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The Sports
Eazaar
WILLIAM A. TUCK
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YOU?” That’i the answer you
ffet almotf tnvariably w)ien yo-j
»ak any DorlAmite if he’a going
to th« NCC Bluefield fame in
Winston Salem next Saturday
&%faf, October 12. Even in other
nearby towns, they are mnking
plknt to aee this rame whicii is to
•erre as a wonderful index to
the comparative strenirth of the
two teams a^inst Cl A A eompetj-
tion. "They say” there will be
plenty of **added attr&ctioiis"
both before and after the fracns.
Ask Herb Tillery.
And the game itself will be
well worth Che trip. Bnth
eoaches are fairly well satisfic'i
with the teams they have tiiis
year and fcsve no thoughts about
dolh^ a thinir oHier than winn-
in«.
Over at Shaw University last
Saturday, Gene Harrington, So-
phmore halfback and pride of
Darham, really put on a show
for os DHrtlaniftes who went over
to see Shaw beat St Paul (27 0)
Gene has started this season in
‘1 grand style confirming the
opinion that his high school coach
and others have always had. Hn
b a natural bom athlete with
plenty of brains. To prove that he
can master Jnst about any
■itaation that atises, he threw
. losses almost at will and when in
,a Jam he put on several exh'bi-
tions of fast, elusive runnim?.
ran for one touchdoivn nnd
*1hrew the pass that acoounted for
•^Bother. Aside from Gene, the
tCIAA needs to watch Shaw’s
Davis, Worthy, Spilggs, Kee,
Wilson and Lutz.
»» At last Hillside has an opponent
^^^that is causing jt little worry at
the practice sesaions. Advance in
formation on the Stephens
^ team of Asheville (they will be
' here Friday night) is to the effect
that tte line will face Hi!lsid.i’s
green forward wall wUl outweign
the 'Dwrfiain fellows tremendous
ly. 8o, since Coach Riddick tl-
, ways has an answer, he is pUnn-
Ing to take to the air in Friday
iHght’s game. Pasg drills have
been the order of the week, offen
lively and defensively.
The Asheville team has not
lost a game to a North Carolina
team in two years and the Hill
side Loys have not lost a game to
anyone in three years. They
both have records to defsend and
the question is which team will
leave Durham Athletic Park with
a shattered record Friday nig’it.
Arrangement* are almost com
plete for a game with Peabody
High of Virginia on the IKh.
By some HOOK or CEOOK
Coach W. F. Barghardt’s N. C
Ck)Uege football plays are known
in other nearby college camps
the next day after they are in
troduced to the players here; ficij
since, real concentrated drills
games have begun he has taken
the boys behind the locked doora
with only the Press allowed to
observe. At least this will slow
down the actions of the “fifth
columnists” a little.
PORTING JORLD
DRAKE HAS TWO PLAYERS;;
EYES STAR FRESHMAN
D1)S MOrNES, la., _(ANP)—
Two star colored players are ex
pected to bolster Drake univer
sity’s hopes for a Missouri con
ference football champion'ihip.
They aje Willard Cushingberr/,
of Lawrence, Kan., who is 6 feet
and weighs 195 pounds, regubr
tackle, and Perry Harris of Oma
ha, Neb., left halfback. Harris
welerhs only li55 an4 stands 5 feet
9 but ^ unusually fast and shif
ty and is counted on to scoi-e
many touchdowns this fall.
I'rak*? Tihu*'( ar.d partisans
are also keeping their eyes on
Clifford Lovelady, a freshman
halfback from West Des Moines,
HORNETS WILL DEPEND
ON AERIAL ATTACK
Asbville
Outweighs
Hillside
DURHAM — At the Hillai.le
Park High School concentrated
drills havs begun in preparation
for Friday night’s game against
Stephen’s Lee High School of
Aiftieville. The game will begin
at Durham Athletic Park at g p.
m. Drills this week have cenvei-
ed around defense against passes
ai well as a passing attack whicn
will be used if the weight of fc'tie
visiting (earn beigins to make
iBrround attacks unprofitable.
The Steven-Lee line outweighs
Hillside’s inexperienced line Sf.v-
ers^l po-unds per man, their
weights ranging from 165 to 20S,
therefore the locals are expe«Hed
to use numerous passes.
