Minisi-Navy’s
Minute Man
By FRANK ECK
AP Newsfeaturei Sports Writer
ANNAPOLIS. Md.—Navy's foot
ball roster lists 17 backs but the
unsung hero of this array is An
thony S. <8kippy> Minisi, a 19
year-old 185-pound left hander
from Newark, N. J.
Had it not been for Minisi,
Navy most certainly would have
suffered a 12-6 setback at the
hands of Notre Dame and would
have had to settle for a 7-7 tie
with previously unbeaten Penn. But
as it turned out. Navy beat Penn,
14-7. and held Notre Dame to a
6-6 deadlock.
Minisi was the key figure in
both of these games and the Mid
die coaches are beginning to feel
that they regarded him lightly
rh»n thav mad* him a third
stringer at the start of the season.
Skippv now is first reserve for
Bob Kelly. Navy's starting right
half via Notre Dame.
Against Notre Dame. Minisi
made a sensational goal-line tack
le when he grabbed Phil Colella
in midair and tossed him out of
bounds one foot from touchdown
territory. This occurred in the last
30 seconds.
It was a disputed play until
motion pictures were shown. Co
lella s feet wound up in the end
rone but the ball never reached
the payoff line. This was because
Minisi tackled volells the only
way possible to avoid a score. He
climbed aboard Colella's neck and
brought him down much in the
same manner a cowboy would
wrestle a steer to the ground.
The previous week against Penn.
Minisi. who last year starred for ;
Penn with his forward passing,
decided the issue in the last 25
second*. Bob Hoemschemeyer. In
diana star of 43 and '44, tossed a
22-.vard pass and Minisi sped into
the end zone to nab it as three
Pennsylvanians made futile lunges
at the pigskin.
We have one play for Minisi,"
Said Coach Oscar Hagberg at the
start of the season, "but we don't
intend to use it."
The play calls for Minisi to
make a southpaw forward pass.
Hagberg hasn't used the play but
he certainly has mad* good use
of Minisi who last year scored 48
points for Penn.
Army coaches are beginning to
wonder about Minisi. The Newark
lad who didn't wind up at Notre
Dame, as many Jerseyites do. is
certainly leading a charmed life
on the football field. He's Navy's
minute-man, or rather a Johnny
on-the-spot in the closing seconds
of a close ball game.
Cleveland Tigers Play
Cherryville Here In
Last Game Tomorrow
Cleveland high school Tigers
draw their football activities for
the 1945 season to a close here
tomorrow afternoon when they
meet the husky John Chavis high
school team of Cherryville, in a
rugged tilt on the local football
field, when each team, with no
wins to its credit rfo far this year,
will be out to chalk up its first
victory. The game is scheduled
for 3 o'clock.
The local gridders are working
on passes and are expected to be
la good shape for the tilt.
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Plo«« Your Ordor Now.
For Eorly Doiivory
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Wm. PAUL BRIDGES
Doolor
SHELBY, N. C.
Hunters Stress
Hounds, Not
Fancy Frocks
By WILL GRIMSLEY
PARIS, TENN., Nov. 13 — (#)—
"Yoicks,” “Tallyho” and the fan
cy froAs are almost entirely gone
from the American fox hunting
scene. In their stead is a rough,
raw American informality.
The field trials of the National
Foxhunters association entering
the second day near here, Is de
void of the nomp and pageantry
that marks English hunting and
once influenced our own.
Millionaire oil men and planta
tion owners rub elbows with far
mers and share a love for the
hounds.
Hundreds of hunters are here,
but you can count the red coats
on both hands and only then be
cause they are in the regulation
attire of the judges. You seldom
hear a horn and if you yelled
"yoicks” or "tallyho”, chances are
you’d get shot as an enemy agent.
They don’t yello “tallyho” when
they sight a fox. They say
“there goes that red so and so.”
NO FANCY GARB
Instead of fancy garb the men
wear muddy boots, often fine but
inconspicuous gabardines, khaki
hunting attire and overalls.
“We emphasize the hounds and
not the hunters or horses,” says
Col. Howard Stovall of Stovall,
Miss., a past president of the Na
tional Foxhunters association.
In the opening cast of the 25th
chase futurity yesterday, two dogs
piled up a small lead with 75 merit
points credited them for hunting
and trailing ability and drive.
