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Thursday Afternoon, March 31, 1949
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infield positions
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ms set with Bob
egulars last year,
iai of newcomers
into the lineup.
looked good in
buld be ready for
starting lineup is
fcove named play-
to see action in
The starting pit-
wn out Jim rwuy-
Iw hurler. will be
along with Jim
itsider.
Icttennan pitcher
was expected to
starling assign-
tit turn out tins
lOSE RACE
bles, Gipsy, and
ride in the Gipsy
knkey Relay Race
Jht.
Ivill be staged at
hf the Waynesville
Donkey Ball Game
hie High School
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ink our friends for
;ions of sympathy
p son and brother.
Ivis, was killed in
ago in the battle
for their thought-
pne of his services
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Waynesville Men To PU
Baseball Abilities And
Wits Against Donkies
The Lions and Rotarians win
match their softball talents against
I each other Thursday night at the
' Waynesville High School stadium
jfor the benefit of the High School
I Band.
j But before the game can be set
tled one way or the other, they'll
i have to prove that Man is superior
to Donkey.
The Donkey Ball Game, sched
uled to start at 7:29 P.M., will
I feature nine players on each side,
i and some four-footed friends,
j named Mae West, Dick Tracy, Bet
ty Grable, Superman, Hank Sin
atra, Miss America, Mr. Milque
toast, Gipsy Rose Lee, Sad Sack,
Gravel Gertie, Peaches, and Sal
ly Rand.
The game, incidentally, is play-
Local Golfers
Open Season
At Brevard
Waynesville High's newest ath
letic representatives were all set
to swing into action yesterday af
ternoon when Coach Carl Rate iff
and his Waynesville Mountaineer
golf team was scheduled to jour
ney to Brevard to battle the Brev
ard Bhie Devils.
This is the first time in the his
tory of Waynesville High School
that a golf team has been fielded
but it is planned as an annual af
fair on the school's athletic set-up.
The Blue Ridge Conference, of
which Waynesville is a member,
this year set up golf as a regular
part of the conference activities
and besides the matches between
the schools of tile conference,
plans at the present call foc aAoiu
nament later in the season, the site
of which is undecided at the pres
ent. Hendersonville has shown a de
sire for the tournament and also
tlie local high school would like to
bring it here where it could be
played over the spacious 18 hole
course at the Waynesville Country
Club.
The local team has been getting
in as much practice as the weather
would permit and had high hopes
of turning back the Blue Devils
yesterday.
Coach Ratelifr announced that
! two additional matches have been
j added to the schedule. The local
i team will journey to Tryon to face i
I the Tryon Tigers on April 10 with!
i the Tigers returning the match !
here on April 20.
Players making the Brevard trip !
.yesterday included: Clifford Green,
Harold ' Mills, Jack Rogers, and
; Oliver Earlv.
Canton Pigeons Drill For
Industrial League Play
The Canton Industrial League
baseball team, which will be known
as the "Pigeons", is anticipating
working out under Manager C. C.
Poindexter in preparation for the
opening of the Industrial league
season April 16.
The Canton team, which drop
ped out of the Industrial league
when the Champion YMCA drop
ped baseball from their program,
was formed last year by interested
players and with the help of the
Canton merchants, who supplied
uniforms, played a schedule with
most of the teams of Western North
Carolina the latter part of the
season.
With the players and mer
chants showing so much interest,
Manager Poindexter, athletic di
rector at Canton high school, took
the task as manager for the com
ing season.
When the Sayles team was drop
ped from the league this year,
Canton was readily admitted, giv
ry Item in Our Store
O
eii in ehukkers, like polo, instead
of innings, like softball.
All the players except the bat
tery and the batter will be on don
keys. If the batter gets a hit, he'll
swing up on his mount and try to
coax him around the bases.
From there on the resemblance
to softball will stop.
The hitter not only has the job
of beating the throw but also of
overcoming his companion's ani
mal nature.
And there is no sense in review
ing the traditional characteristics
of the donkey.
