Hurricane Bows
Out With 14-7
Win Over Havesville
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When Old Man Football rolls
out of the picture with the Op
timist Bowl Friday and the Paper
Bowl Saturday, all eyes will turn
to basketball. Most of the eyes of
<this section will focus on Tuck
AlcConnell's Western Carolina
cagers, wondering if they will
turn out to be^4?e North State
conference powerhouse they have
been-for the "past two years. From
all indications thev may do so.
/ Far be it from a tall team that
^he Cats will field this season.
Their first five men will do good
to average an even six feet. But
v^here height is lacking, skill and
effort can substitute. Every man
returned from last year's team but
Howard Barnhorst, and all you
readers who saw the Cats perform
last season will agee with us that
they will miss Barnhorst. Max
Collins, second string guard of
last winter's team, has been moved
up with the starters in the Barn
horst slot and from all outward
appearences he is ready to do a
bang-up job. His eye is sharp
and he may rack up those points
Barney was seldom known to hit.
However, it is on the floor that
the Cats will be lacking the Barn
horst touch. Even if he didn't
score 20 points per game, the In
dianapolis whirlwind was noted
for setting up a goodly number
of the Catamount baskets.
Tate and McGuinn are still a
round. Enough said for them. Ev
eryone knows that both were in
the top .five scorers in the con
ference Ust yejftfe E^erypne knows
that they stancf ^good chance of
turning in a repeat performance.
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Everyone knows that when they
re "on" the Cats are hard to lick.
We'll be following the Cata
mounts, pushing them along the
trail that leads to a conference
championship. Let's hope_they
reach the end ? successfully.
Tomorrow tells the tale. The
Western team meets the Eastern
team in the second annual Ashe
ville Optimist Bowl. Oh that West
ern squad three Sylva men are
perched to give their best. Clyde
Bumgarner, Jack .Cunningham,
Carrol Ashe all turned in good
:*olls in Sylva's eight "victories and
?hree defeats during the regular
season. Let's back them up by
?aying they'll do the same in the
jowl game.
Robbinsville Edges
Hot Springs, 20-12
Robbinsville Blue Devils travel
ed tc Hot Springs, N. C. on Thanks
giving afternoon and plastered a
20 to 12 defeat on the home club.
The Blue Devils drew first blood
in the opening period when Ted
Jordan bulled over from the eight
yard line and repeated the per
formance for the point after to
put the visitors out front 7 to 0.
The second qyarter found Jor
ian taking a 30 yard heave from
Buck Atkins on the ten yard stripe
ind went over standing up tp
give Jordan his. second of three
TD's for the day. The try for
joint failed as the Hot Springs
'.ine held.
Hot Springs tallied their first
marker on tne last^lay of the first
half on a pass from .Etherdon to I
King that covered 35 yards. The
try for point from placement was
jlncked and the half time score
read 13 to 6 in favor ul the Blue
Devils.
Ted Jordan completed his one
i r s'unv tn the third period'
vhen he bucked over from the
.our and then busted through the
line for the point to put the Devils
out*in front 20 to 6.
The Hot Springs elwen came
to life in the fourth quarter via
the air route and tallied their sec
ond and final score when Douglas
Moore heaved an aerial^to P. J.
Woody in the end zone. Their
Placement try again was blocked
and the Devils won going away
20 to 12.
The Devils rolled up seventeen
first downs to the Hot Springs 14
and the home club completed 15
out of 20 aerials to dominate this
deparment.
Catamounts Warm
Up For" Cage Season
' Cullowhee basketball fans got
their first look at the 1948 Cata
mount basketeers Monday night
as they pounded out a tremendous
score of 100 to 68 over Sam Pat
ton's Enka Rayonites in an 80
minute practice game on the col
ege court. |
Tiie Rayonites, Western North
Carolina's entry in the Carolinas'
_ , ? i
Textile league, were no match for
l Tuck McConnell's boys as the vet
eran Cat;.mount coach kept fresh
men- running in and out of the |
game all the way against the nine
man industrial squad.
Although they scored only 16
points between them, the Cata
mounts' point making twins, Bob
Tate and Bob McGuinn, looked to
be rounding into the shape that
made them known as a scourge
to all North State Conference
teams last season. Veo Rhodes and
Max Collins paced the Cat point
makers with 16 points each while
Clyde Pressley bucketed ten and
played an outstanding floor game.
Altogether coach McConnell
nlayed 17 men in the game. Sev
eral new performers showed signs
of being capable oi playing a lot
of basketball through the coming
campaign. A complete story on the
Catamount squad including their
I schedule will be released next
! week.
The RaydSites, led by six-foot,
five-inch former Wake Forest
all-Southern conference center
who score^ 17 points, were so out
manned and winded, that at the
Sylva Line Holds
Yellow Jackets To
J? ^ ?T'U *
Five Yards On Ground
4y Bobby Terrell
(Herard Sports Editor)
Hayesville?Coach James Barn
well's Sylva Golden Hurricane
closed a very successful 1948 grid
campaign here Thanksgiving Day
with a revengeful 14-7 victory
over Coach Frank Long's Hayes
ville Yellow Jackets, Smoky
Mountain Conference champions.
It was Sylva's game all the way
;\s their forward wall held the
Jackets to a minimum of five yds.
netted on the ground. The only
time Hayesville crossed Sylva's
40 was in the third quarter when
they scored.
Midway in the opening quarter
the Hurricane received a break
'when Clyde Bumgarner broke
through the Jacket line from his
tackle spot and blocked Bobby's
Cunningham's kick. Dennis Ens
ley covered it on Hayesville's 35.
On the next play Jack Cunning
ham shot a long pass to his broth
er Charles who hauled it in on the
10 and was dropped on the five.
