PORT
Here And There
BY BOBBY TERRELL
LOUIS, WALCOTT
PITOH TENTS FOR
CHAMPIONSHIP BOUL
Fight Scheduled
For Yankee Stadium
June 23
Heavyweight champion ioe Louis
and challenger Jersey Joe Walcott
have officially inked their contracts
and moved into training for their
coming fight for the heavy weight
championship of the world. Louis
says the fight, which will be held
in Yankee Stadium, New York, on
June 23, will be his last, regard
less of the outcome.
Louis, with all formalities over
and his training program ahead,
moved out to Bloomingdale, Mich
igan, about 160 miles from Detroit,
to set up his training camp. For the
present, it will consist mainly of
roadwork. On May 18, Louis plans
to move to Pompton Lakes, N. J.
where he will buckle down and '
start sparring two days later.
Walcott has set up his training
camp at Grenloch Park, near his
Camden, N. J. home. He will begin
sparring on May 15.
Louis will receive 40% of every
thing?net receipts, movies, radio,
and television as his share of the
pot. Walcott will get 20% of every
thing other than movies, of which;
he will receive 22V2%. Each fight
er posted a $5,000 guarantee that
he will show up for the bout.
Louis expects to weigh in at
around 214 for the fight, 3 pounds
heavier than he was when the two
met last December. Walcott will
tip the beam at about 193.
The fact that nine men have
come b;?ck for seconds against the
Brown Bomber and all were car
ried out of the ring provides nerve
shaking testimony to the 34-year
old Walcott. But Jersey Joe thinksj
he whipped Louis last time andi
thinks he can do it again. TimeJ
will tell.
We'll Take Yankees
In American League
With opening day behind and
the major leagues in full swing,
we will attempt to voice our opin
ion as to how we think the Ameri
can league stacks up this year.
And we'll start off by saying that
the New York Yankees look like
the team to beat.
Their well balanced pitching
staff and their murderous row of
hitters Iouk mighty potent when
one starts sizing them up with the
rest of the league. The Boston Red
Sox will probablv be the team for
the Yankees to beat because they
are also loaded from stem to stern.
The other two teams in the first
division will be two of thdse three
?Cleveland, Philadelphia or De
troit.
The luckless Washington Sena
tors, St. Louis Browns and Chicago
White Sox, we have picked to wind
up in the last three berths. Here's
the way we see things:
9 New York, Boston, Philadelphia,
Detroit, Cleveland, Washington,
Chicago, St. Louis.
It's everyone for his own opin
ion, but there are certain facts that
can't be overlooked, and the big
gest factor is power, power and
more power.
Arrington And Byrd
To Captain Catamounts
At a meeting of the Western
Carolina football squad last week,
Jack Arrington of Waynesville
and Art Byrd of Marion were elec
ted as co-captains of the Cata
mount grid forces for the coming
season.
Arrington, a sophomore blocking
back, who will enter his second
lull season next fall, and B^rd, a
junior guard, who is believed to
be one of the best guards in tho
North State Conference, will re
place Clark Pennell and Mace
Brown who served as co-captains
during the 1947 season.
(resents the sensational
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Sylva, N. C.
North Carolina
a-Hendersonville To Clash
Saturday, Sunday
First Professional 1
Club To Play In Sylva,
Local Fans Enthused
Sylva baseball fans will have an
opportunity Saturday and Sunday
to see the local American Legion
team lock horns with a profession
al ball club for the first time. Hen
dersonville Skylarks will journey
over to Sylva for a two-game ses
sion with the local boys. The first
game will be called at 3:30 Satur
day afternoon on Mark Watson
field at the high school campus.
The ball for the second game will
be pitched in at 3 p. m. Sunday, on
tne same field.
Probably starting for Sylva Sat
turday will be Summers on the
pitcher's mound. Gudger will
follow on Sunday. Cunningham
will be on hand to hurl also.
At first Lee will preside, with
Squirrel on 2nd and Dillard at 3rd.
Sherrill will be at short and Smith
catching. In the outfield will finjJ
Hector, Olsen and Phillips in ac
tion.
Since this is the first time
a professional club has played in
Jackson county a large number of
fans are expected to be on hand
for the two games.
The local ball club has provided
seats for over 500 persons.
Plenty of coca-colas will be on
hand for refreshments.
The local club has been practic
ing for the past two weeks and
should be in good shape for their
opening game.
Admission will be 25 and 50
cents.
