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Page 4 Sylva H Strong Finish Proves To Be Deciding Point i The undefeated Golden Hurri- I cane looked more like a soft, summer's breeze last Friday night, and managed to keep their slate clean only by the grace of a strong finish, over the determined Frank_ lin Panthers, who were out for an upset, and very nearly cashed in. With the aid of a Franklin fumble, Sylva was able to take an early 6 points lead, but they soon found themselves on the short,, and of a 7 to 6 count. ^ The Hurricanes punched another TD over in the 2nd stanza, and added 2 more points on a touchback in the 3rd to build up a 14 to 7 lead going into the 4th quarter. Franklin fought back however and knotted the count at 14 all, and it was then that the Hurricanes came to life f and began to roll, quickly scoring V and dominating a tiring Franklin h Panther throughout the final quar- n ter. I a The Sylva team plainly exhibited v a feeling of over - confidence (p throughout the early part of the game. They fumbled, missed easy s blocks and were terribly faked by the Franklin quarterback. Cunningham turned in a full 1 evening of hard running to lead the Hurricanes attack. Up front, Wesley Warren took honors in the Sylva defensive efforts. The line missed Zollie Fincannon. Early in the game, Franklin linemen kept j breaking through the tackle position, and Barnwell finally had to ahift "big Em" Bumgarner up to the forward wall to put some back- s bone into it. After Bumgarner had brought c the opening kickoff back to the Sylva 25 yard line, Cunningham1 started the evening right with a ' smashing 11 yard drive off tackle. . The attack bogged however, and 1 Sylva kicked to the Franklin 9 yd. stripe. | * Shields picked up 4 and then fumbled on the next play giving ' the ball to Sylva on the Franklin * 19. The Hurricane went straight * into paydirt. Cunningham got 6 k yards, Dillard smoked through for 1 12 more and Bumgarner took it * over from the 1 foot line. Cun-, 1 ning missed the extra point and the 1 score stood 6 to 0. I 1 FRANKLIN STRIKES j 1 Bumgarner kicked to the Frank- 1 lin 40 yard line and the Hurricanes 1 settled down for what they thought would be another run-away. Franklin had other plans however. 1 On the first play, Henry, a speed 1 demon, took a triple fake from the 1 quarterback and wound up in the 1 end zone 60 yards away, untouch- 1 ed. Archer put his extra point at- 1 tempt right in there and Sylva ' was behind 7-6. |( Cunningham fumbled the kick-,1 off but managed to bring it out 1 to the 4 yard line anyway. Bum- . gamer picked up 9 yards on two11 smashes at the line and Rhodes ? sneaked for the first down to bring J the ball out of the goal-posts' 1 shadows. Taking the ball three times,. Bumgarner picked up 81 yards, then 12 and let the ball get 1 away from him on a fumble that gave the ball to Franklin on the 1 45. They couldn't gain however, * and Henry kicked to the Sylva 20. 1 1 Bumgarner picked up 5 yards in 1 two attempts, Dillard got 5 to ring i up a 1st down, then made 6 more and Bumgarner made another first < down with a 8 yard effort. Cun- I ningham then weaved 32 yards' into the end zone for a touchdown. 1J The extra point attempt again failed. Score Sylva, 12 Franklin J 7. j1 Franklin came roaring back and 1 picked up a first down after the' 1 kiekoff, but Dillard intercepted a j ' pass to halt the attack as the half ' 1 ended. 1 1 Sylva kicked off to begin the * second half, and Henry fumbled 1 the ball twice in the endzone,1 finally being tackled and present- ' ing Sylva with 2 points to run the 1 score to 14 to 7. Upon taking the ball on the 45,' i Sylva was penalized 15 yards for clipping. The Hurricanes began to roll again however, with Hoyle, C u n n i ngham and Bumgarner ! mashing away at the Franklin! line. Hoyle flunked to ruin the < threat and Franklin took over.1 Franklin couldn't gain, punted, ] and recovered a Sylva fumble again, this time on the 50 yard 1 hue. Warren broke up the Franklin attack however, with an interception of Archer's pass on the Sylva 22. Sylva fumbled again I but managed to recover it themselves this time. Unable to push 1 the ball forward, Sylva tried to urrican Catamc PLUNGING RALPH llllllilll^ i A v m m i itALh'H MCUUiNixr^.u.u, piungmg ullback for the Catamounts of Vestern Carolina Teachers Col- . ege, came into his own Saturday light by scoring two touchdowns gainst East Tennessee as Cullochee won, 14-0. Ralph, who is ^ laying his last year with the 'ats, hails from Andrews. He ] tands 5 feet, 9 inches and weighs ; 75 pounds. i Sports 1 By Bill 40T IN THE RAIN The Hurricane isn't a mudder.' Uive 'em a dry field and they will itomp all over everything in sight ?let it rain, and they make it rough >n the home folks. Against Waynesville, they had he Mountaineers ready for the cill in that 3rd quarter, just after cnotting the score at 6 all, but loundering around in the mud, they fumbled three times and ust couldn't deliver the killing dck but a Franklin lineman broke hrough and blocked the punt on Monrv Hnoains anrl 'lit wwi * ?V?