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James Mayfield Tenders Resignation As Head Coach At Bethel High School Mentor To Accept New Post Coach James Mayfleld he- an nounced his resignation as head coach at Bethel iiigh School, effec tive at the'end of the present school term. Mayfleld said he Is leaving Bethel because he feels he can better him self with another coaching post. He added that he has had two of fers, but has not made any deci sions as yet. Mayfleld served as assistant to C. C. Poindexter at Bethet for two years before going into the Army. After his discharge, he was named heac^coach at the Pigeon Valley school, taking over in football from Poindexter and in basketball and baseball from J. M. Carver. Mayfleld disclosed that his sue- ?V cessor will have experienced mate rial to wiork with since this year's -Q basketball and baseball scffiads will lose only one man apiece. The foot. ball squad also will have a lot ?C "1 letter-winners returning next All. Women Golfers Hold Season's First Event The Woman's Division of the Waynesvllle Golf Club played a Blind Bogey last Wednesday morn ing for the first I-adies' Day of the Season Mrs. Bill Ray and Mrs, Wtllowby Cox tied for low. Mrs. Dan Wat kins won low putts in the 18-hole group. In the 9-hoIe group Mrs, Russ Kibbe won low score and low pulls. Monte Irvin In An All Out Try For Comeback (The following story wms writ ten. especially for AP flews features by Monte Irvin, former New York Giant left ftelder.) By MONTF. IBVIN CHICAGO (Apt ? When the Giants sent me down to Minne apolis, I figured the trouble might be that I wasn't trying hard enough. So 1 decided right then that it was time I started trying harder. Well, I hustled and had a good season at Minneapolis, and it got me another chance in the majors, with the Chicago Cubs. 1 won't predict how I'm going to do this season, or say how many homers I'll hit, or anything like that. But 1 feel fine and hope to come back and have a real good year. I played about 50 games with the Giants before I got moved to Minneapolis last season. I didn't have aoy luck at all with New 1 York. "Hie Polo Grounds was against me. I kept hitting the 1 ball right where outfielders were 1 waiting to catch it* And I was being platooned in the outfield. 1 Usually, when a guy has a real ? good season the year before, they'll * let him stick around quite a while the next year even if he isn't do- c ing so good. Well, I didn't have I a real good season the year before. { I had a good one in 1953. when I lit .329, but in '54 I hit only .262. Actually, the Giants didn't send ne to Minneapolis. They just left ne there. We had an exhibition game at Minneapolis last season and when t was over they just told me to tick around. The Giants hadn't given any indi cation I. was gofhg to be moved, >ut I had a feeling something was loing to happen. At Minneapolis, I got seven MONTE IRVIN Bob Setzer Named Co-Captain of WCC Catamounts Bob "Ape" Setxer, right guard of the Western Carolina College Catamount gridders, was elected Co-Captain of the 1956 edition of the Catamount .-quad at a recent meeting of the team members. Bob, a graduate of Waynesville High School, was well on his way to becoming a little All-American three years ago, only to have his career interrupted by Uncle Sam. After serving two years in the U.S. Army, Bob returned to the Cata mount feld last year, where he shined. in the late season. In his form of old. He is the son of Mrs. Eslelle and the late Lee Setzer, of Route 2, Waynesvtlle. While in high school. Bob dis tinguished himself on the gridiron by achieving practically every foot ball honor bestowed upon high school gridders. He was All-Con ference In 1949 and repeated In 1950. In 1950 he was also chosen to the All-Western North Carolina squad and received honorable men tion for All-State laurels. This is one Catamount that cer tainly will carry a load on his shoulders in the forthcoming sea son. and there is no doubt in any one's mind that Bob is All-Confer ence material and would be no surprise to anyone, if the Cata mount gridder turned out to be a little Ali-American. * Gorgeous George Due At Asheville Wednesday