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Mountaineers Take Two From Fines Creek Cagei Down The SPORTS TRAIL By W. CURTIS RUSS An Example Of Real Sport The following is an editorial which appeared recently in the.Chapel Hill Weekly, and readers of this column will enjoy the opinions expressed here of a timely subject: In the football game here on Thanksgiving Day the Duke freshmen and the Carolina freshmen turned themselves loose. The excessive caution that you see in so many inter collegiate contests, with both teams fearful of taking dar ing plays, was agreeably absent. Result: ,A lot of touch downs, seven for Duke and four for Carolina. It was a spirit ?ed match?something doing every minute. And it was an ex ample of real sport. Jack Horner said of the game in next day's Durham 'Herald: '"there's a reason for all of this point-making by the freshmen. They have no pressure riding upon their young Shoulders. The alumni don't care who wins this one; it's the varsity game they are interested in. "As a result, the coaches know their jobs don't depend upon these freshman games and the players realize it's just another ball game instead of a life or death proposition. "If the coaches and the varsity took the same attitude the football-going public would derive more enjoyment out of the game." Probably many people had, on reading this comment of Mr. Horner's on last week's freshmnn game, the same ^thought I had: "Why, that's what every game ought to be, "a game played for the fun of it, for the fun of the players and the fun of the spectators, not as if it were an event of ^colossal importance." mi i ei j i -ft a ? ? * r-? ? i -w-w ine uay auer tne norner article appeared, dick Her -bert. the Raleigh News and Observer's sports editor, wrote: "It will be a great day for college athletics when les3 ? emphasis is placed on won-lost records." Every season there are "unofficial" football games; that is, games not on the regular schedule. These are played, most of them, with the boldness and abandon that characterized the Duke-Carolina freshman game, and so reflect the right conception of what football is for. They get very little at ? tention in the newspapers and nobody gets excited about ? them. Rut the regular games are played?and not only play ed, but anticipated and reviewed?in an atmosphere of the ' most extreme tension. Thus there is cultivated an anxiouB concern about foot } ball games that has nothing^if if ffidl paftf&es tfr tflfe -spirit11 of true sport. A football game ought to be a performance ? whose purpose is to give people immediate pleasure, not ( ; something to read statistics about and to gloat over or moqrn ; over as though it were an encounter to'determine the destiny ; of the world. Mr. Horner and Mr. Herbert express very sensible opin ? ions in the passages I have quoted. I* hope they will under take to do some missionary work among alumni and in their own sports-writing brotherhood to reduce the excessive seri ' ousness in the public attitude toward sport. They and other sDorts editors can, if they want to, do a lot toward educating j the public to the truth that, in Mr. Horner's phrase, a game is "just another ball game instead of a life-and-death propo sition." Use Want Ads For Quick Results * STRICTLY BUSINESS by McFeatters : j , ... . 1 - ? . ^ - I "Speak np, Mr. Pottleby?I can't hear you!" THE BEST GRADE "A" J DRIVE-IN IN TOWN ' T" Breakfast Our Specialty! . * SANDWICHES * DRINKS N s Delicious Bar-R-Que Chicken Ideal for Sunday Picnics and Dinners u a CHARLIE'S ^Opposite Pet Dairy " * * e DEFENDING STATE CHAMPIONS are these Bethel Belles, who have already won two games this year over Clyde and Fines Creek. This 37-member squad includes (front row, left to right): Judy Blaylock, Gail Inman. Mickey Cooke, Doris Johnson, Willie Ruth Henson, Birdean Heatherly, Jackie Gibson, Annette Sheffield, June Smith; (second row): Marie Edwards. Catherine Pressley, Margaret Mease, Billie Ruth Rogers, Ruth Ellen Henson, Barbara Reece, Sue w Kelley, Janette Sheffield,. Janet Foster, Barbara Henson; (third row): Geraldea* Layman, Barbara Jones, Eva Nell Henson, An nette Lowe, Louise Pinkerton, Mary Kay Phillips, Barbara Mes ser, Vera Burnette, Nancy Davis; (fourth row): Peggy