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1 1 sDAY ypVEMWft 26, 1946 TOE WAtNESYILLE MOLTNTALNEEB ieeers Facijig Tons crap At C&Mlm s ed And iton Win r Blues f'i Bears Romp ;;(M Victory linst Weakened PVil!c School (k of Canton high n,,. Asheville School (i) (; .,i i lie latter's grid- j ,, .ilii rnoon, with their jl;,,,, i,n!! carriers operat r ,,: , -ihaii-usual efficien- Blitzed Briton Takes to Football iC 1 ' bc-i id ii id iv bin' ' S 1"! tl' (i.i is I lout i i,;n !i Arbogast's Blues h, . -t t vices of several p:iers due to in- :, liLjhility, the Bears u power than usual h a (,iio-sidcd victory, hy "Hoot" Ward i, . i vsulted in a safe iihiloun for Canton. ;iml "Speedy" Stamey ml 7") yards on kick er two more touch v lv ester scooped a if the air and raced ,ne -icore, ana capped By LEE LINPER AP New8features SHARON HILL Pa The, m.,v be a litUe bit of England on the undefeated Sharjn Hill High School football team but the heart of Eric Peter Buckland now belongs to America. Blame it on football, perhaps, or the friendly influence of i; s; i youth. The 18-year-old Bi itli Iborn fullback isn't sure what j makes him want to be an Ameri can. He was evacuated from his British home in 1940 during the Nazi "blitz" returning to his fam ily in Teddington, 10 miles out.side of London, last year. But five years in the U. S. had changed Eric. "My mother couldn't understand until she saw how much I missed America and then she let me come back," explains Eric, youngest son of nine children. "The British boys don't care much for football," says Eric A hard-charging fullback,' the five-foot-ten, 162-pound youth han dles the punting assignment and placekicks the extra points for the Sharon Hill eleven. Eric has tallied three touchdowns, converted 14 ex tra points. He lives here with the William J. Charles family. The Charleses sponsored him when he was an evacuee. I ,i,.vi with a nve-yard e the final marker. m hixil made their lone the !nu:l quarter on a 45- noMi Mitchell to Dick- n k Cuac h C. C. Poindex- ii'I'.iiv his charges for -.dap of the year, the ilii i nuon encounter with ; pf 4 f iAr! car ERIC BUCKLAND American at Heart is c,in;:lit on trawl lines, rveral thousands of uiih hooks spaced about ran. Quail Rabbit Season To Open Thanksgiving Day Thanksgiving is a big day for the hunter for Thursday the 2!Slh Dnngs the opening of seasons for quail, and rabbit. Quail and rabbit hunters will find new bag limits in effect this season. The daily limit for quail has been reduced from 10 to eight, with a season limit of 150. There Thanksgiving Entertainment OCK HILL SCHOOL Wednesday, Noyeinljer 27 730 P. M. '$ AN OLD-FASIUONED BOX SUPPER 0 AN OLD-FASHIONED COUNTRY STORE WIDE VARIETY OF DELICIOUS FOOD FOR SALE MUSIC Free Turkey to the Holder o the Lucky Number B FOP SALE I'or Quick Service on You Stove Wood Call B. C. COLLINS Phoe 493-W OPENING SOON SHOE SHOP Church Street Under Henderson's Corner Watch This Paper For Details EDGAR PRESSLEY, Owner Sportsmen Gather For Annual Day Of Thanks By JIM BECKER AP Newsfeatures Sports Writer THANKSGIVING DAY 1946. Scene: Large table, heaped with j holiday goodies. Mentors of vari j ous sports are grouped about the table, some clad in grid togs, oth- ers in baseball suits, some shiver ing basketball and hockey men, plus fight managers and their charges. Earl Blaik, Army football coach and toast master speaks: "Hoys, we are gathered together on this sentimental holiday to give thanks for the bountiful blessings heaped upon the sports world dur ing the year just concluded." (Waves hand over table indicating two golden brown turkeys labelled "Bhinchard" and "Davis.") There are mutterings in the audi ence such as '"he can afford to talk." Honor guest Eddie Dyer, mana ger of the World Champion St Louise Cards, rises, calms the audi ence and then bows his head. He intones: "I give thanks for Harry (The Cat ) Brechcen, first southpaw ever to win three World Series games." Joe Cronin interrupts: "I can hardly agree to that but I offer rather dubious thanks for Ted Wil liams. He may be the greatest problem child in baseball but how he hits." Blaik calls on fellow football conches to speak. They rise. Jimmy Phalen of