They were Sam Brooks, owned
by J. R. White of Spartanburg,
S. C.. and C. A. Blaze, owned by
C. A Boultinghouse of Sparks
Hill, 111.
In a record field of 237 that
trapped and killed five red foxes,
these hounds were trailed by Roy
al Lady II, another entry of
Whites.
The futurity champion will be
decided Wednesday. A record field
of 400 hounds will vie in the all
age championship, opening Thurs
day.
DEACONS, TAR
HEELS TO VIE
RICHMOND. V*., Nov. 13.—UP)
—Two Southern Conference foot
ball games. one of which may
have an important bearing on the
championship of the circuit, are
on the books for this week-end.
North Caroling, unbeaten and
unscored on in conference play,
will tangle with Coach D. C.
'Peaheadt Wlker't unpredl6table
Wake Forest Deacons, who have
one win and one loss.
North Carolina follows Duke in
conference standings but the Blue
Devils, with three wins and no
defeats in the loop, remain idle
this week-end so this will be a
golden opportunity for Carolina to
overtake them
The other conference game will
be between Richmond and Virgi
nia Tech at Blacksburg.
Maryland has an open date Sat
urday. North Carolina State will
play Miami University at Miami,
Fla.. Friday night, Clemson and
Tulane will tangle at New Or
leans Saturday, South Carolina will
play a team from the AAF Per
sonnel Distribution Command at
Columbia, 8. C., William and Mary
engages Kings Point Merchant
Marine Academy at Williamsburg
and VMI and Catawba meet at
Lexington.
Sports
Scene
By HUGH FULLERTON
NEW YORK, Nov. 13 —<iF>—
Hughie Devore, who ought to hav<
as good judgment on the subject a!
any guy who has received twc
knockout wallops in succession
won’t go too far out on a limb
about the Army-Navy game . .
"Navy has the makings of a graal
club, but right new you'd have tc
give Army the advantage,’’ says th«
Notre Dame coach . • . “But ]
hear Navy used a lot of play!
against Michigan that they didn'l
use against us." ... If Penn Stat!
receives a ‘‘bowl" invitation, which
isn’t unlikely the way the nittanj
Lions are going, even Coach Bok
Higgins doesn’t know whether the)
can accept. Bob, in fact, shudder!
at the thought after seeing what hi!
club did to bowl-minded tetilplt
last Saturday . . . speaking of bowl;
Sam Corenswet insists the Sugai
Bowl hasn’t made a move of anj
kind about lining up teams, de
spite stories that a pair already
have been signed.
STRICTLY BUSINESS
Even when his Navy football
teams were winning, the late
Col. Emery (Swede) Larson
vnasn't one to toot his own horr
... a Marine officer who served
under Swede as an enlisted
man, tells this story of receiv
ing a letter posted the day af
ter Larson's Navy team had
beaten Army in 1939 . . » th<
Marine, stationed in Guate
mala, ripped it open, hoping to
learn the real dope on the vic
tory . . . but Larson, a stamp
collector, merely had written
to ask if his friend had found
any more foreign stamps for
him.
SHORTS AND SHELLS
Western Michigan College is om
of the few lnstituions of highei
education to have alumni on botl
clubs in any world series . . . Stub
HARVARD ib
surprise BROWN
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SHELBY DAILY STAR
SPORTS
JAMES GREENE, Sports Editor
American League Sets
New All-Time Record
For Cash Customers
' CHICAGO, NOV. 13 —'TP)— Less
than a year ago the Major leagues
! wondered if it would be possible
' to complete another wartime base
ball schedule.
They did it. Not only did they
finish out the schedule and a siz
| zling world series, but in the Am
erican league they set a new all
I time record of 5.580,420 cash cus
tomers for the season.
Those figures were revealed yes
terday by league President Will
Harridge and reflected an increase
of 782,262 over the 1944 mark.
They exceeded by 146,629 the for
i mer record of 5,433,791 set in
I 1940.
Another red-hot race, with De
troit winning, was given by Har
ridge as the probable reason for
the record attendance. Detroit
headed the list .if clubs in total
attendance with a new mark of
1.280,341 more than last year’s to
tal.
Every chib in the league except
St. Louts. 1944 champion, and last
place Philadelphia, attracted big
ger crowds than last year. Har
ridge explained that in addition
to the record total of paid admis
sions this year, more than 500,000
servicemen were admitted free to
the games.