Coaqh of the Asheville tea^i is
C. L. Moore, a graduate of Shaw
University and the University uf
AVisconsin. He is entering his
sixth year as coach there atid
during that time he has won the
western North Carolina champion
ship twice (1'935 and 1938) and
has not lost a game to a North
School team in
Bull Brigade Ready
To Face Allen U.
who looms as one of the finest
prospects ever to matriculate
here. In practice he has hurled V®” the team has
passes 70 yards and is a sens;!-
tional runner. The only regret is
tihat he is not stieijhk to play this
y«*r.
WALTER GORDOIN JR. NO.
quarterback AT CALIF.
BBRKBLBY, Cal., — (ANP)—
Walter Grordon Jr., son of the Right Guard
All-Annerican guard at the Uni- Right Tackle
versity of California who is now Right End -
coach of the freshman Ramblers Quarterback
and one of the West Coast’s Ace
scouts, is No. 2 quarterback on
already registered a 20-0 vic
tory over New Port Tenn.
The Pi’obable Starters Friday
night will be:
Position
Left End . .
Left Taogle — .
Left Guard
Center
Garrett’s Biltmore
Drug Store
East Pettirrrw Street
Phone L>0961
THE BEST IN EVERY UNE
Half Back
Half Back ..
Pull Back ..
Poiition
Left End .... ,
Left Tackle ,
Left Guard _
Center
Right Guard
Right Tackle
Right End ..
Quarterback .
Asheville
.. Hadden
. Kenaedy
Palrue
__ Gibson
. . Bror.ks
Hollo vvay
.... Bishop
__ Scc.it
.,. W:*nen
. .... Reid
.Wilson
Hilhide
, Lyons
Brower
. __ Pike
... Moore
. . Latta
Robinson
Lawver.pe
. .Blount
^he Cblifomia squad. Young Gor
don is 19, stands 5 feet 9 inches
tall, and weighs 160 pounds.
CHARLOTTE, N. C. — Faeing
the 1S)40 scasoh “under pres
sure”—under all t!he pressure
that a brillir.nt upset record and
pre-season rating co»ld afford—
Johnson C Smith University’^
hard-riding GoMen Bull Brigode
ia undergoing last strenuous and
concentrated drill as Eddi« Jack
son and his coaching staff work
desperately to whip the BuHs in
to shape for the initial test a- e'^er, three big North Carolinians,
gainst Allen University this week sophomore Tracy Long, 211 lb.
end. • Gastonia Had, and freshman ‘Lit-
With Kenny Powel], craok rir.g John’ Tate,*208 pounder from
master of the Bulls’ famed aerial Lexington, N. C., and six foot.
wjth his terrific line smashes,
)ullet passes, and defensive work
from the fullback »not. Big KJ-
dic McGirt, Camden, S. C. flash,
and Joe Newlin, have also shown
considerable promise.
“Goose” Primus, six foot, 3
inch Floridan who was also ham
pered by injuries 3ast season, has
been raising havoc at tackle t!.u>
far and should get the call. How-
circus, to vitalize the baekf’eld,
and ’3'9 All-CIAA end, Jack
Brayboy, together with the TNI
twins, “Moutc” Toliver and Joe
Tull, guards, to spark the line
there is an increased note of
confidence in the Bull pen thru
the mentors bemoan the lack of
anothwr jKPQk t9 apply just a it-
tle mSP^^ax and polish to a few
of the newcomers.
But when the whistle commeiu
ces hostilities at Columbia, S. C.
this Saturday, there will bd an
eleen composed entirely of sea
soned campaigners to carry the
battle-scarred standard o f the
Gold and Blue into the fray—an
eleven that wiil admit no master
and promises to be second to
none.
For the past week’s two ugly
blotches'-- vacancies at fuUhaCk
and tackle-which illness and
graduation threatened to leave
permanently on the Bull armor,
hSs caused considerable worry in
the Smith camp. However, th>3re
have been at least tentatively re
moved by brilliant showings of
two seniors.
The great "Hammer" Brooks,
four inch 187 lb. Bill Chase of
Rocky Mount are doggring his
steps as they battle for the spot
from which “Bull” Meadows was
chosen three time# eoniecutively
All-CIAA.
Except for a few questionable
replacements, the Bulls stand
three deep in each position with
the freshman contingent being
largely called upon to furnish re
serveff.
