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Page Two Sports Chatter j By GENE BYRD 4» u „ „ , n 4 0 Dear Sport’s Fans: I am enjoying writing this col umn because each person that I have called on for help or inform ation has been most helpful. I do appreciate the nice commenst that you have made, and it inspires me to continue this sport’s column and sport’s news that I have been contributing to The Black Moun tain News. In regard to this Black Moun tain News. I believe it is sincere ly interested in advancing the in terests of our town. Likewise I believe they are willing to give sports all the publicity they can. Certainly the paper is far from perfect, but it shows signs of im provement. The print is better, and the rather laughable errors that marked its earlier efforts have disappeared. I believe that it deserves our support and co operation. I am hoping that the News will see fit in the near future to or ganize its sport’s page so that all events of sport interest will be to gether. I think you would like that too. I am also hoping that we here in Black Mountain will become Ijjyi “FLY” Says Bill Supervised Flying Ground Instructions FREE FOR LIMITED TIME To Qualify You For Private License See The Valley From The Air EXCURSION TRIPS TO Lake Lure - Smoky Mountains Two and Three Passenger Airplanes NICHOLS FLYING SERVICE SCENIC TRIPS i i I To j MT. MITCHELL over BLUE RIDGE, % PARKWAY t * o * CHIMNEY ROC—LAKE LURE * :[ 0 J '1 BILTMORE ESTATE—SUNSET MOUNTAIN * ;‘ 0 * ;« CRAGGY GARDENS l ■, O-i J $ SMOKY MOUTAINS J :j 0 > * ;j [n the very near future we will make Daily Trips $ l to these places. * :| o * • < J < 5 and 7 Passenger Cars for your convenience. * ■ c For Reservations and Prices Call J j VICTORY CABS 1 ■ < 5 G PHONE 3801 J r * i ENAMEL WARE , ALUMINUM WARE REMEMBER o THIS IS THE TIME TO REPLACE THE OLD PIECES OF COOKING UTENSILS WITH NEW ■ o BLACK MTN. HARDWARE CO. Black Mountain, N. C. Phone 3481 sport’s conscious. By that I don’t mean that rabid, bloodthirsty sort of sport’s mindedness, but see a love of clean sports develop. I am anxious to see the day when the clean flame of competition can blaze without animosity. The aim of our column is to in terest, entertain and instruct. If you can hlep me in any way to further these aims, 1 would ap preciate it- For better sports, GENE BYRD. o Now readers, I have written you a letter. I would like to hear from you. Drop me a card, care of the Black Mountain New,s tell me if you enjoy the column, make suggestions. (After all, you owe me a letter now.) The Southern League has gotten off to a flying start, good crowds and all the trimmings. See where old George Turbeville, the srtike out king of the League was to start a game. He pitched in the Piedmont League once, and was he temperamental. Talking about temperament . . . Do you remember Johnny Allen who once pitched for the Asheville and then went on to major league fame? He once became angry over an umpires decision while pitching at McCormick Field, and tossed the ball over the grand stand. Glad to hear that “Dusty” Cooke who once played outfield THE BLACK MOUNTAIN NEWS for the Tourists has caught on ] with the Phillies as a trainer. Hampered by injuries he never lived up to expectations. On the other hand Ben Chapman who _ played short for the Tourists, be came famous as a Yankee out fielder, and wound up doing some. respectable pitching, and becom ing manager of the Phillies. Do you fans know how McCor mick field got its name ? I’m sure that 1 don’t. Say, how many of you remem ber the seventh grade team that Mr. Hinkle had a number of years ago that took three out of five from the Asheville Cubs, at that time one of the classiest young teams in W. N. C ? As I remem ber, Charley Pressley caught, Leak Wall, Bert Simpson and Jeter Riddle pitched, Gorman Burgin played first, “Pug” Mor gan played short. How about helping me complete that team ? The eight month’s school term killed high school baseball as that group entered high school, and most of them never played ball on a Black Mountain High School team. They were