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Coach Preston Quits
Post At Appalachian
Dr. W. H. Plemmons, president
of Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege, announced last Tuesday after
noon that he had granted the re
quest of Coach Pat Preston, re
cently hired as head coach of foot
ball, that he be released immedi
ately from his committment to the
college. Preston resigned so that
he might accept a sales representa
tive position with the Tri-State
Container Corporation of Elizabeth
ton, Tennessee.
The events which led to Pres
ton's resignation were unexpected
and the final outcome was known
only late Tuesday afternoon.
Dr. Plemmons said that Preston
came to his home late on Thurs
day, January 28th, stating that he
had been offered a once-in-a-life
time financial opportunity; that he
felt he owed it to his family to
give consideration to it; but that
he was unwilling to consider the
offer without the permission of
the president. Dr. Plemmons grant
ed the permission and Preston re
turned to his family in Chapel Hill
to confer with them.
Preston returned to the campus
last Tuesday to ask for his release,
which was granted.
Preston stated that he felt em
barrassment at requesting his re
lease. "I felt that I was just be
ginning to be part of Appalachian,"
he said. "I have been quite happy
here and I like the people I have
been working with. The football
men and I got along fine and I
have enjoyed meeting the people
of the community. I have been hap
py in my work here, but, as I told
Dr. Plemmons ? an offer like thif
just simply does not come to a
man many times during his life
time, and I felt that I must con
sider it because of the things it
PRESTON
would enable me to do for my
family "
Dr. Plemmons stated that he re
gretted the reiignation of Preston,
but that the release was granted in
line with a policy of the college
not to stand in anyone's way.
He said, when asked what would
be done to fill the vacancy, that
the matter had come to the college
with such suddenness that there
had been no time to give consider
ation, but that the Athletic Com
mittee had been immediately noti
fied of the vacancy.
Appalachian Grapplers
Manhandle Mooresville
By BILL FARTHING
Appalachian High'* m a t m e n
proved unbeatable unce again by
handing the Mooresville matmen
a blistering defeat, 32-18, Friday,
February 5, at the Men's Old Gym
on the ASTC campus.
The win gave the Blue Devils
their sirfth straight win of the
season and added another win on
the eight year winning streak that
the Appalachian High matmen
have held since wrestling was
started by Steve Gabriel eight
years ago. Wrestling ia now In it*
ninth year at Appalachian.
The Mooresville grappler* prov
ed to be quite hard to handle in
some of the weights that Appala
chian usually wins easily. Moores
ville, having to pay to enter the
state tournament, is a member of
the Northwestern North Carolina
High School Athletic Association
and turns out some grappler* that
usually place in the tournament
of the NWNCHSAA. The team*
that are member* of thi* special
wrestling conference have to pay
a fee to enter the state tourna
ment, while non-conference mem
bers do not.
The Blue Devils finish out their
regular season February 8 and 11.
The 8th the mountain matmen
travel to Forsyth County to grap
ple a strong Southwest High
School team, and February 11, the
mountain boys go to the big city
of Charlotte to try their skill
against a very strong Myers Park
wrestling team.
Results:
99 lb. class ? Bob Fesperman
(M) pinned Mack Critcher (A),
1:10, 2rd period.
103 lb. class ? Ray Critcher (A)
dec. Bob Parker (M), 2-1.
112 lb. class ? Austin Moretz (A)
pinned Kenny Holtshouser (M),
:58, 2nd period. ,
120 lb. class? Carl Smith (A)
pinned Dennis Nantz (M), 1:30,
1st period.
127 lb. class? BUI Cook (A) dec.
Steve Bently (M), 13-3.
133 lb. class? Ford King (A)
dec. Neal Linker (M), 2-0.
138 lb. class ? Doug Carson (A)
dec. Allen Robertson (M), 3-1.
145 lb. class? Steve Mack (M)
dec. Blake Hampton (A), 3-1.
194 lb. class ? Tom Cook (A)
pinned Robert Dyson (M), :93, 3rd
period.
169 lb. class ? John Buchanan
(A) pinned Roger Mayhew (M),
:39, 2nd period.
179 lb. class ? Tom Sloop (M)
pinned B. J. Hodges (A), :20 3rd
period.
Heavyweight? Tom Brawley (M)
pinned Jack Thomas (A), 1:00, 2nd |
period.
E. T. Halts App Rally;
Wins By Slim Margin
East Tennessee held off a late
Appalachian State rally and won a
thrilling 87-88 basketball victory
here Monday night.
