[Mountaineers To Present 'New Look' Team Friday
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Bethel Here
For Season
Opener
By BOB CONWAY
Tomorrow night at 8 p.m. at
the WTIIS stadium Coach Bruce
Jaynes will trot out a "New Look"
football team for the appraisal of
local fans.
After 27 years of a golden grid
iron era under Coach C. E.
Wcatherby. the Mountaineers this
season: (1> will have a new coach,
<2' will be running from the T
formation instead of the traditional
double wing, and <3* will be wear
ing all-gold uniforms instead of
the familiar black jerseys trimmed
in gold. '
The WTHS football squad itself,
however, is not new, but has five
starters back and several others
who saw considerable action last
year.
Although Coach Jaynes has not
announced his starting lineup
against Bethel, players have ten
tatively been divided into three
playing units.
Tom Sparks and
Bo^^MUl, both 180-pound seniors,
at onMP"im Hall. 240-pound sen
ior and Ray Moody, 190-pound jun
ior at taekles; Bruce Davis, 200
pound junior and Buster Price.
170-pound senior at guards, and
170-pound Jim Byrd at center.
Making up the starting backfield
v are four seniors: Sam Lane. 155
pound quarterback: Hugh Grasty.
180-pound fullback, who will oc
cupy the spot left vacant by J. W.
Stevens; and co-captain Carroll
Hooper. 155. and Neal Palmer, f75,
at halfbacks.
Linemen with the No. 2 unit
Tuesday were:
Jimmy Fowler, 185, and Jack
Lewis, 170. juniors, at ends; John
David Arch. 220. and Richard
"Bear" Turner, 260. seniors, at
tackle: Frank Sham. 165. and Rich
ard Mehaffey. 175. juniors, at
guard and Jerry Deweese, 165
pound junior, at center.
A mope the reserve backs are:
.Tack Holder, 170. and Wayne
Pruitt. 150. nuartorhacks: David
Warren. 150: Carroll Rowland. 145.
and Bill Moore, 150 halfbacks, and
Tommv Parris. 160, fullback.
The Mountaineers' starting line
will averaee 190 and the starting
baekfield 105. according to an .ac
tual computation of weights. The
team has previously heen termed
"largest in WTHS historv "
The second unit will have a
startin" line averaging 191 nounds
and a back/ield averaging 157.
For the Beihel Blue Demons
the starting lineuo Drnbablv will
he made up of Gerald Hill and
Parvl Gant at ends: John Russell
and Rov Henson at tackles: James
Rnarks and Joe Bob Fish at guards.
Dovle Warren at center: Carroll
T.owe at ouarterback. Henrv CaDns
and Gene Shenherd at halfbacks,
and Bud Phillips at fullback.
In their onener against Canton
last week. Coach Charlie Poindex
ter's charges stalled Canton's hieh
lv-tonted offense until the final
minute of the half when Milner
scored on a 77-vard mint return.
Tn the second half. Canton's
mnnnuwer began to tell and the
Black Bears nushed across three
more touchdowns.
On hand to entertain the fans
at haKtime Fridav night will be
the Wayncsville band.
Yale has taken the NCAA team
golf crown 21 times. The pvent
was first held in 1897.
Hal Jeffcoat. relief pitcher for
the Cincinnati Redlcgs. joined the
Ch^^^.Cuhs as an outfielder in
194Wmter starring for Nashville.
PROBABLE STARTERS for the Waynesville Mountaineers Friday
night against Bethel is this squad: (kneeling), end Bobby llill.
tackle Jim Hall, guard Bruce Davis, center Jim Byrd. guard Buster
Price, tackle Ray Moody, and end and co-captain Tom Sparks;
Clyde Out For Third Win
Friday, To Play Bakersville
Unless they suffer a letdown,
the Clyde Cardinals should wrap
i up gridiron victory No. 3 Friday
afternoon when ' the Bakersvjlle
team comes to Clyde for a Sky
line-A Conference game at 3 p.m. j
Although comparative scores
don't mean too much when it
comes to pigskin prognostication,
the record does show that Bakers
ville lost to Mars Hill, 26-7, on
August 31 and the Cardinals, in
turn, skinned the Wildcats last
week, 19-0.
Thus far, the Clyde combine
has rolled up 52 points while hold
ing their opponents to a scant six
?scored by Hot Springs in losing,
33-6, to the Cardinals in the sea
son's opener.
Although the season is still
young, it appears that Coach H. B
Griffin has two of the best back
field performers in the county in
quarterback Bob McCrackon and
fullback Johnny Rogers.
McCracken has proved adept at
engineering Clyde's T-formation
attack, and Rogers is a boy who
can pick 'em up and lay 'em down j
in a hurry ? having scored five
touchdowns in two games.
