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- Champion Softball Team Howe Friday, Saturday For Two Double headers Foes Are McClain, Oak Ridge The Champion YMCA Softball team will be at home again this weekend for two more double headers ? one on Friday night and the other Saturday night. The first twin bill Friday, start ing at 7:30. will be against the Mc Clain Trucking Co. of Winston Salem. In an earlier meeting be tween the two opponents on the truckers' diamond, Champion had to go all out before winning, 1-0, in nine innings. McClain had two top flingers in the persons of Bill Willard and Lefty Francis. In the second double feature on Saturday night. Champion will play host to the strong Oak Ridge, Tenn. aggregation, paced by two of the top pitchers in the Volun teer State. Bobby Loy and Ernie Collins. Champion topped the Tennes seans in a doubleheader at Oak Ridge recently, but thpse two games were the first of the sea son for the losers. The Oak Ridg ers have improved considerably since then, vand took two games from Bart's Bar of Columbus, Ohio, last Thursday before the Buckeye squad came to Canton for two daubleheaders Friday and Sat urday. Champion dropped their first game of the season to the North erners in the first game last Sat urday night, but ended the four game series on top, 3-1. The 1955 Southern Regional champions now have a season's mark of 15-1. Mrs. Bill Prevost Shoots Par 75 At Country Club . Waynesville's women golfers shot their best round of the sea- i son Wednesday on the Country Club links, led by Mrs. Bill Pre vost with a ?par performance of 75. Mrs. Howard Hyatt carded an 84. and MVs. Bill Ray shot an 87. In a "throw out'' tournament, Mrs. Bill Ray was low in the 18 hole group and Mrs. Howard Hyatt j had the Jow putts. In the nine-hole group, Mrs. Stuart Roberson was low for the round. anJTMfrs. Have Felmet turn ed in the low putts. RETURNING TO WAYNESVILLE will be two top Atlanta rollers, Allen Yates (left) and T. M. Smith, Jr., who will appear on the Country Club links the weekend of June 1-3. They are pictured here last year in front of the clubhouse. Dayton Rubber Team Wins Its Softball Opener, 21-8 The Dayton Rubber Thorobreds. i with Junior Howard on the mound, won the opening game of the , Champion "Y" Softball League with a 21^ victory over Calvary Baptist Church of Canton. Henson.*"Tat*0in -and Sharpe ? saw action on the mound for Cal- j rary Baptist. The Dayton Thorobreds have en tered Softball play again after sev eral idle years. The last team play en during the early 40's. Manual Hooper has joined th< I*hoi oWt*lW behind -the plate hav ing played last season with th? Wellco team. Bob Ballance and Tony Davli have traded in their WTHS base ball uniforms for the blue and gol< softball jerseys of the Thorobreds The lineups: Thorobreds ab r 1 Stamey, 3b 4 2 J Fugate, of 0 1 ( Altherr, ss 2 2! Davis, of .* 0 0 ( W.vatt. of 3 1 ( Ballance, ss 4 1' Muse, of 1 0 ( Stevenson. 2b 2 2 1 Leatherwood. lb 2 3 ( Lytic, of 0 1 ( Moore, of 2 2 1 Shephard. c 0 1 ( Hooper, c 0 2 ( Jenkins, p 0 1 < Howard, p . .... 3 2' Mathews, p 0 0 ( Totals 23 21 1( Calvary Baptist ab r 1 Cole 2 1 ( Sharpe 3 0 1 Wright 0 1 ( | Carpenter 2 1 ( Johnson, J 2 0 ( Deweese 3 ] ; iPrice 2 1 ( Tatham 2 1 ( Kuykendall 0 j , Johnson. D. 10C Henderson j j , Henson j 0 c Totals 19 9 4 returning from a game, at Bethel Johnny Wright was the runner up among the regulars with .366 on 15 hits in 41 trips Pitcher George Mitchell was third with .363 on 12 hits In 33 attempts. Leading the entire squad were thnec reserves who played in only a few innings during the season. Pitcher Kenny Gibson hit 571 with four safeties in seven trips; Jim Ruff had a .500 mark with three hits in six times at bat, and Stuart Scruggs had four hits in nine trip, for a 444 record. Other averages were: Sam Lane. 363. 4 for 11; Bobby Ballance, .355, 16 for 45; Mike '.4 for 41: To"y Davis 325, 14 for 40; Jack Holder, 320 eight for 25; Bobby Hill. 318 15 for 47; Don Ezell, 303. 11 for'33 Paul Burress. 272, three for 11 and Ralph Arrington .250, one for four. In pitching, the squad's main stay ? George Mitchell ? led with a 6-3 mark. Bobby Ballance WM 1-1; Kenny Gibson was 2-0 and Bobby Trull, 1-0. Coach Jaynes called Mitchell one of the best pitchers in scho lastlc circles, pointing out that he i struck out 96 opponents in 1C 1 games. The squad finished the season with a 10-4 mark ?