|? ^ Shields alternated for a first down, and then Huggins lugged the ball 15 yards into the end zone when :he Sylva defenders failed to :aekle him, thinking there was a penalty on the play. Archer kicked the point and Sylva was again in the hot seat, 14 to 14. HURRICANE CATCH FIRE Finally deciding that perhaps it was a football game they were playing after all and not checkers, the Sylva lads rolled out their power and stormed goalward. Cunlingham got 5, Hoyle made 11, Hoyle got another 5, Cunningham nade a first down on the Franklin 30. On the next play Hoyle went 3Ut of the game with an injury. t>ut the Hurricanes couldn't be halted. Cunningham picked up 18 yards on two smashes, Dillard ran for 10, Bumgarner powered for 3 and Dillard crossed the goal line for the TD. Hoxit ran the extra point and Sylva had the lead h to 14. Cunningham almost made it 28 to 14 seconds later. He broke into j the open and was on the way to the promised land when little Huggins caught and tackled him an the 9. It was a 61 yard footrace that saw Huggins gain 10 yards on Cunningham after they crossed the 50 yard line. The game ended ane play later. STATISTICS S. FR. First Downs 14 5 yds. rushing 269 158 Pass attps 0 6 Pass completed 0 3 Pass interpns 2 0 Punting average 36 30 yds. kicks retned 85 38 Fumbles recovered 1 3 yds. penalized 40 5 Sylva 6 6 2 7?21 Franklin 7 0 0 7?14 LINEUPS Sylva? Ends?Cabe, Parris, Moon. Tackles?Henry, Monteith, Bum. garner. Guards?Queen, Warren. Center?Ensley. Rnrlrs Cnnninffham Hovlf* Dil lard, Bumgarner, Hoxit. Scoring Touchdown?Bumgarner, Cunningham, Dillard. Point after TD?Hoxit. Franklin? Ends?Bo Norton, Jack Norton, Patillo. Tackles?Wilson, Jones, Blaine. Guards?Thomas, Alsup. Centers?Leach. Backs?Archer, Henry, Huggins, Shields, Elliott. Scoring Touchdowns ? Henry, Muggins. Extra points?Archer 2. THE S" es Slid< >unts T M 1 1 L Highlight* - Sp Local I For The Fan* \ ? O I . TT* < syiva mgri Biltmore Co 7:30; Coach . Coach James Barnwell will send lis Sylva High Golden Hurricane against the Jr. College "B" team of Asheville-Biltmore Friday night Corner I Miller blow. Last Friday night over in Franklin, they waded around in the slush for 3 quarters before finally pouring on the steam and overcoming a growling Panther, 21 to 14. They went for 269 yards on the ground all-right, but they punctuated every good drive with enough fumbles to choke off touchdown jaunts. But then it must be admitted that the lop-sided victories over Ben Lippen and Swannanoa were none too exciting, and so maybe a few gallons of water on the field before each game might make the season a bit more thrilling. FINCANNON MISSED Big Zollie, watching the game from the sidelines must have winched to see that Franklin tackle breaking into the Sylva backfield Friday night. Fincannon is the sparkplug in that big forward wall. With him, its a powerful unit on either defense or offense. Take him out and things don't work as smoothly. The big boy will have to watch 4 more this year from the sideline, but will see action against Asheville-Biltmore, Black Mountain and Mars Hill. THRILL A MINUTE High School football around in the hills has produced its share of thrills this season. Perhaps the most thrilling al all, was the climax of that Hendersonville, Rutherfordton game two weeks ago; with Rutherfordton leading 20 to 18, a Hendersonville back, intercepted a pass behind his goal line and ran 110 yards with the winning touchdown on the last play of the game. Over in Canton last Friday night, two rivals, Waynesville and Canton were playing "dog eat dog" and had come down to the last minute with a 0 to 0 score. Then with only seconds remaining, Waynesville pushed over the game winning touchdown. OUT BY A POTATO On the lighter side?they are still talking about the "potato catcher" down in the Sally baseball league. With the score tied in the last of the ninth in a hot pennant race game this summer, there were three men on and only one man away. The catcher just didn't think his pitcher could get