SPORT C* PAGE ,3 Edited By John I. Anderson Rambling With The Sports Editor SIGNS OF SPRING . . . Two things always remind us of spring. They are the announcement of the fishing dates and the kids knock ing baseballs in every vacant lot you see. So, you might say that spring has sprung. In view of that fact, you’ll note the dates for the trout season in the Pisgah on this page, and you’ll also see where there are plans to organize a sandlot baseball team here. Big meeting is set for Saturday night. IKE REPLIES . . . Speaking of fishing, Obie Rose, who is one of the county’s most outstanding anglers, recently sent President Eisenhow er three of his fine, Rose’s Lures. The boys around town told Obie he’d never hear from them or the president. Today, Brother Rose is proudly Showing off a letter from Ann C. Whitman, personal secretary to Presi dent Ike, which says the president is most appreciative of the lures and the thoughtful suggestion of the Brevard fisherman. BIG CATCH . . . Another Brevard fisherman who is in the news this week is W. J. Hooper, who hooked a 32-pound spoonbill catfish last week end in Fontana lake. Mr. Hooper used a 15-pound test line to make the catch of the spoonbill, a comparatively rare fish in West ern North Carolina. BASEBALL NOTES . . . And speaking of baseball, practice is al ready underway down at Brevard college, and the call has gone out for Sractice by the Blue Devils next week. Both schools are expected to ave pretty fair teams this season. Coached by Marshall Teague, the Brevard high team will work out and play on the beautiful field at Camp Harry H. Straus, and the Tornadoes can be noted on the college field late each afternoon. . Bowlers Of Transylvania Trust Company Make Good Showing Brevard Keglers To Share In Tournament Money In Asheville Event Coming from behind with a bril liant finish in the final game, the Transylvania Trust company team of Brevard swept into fourth place last Saturday in the team division as the 18th annual Southern Bowl ing Congress Handicap tournament continued through its fourth con secutive week end at the Asheville Bowling Center. It was a day of many successes for Brevard, which in the past two weeks has seen its keglers in the spotlight of the mammoth meet. Consisting of Bob Alexander of Asheville, and Robert Oates, Joe Lavell, John Emory and Bill Bridges, all of Brevard, the Tran sylvania Trust team splashed the maples for a fine 3,073 series. After opening with games of 1, 012 and 977, Transylvania closed with a brilliant 1,084 as anchorman Bridges fired an opening seven bagger to spark his 253 finish. The fivesome had to go strong all the way with only a 214 handicap; its 2,859 scratch set turned the trick, including a 1,013 scratch final game. A large crowd cheered the WNC Assn, outfit home on alleys 11-12, the same lanes where only last, week a Brevard tandem of Lewis Meece and Ed Lass swept into the doubles lead with 1,323. The scratch counts included: Alexander I .. ■ ... 579, Oates 636, Lavell 511, Emory 532, and Bridges 601. Oates fired salvoes of 204, 221, and 211, which with his 67 handi cap, gave him a 703 combined to tal. The Transylvania Trust group had only 10 misses with 11 splits In the three games and the pattern of its success throughout was—con sistency. .The team is currently in the top division of this major WNC league Only Big Change Transylvania’s splurge into the fourth slot marked the only change in the top five of any division as the final shifts had yet to be com pleted at a late hour Saturday night. However, Brevard keglers led a district sweep of Saturday honors in the other four champion ship events against competition from the Carolinas, Alabama, Geor gia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. Vance Shook, Brevard, led the assault on the singles with a 211 196-194 series for 601 scratch. With an 86 handicap, he finished with 687. Shook also posted a combined 6S0 in his doubles to become an immediate threat in the All-Events Handicap division. Don Rackley, Brevard, hit for 645, and Paul Patterson, Brevard, for 641 also in the singles. Best doubles score of the day was a 1,228 by a Brevard tandem of Charles Parker and George Poor. It was quite a day for Bre vard, indeed. THE NEW GOLFING CHAMPION at the Brevard country club, Pete Wright, left, is shown above receiving the handsome trophy from Jay Coffey, right, co-chair man of the tournament committee. The presentation was made last Saturday night at a meeting of the golfers at the club, when plans for the coming season were dis cussed. It was the consensus of those present that this would be a banner year in golfing at the club. The new bent grass greens are coming in beautifully and other improvement work is being done on the course. (Times Staff Photo) Sam's Team Is Back On Top Of The Brevard Bowling Loop Brunswick Now In Close Sec ond Place. Goodwill Keg lers Are Third The bowlers of Sam’s Drive-In are back on top of the Brevard bowling league after handing Bilt more a 2-1 trouncing, while last week’s leaders, Brunswick Billiards, were going down in defeat at the hands of the keglers of Goodwill Motor company. In the other match of the eve ning Chatterbox took three straight from Rotary. Sam’s bowlers have a record of 39Vz wins and 29V2 losses, while Brunswick has 39-30. Goodwill is third with 38-31, with Biltmore next in line with 33-36. Rotary follows with 30-39, and the Chatterbox is on the bottom with 27^-41%. Bowlers on the various teams having the best sets and games were: Chatterbox — Fletcher 188, Flet cher 511. Rotary — G. Perkins 179, Sum mey 492. Goodwill — Link 208, Link 541. Brunswick — J. Lavell 