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County League Basketball Gets Under Way In Two Playing Divisions
WINNERS OF LAST
YEAR APPARENTLY
HAVE GOOD TEAMS
Waco And Lattimore
Game Expected To
Be Fast
H wf k-end of fast playing In
county basketball circles saw most
#f last year “big teams" still
retaining their gTeatness with wins
ir the county basketball league.
g^ti-Ware. the new team in the
fjjruit did not play its scheduled
c me and it was not learned wheth
er the tram will get going this
They have no gym at Beth*
Wart
lattimore. Fallston. Waco. Moores
boro and Belwood boys all took
r;nf, although several of their sta
tor team' ’ook a licking.
Tuesday Night
Two tames on Tuesday night have
h-rn announced: Belwood’s teams
mil go to Banoak In Catawba coun
tv for a contest, and a headliner
far ’his county will be an Inter
rone contest between Lattimore and
wto a? Waco. Bath teams are ex
rected to rate among the best in
their circuit and the encounter will
hot count as a league game, but
the rivalry Is unusually keen.
PfFn>IONT DIVIDES PAIR
IN OPENING CONTEST
PIEDMONT, Dec. 14.—Two rough
er played games marked the open
ing of the official basketball sea
son for the Fallston and Piedmont
high schools here last Friday night.
The locals won the girls game 11
to 6 while the boys lost to Fallston
27 to 16
Despite the warning of coaches
to play slowly enough to play
smoothly, the Inexperienced lads
iv.i lassies shoved ahead with the
sneed of a last season game—and
made It toe rough for a good game.
There were no particular stars al
though there was stellar guarding
on both school’s teams.
Split Games
POLKVTLLE, “Dec. 14.—Polkvllle
»nrt Waco split the first encounter
of the new basketball season in a
toAle header here Friday night.
:.-f local girls winning handily 18 to
8 and the boys being nosed out in the
lass few minutes, 15 to 12.
Both games were a little rough,
nth several fouls being called.
Players of neither team has had
enough practice to play their
smoothest ball. •
In the girls game Whlsnant of
Polkvllle led the scoring with 15
swims. Covington and Mauney aid
'd with excellent passing. DePriest,
Philbeck and M. Powell held their
opponents to one field goal each.
Waco sadly missed the services of
the a il-county Gretchen Beam, and
ethor veterans of last year.
Grtgg and Greene led the attack
lor Polkvllle while Murray and Moss
"cod out for Waco. Whlsnant and
DePriest were good on defense and
passing for the losers
Mooresboro Win*
MOORESBORO, Dec. 14.—Moores
toro's boys and girls basketball
teams today loomed as two of the
strongest in the county after ad
ministering a double header defeat
to No. 3.
The boys overpowered No. 3 lads
■5 to 2, with the visitors getting
"nly * single field goal. The girls
»amt was much closer as No. 3 led
jmtl within two minutes of the end
of the game. However, one of the
wst players fouled out and Moores
“°ro forged ahead to win 34 to 27.
The locate will play Bolling
Springs here Thursday night in
ateart of the regularly scheduled
rnttlay game.
Splits With Grover
J attimore, Dec. 14.—Latttmore
ys -howed their usual strength
made a fair bide Friday night
t° tn toe finals as has been cus
tomary in past years. The boys de
'at*d Grover 27 to 16, although
‘Over’*, fast girls team submerged
"A Laftimore girdls 20 to 9.
Lattimore’s fast all-star team,
imposed of former high school and
C '0?e stars who live in the com
^intty "went to town” Thursday
by defei*ting the Bolling
™bs college cagers 66 to 32.
Casar, Dec. 14.—Two good Ca
• '°atns lost a double header to
-_od here Friday night, the
„ 5 t>'in8 edged out by one point,
0 « 12 and the boys losing 17 to 5.
Uwndale Man File*
Suit To Get $78.00
£«*■» Beam of Lawndale has
^th the clerk of superior
,,Jrt siting for judgment of $78
vamst Totn Hunt, tenant, wito is
■ ^eci to have neglected his crop
* • farm duties to that extent.
Charles Ford, negro, also of Lawn
- 15 ™der a $800 bond after a
*;r‘! before federal commisslan
* “oha p Mull. He was charged
* Eolation of federal liquor laws
'1 be tried at the next term
w federal court.