- one of tht -heat compiled by a WTHS has* ball team in the past several years Atlanta Golfere To Appear I Iflere Week Ot !unel-^l Two leading Atlanta golfers ? J Allen Yates and T. M. Smith, Jr.? |j will appear at the Waynesvllle ? Country' Club the weekend of June j * 1-3 under sponsorship of the North Side News, a community newspaper ' in Atlanta. The two men perform- ' ed on the local links for the flrst ' time last year. Yates and Smith were pictured ' .on the front page of a recent is sue of the North Side News, alon.: < with a large picture of the Waynes- t ville Country Club and surround- t ing mountains. ' Yates has won the championship j of the East Lake Country Club in Atlanta a number of times and also has two brothers well known in 1 Georgia and U. S. golfing circles. ' One brother, Charlie, won the Brit- ' sh Amateur Golf Championship in ' 1048. while another brother, Dan ny, has captured a string of cham yionships ? including the Georgia slate. Atlanta Amateur, and South ?rn Amateur. Smith, an Atlanta attorney, won he championship of the Ansley Park Club for three years In suc ;esslon Both golfers will be accompanied tere by their wives. Concerning the Wayncsville j Country Club, the Atlanta paper | orms it "one of the nation's pret iest courses, surrounded by bal lam-covered mountains, with val eys and brooks winling over the andscai?e." The article concludes: "Both the fateses and the Smiths will And nany friends among those who ipend their summer up there in he Carolina mountains." I'sr the Want Ad* mr result*. Dayton Plant Gkrmes Slated Twice Weekly Softball fans who enjoy a lot of downing, plenty of action and many runs, will enjoy I he games at the Waynesville High School fleld on Saturday and Tues day afternoons. Intra-plant games but ween the various departments are being played and some of the comments are, *'I haven't had as much fun in years". The Textile Department fell 22 18 to the Lab team last Tuesday afternoon. The Maintenance De partment says the Fir* Brigade Should stick to Are fighting since! they blanked the Fire Brigade 19-0 on Saturday aftgrnoon. Ernie Beck, star of the 1951-52 Pcnn team, still holds the Ivy Basketball League single game record. He made 45 points against Harvard on Feb. 6, 1952 - ~ 1 - - - Bowling SUMMER MIXED LEAGUE HIGH TEAM SERIES Four Aces 1669 Keglers 1653 Guttersnipes 1606 HIGH TEAM GAMES Guttersnipes 588 Keglers 572 Fojir Aces . * 569 HIGH INDIVIDUAL SERIES Ladies P. McCrary 445 H. Knight 445 I. Yount . 413 Men J Jackson 491 O Yount 487 O. I.ugar 430 HIGH INDIVIDUAL GAMES Indies H. Knight 194 P. McCrarv 170 C Bischoff 167 Men [J. Jackson 196 O. Yount 190 B. Harrison 183 TEAM STANDINGS W L Happy Four 3 Kcglers 4 2 Guttersnipes 3 3 Four Aces 2 4 Ramblin' Four 2 4 ' The Bombers 1 2 INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES Ladies I A. Wyatt 158 H. Knight 150 4 ;C. BischofT 139 2 P. MeCrary 138.1 ii. Yount 137 5 Men C. Swanger 175 J. Jackson 169.1 O. Yount 162 1 M. Penley 151 2 G. 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He was out of action last year after suffering a broken ankle in an automobile accident as the WTHS squad was Only two of the 15 players on the Waynesville High baseball team fell below the .300 mark in hitting this season, according to figures released this week by Coach Bruce* Jaynes. l.eading the regulars was first bas(*man James Carver, who got Edwards States Position On Canton Chartered School DISTRICT . J As Candidate For Rep resentative from Hay wood County, Charlef Edwards takes stand for Education f The needs of the Public Schools and of the children who attend them are my primary concern in this campaign for membership in the Lower House of the N. C. Gen eral Assembly. I pledge myself to work for and to vote for tf?e Program for the Schools as set forth by the United Forces for Education, under which the Canton Charter District will benefit equally with the Haywood County School System. I fully appreciate the value of the Canton School Sys tem as a district which must be continued under the direction of the outstanding leaders whom the citizens of Canton have selected. . Furthermore the high salary scale and the high stand- ij ard of living enjoyed by the working people of this county were made possible by the growth of industry here, under favorable economic conditions. I pledge myself to protect our industry and your job* by oppos ing any legislation which might endanger both. In seeking office as your Representative, I carry no chip on my shoulders, nor do I have any plans other than to work for the beat interests of us all. *
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