Night Gorgeous George will head the card at the Asheville Auditorium Wednesday In a tag-team match, and two other mat bouts promoted by Chief Saunooke. The Gorgeous One will team up with his valet. Dobson. against Don Eagle and Billy Two Rivers in a match with a 60-minute two limit. Judged on two falls out of three. In a one-fall bout with a 45 minute time limit, Jack will take on Mr. Moto, while Kinjia Shabuya will tangle with George Becker in anothe rone-fall mgtgh with a 30 j minute limit. Doggie's Teams Get Birds HANOVER, N. H. <AP) ? Dart mouth basketball ooach Alvin (Doggie) Julian has had five of hit teams in post-season basket ball tournaments in the last 13 years. His Muhlenberg teams went to the National Invitation Tourney in 1943 and 1944; his Holy Cross teams made the NCAA tourney in 1947 and 1948 and this year his Dartmouth Ivy League champions played in the NCAA tourney. hits in a row right at the start and I seemed to get adjusted right away. I finished the season there hitting .352 in 75 games. The team treated me fine and the fans were real good. too. But of course, you don't feel satisfied in the minors once you've been in the majors, and I was real hap py when the Cubs drafted me dur ing the big league meeting at Co lumbus, Ohio last Fall. I don't know what Manager Stan Hack's plans are. But I do know one thing. It's nice to be back in the majors again and I'm going to do everything I can to stay right here. Reese's Advice Helped ] Clem Labine's Pitching ' By FRANK BCK AP NrwtfMlurn Sparta Editor VERO BEACH, PU. <AP> ?De termination to master one particu lar pitch and an open mind to suggestions haa made Clem Labine the best relief pitcher In base ball. Af least that's how the world champion Brooklyn Dodgers feel about their 29-year-old sinker ball expert from Woonsocket, R. I. It hag taken Labine six years ? to realize his ambition?to be a ?steady winner for the National League rulers. He hM played for three different managers, been In 204 big league games, pitched a shutout in the 1951 pennant play off and has participated In two World Series. \ Burt Shotton, Chuck Dressen I and Walter Alston, never kneto for sure whether Labine was best f fitted as a starter or a reliever, [clem never quite knew himself. : Since his 1951 masterpiece against the Giants in the Polo Grounds he has had his share of starting as signments yet has completed only one game he started. "I'm happy to be on relief after the contract I got," says Labine. He will get between $20,000 and $25,000 this year. In an exclusive interview La bine revealed how he got straight ened away on his sinker. "Pee Wee Reese came to the mound one day in Ebbets Field last April when I was pitching against Cincinnati. He said: " 'I'm not trying to tell you how to pitch so you can take this for What it's worth. .But Jrou are throwing your sinkjfc* ffeslUe and the right-handed hitters are rap ping it. In your goad games you used to throw it outside.' "It was the best advice I 'ever got since I began fiddling around with the sinker when I pitched in Venezuela in 1950. Pee Wee s poimeu oui iriai wnen i mrew my sinker low and outside the right j landers would hit it to him at shortstop or back to me on the ? mound. "It has always been my inten- ' :ion to keep the ball low. The 1 -inker would break in like a natu ral screwball. I had never con- 1 rentrated on throwing it outside 1 until Pec Wee made the sugges- i :ion." 1 Labine throws the pitch "close I ;o an overhand delivery." 1 Labine. who tied the Dodger workhorse record by 60 appear- < inees on the mound last season. I attributes control to his 1955 rec- i >rd of 13 wins against 5 losses. i "I was getting my curve ball >vcr oh odd counts, like 3 and 1 ind 3 and 2," says the clothing lesigner from Woonsocket. "The Utters never knew whether to ex >ect the sinker or the curve. The inker is my pitch but I guess the urve keeps them honest." "He showed me In the World terles that he's a great relief litcher," says Manager Alston. "I tarted him eight times last year n emergencies due to sore arms, f I never have to start him this eason well be in great shape." LABINEIGRJP pi?I Him CLEM LABINE , Canton Club