New York was second in to**]
paid admissions with 881.845, and
was followed by Chicago with
657,981; Washington, 652,660; Bos
ton, 603,794; Cleveland. 558,182;
St. Louis, 482,986, and Philadelphia,
462.631.
St. Louis dropped from 508.644
last year and Philadelphia from
505,322, the figures showed.
No International
Golf Before 1947,
Says Horton Smith
TAUNTON, Mass., Nov. 13.—m
—The resumption of International
golf, the JRyder competition espe
cially, will not be possible until
11947 according to Capt. Horton
i Smith, one of the game’s top stars
when he enlisted in the Army Air
Force three years ago.
Smith, who landed in Boston
yesterday after touring Europe
with a special service sports unit,
is passing through Camp Myles
Standish Disposition Center be
fore reporting in New York for
further orders.
“Most of the golf played in
Europe is the army variety,”
Smith explained. "England still
has many of Its top golf profes
sionals in the service and will not
be ready to organize another Ry
der cup team until 1947.
by Overmire, pitcher for the Tigers
and Frank Secory, Cub outfielder
both are Western Michigan boye
and 60 is catcher Joe Stephenson
who did bullpen duty for the Cubs
... it isn’t a unique distinction
Back in 1913 Chief Bender and Jim
Thorpe, both products of Carlisle
Indian school, were world series op
ponents . . . The 1945 Indiana U
football team is the first in the
college’? football history to win sis
consecutive games . . . Stout Steve
Owen’s only comment on the waj
his old pal, Greasy Neale, rolled up
the score against the Giants Sun
day “when you got them aces bach
to back you’ve got to play them.”
In war you bought bonds tc
i “back the attack.” Now you car
'I “Back the Boys Who Made the At
; tack” by buying Victory Loar
j Bonds.
Shrine Game
Tickets On Sale
Tickets are on sale at J.
Lawrence Lackey motors for
: the Shrine Bowl game between
i North Carolina and ~outh Car
olina all-stars at Charlotte on
December 8, it was announced
today. The tickets can be pur
1 chased by contactnig W. D.
Lackey at Lackey’s garage. All
admission is $1.20, including
tax.
Coaches of the Shrine Bowl
game, meeting in Charlotte ov
j er the week end, selected their
players and have sent out the
i invitations. Officials for the
1 game have been named.
Outstanding among candi
dates for the team from Shelby
; were Boots Kent and Gene
Clark.
ARMYDOESN’T
SCARE PENN
_
PWJljAJJtXl-'niA. NOV. U—(/P)—
Penns "bunch of kids" might
have been a bit scared of Army
last year, Coach George Munger
said today, "but we’re not afraid
now—they’re not supermen."
The Cadets smothered Penn 62
7 last year but, says Munger, “the
kids made a lot of mistakes and
some of them might have directly
set up touchdowns.”
On Saturday, before a sellout
crowd of 73,000 at Franklin field,
the once-beaten Quakers meet
Army, victorious in its last 16
gridiron battles.
“We don’t expect to win,” Mun
ger said, "but we’re not lying
down.”
Scout Horace Hendrickson came
back to Philadelphia after wit-'
nessing Army pulverize Notre
Dame 48-0, with they're "beyond
any competition. That Blanchard
and Davis can do anything.”
He wouldn’t make any compar-j
ison between the Cadet and Quak
er lines, but Munger figures Penn’s
forward wall can almost match
Army’s.
Penn has held the running at
tack of six opponents — including
Navy and Columbia—to a virtual
standstill.
I
Col. Larson To
Be Buried Today
WASHINGTON. Nov. 13 — (.T)—
Col. Emery Ellsworth "Sw'ede’’ ,
Larson, war veteran and widely-:
known sports figure, will be bur- i
ied today in Arlington cemetery'
with full military honors. 11
The 46-year-old marine colonel
died in Atlanta last week. As a
star football player at the United i
States Naval academy, and later
as the Middie coach, he never ex
perienced defeat by an Army team i
in the traditional game between
the service teams.
Tomatoes, eggplant and peppers
belong to the same family.