184, Flynn 535. Sam’s — J. Emory 197, Rigdon 647. Biltmore — Coman 225, Coman 558. The schedule for Friday night is as follows: Brunswick vs. Sam’s. Biltmore vs. Chatterbox. Rotary vs. Goodwill. The inventory number of all cat tle on farms in North Carolina on January 1 has been placed at 933, 000 head. MAKING EFFORT TO ORGANIZE TEAM IN TRI - COUNTY LOOP Chastain Urges Interested Persons To Come To Box ing Gym Sat. Night Efforts are being made here to organize a baseball team to join with others from Buncombe anal Henderson counties in the forma tion of a tri-county league. Carl Chastain, ace southpaw with Ecusta and Brevard college in past seasons, is heading up the local delegation interested in forming a team. The league, previously known as the Buncombe county men’s sand lot baseball loop, will have eight teams and will play games each Saturday and Sunday afternoons. There will be a meeting of all lo cal persons interested in forming a team here in the Brevard Boxing club gym in the basement of the •Pickelsimer building on Saturday night at 8:15 o’clock. Mr. Chastain urges all persons planning to attend the meeting to come early and watch the boxers comprising the Brevard Boxing club work out in preparation for the match with Asheville on March 28th. The 55 million hogs and pigs on U. S. farms January 1 was 13 per cent above the relatively low fig ure of a year earlier. Important Notice on Buying a Stapler THE STAPLE MASTER It Tacks ... Pins ... Staples $8.75 5,000 Staples ... $1.50 When buying a stapler the important thing to take into consideration is . . . where can you buy staples for it? Nearly all brands of staplers take a differ ent staple. So be sure to buy a Markwell because The Times carries a complete line of staples for the Markwell at all times. Actually, it would pay you to throw away that off-brand stapler you may now have ... and probably have spent precious hours looking for staples for it . . . and buy your self a dependable Markwelf The Transylvania Times Times Arcade Dial 2-4111 Open Dates For ’55 Fishing Season Are Announced Today Ranger Gives Regulations. Special Trout Stamp Is % Again Necessary Trout fishing dates for the ’55 season are announced today by the North Carolina Resources commis sion and the U. S. Forest Service, Ranger Ted Seely reports. The season will begin on Tues day, April 5th, and because of the good stocking program, fishermen can look forward to a good season, Ranger Seely continues. Besides regular fishing licenses, anglers who wish to fish in the man aged areas will be required to have the state’s special trout stamp, which will be exchanged at the checking station for a $1 permit. Creel limit allows 10 fish per day. Any size trout may be kept. All catches must 'be presented at the checking station for inspection I at the end of the day’s fishing. Fishing is permitted from 6:00 a. m., and the deadline for check ing out is 8:00 p. m. The open dates are as follows: Pisgah National Game Preserve A—Davidson River Watershed including French Broad and upper South Mills: April 5-6, 9-10, 16-17, 20, 23-24, 27, 30. May 1, 4, 7-8, 11, 14-15, 18, 21-22, 25, 28-29-30. June 1, 4-5, 8, 11-12, 15, 18-19, 22, 25-26, 29. July 2-3-4, 6, 9-10, 13, 16-17, 20, OQ.94. 97 9aoi August 6-7, 13-14, 20-21, 27-28, 31. B—North Mills River: April 5-6, 9-10, 20, 23-24. May 4, 7-8, 18, 21-22. June 1, 4-5, 15, 18-19, 20. July 2-3-4, 13, 16-17, 27, 30-31. August 6-7,13-14, 20-21, 27-28, 31., C—Lower South Mills River: April 5-6, 16-17, 27, 30. May 11, 14-15, 25, 28-29-30. June 8, 11-12, 22, 25-26. July 2-3-4, 6, 9-10, 20, 23-24. D—Bent Creek: April 5-6, 9-10, 13, 16-17, 20, 23-1 24 27 30. May 1, 4, 7-8, 11, 14-15, 18, 21-22, j 25, 28-29-30. June 1, 4-5, 8, 11-12, 15. Mt. Mitchell, Daniel Boone, Sherwood, Santeetlah, Standing j Indian, Fires Creek and Wayah Wildlife Management Areas i April 5-6, 9-10, 13, 16-17, 20, 23 DAVE STEPHENS, 24, a milk man in Melbourne, is shown breasting the tape to break the Australian three-mile record in the Victorian amateur champion ships at St. Hilda’s cricket grounds. He ran barefoot as his old running shoes shrank after being soaked in a race a week previously. His time was 13 min utes, 31.8 seconds. (Internation al) 24, 27, 30. May 1, 4, 7-8, 11, 14-15, 18, 21-22, 25, 28-29-30. June 1, 4-5, 8, 11-12, 15, 18-19, 22, 25-26, 29. July 2-3-4, 6, 9-10, 13, 16-17, 20, 23-24, 27, 30-31. August 6-7, 13-14, 20-21, 27-28, 31. ..-x TICKETS (Hi SALE TO BOXING HATCH Local Team In Good Condi-' tion. Return Exhibition Is Being Planned Tickets to the big boxing exhi bition between Brevard and Ashe ville fighters in the city auditori um on Monday night, March 28th, are now on sale and may be pur chased at Grogan’s news stand. Carl Chastain, Brevard profes sional fighter who is coaching the local team each night in the gym in the basement of the Pickelsimer building on West Main street, says the boys are coming along fine and he expects them to make a fine showing on the 28th. Winners of the matches will re ceive silver gloves. Plans are now being made for the two teams to have a return en gagement here in Brevard to bene fit the Boy Scout movement some time during April It is hoped that a professional fight between Chastain and another Dro boxer will highlight the card. GIRL SCOUT NEWS HISTORY GIVEN The Girl Scouts of Troop 92" heard a program on the history of Scouting commemorating Girl Scout week. This was at the last regular meeting March 9th in the; Little House. Mrs. M. J. Mills and Mrs. J. F. Keating were welcomed as troop ommittee women. Following the program a collec tion was taken for the Juliette Low World Friendship fund. 0 ■