TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1957
THE BLACKBIBD. ROOKY MOUNT SENIOR mGH SCHOOL
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MARIGOLD
Service Station
Gas — Oil — Tires — Tubes
2283 H. C. Worrell
203 Marigold Street
Cyclones Take Trophy; Dogs Drop Birds
ALMAND’S
Rocky Mount’s
Exclusive Rexall
Dm^ Store
Soda Fountain
Luncheonette
Josh Culluck’s
BARBECUE
Pit CooUea Barbecue
Cokey Road
CLEANERS
420 N. Parker St.
Rocky Mt., N. C.
Pat Thurman
Teacliey -Womble
Outstanding- Ladies’
Ready-To-Wear
126 Nash St.
Fisher Radio TV
Sales-Service
110 Marigold St. Dial 2-2006
Z. B. Bulluck
Inc.
Englewood Brand IVijats
•Better Lures For
Better Fishing’
NICK’S FLIES, INC.
Manufacturers of
A Complete Line of Fly Rod
and Spinning Lures and
Furnished Lines
Works Warehouses
“Works Leads Them All”
1441 s. Church Street
Phone 6-5225
Draines Barber
Shop
Across From The
Senior High School
Wilson Tromices
Blackbirds 34-0
In the race for peiTnanent pos
session of the Shelton Looms
Trophy the Wilson Cyclones tied
the Birds at five victoi’ies each
with the 34-0 trouncing they gave
:‘,hc locak in Wilson, November 15.
Since 1948 the trophy, a sjimbo]
of good sportsmanship, teamivvork
.and fair play, has bsen presented
by Sidney Blumenthal & Co. Inc.,
to the winner of the Rocky
I\/rc'a'nt-Wilson football classic each
year.
Birds won the fcjr-foot plus tro
phy for the first time in 1950 and
kept their winning streak up thro
ugh ’53. The fifth and last time
they won it was in ’55. Cycs won it
for the first two years, 1948 and
’49. They also won it in ’54, ’56
and this year.
Hoopsters List
Year’s Schedule
Local hoopsters go into the ’57-
’58 basketball season with the fol
lowing tentative schedule:
PLACE
DATE
Dec. 3
Dec. 6
Dec. 10
Dec. 13
Dec. 19
Jan. 1
‘Jan. 3
*Jan. 7
*Jan. 10
Jan. 14
" Jan. 21
*Jan. 24
*'Jan. 28
■'‘Jan. 31
*Feb. 14
*Feb. 11
‘Feb. 14
*Feb. 18
OPPONENT
Kinston
Open
Henderson
Kinston
Greenville
Henderson
Dui'ham
Goldsboro
PayettevUle
Open
Raleigh
Wilmington
Durham
Goldsboro
Fayetteville
Wilson
Raleigh
Wilmington
There
Open
There
Here
Here
Here
Here
There
Here
Open
Here
There
There
There
There
Here
There
Here
* — Conference Games
LEE’S
Food Store
821 Hammond St.
Hayes Grocery
Falls Road
Cash and Carry
TELEVISION CENTER RADIO SERVICE SHOP
114 S. Wash St. Television Sales & Service
Dial 6-7777 112 S. Wash St.
Walter Mears We Serve all Makers Jesse Brown
Zenith RCA G. E.
“The Peoples Bank
e
VI That'S h
■w'av ,
With 5 Lettermen Back
Cagers Receive Boost
After severri weeks of getting
into shape the Birds, by tlie return
of five lettennen, show posibilities
for a good season. Coach Bill
Lundy said.
Lettermen back for the cagers
are seniors Bob Moore and David
Harper, and juniors Roland Park
er, Haywood Evans, Bobby Joe
Varsity to Lose II
Eleven Black and Gold gridders
ended their high school football
careers here last Friday; in the
homecoming game against the
Bulldogs of Durham.
Those leaving are Paul Ellers,
all^state in ’56, and candidate
again this year; Kenneth Tarlton,
end; Tommy Mears, tackle; Nor
man “Bear” Davis, end; Jimmy
Waters, guard; Haywood “Squat-
low” Edmundson, guard, kiok-off
man, extra-point and field-goal
kicker; A1 Wordsworth, captain,
center; Alton Oakley, quarter
back; John Baggett, full-back; and
Dorsey Daniels, half-back.
‘Apparel That Appeals’
Carole Dress
Shop
MODLIN
PRINTING COMPANY
Printers and Lithographers
Personal and Social Stationery
220 Bryant St. Phone 6-5989
ROYAL
CLOTHING
COMPANY
Edward Branch
Eastern Carolina’s Most
Complete Stock Of
Toys
SPORTING GOODS
JOYNERS’
Sportsmen’s Headquarters
Ayers, and Edward Dunn.
This year’s team looks better
tlian last season’s, with each posi
tion, forward, guard, and center
being strongly occupied. Practice
so far has shown more improve
ment and better results than last
year in the same length of time.
Hoopsters will not be as big
toodilyi, that is in pounds and
ounces, as some of their o.ppon.ents,
but Coach Bill Lundy says, “We
are big enough!”
Varsity cagers will have a new
look this season in their new black
and gold uniforms, replacing last
year’s. B-squad will wear the old
uniforms to give a better appear-
ance for the ’57-’58 season.
j Durham Tramples
RM Gritlders 25-0
Durham Bulldogs outfought the
Black and Gold; 25-0 in a drizzle-
drenched homecoming contest
which ended the 1957 football
season for the local gridders,
November 22.
Bird defense was not equal to
the nigged Dui’ham defense that
saw them score twice in the first
quarter, once in the second, and
cncie in the third. Durham broke
away for long gains of 84, 41, 35,
and 25 yards.
Raleigh Wins
Raleigh defeated the Birds 9-0
at Municipal Stadium, here No
vember 8. Coach Ken Yarborough,
when asked his opinion on the
most decisive plays of the game,
statod that the field goal and the
blocked punt that set up the Cap’s
T. D. hurt tlie Birds; but that it
was a fairly even contest.
New Bern Romps
New Bern stomped the Bii-ds in
a 25-6 victory in New Bern, No
vember 2. The first time the Bears
had the ball they, galloped for an
80-yd. T. D. They broke tlie game
wide open with plays of 60, 35, and
20 yards each for additional touch
downs.
Don Robbins crossed the last
white line tlirough the middle
from five yards out for the only
Bird tally,.
Game ended with the Black and
Gold on the Bear’s one foot line
as a result of a pass from Tommy
Adkins to Ranny Batts.
KlUebrew
Studio
Photography
at it’s Fmest
142 Howard St.
Dial 2-3600
Spread That
Tip Top Feeling
Ward Baking Company
Frances Spell
See
James R. Batten
For Your
Insurance Needs
Bill Phillips
Shop and Save
ms
^OfBUCICAWocQ
'Satisfaction Guaranteed or
Your Money Back’
225 S Church St. Rocky Mo'cnt
Phone 6-7191