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j For Good Game
rM Waynesville Mountaineers
led their grid season on inaiisu-
g Day when tney oroppea
first game of the season to the
ton Black Bears, by a score of
n A capacity crowd of
md 2,500 fans were on hand.
Jlfter battling the Black Bears
Cg to 0 tie in their first encoujj-
eulier m the season, the Moun'
Leers seemed never to hit their
idt and the superb playing of
Hipps, hard charging back of
Cantonites, took the courage
of the local lads.
Jn the first period the Mountain
's kept the Bears deep in their
i territory after stopping an
cn:ng oiive by the Bears, but
t second period found the locals
tiling by a 7 to 0 score due to
t running of Fowler and Hipps.
tier started' the drive on an end
mt to the locals 26 where in two
by Don Hipps crossed the
iy dirt t tripe,
through the
Hipps also plung-
line for the extra
m . . ,' .:..
The Bears again put on a burst
speed in the last period with
pps carrying the brunt of the
irden to march 79 yards for their
kond tally, with Fowler taking
le ball across. The point was made
Hyatt, a linesman after a place-
lent was blocked. .'
The final talley came when Rhea
ktercepted a Mountaineer uass
W galloped 40 yards" for the last
pre of the afternoon" : Aiiaa
om Fowler to Hipps netted the
Jstra point.
The superb playing of Don Hipps
'ghted the game.
Following are the statistics of
PlC Canton and Wavnpavilln fnnt.
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MARION BRIDGES
The football aeason 8 over, it is
mstory, the books are closed, as
p ' the local fans are concerned,
tat there are a number who are
wondering what happened at Can
ton last Turkey Day, so are we.
We mentioned it ' apvoral Jimp
""this column that there is no way
under the sun to predict ball games
get the correct answers every
tue, and in a Wavnexvillo-Hanton
lUne it ia mnro timurlain than
W',. nd the e-ame last week
no exception. Local fans had
" hopes that he game would
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ball game Thanksgiving Day:
The Mountaineers were on the
defensive the greater part of the
afternoon and for gome reason were
unable to click.
STATISTICS
C
.-17
.257
...74
...12
.....4
W
2
17
31
11
4
2
49
10
First downs
Yards gained rushing
Yards gained passing
No. passes attempted
No. passes Completed
Passes intercepted by
4
Yards intercepted passes
returned by ...50
Number of punts ..........7
Average yards punts 33
Yards punts returned . 24
Number of kick-offs -..4
Average yards kick-off ....43
Yards lost, penalties .....15
The lineup:
38
6
1
42
15
Canton (21)
Waynesville (0)
......... Ledford
........McCracken
,.......Headrick
..............Garrison
......McClure
...............Sawyer
... Mull
Sraiih
.... Henry
.................Inman
...... .....Milner
LE Grogan -LT
Hyatt - .
LG R. Hipps
C Carroll ..
RG King .. . ,
RT G. Hipps
RE Harrison
QB Fowler ..
LH Rhea
RH Clark .. .
FB D. Hipps
Score by periods:
Waynesville .. ...... -0 0 0 0 0
Canton .. . 0 7 0 1421
Scoring touchdowns: Canton, D.
Hipps, Fowler, Rhea.
Scoring extra points; D. Hipps
(2),.JIyatt. -
Substitutions: Canton, Rickman,
Matthews, Newman, Phillips, Mil
ler, Holtzclaw, C. Smathers, Shope,
Barton.
Waynesville: J. Francis, II.
Ft a n c i s, McRorie, Arrington,
Yount, Ashe, Fisher.
end in their favor, so did the Can
ton fans, and it turned out that the
Canton fans were right.
Of course there were a number
of "I told you bo's" coming out of
our neighboring town,: we can take
it, and only hope that the tables
will turn next year.
There is one thing that can be
said about the fans that attended
the game, they let the rivalry be
settled out on the turf, or should
we say sand, and did not take it
upon themselves to mix in the af
fair as has been the case on several
previous occasions, for this they
are to be complimented.
