PORT
Here And There
BY BOBBY TERRELL
YOUNG SAYS THIS SEASON WILL
NOT BE REPETITION OF LAST
Veteran Squad Returning:
25 Lettermen on Roster |
Cy BOBBY TERRELL
(Herald Sports Editor) t
Coach Tom Young of the West-'
ern Carolina Catamounts definite
ly says that the 1948 season wiU
not be a repetion of 1947 as he
makes final preparation for the
opening of practice on September
lirst. j
The veteran coach, beginning his|
third year at Cullowhee, is point
ing toward the coming season. It
should be a banner year for the!
Catamounts. Besides having two
of the finest lines in the North
State conference, Young has fin
s
ally accumulated some line, high'
stepping backs to operate behind
this line. |
Last year the Catamounts were
plagued by injuries, bad weather,J
rr.'l every bit of hard luck that
co-i-d happen to a team. This 1948 i
Catamount edition is determined to
make all the bad breaks of last
year go the other way. The boys
are filled with a fine spirit?they
want to win. They are no longer
green material, but a seasoned
bunch of men who mean business.
The Western Carolina roster in
cludes 25 lettermen from the 1947
campaign among its 80 candidates
for the 1948 club. A list of out
standing backfield men who should
carry the pigskin across the line
fcr the Cats include Pee Wee Ham
ilton of Andrews and A1 Caperila
of Norristown, Pa., at tailback;
Joe Hunt of North Wilkesboro and
Ralph McConnell of Andrews at
fullback: Big Jack Arrington, 245
pounder from Waynesviile, at
blocking back; and at wingback;
Dewey Whitaker, yf. Horse Shoe
and Ovie Heavener of Cherryville.
Coach Young's squad also con
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tains three of tne best tackles in
the conference in Dan Robinson of
Marion, Buff.lo Humphries of
Cherryvilie and Harry Jaynes of
Wayn sville. The outstanding
lineman is Arthur Byrd, 165 pounds
of power from Marion, who will
be making a strong bid for Little
All-America honors from one of
the guard positions. ?
Western Carolina will open the
1948 season with one of its tough-1
est eon erence opponents ? High
Point college i t High Point, Sep
tember 18. T.ie following week,
Sept. 25, the Catamounts take on
th ir old conference rival, Appa
lachian State in Asheville.
Coach Yourg will be ably assist- i
ed m the tutoring department by
E. R. (Tuck) McConnell. line coach |
and scout, Bill Swift and J~ke;
Atl:i:.st:n. McConnell turned out'
a headline basketball team lastj
year ;n his first season as head
:? ach )f t.ve C*t.m>unt b. sket
eers. |
A seven schedul for the'
T-'t;:mount "B " squad has been
rigged up m order that all men;
vho turn oat for the Cat eleven
?.'ill get to play regardless of
whether they run for the varsity
or not.
The "B" squad schedule follows:
Sept. 18 Brev. rd at Brevard.
Oct. 1 Man n High at Marion.
Oct. 9 Asm. ville-Biltmore at
Asheville.
Oct. 23 Blue Ridge at Hender-1
sonville.
Nov. 5 G irdner-Webb at Shelby.'
Nov. 13 Brevard at Cullowhee.
Nov. 20 Newberry "B" at New-1
erry, S. C.
The varsity schedule:
Sept. 18 High Point at High
Point.
Oct. 2 Tusculum at Cullowhee.
Oct. 9 East Tennessee State at
Cullowhee (Homecoming).
Oct. 16 East Carolina at Green
ville, N. C.
Oct. 23 Lenoir-Rhyne at Hickory.
Oct. 30 Maryville at Cullowhee.
Nov. 6 Newberry at Cullowhee.
Nov. 13 Emory and Henry at
"ristol, Va.
Nov. 20 Carson-Newman at
I >ivistown, Tenn.
G: mes through Oct. 23 will be
in at 8 p. m. After that, kickoff
ill be at 7:30.
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Three Knockouts
Feature Fast Cherokee Fight Card
Three knockouts out of seven!
throe-round fights is almost some
thing f<;r the books. That's what
happened at Cherokee last Thurs
day night when the Cherokee Leg
ion team met the Gatlinburg fight
ers from Tennessee.
The fans saw everything hap
pen during the course of the eve
ning. They saw fighters go down
for the count, to be carried out of
the. ring. They saw a fighter
nanging on the ropes, absorbing
brutal punishment until the ref
eree stopped the fight. They saw
decisions, blood, haymakers, knock
downs, everything.
In the main event of the eve
ning Willy Ogle of Gatlinburg,
who claimed to be the Pacific Fleet
middleweight champ, knocked out
Bobby Hill of Cherokee in 27 sec
I onds of the third round. Hill, using
a style typical to that of Jersey
Joe Walcutt, forced Ogle into
j a slow, waiting fight during the
? first round. In the s cond. Ogle
i began_to get the range and once
; sent Hill to the floor for a one
count. Then in the third, an out
burst o) lefts and rights at the
j opening bell, sent Hill down for
the count. He was on his knees
trying to clear his head when the
count was finished.