Though injuries have been
slight and minor, Hank Murphy,
speedy Denora, Pa. sophomore
halfback, who has distinguished
himself already with eehsational
runs, recently suffered a leg
sprain. But he is expected to be
back in shape for the blowoff
this Saturday.
tuOUlN
B0KIN6
MAXie HAD ONe OF Hl5
60OD NI6HTC WITH 6AU6HT0.
He o-Ai/vNS He
CXX)t.O*00 THINGS
WITH LiCX>l8 NOO>.'
AiAxie
TOO €AS|LY.
THe uve*woRe hits -we coMes/ttfK h^aiu
UCLA USING TWO
NEGRO BACKS
LOS ANGELES, — (ANP)~
Although without the service of
Kenny Washington and Woodrow
Strode, halfback and end who
graduated in June, the Univer
sity of California at Ijos Angeles
Aggies Out For Revenge
In Saturday Night Cap
The dream game of dream CIAA competition.
nevertheless has two Negro Btara
of CIAA pv^ilistic fame, viewipgj^^jQ expected to carry the
liis last year in the moleskins'mail and possibly send the
for Johnson C. Smith, looms .vs Uclans into the Rose Bowl.
the number one replacement for
the inimitable “Cboo Choo” Jack
son. Tipping the beams at 1315
lbs., and knit of a leg injury that
has kept him off his game siiee
he first rode the crest of fame as
a'freshman in 1937, Brooks has
drawn the eyes of all obser.^ers
Half Back
Half Back
Full Back
Plunmicr
.. . Sellars
Wallace
FOOTBALL
INTERSTATE CLASSIC
SATURDAY NITE
OCT. 12th
BLUEFIELD
State Teachers College
-vs-
Eick-off
l:M o’clock
BOWMAN>GRAY
Mcoerial Stadium
North Carolina
College Eagles
Winston-Salem, N. C.
ADAOfSlON 7Sc Tax Included
;
Jackie Robinson, leading Bruin
candidate for All-American, will
be putting dn his final year at
half back. This year he may try
his hand at tossing passes. Al-
thougijj having ^ great reputation
along this line, he did not navs
a chance to do any heaving in
games involving two football
giantb for a titantic cia«h Is set
for Greensboro stadium here Sai.
night, October 5 at 8:1'5 P. M.
With the tooting of the refei’ee’s
whistle the 1'940 edition of the
A. and T. Aggies will take the
field against the Rattlers of Flu.
A. and M. college. This encount-
Already '25,000 merchants tic
kets have been distributed htre
indir.sting an all time high ior
attendance at a Negro fo^otball
game in these parts. Festivities
appropriate to the occasion have
been planned and will be added
attractions on the night’s osrd.
Two of the greatest aggvoga
er is a long awaited one by spores jtions of mechanized manpower
fans in this section sincfe it in-^ to ever thrill Carolina throng? is
volves two of the most powerful the prospects for this game. The
elevens in the country.
As the Aggies initial engage,
ment, the forthcoming fracas will
serve as a barometer indicating
possible chances for success n
was good at receiving. At right
halfback will be Ray Bartlett.
1940' because Washington was'Both played together at Pasadena
there to toss ’em and Robinson Junior college.
Rattlers have another great of
fensive brewing at Tallahassee
and will utilize every weapon,
secret or otherwise, to atone for
the O'O tie which was the result
of last season’s game between
the two teams. The Aggies aro
ready for anything in the opinion
of their coaching staff and will
show the greatest manifestation
reserve strength on that day it
has ever assembled.
Last season, the Aggies began
a new coaching regime and
reapcC r. fair degree of success
until Injuries set in. At one time
during the ’39 season, many
thought that they were definitely
on the march toward myth'cal
honors.
Another dream team is in llie
making this year. The veterans
left from last year’s stirring cam
paigns are well fortified by a
brilliant assemblage of new ma-
terial from nil parta of the coun
try. Better balanced material
seems to be the forte of this edi
tion’s attaok. The brilliant year-
liAgs who ran rampant during the
'30 eabipaign are now sophomores
aud the accumulated experience
shbitld take the locals places in
a big way.
A. and T. has been practicing
undei^ eecracy all season. The
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“NEVER TOUCHED ME ”
Next time he may be "tiffed out***