The heavy snows of the put
week should do much to make
our golf course In even better
condition for the spring. The
weight of it will help to settle
the ground and the slow release
of moisture as tt melts will be
good for the grass Itself. It's
quite possible that more snow
during the latter part of this
month could postpone our open
ing, so let's hop* #
this winter.
The annual championship of
the Carolina! PGA gets under
war next Monday at the Sea
Pines Golf Club at Hilton Head
Island, South Carolina. On the
first day, the annual Champ
ionship will be played at
eighteen boles. This la a best
ball event with the players se
lecting their partners. Mine will
be Tom Caae of the Sedgefield
Club in Greensboro, one of the
finest players and one of the
beat pro* in our section. Tom
will have a heavy load on his
shoulders since I haven't been
playing much during recent
months, but maybe we can team
up together and cone up with
something. This Pro-Pro event
is a new one just started last
The Championship itself
Thursday for a total of fifty
four. It will to at stroke play
with the player turning in the
lowest fifty-four hole total, the
1982 Champion of the Carolina*
Section, PGA. Defending Cham
pion ia Wayne Haley of Mart
insville, Va., a real fine player
and one to to conaldered a
threat in this year'a event
Haley may to remembered by
local players aa the man who
made a hole in one on the
eleventh during the 1961 Caro
lina* Open, enabling him to fin
iah good enough to win second
Pro money. Another man to
watch this year will to Mack
Brigga of Winston-Salem. Mack
i* playing well, to la a long
bitter and if his putter behave*
on the ihort one*, he may come
up a winner. And 'who knows,
I may get lucky myself. S|
1a now
of the
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Comment On Sports
By PETE FRITCHIE
Washington, D. C. ? The big
question in the American Lea
gue this year is whether Mickey
Mantle and Roger Maris can re
peat their 1961 performance.
That doesn't mean the Yankees'
chances for winning a pennant
depend solely on their perform
ances.
As we've mentioned before,
the great pitAing ? surprisingl
ly tight ? won the pennant for
Ralph Houck last year, with
Maris and Mantle Joining in
putting it over. Even if the two
home run bonkers don't do it
again this year, the Yankees
could win.
How much did thinned-out
pitching have to do with Maria'
61 hotter* in 1981? That was
the year the league added tww
club* and pitchers fiimmteh of
the old eight club* were doled
out to the two new clubs.
Undoubtedly, it helped the
sluggers some. But if it helped
Maris and Mantle, it also helped
others, like Norman Cash and
Rocky Colavito, who both were
slamming over forty roundtrip
pers for the surprisingly fierce
Tigers last year.
The answer to the quesUon
may not W known until after
this season or after this and
next year's season. But that
thinned-out pitching helped is
certain. Had it not been for that,
plus the lengthened schedule of
games, Babe Ruth's record
would not have been disturbed.
Bo we can expect some lusty
hitting in the National League
this year, witb two new teams
having thinned out the senior
circuit's pitching somewhat.
But back to Marls and Mantle,
the odds are against another
season for U>em like that in
1961. The. pitching they will
face should be better. One or
both could be Injured ? Mantle
was hurting much of last year
and often is. Yet Maris began
his homer surge relatively late
last season.
Right now Maris is up against
a psychological factor. He is in
sisting that be is suddenly worth
$79,000 and the Yankee manage
ment says it is more like $60,
000. Even though the dispute
might be settled by the time
you read this the argument has
been sharp and whatever Maris
collects, he will face the task
of proving be is as good as he
has been claiming, and some
times that putl a fellow at a dis
advantage.
For some players, it - only
makes them work harder and
become more determined but
for others, who have appeared
somewhat hoggish, and who, o I
course, must live with other
players drawing far less money,
it becomes a psychological bur
den.
Know The
Weather
By E. H. SIMS
When will the tornado season
begin? How large do tornadoes
The tornado season will come
in with Spring, which is not too
far away, generally (peaking.
But it will arrive earliet in the
southerly sections of the coun
try than in more northerly lati
tudes.
Tornadoes, though they are
highly destructive, are the
smallest of the major storms,
so to speak. Usually they are
less than a mile in diameter.
They seldom expand to two
miles, and such a tornado is an
exceptional occurrence.