St. Mary's: "Thanks for Herman Wedemeyer." Frank Leahy of Notre Dame: "And for Johnny Lujack and George Connor." George Munger of Penn: "Don't forget Tony Minisi." Tom Hamilton of Navy: "I'm try ing to forget him." Blaik: "We have two bashful Teams Play Thursday At Black B$ar Field Waynesville Engages Stronger Canton Team Than Here ' In October 'ith the tjnd of their season only two days away, the Mountaineers face one of the toughest tests of the year in a revenge-seeking Black Bear team whom they meet at 3:00 o'clock Thursday afternoon in Canton's Memorial Stadium. Interest in the contest, rather than waning after Waynesville's 20 to 6 victory in October, has in creased as the big return engage ment draws floser. A record crowd is expected to fill the stands Thanksgiving Day while the two Haywood county rivals close their season in a game filled with im portance for both teams. In order to accommodate Cham pion Fibre company employees who work the day shift, the game will start at 3 p.m. instead of 2:30 as previously announced. Additional seats are being erected to take care of the anticipated record crowd, and the bands from both schools will be on hand to play he fore the game and at half-time in termission. Pre-game dope tells of additions to the Black Bear strength, re turned servicemen joining Coach C. C. Poindexter's forces to help upset the Mountaineer applecart. And injuries have taken away Ervin Shook and Carol Grahl, two of Coach Weatherby's most bril liant backfield men, and hovers over the remainder of the squad. However, despite their late-sea- Waynesville-Canton 1946 FOOTBALL RECORDS Waynesville Mountaineers 4G Murphy 40 55 Sylva 6 44 - Brevard 0 - 7 Elizabetjiton, Tenn ( 20 Canton 6 29 Henderson vi 1 le 0 39 Christ School 10 28 Murphy 13 25 Asheville School G 43 Bryson City 0 ? Canton 1 20- 37 23-0- 12-G-7-G- 58- 2(1- 37- Canton Black Bears -Greeneville, Tenn 13 -Swannanoa 0 -Warren Wilson 0 -Morganton 13 -Forest City 0 -Waynesville 20 -Asheville School 0 -Sylva 0 -Brevard 20 -Reidsville 19 -Asheville School 6 -Waynesville? I R. L.'s TAXI Safe Courteous (V Dependable Prompt Located Next to 1 HAZELWOOD GARAGE CAII 171-J R. L. HENDRICKS, Owner will be a daily bag limit of 10 for rabbit, with no season limit. The turkey season also opens Thanksgiving Day, but only in 15 counties of North Carolina, all out of the mountain sectioVi. Season for quail, rabbit and wild turkey will continue through January 31. Coming on Dec. 2 is the second installment of the dove season, which will extend through Jan. 15. sports celebrities with us today, boys. May we prevail upon Larry MacPhail and Leo Durocher to speak just a few words." (With some coaxing they rise reluctantly.) MacPhail, who is slightly deaf from the steady hum of baseball turnstiles, says: "Thanks for the Yankee fans." Durocher: "And for the attend ance bonus clause in my contract. I'm thankful to pay income tax on a $65,000 year." A Dodger fan in the rear of the hall: "Wait 'til next year." Several Boston Red Sox players add: "Thanks for Tom Yawkey." (Suddenly a loud commotion breaks out in the rear of the dining hall. There are fears that the National Football League rep resentatives and the All-America Conference adherents, who were seated at opposite ends of the hall, have gotten together. But waiters have brought in large plates of Rice, and Dana Bible, Texas coach, is demanding they "take it away.") Coach Hank Iba of the Okla homa A&M basketball squad rises after Bible has been placated. "I wish to offer thanks for Bob Kurland and inquire meekly if they have four or five more just like him. I can use them this year." Gen. John Reed Kilpatrick, pres ident of New York's Madison Square Garden, takes the floor. "Thanks for basketball and hockey, and even the fighters Mike Jacobs digs up. The three sports do a pretty good job of filling the Garden these cold nights." Several battered pugs now re quest the floor and Billy Conn speaks for the group: "We members of the 'Louis Beat Our Brains Out Club' wish to of fer thanks for the wonderful pay checks we received after they woke us up." Toastmaster now proposes that all rise. The rattling of coins and the rustle of bills is