Children's Home
Tops In Conference
Barium Springs, N<yv. ,17.—
There is Just no w^y to predict
bow things are going to turn
out. You can hardly blame the
preps when the big boys set such
a whale of an example. What we
are referring to Is State beating
Wake Forest 20-0, Wake Forest
beating Carolina a couple of
touchdowns and Carolina beating
State a half-dozen touchdowns—all
of which leads up to
the comment on last *6ek's doings
In the South Piedmont Conference.
For a change every
game was played, rain or no rain.
The Children's Home, coasting
through for their final game and
a championship, barely squeaked
past Thomasvllle, and Thomasville
is away down in the second
division. The socrre was 7-6, and
Clary, no doubt, has a few extra
gray hairs this morning. If the
Children's Hornet had lost that
game they would still have been
champions because Lexington,
who would otherwise have Jumped
into first place, played Concord
to a tie. Concord, the thricebeaten
team, aJV but took that
game away from Lexington, the
final score being 6-6.
There must be something about
this Bowl situation that
brings these things about. The
Children's Home had accepted an
Invitation to the Tobacco" Bowl,
and no doubt the players could
not get their minds on an unimportant
game like that with
Thomasville. Lexington had already
accepted an invitation to
the Lions Bowl game at Hickory
and It was just routine to bump
off Concord, but Concord would
not have It that way. Now, Concord
hag accepted a bid to play
in Shelby for the runner-up In
the Western Conference, or possibly
the champion of the western
Conference, depending on the
outcome of their games this
week.
Asheboro threw a scare Into
Albemarle with the final score
being Albemarle ?6-Asheboro 13,
and remember Albemarle was
last year's champion and so far
this year Asheboro has not won
a game. Spencer came and
jumped all over Statesville to
the tune of 32-0, and Kannapolis
went to Monroe and was defeated
by that Monroe team which Is a
whole lot . better than their
standings would indicate.
IJorth Wilkesboro played out
of the conference in the battle of
Wilkes, and was taken by Its
neighbor, Wilkesboro, 13-6. Barium
journeyed to Salisbury and
in the first thirteen minutes of
the game gave up four touchdowns
and during the rest of the
game gave up one. The final
score was Salisbury 31-Barium 0.
The games for this week are as
follows: Lexington goes to Albemarle,
and should defeat them;
North Wilkesboro goes to Asheboro
and should defeat Asheboro;
Concord goes to Thomasvilje
and should defeat Thomasville,
but you never can tell.
Statesville goes to Barium for
the final* chapter of the battle of
Iredell, and that will be the game
of the week, regardless of the
fact that both teams took a rather
severe drubbing last week.
Both teams will be at their peak,
and will play their best game.
It will be an afternoon game at
3:00 at Barium. *
Pour games will be played in
the Western Conference - this
week—Marlon goes to Cherryville
In a fight for fourth place;
Forest City goes to Kutherfordton—(both
are In the second didlslon;
Llncolnton goes to N. C.
S. D. and should win handily. The
big game Is when Morganton
goes to Shelby. Neither team hae
been defeated. Of course, the
victor in this game will 'be the
undisputed champion o f the
Western Conference. If It Is a tie
Shelby will be the winner be-,
cause they have one more vie-!
tory than Morganton and a tie
game would give them a little j
bit of an edge in the percentage.
This should be the most Interest-1
ing game in this end of the state. J
Both teams have accepted Bowl i
bids, but it Is hardly likely that
either will forget this particular
game in thinking of the BoWl
game because this is all-Important.
There Is a trophy fight noW
at the Jewelers .waiting for tlie
name "Morganton" or "Shelby"
to be engraved. It Is for the
championship of the 194T football
season of the Western Conference.
South Piedmont Standing
* W. L. T.
Children's Home 6 0 0
Lexington * , 6 11
Mooreevllle — — 4 11
Spencer _+ 4 12
Albemarle . „ 3 2 0
Concord 4 3 1
Barium 3 3 0
N. Wilkesboro .... 2 2 1
Monroe — .— 3 4 0
Thomasvllle .... , 3 4 0
Kannapolis 2 6 0
Statesville ...; — 16 0
Ashefboro 0 8 0
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