Here And Yonder
The Sportecope
By BOB CONWAY
Although there were no big surprises In -last week'* Haywood
County basketball tournament ? with (avorlWs winning as ex
pected ? the annual event was, nevertheless, an interesting one.
In the girls' championship, the third meeting of the season
between Bethel and Waynesville, which figured to be a hard-fou0tt
battle, turned Into a rout for the Belles.
Although the Mountalnette* have what it takes to beat the
Belles, the Waynesville girls last Saturday night ? to use an old
phrase ? couldn't hit the side of a barn and probably couldn't have
won with the aid of a stepladder.
All three of Waynesvllle's scorers ? Agnes Roberson, Myrtle
FlUgerald, and Tulan Carver ? have poured In a lot of points this
season, but they experienced one of their worst nights in the finals
at Bethel. It was a tough one to lose, but the very best of basketball
' teams have their off nights.
The boys' game between Waynesville and Bethel didn't disap
point anyone and provided more excitement than a lot of people
like in one ball game.
The Blue Demons caught fire late in the first half and con
tinued hot thrpugh the third quarter and it appeared that the Moun
taineers were doomed to defeat In their third attempt to turn back
the Pigeon dribblers. However, Jordan and Co. bounced back with
a foruth-quarter rally that carried thetp through to victory and
Waynesville's first boys' basketball championship in many a year.
At the end of the tournament a' Bethel last Saturday night, we
were accosted by two irate fan* (both female), who accuied us of
losing the game for their team by setting off photographic flash
bulbs In the faces of their players.
It didn't do a bit of good to tell these unhappy women that we
took pictures of all four teams in the tournament finals that night?
and flash bulbs go off Just as brightly for one team as they do
the other.
However, since other people may wonder about taking pictures
of basketball games, we might say a few words on the subject.
first, we ought to point out that flash bulbs will "blind" a per
son temporarily, but ONLY when he looks directly into the camera.
If you aren't staring right at "the birdie", flash seldom bothers you.
If we were to stand, directly under the basket when photo
graphing games, a flash shot might possibly bother a player's aim
at the basket, but since we always stand well off to opt side, we
take pictures of shooters looking away from the camera and toward
the basket.
In the noise and excitement of a modern-day basketball game,
flashbulbs seem to have very little if any effect on players. If any
thing. tl*y have seemed to help Waynesvtlle this year because the
Mountaineers lost only one game In the WTHS gym (to Enka), which
was covered by a Mountaineer photographer, but didn't do nearly
as well on the road.
9b have boon taking basketball pictures for three years now
and never heard a peep unttl the ether night, flash and strobe light
shots srs taken of games all over the country every night and if
there has ever been a complaint anywhere, we haven't heard of it.
However, if by chance any player suffers from having a flash
bulb get off In his vicinity, all he has to do Is to notify the referee
or his coach, and we'll be glad to stop taking pictures immediately.
Canton Only County Team
In Blue Ridge Tourney
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The Canton Black Bears. the only
Haywood County team entered in
the Blue Ridge Conference tourna
ment at Enka tonight, Friday, and
Saturday, will play the winner of
the Brevard-Chint School game at
8:4S p.m. Friday.
The Canton Jayvees are ached- ]
uled to aee action againat Ben Lip
pen at 740 p.m. tonight.
The Jayvee championship game
will be played at 7:30 p.m. Satur
day and the varaity championship
at 8:48 p.m. Between halves, a
tournament queen will be crowned.
Canton has vfon the Blue Ridge i
Conference tournament for the i
past two years.
The tournament pairings were !
mad* by a commute* made ud o!
George Cathey af Inks, Dick Fiy.v
toux of Christ School. Charlie
JohnMii of Reynolds, and C. C.
Poindexter of Bethel.
They Want Reichow
DBTROIT (AP) ? Iowa * Jerry
Reichow 1* one of the few college
player* to sign a professional foot
ball contract before being drafted
by a National Football League
team.
