SYLVA HIGH PLAYS HOST TO MARS HILL ELEVEN
HERE THURSDAY AFTERNOON, 3 O'CLOCK i
Hurricanes Out For
Win In Last Hojne Game
The Sylva Golden Hurricanes,
winners of six of its first nine
starts this s;.ason, will appear be
fore the home folks for the last
time Thursday afternoon when it
meets powerful Mars Hill High on
Mark Watson Field at 3:00 p.m.
The Mars Hill club is expected
to be a worthy opponent for the
Hurricane in its last home stand
since Mars Hill has a winning rec
ord so far for the season and only
last week rolled over Hot Springs
by a 31 to 6 score. Otto Ammons,
speedy Mars Hill back, marked 3
touchdowns in the game.
Coach James Barnwell, whose
Hurricanes humbled Bryson City
18 to 0 last Friday, will throw ev
erything he has at Mars Hill in an
attempt to end the home festivities
with a victory.
J. Cunningham Paces Sylva
Gridders With 50 Points
Jack Cunningham, 190 pound
quarterback of the Sylva Gold
en Hurricanes who is better known
as "Lard", is leading the Hur
ricane scorers with a total of 50
points for the nine games includ
ing the Bryson City game Friday
night. Jack is in front by 14 points
over his brother, Charles, who has
tallied 36 points to his credit.
Other Sylva scorers include, the
injured Kent Hoyle with 9, Earnest
Bumgarner with 7, Perry Rhodes
with 2 and Bobby Gunter, Carrol
Ashe, Zollie Fincannon, Furman
Murphy Is 20 To 7
Winner Over Devils
Murphy ? The Murphy Bull
dogs took their second surprising
victory h re last Friday, a 20 to 6
win over Coach Wallace Hyde's
Robb.nsville Blue Devils. It was
classed as a definite upset.
The Blue Devils, so disabled by
the Sylva hurricanes last week,
that they lost most of their power,
were not in the ball game until the
final quart r when Ted Jordon
scored Irom the 6 and ran the ex
tra pfcint.
Coech Bill Dulin's Bulldogs have]
really come out ol the kinks since
the lirst of the season. They have
four.d their power and are using
it to the fullest extent.
Murphy opened up with their
fiist score in the second quarter 1
?wt.en?Ra.ph?P cklesimer plunged
over from tne li\e. Alexander ran
the extra point.
Frank A.ex..ndtr scored the sec
ond Muiphy touchdown on a 17
yard dash in the same quarter, and
their iinal tally came in the third
quarter w.^n Alexand r drove
tnroug.; tacKU for 11 yards and
the ext. a point was nrude on a
p. ss uom liiompson to Aieroney.
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EMORY & HENRY TO
RE HOST TO CATS
Cuilowhee ?t With only two
games remaining on theif schedule!
and both of them away from home,'
the Western Carolina Catamounts
will put their 6 and 2 record onj
the line at Bristol, Va. Saturday
night when they neea the strong,
Emory & Henry eleven.
i The Cats came out of the New
berry game with no serious injur
ies Saturday night at Cuilowhee:
and expect to go into the E & H
game almost at full strength with
the poss ble return of fullback Joe
Hunt. Tackle Harry Jaynes will
be out for at least another week!
with his bad knee.
Emory and Henry is known lo'
have a good ball club that can 'oe
tough when the going is rough. ; id
the Cats are out to mak. the going
very rough. All points tj ? good
game.
Dillard and Harold Panis witn 6
each.
Sylva has scored a total o! 134
points in nine games to their com
bined opponents' 50.
7
Cullowhee ? The Western Car- (
olina Catamounts closed Iheir 1948
homo season n re Saturday night
with a thrilling 12 to 7 victory ov
er the Newberry Indians of New
berry, S. C.
Ovie Heavener Stored Western
Carolina's first touchdown midway
of the second quarter on a pass
from Pee Wee Hamilton from New
berry's 39 yard stripe. Heavener
took the pass on the 15 and footed
it on across. Bob Tate threw the
key block, taking out the tailback
on the five. The touchdown play
was set up when Hamilton return
d D. C. Witt's kick from the Cat
amounts' 44 to the 39.
In the waning minutes oi' the
fourth quarter, Witt agaita kicked
out of bounds on the Cat 17. Pee
Wee picked up five yards on an
,nd run and Ralph McConnell spun
trough t'.e line for 16 more plac
t. g t< e ball on the 38. Then Dew y
Whi aker came around left on a
"?'ingoack rcvcrjse and outran three
wcjid-be Newberry tacklers on
n r2 yard scoring jaurit.
