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Waynesville At Bethel, Crabtree At Fines Creek In Friday Night Games
n?ws in
sports
STAR BRUISED
Cleveland Indian baseball star
Al Rosen said he received "just
a few brulaes' In a three-car auto
mobile accident at Miami.
Rosen was x-rayed at .a hospital
after the accident.
"I've juat got a few bruises,"
Rosen said "Mv neck bothers me
a little and will bear looking Into,
hut I don't want, to alarm any
body."
TIIRKE I'NC RECORDS
Three Carolina basketball rec
ords were broken when the Tar
Meets defeated Clemson on Jan.
14, 103-99. |t was the most points
seared by a Carolina team, the
most points scored against a
UNO team, and the largest com
bination score.
PRESTON TO CNC
Pat Prest.in, former athletic di
rector at Wake Forest, was named
as an assistant football coach at
North Carolina
FBI TO COACH
William (Bill) Gibson, s nstive
of Wagram and s former foot
ball and basebal player for Wake
Forest. Is the new athletic di
rector at his alma mater.
Gibson, a special agent for the
FBI and a former hl?h school
coach and principal, waa chosen
today after a conference with
Dr. Harold Trlbble, college
president. Trtbble made the an
noune anient.
COACH HURT ?
Cap Tsbiil. football coach of the
Lae Edwards Maroons, rested com
fortably at hi* home after fractur- 1
inff a hntu- in his riehl lea durinff
basketball practice at the high
school Monday afternoon.
'That-* what I got." Cap Joked,
"for standing around In the court
| with my eyes closed."
Enka Teams
At Canton;
Clyde Away
Among four Friday night bas
ketball gamea Involving Haywood
County high school teams Friday
night are two meeting* of tradi
tional opponents ? Bethel and
Waynosvllle and Fines Creek at
Crabtree on the home floor* of the
first-named team*.
Other county game* will *end
Fnka to Canton and Clyde to Mar*
Hill
There'll be big g4ngs-on at
Bethel Friday where four game*
will be played <two in the after
noon) and a Bethel basketball
queen will be crowned. Former
Blue Demon and Belle basketeer*
also will be recognized during the
festivities.
In their Aral meeting thU season
at WTHS. the Bethel girls went
ahead In the fourth quarter to win,
49.37. and the Waynesville boys
staved off a Bethel rally to sneak
by, 48-47, after leading by 16 point*
at the half.
Since meeting the Mountaineer*,
the Blue Demon* have upset Can
ton and got revenge Tuesday night
for an earlier defeat by Edney
vllle The Belles still have only
one 1o*? on their record?an early
season defeat by Leicester.
Fine* Creek and Crabtree-Iron
Duff have already met three times
this season and the Fines Creek
boys and the Crabtree girls have
each won a pair apiece, and prob
ably will be favored to repeat Fri
day night at Fine* Creek.
Canton dropped both ends of a
doubleheader to Enka. and will be
out tomorrow night to at least
brfflk PVPn On thnlr liom. ?a
... v.. Iivtaw twirl.
| The Black Bear* have the best
' chance of finishing in the win col
j umn.
In a game at Clyde January 3.
the Cardinals edged the Mars Hill
Wildcats. 40-39. but the Clyde
girls went down. 64-43.
The Cardinals now boast one of
the county's best marks at 12-4.
having lost only to Canton since
the Christmas holidays.
COACH RESIGNS
Coach Taylor Sanford, who
cuided Wake Forest's baaeball
team to the NCAA champlonahlp
at Omaha. Neb., laat summer,
has resigned.
Sanford. 47. said he had a
feellnc of Inaecurlty" and "no
assurance I will hare a Job when
the current season Is over."
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NO DUKE-STATE GAME
At Duke's request, North Caro
lina State is not on Duke's 1957
football schedule. State Athletic
Director Roy Clogston said.
The action leaves the Wolfpark
i with only five Atlantic Coast Con
ference games in 1957 Clogston
i said. A rule which Is scheduled to
1 go Into effect next yegr, requires
that each conference team play six
conference game*. This regulation
is expected to come under fire at
a meeting of the ACC directors In
Greensboro Feb. 6.
Since 1933 the University of
Mississippi football team has won
60 games, lost 52 and tied 8.
FINES CREEK FILLIES basketball team this, season includes this
squad: (first row I Wanda Haynes. Pauline Haynes, Juanita Howe.
Jean Rogers, Jane Davie, and Joretta Clark; (second row) Patricia
Kirkpalriek (manager). Ethel Ferguson. Lois Hunter, Helen Price,
Cecil Presnell, Catherin Ferguson, and Margaret Rogers; (third
row) Gail Rradshaw. Millie I.ou Prtcv, Doris Parkins, Barbara Fer
guson. Margaret Trantham, and Anna Jean Ledford.
(Mountaineer Photo).
Bowling Center To Reopen
Under Y ounl's Supervision
Closed since last spring, the
Waynesvllle Bulling Center at 2S
Church St. will reopen Friday
night under the management of
"Babe" and Ila Jean Yount of
Waynesvllle?leading bowlers in
the men's and women's leagues
here for the past several years.
The bowling center will be open
nightly from 6:30 until 10:30, but
will be closed all day on Wednes
day.