These small storms do not
move fast. They can be observ
ed in daylight and outdistanced
in a car, by those seeking to
avoid them. At night it is al
most impossible to track them,
partly because they bounce up
and down over the countryside,
touching down every so often,
at unpredictable places.
Usually the movement, for
ward, of these small stortns is
about twenty or thirty miles an
hour.
French ready - to-wear has
easy lines.
East German keeps world
ski-jump title.
palachian High ?rapplers Win
re8tlingTourney,RetainHonors
The Appalachian High. School
wmtling team successfully de
fended its title in the Western
North Carolina District Wrest
ling Tournament last weekend.
The Blue Devils scored a total
of 103 team points in the com
petition. The nearest competi
tion was Myers Park High
School with 67 points. Then
came Marion with 63, South
Mecklenburg with 45, Elkin
with 20, Beaver Creek with 17,
and North Mecklenburg with
12. The tournament was close,
but Appalachian had too many
wrestlers going to the finals
(9) for any of the other teams
to have a chance.
Team points were awarded as
follows. In each match of the
first round, semi-final round,
and consolation elimination, the
team of the winning wrestler
was awarded one point for a de
cision and two paints for a pin.
In the consolation finals, pins
counted five points and deci
sions counted four. In the fin
als, pins counted eleven points
ad decisions counted ten. The
team of the losing wrestler in
the finals was awarded seven
points.
The wrestlers who placed In
the top three In each of the
twelve weight claases are eligi
ble to compete in the state fin
als in High Point next weekend,
March 16 and 17. Out of twelve
boys Sent to the district tourna
ment by Appalachian, ten plac
ed in the top three, one placed
fourth, and one did not place.
Appalachian had six wrestlers
who took first place in their
weight class. They were Royce
Carroll in 112, Boyce Brown in
120, Bill Cook in 13>, Ronnie
Smith in 138, Thurman Johnson
in 149, and Buddy Storie in 180.
James Blackburn of Elkin, who
was district champion In 154,
was named the outstanding
wrestler of the tournament He
turned in impressive wins over
Hemphill of Myers Park and
Edmisten of Appalachian.
Some very fine wrestling was
witnessed in this second annual
tournament. The final matches
were all very evenly matched,
and there was not a single pin in
the finals. All the teams were
well represented aad all ? had
champions except Beaver Creek
and Myers Park. Marion had
three champions, North Meck
lenburg had one, South Meck
lenburg had one, and Elkin had
one.
Junior hick cntcner repre
sented Appalachian in the 95
pound clan. He drew a "bye"
in the first round. In the semi
finals he pinned Covey (MP) in
133 and in the finals he lost by
default to Butefish (SM). He
placed second in the tourney.
In the 103 pound class sopho
more Johnny Stacy represented
Appalachian. He also drew a
"bye" in the first round. He
was defeated by White (MP) 5
4 in the semi-finals. Burchette
(E) defeated Stacy 6-3 in the
coMolation elimination, and he
did not place in the tourney.
In the 112 pound class Appa
lachian was represented by
sophomore Royce Carroll. Car
roll decistoned Re vis (M) 4-0
in the first round; then pinned
Swain (E) in 2:45 in the semi
finals. In the finals he defeat
ed Houck (BC) 8-5. He placed
first.
Junior Boyce Brown repre
sented Appalachian in the 120
pound class. He drew a "bye"
in the opening round. In the
semi-finals he defeated Chap
nun (IIP) 1-0 in an overtime
match. In the finals Brown de
feated Hew% (M) 7-1 to pl?M
first in the tournament.
Appalachian was represented
in the 127 class by sophomore
Alton Johnson. He also drew a
"bye" in the opening round. He
was defeated by Hanner (SW)
5-4 in the semi-finals. In the
consolation eliminations he de
feated Billings (NE) 6-2 and in
the consolation finals he defeat
ed Corry (MP) 4-2 to place
third In the tournament.
In 133 pound class Appalach
ian was represented by senior
Bill Cook. In the first round he
pinned Alexander (SW) in 2:34.
In the semi-finals he dec Wooed
McCoin (E) 12-0 and in the fin
als he defeated Yeiton (11) 4
0. He placed first in the tour
ney.