Army Still Rated Tops
NAVY MOVES TO
RUNNERUP SLOT
Nlotre Dame Skids From
Second To Seventh
Position
ALABAMA THIRD
By HAROLD CLAASSEN
NEW YORK, Nov. 13.—
TP)—Army’s smashing vic
:ory over Notre Dame Satur
lay convinced virtually every
)ne but the Pacific coast foot
ball experts that they a''e the
\To. 1 college grid team in the
:ountry.
Of the 20 votes cast in the San
■rancisco region, 13 of the critics
elegate Army, No. 1 team all sea
ion in the weekly Associated
’ress poll, to second and gave
ive firsts to Navy, four to St.
if ary’s and four to Alabama.
Only other dissenter among the
05 voters was Harold Harris of
he Knoxville News-Sentinel, who
ated Alabama above the Cadets.
As it was, Army garnered 91
irst place nominations and grab
>ed second on each of the re
naming ballots.
Navy, which showed its best
orm of the season in downing
Michigan Saturday, moved into
he runnerup slot behind the team
he Middies will meet in Phila
iclphia on Dec. 1. The sailors
limbed from fourth place while
xTotre Dame skidded from second
o seventh.
Alabama retained third place
ind was followed in order by In
iiana, St. Mary's, Pennsylvania,
X’otre Dame, Oklahoma A & M,
3hio State and Holy Cross.
DROP OUT
Michigan and Columbia
dropped out following their
defeats Saturday and their
places were taken by the Ok
lahoma Aggies and Holy Cross.
On a basis of 10 points for each
'irst place vote, nine for second,
Lions Play Final Game With
Kings Mountain There Friday
Shelby high school gridders are heading down the hoi
stretch of their 1945 football season, as they practice tl
week for the final game of the year, when they meet Kin;
Mountain high school Mountaineers at Kings Mountain F
day afternoon at 3:30.
The only afternoon game of ths:
season, the boys will play on the!
new athletic field under sunlight
because of lack of equipment for I
night playing.
Shelby will go into the game
as the number 2 team in the
Western conference, having been
knocked off the pinnacle of lead
ership .last week by the unpre
dictable Lincolnton eleven who
came up from an underdog posi
tion to pack a 12-0 wallop on the
Shelby lads.
Newton now remains the uncon
tested leader in the conference,
having previously been tied for
that position with Shelby.
Coach Morris said today that
etc., the Cadets built up an aggre
gate, of 1,036 points compared
with Navy's 879 in second place.
The leading teams determined
on a basis of 10 points for each
i first place vote, nine for second,
| eight for third, etc. (First place
votes in parenthesis):
Army <91) 1036
Navy (5) _ 879
Alabama (5) . 744
Indiana ... .. 661
St. Mary's (4) .... 624
Pennsylvania _ 450
Notre Dame .. 418
Oklahoma A & M _320
Ohio State .157
Holy Cross —. 118
Second ten:
11, Purdue 81; 12, Penn State
55; 13. Virginia 47; 14, Michigan
and Oklahoma 30 each; 16, Miss
issippi State 27; 17, Texas 26; 18,
Tennessee 21; 19, Tulsa 13; 20,
Duke 20.
Honorable mention: Georgia
Tech 5; Southern California 3;
Washington State, Washington,
Louisiana State, Georgia and New
Mexico 2 each; Oregon State.
[ Johns Hopkins and Texas A & M
1 each.
some of his boys were suffe
from colds and that Wayne
who has been on the bench due
a shoulder injury, was not wo]
ing out. Cornwell, who suffe
a bruised hand in the last ga
is doing light work.
The Shelby boys will be expe
ed to wind up the current
with a victory over Kings Mot
tain, who at the present time
at the very bottom of the
standings, with three losses
no wins in the season’s play.
However, the boys can be
ed for another attack such
they saw last week against i
colnton who also was near
bottom of the ladder in standli
Dickson Named
Treasurer Of
School Board
At the November meeting of
Shelby school board last night,
W. Dickson, manager of Me
and Stewart Supply Co., and
ber of the board, was
treasurer to succeed the late
Tom Gold. The board or
the preparation of appropr
resolutions in behalf of the
service of Dr. Gold.
Tentative plans were dlscui
relative to early completion of
rooms at the high school for di
room work, with a view to
verting three of the rooms for
cademic studies and two for
in industrial arts or trade
ing.
Walter E. Abernethy, super
tendent of city schools, will -
view such setups in other sch<
preparatory to making the
rangements here.
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