There is one compliment that
should go to the Mountaineer squad
and that is the way they have
played the game this season. In
their conference games no oppo
nent was able to score, including
Suggest
THE MOUNTAINEER'S
Richard Queen
Coaching Boys
Local High Team
Prospects Bright For Good
Season In High School With
Basketball Games
The Waynesville Mountaineers,
both boys and girls, got down to
hard practice the first of the week
in the basketball section of the
sports program of the local high
school.
It was reported that around 25
in both divisions reported for the
first practice of the season on Mon
day, and the indications are that
the locals will have a fair team in
both the boys and girls division,
with the girls having a slight edge
over the laddies.
This year the boys will have a
new coach, Richard Queen, a for
mer local high student and also a
W. C. T. C. graduate will put the
boys through their paces. Last
season Mr. Queen assisted in the
officiating at a number of local
cage events and knows the game,
although his actual experience on
the floor has been limited.
Coach Weatherby will handle the
lassies as usual and it is under-,
stood that the team will shape up
something similar to the one of last
season, although several of his
starters of last season will be great
ly missed.
There will be two games played
before the Christmas holidays, both
of them with Fines Creek, the first
being on the 10th of this month at
Fines Creek and the return game
on the 17th.
Following is a complete schedule
for the Mountaineer cagers :
December 10 Fines Creek at
Canton, but the honors were di
vided between the two Haywood
teams. The team had one of the
mosts successful seasons ' in its
history.
As we said before the football
season is history and was officially
closed Tuesday night with a ban
quet by the Athletic Asociation in
honor of the 1940 football team.
The WayneVile band was special
guest together with the band com
nii.tee. Each member of the team
was recognized and presented a
picture of the team by Coach
Weatherby. Only one phase of the
program is lacking to ' close the
season and that is the awarding
of letters which will be held some
time next week at the school.
' The sports season now turns in
doors to the cage sport. The locals
are practicing hard for their first
game which is the 10th. They have
a very short 'time in which to pre
pare for the game, but are working
hard tn that end.
The Haywood County tournament
in basketball to decide the county
champions, is slated for the local
court late in the season. Canton
will play host to the Blue Ridge
Conference tournament, which will
be held the latter part of the sea
son also. This gives Haywood two
major events in the cage field.
It is rumored around that several
all-star teams will be formed local
ly. This starts at the beginning
of each season, svnd very little , is
heard about the matter when the
season opens, rfhd on the several
occasions that there has been an
all-star team, their records have
been against them. If an all-star
team is to be formed that will
stack up wkh those In -neighboring
towns, there has to be more
done than just talk, . No team can
p'ay ball without practice, and the
nlayers must be in condition. This
is a hard combination to work out,
with the players having to work
most of their time and very seldom
?et any practice. It is our sugges
tion if an all-star unit is to be
formed, do it right or not at all.
The bowling teams are getting
organized and have encountered
each other several times, but the,
game is still in its infancy, and the
teams are not thoroughly organ
ized. We hope o give more dope
on this next week.
Edited by Marion T. Bridres
Are Coiferaice
Named Blue Ridge Conference Co
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' . Pkottx by Jo Davit.
Here are the 1940 edition of The Waynesville Mo ntainrerR, who were awarded Co-Champions along
with Canton. They read first row, left to right: Led rd, Head.rick, West, Smith, Ash, (iibson, and Fisher.
Second row: Coach C. E. Weatherby, Inman, Henry, Captain McCracken, McRorie, Constance, Yount, Mull,
and Arrington. Back row: Garrison, H. Francis, Jay es, Milner, McClure, J. Francis, Sawyer, Summer
row and Compton. The Mountaineers have completed one of their most successful seasons.
Fines Creek.
. December 17 Fines
Creek at
Waynesville.
January 10 Clyde at Waynes
ville.
January 17 Sylva
Waynes-
ville.
January 28 Bet!
at Waynes-
ville.
January 31 Canton at Waynes
ville..'.:..'.. y:
February 7 Sylva at Sylva. '
February 14 18 Gold Medal
Tournament for girls at Canton.
February 21 Canton at Canton.
February 24 Clyde at Waynes
ville.. ,-'
February 28 Bethel at Bethel.