The lineups will be announced
before game time.
One of the features of the pro
gram wil lbe a Gipsy Rose Lee
Donkey Relay Race, with Sally,
Bubbles, Gipsy, and Peaches en
tered as the jockeys.
North
Creek
Many Improvements
Are Being Made At
Waynesville High
In Athletic Setup
The athletic set-up at Waynes
ville High School has been mod
ernized greatly during the past
few weeks.
One of the major improve
ments has been the replacing of
the wooden press box atop the
football stadium with a modern
concrete block structure which
will more than double the capac
ity1 of the . old one and! also give
a oetter viiw of the Heldi
The new press box will enable
the local reporters, visiting news
papermen and Radio Station
WIICC all to he comfortably tak
en rare of with room to spare.
One of the other additions
which has been completed was
the building of a concrete block
wall from the south stadium to
the fence circling the south end
of the playing field.
One other improvement, under
way now is the construction of a
block ticket house mid-way the
two stadiums where all tickets
will be sold directly at the ent
rants to both stadiums with the
spectators having the use of the
large double gates instead of the
smaller, single gate where the
present ticket booth is situated.
The gas industry has more than
370,000 miles of pipe to gather,
transmit and distribute gas to
consumers.
ing Haywood two representatives
in the league.
Manager Poindexter issued a
call for all players last week and
was expecting several newcomers
out along with most of last year's
team.
Among the players expected back
this year are: "Rabbitt" Moore and
Junior Rhymer, both pitchers.
Buddy Ivester, who is expected to
make a strong bid for the catching
job. Jennings Rogers, Frank Har
din, Dee Stevenson and Sam Rath
bone, all infielders. Walt Spence,
popular Canton performer, will
either perform behind the bat or
in the outfield.
In asking for admittance to the
Industrial League, Manager Poin
dexter stated that it was the desire
of the Canton players to play ball
and the fans of this section can
rest assured that when the umpire
shouts, "Play Ball," they will be
set and ready to go.
Rule
Wearing a Boston Braves' uniform. Veteran National League Umpire
pitching rules as Boston players listen. The new rules, incidentally,
Canton Boys; Fines
Girls Junior Champs
Brackett Paces
Bowling League
With 174 Average
According to the latest figures
released by Art Veith, .secretary of
the Waynesville Ten Pin League,
Jim Brackett. of Ward's Esso team,
continues as individual leader with
an average of 174 for (!3 games.
Wilson "Spider" Medford, also
of Ward's remained in second place
with an average of 170 for Til
games. Still holding third spot in
the averages Is R, W. Stretcher, of
the Waynesville Bowling Center
team with an averape of !6!1 for
55 games.
In fourth place is Rill Cochran,
of Ward's and Tom Boyd, of the
A. C. Lawrence Outsiders with an
average of 162. Cuehrau has rolled
G3 games while Boyd has rolled GO.
TOP SCORER AGAIN?
Doue BENTLEV. of te
CHICAGO BLACK HAWKS,
HAS A GOOD CHANCE TQ
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School For Ball Players
In fifth place is .lulius Riggins,
al:.o of Ward's, with an average of
Kil for 63 games rolled in .league
competition.
The top ten bowlers of the
league are as follows:
C Ave. Ildp.
63 174 4
51 170 7
55 168 9
63 162 13
60 162 13
63 161 14
21 160 15
54 1 59 1 5
61 159 15
24 157 17
63 156 Hi
Bracket!, Ward's
Medford, Ward's
Stretcher, WBC
Cochran, Ward's
Boyd, Cutsole
Riggins, Ward's
W. Burgin. Ind.
Dudley, Cutsole
Boone, Dayton
W. Carswell, Ind.
S Carswell, C'ts'lc
BOWLING SCHEDULE
April 5
Cutsole vs. W.B.C.
Dayton vs. Independents.
Mountaineers vs. Ward's.
