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Bowles, District Superin
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ers School to be held Aug-
keginning at 9 a.m., at the
Hie High School. Those
il in qualifying for the
bus driver should report
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Methodist
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fmual Daily Vacation Bible
of the Free Methodist
aicgins today and will con-
ue f t one week, ending Friday,
7. A two-hour session will
ve each moraine at 9
There will be classes for
of hoys and girls, with a
)f handwork, and memory
f Nation is extended to all
fl girls to attend.
sses Rosetta Williams nnd
Strickland from Jollev
louvers. Ga., are visitors
icsvillp this week, assisting
's of the Free Methodist
in the Bible School, ;
For a sma.l feroup, the operators,
gambling is a business, and a big
business at that. For a much larg
er group, the victims, , to put it
bluntly, gambling is j sport.
.Why a sport? Well, it has all
the elements of suspense, conflict,
chance, and drama that a football
game would have. In addition, of
courre, there always is the faint
chance of making some money.
People read about a horse race
where the winner was a fifty-to-one
long shot, and they spend the
rest of their lives betting on long
shots. Easv money is the lure. The
fact that millionaires attend the
races regii:arlv. however, indicates
that it isn t just the money alone.
1 hey go for the suspense; the
drama: the thrill of winning
And so it is with the average
man. who. after all, puts more
money in the pockets of the crooks
than the wealthy people. In the
old days the so-called common
j man depended upon poker games
on baturday night, with maybe a
25 cent limit Or, perhaps there
was a local race or rooster fight.
Anyway, thev had a chance to bet
on something, but it was pretty
small paenuts compared with
what goes on todav.
As the recent Crime Investigat
ing Committee proved, gambling is
on an organized basis that reaches
from ocean to ocean, from border
to border. Recent action by the
sheriff indicates that it even
reaches to Waynesville. Modern
invention such as the telegraph,
the telephone, the ticker tape,
makes such an organization pos
sible and profitable.
Gambling tlf-n is a national
sport, but some forms of it are not
fully understood by the average
citizen. Perhaps if he did under
stand, he might take some action
against 11 The, systems are com
plex, however, and may vary a
great deal from operator to oper
ator, but basically most of them
are similar.
It is quite legal to lease a West
ern Union wire for certain pur
poses, and it seems quite easy to
use that- wire, once you have it
hind the car, and arrested Jack leased, for certain other purposes
Jones. The man was charged witju entirely illegal. Okay, you get your
rccKiess driving, failure to have a wire and your ticker tape machine.
By HANK MESSICK
your suckers Informed. They come
and they bet, What they bet on is
up to you; how much you get and
how much they get is also up to
you. Suppose they are betting on
which team in the major leagues
will make the highest score dur
ing the day's games. Suppose you
sell them a ticket for one dollar,
and suppose they win. The ticket
they pull "happens 1o be- the right
one out of a thousand. Suppose
they' get ten dollars or even a
hundred. You've still got 900 left.
Not bad for an afternoon's woik
All the above is simplified, of
course, but it is the general idea.
It also should serve to show how
stupid It is td bet in the first
place. In the Jong run you've got
about as much chance as you'd have
of escaping unhurt if an atomic
bomb should fall in your lap.
A great sport, gambling; a great
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Patrolman Gets
Man After Going
Through A Creek
Washed out bridges, and rough
roads are not enough to keep the
Highway Patrol from "getting
through."
Saturday Patrolman Joe Murrill
was chasing a car, which forded a
creek, and then struck out into a
pasture. The patrol was right be-
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Going to something equally hope
less but less dirty the St. Louis
Browns. Before the season opened
they had 37 players on their rolls.
Of that number, only 11 remain.
They filled up the bench with new
players, of course, but still they
are at the bottom of the American
League,
dnv !r license, am failing to stop
for a siren. He v u put under $500
'.oid.
The water came up to the run
ning board, but the chase "was on."
Crabtree Baptist
Homecoming Set
For This Sunday
The annual Homecoming Day at
the Crabtree Baptist Church will
be Sunday, August 19, with the pro
gram beginning at 10 a. m. There
are to be a number of trios and
quartets; and visiting singers will
be welcome. The public is invited
to come and bring a picnic lunch.
It is simply a glass-covered device
that spins out a roll of tape and
automatically prints oh the tape
whatever the person at the other
end of the wire desires to commun
icate.. Your next step is to get your
self tipboards or tickets of the
kind suitable, The tipboard is usu
ally a folder covered with tiny
sealed tickets in y hich are certain
numbers. All this is strictly illegal,
of course, and if vou should hap
pen to get your tipboards COD
from across the state line, you'd
bettor watch out. A Federal law is
involved. ,
- I guess you've all heard about
the football clinic they are going
to hold over at Cullowhee for foot
ball officials. Rules will be dis
cussed, and the duties of officials
explained. So, if "Offsides" is
called after your favorite back just
made a 90 yard run for the win
ning toftohdown, don't get angry.
The man with the red flag was
taught how- to do that at school.
Seriously, however, the clinic is
a good thing. The umpire has a
tough job and he tries to do it
well. Sometimes a lot of courage
is required to call back a play,
but he goes by the rules.
