Dwight Nichols, Sports Edito
FOOTBALL SQUADS OF LOCAL
SCHOOLS TO TRAIN AT BOONE
Football squads of North Wilkesboro
and Wilkesboro high
schools will leave during the
week-end for two weeks training
In the cool atmosphere of Appalachian
State Teachers College at
Boone.
At Boone the squads will join
squads from a number of other
high schools in northwestern
North Carolina who are taking
advantage of the opportuntiy to
train and practice above the heat
of the Piedmont plateau region.
During the latter part of the
second week the teams In practice
will play pre-season games.
North Wilkesboro will play Appalachian
high school team on
the night of August 23. Tickets
are now on sale here at Brame's
Drug . Store, Red Cross Pharmacy
and Marlow's Men's Shop.
Wilkesboro Ramblers will play
Lincolnton in a night game at
*Boone on August 26. Tickets will
be on sale at a number of points
In Wilkesboro and North Wilkesboro.
Coaching North Wilkesboro
will be Tom Boyette and Lott
Mayberry.
Coach Marvin (Red) Hoffman
will again direct the Ramblers.
Three Regulars
Of Flashers Are
Over 300 Mark
Team Batting Rising Rapidly
With Arrival Of New
Players Here
North Wilkesboro Flashers are
currently playing three in the
regular lineup with batting averages
of over 300 and at least
two more are expected to soar
above that coveted figure when
they get more games into the records.
Heading the list is Cart Howerton,
of Greensboro, who blasted
up a 44 5 average in five games
here and shows little sign of dropping
into any great extent.
Among those who .have been
with the club for some time Bob
Wright has the highest mark with
34 8, having pulled up 17 points
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since the last unofficial averages
published in this paper. He is now
the third hitter in the league
among regulars for the season and
is topped only by Elkin's Shorty
Brown and Galax's Bob Horan.
Ray Hickernell, who joined the
club here last week, hasn't looked
at many good pitches but hit
four times in five games, including
a homer and double. Meanwhile
Ed Morton and Wayne Davis
have, improved at the plate and
their averages are on the upgrade.
Dave Davenport increased his average
several points in the past
two weeks.
Following are unofficial averages,
which ar® almost complete
through games of Monday night
of this week:
Bob Wright 348
Dave- Davenport ... 313
Wayne Davis 235
Ed Morton 248
Ray Hicknernell ... 236
Cart Howerton 445
Cecil Fogleman 270
Stan Wilcox - 292
Charlie Morant 260
John Childers 333
Dewey, Wolfe 185
Gary Thornburg 150
Old Timer Teams
Of Wilkesboros To
Play Friday Night
Jaycees Sponsor Game For
Recreational Fund In
This Community
Greats and near greats of the
diamond in years past will don
baseball togs again Friday night
when Wilkesboro and North Wilkesboro
clash in Memorial Park
in a Jaycees sponsored game for
the community recreation fund.
There will be plenty of baseball
and entertainment when the
old timers return for one night to
the national pastime.
Managers will be Jom Boyette
and L«ott Mayberry for North Wilkesboro,
Ray Triplett and Jack
Groce for Wilkesboro.
Mayor R. T. McNeil and Mayor
W. E. Smithey will play the part
of blind men (umpires). Bat boy
for Wilkesboro will be J. Bid Williams
while Glenn Greene will jerkthe
sticks for North Wilkesboro.
Starting lineups will be a secret
until game time, which will be
eight o'clock.
Those who don't attend the
game will miss a great show and
also some good baseball playing.
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Ice Cream And Pie
Supper On Saturday
An ice cream and pie supper
will be held Saturday night, eight
o'clock at Bud's Place on the Traphill
road. The event will be sponsored
by New Covenant church
Sunday school for the church
building fund. Everybody is invited.
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The 1950 Ashe County wool
pool wag one of the largest in
recent years.
FLASHERS SLAM GALAX FOR
11-1WIN; LOSE HERE 7 TO 3
With a tremenduous display of"
power at the plate the North Wilkesboro
Flashers clubbed Galax
unmercifully Tuesday night to win
11 to 1 in the Virginia city.
Two other aspects of the game
were highly encouraging. Monroe
Johnson, a pitcher obtained from
Statesville, held the Galax batters
well in check and won easily, and
fielding on the part of North Wilkesboro
left little to be desired.
Ray Hickernell blasted a long
homer, the second since he joined
North Wilkesboro late last
week. Wayne Davis had three
hits and thr^e RBI's and Ed Morton
batted in runs regularly for a
total of four. The Flashers had
Galax beaten 3-1 going into the
ninth and evidently decided to
stay a little longer and fatten
their batting averages. They scored
eight times in the ninth.
Here Monday night North Wilkesboro
lost to Galax 7 to 3. The
Leafs hit to every field and their
hits hit the holes, while North
Wilkesboro slammed the ball hard
with uncanny accuracy into the
hands of fielders. Bob Thompson
started on the mound for Nortii
Wilkesboro and was relieved by
Charlie Morant, with Thompson
charged with the loss. The Flashers
left 13 runners stranded. Batting
honorB went to Cart Howerton
with tour hits in five trips.
Ray Hickernell drew three walks
and hit a double in two official
trips to the plate. Bob Wright
batted in two runs with a single.
Tom White, pitching for Galax,
was a powerful threat at the
plate with a double and triple.
Tuesday night's win left the
Flashers eight games back of Radford
and Bassett and at this late
date it appears that North Wilksboro
has an excellent chance
of getting a playoff spot by beating
out Radford and Bassett if
the Flashers get the pitching.
North Wilkesboro fans will get
their first chance to view the Bassett
team in this park Saturday
night. Wytheville was two games
behind on the schedule here and
Saturday night's game may be a
double header.
Galax will play here Sunday
afternoon and Mt. Airy will play
here in a Tuesday night family
night attraction.
Baseball Scheduled
For Coming Week
Thursday, August 10
N. Wilkesboro at Radford.
Elkin at Galax.
Mt. Airy at Bassett.
Friday, August 11
N. Wilkesboro at Bassett.
Elkin at Mt. Airy.Galax
at Radford.
Saturday, August 12
Bassett at N. Wilkesboro.
Mt. Airy at Hlkin.
Radford at Galax.
Sunday, August 18
Galax at N. Wilkesboro.
Elkin at Bassett.
Mt. Airy at Radford.
Monday, August 14
N. Wilkesboro at Galax.
Bassett at Elkin.
Radford at Mt. Airy.
Tuesday, August IB
Mt. Airy at North Wllkesboro.
Elkin at Radford.
Bassett at Oalax.
Wednesday, August 16
N. Wllkesboro at Mt. Airy.
Radford at Elkin.
Bassett at Galax.
Thursday, August 17
N. Wllkesboro at Oalax.
Bassett at Elkin.
Mt Airy at Radford.
We we moving lots of goods
along now. They come in and go
out. Our long-established low
margin of profit methods, of
course, helps to keep the ball rolling.
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