Mr Yount said the alleys are
beln preopencd so that area bowl
ers will not have to go out of the
county to bowl.
Despite the comparatively small
number of Haywood County resi
dents who bowl, in comparison to
the large numbers in big cities, lo
cal men have done very well in
Southern tournaments, while wo
men here have scored well in com
petition with Ashevllle and East
Tennessee bowlers.
Mr. Yount also added:
"Realising that the condition of
the alleys plays an important part
In better bowling and higher
scores, it is the earnest desire of
the new management to build
bowling up to an even greater level
than it has enjoyed previously?
with special attention on maintain
ing well-kept alleys.
"At present, plans are under
way to organize a mixed league,
and anyone desiring to Join should
Wellco Defeats
Dayton Reserves
In Industrial Tilt
Welldo Shoe scored a 31-43 win
over the Dayton Rubber reserves
in a Haywood County Industrial
League game Monday night at the
Crabtree-lrun DufT gymnasium.
Hunter was the big gun for
Wellco Y'th 22 points, while Tay
lor added another 11.
Liner was tops for Dayton Rub
ber with 16. while Robinson was
tfood forf 10 more.
The referee was Harold Clark.
contact the manager."
Came prices will remain the
same, but special rates will be giv
en to church groups, he added.
Seven of Cleveland pitcher Herb,
Score's 11 complete games iml933
were games in which he allows
four hits or less, lie set a majv/
league strikeout record for a
rookie with 243.
.
Gus Bell of the Cincinnati Red
legs is the best home run hitter
under lights. At least he was in
! 1955. In 66 night games he hit 21
| homers, one more than his team
I mate Ted Klusrewski
Bill Haughton of Massapequa
N. Y., led the nation's harness
drivers in 1955 with 168 victories
and $599,445 in money won. It was
the third year in a row he led in
races and money won.
Russ Meyer in the last seven
National League campaigns gain
ed a 24-3 edge over the Chicago
Cubs. After tours with the Phillies
and Dodgers he is back with the
Cubs.
Canton Black Bears Trim
Reynolds; Lady Bears Lose
Canton divided two games with
Reynods High of Buncombe County
on the Canton court "Tuesday night
with the Black Bears winning. 88
68. after the Lady Bears dropped a
close one to the strong Reynolds
sextet. 53-49.
Charles West again led the bruin
basketeers with 36 points. Smith
was high man for the Reynolds five
with 13.
Canton was on top at the inter
mission. 49-31.
In the girls' game, C?nt,on post
ed a 26-25 lead at the haift but the
Reynolds girls surged ahead In the
second half. Bessie Phillips topped
the Lady Bears with 21, while 1 hyl
lis Sales meshed 26 for the losers
Tomorrow night Canton will be
home again for a doubieheadcr
with the strong Enka teams.
Girls' lineup:
Reynolds (53) Canton (49)
r?B. Connor < 16> Phillips (211
; F?Sales '2?i - Willli (10)
1 F?Sullins (9) Young < 16)
G?Trantham West
G?Williams Kinslancl
: G?Shillinglaw Bumette
Subs: Reynolds?Sellers, Flynn,
: Connor 1. Ingle 1. Dotson. Canton
?Taylor, Surrett 2, Robinson, Med
lin, Carswell.
Boys' lineup:
Reynold (68) Canton (88)
F?Hendrix (11) Milner (12)
F?Smith (15) Cannon (11)
C?Benfield (6) King (8)
j G?Harrell (6) West (26i
G?Reid (6? Van Hook (2)
Subs' Reynolds ? Longmeyer.
Harper 2, Laughter 11, Hauser, Mc
Intyre 9. Stephens 2 Canton?
Stamey (4. Pace 11, Raxter 8,
Green 6, Boone.
Officials: Rhodes and Riggins.
Dayton Girls Setting Fast
Pace In WNC League Play
Newcomers on the WNC Indus
trial League basketball scene are
setting quite a record for the first
season of play, which could be
hard to keep up in seasons ahead.
The Dayton Rubber Company
girls have lost only two games for
the season. In the first meeting
with the Beacon Mills girls, they
suffered a 20-12 loss and were
downed by the Enka lassies in a
Dixie League preliminary game on
the Enka Court.
The Dayton girls traveled to Bea
I con ior me tiouse 01 uavia-tieason
preliminary and won 20-19. In e
WNC league game on the Beacon
court, Dayton again handed Bea
con a 22-20 defeat.
The Enka lassies journeyed to
the Dayton home court and suffer
ed a defeat. In the Enka-Camp Gor
don premilinary game last Satur
day night, the Dayton girls won
again over Enka with a 31-28 score.
Dayton has met the Champion Y
girls in only one game and won
45-13 in that game. At 7:30 tonight
on the Crabtree-Iron Duff court,
the Dayton girls meet Champion Y
again in a WNC League prelim
inary to the Dayton-Blanton game.
The second scheduled game with
the Old Fort Finishing girls was
cancelled, but the opening game
gave Dayton a decisive victory.
in tour games with the Weilco
girls of Hazelwood, the Dayton
girls have recorded four wins.
Their record for the season now
stands at 9-2 with one game each
remaining with Enka, Beacon, Old
Fort and Champion y.
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