PORT
Here And There
BARNWELL PRIMES
HURRICANES FOR
BASKETBALL OPENER
Sylva Mentor
Optimistic; Prospects
Look Favorable
Coach James Barnwell is bear
ing down on his Golden Hurri
cane capers of Sylva High in or
der have them ready for their
season's opening game Dec. 16 at
Cullowhee High.
Eighteen lads and 27 lasses are
goirg through Jhe daily. routine
of prep drills and scrimmages.
Wi'h only a week remaining until
their opener and with only a week
of supervised practice under their
belts, the players are forking
hard to shipshape the crew. Barn
well is a little optimistic in pre- i
dieting anything about his teams'
chances of copping conference'
crowns. Only time will bear it'
out^he says.
Heavy losses from last y.ear may
cut the effectiveness of the girls
squad,however, at this early stage]
of the game the boys show signs
of turning out a quintet capable of j
repeating their performance of
winning the Smoky Mountain
crown this year as they did last
Girls reporting for.the team in
clude: Mary Worley, Ruth Jacobs, |
Audrey Lane Bryson, Peggy Paint. 1
er, Jean Howell, Nettie Bradley,!
Clois Brysorv-Patsy Parris, Erhily
Johnson, Nazzi England, Bettyi
Paxton, Jean Harris, Joretta Mon- |
teith, Madge Henson, Bobby Nell
Ensley, Nell Green, Libby Dil
lard, Emma J. Messer, Margaret
Miller, Bleakadee Parris, Rowen
na Queen, Lillian Moore, Doris
Whitaker, Billie Fincannon, Fran
cis Bryson, Peggy Dean and Betty
Revis. I
The boys squad roster includes:
Jack Cunningham, Clyde Bum
i BEGAN LAST NIGHT
I Play in the Sylva City Basket
| ball league was Initiated last night
j with games between local teams.
[ Outcomes of the gomes will be
? published next week as they were
I played too late to make this week's
jdition. ?
All proceeds will go toward re
I r
lighting the Sylva High gymnasi
um where the games are being
plr.ved.
Byrd .And Robinson Make
All-So. Small College Team
Greensboro ? The Southern
Con:erenee Sports Writers Asso
| ciation announced its first annual
j All-Southern Smaller College
, football team last Friday.
Art Byrd, Western Carolina
Teachers College guard, placed on
the first team. Dan Robinson,
Catamount tackle, made the sec
ond string.
Appalachian placed three men
on the first team and unbeaten
Wofford put two on the first and
three on the second.
-The first team:
Ends?John Caskey, Appala
chian, and Doug Loveday, Wof
ford.
Tackles ? John Odom, Lenoir
Rhyne, and Dewey Riddle, Pres
byterian.
Guards?Art Byrd, Western
Carolina, and Jim Clary, Wofford.
Center?J. C. Honeycutt, Ap
palachian.
Backs?Lee Spears, Catawba;
garner, Donald Cooper, Bill Gass,
Wesley Warren, Verlin Enloe,
Charles Cagle, Ernest Bumgarner,
Charles Cunningham, Furman
Cogdill, Perry Rhodes, Vance
Frizzelli Dorsey Moon, Carroll
Ashe, Edward Ward, H. R. Snyder,
Dick Barkley and J mes Blanton.
Optimist Teams Battle To A 6-6 Tie
! ALL THREE SYLVA MEN IN STARTING
iLINEUP. PLAY OUTSTANDING BALL -
Rain Drenches Fans
Throughout Game
By Bobby Terrell
(Herald Sports Editor)
The raips came and the mud
flew and the East and West fought
to a 6 to 6 deadlock in the second
annual Optimist Bowl ' held in
j Asheville's Memorial Stadium last
I
Robbinsville Devils
To Play 20 Games
i ROBBINSVILLE ? The Blue
j Devil cagers of Robbinsville High
are fast- taking form as one of the
outstanding Smoky Mountain
teams, according to Coach Wal
lace Hyde.
Eighteen of their 20 scheduled
t 4
l games are conference tilts: The
i schedule follows: Dec. 14: Chero
kee, there: 17: Stecoah, here; 23:
Ducktown, here.
Jan. 7: Andrews, here; 11, Nan
tahala, here; 14: Sylva, there; 18:
1 Hayesville, there; 21: Murphy,
here; 24, Bryson City, here; 26,
Nantahala, there; 28, Cherokee,
here.
Feb: 1, Murphy, there; 4, Bry
son City, there; 8, Cullowhee,
here; 11, Ducktown, there; 15, An
drews, there; 18, Sylva, here; 22,
Cullowhee, there; 25, Hayesville,
here.
March 1, Stecoah, here.
Herman Bryson, Appalachian;
Lynn Chewning, Hampden-Syd
ney and Hank Witt, Newberry.
The second team:
Ends?Frank - Little, Lenoir
Rbyne and Art Claar, Catawba.
Tackles?Dan Robinson, West
ern Carolina and Arnold Melvin,
Elon.
Guards?Art Oley, Randolph
Macon, and Andy Kavounis, Wof
ford.
Center?Ralph Wilson, Cataw
ba.
Center?Ralph Wilson, Catawba.
Backs?Bill Lloyd, High Point;
Sammy Sewell, Wofford; Bob Pre
vatte," Wofford; and Jum Lowery,
Erskine.
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Friday afternoon.