Edwards, Patsy Wilson, Shirley Poston, Gail Revis, Doris Pressley, Pauline Shepherd, Peggy Houston, Judy Blazer, and Helen Ledbetter. (Mountaineer Photo). MAJOR CONTENDERS for the Haywood County basketball cham pionship for 1953-54 are these Bethel Blue Demons. Coach C. C. Poindexter's quintet was runner-up to Canton last season. This year's squad includes (front row, left to right): Joe Bob Fish, Boyd Stypman, James Fore, Daryl Grant, Eugene Shepherd, Harold Queen, Gay Barker; (second row); Tommy Singleton, Harold Ship ma*. Russell Terrell, Dean Reece, Lowell Powell, Jack Phillips, Carroll Mease, Eugene Messer, Gerald Hill; (third row): Charles Stanley, Clifton Terrell, Charles Cathey, Wray Burnette, L. M. West, David Vance, and Troy Hargrove; (fourth row): Roy Green, Burton Wells, Bill Deltz, Toby Capps, Worth Wells, Gerald Owen, Calvin Wells, and Neal Kelley. (Mountaineer Photo). The Sports Scene PRO and CON By BOB CONWAY Mountaineer Staff Writer Although Waynesville was not too impressive in the 28-25 opening win against Crabtree-Iron Duff Friday be fore last, we asserted in this column last week that the Mountaineers have all the stuff it Jakes to build a good ball dub. Last Friday after seeing the Gold and Black basket sers pour in 68 points against Fines Creek, we'reNajore con vinced than ever that Coach Bill Swift has put together a strong cage crew?one that might possibly give Waynesville ipponents almost as much trouble as did Coach Weatherby's undefeated gridders this fall. Of course, it's much too early to light the bonfires and itart celebrating because the Mountaineers have played only Iwo games and have yet to meet the county's top teams, rhey won't meet tough Haywood opposition until they tangle with Canton's 1952-53 champion Black Bears, led by high powered Charlie Carpenter. But it is certain that the hardwood highlanders have Hie traditional Waynesville spirit?and also, this year?a lot if height. We don't know it to be a fact, but we've seen all dx of the county's basketball teams and the Mountaineers inpear to have most of the altitude. Next to them, comes uther Canton or Clyde. * Another encouraging .thjng is that this year's WTHS luintet appears to have a well-balanced attack. Four men on Friday night contributed a lot to the scoring. Aid ridge got 17, Nichols 15, Cogdill 13, and Leatherwood 12. "Jumping Joe" led the Gold and Black even though he lidn't enter the game until near the end of the first half. \nd Leatherwood collected a doxen markers despite the fact hat he fouled out early in the fourth quarter. ? f, Backfield stars Tom Cogdill and Topi my Nichols seem, o be able to handle a round ball as well, as an oval-shaped >ne. so they should give the Swift men an added punch. Big 6-5.center Gerald Baker is looking better on his pivot hots and soon may be good for four or five buckets a game. One thing the Mountaineers need is a good set-ahot rtist who can hit^'em from way out in the suburbs. When ou run up against a strong defensive squad, long-range narksmanship is often the distance between winning and jsing. Perhaps the Mountaineers already have such a sharp hooter, but aurfnr they're .bean- -able - to work, the ball in lost enough to launch moat of thair shots from around the Mountaineers To Invade Clyde Tomorrow Night On tap for basketball fans in Haywood County Tuesday night are these games: Waynesvllle at Clyde. Crabtree at Bethel, Spring Creek at Fines (ireek. and Hend ersonville at Canton. The Waynesville Mountaineers, with victories over Crabtree-Iron Duff and Fines Creek, are the only unbeaten team in the coun tv. The WTHS girls, the Mountaln ettes, dropped their first game to Crabtree, brut rebounded last week to swamp the Fines Creek Fillies. The Mountaineers poured 68 noints through the hoop tn beat ing Fines Creek and are hoping to subdue Clvde with a similar barrage. The Mountainettes tallied 64 points, with LiQda Welch get ting 42. In their meeting last Tuesday, Bethel snlit games with Crabtree ?with the Belles winning a close encounter and the Blue Demons going down to defeat In another hnrd-foueht tilt. The Fines Creek boys are a scrapnv sound hut lack of height has cost them heavily In losses to R?thel, Clvde. and Waynesvllle. Their marksmanship, however may carry them to yictorv over Soring Creek tomorrow night. The Fillies, led hy Joan and Catherine ""?cuson. have lost to Waynes vllle and Bethel and have beaten Clvde. Canton's Black Bears now are batting .Son?with wins over .Grab tree and Mars Hill and losses to T.eo Edwards and Ashevllle School. Duke Snider's niri> home runs' of Cardinal pitching at Ebbets field this year "'as a National Dengue record. The previous hleh for a hitter aea)n?t one cloh In one nark was eleht hv Falnh Klner ?gainst Poatnn In Pittsburgh dur ing the 1947 seaaon. 