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r 5PAGE SIX (First Section) THE WATNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER TUESDAY Mounta meets Messer Gets Touchdown On Pass From Ervin Shook Shook Converts On 2nd Try In Thrilling Four Period Finish At Elizabethton By ED SPEARS Mountaineer Staff Writer Waynesville High's fighting Mountaineers used their ability to catch and intercept passes, plus the determination not to give up to a heavier, fast rushing strong driving Betsy eleven, to come from behind in the last few min utes of play and reap the sweet est victory they've lasted this year.; The 7-0 win was their fourth! straight in the 194(5 victory march, j It was Krvin Shook. Waynes ville's triple threat quarterback, i w ho tossed a lout; pass from be-j hind his 42 down to left end Leonard Messer. who settled ball in his hands amid a of Kliz;ii)ethton players on the 15 yard line in the right hand corner of the field and fought his way down to the goal line for the touch down to tie the score. The first try for extra point went to the left of the goal posts, but when Shook had his second chance due to an offside penalty on Betsy, he sent the winning point clean through the center. Pat Spcrgeon. 180-pound tailback for Elizabethton. and his alternate running mates, halfback Robert Fletcher i liOl) pounds' and reverse taker Shakoep Kasseb were the hardest driving ball carriers faced by Wayncsville this year. Sper geon could push through with tack lers all over him, and drag along for extra yardage. For three quarters the two teams battled furiously with numerous penalties stopping their chances to score. A recovered fumble on Waynesville's 35 just before the third period ended set the stage for Elizahethlon's touchdown drive. It would have been stopped but for a 15 yard penalty (clipping) that gave them first down on the Moun taineer 18. and four plays later Spcrgeon carried the last few yards for the first score of the game in the early part of the fourth i period. j A large crowd from here were I over to support the Mountaineers I and witness as close a game as! could be played. The Elizabethton: school band, a 75-piece organization! comparable with the best in the country, put on a drum rattling show during half-time intermis sion. The game itself was broad cast over Elizabethton's radio sta tion WRE.I. Waynesville's gridmen turned loose an attack that threatened in the first period. The opening kick off brought an offside penalty on Elizabethton. and the repeat by Messer went to the 37. The : RH Mountaineers held, and Retsv nunt-! FB ed to Waynesville's 30. Shook and J Lawrence Robinson rolled up two first downs on a series of plays, but a fumble put them back on! the 50. Shook kicked to Fletcher on the five, who ran back to the1 25, fumbled, and Wayncsville re-j covered on Betsy's 15. I Then came the first penalty on W'aynesville, 15 yards for holding.' A pass to Messer was good to the j 12, but their fourth down pass was no good and the ball went to Elizabethton. Fletcher tossed to back Fred Ogle, who went to their 40. But; Raymond Phillips, Tom Medford. Bob Ferguson and Messer and : other linesmen piled on the Betsy: mail carriers to hold them down, I and Fletcher kicked to Shook on the Wayncsville 28. : The Mountaineers drove by ground to midfield before the quarter ended, and Shook punted to set the home team back to their 18. A return punt, plus a clipping penalty on Waynesville, gave them the ball on their 30. Then Shook took off around right end to the 50. Betsy lost 15 on penalty, and next play the Moun taineers were set back five on the same. Robinson, Bob Milner and Shook added steady gains until the ball was lost on the 15. Spergeon brought it back to their 31, then Fletcher passed and Robinson in tercepted on the 38 and returned it five yards. A long pass down to Robinson on the six yard stripe was completed, but the play was called back and Waynesville was penalized back to mid field. With a minute left in the quarter, Shook punted, and Betsy started driving, j but the half ended with 25 yards yet to go. Spergeon returned the sceond half kickoff, and Bob Ferguson wetn out of the game with