The most exciting knockout of
4he evening came when Buddy
Arch, Cherokee high school stu
dent, Kced Gordon Zane, Univer
sity of Tennessee, in one minute,
55 seconds of the second rcund.
Both boys came out fast in the
first, swinging haymakers trom the
floor. Zane was shifty and fancy,
dodging and ducking Arch's blows.
But the Indian kept boring in,
landing telling blows about Zand's
face and body.
Arch shortened his blcws in the
second, making them court and
cutting Zane down. Suddenly.
Arch ca^nie in, blocked Zane's
left and swung a smashing left'hny
,<ak( r trat caupht th? Teennessee
man on the point on the point of
the chin. Zane fell for the count
and was groggily helped from the
ring. i
In the fastest bout, Ken Smith
I of Cherokee won a technical
knockout over J. B. Williams of
3ry.<on City. For two roundsjhe
leather llew from all sides with
'.he light sailing along on even
jrms. In the third, Smith corn
or: d Willaims and savagely cut
him down. Williams was hanging
on the ropes unable to fall, help
ie; ders.
Since the players of all leagues,
;ig and small, know that their
oread and butter comes from the
.ans who watch .them play, they
lecided that something should be
done about the fan who pays with
the intention of seeing two games,
and, with rain postponing the
games, gets * to see only one on
his rain check. Also, Mr. Barney
doesn't like the idea of a double
header" rain check becoming no
good after four and one-half in
nings of the first game has been
played. He says that rain checks
should be valid urftess at least
one complete game (nine innings)
has been played.
The question should arise at the
next meeting of the Player-Man
agement Committee and maybe it
will be worked out so the average
fan will receive the benefit of his
money's worth.
"From the Inside Out"
By Bob Terrell
Last week we shot our wad
Jersey Joe Walcott a..d his
fiances i:t the heavyweight crown.
Tnis w.?ek we'll take up the fellow
that we think is good enough to
be the new champ. Although he
is a lightheavy weight, seldom scal
ing ovei the 175 mark, Cincinnati's
~^ard Charles is rated as cne of
he outstanding candidates for
the throne.
Easily enough he seems plenty
I capable of handling the bigger
? fellows as they come. His string
of knockouts is long and many
along the trail are heavyweights.
Charles, in appearance, does not
seem very rugged, but in the ring
he's dynamite. He is a clever
boxer, a ring g?eral in every re
spect, and a bountiful belter with
either hand. Charles was a good
boxer before the war, though he
wasn't in his prime. He was good
enough then to whip the likes of
Joey Maxim and others who rated
high among the heavier group.
But it has been since his dis-!
charge from the army?two and a<
half years ago?that Ezzard hit his j
peak. Since early in 1946, he has,
lost only one fight in twenty-five,
trips through the ropes, and that!
one was debatable. Heavyweight
Elmer-(Violent) Ray was awarded
a split deecision over him in Madi
son Square Garden, but Charles
: rAy L a en that marr on the
bocks when h-r sent R:y crashing
, to the floor in the ninth round in a
return match in Chicago.
Of his 24 wins since 1946, 16
have been by knockouts, and that's
good for any fighter. He whipped
Jimmy Bivins. a ranking heavy, in j
Pitssburgh and Cleveland. He out-'
Panted Archie Moore in Pitts-!
->-rgn and knocked him out in
? I
? v F.)r a kill minute he absorb
ed terrific rights and lefts to the
<M i and body until Referee Chief j
Snunook stepped in and awarded!
a TKO to Smith.
D.ck Driver, stalwart Cherokee'
puncher, took a three-round de-j
cislon from Bocmer Reagan, of'
Gatlinburg. This bout featured
most fierce in fighting of the'
evening. Reagan started fast in
tre f rst, counterpunching his wayj
Driver proved to be the better man"
in the infighting. Reagan tired
early in the third and had to hold
on by clinching Driver throughout
the round. Driver kept slicing:
away until the bell ending thej
fight sent both men to their com-'
ers with Driver the unanimous!
victor. j
In other bouts of the evening,
Gatlinburg's Bobby Whaley de-'
cisioned George Craig of Chero-I
kee in a fight that brought blood
in the first round from Craig's
nose. J. B. Tyrdall of Ch? rokee
lost a close decision to Gatlinburg's!
Jim Kelly, and Ray cline of Cher- I
okee and Johnny Clyde of Gat-*
linburg fought to an undisputed!
draw.
Chief Saunook, famed Chero
kee wrestler, refereed the bouts
with Dewey Tahquette and High
way Patrolman Ed Guy s.rving as,
judges. j
?I ?