By Alan Mover
IF POUG POESN'T WN
THE Tl7tE IT'S A CNCN
THAT HIS TEAMMATE
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WILL - ANP TNERE'S
A GOOP CHANCE THAT
JM COAlACHER, OF TN5,
HAWKS WILL FNISH.
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are aimed to help the hitter.
The Fines Creek girls and North
Canton boys retained their basket
ball crowns in the Haywood Coun
ty Junior 4-H tournament Monday
as they came through with vic
tories in the finals to take home
the trophies for the second year in
a row.
The Fines Creek girls had a fair
ly easy task in downing the Clyde
girls, 38 to 7. Although the game
was figured as a close affair, the
Fines Creek lassies turned on the
power to' hit the nets at a constant
pace to outclass the fighting Clyde
girls. (
In reaching the championship
round., the Fines Creek team
opened with a 2!) to 5 win over
the Waynesvilel lassies and ad
vanced to the finals by downing
Bethel, 30 to 11.
Miss Ferguson and Miss Rath
bone sparked the champions in
their final tilt with 21 and 11 points
respectively.
The North Canton boys had to
go all out to retain their cham
pionship and turn back the Clyde
quint, 41 to 31.
The game was one of the best
played games in Hie hoys' division
although it did not match the
North Canton-Pennsylvania Avenue
thriller in the semi-finals.
McClure, North Canton forward,
captured scoring honors of the
tilt with 14 points to nose out
IHUI11I ldiiLifii u iliri , Willi j
; hit the loop lor l.i markers. Lnn
I bo was outstanding for Clyde with
10 points.
The North Canton quint opened
defense of their crown with an
overwhelming 82 to 15 victory over
the Morning Star five and then
showed that they were of cham
pionship class by turning back
the Pennsylvania Avenue quint, 28
to 27 in the outstanding game of I
i the tournament.
j This year's tournament, which
I was sponsored by the First Na- j
1 tional Bank and Underwood Sup- i
j ply Company, was under the J
j supervision of Joe Cline, assistant
county agent. The event was a suc
cess from every angle as these :
grade school basketball players j
gave excellent performances for ;
the schools. I
FINALS
Girls' lineuo: I
Fines Creek (38) Clyde (7)
F Ferguson (21) Spencer (ll :
F Haynes (6) Jones (4)
F Rathbone (11) Farley (H1
G Trantham McCracken
G Messer Fowler j
G Evans Carver
Subs: Fines Creek Osborne.
Rogers; Clyde Green, Abbott U),
McKinney, M. Green.
Boys' lineup;
N. Canton (41) Clyde (31)
F McClue (14) Sutton 181
F Carpenter (8) Stevenson (2)
C Jones (13) Limbo 1 0)
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Local Girls Defeat Cantor
Canton Boys Trip Crabtree
In Finals Of 4-H Tourney
The Waynesville girls and Can
ton boys walked off with the cham
pionship titles in the annual Sen
ior 4-H basketball tournament
placed on the Waynesville High
gym Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Waynesville lassies jumped
into an eight to nothing lead be
fore the Canton girls could hit the
loop and were never headed after
that.
The local sextet, with Betty Shee
han and Nancy Medford hitting
from all angles, led 10 to three at
the quarter, 21 to 14 at the half
and 27 to 19 at the end of the third
quarter. With Peggy Noland's pass
ing setting up the plays, the local
team maintained their lead in the
final period although the Canton
lassies rallied behind Sarah Fish
to close the gap some but could
not overcome it.
Bessie 'Sue Francis, Thomasine
Fisher and Alwayne McClure
turned in an excellent job on the
defense to break up many of Can
ton plays and to turn the tide in
the tilt.
Betty Sheehan and Nancy Med
ford, with 14 and 12 points respec
tively, paced the local girls. Sarah
Fish and Olene Benfield hit the
loop for 13 markers each for Can
ton. In the boys' championship tilt,
both teams started out slow as their
shotmaking appeared to be off.
Crabtree led at the quarter by
five to four with the Canton quint
moving out front by nine to eight
at the half.
