THE SPORTS PAGE Of The WayneSYille Mountaineer Monday Afternoon, December 18, 1950
Bill Sutton Receives Popular Player Award
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Bill Sutton is shown receiving the beautiful trophy given by Reliable Jewelers for the most popular
football player of the 1950 season here. Dave Feldma.n. owner of the firm, right, is shown presenting
the trophy to Sutton, who played endand one of the best high school punters in the South. The
trophy was presented in the store of Reliable Jewelers. (Staff Photoi.
WTHS Whips Fines Creek
In Double-Header Friday
Waynesville High School's cag
ers, alter faltering starts, rolled
over the Fines Creek, boys and
girls at the Waynesville gym Friday
night. That left the local girls un
beaten and tied only once in 42
straight games,,
A capacity crowd of nearly 400
fans saw the lady Mountaineers ex
tend their winning streak to 20
straight as they whipped previous
ly unbeaten Fines Creek, 55-40.
The string started early last season
again when Fines Creek gained a
22-22 tie.
The visiting sextet had run up a
string of four straight wins be
fore coming to Waynesville.
The boys, paced by Bill Sutton
and Tommy Boyd, trailed through
the opening period but. came from
behind early in the second, gather
ing steam as they went, to smother
the Fines Creek quintet, 50-26.
Forwards Hazel Farmer and
Marjorie Cogdill set the scaring
pace in the opener.
Hazel, a converte J guard playing
her third straight varsity season,
captured individual high-scoring
honors with a 2G-point perform
ance. Marjorie contributed 22, and
Mary Sue Sparks, the other start
ing forward, collected five and
turned in a neat ball-handling per
formance that set up at least half
of the other field goals. .
Forwards Edith Rathbone and
Regina Ferguson led the Fines
Creek scoring. Miss Rathbone
gathered 20 points and Miss Fer
guson 14.
ChiUtine Ledford's performance
was tops, among the Fines Creek
guards, while Kathleen Creasman
Carmen . Green,, and Nancy Leo
pard shared honors under the Way
nesville basket. ,
It was a scoreless deadlock for
nearly three minutes until Miss
Farmer's lay-up broke the ice.
Miss Cogdill fojowed with an
other seconds later to give Way
nesville a 4-0 lead before Edith
Rathbone sank a free throw to
start the Fines Creek scoring.
That 4-1 margin was as close as
the visiting sextet could make it
the rest of the night, though the
teams left the court, at the end of
the first frame with Waynesville
holding only a 10-5 lead. ;
In the second, the Mountaineer
girls started clicking, and led 28-13
as the intermission buzzer sounded.
Fines Creek cut it down to nine
on one occasion mid-way in . the
third period, but the Waynesville
girls matched the visitors basket
for basket with some extras tossed,
in, to lead 41 31 at the end of the
third.
The young Fines Creek starters
opened the nightcap with a bang,
hitting the loop with deadly ac
curacy from near the center of the
court.
Before the game was three min
utes old. the visitors held a 6-1
lead as the Waynesville boys' shots
fizzled consistently and the passing
went haywire.
- The Mountaineers started rolling
late in the opening frame, how
ever, and cut down the deficit to
an 11-9 margin as the period end
ed. Then 15 seconds after the second
period opened, Boyd and Sutton
sank a pair of follow-uns to tie thp
fount, then send the Mountaineers
ahead for keeps.
Fines Creek, with Forward Bill
Rogers and Center Jerry Rathbone,
and Guard Brure Kirknatrirk rnn.
i necting from way out, closed the
gap to 17-ib late in the second.
But after that the Mountaineers
stepped up the pressure to work
inta a 24-16 lead at the first half
ended.
The visitors couldn't find the
hoop in the third as Boyd and Sut
ton connected consistently.
, The Waynesville defense combin
ed with faltering Fines Creek
marksmanship limited the visitors
to only three points in the third
frame as the Mountaineers added
16 more to their total. i
The work of Sutton, and Carrol
Swanger under their own basket
was largely responsible Mr keep
ing the Fines Creek attack at long
range. ,
Guard Ralph Jenkins and Boyd
also did bang-tip defensive pohs,
and Bobby Kuykendall turned in a
competent performance despite the
fact that he had been sick all day.