The first half was a thriller all
the way with the score tied eight
times and the lead changing hands
eight times. East Tennessee held
a 41-38 advantage at halftime.
The East Tennessee squad, paced
by Tom Chilton, 10th highest
scorer in college basketball this
winter, moved to a 81-91 lead with
12:10 to play and then warded off
the Mountaineers' rally.
The Mountaineers, despite the
loss, had five players in double
scoring figures. Rock Howe led
this attack with 28 points. His
last second basket cut East Ten
nessee's lead to a final oae point
margin.
Chilton posted 13 field goals and
eight for eight at the free- throw
line for 34 points.
Appalachian State is now 14-8
for the season. The Mountaipaers
will meet Elon it Eton Wednes
day night.
East Tennessee
Chilton 13 M 3 34
Williams 0 0-0 10
Brown 7 34 3 17
Crumley 12-3 3 4
Morrison 8 0-0 1 16
Wright S 6-8 3 16
Danko ,.. 0 0-0 5 0
- Totals 34 19-35 19 87
Appalachian
Howe 12 2-4 2 26
Thomas ........ 11-2 13
King 4 3-3 8 11
Swift ..? 6 1-3 2 13
Newton ..... 0 22 2 2
Hiatt 8 1-2 2 17
Oetting 5 4-6 4 14
Totals 36 14-23 IS M
East Tennessee 41 46 ? 87
Appalachian .38 48-86
About 120 varieties of crops
were grown for seed certification
in North Carolina in 1960.
UNBEATEN WRESTLERS. ? Appalachian State Teachers College wrestlers, under the coaching of Joe
Edmisten, have an K) record. They have beaten VMI, Birmingham Southern, University of North Carolina,
Emory University, Knoxville "Y," Maryville College, Hillersville (Pa.), and High Point. Two more
matches, both of them to be wrestled here, remain on their schedule ? N. C. State on Friday (Feb. 12),
and Lock Haven (Pa.) on February 27. Left to right, front row, they are, Tom Overby, Bill Cooke, Ken
Shelton, Dwight Witty, Mike Lassiter; back row, Bill Harvey, Gale Speaks, Joe Bailey, Paul Brittan, Don
Cox. ? Photo Flowers Photo Shop.
AHS Drops 2
At North Surry
By BILL FARTHING
After resting through an open
date Tuesday, February 3, the
Blue Devils and Devilettea proved
quite unsuccessful in their attack
on North Surry Friday. The Devili
were swamped under by the Surry
boys 71-54, while the Blue Devil
ettcs took a blistering B8-40 defeat
by the Surry girls.
The District Seven basketball
game was played in North Surry'i
new modern gymnasium.
The Surry boys were keyed by
forward Larry Atkins, with a total
of 18 points. James Dunbar fol
lowed Atkins with 17 points. With
13 points ecah were Bill Bowman
and Larry Wood. Mike Midkiff
taliled six points, Ken Amburn
three, and Robert Atkins 1 point.
James Wood played for North but
was held scoreless.
Captain of the Blue Devils, Rob
ert Gragg, led the scoring in the
unsuccessful effort by the Devils
with 16 points, just two poitffi
behind North Surry's high scoter.
Bob Agle followed Gragg with 14
points. Buddy Ayers tallied 10
points, Bob Cook and Robert Math
eson pushed in five points each,
and Paul Bartlett and Bill Greer
scored two points each. Benny
Austin, Gene Howell and Jerry
Henson played but were held
scoreless.
Norhan of the Surry girls led
the way for North by scoring 31
points in the victory against the
Devilcttes. Hicks followed Norman
with 20 points, and Moore rounded
the Surry scoring out with seven
points. Guards were Greene, Gen
try, and Moore.
Dianna Watkins led the Devilette
attack with 23 points. Rachel Riv
ers followed with 17, to round out
the App scoring for the nijit.
Mary Hayes, Carolyn Coffey, and
Linda Mast were held scoreless.
Guards were Mary Fletcher, Judy
Greene, Geraldine Wilcox, and
Jeanette Lyons.
Blowing Rock
Fakes 2 From
Cove Creek
The Blowing Hock Rockettei
and Rockets (cored two victorief
over the Cove Creek Red Raider -
etts and Raiders Tueaday night
The Rockettes romped to victory
by a score of 68 to 40. The Rock
ettes led the scoring in the first
quarter; the Raiderettes caught
up in the second quarter. la the
third quarter the Rockettes gain
ed a commanding lead and went
on to win by It points.