TEXAS CHRISTIAN TRAMPLES SANTA CLARA 9 TO 0
...
In one of tn» most ironical football games of tha year, Texas Christian smashed to a 9 to 0 victory over hitherto undefeated Santa Clara In San
Francisco after the latter had been chosen to play Louisiana Stats University In the New Orleans Sugar Bowl game New Ye a’s Day. “Slinging
Sam” Baugh (arrow), Texas Christian quarterback, Is shown tossing the ball (circle) high In the air for ons of the psrfeot passes that helped to
beat the Californians. (Associated Press Phots)
FORTY TRY OUT
FOR POSITION ON
BASKETBALL TEAM
Goodson Drills Both
Boys, Girls, Names
Are Given
Forty Interested and promising
youngsters, representing all grades
and classes of the Shelby high
school have reported for practice in
the tin can and are being drilled
daily the art of goal-ehoottng, fouls,
guarding and in the cabe of their
health after spirited athletic play.
Coach Bill Goodson, former *Da
vidson college football. basketball
and baseball star is directing the
activities of both boys and girls. He
also teaches 6dence in reguiai per
iods daily.
Members of the boys squad who
are trying out we:
Gordon Weathers, eapt., Grady
Mauney, Gene Ervin, Edwin Martin,
Kenneth Parris, Roy Lee Parker,
W. 8. Kilpatrick, Charles William
Connor, Harry Robinson, Wilbur
Leonhardt, Edward Smith, Loyd
Bost, Grady Dover, Ray McSwain.
Buck Archer, Kenneth Heafner, Ed
Ervin. Bill Jones; Managers, Gary
Heafner and Joe Buff.
Leading players among the win
some girls are:
Ruth Mull, capt., Ella Mae Blan
ton, Hazel Hartgrove, Mildred Gard
ner. Mary Francis Williams, Agnes
Leonhardt, Dora McSwain, Mildred
Whitener, Martha Toms, Lucy Mae
Blantoa Ann Smart. Dorothy Aus
tell, Betty Ervin, Mabel Leslie Dog
gett, Elva Ann Thompson, Sara Gra
ham, Doris Cline, Martha Williams,
Phyliss McWhirter, Evelyn Carter,
manager, Betty Coble.
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weeK-JLna oporis
Given In Brief
CHICAGO, Dec. 14.—(JFb~Coch
ran wins world three-cushion bil
lards championship.
Nassau—Willie MacParlane shoots
68-64 on second and third rounds'
of Nassau open golf to lead with
200 for 54 holes.
New York—Green Bay routs Bos
ton Redskins 21-6 in playoff game
fror National Profeslonal football
league title.
Bradenton, Fla.—Lloyd Gulllck
son. with 67, wins open division of
Dizzy Dean golf tourney.
San Francisco—Sammy Baugh's
passing and kicking gives Texas
Christian 9-0 football victory over
Santa Clara.
Dallas—Texas Christians invited
to meet Marquette in Cotton Bowl
game January 1. i
San Mateo, Cal.—Mrs. C. B. How- ,
ard’s Seablscult outruns Wildman
and Giant Killer to win $10,000 add- '
ed World’s Fair handicap at Bay
Meadows.
New Orleans—Mrs. B. Franzheim’s (
Silas noses out Reelon in Jefferson
Park handicap.
Cincinnati—Pat Dengis wins na
tional A. A. U. senior 30 kilometer
run.
Direct Descendant
Of Great Slayer
MONROE. Dec. 14.—Added to the
stories of Edward and Mrs. Simp
son is that of the Union county roan
who began his Christmas imbiging
early.
"Mrs. Simpson." he said, “is a di- j
rect descendant of the Simpson who
took the jawbone of an ass and slew i
twelve thousand Philadelphians”
SPORTS m
ROUNDUP &
NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—(!P)—Here’s
i tip: If the Braddock-Schmellng
winner fight* Joe Louis next Sep
tember, Mike Jacobs will be the
promoter . . . Contracts name both
Hax and Jimmy free agents after
the June fight . . , But Mike didn't
jail off tlie Atlantic City thing for
nothing .... Chances are he trad
sd and has Schmellng under con
tract right now for a September
light ... It was a strange spectacle
in the negotiations last week to find
Schmeling, controlled by Jacobs,
lining up with the Garden while
Braddock, under contract with the
Garden, walking hand In hand with
the 30th Century.