1 liHBI WOMEN'S BOWLING LEAGUE Sims continued to lead the Way nesvllle Women's Bowling by cap turing three games from Daytor Rubber, but runner-up Wellco had a bad night and dropped three tc Reliable Jewelers. In the othei matches of the evening, Champior Y took two from Howell Motor. HIGH TEAM GAME 1st Reliable 82S 2nd Champion 811 HIGH TEAM SERIES 1st Champion 758 751 811 2320 2nd Reliable 828 699 777 2304 HIGH INDIVIDUAL GAME 1st Vera Pickens, Reliable 18S 'nd Marv Hamlett, Champion 180 2nd Lillian Carver, Wellco 180 ?UGH INDIVIDUAL SERIES 1st Audrev WVatt. Howell Mtr? 157 166 141 464 2nd Marv Hamlett, Chamnion? 138 144 180 462 TEAM STANDINGS Won Lost ?ims ,_L. 32 10 Wellco 22 20 r'hamnion Y. _l_. . 21 21 ?lowell Mtr. 20 22 "olishle 17 ?*? Davfon 11 1 28 Schedule?Der 15? Sims vs. Reliable Weiie0 vs. Howell Mtr. Dayton vs. Champion Y. Fred F.nke has coached the Uni versity of Artrona basketball team fon 28 vears Durln" that time his souo'ts have won 426 games and oat 206. F ? . ? l . *' | _ foul circle. /, ~ 1 ? " All in all. the Wavneaville quintet ahape^up as a po tential powerhouse. With a little experience, they should be able to give Chartie Carpenter and hia bruins more trouble than somewhat. Clyde Splits Games With Crabtree-ID A night of cage warfare on the Clyde floor last Friday left the Clyde Cardinals and Crabtree Iron Duff even as the Crabtree lassies won their third game of the season, 47-31, while the Cardinals upheld Clyde's honor with a 32-28 ? win of the i^oys tilt. Bonnie Sue Justice's 23 points put the game on ice for Crabtree. Eula Jo Stamey with 16 points and Barbara Jolley with 13 were high for the Cardinalettes. i Frank Thompson, with 10 points, topped the winnig Cardi nals, but Caldwell's 14 for Crab tree gave him the scoring honors for the night. Girls' Lineup: Crabtree (47) Clyde (31) F?B- Smith (7) (16) Stamey F?Justice <23) (3) Pressley F?Bradshaw (6) (13) Jolley G?James Collins G?Hoglin S. Stamey G?Hill McCracken Subs?Crabtree. Price 5, Brad shaw 7,- Best, L. Sanford, Press nell 4, McLary, Ferguson, H. Hill, Crawford, Sutton, McCrack en. Clyde: Owenby, Russell. Half time score: 29-18 Crabtree. Boys' Lineup: Crabtree (28) Clyde (32) F?J. Crawford (9) (6) Rogers F?Caldwell (14) (8) Jolley C?T.Crawford (1) (10) Thompson G?iBryson (1) (7) Medford G?Pope <2) (4) Fisher Subs?Crabtree: Tate, Smith 1, McElroy, Walker, Hoglin. Clyde: Dodson, Livingston. Half time score. 20-18 Crabtree. Referees: Roberts and Stamey. ' Bethel Wins Twice Over Mars Hill Getting back to their old habit of winning double features, the Bethel Blue Demons and Belles captured another pair last Friday by walloping the Mars Hill cag ers. The boys won 64-49, while the girls were victorious by 42-35. The Belles won against Crab tree-iron Duff last Tuesday, but the Blue Demons suffered an up set at the hands of the Crabtree boys. Toby Capps hit 26 points to clear the patch for the Demons, with able assistance from Gerald Owen, who collected 16. John Vance was the big growl for the Mars Hill Wildcats with 21 points. High-scoring Peggy Edwards a gain led the way for the Belles with 29 markers, while Edith Shepherd was high for Mars Hill with 17. Girls' Lineup: Mars Hill (35) .. (42) Bethel F?Ponder (11) (29) Edwards F?Ri?gs (6) (1) Rogers F?Gibbs (9) (9) Wilson G?Ledford Shepherd G?Hawkins Revis G?A. Ponder D, Presley Subs: Mars Hill: Shepherd 17, Craig. Bethel: Poston 3, E. Hen son. Lowe, Pinkston. Halftime Score: Bethel, 25-20. Boys' Lineup: . Mars Hill (49) (?4) Bethel . F?Vance (21) (16) Owen , F?Ponder (6) (4) C. Wells I C?DeBruhl (9) (26) Capps , G?Crawford (3) (9) Deitz ? G?R^ese (8) (2) W. Wells , Subs: Mars Hill: D. Metcalf, Carter 2. O. Metcalf, West. Bethel: B. Wells 7, Stamey. Hargrove, Burnette, C. Terrell, Vance. , Officials: Henson and Rhodes., Milner, Crawford A* Banquet For All - Americans 1 Two former All-Americans who 1 once nlaved for Wavnesvllle Hteh 1 ? Freddie Crawford and Bill Milner?are among a group of North Carollnia All-Americans be ? ing honored hv the Charlotte Quarterback Club at a banquet to dav. Both Crawford and Milner won All-American berths while play ine for Duke's Blue Devili. Other Carolinians at the Char i lotte banquet today were: Oeorse Barclay, Paul Severin. Boh Oantt. Pat Preston, Banks McFaddefi, Beattie Feathers, Gene McEver, Charlie Justice. Art Welner. Kenny Powell, Dan Hill. *6 Meadows BoW"> Gage, Sttrmnv Thomason. Pue Peatman, WnAe Walker. Doc Blanchard, .Tack'e Calvert. Trv HoHash. Fmle Knotts Ace Parker, joe Blaloek, and Georg* McAfee. Charlie'** Place Downs Canton 3-0 > In Bowling Loop Charlie's Place captured three 1 "?met from .the Canton All-Stars s Saturday night on tho local alleys in < IWywrod County Buttling By BOB CONWAY Waynesville netted oni points against Crabtree 1J but the Mountaineers fuu, range against Fines Cr*e day night and kept the bail with a 68-47 victory 0Ver th nets. u The Mountainettes also sh their lethargy of last wee blasted their opponents M. this game. Linda Welch rak nets for 42 points to break past storing records. Although he didn't enh game Until near the end first half, Joe Aldridge 1( highlanders' attack with 17 Tommy Nichols tallied 15 Cogdill 13, and Billy Leath. 12. Leatherwood undoubtedly have scored more, but he out early in the fourth quart was followed a short time la Fines Creek's high scorer, Hunter, who tossed in 16 before his exit. Clayton Payne collecte points and Wilson Messer the Hornets. The Mountaineers got ofi fast start to pile up a 11-3 1 the first quarter, but as th ond quarter opened the H sank eight straight points the Waynesville marksmen score again. The two teams I on even terms the remaint the period, with the Mounta on top 25-23 at half time. The Gold and Black widem margin in the second half ti a 46-39 lead at the end o third period, and then draw in the last quarter. Coach Joe Turner's Fines cagers were scrappy and mined, but their lack of i put them at a serious disadvi against the towering Mou eers, who have the tallest in the county. In the girls' game the 1 tainettes had to come from l after trailing the Fillies 19; the end of the first quarter.! took over the lead in the ! quarter; ended the first h front 34-28 and and 53-37 three-quarter mile post. Linda Welch. 6-foot Mot ette forward, made most of points on bank shots und< basket. Shirley Jones collec points, while Betty Smith 1 One of the county's best I hardwood marksmen, Join guson, led the Fines Creek with 24 markers, while Cat Ferguson netted 19. Girls' Lineup: Fines Creek (50 Waynesvill F?Ferguson (24> < 24> F?C.Ferguson (18) '91 B F?Moore <5) <10' G?J'rice G- -Trantham 1 G?.Rogers Ha Subs?Fines Creek: Jusl Haynes, Davis, Price, Li WaynesviJJe: Roland. Smith. Carver, Howell. Half time score: 34-28 ' ville. Boys' Lineup: Fines Creek 47) Waynesvil F?Messer (10) 'Is' F?C. Payne '13) (13) C?Hunter (16) '5' G?Evens (3) (12) Leath G?Davis (3) Subs?Fines Creek: J E Wavnesville: Aldridge 17. Ballance. Queen. Davis H er, Ezell. Grahl 3. Stw Davis. M. Davis. Referees: Bumgarner and Asheville Tops Cant Five 54-49 Canton's Black Bears lai second came of the season nieht to the strong A School Blues. 54-48 In liminnrv. the Canton edoed the Little Blues 4 Charlie Carpenter tallij" ?he Bears, but Asheville ? ? Hleks. a renter, led all ? with 24 noints. ? The R'ues led nearly ? wav, holding a 16-8 end Of the first Quarter J ?he h??f. and 41-31 at the* the third ounrter ? Per-on led Colons ? with 22 noints while.Hen? ned the Asheville School ? The Lineup: .? Canton (48) <M> v Comenter <1Q| ? F W1Hiam?oii '9' n MUner (4) H C?Wilson '31 G-?D Mi'oer <P> ? q?hc: Canton ? Mor?? DnekwoHh C*m ,,)1Ie c^hool--MrM'"10 (pen. Moore. H ITplf timi cfOT rJ peferep Crrrshaw_^_* League match. The ? J 9led 2762 Pis V notched a total < Elmer Dudlev wjh V (96 and 191 an(' * ? | 126 paced the s(C* >itz. of Charlie s, had - eries^of 507 Want Ma *** ***
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