Cincinnati. He decisioned Oak
land Billy Smith in the first of
their two meetings in Cincinnati
and knocked him out in the latter,
twice he knocked out Lloyd Mar
shall and twice he KOed Ftizy
Fit'oatrick.
Charles is not one of t.ie ?ge
old fighters in line to ccmpete for
the vacant title. Only recently he
turned 27.
Like Louis, he is of the colored
I race, but, so what, it's a world
crown he's fighting for, and
there're many different races of
men in the world.
We'll say nothing more about
the heavyweight fuss until next
week, then we'll look at someone
else. Joe Baksi, perhaps. Or Gus
Lesnevich. There's a let of them
to come. We'll stick with Charles
until someone better comes along.
While \ye're on the subject of
boxing, we should say something
about the fight card presented at
i Cherokee last Thursday night. It
1 was worth the money of all who
paid to see it. Out of seven three
rour d bouts, there were three
knockouts'and that only happ ns
once in a While. A good crowd
turned out fcr the fight and all
seats were ringside. The Chero
kees will be boxing again over
there and we'll tell you right now
t* at it will be worth your money
*o go see them.
Coach Tom Young at Western
Carolina coached ? probably the
greatest team in the state when he
was head mentor at Lexington
high school. His teams there won
?2 out of 100 games over a ten
year period.
The pitcher who gave Babe Ruth
the mo^t trouble of any, Earl White
hill, made the shortest comeback
in history. It lasted exactly four
bitches. Back in 1945, when White
hill was a coach and Bucky Harris
was manager of the Buffalo club
in the International league, White
.iill worked long and faithfully
with the younger hurlers on the
club. When his arm was in shape
he made the comeback.
It was in Newark that starter
Hank Oana, the Hawaiian, was
Baseball "Greats" Seldom
Make Outstanding Pilots
It's strange bat ;t'& hue. Base
ball's outstanding players seldom
rrn.ke grout manager?. The rec
ords will back th:.t statement up.
The three greatest managers of
the past, Connie Mack, John J. Mc
Graw and Miller Huggins, were
never double tin-eats on the dia
mond in their playing dayfe7'Mack
was an ordinary catcher, and Mc
Graw was an average big league
third sacker. Huggins was a flash
afield shortstop, but couldn't beat
his way out of a wet paper bag
with a bat.
The two best managers today
are Joe McCarthy and Billy South
worth according to statistics and
good commcn horse sense. But
McCarthy was never a good enough
second b.seman to reach the big
t me, and Southworth, an excel
lent outfield, was not classed with
the "greats'* of his day.
Leo Durocher, one of the best
present-day managers despite his
ways, was nicknamed the "All
America Out" during his playing
days with the New Ycrk Yankees
and the St. Louis Cardinal Gas
House Gang.
Babe Ruth was never granted the
chance to pilot a big league club.
He was offered managerial jobs in
the Yankees' minor league chain,]
but refused to go back to the small
time.
Why is it that the "big shots" of
baseball do not make the best
bench pilots? It could be b.cause
they expect every player on their
club to play perfect bell. No one
plays without mistakes. Everyone
does not play the brand of base
ball played by the brill.'ant flashes
of the diamond.
It's strange but it's true. The
best managers come from the lot of
second rati bi.ll players.
forced to leave the hill with one
out and the bases loaded in the!
ninth inning. Whitehill's first pitrh
hit the first batter and forced in
a run, leaving Buffalo ahead 3-2.
The first pitch to the second bet
ter was a ball,' but the next pitoh
struck the batter and forced in
the tying run. Earl made one more
pitch after that and the game was
over. The pitch hit the third bat
ter in the head and forced in the
winning run. That was probably
the shortest comeback in baseball
history.
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Louis Will Retire This
Week; Can Claim Crown
For Next Six Months
J:e Louis will formally retire
this week.
The ..heavyweight king for the
las* 11 yer.rs >?aid that he would
turn in a written statement of his
resignation to Mike Jacobs some
time during the week.
There is only on* catch to his
resignation. He will retain the
right to reclaim his crown at any
time for the next six months. How
ever, the Brcwn Bomber from De
troit stated that he has no inten
tion of returning to the ring, but
just to play it safe he will hold
onto the right to recall his resigna
tion.
Since June 25th when he knocked
out J rsey Joe Walcott at Yankee
Stadium and announced that he
wr.s leaving the ring for good,
Louis has made no move to turn
in his formal quitting papers. This
caused a good bit of controversy
among thee boxing writers of
Amer.ca. Some say that the 34
year-old king of the leather throw
ers has no intention of ending his
fistic career. Others say he has.
From ^ reliable source came the
word that Louis would take on
Gus? Lesnevich if Gus came through
with flying colors against Freddie
Mills of London. But Mills won
the decision over Lesnevich and
that left no one for Louis to fight.
That prompted his decision to send
his res.gnation to Uncle Mike.
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