a bad leg from the tackle. Their line bucks and reverses started clicking, bringing the ball to their 49, where Black Bears n)D; Fight T f - Victory Over Bet Upset Forest City 12-0 Friday M . . , , I JL CAME STATISTICS W. E. First downs 8 14 Yards, rushing 103 109 Passes attempted i) 12 Passes completed 4 3 Passes Intercepted by 2 0 Yards, passing 03 35 j Punts, scrimmage 4 2 . Average yards punting 34 17 Penalties on II 9 Yards lost penalties 90 80 ! a pass to Treadway took Betsy's ball to Waynesvi'le's 28. Another pass was tried, and Milner gath ered it in, setting off from the 25 to the 41. Betsy held, but Shook's stellar punting set them back on their eight. They kicked back, and Shook fumbled on the 35, Elizabethton recovering. Then came the scoring drive. Spergeon took it to their 46, Kasson added five, a penalty gained the them 15 more and they had the hall .... ii' :ii..v. no . i. .. .1 -...I swarm o" iviiesviiie s its uie innu quarter ended. On first play Betsy was set back to their 37 on penalty, but when their pass receiver was clipped they recovered their loss and got first down on the 18. Their heavyweights started driving and couldn't be stopped, but after Sper geon scored Glen Murray's kick for the extra point went wild, putting the score 6-0. This gave the Mountaineers the will to come back. Dick Powers took the kickoff from. the 18 to the 37, and on the second play received a pass on Elizabethton's 45. A five-yard penalty on Betsy was countered by a 15 yard one on Waynesville when Shook's receiver was covered and he passed to a linesman. On fourth down he punted to Betsy's 30. Spergeon took off around left end to the 48. but the referee pen alized next play 15, putting them back to where they had to kick. The punt was picked up on the 48 and returned to the 42. Then came the biggest thrill of tne game, Shook s long pass to Messer, which bounced, then set tled in his hands, and he fought down the remaining 15 yards for the tieing touchdown. There was much glee on the visiting side of the bleachers when the offside penalty gave Shook his second chance to kick for the extra point, and the crowd went wild as he added the winning conversion his number 13 for the season. Starting line-up: :V''x f r :. SPEARHEADING With SPORTS By ED SPEARS Pos. LE LT LG C RG RT RE QB kick ! LH Waynesville Messer Medford Phillips Ferguson Underwood Caldwell Morrison Shook Grahl Milner Robinson Retsy Hnnkins Birchfield Campbell Williams Broome Jackson Treadway Murray Fletcher Ogle Spergeon Substitutes. Waynesville: Minett. Powers, Noland. Bracket t. Powers. J. C. Caldwell, Early, Wilson. At kinson, Sheehan, Owens. Watkins. Ed Robinson and Price: Elii.abeth ton: Potter, Eggers Scoring touch downs: Spergeon (E). Messer (Wt; extra points: Shook. Officials: Referee. Eaton (Emory & Henry): Bartholomed (U. T.t, judge, Mel lons, (E. & H.) umpire: and Stone (E. & H.) field judge. ELIZABETHTON was, as expect ed, the toughest team Waynesville has run against so far. Despite the statistics of first downs and yards gained in favor of the Betsy eleven, however, those who saw the game know that it was the Mountaineers who offered more scoring threats and who kept the ball down in Elizabethton territory during most of the game. Their two heavyweight backs, Spergeon and Fletcher, were the hardest men the Mountaineers have bad to stop. Spergeon could blast through the I i it with tacklers bouncing off him. and push through with three and four men on his hack. But no one person can keep that kind of grind up. It really took courage for the Mountaineers to keep charg ing in and smothering the Betsy ball carriers, but they played their hearts out and did what looked almost impossible. PENALTIES piayed a most important part in the game, stopping Waynesville on two occasions when they were set up for scores. One reason for two five-yard losses in the first half was the fact that in Tennessee they play by high school rules, and in North Car olina by collegiate rules something Coach Weatherby wasn't told until half time. I'nder regular prep rules you cannot substitute more than j two men at a time, and it's the I regular practice here to send in as many as