out of the mess alive, so he took things into his own hands. Hiding the ball in his glove, he pulled a potato out of his hip pocket and threw it over the 3rd baseman's head. The runner, thinking it was the ball that was running loose out in left field, went charging in home with what he thought was the winning run. But there was the catcher watching with the ball, and the ump called the runner out. What followed almost became a "free-for-all", until tne umpire "changed" his mind and put the runner back on 3rd. The event so rattled the offensive team, that they failed to score, and the first man up in the next inning hit a home run to win the game. Who? You guessed?the "potato" catcher. Read Herald Want Ads. TLVA HERALD AND RUR-r e By Frt ake Eas The Sylva orts Secti National ? Into George Clouse, Sports Edito BILL MILLER, Writer To Take On liege "B " Te Barnwell Nig on Mark Watson Field at 7:30 p.* m. The game, which stacks up' as a slam-bang affair, will high- 1 light "Coach Barnwell Night" on the local sports scene. Little is known of the strength' of the Asheville-Biltmore junior varsity but it seems certain that a team made up of boys who finished high school last year, and were probably better than average' players, since they are taking a fling at college ball, will give the Hurricanes a full evening of football. Barnwell has worked the team hard this week, hoping to iron out some of the rough spots that were evident in the close-shave over in Franklin last Friday night. Scheduled to start for the Hurricanes will be Parris and Moon at end, Henry and Fincannon at the tackle slots, Queen and War] ren holding down the guard posts I and Ensley getting the nod at ! the center slot. In the backfield it will be Cunningham, Hoyle, Rhodes and Bum, garner. Cats To Meet East Carolina Saturday Night The undefeated Western Carolina Catamounts throw their title hopes on the line Saturday night at Canton when they go against the Eastern Carolina Teachers in Canton's Memorial Stadium. \ The Cats will be seeking their fifth consecutive win of the season and.their third in the conference circles. The Eastern Carolina eleven, on the other hand, is on the rebound under the guidance of Coach Dole, who turned out State Champs at Fayetteville High School. According to reports from line Coach "Tuck" McConnell the pirates have one of the best passers in the State in Roger Thrift and have a great concentrated attack. Coaches Young and McConnell have rounded out one of the greatest grid machines since their coming to tne mountain Community in 1946 and will toss the works for victory Saturday night. With the weatherman giving his blessing on the nite of the big tilt, the ftin) should see a high type of football when the single-wing standby meets with the Eastern Carolina spilt T formation. The ALUMINUM ANt Plenty Of $9 Per S All Kinds Building ai Galvanized Pipe ? NORGE ELECTRI , WASHERS, REFRK I f>FFP F1 ISYLVA COAL J "The Complete Phone 71 *.LITE inklin P? ?t Tenn< r i 1 Ashevillemm Friday 'ht Featured' Kittymomits Roll i Over Mars Hill ; By 13-6 Count !; The W.C.T.C. Kittymounts kept 1 their string intact last Saturday!' afternoon by romping over the J Mars Hill College Lions, 13 to 6 J In a game that saw rain turn the field into a sea of mud, the Cullowhee boys took the cue from their big brothers and scored once ' in the 1st and again in the 3rd ' periods, the same way in which | the big Catamounts beat East ] Tennessee State that night. I Playing before a capacity crowd of 1200 spectators, the hard charg- 1, ing Kittymount line and a host of fancy stepping backs told the ' tale over Mars Hill. Jay Hooper and Bozo Burleson scored once each to lead the Kittymounts. The Kittymounts scored first, ] taking the opening kickoff and J driving straight for the end zone. J Jay Hooper went over from the'. 3 and Whitaker added the extra point with his toe. Joe Estes, a Bryson City product reeled off 40 yards around right end to the Mars Hill 12, to set up the second score. Burleson scored standing up two plays later. This time Whitaker's kick went wide. The Lions came back in the EZZARD CHARLES TO DEFEND CROWN Ezzard Charles, the Georgia born Negro, will defend his heavyweight crown for the second time, Friday night, in a 15-round bout with Pat Valentino of California. The fight is to be in San Francisco. Ezzard, who belted Gus Lesnevich for seven rounds last August, will be a big favorite to lick the former California State Champion. The long-haired Valentino i hasn't fought since he captured his state's championship