noticeable throughout the hall. All: "Thank you for the Ameri can sports fan. May we have big ger stadia to accommodate him." All eat. SPEARHEADING Witb SPORTS By ED SPEARS WHO will win the Cauton Waynesville game? We'd he much happier to answer the question about 4:30 Thursday afternoon; but to answer it briefly, Waynesville. Our opinion as to what the score will be is no belter than what the son jinx, Waynesville will have much to be thankful for in the way of gridiron talent when Thurs day afternoon rolls around. For their big line appears intact, and on both sides of Boh Ferguson stand some capable guards, tackles, and ends who have met Canton and other teams as strong and allowed only six touchdowns throughout 10 games. Big Tom Medford, tackle, and Leonard Messer, end, have been the standouts in the excellent for ward wall and are two Mountaineer candidates for All-State honors. The pass-calehing Messer, with seven completions good for touch downs has added more points than all their opponents combined. Buddy Morrison, Hugh Caldwell, Richard Underwood, Buddy Wil son; probably starters, Raymond Phillips, Buck Atkinson and Dan Watkins, varsity substitutes, have all contributed a very important part in Waynesville's string of 10 straight victories. Further confidence can rest in the backfield, for despite the loss of Shook. Grahl (and possibly Co captain Lawrence Robinson who was reported abed with flu Monday morning), Coach Wcatherby has a talented striking force in Bob Mil ner, James Brackelt, Cyril Minett and Richard Powers. Minett, the fastest man on the team, and Brackett have provided some of the best broken-field running team followers have seen this year. Opposing them will be a team whose main offensive weapon is speed. Behind their strong for wards, the nimble feet of Clyde Miller, "Speedy" Stamey and Buddy Iveste,r have dashed to many long-distance touchdown runs. Gettar O'Diear, Jimmy Bentley and "Hoot" Ward have been among the best Canton linesmen this year. The line will be stronger than in their previous game with Waynes ville, which sets up prospects for a closer score. Since 1937 when the traditional rivals have been on the two-games-a-year schedule, no team who has won the first game has lost the second one. In one series, the Mountaineers lost and tied one game each. But past records will be wiped off the slate when the opening whistle blows Thursday afternoon. In this pay-off game the only thing the fan can be sure of is seeing one of the best football games that ! high school circles can produce: with each team having a very good chance to win. fellow who believes Canton will win would say, but here's the way we are figuring it: No scores in the first period, with the teams playing conservative and feeling each other out. One touchdown be fore the half ends, according to whether Waynesville passes click or one of the Canton fast boys gels away. When the going gets tougher we figure the Moun taineers will come through. We've seen them do it in other games, with learn spirit and the will to win, and know they're going to put everything they have in this game. By the time it's over we guess a final score of Waynesville 13, Can ton 7. It will be a hard-fought contwil, with the officials calling them closely, and we certainly hope that penalties are not an important factor in the final decision. We know that it's possible for Waynes ville to lose, but we know they'll do the best they can so are unable to see now why they should. Neither team would have anything to be ashamed of should the other win. Win, lose, or draw, this year's Mountaineer team will go down in the records as one of the best ever put out hy Waynesville. CAROLINA'S offense was too much for Duke in the final quarter of the annual Tar Heel college clas sic, and now rumors are spreading that Charlie Justice, Walt Pupa and associates may get the Sugar Bowl invitation when the Georgia Georgia Tech affair is settled Saturday. In nine games the "far Heels have suffered one loss, to Tennessee (now announced for the I Oelhel Meets Clyde On SSome Court Tonight After Fines Creek Wins Fines Creek Cage Schedule Partly Planned For Year Although subject to additions, the