Kton Owens Wins
Lner At A-W Track
?nine the WMest break,
Lpoon. Cotton Owens, of
^ ? won the n*3in
opener at AsheviMe
L speedwav Sunday af
?000 excited spectators
;h( race on a near-per
|g]( came on the 20th
joe Lee Johnson of
, Tenn., who posted a
ering qualifying time
tld command through
; the main event, was
f action when tie strip
? end out of his power
powered "37 Chevrolet,
f blond mechanic from
S. C.. who applied
*ssure on the leader
he race, had it all to
n Johnson fell out.
ly had to drive three
i lap to win the race,
pileup on the back
d the scheduled 30
the 26th lap ? the
?ns took the lead,
he tall Tennessean
debut at Asheville
booted his Cadillac
lew track record in
-hen he turned the
in 24 seconds.
I .01 of a second off
ecord set by Jimmy
Monroe last June 6.
m the pole position,
ed into' the lead as
it started. He stay
il the fifth lap when
enabled Owens to
sixth-lap accidents,
the race, the cars
in single file. John
he lead before the
le first turn on the
d it until mechani
sed him out on the
nson's failing to
tee, he won fourth
t of 4he total purse
w, Asheville stock
ped-up Ford, roar
>laee finish behind
lyers of Winston
a sportsman Ford
at A-W, came in
loting a Cadillac
let, finished fifth
tat race. Johnson,
e rear in the in
imbed into first
wid lap and com
ssfully fought off
ge by Owens for
Owens finished
eat was won by
g a 36 Chevrolet,
lillac engine. Sec
ieat was filled by
ng newcomer to
eddy Fryar of
m. Fryar drove
1 from last po
and it looked as
LAFF
Hubbard Foresees
College - Trained
Big League Umps
j AP Newsfeatures
HOUSTON, Tex. ? Good um
pires could come from the colleges,
J says Cal Hubbbard.
Hubbard, an American League
' arbiter for 20 years?the last three
as supervisor?has a plan which he
would like to see adopted by the
major leagues.
"I'd like to see a group that
would contact the athletic direc
tors of major colleges throughout
the country for the names of young
men well-grounded in sports who
are interested in a career of offi
ciating. I mean young fellows
who have come up through sports
know the feel of competition and
the meaning of rules.
"From such a list and such a
group, baseball could select young
men for future umpires, train
?Hem, bring them up through the
minors.
"Now those young fellows
needn't be only baseball umpires.
Baseball could be their start. They
could go from baseball to football,
then to basketball. There's good
money in officiating, and I don't
see why a man with sports in his
blood wouldn't find it interesting."
Hubbard says the colleee man
is the type baseball would like to
have "althoueh we know there are
High type men who get their train
ing in sports without gettine to col
lege and we would be interested
in them, too. But I think we ought
'o have a plan to keep good um
pires coming up."
Hubbard thinks the salaries of
umpires in the lower minors must
be increased because "we've got
to have something to offer to get
voungsters started."
He says better umpiring would
help improve the game. "Nothing
helps a good game of baseball
like good, sharp umuiring. Noth
ing can turn what might have been
a good game of ball into a sloppy
one quicker than poor umpiring."
Hubbard says the biggest test
of an umpire is how he handles
a complaint. "The outs and the
safes, the balls and the strikes
aren't the tough parts," he de
clares. "ft's how well the umpire
handles a troublesome situation
and how well he knows the rules.
"I've heard umpires talk about
if he would have taken over the
first fflace position if the race had
only been one or two laps longer.
Fryar, who set the second fast
est qualifying time of the day at
24.58 secorfds, was not permitted
to run in the main event because
of a rule that requires a car to
have four fenders?his had none.
-A-DAY
TROPHY WINNERS (n the annual CDP basket
? ball tournament this year were the Saunook girls
and the West Pigeon boys. Happily holding their
rate prizes are Jean Rowland and Gall MeClore
of Saunook and E. B. Rickman, Jr. of West Pigeon.
(Mountaineer Photo).
Former Duke End Souchak
Newest Sensation In Golf
By HAROLD V. RATI.1FF
' AP Newsfeatures
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. ? Mike
Souchak was getting a lot of pub
licity a year ago because he could |
| drive a golf ball out of the county,
j But it wasn't paying him any |
I money.
I So Mike shortened his drives
j and concentrated on the best way
to get the ball in the hole. Today
he's the newest sensation in the j
game.