(Girls) '
Fines Creek (40) Waynesville (55)
F E. Rathbone (20) Cogdill (22)
FR. Ferguson (14) Farmer (26)
F Clark (5) M. Sparks (5)
iG C. Ledford Leopard
G Messcr Green
G Rogers Creasman
Subs: FC Rector, Trantham, D.
Rathbone, Russell (1). WTHS
Welch, B. Sparks, Reece. Taylor,
Sheehan (2), Davis, Snyder. Half,
time: Waynescvjlle 28, Fines Creek
13.
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Fines Creek (26) Waynesville (50)
Fr Rogers (7) Kuykendall (8)
F D. Rathbone Boyd (14)
C J. Rathbone (7) Sutton (16)
G J. C. Ledford (1) Jenkins (8)
G Kirkpatrick (11). Swanger (2)
Subs; JC Junior, Ledford,
Crabtree,
Canton
Break Even
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a 69-45
Charlie I'oirulexter paced
ished Canton offensive in .
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victory over the Crabtree boys Sat
uiuuy mum ai me crabtree gym.
It was the second win in as many
starts this season for the Bears.
Th Crabtree girls assured the
home cagers of an even split of the
double-header by working out a 39
32' win over the Canton girls in Hie
first game.
Both winners grabbed early leads
and stayed ahead the rest of the
way.
Poindcx'fer's 18 points lopped the
individual scoring for both quin
tets, while Center M. L. Beasley,
Crabfree's scoring ace got onlv otic
point less than that.
Beasley's performance kept his
scoring average above the 17-points-per-gamc
mark and in the
early-season lead of Haywood's boy
cagers.
Miss McCiaekeuV 19 points for
Crabtree was the best scoring per
formance in thc girls' game, while
Joretta McCrary led the losers with
18.
The contests wound up
vnrisfmas campaigns
schools.
C'rabtree's selierhil.. d.,,,,,,
next contest is th,. January a date
wiin spring creek at Spring Cr(ek.
Canton will resume play January
5 against Fines Creek at Canton
(Girls)
Crabtree (3!) I
F Ferguson (8)
F Smith (12)
F MeCracken M9i
G Medford
G - Dotson
G R. Crawford
Subs; Cia lit ree Green,
son. Clark. .Tamps NnianA
Canton Johnston (8), I'aien (li,
rawiora, Klutiehart.
of
he pre-
both
the
Canton (32)
McCrary (18)
Messer (2)
Barlowe
Ford
Rogers
Rrank
Steven-
Cook, Pftrce, Smathers,
(Boys)
Crabtree (45)
F Smart (10)
Bent ley,
F Chambers (3)
C Bea:;ley (17)
G Caldwell (4)
G Lowe (1
Canton (69)
Wcllo (12)
('oman 6)
Stamey (2)
Moorp (8)
Medlin (11)
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Subs: Crabtree Fprpiisnn ini
Pope. Canton Poindexter (13),
Hipps. Hall (12),, Porker.
Officials: Mills, Clontz.
The coat of the argali, moun
tain sheep of Armenia, is a mixture
of wool and hair.
Payne. WTHS Davis, Fugalo. (1)
Green, Presnell, Cable, Jaynes ( 1 ),
L. Jenkins. Halftime score: Way
nesville 24, Fines Creek 16
Officials: Grahl. Bishop,
Crabtree,
Oethel High
Split Bill
The Bethel and Crabtree cage
teams broke even Friday night in
their double-header at the Crab-tree-iron
Duff School gym.
The Bethel girls grabbed a close
40-35 victory over the home sex
tet, but the Crabtree boys walloped
me Kernel quintet, 44-29. in the
second game.
Doris Hyatt and Norma Lou
Jones again paced the Bethel oN
fensive, with Doris racking up 22
points and Norma Lou connecting
for 14.
Miss MeCracken and Miss Fer
guson led the losers with 11 points
each.
Forward Paul Smart and Fergu
son led the Crabtree Cagers to
their victory. Smart contributed 13'
points, and Ferguson 15.
Center Ted Owens, with seven.
and Reserve Dutch Gibson, with
six, topped the Bethel efforts in
the nightcap.
(Girls)
Bethel (40 Crabtree (35)
F Hyatt (22) Ferguson (11)
F Jones (14) Smith (2)
F Rhodarmer (1) MeCracken (11)
G Clark ... . Medford
G Henson Dotson
G Mease Noland
Subs: Bethel Frizzell. Stephen
son, Russell, Peek (3), Gibson, Mc-
Rathbone
Individual
Scoring Ace
Fines Creek's Edith Rathbone
leads Haywood County's lady bas
ketball players In individual scor
ing in the infant season.