you wish. UOWF.VER, when the penalties were all totaled up they show that Betsy suffered about as much as Waynesville. And the fact that the Mountaineers were given a second chance to try for extra point proves that the officials were calling them strict on both sides. Anyway, Waynesville won, and it was a thrill-packed game that few will ever forget. AS the players were loading in the bus to leave the field, a resident (evidently a trans planted Carolinian) came aboard to offer congratulations and have them sing a verse ' I'm A Tar Heel Born," which they rendered with satisfac tion He then said, "I don't know who that number 40 is, but he really played a great game." Number 40 happens to be Hob Milner, who more than earned this tribute. Bob is one of the best blocking backs Waynesville has, and as alert a man on defense as there is in the secondary. His pass interceptions have played an important part in stopping more than one opponent this year. It is a difficult job giving credit to all the players who did well in the game, for every one of the 25 1 who went over there were stars.) Buddy Morrison halted many a j sweep around his right flank posi- j tion, and Hugh Caldwell and David j L'nderwood, though facing heavier, linesmen, were in there with all! they had. It was the left side of the line, however, that could open more holes for gains, and Tom Medford and Leonard Messer are two players who'll outshine any linesmen we've seen this year. Bob Ferguson got badly bruised .'or his habit of piling in to every play, but finished the game scrapping hard as ever. ERVIN SHOOK is one of the sparkplugs of the team in talk ing up their spirit. He also does quite well in kicking, run ning, and passing to use a bit of understatement, and the fact (hat he will be back next year is something everyone is happy about. Lawrence Robin son seems to be the first down getter, hut if he isn't on duty Richard Powers, Carol Grahl, Cyril Minett, .lames Brackett, Milner and Shook can take their turn. Boston Wins 3-2 In Series Opener Boston took the first World Series game 3-2 Sunday when Rudy York, Red Sox first baseman, smacked out a home run drive of 375 feet into the leftfield bleachers, an over; lime 10th inning hit that set them ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. Monday the series continued at St. Louis, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday it will shift to Boston, and, if necessary, the last two tilts will be played at St. Louis, Sunday and Monday of next week. ILLINI SPEARHEAD - - By Jack Sords VoiWg, iMngRsrf of aulas lUHvll'S e&sJAO ATTACK -fife aost peAeep iaj ---rag, BEFORE the shouting had died down. Edgar Robinson gave out the war cry for this week. "We want Bear meat!" They're preparing a little down at Canton this week, but it's going to be pretty tough eating. Still those Mountaineers are big eaters. Unless hit by n bolt of lightning, we'll see liow they make out this Friday. Many Students On Crabtree-Iron Duff Honor Roll The honor rolls for the second month at the Crabtree-Iron Duff school have been released. They are as follows: FIRST GRADE "B " Jerry Brown Gerald Kirkpatrick, Annie Frank lin, Leroy Jenkins, Hilda Sanford, Janet Smith, Joretta Clark, Carl McCracken, Jane Smith, Robert Clark. SECOND GRADE "B" Richard Trantham, Lorean Overman, Com modore Jolly, Terry McCracken, Stella James, Virginia Trantham, Bobby Jean Haney, Robert San ford, Sam Burgess. THIRD GRADE "A" Helen Ruth Hill, Boyd Fisher, Spencer McCracken, Tommy Kirkpatrick, George Kirkpatrick. Football Scores Drs. Seaver and Lockard OPTOMETRISTS Of Ashcville WILL RE IN WAYNESVILLE FRIDAY EACH WEEK Masonic Building . . . Hours 9:00 to 5:00 Eyes Examined Glasses Fitted H. M. Seaver, O. D. John C. Lockard, O. D. Waynesville 7. Elizabethton 6. Canton 12. Forest City 0. Ashcville School 4G. Sand Hill 7. W.C.T.C. 33. Tusculum 6. Tennessee 12. Duke 7. N. C. State 17, Clemson 7. Wake Forest 19, Georgetown 6. Davidson 54. WofTord 0. Carolina 21, Miami 0. Catawba 19, High Point 7. Appalachian 40, Elon 0. Indiana 21, Minnesota 0. Notre Dame 33. Pittsburg 0. Ga. Tech 32, V.M.I. 0. Tulane 27, Florida 13. Mars Hill 7. Presbyterian J. C. 0. Army 