- OIVCE
OVER
As basketball takes the reins
of the sporting sjed from the hands!
of King Football, the attention of
sports fans throughout the coun
tryside is focused up on the va
rious cage teams of the area. But
before we turn to the inside sport,
let us talk a little more about foot
ball. Our subject?4lTbf: Optimist
Bowl".
Hurricanes have spread their
name throughout. All three Hur
ricanes who participated in the
bowl classic made a name for
themselves. ? Clyde Bumgarner
^^layed the complete game from
;ht tackle and did a very nice
jojb of it. Jack Cunningham play
all the game with the excep
tion pf ^our minutes when he was
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sidelined with a sprained ankle
and Carrol Ashe held down right
end <*or all but three plays.
Sylva football supporters should
be proud of the fact that three men
made the squad, and still prouder
that they all gained starting
berths and played as much as they
did. All three played vital rolls
in thwarting off those terrific
Eastern drives.
It seems that Fhe Asheville and
Sylva schools monopolized the
Western line. Both guards and an
end hailed from schools in Ashe
ville, while both tackles and the
other end were from Sylva. The
center, ftichard George from An
I drews, proved to represent the
only other school in the starting
line.
It is reported that the bowl this
year was a complete success de
spite the rugged weather. All 50
players who composed both teams
conducted themselves as gentle
men during their week's stay and
received the compliments of all
concerned. The Optimist Bowl is
here to stay. It will be one of
Asheville's most gala events thru
years to come. We consider it a
very good thing. It gives a lot
of boys a chance to go to college
who would never have had the
opportunity otherwise. It pro
motes clean living and wholesome
play, and most of all, the proceeds
go to help needy children. What
more could one ask for than that?
On Monday and Tuesday after
noons of this week we had a gan
der at Coach James Barnwell's
Sylva High basketball prospects.
Although Barnwell is a bit op
'imistic about his teams' chances
for the coming season, we saw
what looked to be several nice
prospects on both the boys and
the girls clubs. Working in teams
oth squads showed signs of po
tential power in the making. We
will refrain from mentioning any
party's name as yet, but after
Barnwell cuts his teams to trav
eling size one can more readily
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Catamount Cagers Open Season
FACE ROUGH CARSON-NEWMAN QUINT AT
CULLOWHEE TONIGHT AT 8 O'CLOCK
Veteran Squad Primed
For Eagles; Tate,
McGuinn Ready
Cullowhee ? Coach Tuck Mc
Connell's Western Carolina Bas
i keteers blow the lid off their 1948
149 cage season tonight at Cullo
whee when they meet the Car
son-Newman Eagles of Jefferson!
City, Tennessee at 8 p.m.
Although they have had only j
a few weeks of practice, the Cat
amounts loom as one of the great
er North State powers. The height i
I of their starting eleven averages
only five feet, eleven inches, but
this factor is somewhat sidelined
by their speed, aggressivness, and!
the records complied by Catamount
quints during the past two sea-j
; sons when the team was no more j
, than an inch taller than it is now.
Coach .McConnell believes his
men, most of whom are veterans
from last year, will be hard to I
handle. Only one man was lost!
from last year's squad, Howard i
Barnhorst, whom most people I
considered as the backbone of the!
make predictions as to their out
'come in the Smoky Mountain j
Conference.
Clinging to the subject of foot-!
ball for a while longer, we see
Tuck McConnell's Catamounts of
Western Carolina take the floor
tonight at Cullowhee in a revenge
ful mood. Their opposition, the
Carson-Newman Eagles of _Jef
ferson City, Tenn., will undoubt
edful make things as hot as ,pos
sible in an attempt to rack up an
other victory over the Cats. How
ever, the Cat'mount will be re
membering the 14-13 licking the
Eagles handed to the football Cats
in Morristown, Tenn., three weeks
ago and will be out to partially
avenge that little matter. At any
rate, the hair will fly, the baskets
will ring and the scoreboard will
roll as the Cats initiate their 1948
49 season in Breese gym.
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Cat team.
The starting lineup tor tonight's!
game runs like this: Forwards?|
Co-captains Bob Tate and Bob1
McGuinn. Both were among thej
top five scorers in the conference i
last year and both stand a good j
chance of repeating again. Center
?Veo Rhodes, the most improved'
ball player on the team. He lacks,
the height of most college centers i
but he makes up for this by con- |
stantly staying on the ball. Guards
?Max Collins, taking Barn- J
horst's place, he has sharpened;
his eye considerably since last
year, and Clyde Pressley, a home- ]
town Cullowheeian who saved the
Cats in more than one game last
season. ?