In 138 junior Ronnie Smith
wrestled for Appalachian. He
received a "bye" in the opening
round. In his semi-final match
he defeated Darnell (E) 6-0 and
in the finals he decisioned Sar
tain (M) 4-0. He placed first in
the tournament.
Senior Thurman Johnson re
presented Appalachian in the
14S pound class. Because there
were only three boys in his
weight he wrestled only one
match. He received a "bye" in
the opening round and also one
in the semi-finals. In the finals
Johnson defeated Taylor (MP)
13-2. He placed first in the
tourney.
Appalachian was represented
in 194 by Junior Baker Edmis
ten. He drew a "bye" in the
first round. In the semi-final
round he decisioned Goodman
(BC) 2-0. In the finals he was
defeated by Blackburn (E) 6-3.
He placed second in the tourna
ment.
In 169 Appalachian was re
presented by senior Terry Van
Dyke. In the first round be de
cisioned Edwards (BC) 3-2, in
an overtime match. In the semi
finals he was decUioned by
Davis (M) 2-0. In the consola
tion finals he was decisioned by
Mitchell (8W) 2-1. He placed
fourth in the tournament.
Sophomore Buddy Storie re
presented Appalachian in ISO
and received a "bye" in the
first round. In the semi-finals
he decisioned Mounce (E) 4-1,
and in the finals be decisioned
Boyd (MP) 0-7. He placed first
in the tournament
In the heavyweight division
Junior Robert Matheson repre
sented Appalachian. In the first
round he decisioned Poteat (M)
5-0. In the semi-finals he deci
sioned Boyd (MP) 8-1 and in the
finals hr- was defeated by Gar
rison InM)! 8-2. He placed sec
ond.
The outlook for the Devils in
the state tournament is good.
Ten wrestlers placed In the top
three of their weight and are
entitled to participate in the
tournament. The outlook for the
next couple of yean is very
bright because on this Appala
chian team that took the dis
trict championship there are on
ly three seniors: Bill Cook,
Thurman Johpson, and Terry
Van Dyke. There are five jun
iors ad four sophomore sn.
The top three finishers in
each weight were as follows:
95 ? Butefish (SW); Critcher
(A); Convey (MP)Sl
103 ? Earley (M); White
(MP); Burchette (E).
112 ? Carroll (A); Houck
(BC); Philemon (SM)
120? Brown (A); Hensley
(M); Chapman (MP)
127? Hensley (M); Hanner
(SM); Johnson (A)
133? Cook (A); Yelton (M);
Hastings (MP)
138 ? Smith (A); Sartain (M);
Sandiford (MP)
145 ? Johnson (A); Taylor
(MP); Sartain (M)
154? Blackburn (E); Edmis
ten (A); Hemphill (MP)
165 ? Daves (M); Gleason
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Ten Pin League Gets
Underway Wednesday
. U '
'file Boone Ten Pin League
gets underway this Wednesday
night with six teams bowling
matches at 7 p. m. The first
week's schedule has the Town
House against Bell Telephoife,
Coe Insurance & Realty bowling
Poindexter"s Insurance, and
Walker Tractor vs. Coca Cola.
The organisation of the lea
gue was completed last week
With Hoy Greene elected presi
dent; John Broyhill, secretary;
and Haden Cook, treasurer.
Team captains are Howard
Poindexter, Frank Norris, Jerry
Coe, Hoy Green, Ben Ward and
Bill Stanbury.
The League will bowl a IS
week schedule with the first and
second place teams competing
In a play-off for the league
championship.
The final plans for the Mer
chants league are nearly com
pleted and the teams will start
their matches on Tuesday,
March 20th at 7 p. m.
Many fine games were bowl
ed this past week at the local
lanes with the high for men
being a 299 by Boyd Cook. Jane
Greene posted the high ladies
4core of 196. Jane ended up the
(MP); Mitchell (SW)
180? Storie (A); Boyd (MP);
Highsmith (SM)
Hwt. ? Garrison (NW); Math?
son (A); Boyd (MP).
game with 4 strikes in ? row for
her fine score.
Reservists on leave term call
up worthwhile.
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Studio City, Calif? Televtoion
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Shirley Bolingbroke, 28, a com
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Barry on the Peter 0un show.
["He. la 3 feet, 11 inchei tall. His
I bride i*^4 feet. 3 inches tall.
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