Then Charles went off right tack
le and plunged over for the score.
The attempted run by Lard for
extra point was no good.
Following the kickoff after the
touchdown, Hayesville ran four
plays before Bobby Gunter inter
cepted a Bobby Cunningham pass
intended for Archie Thompson on
Hayesville's 33 and returned it
to the nine to set up Sylva's other
TD. A lateral from Jack to Charles
Cunningham was good for four
yards to the five and the first
quarter ended with the play.
On the first play of the second
quarter Jack Cunninghdhi pulled
a quarterback sneak which car
ried to the one from where Fur
man Dillard plunged off right
tackle and into the endzone. Char
les Cunningham's kiok for extra
point was low and Sylva led bv
! SYLVA SHOWS POWER TO BORN IN TURKEY DAY
WIN OVER SMOKY MOUNTAIN CHAMPIONS .J
12-0.
Hayesville's touchdown came in
the closing minutes of the third
quarter topping off a drive that
carried from their own 38 to the
Sylva end zone. A running play,
a pass and a 15 yard penalty a
gainst the Hurricanes placed the
ball on Sylva's 40 from where B.
Cunningham passed to Archie
Thompson on the 15 for a first
and 10. Then left-handed Charlie
Thompson tossed one into the
flat to Archie who stepped over
for the score. Cunningham passed
to Thompson* for the extra point.
Sylva picked up two extra points
in the beginning of the fourth
quarter when Jaok Cunningham
kicked from his own 45 to the
Ha^yesville one. Tailback Long
picked up the ball and stepped
into the endzone in an attempt
to elude several tacklers. Before
he could get back across the line
h was smeared by Wesley Warren
end of 80 minutes of constant
playing they called it quits. Bill
Trull, former Bethel High hook
shot specialist, was second to Wal
ters with 13 points.
The game served as a tune up
session for the coming season for
both teams. The Catamounts open
iip with Carson-Newman at Cullo
whee on December 9, while the
Rayonites meet Qfayton Mills of
Spartanburg, S. C. at Enka Sat
urday night.
and Carrol Ashe for a two-point
s fety that encted the scoring.
Following the safety Hayesville
kicked o.'f from the r 20. The ball
bounded out of bounds on Hayes
ville's 42 from where Jack and
Charles Cunningham and Ernest
Bumgarner smashed their way
back to the 6 inch line in 10 plays.
Hayesville's line bucked up and
held the Hurricane on downs.
Hayesville kicked out again and
Sylva marched back with the
game ending when they reached
the 17.
For the Hurricane Wesley War
ren and Clyde Bumgarner played
their best feame of the year in the
line. 'Both broke through time
after time to throw Hayesville's
backs for losses. ^Bumgarner not!
only blocked a Hayesville kick, I
but he intercepted a Hayesville1
pass and almost broke loose for
what could possibly have been
a touchdown. The rest of the Sylva
line deserves credit for playing
a bang-up ball game in holding.
their opponents to five yards gain
ed on the ground. Zollie Fincan
non, Carrol Ashe, Harold Parris
and Dorsey Moon controled theL
terminals; Tom Henry held ? left!
tackle with ease; Perry Rhodes ?
played a whale of a ball game from j
the other guard and Dennis Ens
| ley turned in a neat job at center!
and in backing the line.
In the backfield Jack and Char
les Cunningham, Earnest Bum
garner, Furman Dillard and Bob
by Gunter did most of the dam
age.
For the complete Sylva team
it was sweet revenge since Hayes
ville administered a 6-0 licking
to the Hurricane in their sea
son's opener this fall. This game
was the last for both teams.
The lineups:
Pos Sylva Hayesville
LE?Fincannon Worley
LT?Henry Shelton
LG?Warren Anderson
Palmer
Moore
Davis
Crawford
Rogers
A. Thompson
Smith
B, Cunningham
6 6 0 2 -14
0 0 7 0 -7
Scoring Sylva TD's: C. Cunning
ham, Dillard. Safety: Warren and
Ashe.
Scoring Hayesville TD: A. Tho
mpson. Point after: A. Thompson
(pass).
Sylva Subs: .Moon, Parris, Ex
tine, E. Bumgarner, Ward, Hug
hes, Elders.
Hayesville Subs: Long, C. Thom
pson, Rogers, White:
Officials: Ref.?Lane; limp.?
Rhodes; Head Linesman?McGiiin;
Field Judge?Tallon. (All WCTC).
C?Ensley
RG?Rhodes
RT?C. Bum.
RE?Ashe
QB?J. Cunn.
LH?C. Cunn.
RH?Dillard
FB?Gunter
Sylva
Hayesville
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Sylva Boys In Optimist Bowl
_ B A UM GARNER . CUNNINGHAM
THESE TWO HIGH TACKLERS, Clyde Bumgarner and Jack Cunning
ham, along with Carrol Ashe, Sylva end, whose picture was not avail
able, have been chosen, to play on the All-Wc stern Optimist Bowl team
in Asheville Friday, December 3. Coach James Barnwell, of Sylva
High is one of three Western N. C. coaches picked to assist in coaching
the team. Barnwell is in Asheville this week, putting his boys through
their workouts.
i STATISTICS ON THE
* SYLVA- HAYESVILLE GAME
Sylva Hayes
First downs 7 4|
Yds. gained rushing 155 5
Passes attempted 7 19
Passes completed 1 _ 4
Yds. gained passing 30 49
Passes intcpted by 5 1
Yds. gained p. intcpns 39 8
Punting average 40.7 29.8
Yds. kicks returned 13 2
Oppo fumbles recvd 0 2
Yds. lost by penalty 70 15
DR. D. M. RAMSEY
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