THE MOUNTAINEER'S SPORT PAGE
IURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1940
Edited by Marion T. Bridges
rag 13
ayclieck Can Beat
108 Louis, If
By Lawton Carver, International
sws Service Sporta Editor.
NEW YORK Johnny Paycheck
not a great fighter, but
Johnny Paycheck can beat Joe
mis if
At nearby Pumpton Lake, N. J.,
e aforesaid Mr. Paycheck is quite
dustriously engaged for what
obably will be his extremely
ort encounter with the heavy
eight champion Friday night,
nd whila few. if any, will
out on a limb in his behalf and
it-footedly pick him to win the
lie, there are some who inject
at enough doubt into their opin
n to make it look as though the
es Moines fighter could come
trough. What they tell you is
iat he is not a great fighter, but
can hit and move around and
tat he can beat Louis if he man
jes to survive the champion's first
ireatening gestures.
As far as we are concerned, we
ill feel Quite certain that the en
mnter will not last long enough
i pall on anybody at a rough
jess about five minutes. Howev
, there is a growing suspicion
ound New York that Louis has
ipped badly under soft living and
a natural laziness, with the result
tat he is about ripe to be taken
r some such hard-hitting boxer
i the bald-headed Des Moines
slter.
As to that, we don't think Louis
is slipped, the Godoy fight not
ithstanding, because he has been
o active to let down much. More
rer, he culd slip to considera
e extent and still beat or knock
it any fighter currently in the
isiness. Only eight men have
ayed the limit with him since he
xned professional and he has
ored 37 knockout in his 45 pro
sslonal Btarts. 4
A he goes through his training
ices out in the country he is quite
ie grim fellow he was following
e knockout he suffered in the
ret Schmeling bout. When he
ent back Into camp after that one
s really meant business, and that
pparently is his attitude again
iw, stung as he is and has been
f the utterly foolish fight waged
r him and Godoy. He couldn't
aock Godoy down or out, and will
3 all the more eager to hand Pay
leck a good lathering.
If Louis is as vicious and effec
ve as he was the night of the
scond Schmeling fight, Paycheck
on't have a chance. He actually
ill be looking at what may be the
reatest fighter that ever lived
iat is, if Louis gets mad and walks
it there with both barrels blazing,
nd he probably will be in that
tame of mind.
In fact, the farther we go the
s chance we give John, despite
w growing ballyhoo in his behalf.
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MARION BRIDGES
For the past several weeks we
have been concentrating n na
tional matters in this column and
there have been some that were
very interesting.
It is time to turn back to the
local situation for a change and
see what has transpired in the
basketball line during the past
season.
To begin with, the Waynesville
Mountaineers had one of the most
successful seasons in several years,
only to lose all tournament games
except the Blue Ridge Conference
in the girls' division. The local
lassies have won three first places
and two second places in the past
five years in the Blue Ridge Con
ference, which is a record that is
hard to beat, as the conference has
only been formed for five years
and the locals have been in the
finals of all the games.
Blue Ridge Conference Champions
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Above are the 1140 winners of the Blue Ridiro Con ference liuskctlmll Tournament held in Can
ton recently. The Waynesville Mountaineers have been in the winning position, either wilh iirst place,
or second, every year in the five years that the Conference, has been holding the tournaments. Reading
from left to ritrht : kneeling, Mary. Stentz, Kate toward, Ruth Goodson, Sarah Louise Leatherwood,
Mary Francis Sheehan, Catherine Phillips (Captain) ; back row, Ruth Messer, Marjorie Bryson, Mary
Catherine McClure, Helen Trout, Dorothy Ledford, Georgia Kathbone, Helen 1'lott and Virginia Me
Elroy. Photo by Homer Davia.
Industrial Loop To
Organize On Friday
Greensboro Coif
Tournament Snowed
Out For Three Days
Due to the unexpected blanket
of snow that covered most of North
Carolina, the Greensboro open
golf tournament went off schedule
the first of the week, but was re
sumed Tuesday on a relatively
mushy course. Several outstand
ing Western North Carolina golf
ers are participating in the event.
More accidents occur on the
highways in daytime than at night,
but more fatalities occur at night
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News Among The Big Leagues
In all the other tournaments this
season the locals have been de
feated, and by teams that they
had conquered earlier in the sea
son. This is another proof that
no one Can predict with any form
of accuracy, what will be the out
come of a ball game.
This is the time of year when a
lull is experienced in the sports
events in this community, as the
local high school does not have a
baseball team, and the weather has
been such that the track team has
not had any chance to test their
ability. As soon as the weath
reman will let up on winter weath
er spring football will begin and
it is expected from all indications
that a record turnout will be on
hand for this practice.