Plans June Horse Show Plans for a spring horse show were set in motion by the Canton Saddle and Bridle Club at a din ner meeting Tuesday. The show is to be held Sunday, June 10. beginning at 1:30 p.m. Gerald Miller was named man ager of the show, and Mrs. Harry Sherrill. secretary. The following were appointed to committees: Harry Sherrill, L. H. Hargrove, Flossie Devlin, Vinson Worley, Tom Best, Walter Zach ary. George Throstcl, Sr., Max Cog burn and Glenn Simmons. Henry C. (Shagi Crawford, new umpire in the National League, was aboard the destroyer Walke when it was hit by a Japanese suicide plane during the invasion of Luzon. Bowling WAYNESVILLE MIXED LEAGUE Results of April IS Happy Four 2; Screwballs 1. Alley Cats 2; Keglers 1. Guttersnipes 2: Plnbuaters 1. HIGH TEAM SERIES Pinbusters - 2265 Guttersnipes 2205 Alley Cats 2175 high team games Pinbusters 71* Guttersnipes 708 Alley Cats 704 high individual series Men D. Gragg 527 C. Swanger 518 M. llipps 484 Women A. Wyatt 468 I. Yount 440 E. Gragg 420 txinu tvnivmiTii nturc Men D. Grass 196 T. Atkins .. . 192 C. Swanger 192 Women A. Wyatt 168 W. Woodruff ...... 167 I Yount ? 159 TEAM STANDINGS W L Happy Four 22 8 Guttersnipes 16 14 Screwballs 16 14 Keglers IS IS Alley Cats 12 18 Pinbusters 9 21 INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES Men C. Swanger 168.6 J. McCreary 165.1 J. Riggtns 159 6 T Atkins T. . 159 M. Hipps * 157.2 Women A. Wyatt 158 8 C. Elliott ... 151.5 I. Yount .... 147 H. Knight 141.5 IP. McCrearv 134 9 SCHEDULE FOR APRIL 25 Pinbusters vs. Happy- Four. Guttersnipes vs. Alley Cats. Screwballs vs Keglers. Robin Roberts of the Phillies, who led the National League In low run games pitched in 195S. allowed the moat home runs dur ing the season (411. Rookie catcher Haywood Sul livan of the Red Sox Is a former *TX6 football player at the tThi verslty of Florida. He gave up a chance at pro football Lane Waited Four Years To Get Pitcher Schmidt ? ? By FRANK ECK AP Newsfratures Sports Editor "I've been chasing you four ears," General Manager Frank -ane shouted when W i 11 a r d ichmldt reported to the St. Ixuis Cardinals at St. Petersburg. It was worth looking lpto. ?ant 's tone of voice sounded as it ichmidt owed him some money. Jut Frantic Frankie soon explai* ?d that he tried to get Schmidt our vears ago when Lane was Chi cago White Sox general manager. "I saw him pitch for Omaha n tha Western League at Colo ado Springs in lt51," Lane elab >rated when qustioned about his >dd greeting of the 27-year-olri ichmidt who never has quite lived, lp to expectations. "He had a great, treat fast ball. "In 1954 he was eligible for he big league draft and 1 wanted lim for Chicago. But the Cubs iraftod Jimmy King off the Colum ius. Ohio list and thai prevehted ichmidt from coming to Chicago, rhe Columbus list was closed." Lane was templed (o buy Schmidt but he jus didn't get iround to it. A look at the 1955 National League pitching records and Lane still has reason to be enthused ibout Will. The native of Hayes, tan., who now lives in Norman. Dkla., pitched 288 innings last year jetween Omaha in the American \ssn. and St. Louis. Ho was 12-5 it Omaha. Though he was 7-6 with the Red Birds, he was 14 innings sty of leading the National League in the ill-important earned run records. His ERA was 2 77 for 130 innings. Pittsburgh's Bob Friend led with 2.84 The high spot of Schmidt's ;areer came last Aug. -11 when lie one-hit Milwaukee. A seventh inning single by Johnny Logan ruined his no-hitter, Schmidt credits the curve ball 1 " ?-? ?% Harry Brecheen showed him in 1952 with giving him new life. "I had no curve ball until 1954 at Houston where I won 18 games-," says Schmidt. "I finally stayed with the way Brecheen showed me how to throw it and it finally came around .1 have a slider and a fast ball but that curve is a big pitch for me now-. "Having my tonsils out also helped. I- used to pitch at 176 pounds but this spring I reached 199. I pitched at 192 last year." Schmidt scared the Cardinals this spring when he went lo a Florida hospital with a stomach obstruction. Previously he had three abdominal operations. 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