National League Pennant
Race Should Be A Scramble
The National league pennant
race should be a scramble with one
of five teams coming out to face
the American league champs in
the series. The way we figure, those
five teams are St. Louis, Brooklyn,
Boston, New York, and Cincinnati.
And that's just the way we think
they'll end up. We could be wrong
and they may wind up jus^ the op- j
posite of the way we see it, but
the Cardinals' pitching staff looks
best and they have a lot of power*
Jul sluggers to back up their pitch
ing even though their sluggers are
getting up in years.
Things won't be easy for Brook
BRIEFS-IN DETAIL
(By Bobby Terrell)
The official opening of the Sylva
American Legion baseball sche
dule Saturday afternoon will mark
the first time in baseball history
that a professional baseball club
has visited Jackson County. The
Hendersonville club of the newly
organized Western Carolina league
will provide the opposition for the
Sylva boys and should provide the
fans their money's worth. The(
teams will meeet again Sunday af
ternoon on Mark Watson Field.
The Cullowheee high boys are
undefeated in their baseball pro
gram thus far this year, holding a
9-0 victory over Murphy, a 16-1
victory over Andrews and a 14-5
win over Franklin. Three games
remain to be played: April 21-An
drews, there;? April 23-Waynes
ville, there; and April 29-Canton
at Cullowhee.
Bobo Newson, who helped pitch
the New York Yankees to their
American league pennant last
summer, recently hooked on with
the New York Giants after obtain
ing his release from the Yankees.
Newsom has hurled over his 17
years st^ in the majors, for the
Yankees, the Washington Senators,
Philadelphia Athletics, Brooklyn
Dodgers, St. Louis Browns, De
lyn, with the rest of the teams
pushing so hard, but we'll string
along with her in second place.
The last three places will be fil
led with Philadelphia, Pittsburgh
and Chicago. The Phils and Pirates
will be better than they were last
year but- there's still too much
power among the upper clubs. The
Cubs have practically the same club
they had last year.
Here's the way it looks, but don't
let us lead you astray. We could
be wrong.
St.' Louis, Brooklyn, Boston, New
York, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Pit
tsburgh, Chicago.
New Safety Measures
Applied To Boxing
Boxing Commissions throughout
the country are applying new safe
ty measures to the fistic sport.
Spurred to action by two ring
deaths within a week early this
year, seven states where boxing
thrives?California, Illinois, Wash
ington, Massachusetts, Wisconsin,
Pennsylvania, and New York?re
cently have taken steps to protect
fighters. Other states are consid
ering changes.
Heavier gloves, stricter exami
nations, and suspension of fighters
who hit the canvas too regularly
are a few of the changes. Also, a
popular change is a rule requiring
a figkter who is floored to stay
down for an eight-count, regard
less of how eager he is to resume
the scrap.
The deaths of Sam ?aroudi in
Chicago Feb. 20 and Leroy De Ca
tur a week later in Hollywood
brought the need for the changes
into light.
The National Boxing Association
has urged states to fix penalties
on promoters and managers who ,
fail to live up to their obligatioi
in ring safety.
troit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and
Chicago Clubs. That's what we call
"getting around."
A1 Gionfriddo, who robbed Jol
tin' Joe Dimaggio of his 415-foot
home run in the '47 world series,
was recently released by the
Brooklyn Dodgers to the Montreal
Royals of the International League.
Commodity priced generally have
been stable since the February de
cline in some farm products and
foods.
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Wakefield And Dunn
Attend Meeting Of
Asheviile Presbytery
The Rev. W. H. Wakefield, pas
tor of the Sylva Presbyterian
church and Jackson Dunn, elder of
the church, attended the spring
meeting of the Asheviile Presby
tery in Canton Tuesday.
A new moderator was elect
ed at this quarterly meeting, suc
ceeding Dr. J. R. McGregor, of
Montreat, retiring moderator. Rev.
M. R. Williamson, pastor of the
Waynesville church and stated
clerk of the presbytery, had charge
of arrangements.
Annual reports were made at
the meeting.
Graduating From High
School This Year?
You are approaching a big de
cision! What field will you enter
when you get your diploma? Will
you be able to go to college? Before
you have to decide, take a look at
what the United States Army of
fers high school graduates.
The Army's Technical School
Plan provides the opportunity for
you to become a specialist in the
field of your own choice. More
over, you'll receive good pay while
you're learning. To learn a skill
and get ahead, visit your nearest
Army and Air Force Recruiting
Offices at Franklin and Sylva.
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