The Detroit Lions, anxious to
bolater their quarterback slot,
signed Reichow and then made
him their first draft choice at the
NFL meetings in Los Angeles.
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Wayneaville High Its first boys' county champion
ship in many years by beatinc Bethel, S2-47, in
the finals of the Haywood tournament last week.
Coach Bill Swift holds the title trophy, flanked
by (on left) Tony Davis and Bobbv Ballance and
(on rifht) Captain Don Jordan, Carroll Hooper,
and Tom Sparks. (Mountaineer Photo)
Mountaineers To Meet Swam High
In District AA Playoffs On March 11
Baker Makes All-State
lunior College Cage Five
Gerald Baker. 1964 graduate of
Wayneivllle High School and a
sophomore center on the Brevard
College basketball squad, was nam
ed this week to the all-atate junior
college team, one of the two West
ern Division schools to place a
player on the select group.
Baker, who stands 6-6, averaged
2S points per game this season and
finished second in the conference
rebounding battle.
The Brevard College Tornadoes
still hold second place In the West
ern Carolina Junior College Con
ference.
Baker also was elected to mem
bership in the Brevard Monogram
Club this week and received a
varsity basketball letter In an as
sembly program at the college.
Cone's Toe Will
Be Missed
MILWAUKEE (API?The Green
Bay Pasckers may be hurting for
a kicker of field goala and extra
pointa next season if Fred Cone
sticks to his guns and retires.
Packer backers say Cone was
about the best in the National
Football League, or surely in a
das# with Cleveland's Lou Grosa.
often rated tops.
Cone led -the league in field
goals In 1955 with 16 out of 24 at
tempts. George Blanda of the
Chicago Bears was next with II
out of 16 and then fame Ben Aga
janian of the New York Giants
with 10 out of 19. Grosa made 11
out of 22.Mn extra points, Blanda
and Cone went through the league
seaaon without a miss. Blanda
booted 97 and Cane made all 30
placements
Holmes Hit .302
PORTLAND. Ore. <AP> ? Tom
my Holmes, the new manager of
the Portland Beavers in the Pacif
ic League, compiled a .302 life
time batting average for 10 years
in the National League. He was a
standout for nine years with the
Boston Braves as a batter and
right fielder. He'filled out his 10th
year as a player with the 1092
Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1320 league
games he made 1.907 hits in
ijm trips to the plate.
Jayvee Team
Topples Enka
In Final Game
Coach Bruce Jaynea' Waynes
vllle High Jayvees got revenge for
an earlier loss to the Enka juniors
Tuesday afternoon by nosing out
the Little Jets, ?0-58, on the
WTHS floor.
With five seconds to go, the game
was tied 98-58, but Johnny Wright
sank two foul shots for the margin
of victory.
Waynesvllle was ahead at the
first quarter, 16-13, at the half, 29
27, and at the end of the third
quarter. 48-40.
MehafTey paced the Little Moun
taineers with 20 points, while John
ny Wright hit 12 and Jim Hall 11.
Redmond was tops for Enka with
1'.
This game was the final one of
the season for the Waynesville Jay
vees.
Wild Rabbits To
Be Distributed
In This Section
Sixty wild rabbits are scheduled
to arrive in Canton soon for stock
ing purposes in some of the so
called "rabbitless areas" of the
county, Ourley Robinson, secre
tary-treasurer of the local Wild
life Club, has announced.
These rabbits, the regular cotton
tail species, are being shipped
from Rafto. Kansas, and will be re
leased as soon after arrival as
possible.
Rabbit hunters interested in
stocking these rabbits should con
m.
tact either Robinson or Charles A.
Smith. Jr., club president, im
mediately.
I In the District 4 Class AA bas
ketball playoffs?to be held at Bry
son City February 29 - March 3?