great prospects too. Oklahoma A & M’s basketball opponents should breathe a sigh of relief. That seven foot Bob Kur land finishes this spring. The University of North Carolina probably wishes he had finished last spring. They say quite a few schools are after the services of Ben Carne vale the Carolina coach- Wish he could stay at the University. John Mackorell is turning over the sport’s reins at Lees Mcßae Jr. College to Coach Dickerson. Mackorell was a fine coach and had been a fine athlete at Dav idson where he was one of the best in the Southern Conference. Jim Cowan’s many friends are happy that he has returned to Mars Hill. With men like Tom Young at Western Carolina and Flulcie Stewart at Appalachian, we should see some smartly drilled teams this year. Memo to sport’s promoters (somebody like Jim Bonham or Johnny Bowers): The North Caro lina Junior College tournament would make a fine attraction in basketball for the City Auditor ium next year. Lees Mcßae is the defending champion. One of the best short football stories that I hawe read appeared in the Swan, Swannanoa High School paper, describing the game between Black Mtn. and Swan nanoa at the close of last season. A young man named Enloe was the author. A very nice piece of work. Let’s see how you made out on last week’s sport quiz. The White Phantoms —U. N. C.’s basketball team. The Blue Devils—Duke athletic teams. The Gamecock’s —U. S. C. ath letic teams. The Buckeyes—Ohio State. The Galloping Gaels St. Mary’s. The Boilermaker’s—Purdue. The Rambling Wreck —Georgia Tech. The Demon Deacons —Wake Forest. The Red Terrors —N. C. State. The Volunteers— University of Tennessee. W. C. Schedules Ten Football Opponents For Fall of 1946 ; Tom Young, athletic director ; and coach of football at Western • Carolina, announces completion ! of the football schedule for the : fall of 1946. Ten games will be j played, five at home and five - away. Present plans are that the l five home games will be played at night, as lights will be in -1 stalled by this fall at Cullowhee. 1 Four games are with North State h opponents, and four games are - with members of Smoky Moun tain Conference. Four weeks of spring football drills, with 43 candidates out, have been held and practice will end April 18. Sept. 20—High Point College, there. Sept 28—Carson-Newman, Tenn. there. Oct. s—Tusculum,5 —Tusculum, Tenn-, here. Oct. 12 —Hiwassee, Tenn., here. Oct. 19 —Milligan, Tenn., here. O'ct. 25 —Lenoir Rhyne, there. Nov. 2—State Teachers of Ala bama, here. Nov. 9 —Appalachian, here. Nov. 16 Eastern Carolina Teachers College, there. Nov. 23—Emory and Henry, Va., there. SEND IN YOUR NEWS How Many of These Can You Answer? o To whom were these nicknames applied ? The Manassa Mauler. The Wild Bull of the Pampas. Poosh Em Up Tony. The Georgia Peach. Shoeless Joe. Hammering Henry. Mickey Mouse. The Big Train. Dizzy and Daffy. The Bambino. I hope you are reading the con tinued story that the Black Moun tain News is running. It is about basketball, girl’s basketball at that, but I hope it will interest you- The printer really fixed me up on one deal, or maybe I fixed him up. At least one sentence ran something like this in last week’s installment, “Teresa not the least bit conscious in her rather daring practice suit ...” It should have been not the least bit self-conscious.. I’ll admit that I have had a few players in my time that didn’t always seem to be conscious, but I won’t have them that way in fiction. Well the good Lord and the ed itor willing, I shall see you next week. Baseball To Be Revised In Black Mountain o Plans are underway for a re vival of baseball in Black Moun tain. While the sport has been dead for several years in this com munity, it is believed that the time is ripe for a renewal of the sport. Under the leadership of the Black Mountain High School Ath letic Association steps are being taken to secure a home plate, erect a backstop and generally get the field in shape- It is hoped that the American Legio# might take hold and with the co-operation of others work toward building a real