March 4 and C Haywood County
Tournament at Waynesville for
both boys and girls teams.
March 10 Blue Ridge Confer
ence Tournament to be held at
Canton. "-. , . ' t : ' "
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Athletic Group
Give Banquet For
Teams And Band
The Athlet'c Association of the
Waynesville Township High School
were hosts on Tuesday evening of
a Turkey banquet at the Hotel
Gordon honoring the first and sec
ond teams of the football squad,
and members of the High School
band, that have played for the
games during the season just clos
ed. ''-';
Special guests of the evening in
c1uded, L. M. Richeson, chairman
of the sponsoring band committee
and members, Bill Prevost, W. A.
Bradley, Jack Messer, C. N. Allen,
and T. L. Bramlett, M. T. Bridges,
sports editor, Waynesville Moun
taineer, officials, Carl Ratcliff and
Charlie Barrett, the cheer leaders,
and Mrs. C. E. Weatherby, gate
cashier.
M. H. Bowles, district supervisor
of Schools, was master of ceremon
ies. The long tables at which the
guests were seated bore the colors
of the school, black and gold, and
were marked off as a football field
Co-ChaiiipidDES
- Champions
and centered with a football. ,
Coach C. E. Weatherby was the
I first .speaker of the evening. He
i introduced his assistants, and each
n i lumber of the football team, giv
ing each a "superlative," and pre
(sented every member with a picture
of the first and second teams.
In his remarks he stated that the
average age of the first and sec
ond teams was 17 and the weight
of the starting eleven averaged
one hundred forty-seven and a half
pouids, while the weight of the
second team averaged 161 pounds.
The average age of the entire
squad of forty-fivs boys was 16 and
a fraction years.
L. T. New, Jr., director of the
band gave a brief history of the
organization and paid a high tri
bute to L. M. Richeson, chairman
of the sponsoring committee and
the other members.
Each member of the sponsoring
committee present made a brief talk
all complimenting the band and the
teams on their excellent records.
Jefferson's Uuiiiocratic Concepts
Thomas Jefferson, one of Amer
ica's great Democrats, learned
some of his democratic concepts
from hia father. Peter Jefferson.
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2.Haywood Teams ..
Share Honors Of
Blue Ridge Group
Decision Made To Consider
First Game, Of Scoreless
Tie, Rather Than Last Gam
The Waynesville Mountaineers
and .the Canton Black Bears were
declared as co-champions in the
Blue Ridge Conference last Moo
day night by the conference lead
ers assembled at Langren Hotel ia
Asheville. The vote was takem
and decided upon the matter de
spite the defeat of the locals by
Canton 21 to 0 last week.
The championship was split, but
the honors are still in Haywood.
The constitution of the confer
ence was also amended to include
the first game of any season as the
one that counts in the conference
if they play more than one. So
far Canton and Waynesville are the
only teams in the loop that play
two games in one season, but the
mat er is settled once and for all
as to which game counts in the
lesgue.
The locals have won the cham
pionship on several occasions hay
ing been awarded the trophy last
season. Canton also has taken the
honors several 'limes.
It also was decided to bold the
conference baske ball tournament
at Canton March 10-15, with Ma
rion, McDonald, of W. C. T. C and
Grayson Cope, of Sylva, officiating.
Frar k Hill was named as an altern
ate official. A committee composed
of C. C. Poindexter, Carletoa
Weatherby and Ev B. Bailey will
complete plans for the cage event.
The track meet was set for
April 11 at Canton, and the tennis
tournament for April 19 at Mars
Hill.
Bryson City, Franklin and An
drews high schools were added to
the conference, increasing the mem
bership from nine to 12 schools.
I The other members are, Sylva,
Waynesville, Canton, Brevard, Try
on, Saluda, Swannanoa, Mars Hill
i and Marshall,
I The group also ratified a revised
constitution providing, among other
things,, that conference members
cannot play games wi.h any school
dropping out of the conference and
trimming from five to four the
number of games with conference
opponents which a school must
play to be in lire for the confer
ence championship.
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