Leading the Rockettes to vic
tory were Linda Greene with It
points; Cora Holder, 29; and Jane
Suddertb, 4. Guards for the Rock
ettes were Mary Jane Klutz, Bren
da Holdaway, and Gail Dula.
Scoring for Cove Creek were
Joan Thomas, 18; Jay Isaac*, IB;
and Norria, 18.
The Rockets following in the
footateps of the Hockettc. defeat
ed the Red Raiders 47 to 37.
^Leading the attack for the Rock
els was McCroskey with 18 points;
following him were Buxton, 11;
Coffey, 8; Holdaway, 8; Lentz, 3;
and Ronnie Burns with 2.
Blowing Rock will play host to
Happy Valley Friday night.
There were 1,388 acres of pea
nuts grown for seed certification
in North Carolina in 1089.
Mountaineers Take L. R.
Out Of First Position
i Coach Bob Light's Appalachian
? Mountaineers knocked the Lenoir
I Rhyne Bears out of first place in
: the North State Conference Sat
i urday night with a 73-71 victory.
' The win came on a basket by
senior guard Kay Hiatt with only
; two seconds showing on the clock.
Hiatt had tied the game with
I two free throws Just previous to
> his game-wiming basket.
The first half was a close strug
gle with Appalachian emerging
with a 31-30 half-time lead. The
lead changed hands ten times in
the first half and the game was
tied six times. Big factor in the
first half for the Mountaineers was
the play of Jim Archibald, 6'8"
sophomore starting his first var
sity game. Archibald pulled down
twelve rebounds during the twen
ty minutes.
Lenoir Rhyne started a drive
early in the second half that
' threatened to turn the game into
' 'V ratat. The Bears quickly rolled
into> a 40-32 lead while the fans
were still settling into their seats.
The Lenoir Rhyne lead eventu
ally mounted to 61-4S, a sixteen
point spread with 9:43 left in the
game.
The Apps scored 26 points to
the Bears' 10 during the next eight
minutes, led by Don King's 11
point splurge before fouling out
of the contest with a little over
three minutes to play.
The Beari, harrassed by charg
ing fouls, allowed the Mountain
eers to move from a 65-71 deficit
into the 71-71 tie, setting the stage
for Hiatt's winning basket.
Don King and Harold Oetting led
the scoring parade for Appalachian
with 18 points each. Bill Reece
paced the Lenoir Rhyne attack
with 17.
Scorers in the game were: Ap
palachian ? Howe 11, Swift 19, Oet
ting 18, Kinney 3, Hiattt 8, King 18.
Lenoir Rhyne ? Norman 15, Bow
man 6, Wilse 10, Ladd 15, Good
night 8, Reece 17..
Duckpin Scores
Fox 66 No. 1 took all S points
from Coffey's Woodworking at the
duckpin match last Wednesday
night. Jack Williams bowled a
high of 140 for the winning team,
and James Coffey bowled a high
of 131 for the losing team.
Fox 66 No. 2 likewise gave
Jeanne's Nursery the same treat
ment and captured all 9 points.
Roger Thomas bowled a high of
113 for the winning team and Clint
Cannon bowled a high of 110 for
the losers.
Standings:
TEAMS W L
Fox 66 No. 1 29 16
Coffey's Woodwork ....! 29 20
Jeanne's Nursery 21 24
Fox 66 No. 2 19 30
Speaking
Of Golf
By JOE MAPLES
? hw >vvu> vvui av rrmo viuacu w
play for ? few days last week be
cause of the very wet condition of
fairways and greens. The greens
became very soft and tracked
easily so it was decided to dote
it until they dried out somewhat.
Signs were and will be posted at
all entrances of the course at any
time the course is closed to play,
and it will remain dosed until
these signs are taken 'down. The
signs read COURSE CLOSED in
big black letters and are easily
seen. I don't anticipate having to
close the course very often and
then not for any longer than ab
solutely necessary, and will ap
preciate everyone respecting the
closed signs when they are up.
I went to Wilkesboro last week
and played a round of golf with
some of the very nice people from
down there and although my golf
wasn't anything to brag about, I
had a fine time. There were
twelve in our group and they all
are looking forward to coming to
Boone to play as soon as the
weather warms up. Some of them
plan to join, others plan to use our
daily rate. Those folks like our
course very much and have spread
the word about it to their friends,
and we are looking forward to
having them up before long.
The richest shot ever hit in ggit
came about last week when a
young touring pro by the name of
Cambell made a hole in one out
in California The sponsors of the
tournament he was playing in took
out an insurance policy with
Lloyds of London that paid $00.