! Canton will meet Franklin in the
second game on February 29. and
Waynesville will face Swain High
of Bryson City in the second game
on March 1.
The first game on February 29
will send Hendersonville against |
Syiva, while Brevard will tangle
with Murphy in the opener on
March 1.
Semifinals will be played March
2, and a consolation game and the
finals on March 3.
In Ihe Class A playoffs, to be
staged either at Enka or Waynes
ville, Bethel will meet Robbins
vllle in the third game on March
5. Other pairings are:
March 5
6:30?Cullowhee vs. Mars Hill.
7:45?Cherokee vs. Rosman.
March 6
7:30?Henderson County champ
vs 6:30 winner of March 5.
! 8:45?Other two winners play.
A consolation game and finals are
slated March 7.
Pairings for both the Class A and
. Class AA playoffs were made Mon
day night at Bethel by a tourna
ment committee made up of C. C.
Poindexter of Bethel, chairman:
Bill Swift of Waynesville, and Nor
ris Jones of Swain High.
Michigan To Play UCLA
EAST LANSING, Mich. (API
Rose Bowl opponents Michigan
State and UCLA may sign up for
a home-and-home football series
in 1959 and 1960, says Athletic
Director Biggie Munn of MSU.
'?We want to keep on playing
one coast team a year," says
Munn.
Michigan State concludes a two
year pact with* Stanford this year,
then plays California in 1957 and
1958.
Bowling
naynesville nixed league
Rendu of Feb. IS
Guttersnipes 2; Alley Cats 1.
Happy Four 2; Pinbusters I.
Screwballs 2: Keglers I.
high team series
Guttersnipes 1878
Screwballs 1668
high team games
Alley Cats ......... 607
Keglers ? l 688
high individual series
Ua Jean Yount 813
Joel McCreary 488
high individual games
Jules Rlggins 201
Joel McCreary 193
team standings
W L
Guttersnipes .......... 2 1
Happy Four 2 1
Screwballs 2 1
Alley CaU 1 2
Pinbusters 1 2
Keglers 1 3
INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES
Men
I. J. McCreary 166
2 T. Atkins 165.6
3. J. Riggins 163
4. G. Moody 1 a. 161.6
5. J. Jackson 150.6
5. M. Penley 150.6
Women '
1. I. Yount 171
2. A. Wyatt 153.3
3. C. Elliott 141.3
4. E. Gragg 122
5. W. Woodruff 121
ResutU of Feb. 22
Guttersnipes 3; Screwballs 0.
Pinbusters 2; Alley Cats 1.
Happy Four 2; Keglers 1.
HIGH TEAM SERIES
Happy Four 2139
Pinbusters 2028
Alley Cats 2013
HIGH TEAM GAMES
Happy Four 765
Guttersnipes 700
Keglers 699
HIGH INDIVIDUAL SERIES
Men
Charles Woodruff 508
Tom Atkins 500
Gene Moody 495
Women
Cecil Elliott 475
Maxine Knight 421
Ila Jean Yount 408
HIGH INDIVIDUAL GAMES
Men
John Jackson - 212
Mark Hipps _. 183 i
Tom Atkins 178
Women
Cecil Elliott 181
Geneva Atkins 154
Ila Jean Yount - : 153
TEAM STANDINGS
W L
Guttersnipes ..........l 5 1
Happy Four 4 2
Pinbusters ,.... 3 3
Screwballs 2 4
Alley Cats 2 4
Keglers 2 4
INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES
Men
1. T. Atkins 168.1
2. J. McCreary _.. 164
3. G. Moody 163.1
4. J. Jackson 157.1
5. C. Woodruff x 155.6
If omen
1. I. Yount 1_ 153.5
2. A. Wyatt 153.3
3. C. Elliott 149 8
4. M. Knight 140.3
5. E. Gragg r...._ 127.3
Schedule for Feb. 28
Guttersnipes vs. Pinbusters.