It is time for the Softball fever
I to begin, in fact this time last
year spring came early and enthu
siam was at a higher degree.
There is plenty of talk about the
game this year, and it is expected
that a meeting of the officials will
be held before long to iron out the
kinks that were brought to light
last season.
'owner Champ Against
'oo Many Title Bouts
Jack Dempseyi famous mauler
t several years past, expressed
imself by saying that too
any title bouts, are being
aged, and that the champion
lould not defend his title more
lan two or three times a year,
his was not the case when Jack
as sitting on the throne. He
ao proposes that special schools
s established fori professional
xers by either the government
r wealthy men co-operating with
romoters. -.
It is expected that several new
teams will enter the league this
year, and so far there is only one
team that has withdrawn from
the competition, with the prospect
that their decision will be changed
before actual play begins.
There has not been any activity
in the girls' division, but it is
expected that several teams will be
Organized and ready to play by the
time the boys start their campaign.
If the number of teams are in
creased over last season's twelve
teams, the number of nights will
be increased to five instead of four
as was the schedule last year, and
if only twelve teams are decided
upon the schedule will probably be
the same as last season, giving
two off nights to playing rained
out games and letting the girls
have a fling at softball.
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BRADINGTON, Pa. The New
York Yankees still are not worried
about old Father Time. Though the
present Yank pitching corps is
hardly wearing out, Marvin Breuer
and Tommy Reis, the righthand
rookies, up from Kansas City, have
given the champs cause to cheer
loudest.
WINTER HA VfcN, Fla. The
belief that the Giants will have as
good a pitching staff as any Na
tional League club continues to
gain weight. Latest to give Man
ager Bill Terry cause to smile is
Cliff Melton, the slim southpaw,
who pitched four innings of shut
out ball in blanking the Cleveland
Indians.
HAINES CITY, Fla. Manager
Bucky Harris has gone sour on
Almon Williams, right-hander who
was expected to help the Wash
ington Senators climb out of the
second division. Harris says the
kid won't work and has "a wrong
attitude." "He can go back and
win another pennant for Chatta
nooga, as far as I'm concerned,"
Harris grumbled.
PASADENA. Big news in the
White Sox camp is the "butterfly
ball" being tossed by Rookie Vallie
Eaves. He won 21 in the Texas
League last year and seems slated
to stick if he maintains his present
form.
the National League if President
Gerald Nugent of the Phillies can
help it. "I'm going to hold up
waivers on every promising player
in our league and ho one who
shows anything will get away from
us. The teams will have to start
cutting soon and we're going to
get 'em."
TAMPA, Fla. Manager Bill
McKechnie of the Cincinnati
Reds says the reason he isn't play
ing Lonnie Frey is because he
wants him to gain weight but
everyone else thinks he's trying
to give Eddie Joost a chance at
the second base job.
LAKELAND, Fla Back at the
helm after an illness of several
days, Manager Del Baker of the
Detroit Tigers said he was es
pecially pleased at the manner in
which Hank Greenberg cavorted
in the outfield against Cincinnati.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. There
will be no escaping "power" from
ASIIEVILLE TOURISTS
BEGIN THEIR TRAINING
The Asheville Tourists began
active training in Columbus, Ga.,
last Monday with only a few of
the sluggers present for the ini
tial tryout, but before the week
ended it js expected that a number
of the old hands will be on hand
and doing their stuff on the dia
mond. Manager Tommio West, new
manager of the Tourists, after a
quick marriage, settled down to
the task of putting the Piedmont
penant winners of last season into
shape for another successful sea
son. Cold weather handicapped
the opening season, but with tem
peratures moderating, the squad is
expected to get down to hard work
before the week ends.
TENNIS IN CALIFORNIA
Northern California Tennis Asso
ciation's interclub tournament
drew 42 teams this year for its
spring round-robin. No wonder
California turns out so many fine
players.
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Hazelwood Manufacturers
To lie Member of 1940
hoop In W. N. C.
The industrial League, of which
Hazelwood is a part, will meet at
the George Vanderbilt Hotel in
Asheville Friday night to discuss
plans for the coming baseball sea.
son. The meeting will get under
way at 7 o'clock with a banquet
followed by a business session.
A. G. Kyle, secretary of tha
league, announced that the new
Ecusta plant at Brevard had ap
plied for entrance into the loop.
This plant will with all probability
be permitted to enter this year
thereby increasing the competi
tion. According to Mr. Kyle, the sea
son is expected to open either on
April 20 or 27.
The teams composing the leagua
hist year were: Hazelwood, Can
ton, Beacon Mills, Sayles Bleach
eries, I'.iltmore, Brevard and two
teams from Enka. The title was
won by Brevard,
George Bischoff and James Kuy
kendall nre managers of the Ha
zelwood Manufacturers.
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