Dick Harlow of Harvard rated
all-America coach honors In
the New York World-Telegram’s
poll .... Bo the Notre Dame
coaching system is slipping eh?
• . . • Well, five teams which
will appear In "bowl" games
New Year’s day use it . . . The
Bobby Dcak who won first prize
in the amateur division of the
Dizzy Dean golf tournament at
Bradenton last Saturday is the
son of the old Cardinal pitch
er, now a golf pro at Bradenton
.... Bob Feller waited a bit
too long to begin squawking for
a 120,000 contract, didnt’ he?
Sports Editor Alan Gould is off on
a lecture tour, making one-night
stops at Norfolk tonight and Char
lotte,, N. C., tomorrow .... Tom
Gallery, Los Angeles promoter, Is
a dead ringer for James J. Brad
dock . . .
One. reason the Southwest
conference turns out so many
good passers is that the boyu
down thaw throw basketballs al
most from birth . . . Sammy
Baugh of Texas Christian didn’t
make all America but in our
a l._ a. __a _■
football .... If yon don’t be
lieve he can throw that foot
ball, just ask Santa Clara . . .
Roy Rlegela, who ran the wronr
way in the 1989 Rote Bowl game.
Is in town and he’ll tell yon all
about It If yon ask him.
Latest dope is Louis and Simms
will do 150,000 tonight . .. Burleigh
Q rimes is one of the old school, so
he's trying to bolster his Dodgers
right down the middle—catching,
pitching, second base and center1
field.
Green Bay Packers
Take Pro Laurels
NEW YORK. Dec. 14.—</P)—The
3reen Bay Packers took a big
Christmas present back to Wiscon
sin yesterday—the national profes-1
ilonal football league champion- j
ship.
The passing powerhouse from the
nldwest marched into the title yes
:erday with a 31-6 victory over the
Boston Redskins, champions of the
jast.
A crowd of 39,546 paid $38,471 to
see the game. That gave each of
the Green Bays about $250 for the
winners’ share and allowed the Red
skins about $175 apiece.
SULPHUR SPRINGS CHURCH
TO SPONSOR STUNT NIGHT
Sulphur Springs Methodist church
is sponsoring a stunt night to be
held at No. 3 high school Tuesday
evening, December 15, beginning at
7:30. The public is invited to at
tend.
INDIANS, TIGERS
CARDS GET PICK
OF ROOKIE CROP
Feller It Outstanding
Prospect Among
New Ones
NEW YORK. Dec. 14,—The
Cleveland Indiana. Detroit Tigers,
St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago
Cubs picked up the best of this
year’s major league prospects, an
Associated Press poll of major lea
gue managers indicated today.
Standout of the lot. of course, was
Bob Feller, others the managers list
as outstanding rookies Include:
Cleveland: Pitcher Charlie Fisch
er, Buffalo; Tom Henrlch, outfield
er from New Orleans via Milwau
kee.
Detroit: Rudy York, first base
man from Milwaukee; Chet Laabs,
outfielder from Milwaukee.
Cardinals: Matcher Arnold “Mick
ey" Owen, Columbus; In fielder Ira
Smith, Houston.
Cubs: Joe Marty, outfielder from
Los Angeles.
The energetic Cincinnati club and
the personal scouting system of
Manager Bill McKechnie of the Bos
ton Bees also brought In some prom
ising youngsters. The Reds obtain
ed two outstanding boys from the
Durham, N. C„ club of the Pied
mont league, lnfielder Frank Mc
Cormick and pitcher John Vander
meer. McCormick bptted .381 and
Vandermeer won 19 games and lost
only six.
Shoots Husband In
Street Car, Suicide
CHARLESTON, 8 C.. Dec. 14.—
</P>—Mrs. Rover P. McClure, 41, died
In a hospital early today of self
inflicted bullet wounds after, Cor
oner DeVeaux said, she shot and
killed her estranged husband, a
motorman, in his street car.
VWII/1IM f UlkUA IWWU voui.
as murder and suicide.