?After playing a dismal iirst halt
: 1 \vhic/? t iey netted exactly no
yards gained on the ground, the
dians opened the second half
. ::h a parsing attack that kept
he C ts on the delensive end prac
i'al.y all of the final two quar
ters With Witt snd Bobby Horton
throwing tu several difierent re
ceivers, they drove once to the
one yard line, ohce from the 8 to ?
the Cat 8, then in the last two
minutes they drove from their 10
following Frank Hardin's kickoff
after Whitaker's TD, all the way
to the endzone for their touch
down in eight passing plays. Witt
passed to back Josh Hall for the
scor^, then Witt and Hall repeated
the performance for the extra
point, f
Artl/ur Byrd, Dan Robinson a/id
Buffalo Humphries were the out
standing linesmen for the Cats
while Whitaker, Heavener, Hamil
ton and Cecil Roberts looked best
n the backfield.
Tn. Lineups:
Mewberry (7) ? Ends: Hudge,
Neel, Monts: Tackles: Vaughn, Ap
piir.g, Gruhn; Guards: Pate, Spence,
Sentfci'fiet. Centers: Corley, Smith;
Backs: Witt, Davenport, Norris.
Scarborough, Quinn, Gruhn, Seig
ler, DuBose, Horton, Ridgevvay,
Hall.
Scoring Newberry TD: Hall.
Point aft.r: Hall (Pass).
W.C.T.C. (12) ? Ends : Brown,
Beam, Tate; Tackles: Humphries,
Robinson, Allison; Guards: Byrd,
Pennell, Harris, Clark; Center:
Constance; Backs: Arrington, Rob
erts, Whitaker, McConnell, Heav
ener, Hamilton, Rogers, Arney,
BABY GATS MEET BREVARD COLLEGE AT
MARK WATSON FIELD IN SYLVA SAT. NIGHT
College ball has come to ;own.
At least, Sylva residents can say
that alter thi* Western Carolina
Baby Catamounts meet the Bre
vard college Tornados on Mark
Watson field Saturday night. Kick
off is slated for 7:30 p. m.
PREVARD ? The Brevard
college band will be on hand for
the game in Sylva Saturday night
between the Brevard college
Tornado and the Weatern Caro
lina "B" team. The band will
Winchester, Selzer, Monroe.
Scoring WCTC TD's: Heavener,
Whitaker. . ,
Officials: Referee ? Pittman
(Furman), Umpire ? DeHihdnes
(Lenoir-Rhyne), Head Linesman?
Clary (USC), Field Judge?Craft
(USC).
STATISTICS ON THE
WCTC- NEWBERRY GAME
First Downs
WCTC
8
NEW.
15
45
39
16
Yds. Gained Rushing 211
Passes Attempted 7
Passes Completed 2
Yds. Gained Passing 53
Pass s Intercptd by 1
Yds. Gained Intcptns 7
Punting Average 34.7
Yds. Kicks Returned 40
Opp. Fumbles Recov'd 1
Yds. Lost Penalty 15
28.5
209
10
0
40
0
0
;)CP:'orm at halftime.
In a previous clas.: tMs season;
the Tornado was a 13 to 7 victor |
over the Jayvees at Brevard. S*it- '
\
urday night will mark the lirst
appearance of the Baby Cats be
fore the home folks this season.
Fans will get to view some of the,
future., Catamount stars in Ray-1
mond Payr.e, tailback from Granite
Falls; Milton Litaker, fullback
from Leaksville; Harold Cope,
Buddy Padgett,'and Kelly Moses,
former Smoky Mountain confer
ence standouts from Bryson City,
Hayesville and Franklin, respec
tively; and many others.
Three former Sylva high players
will be in the Jayvees lineup. Joe
Pressley, Sylva's Optimist Bowl
back frort) last year, Luther Nor
ton. halfback, and O. V. (Spunk)
Cagle. All played for the Golden
Hurricane duringa the past two
years and all live at Cullowhee.
Coaches, Bill Swift and Jake
Atkinson will throw everything
they have against tne Brevard ag
gregation in an attempt to take
their fourth win of the season a
gainst three losses.
The Baby Cats are well vi rsed
in both the single wing and the
"T" formations since they run both
against the Cullowhee varsity.
Rr d ijr p'-o it ? us? for result"
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