4G, Cornell 21. La. State 13. Miss. St. 6. Tailor's Patch The tailor's patch, which Is set on fabric with a crochet hook, Is al most invisible and can be used for mending men's and women's suits and dresses. THIRD GRADE "B" Adeline Best, Carolyn Bryson, Annette Fer guson, Elaine Walker, Jimmy Lee Best, Grover Lee Bradshaw, Ernest Iloglen, Itayford Jenkins, Roger McElroy. Robert Thomson, Louise Best, Jean Crawford, Doris Messer, Bobbie Parks. FOURTH GRADE "A" Frances Emma Yates, Frances Sanford. FOURTH GRADE Sue Crawford, R. A. Greene. FIFTH GRADE shaw. "B" Claudia Gillett, Billy -Sybil Brad- WIIAT? When a man offers you a flabby, dead-fish hand, you can shake it; but what happens when two of that kind meet. Minneapolis Star. X3T VHP mu. K . T i i ' "T il ' J lim TTT' .- mstti-X'4m.&-:':i?m M oAce iaJ TA&ci-eAR FIFTH GRADE "B" lewel Fer guson, Bonnie Justice, Jerry Wal ker, David Tate, Billy Best, Jose phine Pressley, Valaree Henderson. , SEVENTH GRADE "-B" Charles Franklin. Roy Noland, Sue Carolyn Noland, Doris Parks, Doris Rector, Wilma Sanford. EIGHTH GRADE "A" Pearle Clarke, Hilda Faye Massie. SEVENTH GRADE "B" Bar bara Ann Best, Lorene Cogdill, Lois McCracken. TENTH GRADE "B" J. M. Crawford, Helen June Bradshaw, Juanita Noland, Marjorie Rector. ELEVENTH GRADE Chambers. ELEVENTH GRADE "B" Pauline Bishop, Lucy Hunter, Naomi Mas scy, Audrey Sanford. TWELFTH GRADE "B" Susie Waynesville Man Pays Refund In OPA Rent Case RALEIGH J. P. Ingle, of Waynesville. has settled an OPA treble damage rent claim for al leged over ceiling charges in the rental of a house located in Ashe ville by paying a total of $735.00 in refunds and penalties, (he OPA reported this week. J. Frank Mclnnis, state OPA rent executive-attorney, said the settlement wihch was handled by the Ashcville area rent office was based on total overcharges of $245 during the seven months period ended September 15, 1946. By order of the rent office Ingle re funded the amount of the over charges to the tenant and also paid penalties aggregating $490 two times the overcharge to the Treas urer of the United States. Mclnnis said that Ingle charged a tenant $60 per month rental for a house on Which the OPA ceiling, as registered by the landlord with the agency, was listed at $25 per month. Niamey 54-Yard For Sco 1st Quar Canton 0i.ti Heavy FoJ Eleven Prior ame Here The Black aJL est fit, "- H i ' in an 'hi'ir fourth u.,,n lavl r, ..; lvlrR warntrg tha, "iceiing uiih tj-.,. u, be a dash li,tu,.. ' standing hid, H.hoo, , Geoi-fif 'S),.,,(!v eivd thu Eij,1(k ,, 111 h? first quarter I n'f '('ft tackle fr a ; fl(ln run ! , j "l''"s iK-iian ;,rIhpr t own St. ;,nd .hi ; carried the ha'I , last three x. for score. Both t lies (cr extra no good. Coach I'nii.devter smarting rm ti,. other heavier eleven fore, showed the rcJ sKillul drills- h ( game to Forest Citv the contest. The fiJ their first lilt :ia went into Forest Cit stripe three times , back by a stalwart do Forest City threaten when a pass connect! din to Nanney and t down on the Canton was as far as they cmi First downs were of Canton. Group From He Duke-Tennessee The t'ollowinc ve,"f from Waynesville mIv Duke-Tennessee too!!: Saturday; Dr. Sam Slrl Tom Strinpfield, Dr Thomas Strinelield. K and Bobby llreece. Bryson, Hilda Crawford, Dare Franklin, Reba Kinsland, David Rogers. 1V4E.RE IS SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL ABOUT EVERY THING, THATl S, IFVOU Ht LUUKINO F fJH IT. T-1 is. C l '"'"n mTi m We're always looking for ways to help you make that car run smoothly. One thing that will help immensely is a REGULAR CHANGE OF OIL. No harmful particles residue will settle in your crank case when it's treated with regular by us. care ED SIMS, Owner Belk-Hudson Co. At Our Store ADVANCE SALE OF WAYHESVILLE vs c k in o n Football Tickets Game At Waynesville, Oct, 11 Get Yours and Save Time at the Game. "Home Of Better Values' I Mountaineer Want Ads fSlfvl Drink S - ILSiflSa m More M mm? v DPT r Asheville Coca-cola Bottling: Co. fS f gg I j lr Pasteurized yt' I It Js Always f SAFE ADULTS ... $100 PET Children's Tickets W On Sale at School. pllCtS I oS l ii 1
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