Passersby, noticing a stalled, ap
parently deserted trolley on a sub
urban track yesterday, found Mc
Clure, 51, shot to death.
A few minutes later, the coroner
said, Mrs. McClure stumbled into a
neighbor’s house, cried, “Get a doc
tor; I’ve shot myself,” and col
lapsed.
With three bullet wounds in her
abdomen, she was taken to a hos
pital, where die died shortly after
midnight.
McClure a few weeks ago applied
to domestic relations court for an
order to prevent his wife from riding
on his street car.
Police said there apparently were
no other passengers on the street
car at the time of the killing.
GEORGIA TECH STAR ILL;
MAT AFTECT GRID TILT
ATLANTA, Dec. 14.—(VP)—Geor
gia Tech’s hopes of stopping Cali
fornia's Bears in a football collision
here December 26 received a blow
today in news that Captain Mit
Fltzsimons is in a hospital with a
dangerous leg infection.
The husky senior guard was tak
en to a hospital yesterday when he
developed fever from an infection
which started in a slight scratch
received in practice last week.
Haa New Preapect
HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Dec. 14—
UPh-Elongated Lon Warneke of
the St. Louis Cardinals said today
that he had a new hurling prospect
for the Redblrds but that the
youngster probably would need a
tew years of training.
The "prospect” is a 10 pound son
Mrs. Warneke and the baby are
1 doing nicely. »
i
Other Arrests In
Axe Murder Case
WILSON. Dec. 14.—(/PV-Deputy
Sheriff C. A. Brown of Bailey said
today he had arrested Edgar Honey
cutt and Tab Bunn. Nash county
men. In connection with the axe
slaying of tan. Marla Blssette, 60
year- old Bailey woman.
He said Jesse Blssette, 38. son of
the slain woman, still Is being de
tained, but that no charge had
been lodged against him.
Blssette was arrested Wednesday
night later his mother's body was
found In her home, the head crush
ed by a single blow. A bloody axe
lay nearby.
Deputy Brown did not disclose
why Honeycutt and Bunn were
held, but earlier officers said they
were looking for two men with
whom Blssette had taken an auto
I mobile ride on the night of the
slaying.
! Ernest Gardner To
Plan Inauguration
Representative Ernest Gardner of
Cleveland county Is head of the
committee from the house and Sen
ator Hall Johnson of Buncombe
county heads the committee from
the senate to plan the Inauguration
of Clyde R. Hoef as governor on
I January 7th. Mr. Gardner will be
1 chairman of a five-member house
committe and Mr. Johnson a
i three-member senate committee,
other members of which will be ap
pointed by Lieut. Gov. W. P. Hor
ton and Speaker R. Gregg Cherry.
The other members of the com
mittee to have charge of Inaugura
tion plans will be selected upon
the recommendation of Governor
elect Hoey.
Gardner and Johnson will be ad
vised of their appointment this
week, while the other members tc
work with them will be elected when
the general assembly convenes on
Jra.niin.rv fith
I
MRS. GOSSETT’S BROTHER
DIES IN SPARTANBURG
T. L. Cooper, 72 years of age and
a brother of Mrs. E. Gossett of
Shelby, died in the Drayton Mill
Village, Spartanburg, Saturday af
ternoon, after a long illness.
Funeral services were held this
morning at 11 o’clock. Mr. Cooper
is survived by his wife and the fol
lowing children: Will Cooper of
Anderson, Roy Cooper of Drayton,
i Mrs. W. M. Lawson of Anderson,
j Mrs. C. V. Rudd of Oklahoma City,
| Okla., Mrs. Elsie Moore of Dray
| ton, Mrs. A. J. Cunningham of Ly
: man; two sisters. Mrs L. E. O.
j Lynch of Spartanburg, and Mrs. E.
j Gossett of Shelby, N. C.; also one
J brother, J. L. Cooper of GafTney.
Shelby Creamery
Worker* In Meeting
Thirty employees and route men of
the Shelby Creamery enjoyed a get
together and banquet at the Cleve
land Hotel PYlday night. The pro
gram was In charge of Hubert Wil
son, acting manager and J. D.
Ltneberger. Plans were made for
! enlarging the business next year
' and as entertainment Mr. Line
berger put on a show of local mov
ing pictures.