Souchak. the 210-pound former
end on the Duke University foot
ball team, took the Texas Open
by storm. This tournament always
has been noted for its sensational
feats. Chandler Harper. the
Chattanooga veteran, shot 259 in '
winning the 1954 Texas Open
and that tied the record for 72 i
holes. Twice previously a 60 had
been shot over the 6.400-yard
Brackenridge Park Course. That j
also was a world's record.
Mike wasn't looking for a record
when he came here with the tour
ing professionals for a crack at
j the $2,200 first monev. But it j
i came when the bie man from Dur
i ham, N. C.. was forced to shoot a
60 to lead the first round. On the
way to his record-tying round he
did nine holes in 27, which was a
new world's record.
The second round found one of
the tournament veterans breathing !
on Mike's neck. He was Freddie
Haas of Claremont, Calif., who
did 129 for 36 holes. That made
Mike post 128.
Haas still hung on after the
third round when his 65 gave him
194 for 54 holes. Mike just had
to shoot a 64 to stay out front.
Came the final dav and Souchak
had to really buckle down to get
his greatest glory on the links. It
rained during the morning and
almost froze during the afternoon
and there was a bitter wind that
chilled the boys to the bone.
Souchak, however, was prepared
for it. He wore a suit of wind
breakers and gloves and said he
was plenty warm.
He stepped up to the first tee.
drove down the middle, pitched to
the green and was 15 feet .-way
with his second shot. He calmly
rammed that down for a birdie.
"When I did that, all the pressure
how many men they chase from a
ball game in a season. To me, an
umpire i? judged by how many he
keeos in the ball game.
"I don't believe in the aggres
sive imoire. And I tell our um
pires that when a tough ball gamf
is over and they can walk through
a crowd and hear someone ask
'Who was that umoiring behind
the plate today?', then they can
feel that they, as umoires, have
had a good day. Nobodv pavs to
see the umpire. If thev don't re
member who umpired, then the
umps have had a good day."
MIKE SOUCHAK
I
was off," said Souchak. "1 figured
I could win and have a good final
round. I had gone out determined
to win the tournament and to heck
with the record. But that first putt
dropped in and then I got a good J
break at No. 3 when my second
shot jumped the corner of the trap
and rolled 12 feet past the hole."
He got another birdie there.
By the time Mike reached the
tenth hole he was looking for that
record. He told Ray O'Brien, the
PGA tournament supervisor, that
he would get it.
An he did: Souchak shot the 72
holes in 257 with a 7-under*par 65
on the final 18. It won the tourna
ment by seven strokes.
What did wining this tournament
RELIGIOUS DUTY
PITTSBURGH (AP) ? Donald
(Dudey) Moore, a Protestant, Is
head basketball coach at Duquesne
University ? a Catholic institu
tion. Before coming to Duquesne,
Dudey coached a Young Mens
Hebrew Assn. team.
CROOKED STICKS
FREDERICTON. N. B. (AP) ?
Athletic thieves set the University
of New Brunswick hockey team
back on its skates recently.
They stole a hundred hockey
sticks belonging to the school
from York Ar^na.
TELEVISION PITCHER
PITTSBURGH (AP) ? Bob Pur
key, Pittsburgh Pirate right hand
pitcher, is a handy fellow to in
vite to a party when the television
set goes haywire. Purkey, who led
the National League pitchers in
fielding in 1954 with ^ perfect rec
ord, works during the winter as a
TV and radio repairman in Pitts
burgh.
mean to the 27-vear-o\d athlete |
who has been a professional less
than three years? In iue xirst
plaee it was his initial major
victory. In the second place it
brought him about $10,000. Not
only did he get the $2,200 first
money but the golf manufacturers
he represents paid him about the
same or more, he got a flock of
exhibitions and he'll get at least
$1,000 for being invited to the
I Las Vegas, Nev., tournament.
A week later Mike won the
$30,000 Houston Open, richest
tournament on the winter tour. His
67, 70, 71 and 67 game him a 15
under par 273 for the 2,700 yard
Memorial Park course. His 273
also set a record at Memorial.
Mike is a thinker. He figures
everything out. "You have to hit
| the ball squarely apd you have to
make up your mind where you're
going to hit it before you swing,"
he says. "You can't start chang
ing up while you're in the process
of swinging," he says.
i
Hazelwood Nine
Slates Second
Practice Session
With the opening of the Western
North Carolina Industrial Baseball I
League slated Just two weeks from
this Saturday, Hazelwood's team
will hold Its second practice at 4.30
p.m. Wednesday, according to act
ing manager Elmer Dudley.