Alley Cats vs. Keglers.
Happy Four, vs. Screwballs.
Perfect Score
HELENA, Mont. (AP) ? With a
muzzle-loaded Kentucky half stock
riflie, Helena hunter Jim Jennings
killed a two point buck deer with
one 50-yard shot. Jennings said
it was his first big game kill with
the old style weapon which has a
trajectory about the same as a
modern .22 caliber rifle.
ST. JOHN'S MOT SQUAD this rear to made ap of (left to riffht)
Ronnie Arc*. David Green, Ronnie Plrmmooa, David Jeter, Pete
Hooper, Junes Kirk p. trick. James MiUer, and Robert Henry.
(Mountaineer Photo).
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JOHN RUSSELL of Bethel took to the air for this push shot dur
ing the torrid second half in tu boys' finals of the county tourna
ment Saturday night. At left is forward Tony Davis of Waynes
vilie. (Mountaineer Photo).
Girls' Gage Championships
Old Slorv To Poindexler
C. C. POINDEXTER
Dayton Rubber
Cagers To End
Season Monday
Dayton Rubber cagers will close
out their 1955-56 season Monday
night in the Crabtree-Iron Duff
gymnasium with the boys meeting
Blanton's Buisness College in a
WNC Industrial League game and
the girls playing Enka in a non
league tilt.
The first game will staft at 7:30
p.m.
The Dayton Rubber boys are
currently in the No. 2 spot in the i
WNC League, while the girls have
won the championship as the re
sult of beating Beacon last week.
Coach C. C. Poindexter of Beth
si has been winning girls' basket
ball games so long he has l#6t
count of his victory total ? which
began back in the 20's.
However, he does know how
many victories he has won In
coaching girls' basketball at Bethel
High for the past five seasons. His
highly regarded Belles reached the
100 marks against Waynesville
February 3 and finished the season
with a total of 105?counting the
Haywood County tournament,
which his girls won for the fourth
straight time.
This year, the Bethel lassies won
their second straight Blue Ridge
Conference championship, finished
No. 1 in the Asheville Times rat
ings of Western North Carolina
girls' teams, captured the regular
season county championship and
the tournament.
In his first year at the Bethel
helm, the season of 1951-52, he
captured the state championship
and was runner-up the following
year. Last year, the Belles also won
every honor In sight in this part of
the country.
Mr. Poindexter also has coached
girls at Western Carolina College,
Leaksville, Waynesville, and Can
ton, and won several championships
with both Haywood County teams.
Although he has seen many of
the state's outstanding girls' teams
come and go, Coach Poindexter
picks the 1928-29 team of Waynes
ville as the best of all.
Forwards on that WTHS team,
he recalls, were Hilda "Nig" Leath
erwood (Mrs. Fred Howell). May
Crawford (Mrs. Howard Jennings),
sifter of Ail-American football
player Freddie Crawford, and
Rebecca Reeves (Mrs. Ernest Carv
er).
Guards were Babe Welch (Mrs.
Jack Felmet), Grace Campbell
iMrs. Wilson Fisher), and Gladys
Justice (Mrs. James Duvall).
That year, Mr. Poindexter alio
coached the Waynesville, boys, who
won the WNC championship in the
boys' division.
That famous five included Fred
Campbell. Lock Howell, Jack Phil
lips. Freddie Crawford and George
Washington ? the latter a Chero
cee Indian.
Fielding Improves
CINCINNATI (AP) ? National
Leaguers were better fielders in
1955, The 1,135 errors made by "
the eight teams in the circuit are
going on record as the fewest ever
made in a season.
Good-Sized Quintet
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) ?
Bob Feerick's Santa Clara basket
ball team is fairly well fixed in
height. His starting five includes
Rich -Montgomery (6 feet 7), John
Boudreau (9-5), Dick Harrison
(94), Gary GUlmor (9-0) and Dan
ny Ball 9-11).