Special guests were J. S. Dor ton,
| meat and milk inspector, County
1 Farm agent John Wilkins and hit
| assistant John Reltzel.
Beaver returned to the Royal
Neb., section after an absence oi
half a century. Reason for the re
turn was not known.
1 The United States geological sur
vey estimates that New Mexico con
, tains undeveloped coal lands with
! 192.000.000.000 tons.
SHELBY DIVIDES
DOUBLE HEADER
WITH CHERRIES
Timekeeper's Whittle
Decides In Favor
Of Visitors
Whether the refer**’* whistle or
the time keeper’s whistle ends s ball
gam* was decided In favor of the
timekeeper here Friday night as
CherryvlHe was favored with an
extra point and took the game 15-14.
Shelby’s boys beat the Cherry
eager* 14 to T.
Playing closely and furiously un
til the last seconds of the game Shel
by and CherryvlHe girls battled for
a winning point. The time keeper
blew his whistle, but neither the
players nor the referee heard It. A
player caged a field goal which
would have put Shelby ahead, but
the rule book said no.
Beam, a forward, and Friday a
guard for the Cherryville girls ex*
celled and the entire Shelby team
looked good and played as a unit
In the boys game Harrelson for the
losers and Ervin for Shelby were
possibly the beet. All the players
made many casts for the basket, but
were Inaccurate.
Shelby will meet Polkvtlle here
Tuesday night at 7:15 and Lincoln
ton here Thuiaday night
Southeastern Cage
Teams Go To Work
ATLANTA. Deo. H.—<Jf)—Five
basketball teams of the Southeast*
ern conference will be tested In pre
liminary games this week before
tackling conference schedules after
the Christmas holidays.
Louisiana State, meeting South
western Louisiana Institute Wed
nesday. and Alabama, playing the
Independent Birmingham T. M. C.
A. cagers Monday, will bo getting
their first tests under fire.
Kentucky and Tennessee win be
trying for their third straight vic
tories. The Wildcats are to Invade
Cincinnati Tuesday to engage
Xavier and Tennessee will be host
to Clemson Thursday.
Louis On Comeback
Train With Eddie
CLEVELAND, Dec. 14 —(jP)— Joe
Louis makes his first comeback trail
start In two months when he enters
the ring at Publlo Hall tonight for
a battle with the hard-hitting Cleve
land Slovenian. Eddie Simms.
The Detroit brown bomber will
draw 430.000 for his first bout since
he knocked out Jorge Breslca two
months ago. Simms’ end of the char
ity show purse Is $4,000.
Some 11,000 persons were expect
ed for the heavyweight mlxup, sche
duled for ten rounds. Most ot the
boxing observers and many of
Simms’ best friends thought, how
ever, that Louis would abbreviate
the spectacle.
81 nuns has plenty behind his
blows and his only chance was fig
ured to be his right hand. The
bomber's handlers say he has chang
ed his tactics since his unexpected
knockout from Max Schmellng and
Is no longer vulnerable on this
•core.
In two years after, completion of
the Santa Clara valley water con
servation project In California, the
water level waa raised to an aver
age of 21 feet over 130,000 acres.
SEABOARD AIR
LINE RAILWAY
Announces Following Im
portant Schedule Changes,
Effective
DECEMBER 10, 1936
TRAIN NO. 21 for Ruther
fordton and intermediate
points will leave Forest City
2:03 I*. M. instead'of 1:37
P. M.
For Information Sec
Agent
C. G. WARD, D.P.A.
305 I.O.O.F, Temple,
RALEIGH. N. C.
SEABOARD
Air Ling Railway
LIGHT ..d WATER
Bills Are Due City
Of Shelby Tomorrow
THE TWO WEEK’S GRACE PERIOD, GIVEN EACH
CUSTOMER AS A MATTER OF CONVENIENCE
AND COURTESY EXPIRES TUESDAY.
(
Regardless Of Who You Are
SERVICE WILL BE DISCONTINUED ON WEDNES
DAY MORNING DECEMBER 16TH IF NOT PAID
BY TUESDAY, DECEMBER I5TH, AND A PENAL
TY OF 50c WII,L BE ADDED.
City Clerk Of Shelby
BY ORDER OF THE COUNCIL