Twelve candidates for the tejuri
which won runner-up honors in
the WNC league last season turned
out for the first practice session
Saturday, which was hampered by
cold weather.
(lEEN^
k"ULia
U *1 BY VIVIAN BROWN J
These days a proposal of mar
riage Is supposed to come with the
school diploma or little ladies feel
they have graduated to a spot on
the shelf.
It's like an atomic chain reac
tion?one student writes out wed
ding invitations and bingo, love
pops out all over the classroom.
Sometimes decisions are made
too hastily, however, as this letter
from a senior illustrates:
"I am supposed to he married
soon. Invitations are printed. My
wedding dress is ready. But now
I don't want to get married. It was
the idea that appealed to me be
cause all my school chums were
doing it. I don't know how to tell
my parents or the boy. althoueh he
does not seem as enthusiastic about
it since we took the first step. I
have had several showers and am
ashamed to face mv school friends."
Of course this marriage must be
nostponed until both narties are
sure But why can't thi= serious
thought bp given to the idea in the
first olace?
Conversations with newlvweds
evolve these auctions which, thev
sav. are well worth askine yourself
before you jump into tlje wedding
ring:
1. Would vou still like to date
other bovs after marriage or have
you had vOur final fline?
2. Are you marrying your first
date?
3. Can he sunnorf you in the
stvle vou desire?
4. Is he the tvne Who can ae
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5. Does he date other girls or
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you think of leaving family and 1
friends and joining him In a
strange land and like it aside from
the spirit of adventure?
7. Are you ready to have a fam
ily, giving up fun for that serious
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8. Do you like his parents <b)
Could you live with them if you
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9. Are you possessive?
10. Is he a Mama's boy (b) Are
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These questions must assure you
before you take the big step. If
you've answered "yes" to 1-2-5-9-10
vou aren't quite ready to give up
your freedom. Give the situation
| another look-see. Take a vacation
' from your steady-date as a test of
, your real devotion.
Oiiq all-important problenj for
lads and ladle*, according to young
newlyweds is how the young hus
band is going to combine starting
his career with the rsponsibillties
of marriage. Sometimes higher edu
catio must be forfeited, and many
young husbands have had to take
the first job available in order to
support a wife.
It can be a rut that is hard to
scramble from, according to those
who've experienced it.
Bill Norman, now scout for the
Detroit Tigers, worked as a
conch for the St. Louis Browns.
For the first time since he came
up to the big leagues with the
Cardinals In 1938, Enos Slaughter's
name is missing from the St. Louis
spring rosier. ,
Members of the North Carolina
swimming learn hail from five
.states plus Turkey.
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W H C C
Good Friday
7 00 P. M. The Story of Easter In Sonr.
Easter Sunday
12:00 The Church In the Wildwood
2:30 Salute to the Class of '55 (Easter Hymns and Anthems).
4:00 "Easter Overture" (Rimsky-Korsakov) and other concert
music.
7:30 Cantata: "Rabboni"
Directed by Mrs. Fred Martin. Sunt by choir members
from local churches with the following soloists: Mrs.
Jim Kilpatrirk, Mrs. Harry Lee Liner, Jr., Mrs. Fred
Calhoun, Mrs. Fred Martin. Mrs. Clyde Fisher, Thomas
Davis, Charles Isley, Harry Lee. Liner, Jr.. Samuel Wilson.
Arthur Moon and John Hogue. (Broadcast from The First
Methodist Church),
11:30 Highlights from Handel's "Messiah" Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra. Luton Choral Society and Special Choir.
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I WRESTLING
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?asheville city auditorium
I^ESDAY, APRIL 6,8:30 P.M.
I ? main event ?
I 2 ?ut of 3 Falls, 60 Minute Time Limit
I MIDGET tag team match
Kj'f BEAVER FUZZY CUPID
| *" ? 9? lbs. 40 tin. Tall ? H lbs.
** VS. and
? C0Wb?y tom thumb
K* BRADLEY
? j|lh ? 4S In. Tall ? Ml lbs.
I semispinal event
?lM Minite Tt?? Limit
V ^AlSTARl vs. LOU KLINE
OPENING MATCH
1 Fall, 20 Minute Time Limit
BLOND BUDDY LEE vs. TEX HEILLY