Mars Hill was the first big ob- j
stacle for Clyde toward winning
the Skyline-A conference. At pres- i
ent. it looks like Marshall and
Glen Alpine are the toughest still
remaining on the Cardinals' sched
ule. Last Friday Marshall clobber
ed its neighbor. Walnut, 38-0, and
i Glen Alphine overpowered Boone.
26-12.
The game at Clyde Friday will
be the last home appearance for
the Maroon and Gold until Oelob
er 5 when Walnut will be enter
tained down by the Pigeon.
Enka Jets To Meet Canton
(Black Bears Friday Night I
The Canton Black Bears, winner
over Bethel last week, 25-0, will
encounter the first major obstacle
in their quest for the Blue Ridge
grid crown when the Fnka Jets fly
into the Paper City Friday night.
Although Fnka was clawed by
the Hendersonville Bearcats last
Friday, 39-19, the fact that the
Jets were able to score three
touchdowns on the Cats' veteran
line shows that they can give any
team in the Blue Ridge a lot of
trouble,
Fnka lost heavily bv graduation
this soring, but Coach Roy Phillips
is rebuilding and later in the sea
son he may have a rugged aggre
gation put together at the Bun
combe school.
In the Canton-Bethel game last
Friday night, for almost the en
tire first half it appeared that the
Black Bears vaunted offensive get
up-and-go had got up and went,
but Milner got loose for a 77-yard
punt return as the half ended, and
' the bruins added three more six
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pointers in the second half.
Stainey thrilled the Cantonites
with two long runs for touchdowns,
and Coach Boyd Allen trotted out
two able quarterbacks to run his
T ? veteran Dewavne Milner and
newcomer Bobby Pace.
The Black Bear line, although
not too experienced, performed
capably in limiting Bethel to an
average of 20 yards per quarter
from scrimmage ? a total of 80
for the game.
Next week Canton will journey
to Brevard to tangle with the now
erful Blue Devils and then will re
turn home the following week to
entertain th# Waynesville Moun
taineers.
THE MOUNTAINEER PLATERS' BENCH at tho WTHS stadium
also will bear a new look tomorrow nlrbt aa tlx result of UUa aoat
of paint applied by Abner Mehrffey, special aaaWont to tha WTH8
erid squad (Mountaineer Photo).
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(backfield) halfback Neal Palmer, fullback Hush firasty, halfback
and co-captain Carroll Hooper, and quarterback Sam l,ane.
(Mountaineer Photo).
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WGC Nay Prove To Be
Conference Surprise Team
It looks like the Western Caro
lina Catamounts may pull some
surprises in the North State Con
ference this year, providing the
will to win and hard work mean
anything, asserts Head Coach Dan
Robinson.
The Western Catamounts, led by
Co-Captains Bob "Ape" Setzer,
right guard from Waynesville. and
Tommy Lewis, left halfback from
Chadburn. have been going
through a rapid pace in pre-season
camp at Cullowhee. since Satur
day, Sept. 1st, in preparation for
the rough season ahead.
The catamounts striving to once
aeain become a football power in
the North State circuit take on
such worthy opponents as the Uni
versity of Tampa. Wofford, East
Tennessee, and Carson-Newman,
in addition to their foes in the
conference race. A tough schedule
in anyone's league.
Thus far. Coach Robinson is well
pleased with the fine work of
standout lineman Setzer, along
with that of Little All-American
candidate Denny Williams, a be
hemoth 6-2, 230 pound right tackle
from Belmont, Right in there
scrapping in that forward wall as
well, is Center Fred Scott, 6-0. 195
pounder from Morganton: Hubert i
Edwards, another 6-2, 230 pound
plant who mans the left tackle
slot; Charlie Bvrd. 6-0. 210 pound
left guard from Rutherfordton;
and the two ends. Ed Vincent, six
footer from Washington, D. C.,
manning the left end post: and
Doyle Clark, 5-11, 175 pound
scrapper from Franklin, on the
right side of that line.
In the backfield will be an array
of talent in halfbacks Tommy
Lewis and Jack Hendrix. Hendrix,
right halfback from Biltmore, is
considered to be one of the hard
est running backs in the Confer
ence, while Lewis is the shiftier of
the two speedsters. Both should be
among the leading ground gainers .
in the North State this fall.
At the quarterback post will be \
Rip Pert-v, a veteran of many
vears gridiron experience, having
played on many military service
teams in the past six years, after
starring at the Georgia Military ]
Academy. And right behind Perry, I
at the Fullback position will be j
Tally Williamson, who has shown
tremendous power in the pre-sea
son drills, Williamson, 6-0, 200
pounder from McCall, S. C., has
the drive to gain that short yard
age, as well as the speed to go all
the way.