Twenty-two hundred shivering
fans set through a setady down
pour watching the Ail-Star boys
from various schools throughout
Western N. C. hook horns in j
a sea of mud that covered themj
from head to toe and completely!
obliterated the numbers on the I
backs of their jerseys making it |
rough on the boys in the press row. j
Most of the plans for Asheville's |
gala occasion went awry with thej
rain which set in early Friday |
morning and continued the rest of'
the day. The five bands present
for the event were forced to can
rel their pre-game parade and
halftime ceremonies/ The Mars
Hill College band wrs delayed in
arriving at the game but the Lee
H. Edwards, Canton, Henderson
ville and Morganton units colla
borated to play the Star Spangled
Banner just before the kickoff.
The boys in the game were
forced to stay on their toes all the
way. Due to the miserable play
ing conditions the slightest slip
on the part of either team would
have been destructive. The West
went to work from the first and
midway in the first quarter grab
bed a 6 to 0 lead. Taking an East
punt on his own 35, Tommy Mit
chell (Brevard) moved to the 45
from where he picked up 8 more
to the East's 47. Ted Jordon (Rob
binsville) smashed through the
center of the line and sloshed up
to the 27 where he was pulled
down from the side.
On the next play from scrim
mage, Frank Alexander (Murphy)
slipped through left tackle, on
through the secondary and went
over standing up. Alexander at
tempted to kick the extra point
and failed.
Early in the second quarter the
East > rolled to the West's 8 yard
line. Warren Wilson <?Lenoir)
rifled a pass to Bob Snead (Blue
Ridge) in the'endzone, biit Mit-i
chell hauled it in for the West and :
was dropped on the one. Mitchell
attempted to kick out, the East
blocked the kick and recovered
on the 7. Wilson hit the line to
the five, but on ttie next play
'?Jack Cunningham (Sylva) tackle,
crashed through the line to throw
Jack Goode (Marion) for a six
yard loss to the eleven. The
Western line bucked up and held
for two downs and took over on
the 11
The remainder of the first half
was fought in midtield with neith
er team making much headway.
Shortly after the beginning of
the second half, the East staged a
drive that carried fjom their own
25 to the endzone. Big Bill Stan
ley (Marion) did most of the dam
age in moving the ball to the two
yrrd stripe from where he smash-^
ed his way over on third down. An
attempted run for the extra point
failed and the game remained tied
at 6-all until the final whistle. i
The West threatened twice dur
ing the final quarter, carrying in- I
side the 10 on both occasion. Once 1
they bogged down on the one foot ]
line and lost the ball on downi*
The coaches from both teams
commended their players greatly;
for giving Asheville fans the ball
game of their lives. There is no
telling what might have happened
had the two power packed elevens
met on a dry field.
Head Coach Bill Morris of the
Westerners held high praise for
the running of Alexander, Jordon
and Mitchell, the line backing of
Ralph Picklesimer of Murphy and
the line play of both Sylva tac
kles, Cunningham and Clyde Bum- 1
garner, <end .Tim polding (Ashe
ville School for Boys), and, the,
two Asheville high guards1 Bill;
Miller and Garrett Edwards. Cun
ningham and Bumgarner cross
t^ocked the Eastern 'Tailback on
Alexander's touchdown run as
pictured in the Asheville Citizen
Saturday morning. Carroll Ashe,
the other Sylva man on the squad,
kept things under constant .con
trol from his r.'ght end position.
The coaches and Bowl Commit
tee, downhearted about tne rain,
were elated over the talent show
ed by both teams. Despite the
inclement weather, the game was
far better than the 0-0 deadlock
of a year ago.
Lineups:
Western All-Stars?Ends: Ashe ?
(Sylva), Golding (Asheville -
School), Smith (Hayesville) and
Duyck (Biltmore). Tackles: Bum. 1
garner and Cunningham. (Sylva),
Stevenson (Brysoh City, Parrish
(Franklin) and Roberts (Ben Lip- j
?en).
Guards: Miller and Edwards ]
(Asheville), Stevens (Black Moun- ]
ain), Gambill (Weaverville), and 5
Fisher (Canton). . ]
Centers: George (Andrews), i 7
Walsh (Robbinsville) and Pickle* ]
simer (Murphy). . p
Backs: Mitchell (Brevard), Tay- (
lor, (Sand Hill), Jordon (Rob- 1
binsville), Alexander (Murphy),
Butler (Andrews), Sprinkle
(Marshall), Reece (Black Moun
tain) and Green (Sand Hill):
Scoring touchdown: Alexander.
Eastern All-Stars?Ends. Snead
(telue Nidge), Lawrence (Mor
gan ton), Storey (Morganton),
Schrum (Lincolnton).
Tackles:. Robinson (Marion),
Collins <Forest City),/ Harrison
(Boone), Jarrett (Glen Alpine).
Guards: Pennell (Lenoir), Pons
(Valdese), Dale (Spruce Pine),
Blythe (Hendersonville), Doggett
(Forest City.)
Centers: Livingston (Blue
Ridge), Stamey (Bakersville).
Backs: Gabriel (Lincolnton),
Morgan (Hendersonville), S;anley
(Marion), Filson (Lenoir), Goode
(Marion), Coffey (Morganton),
Davidson (Boone), Whittington
(Newland), Badgett (Noyth
Wilkesboro), and Crenshaw
(Crossnore).
Scoring touchdown: Stanley:
Officials: Referee-Murphy (Le
noir?Rhyne); Umpire ? Griffin
(Georgetown ); Head Linesman?
Patton (WCTC), Field Judge
Lewis (UNC).
STATISTICS ON THE OPTIMIST
BOWL GAME
EAST WEST
first down 8 7
fds. gained rushing 65 106
Passes attempted 7 1
Passes completed 2 1
fds. gained passing 31 2
'asses inter, by ? 3
fds. gained interctns ? 9
Anting average 32 31.5
fds. kicks returned 92 33
Dppo fumbles revd 1 2
fds. lost by penalties 25 10
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