baseball park as a memorial to the fine athletes from this community that paid the supreme price during the past war. The high school is hoping to produce a team this spring, but the main emphasis will be a teach ing and coaching program designed to produce teams for the years to come. Plans are being made for a team to continue play during the summer. Norman Harris, Ridge crest product, and a catcher of no little repute is to be home for the summer and hopes to organ ize a good club. With the co-operation of all con cerned, there is no reason why we might not again turn out real baseball teams. The battleship New York pound ed shore emplacements at Oki nawa for seventy-eight consecu tive days, the longest engage ment any United States warship has ever been in. LAKE TAH 0M AG RILL I THE “FIRST” TO LEAD WITH A “GRADE ‘A’ RATING” In McDowell County McDowell’s Most Modern I Known for Our Delicious STEAKS, CHOPS, FRIED CHICKEN, AND SPECIAL SUNDAY DINNERS Announces an enlargement of our seating com plicity for your convenience. If you wish we will except your reservation for your Easter Sunday Dinner. Please make them early. We appreciate your patronage and hope to please you. NO BEER NO WINE o JUST GOOD FOOD AMOCO GAS AND OILS 4 Miles Out of Marion on Asheville Highway No. 70 Phone 267-Y M. O. WILBORNE, Mngr. NEW SOFTBALL LEAGUE PROPOSED 0 — Lt. Harry Paylor of Moore Gen eral Hospital, is organizing a new softball league that will be com- i posed of teams from the post and the upper Swannanoa Valley. It is tentatively planned that there will be three teams from the post, one from Swannanoa, one from Morgan Mfg. Co. and one from Black Mountain- Games are to be played at six o’clock in the late afternoon and very likely there will be thiee games played each week. Further details of the league will be announced later. The Black Mountain News will en deavor to carry results of the games and complete box scores for the benefit of its readers. Intramural Softball Gets Underway At B. M. H. S. The high school intramural league opened Monday with the Bth boys playing the 9th boys and the Bth girls playing the 9th girls. Schedule for remainder of week. Thursday—loth (G) vs. 11th (G) Thursday—loth (B) vs. 11th (B) Wednesday—9th (G) vs. 11th (G) Wednesday—9th (B) vs. 11th (B) The league operates at the lunch hour with two games, one boys and one girls, being played. Games are played three days per week with clubs meeting one day and assembly the other. Pelicans use teamwork to frighten fish into compact schools where they can be caught easily. Francois Pilatre de Rozier was the first man to ascend in a bal loon. He remained at a height of eighty feet for four and a half minutes in 1783. ■JrawtoSsEKt-.t’ si*** LEADS FRANCE . . . Felix Gouin, 61, Socialist leader of the constitu ent assembly, who has been elect ed as interim president of France, He replaces Gen. Charles de Gaulle, having received 497 votes out of a possible 555. Nylon Hosiery Exports Banned By Government The government has banned further export of nylon hos.ery ™ep« to permission of .he com; merce department’s office of ternational trade. The commerce department sa the export controls had been es tablished “to prevent undue drain upon the limited domestic sup plies.” ... The international trade oiiic did not specify any quota for ex ports. Real Estate Transfers R. S. Eckles to J. N. Griffith, proprety in Black Mountain town ship. Northwestern Bank Building and Loan Association to Frank B. Estes, property in Black Moun tain township. R. E. Finch, trustee, to Frank B. Estes, property In Black Mountain township. The Rev. Frank B. Estes to the Rev. W. C- Cooper, property in Black Mountain township. The Rev. W. C. Cooper to the Rev. Frank B. Estes, property in Black Mountain township. W. B. Creasman to Ben Inman, property in Black Mountain town ship. Tomahawk Realty company to J. H. Brackett, property in Black Mountain township. | ALL ! [FIELD AND] I GARDEN j SEED I are in , j Green Mtn. j | AND I j COBBLER I S CERTIFIED I POTATOES ! 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