Epworth and Hiwassee meets Hayes
vllle.
MURPHY LASSIES
DOWN HIAWASSEE
FOR 6TH VICTORY
Coach Higdon's girls continued
their victory march at the expense
of the Hiwassee sextette when thry
registered a 23-16 victory that was
much closei than the score indicates
After the first quarter the local
sextette led all the way but never
by sufficient margin to feel safe.
It was soon apparent after the
game's start that it was to be a
personal scoring duel between Davis
of Murphy and Nichols of Hiwassee.
Splatterings
On
ports
? i' T i?v' aic Confcrcm-i- caiis
i. . : L)ucku.\, n ynttrdw to a.
t. * ;i t H' Mir of til;' 1941 L i
t..;: '.? ..tiuiiam . The >ir.;wii?.;. j,(.1?
al o ti) I ?1 condiu-icil nt the ,,,mt
timi D...Mo'.vn is bidding tor ;hi
tourney and it i- rumored tiur uiue
Kldi:i' also wan:. it. It is this v.; .tPr-,
opinion that Blur Kidgc will re ivf
the honor insofar as Ducktowu hold
the atfair just two years ago Mur
phy lias an excellent chance i .
cure tins rvent when the new :ym u
completed.
?the
Carolina's George Glamac;-.
another record thr otl.c; nigh- by
scoring 45 points in one gam:- U
Is aim. I a lorcKone conclusion that
Gli mark will also break the season
record for the nation. His one s ame
record is a conference record only
as that total has been exceeded more
than once in national competition.
Baseball season is drawing near.
The rumor that the grandstand was
to be moved will probably come true
sometime m August or Sctpember.
Present plans call for the moving of
the stand- wltrn the new building
is completed at the fair grounds ind
not tofore. That means that the in
field will probably remain in ti?>
same place where it was located larst
summer.
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CARD OF THANKS
W" wish to express to our many
friend- our thanks; for the beautiful
floral offerings and kindness in the
recent death of our beloved mother
and wife.
J. B. Shield and family
In the end it was Davis who came
out on top to lead her team to its
sixth victory against the lone de
feat suffered in the opening contcst
of the season.
At times the going was extremely
rough and both sides lost key play
ers by the personal foul route
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$
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