000.00 to any of the pro's that
made an ace. If more than one of
them made a hole in on?, the
money was to be split between
( them. Cambell was by himself, but
? ?
IIC uau ?? agreement. Willi suuuici
pro to iplit any money won with
htm, 80-90. He liso hat to share
it with his sponsor but will still
end up with over $12,000.00 for
that one shot. The amazing thing
about it all is the fact that it
didn't seem to shake him up too
much, because he went on and
shot a 70 for that round. I would
have probably quit right then and
there.
We are still waiting for some
one to have ? hole in one on the
local course. It is unusual to go
this long without having one, es
pecially with the amount of golf
that has been played here. Several
have come awfully close, but none
have made it yet. 1 only hope a
local player has the first one, so
you folks keep shooting away at
it and before long someone will
pull if off.
I am going to be giving some
outdoor golf lessons from now on
when the weather is nice, so any
of you interested in taking some
let me know and I will call you
when we hav > a pretty day. Of
course it will have to be on short
notice since we never know what
the weather is going to do up here
but if we can't get together on one
certain day, maybe it can be work
ed out the next time M> let me
know if interested so I can call
you.
Some boys have been asking me
if 1 would hold a school for cad
dies this year and the answer Is
yes. Classes will be held on Satur
day morning and all boys 14 and
older will be welcome. We will
probably start in Uto April or
early May. The exact date will be
announced in this column so
watch for It and lets hare a big
turnout KmSI '
AHS Matmen
Add Another '
By BILL FARTHING
Appalachian High School'* mat
men added another win to their ?
record Monday night at Southwest
High School in Forsyth county by '
blistering the Southwest team, 44
8. This win gave the Blue Devil* i
a 7-0 season record.
. Southwell High'* wreitling team {
has greatly improved and would
have perhaps given the Apps a
rougher time of it, M the fin bug
hadn't had a hold on *ome of the
Forsyth grapplers. Southwest for
felted to Appalachian in three
weight*.
The summary:
99 lb. da** ? Southwest forfeited
to Hack Critcher (A).
103 lb. das* ? Ray Critcher (A)
pinned Tucker (SW) 1:22 first
period.
112 lb. ? Austin Moretz (A) de
cisioned Eddie Carter, 8-0.
120 lb. ? Carl Smith (A) pinned
Robert Smith 22, aecond period.
127 lb.? Jackie Boyer (SW) dec.
Bill Cook. 4-3.
133 lb. ? Southwest forfeited to
Wendal Hampton.
138 lb. ? Southwest forfeited to
Doug Carson.
145 lb. ? Blake Hampton (A) dec.
Taylor, M.
194 lb. ? Tom Cook (A) pinned
Don Bowman :40, third period.
160 lb ? John Buchanan (A)
dec. Craver, 2-0.
179 lb.? Thomas Davis (SW)
pinned B. J. Hodge*, 1:10, *econd
period.
Heavyweight ? Dean Wilson (A)
pinned Bud Ha user :44, second per
iod.
BETRAYED
Toronto ? "It's not right to
steal," a little boy exclaimed in a
loud voice to a woman in a depart
ment store. A (tore detective, hear
ing the words, took the woman,
Mrs. Mary Landry, 30, into cus
tody. After brief questioning, she
admitted that she had stolen some
goods. The little boy was her son,
police learned.
TEN-PIN CHAMPS. ? Coe Insurance bowling team waa winner of the
18-weelu bowling league play, just ended. Members are, left to right,
kneeling, Joe Maplea, Horace Dowling; bending, Jerry Coe, captain,
Lyle Cook; standing, R. D. Hodges, Jr., Ernie Lewis.? Staff photo.
App Matmen To Host State
Appalachian's unbeaten wrestling
team hosts North Carolina State
College Friday night in what it
considered one of the outstanding
attraction! on the Appalachian
winter sports schedule.
< The Appalachian team, coached
by Joe Edmisten, has won eight
matches by impressive scores this
season, the latest victory coming
by a 34-0 score over High Point
College Friday night.
Appalachian also holds wins over
UNC, VMI, Emory University,
Knoxville "Y" (Tenn.), Millers
ville State (Pa.), and Haryvillc
College.
. The North Carolina State team
is coached by a former Appalachian
star, A1 Crawford. The visiting
team is considered a strong oppon
ent by Coach Edmisten, and an
exciting battle is anticipated.
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to plant 79 per cent of it
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