With Floyd King showing the
way. the Canton team surged back
in the final two periods to lake
control of the game end win go
ing away.
King tossed in 13 markers for
the winners to take scoring honors
of the game. M. L. Beasley, Crab
tree center, hit the loop for nine
points for the losers.
In Tuesday afternoon games, the
Waynesville girls rolled over the
Crabtree girls by 37 to 16 with
Betty Sheehan and Nancy Medford
leading the way with 16 and 13
points respectively. Miss Massle
was tops for Crabtree with seven
mat kers.
In the other girls' game, Can
ton defeated Fines Creek, 30 to 24
with Sarah Fish and Olene Ben-
1 hVId hitting the loop for 15 mark
ers each for the winners. Willie
Mae Kirkpatrick was outstanding
for Fines Creek as she connected
for 23 of their 24 markers.
In the bovs' division, Canton
came through in their opening
"aine to defeat the Fines Creek
quint by 40 to 31 with King pac
ing them with 12 points. Moore and
Clainpilt each added 10 points to
the Canton total. Max Rogers, of
Fines Creek, took scoring honors
of the tiit with 22 points.
Tlx' Crabtree quint came back
strong to defeat the Waynesville
(i Burnett i2i Jolly (1).
G lilaiikenship (4) Killian (3)
Sub';: Jones (7).
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boys by 32 to 22. In the final game
of the day Gene Liner, local for
ward, captured scoring honors of
the tilt with 18 points but the
Crabtree scoring was evenly divid-'
ed with Kinsland tossing in 10 and
Paul Smart, nine markers, to'
spark the winners.
Sarah Fish, of Canton, was vot
ed the outstanding girl perform
er in the tournament with Bessie:
Sue Francis, of Waynesville sec
ond and Joan Ford, of Canton,
third.
In the boys' division, Max Rog
ers, of Fines Creek, was the out
standing player with Ney Kinsland,
of Crabtree, second and Bob
Moore, of Canton, third.
The girls' All -Tournament team
was composed of:
FIRST TEAM
Willie Kirkpatrick, Fines Creek.
Betty Sheehan, Waynesville.
Sarah Fish. Canton.
Joan Ftrd, Canton.
Bessie Francis. Waynesville.
Christine Ledford, Fines Creek.
SECOND TEAM
Olene Benfield, Canton.
Nancy Medford, Waynesvile.
Geraldine Bishop, Crabtree.
Emma Lou Parham. Canton.
Thomasine Fisher, Waynesville.
Alwayne McClure, Waynesville.
The boys' All-Tournament selec
tions listed:
FIRST TEAM
Gene Liner, Waynesville.
Floyd King, Canton.
Max Rogers. Fines Creek.
Ney Kinsland, Crabtree.
Bob Moore. Canton.
SECOND TEAM
M. Beasley. Crablrie.
Sam Coman, ('.niton.
Paul Smart, Crabtree.
Roy Noland, Finos Creek.
C. Clampitt, Canton.
The Sportsmanship awards of the
meet went to Bessie Sue Francis,
of Waynesville and Joan Ford, ol
Canton, in the girls' division and
to Floyd King, of Canton and Ney
Kinsland, Crabtree, in the boys'
division.
FINALS
Girls' lineup:
Waynesville (32)
F Medford U2
F Noland ifi) .
F Sheehan il4l
G Francis
G Fisher
G McClure
' Subs: Canton M.
Boy's' lineup:
Canton (30)
F Coman 8t
Canton (26)
Fish (13)
Benfield" (13)
Johircon
Haney
Parham
Ford
Ford.
Crabtree (24)
Smart (8)
' Ilaney
Beasley 1 9)
Kinsland
Noland (1)
F King H3i
C Moore (0)
G Clampitt
G Medlin (2)
Subs: Canton Hipp.
Hi; Crab-
tree- Haney, Elkins ilii.
A belt of calm winds north of the
equator is called the "horse lati
tudes" because, many say, in the
old days many sailing ships laden
with horses ran short of water and
were forced to throw the animals
overboard. j
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