All in all, it shapes up that the
Catamounts may he a surprise win
ner of some of the "big-ones" this
fall. However, they lack reserve
depth, and could be In a bit of
trouble if a few of their key fig
ures in that first eleven were to be
out of action, via the injurv route.
One thing is certain, however,
when the purple and gold clad
Catamounts take to the field this
fall, you will see one of the most
spirited ball cluhs in the North
State Conference, with the will to
win.
Walls' Hits Help Pirates
Climb From Leaaue Cellar
Bv JOE BRADIS
PITTSBURGH. Pa 'API ? Lee
Walls rarely gets top billing in
the headlines but the 23-vear-old
outfielder's booming bat is play
ing an important part in the Pitts
burgh Pirates elimb from the Na
tional League cellar.
Walls failed with the Pirates as
an infielder in 1952 after only one
season in the minors. That was
during Branch Rickey's experi
ment with "fuzzy-cheeked"' young
sters.
But now with five years of ex
nerience,. the six-foot Californian
easilv won the starting rieht field
iob last snring and continues to
spark in the field and at the plate.
Walls' size, speed, hitting and
throwing power had maior league
scouts on his trail while he was
in Pasadena High School. Pirate
scouts signed him after graduation
and assigned him to Modesto in
the Class C California League.
Lee was an all-around athlete at
Pasadena, competing in football,
baseball and basketball. He was a
good halfback and was offered
scholarships to California. South
ern California and Stanford.
In his first pro baseball season,
he showed his choice to be a wise
one. He hit 342, collected 14
home runs. IBS hits and drove in
109 runs in 135 games. His 16
trinles led the league and he stole
28 bases.
The Pirates, in 1952, assigned
him to Waco for further season
ing From Waco he nude the jump
t? Hollywood where he played
both the infield and outfield un?
der Manager Bobby Brapan
Lf? wears pluses but ft doesn't
hinder him 'He bats and throws1
LEE WALLS
righthanded and weighs 205.
Walls credits chief scout George
Sisler for improving his hitting,
the result of a daily practice grind
.in spring training.
"George and I worked out for
about two hours every morning
during spring training," says
Walls. "He said I had a blind spot
on the inside pitches.
"He didn't change my batting
stance but had the pitchers throw
nothing but inside pitches. Finally
I began to hit and only then real
ized haw much Mr. Sisler helped
me.
"I think Mr Sisler is the great
est hitting instructor there is. The
combination of hit Instruction and
the confidence of manager Bragan
in me'helped me more than any.
thing else."
Smoky Mtn.
DRIVE-IN
THEATRE
Balsam Rd. Dial GL 6-5446
THURS. & FRI.,
SEPT. 1.1 & 14
"THE
FORBIDDEN
PLANET"
(In CinemaScope and Color)
Starring
WALTER PIDGEON
ANNE FRANCIS
? PLUS ?
5 CARTOONS!
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I SATURDAY. SEPT. IS
DOUBLE FEATURE
"THE SIEGE AT
RED RIVER"
(In Color)
Starring
VAN JOHNSON
JOANNE DRU
?ALSO?
"DOWN
BUSTERS"
Starring
RICHARD TODD
MICHAEL REDGRAVES
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SUN. & MON.,
SEPT. 16 & 17
"TOY TIGER"
In Color
Starring
JEFF CHANDLER
LORAINE DAY
TIM HOVEY
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MOUNTAINEER FOOTBALL CO-CAPTAINS this season are Tom
Sparks (73) (left), an end, and Carroll Hooper, (65), a halfback,
who will lead their team against the Bethel Blue Demons here
Friday night. Both boys are also varsity performers on the WT1IS
basketball team. (Mountaineer Photo).
Bit And Spur Club
Review Successful
Labor Day Show
Reports on "the best and most
colorful horse show ever held in
Canton" were given by members
of the Labor Day Horse Show com
mittee at the regular monthly
meeting of the Bit and Spur Hiding
C'ub. Detailed reports were pre
sented. and the club was well
pleased with each report.
Plans for autumn trail rides and
picnics were discussed during a
sceial hour following the business
meeting.
The meeting was held at the
; home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Barber. Jr. Miss Margaret Perry |
| was hostess with Mrs. Barber.
Four of the younger members.
Mary and Betty Barber, Patty
Morgan and Beverly Dickerson,
helped the hostesses with the serv
ing.
Nashua Has
Double Meaning
NEW YORK <AP^ ? Nashua,
the colt that has won more money
than any other horse in history,
has a double meaning. He was
named for the city in New Hamp
shire However, bv a coincidence
his name is a combination of the
names of his sire (Nasrullahl and
dam 'Regular
Want Ads bring quirk results.