Speaking of courage, Earl Blalk
has plenty. As coach of the West
Point football team, with his own
son involved, he was in, and still
is in, a tough spot. The easy way
out was to resign he could get a
good job elsewhere without trou
ble. But after a lot of thought, he
decided to stay on with what re
mained of his team. The West
Point cadets could do well to study
the example he has -given them,
The country could too, for that
matter.
Waynesville High School's foot
ball schedule is published else
where in this issue. A quick glance
is all that is necessary to show the
rough season ahead. Coach Weath
erby, with most of his old team
lost, isn't making any predictions.
Pessimism is necessary to a coach,
if not to a gambler. If you lose no
body is surprised, but if you win
Bruce Ackerson, Army guard,
gets a particular thrill out of beat
ing Navy in. football his brother
David is a Middle,
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Lew Hanover and trainer-driver Bi Shively before a workout at
Saratoga Raceway, The trotter, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Arleigh
Wilkins of Marion, 111., carried a $50,000 price tag even before
he won a race.
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By SYI) KRONIStI
AP Newsfeatures Sports Writer
NEW YORK This is supposed tc be the era
of the lively ball. Or is It?
When Allie Reynolds of the New York Yankees
pitched his no-hitter against the Cleveland In
dians it marked the third hitless game of the
big league season. And said season is only half
completed.
The other two hurlers who blanked their foes
in hits this year are Bob Feller of the Indians
and Cliff Chambers, then of Pittsburgh, and now
with the St. Louis Cards. ;
Last year only one no-hit game was pitched in
the majors, Vern Bickford of the Braves did it
against the Dudgers in a night game up In Bean
town. In 1948 there were two no-hit, no run games.
Both were 2-0 affairs. Bob Lemon of the Indians
whitewashed the Tigers and Rex Barney twirled
his for the Dodgers against the Giants.
CLIFF CHAMBERS
Traded Afterwards
The last time (here were three no-hitters in
one season was in 1947 The mound masters that
year were Kwell Hhtckwell of the Reds, Don Black
of the Indians and Bill McCahan of the A's.
The most iio-hitters in one season was six, They
were hurled in 1915 and again in 1917. But of
course that was the era of the so-called dead ball.
Hah!
The last Yankee to pilch an nee prior to Rey
nolds was Monte Pearson who blanked the same
Indians, 13-0, back in HClil.
Reynolds formerly., Was a member of the Cleve
landers. lie was traded to the Yunks for Joe Gor
don after the 194(i season.
Pearson, as fate would have it, also was a form
er Tribesman.
And, to add insult to Injury, the guy who
smacked a home run lo win Reynolds' Enie, 4-0
was Gone Woodlinfi an ex-member of the In
' dlans. '
Football
Schedule
Announced
Coach Weatherby announced t
day the 1951 football schedule for
Waynesville High School. In addi
tion, he repeated that practice
opens Wednesday at 3:15 p.m., and
requested that all players report
with shorts and gym shoes. The
schedule is complete except for
one open date which the coach is
now trying to fill. The schedule Is:
Sept. 8 Valdese, here.
Sept. 14 Sylva, there.
Sept. 21 Lenoir, here.
Sept. 28 Open at the moment.
Oct. 5 Canton, there.
Oct. 12 Hendersonville, here.
19 Christ School, there.
26 Brevard, there.
3 Asheville School for
Boys, there. -9
Franklin, here,
Nov. 22 CANTON HERE!
The Waynesville High . School
coaching, staff for 1951-1952, is
composed of: Carl Ratc'liffe, Bruce
Jaynes, William Swift, and Mar
garet Perry.
Oct.
Oct.
Nov.
Nov.
Champion Y Takes
Doubleheader,
From Hamilton O.
Two divisions of the same com
pany, The Champion Paper and
Fibre Co., met on the softball field
at Canton Saturday night, and the
Champion Y. of Canton emerged,
as victor over the Green Wave of
Hamilton, Ohio.
' It was a doubleheader, with
Champion taking the first game 3
0, and the second 1-0. Carroll
Waldrop, who pitched the second
game, won his 14th straight of the
season without a defeat.
Every Grave Decorated 1
At Buchanan Cemetery
During Service Sunday
Approximately two hundred peo
ple attended the annual decoration
at the Buchanan cemetery Sunday,
and all graves In the cemtery were
decorated.
The Rev. Jule Singleton deliver
ed the sermon, and the Rev. Mr.
Massie made a short talk. The Rev.
Fred Inman was in charge of the
program. Special singing was furn
ished by Mr, and Mrs. Jule Mash
burn and family from Swain Coun
ty.
During the business session a
report was given of the year's work,
and new committee members and
trustees were elected. Mr. Inman
was re-elected chairman of the dec
oration day program. Others nam
ed were Monroe Oxner, Floyd
Grasty, Frank Wood, and Charlie
Buchanan, treasurer. Mr. Buchanan
voiced thanks to the fifty-two peo
ple who contributed more than $80
to the upkeep of the cemetery.
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