Behind the first five. McCon
nell lias a string of veteran re
placements in Val White, Joe
Fountain, Janles Scruggs, Burt
; Lane, Benny Pryor, Artis Carter,
I and Don Tomberlin.
Three outstanding fi^eshmen are
giving an account for themselves.
J. E. Pardue, 6-5 center from Yad.
I kinville who handles himself left -
' handed, Buddy Foster, 5-9 of
Granite Quarry, and Robert Wil
I liamson. 5-11 of Raleigh, are all
j looking like veterans.
Other freshman products who
may push some of the varsity boys
for positions include: James Mar
tin, Huntsville, Ala.; Bob Morgan,
Biltmore; Bob Sluder, Leicester;
Tommy Farrar, Apex; Max Rho
des, Arden; Bill Trentham, Gat
Iniburg, Tenn.; Johnny Gloyne,
Cherokee; Kelly Moses, Franklin;
Tommy Young, Monroe; Jim Ev
ans, Sylva; O. V. Cagle, Clifton
Taylor, and Darrell Tilley, all of
Culowhee; Bill Glance, Leicester;
Hugh Sizemore, Arden; Joe Sher
rill, Bryson City; James Wike,
East La Porte; Walter Dockery,
Hiawassee Dam; and William Pro
cter, Glen Alpine.
The scedule runs as follows:
December.
9?Carson-Newman at Cullowhee.
10?Wofford at Wofford, S. C.
Mountaineers Take
Marion In Paper Bowl
Canton?The Waynesville Moun.
taineers came from behind to wal
lop the Marion Rippers 19-14 in
the first Paper Bowl here Sat
urday before 4,500 spectators.
The Mountaineers came back
of a 14-6 deficit to chalk up two
touchdowns in the fourth period1
and win walking away.
Waynesville blocked a Marion?
punt early in the first period and
covered on the 32. After a drivel
carried to the one, Howard Liner 1
circled left end for the score. I
M:> rion came back in the second
to take the lead. A nine-yard pass j
from Kirkland to John Goode in
the end/.one and the perfect boot
for extra point by Bill Stanley
put the Rippers ahead 7-6. i
A recovered fumble by Green)
on the eight in the third period j
set up Marions next score. Goode,
broke through to the one from
where Stanley smashed it over
[ and added the point after for a j
14-6 lead. : |
Winston Ensley bulled over from;
the 11 for Waynesville's next TD|
after Davis had passed his way
from the Mountaineer 20. The!
extra point failed and Marion was
| still out front by 14-12.
| Then came Waynesville's break,
i Sutton booted a long kiekoff which
13?Guilford at Cullowhee.
i 15?Maryville at Maryville, Tenn.
January:
5-6?Lenoir-Rhyne at Hickory.
8?North Georgia at Cullowhee;
11?Appalachian atCullowhed,.
I 13?East Tenn. State at Cullo.
I 15?Newberry at Cullowhee.
21?Piedmont at Cullowhee.
22?Georgia State at Gullowhee.
28-29?High Point at High Point.
31?Elon at Cullowheee.
February:
I?Elon at Cullowhee.
4-5?Atlantic Christian at Wilson.
7*8?E.C.T.C. at Cullowheee.
II?Maryville at Cullowhee.
12?East Tenn. S at Johnson City,
Tennessee.
14?Carson-Newman at Jefferson
City, Tennessee.
17?Appalachian at Boone.
Bryson City Cagers
Open Season
The Swain High cagers of Bry
son City under the direction of
Coach Howard Barnwell opened
their season Tuesday afternoon
against the Stecoah high boys and
girls of Graham County.
Bryson City's schedule follows:
Dec. 7, Stecoah, here; 10, An
drews, there; 4, Nantahala, there;
17, Cherokee, here; 18, Cullowhee,
there.
Jan. 4, Stecoah, hece; 7, Mur
phy, here; 11, Cherokee, there; 15,
Sylva, here; 18, Franklin, there;
21, Nantahala, here; 24, Robbins
ville, there; 28, Andrews, here.
Feb. 1, Sylva, there; 4, Robbing
ville, here; 8, ^urphy, there; 11,
Cullowhee, here; 15, Hayesville,
here; 18, Franklin, here. To be
scheduled: Hayesville, there.
Support prices for hogs are cal
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of parity prices on March 15 and
September 15.
Robinson fumbled on the 31 and
Charles Howell covered for Way
nesville. Ensley and Yarborough
advanced the ball to the 19 from
where Womack passed to Sutton
in the end/one for the ball game.
Ensley drove through for the point
alter and the 1948 Paper Bow]
champions were the Waynesville
Mountaineers.
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Optometrist
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