Page Six THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C. .Friday, October 23, 1970 I At Smii in TIm Mirroi^t SPORTS John’s coach Lou Carneseca, now heading the Nets, has been using him as a starter. of Afhlolot and Evonit There’s another native New Bemian doing well for the Nets too. Sonny Dove, also a forward, hails from our town but left here in early childhood. He still has relatives in New Bern. Two forwards on the same ABA club from a city no bigger than ours is quite a coincidence. wnat a difference a year makes. Last gridiron season Chuck Mohn and Jeff Stocks starred together for the New Bern High school Bears. Saturday they were hardly on a buddy basis, seeing as how Mohn quarterbacks for Duke’s frosh eieven and the Imps were Butteric & Simplicity Patterns and all types of notions and Dress & Suit Material. THRIFTY FABRIC SHOP Kinston Highway Dial 637-6565 clashing with the team that Stocks plays for, Clemson’s Baby Tigers. Another former NBHS athlete, Robbie Kennel, but for his own choosing might have been catching for the Baltimore Orioles when they won their second World Series in a five- year span. Rated the best college catcher in America while backstopping for N. C. State, he turned down an Oriole bonus offer, accepted a Rotary Fellowship for study in Australia, and now rates high in the nation’s space program. Other teams in North Carolina’s Big Four may follow N. C. State’s lead in scheduling the East Carolina University Pirates. Money talks, and the financial success of the first State-ECU tilt caused a raising of eyebrows in Durham, Chapel Hill, and Winston-Salem. From the standpoint of victories, the Pirates have had a miserable first year under Coach Mike McGhee. However Mike, a former Duke All- American and later a dependable pro lineman, knows what it takes to win. His recniiting program is expected to lift the club from its present low level. On the local scene. Coach Roger Thrift’s NBHS Bears are ambling to Wilmington tonight for a battle with New Hanover. A victory would be sweeter than honey. The great use of a life Is to spend it for something that outlasts it. — William James. New Bern’s Bill Bunting, who spent his first season of pro basketball as a Carolina Cougar benchwarmer, is seeing the action he was promised when the New York Nets made a trade for him. Former St. DEALER'S AUTO SERVICE Expert Body Work 24-Hour Wrecker Service Auto Painting 1118 QUEEN ST. 637-5466 DAY or NIGHT FOR A BRIGHTER DAY IN RALEIGH Elect Joe Bright To the State House of Representatives from Craven, Pamlico & Carteret Your Happy StioppIngStoro UEEN for girls who know the name of the game Fall Wardrobe in Bonded Wool Flannel The button-frpnt Jewel neck jumper, 8 to 20 316.00 Coordinated striped sweater 8.00 Placket-front tunic. 8 to 18 . .$14.00 Straight leg pagt 8 tQ SO ....f 6.00 Vest, 8 to 18 $11.00 A-Ilne skirt, 8 to 20 $10.00 Antron* nylon body shirt $12.00 SPORTSWEAR DEPT. - 1st FLOOR ooooBOBGGonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnniiniiHiiEmwi. -

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