Hendersonville Here Friday Night Fer Major Blue Ridge Cage Clash; Here And Yonder The Sportscope By BOB CONWAY ? We have been wondering today if the Mountaineers have ever before in history played so many basketball games in one season in which the final outcome was in doubt right down to the last sec ond of the contest? Three of their last four games have been of the "photo finish" variety ? against Canton. Bethel, and Clyde. All In all. Waynesvillf has playtd three games in which the winning margin was only one point and have played two more in which the final edge was only two points. So, if it's thrillers you like, don't miss any of the Mountaineers' hardwood hassles. The big 'un coming up here tomorrow night against Hendersonviile should offer more of the same excitement. * The attendance at the Canlon-Waynesville game here broke all records set last year, but the Bethel game came along a week later and established another record. The officiating at the Clyde-Waynesville game Tuesday night was the poorest we've seen in Western North Carolina, but it was not one sided ? both teams suffered during the rough and tumble action. For a time the contest strongly resembled a football game and looked for a while as if the proceedings might get out of hand. However. Waynesville's defeat at Clyde can't be blamed on the officials. The Mountaineers just weren't hitting enough and were outrebounded too often. Waynesville's new cheerleaders make a very striking appear ance on the hardwood. Glad to have them on hand. And speaking of cheerleaders, Clyde's corps are decked out in maroon and gold jeans. One of these days they're going to play a basketball game in the Waynesville gym without having to stop to mop up a soft drink that somebody spilled on the playing floor. Bethel High Splits With Edneyville Bethel split a pair of games with Fdneyville at Bethel Tuesday night, the Belles winning. 68-42. and the Blue Demons losing. 64-41. Four of Edneyville's starting five in the boys' game hit in the | double figures ? with Kestbrton getting 17. Pitillo and Sain 15 each and Brigman 10. Dean Reeee paced the Blue Demons with 16 | points. The Henderson countians were ahead at the half, 25-14. In the girls' game. Shirley Smith again led the way for the Belles with 27 points, while Annette Lowe added another 14. Griffin was high for the Edneyville girls with 19. ' Bethel's next game will be to BARGAINS IN ! GOOD USED 1 I APPLIANCES 2?RCA Radio-Phonograph Combinations. Plays all records. New $269.95. Slightly used. Only $125.00. 1?21 inch Admiral console TV. Brand new picture tube. A real buy at only $110.00. 1?17 inch General Electric table model TV. Used very little. Yours for only $100.00. 1?21 inch Motorola table model TV. Practically new. 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Brevard Fo' the third straight Friday night Waynesvllle will present a top WNC cage attraction when the always rugged Hendersonville Bearcats come to town for an im portant Blue Ridge Conference clash. In the only other game sched uled in the county this weekend. Canton wil play host to Brevard. Games away will find Bethel at Reynolds tonight and Clyde at Fletcher and Fines Creek at Edneyville Friday night. Crabtree Iron Duff is slated to be idle. Despite their upset loss to Clyde Tuesday night, the Mountaineers still have a perfect mark in the Blue Ridge and will be out to beat the third of three traditional con ference opponents ? Henderson ville ? after having gotten safely _by Canton and Bethel in two close games. Against Clyde Tuesday night, Waynesvllle put on a desperate fourth-quarter rally and cut the Cardinals' lead from nine to two points, but Old Father Time halted the Gold and Black two points short of the mark. Clyde played steady ball throughout, while the Mountain eers suffered two "cold spells" during the contest. Hendersonville has already split games with two Haywood oppon ents ? losing to Canton and downing Bethel in two games last week. Early in the season the | Bearcats dropped two tilts to Lee Edwards and nosed out Owen High in their last start Tuesday night. Canton will be heavily favored at home Friday night to repeat their earlier victory over Brevard on the Transylvania hardwood The Blue Devils, apparently out of the Blue Ridge race again this year, also have dropped two games to Waynesvllle. " Clyde's classy Cardinals, over joyed by their victory over Way l nesville at home Tuesday night, will be out for victory No. 8 of I the season at Fletcher. The Ma roon and Gold cagers have won six out of their last seven games? losing only to Cantoc recently. Edneyvilie, always a powerful contender, proved too talented for Bethel on the Pigeon planks Tues day, but the young Blue Demons will hjive an excellent chance to | rack up another triumph tonight . against Reynolds. The Buncombe basketeers already have dropped games to both Canton and Way nesville. Fines Creek, idle Tuesday, faces a rugged assignment in trying to j stop the high-scoring Henderson j County aggregation, which polish ed off Bethel this week, hut the Hornets may be able to hit a hot streak. night at Reynolds High of Run combe County. Girls' lineup: i Edneyville (42) Bethel (68) i F?Griffin (19) (14) Lowe F?M. Hill (11) (10) B. Henson F?Turner (7) (4i Jones G. D. Freeman Pinkerton G?B. Hill M Phillips | G?D. Jackson Messer Subs: Edneyville ? J. Freeman. Hensley, C. Jackson, Oates, Davis, 1 Brigman 5. Bethel,?S. Smith 27, 1 J. Smith 7. Layman. Blazer, A. 1 wards 3. J Grogan 3, A Grogan. Green. Smathers, Griffin, B. Phil lips, Metcalf, B. Henson. Frizzell. Burnette. Half time score: 33-24, Bethel. Boys' lineup: Edneyville (64) Bethel (41) F?Pitillo (IS) (2) Russell F?Burgess (7) (5) Hill C?Sain (15) (8) Singleton G?Kesterson (17) (16) Reese , G?Brigman (10) (2) Queen , Subs' Edneyville?Hill. Bethel , ?Henson. Burris. West 6, Mease 2. | Half time score: 25-14, Edney- : ville. i LEADS AGGIES UP ? ? * - By Akm Mover fi ? PAUL "AfAG" BRYANT, HEAP COACH OF TEXAS A AM, . WHO'S MAPE \ THE 3HE ATE ST OHE-SEASCrJ /MPROVEMENT /X THE 0/ ^ baylor hap their v". supporters talk/no ? ? Pitt's 1955 footbalt team, compiling a 7-3 record before Roing to the Sugar Bowl, was known as a running learn because it picked up 113 first downs and 2045 yards rushing and ?nly 17 first downs and 510 yards passing. But, oddly enough, exact ly one third of Pitt's 27 touch downs came via passes. Ice Show Set NEW YORK (AP) ? The Holly wood Ice Revue will run 18 nights and six matinees In Madison | Square Garden from Jan. 12 I j through Jan. 2(>. Clyde Hands Mountaineer Cagers First Loss_As Rally Falls Short By BOB CONWAY The law of averages caught up with Waynesville Tuesday night at Clyde and the Mountaineers were knocked out of the undefeated class as a fourth-period rally fell short by two points. 43-41. The Waynesville girls also found the going rough in Cardinals country, but put on the pressure to win, 63-57. Five otner times thiR season, the Mountaineers have stared defeat squarely in the face?against Mur phy, Clyde (here), Fines Creek. Canton, and Bethel, but alwavs have managed before to emerge on '.he fat end of the store. However. Clyde, who lost by only one point on the WTHS floor Before Christmas after leading most of the way, was not to he lenied Tuesday night and took ad vantage of Mountaineer miscues to wrap up its first major county vic tory this year. Summing ep the game in a few words, it was the steady playing of Clyde versus the irregular offen sive of Waynesville that spelled the difference. In the second quarter. Clyde scored nine straight points, while Waynesville went scoreless and again at the end of the third char ter and start of the fourth the Cardinals sank four field goals in succession while the Mountaineers failed to find the range. In the falal second quarter. Waynesville went six and a half minutes without a point until Don Jordan dumped in two layups t;> cut Clyde's halftime margin to only four points. Waynesville led. 16-15. at the end of the first quarter, but Howard Shook's pivot shot at the start of the second period put the host team ahead until the third quarter The Gold and Black dribblers re gained the lead twice in the third | quarter, but Jim Green's long shot [ put Clyde back on top at 30-23. 'and they never were headed again Trailing by nine points midway in the fourth quarter, the Moun taineers started a last-ditch rally, sparked by Jordan, who hit three quick baskets, and Tom Sparks who converted two free throws. This sudden surge might have overtaken the Cardinals had it not been for the team's smallest mem ber, Danny Caldwell, who caged two fouls and then sneaked through for a layup that provided the win ning margin. Waynesville hit on 11 out of 18 free throw attempts, while Clyde cashed in 13 out of 21 tries. Jordan was again high scorer for the Mountaineers with 20 points, while Carroll Hooper was second highest with 10, exhibiting some nice shots under the basket. Shook and Caldwell each got a down for Clyde. In the girls' game, the Waynes vllle Mountalnettes were continu ally pressed by the Clyde girls, al though the local lassies won, 71-48, in the first game here. Waynesville, however, led at the end of the first quarter, 16-13; at the half. 36-29. and at the end of the third quarter. 50-47. Agnes Robcrson again showed the way for the Mountainettes with 28 points, while Tulan Carver net ted another 20. Girls' lineup: Waynesville (63) Clyde (57) F?Carver (20) Owenby (27) Fe?Fitzgerald (13) Medford (18) F?Roberson (28 > Harris (2> G?Howell Brown G RatclilTe Scott G?Turner Russell Suhs: Waynesville?Grant, Nich ols, Bowen, Ketner 2, Nichols. Browning. Clyde ?? Ducker 10, Green, Hughey. Boys' lineup: Waynesville (41) Clyde. (43) F?Hooper ilO) B McCracken (9) F?Davis <41 D. McCracken (8) C?Sparks <6> \ Shook (12) O?Ballance (!) Caldwell (12) Waynesville's Jayvee Cagers Top Clyde, 52-36 The Waynesville Jayvee basket ball team had considerably better luck against Clyde Tuesday after noon than the varsity did Tuesday night and came up with a 52-36 victory over the Cardinal fledg lings. WTIIS also won over Clyde in an earlier meeting of the two "B" teams. Jenkins paced the Little Moun taineers with a sizzling 27 points, while Seay was high for the Clyde team with 16. Waynesvilie was ahead at the half. 27-19. Mobile Ace Rates COLUMBUS, Ohio (APi?Base ball men are high on a 21-year old pitcher who was named rookie of the year in the AA Southern Assn. lie's Ralph Mauriello, a New York City native who lives in, Hollywood, Calif. Mauriello had an 18-8 record for Mobile and his 2.76 earned run record was the best in the circuit. He completed 13 of 34 starts, had 159 strikeouts and 132 walks in 215 innings He probably will pitch for Mont real or St. Paul in 1956. AH In A Dog's Day INVERNESS. Fla. (API ? Leon ard Sweet is sorry he took his dog along on a hunting trip, tvhen the dog jumped from the car he knocked a pistol to the ground and discharged it. Swett suffered a leg wound. However, the dog helped Swett's son, Bobby bring in a seven-point buck deer. G?Jordan (20) Green (2) Subs: Waynesvilie?Medford, Da vis. Clyde?Seay. LAFF - A - uAf - -4 ^ n>tm mnn w. ?o*u Mm iwivu "Engagement ring?f % NIW POtD P. 100 l-fl. Pickop, GVW 5,000 Ibi. Choke el 133-h.p. Six or 147-h.p. 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