Local Women
Play Blind Bogey
Golf Tournament
In a blind bogey tournament
played by Waynesville women golf
ers at the Country Club Wednes
day, Mrs. Warren Zeuch won the
event in the 18-hoie group with a
low net of 37. Mrs. Bill Prevost had
the low putts?33.
Mrs. Ruti. Clark also won a prize
for visitors with a 38.
In the nine-hole group. Mrs. Pitt
McCarroll won with a 19. while
Mrs. Paul McElroy had the low
putts?15.
Qualifying for th,> women's club
champioiTship started yesterday
with Mrs. Bill Ray as medalist
with an 89. Defending champion is
Mrs. Bill Prevost.
'Moby Dick' Is
Gripping Tale Of
Men Vs. Whales
Screen stars who go down to
the sea in ships usually end up
high atop the mainsail of stardom.
From Charles Laughton's ster
ling portrayal of the infamous
Captain Bligh in "Mutiny on the
Bounty" to swashbuckling Errol
Flynn's role of Captain Blood, the
iniquitous sea masters have given
rise to the highest professional
stature that can be attained in the
acting profession
And now Gregory Peck adds his
name to the long list of actors who
left the steadiness of terra firma
for the oitrh and roll of a stout
schooner to immortalize their
names in the memory of film stars.
Peck, who has been a top star
for more than 10 years, takes on
the rote of the terrible tyrant of
the ill-fated vessel "Pequod,"
Captain Ahah, in Warner Bros.'
"Moby Dick." a Moulin Produc
tion in Technicolor. The film
premieres Sunday at the Strand
Theatre.
STRAND
THEATRE
PHONE 6-8551
THURSDAY, SEPT. 13
LAST DAY TO SEE
CinBmaScoP(=
starring
RICHARD Jf AN Z>
TODD ? PETERS *> J
t.i?6,Df LUXE
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FRI. & SAT.,
SEPT. II Hi 1 ?">
DOUBLE FEATURE!
1st HIT
SEE
GEORGE MONTGOMERY
IN
"BATTLE OF
ROGUE RIVER"
2nd Hit
"UNDERWATER"
Starring
JANE RUSSELL
GILBERT ROLAND
ALSO
"Cartoon and Chapter 1
"King of The Rocket Men"
?
SUN., MON., TUBS.,
WED. & THURS.,
SEPT. 16, 17, 18, 19 & 20
The Man, The Whale. The
Vengeance, The Mightiest
Adventure of All!
SEE
WAWWtll Boo* mw
Kjcharp Leo
BaSehakt * G?w
.-John Huston
HUKfTIOII Of HCRMAW Mliwut I
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Waynesville
DRIVE-IN
i THEATRE
First Show At Dusk
THURSDAY, SEPT. 13
"WOMAN'S
WORLD"
(Color and CinemaScope)
Starring;
CLIFTON WEBB
JUNE ALLYSON
LAUREN BACALL
MONEY BARREL NIGHT!
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FRIDAY, SEPT. 14
"RACING
BLOOD"
(In Color)
Starring
BILL WILLIAMS
JEAN PORTER
5 BIG COLOR
CARTOONS
?
SATURDAY, SEPT. 15
DOUBLE FEATURE
"TENNESSEE'S
PARTNER"
(In Color)
Starring
JOHN PAYNE
RONALI) REAGAN
RHONDA FLEMING
? ALSO ?
"MY DARLING
CLEMENTINE"
Starring
HENRY FONDA
LINDA DARNELL
VICTOR MATURE
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SUN., MON., TUES. & WED.,
SEPT. 16, 17, 18 & 19
"THE
SEARCHERS"
In Color
Starring
JOHN WAYNE
JEFFREY HUNTER
NATALIE WOOD
PARK
Theatre Program
LAST TIME TODAY
THURSDAY, SEPT. 13
"A DAY OF
FURY"
(In Color)
Starring
DALE ROBERTSON
MARA CORDAY
?
""FRIDAY. SEPT. 11^?
"A GUY NAMED
JOE"
Starring
SPENCER TRACY
IRENE DUNNE
VAN JOHNSON
?PLUS?
THE BEST IN
SELECTED SHORT
SUBJECTS
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SATURDAY, SEPT. Li
DOUBLE FEATURE
"THE OUTLAW'S
DAUGHTER"
(In Color)
Starring
BILL WILLIAMS
KELLEY RYAN
? PLUS ?
"URANIUM
BOOM"
Starring
DFNNIS MORGAN
PATRICIA MEDINA
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SUN.. MOV A TI ES..
SEPT. Hi, 17 & 18
"COMANCHE"
(In Cinemascope & Color)
Starring
DANA ANDREWS
LINDA CHRISTAL
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