This was as far as could be de
termined from a survey of the re
sults of games in which county
teams have played this season.
Miss Rathbonc's 20 points against
Waynesville last Friday night
brought her total for five games to
148. -
That puts her average at a cool
29.6 points per game.
Waynesville's Marjorie Cogdill
has connected for an average of
24.3 points per game in each of
her three games so far. Her high
est total was the 43-point mark she
turned in in the second game with
Spring Creek.
Her best was 30 points against
Cullowhee, and the least she con
tributed was the 21-point total
Cracken. Crabtree Green (7), Jus
tice (2), Bishop (2), Haynie, Clark.
(Boys)
Bethel (29) Crabtree (44)
F Jones (5) ............... .. Smart (13)
F Stamey Chambers
C Owens (7) Beasley (12)
G Fore (2) Caldwell (1)
G Green (1) ... Lowe '(3
Subs: Bethel Gibson (6), Pos
ton, Stephenson (2), Terrell (5).
Crabtree R. Pope, M. Pope ( 1 ),
Ferguson (15), James, H.Caldwell.
Two Twin Bills
To Close 1950
Sports Calendar
A pair of top-interest double
headers will wind up the pre
Christmas cage campaign for Hay
wood County teams tomorrow
night. j
Bethel's boys and girls will tan
gle with the Clyde; sextet and
quintet at the Clyde High School
gym.
Waynesville's squads will engage
the Candler forces at Candler.
Crabtree and Canton suspended
activities until the first part of the
new year after winding up last
week's games.
against Crabtree. .
Her 22 points against Fines
Creek Friday night was four points
under the mark Teammate Hazel
Farmer turned in to gain individu
al scoring honors for the contest.
Hazel, who starred as a varsity
guard for the once-beaten 1948-49
sextet ahd the undefeated, once
tied 1949-50 team, is playing her
first season as a forward.
' And the record shows her scor
ing punch Improving rapidly with
every game,
In the opener against Cullowhee,
she contributed eight points.
The' next game saw her connect
for 11.
Friday night, while the oppos
ing guards focussed most of their
attention on consistently high-scoring
Miss Cogdill, Hazel poured 26
points through the hoop.
Setzer Wins Second
TO2S Blocking Awai
Bobby Setzer, Waynesville's 175-
pound co-captain and starting
tackle, won the 1950 award as the
Mountaineers' finest blocker during
the last season.
He holds both such awards ever
made to a local high school foot
ball player.
The honor was Instituted at the
end of the 1949 season, and Setzer,
then a junior, was tapped for it.
He was elected for the 1950
award by his fellow lettermen of
the 1950 squad last Thursday at a
meeting at the school.
The hard-hitting lineman won it
by a narrow margin from two oth
er hard-hitting senior linemen:
Guards Joe Hipps and Alden Me
Cracken. Bobby was presented the award
by Head Coach C. E. Weatherby at
the weekly dinner meeting of the
Waynesville Lions Club Thursday
night only a few hours after he
had returned from Asheville with
another award for blocking.
On Thursday afternoon, he had
been presented with a ring, the
prize for being named the best
blocker on the Western AU-Star
squad In the Fourth annual Optim
ist Bowl football game at Ashe
ville December 9.
He received this award, made by
the Asheville Merchants Associa
tion, at the luncheon meeting of
the Asheville Optimist Club, spon
sor of the Bowl game.
Other Bowl players who had won
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Haywood Lei
Baseball Star
On Gridiron,
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American Legion JuniJ
star, proved this fall thJ
Plenty of football talent
Me transferred from
town Andrews HiEh
term to Baylor School
nooga.
His punting, passim?
ning helped Baylor to th
ation championships.
In the Mid-South title
V. n . t .,
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lour touchdowns,
nfifniv .
"" seasons a vet
l-uiiwiig nig UUOUI 40 i
boot.
Bristol's work at second
nis nuttng helped the
lesion juniors to gain th..
area playoffs last summer.!
Want Ads Brinj Quick
were
special recognition
at the same time.
Thursday night's Lions CI
ner was held as a testiml
Isetzer and his fellow crd
seniors of the Mountaineei
football squad.
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