by whipping Turkey Thompson in a 15rounder last December. Cats are strong enough to make the T party an interesting occasion, and the Pirates of Eastern r* 1: ~.,4. . v | v_-cii uiixici me uui tvj uiai\c cue iui fly high, wide, and handsome. The game is schedule to get under way at 8 p. m. on the dot. Tickets may be purchased in Sylva at either Cope's Gulf Service or Wallin's Shoe Store. ) GALV. ROOFING All Lengths .50 >quare rid Plumbing Materials - Plenty in all sizes CAL APPLIANCES IERATORS, STOVES REEZERS b LUMBER CO. Hardware Store" Sylva, N. C. anther; essee, 1 JCAT END - J _ ?' * t JL BOB HUMPHREY, 190 pound ;nd for the Catamounts, has proved his worth in his first year at Western Carolina Teachers Colege. He has alternated as start,ng end since the beginning of the season. Bob, who stands an even 5 feet, hails from Shelby. final quarter and scored on a passalay from Bill Myers to John Whitehead good for 35 yards. A fumble prevented the try for ex;ra point. Hooper, Estes, and Burleson were the Kittymount running guns, and Bill Owen, Clyde Bumgarner and Gene Howell were the Dig boys in the forward wall. Mars Hill had Myers and White, lead doing most of the offensive work, and Saunders and Danny jlenn were the mainstays on the defensive line. STATISTICS WCTC "B" M.H. First downs 10 8 ?ds. rushing 195 140 Pass attempts 0 11 Pass comp 0 5 Yds. gained pass 0 90 Inter, passes 2 0 Punting aver 32 48 Dpp. fumbles rec 3 0 Penalities 60 45 LINEUPS? WCTC "B" Ends ? Cunningham, White, Cagle, Hiwell. Tackles?Owen, Cook, Burleson. Bumgarner, Proctor. Guards ? Donovan, Dobbins, Singleton, Ilderton, Cagle. Centers?Padgett, Mayfield. Backs ? Whitaker, Caperilla, Cabe, Ussery, T. Hornaday, Johnson, Hooper, Lee, B. Hornaday, Estes. MARS HILL. Ends?Saunders, Curling, MoorS, Bowman, Gammon. Tackles?Hipp, Mathis, Evans, Holland, Cook. I Guards?Olive, Haire, Holges, Litaker. Centers?Glenn, Overton, Lang. Backs ? Myer, Whitehead, Mayhew, Englasd, Phillips, Threat, Collins, Martin, Nelson. trii iriHn Month after month and mih series prove they are the top t duty field . . . prove it thoroug livers the goods at low cost { Powered by big, efficient engir the famed "Army Workhorse' sturdy chassis . . highlighted products of the world's larg commercial vehicles are truly series GMC ideally suited to yc let us show you, point by poii : Hooper ! Main Street Thursday, Oct. 13, 1949 4 721-14 4 To 0 Hamilton, McConnell And Hipps Prove Outstanding Big Ralph McConnell bulled his way into the end zone two times last Saturday night at Johnson City, Tenn., and that told the story as the Western Carolina Catamounts rolled to a 14 to 0 victory over the East Tennessee State gridders. Playing before 8,000 spectators, the powerful Catamounts hit paylirt once in the first period and 1 again in the third to dominate a scrappy but outclassed Tennessee eleven. Ralph Clark made both extra point attempts good after M c C o n n ell's two touchdown jaunts. Besides McConnell, other Catamounts doing their share of outstanding work for the evening were Pee Wee Hamilton, Hersey Hipps, Dan Robinson, Buffalo Humphries, and Arthur Byrd. For East Tennessee, Gen Quarrels and Paul Musselman looked good all the way. Unlike last week's bruising and penalty-filled tilt with Tuluscum, Cullowhee experienced a clean, hard game with the East Tennessee boys and came away with a better opinion of the State this week. The win kept the Cats still in top spot in the North State Conference. Appalachian took LenoirRhyne by the count of 19 to 6 removing the Bears from the undefeated list. Left to challenge the Cats are Catawba and Guilford. A ?in -?I- . . rerceniages wui wvik aiauuv mc i Catamounts however, if all three remain undefeated, for the Catamounts play only 4 Conference foes, while Guilford and Catawba 'meet more. BASKETBALL TOURNEY TO BE HELD AT CANTON FEB. 20 Its rushing the season slightly, but .... * Canton Schools Athletic Director C. C. Poindexter announced last week that the 15th annual Western North Carolina Gold Medal Basketball Tournament will be held the week of February 20 at Canton High School. Mr. Poindexter explained that he was making the announcement at this time when the air is filled with flying footballs to give basketball coaches an opportunity to ^ arrange their regular season 0 schedules accordingly. Waynesville's girls and the Mills River boys are scheduled to defend the titles they won last winter. Western North Carolina's oldest cage carnival will run through February 25. 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