Fines Creek basketball sched ule for this year is as follows: Cullowhee Home, Dec 6. Cullowhee There, Dec. 10. Waynesville Home, Dec 13. Bethel Home, Dec. 19. Crabtree Home, Jan. 10. Cherokee There, Jan. 14. Cherokee Home, Jan. 17. Clyde Home. Jan. 21. Clyde There, Jan. 24. Canton Home, Jan. 28. Waynesville There. Jan. 31. Crabtree There, Feb. 7. Canton There, Feb. 18. The Fines Creek teams have wins over Spring Creek in a pair of games played No' ember 19. The boys won 27 to 6, and the girls 30 to 19. Orange Bowl program) and were tied by Virginia Tech. They've beaten Miami, Maryland, Navy, Florida, William and Mary, Wake Forest and Duke. Their big score over the Blue Devils, in comparison to what other Duke opponents have done, has added to Carolina's prestige. Individual rushing sta tistics for Saturday's game showed Justice, with 99 yards gained in 20 carries, the most effective man on the field. Clark set the stride for Duke, but netted only 31 yards in 11 tries. Pupa picked up 21 yards in nine carries. ILLINOIS is the Big Nine champ after dropping Northwestern 20 to 0, so looks likely to oppose UCLA in the Rose Bowl. Clyde highs basketball t&ms will meet the strong Bethel high combinations on the latter's eSurt tonight starting at 7:30 o'clock. Clyde has defeated Leicester in past games this season. Bethel showed promise ot pow erful teams with their one-sided victories over Fines Creek on fri day night. The boys, paced, by their high-scoring forward, Billy Wells, outshot the visitors 45 to 20, while the Bethel girls took a 51-30 decision over Fines Creek. The all-senior boys quintet kept both of the Fines Creek forwards, Robert Russell and H. Greene, from making a score. Wells, their 5-foot, G-inch, 120-pound sharp shooter, accounted for 22 points himself; and the five Bethel sub stitutes all gave a good account of themselves as well. West and Pitts were high scor ers as the girls took their game, with Ruth Woody shining on the Fines Creek offense. Box scores for the games: Boys' Game Post. Bethel ,45) F. Creek (20) F Billy Wells (22) Russell F Stevenson (7) H.Greene C Ford (2) . T. Greene (6) G Stamey (2) ..... McElroy (10) G Sorrell . .. Swanger (4) Substitutes: Bethel, Bobby Wells (6), Layman, Long, Frady (4), and Deaver (2); Fines Creek: Noland. Pos. Bethel (SI) F West (18) Pitts (14) Clark (9) . . Cooke ARMY finally cleared the atmos phere regarding post season foot ball games by announcing that its season would close following their Saturday engagement with Navy. The West Point powers that evid ently felt that it was either the Rose Bowl or nothing at all, and now that the Pacific Coast confer ence has tied the Pasadena event to the Big Nine the Army football greats will write their last chap ter this week. Next year's Army team will be made up of unknowns so far as most of the country is concerned, and can hardly be ex pected to dominate the national standings, the way the Cadets have done for the past three years. F. Creek (20) McCreary (6) Woody (12) Rathbone (3) . Davis Trantham Jenkins Bumgarner . Walker Substitutes: Bethel, Blalock (3), Fanner (3), Phillips (2); Fines Creek: Re vis (3), Greene. Last year the United Strifes pro duced 21.54billion feet of softwoods. -the global S i Asheville Coca-Cola Bottling Co. All-imerica End Candidates For 1946 By FRANK ECK AP Newsfeature Sports Editor There's a merry battle on for All-America and positions and two of the outstanding flankers in the country are Hubert Bechtol of the University of Texas and Burr Bald win of the University of California at Los Angeles. Both play left end. Incidentally, so does a Mr. Barney Poole of Army. Bechtol is seeking one of the two end positions on The Asso ciated Press All-America for the third time. He made the last two teams. Hub, one of the best pass catch ers in the southwest, is a 20-year-old senior from Lubbock, Texas, stands one inch over six feet and tips the beam at 190. . Baldwin is more matured, having returned to UCLA after service in the Army. He is 24, comes from, Bakersfield, Calif., and is six-foot-one. Baldwin, a senior, has won two other football letters playing for the Bruins. irii : t SiBif l I L. ,s L 1 . -W- y l : x ' t - 1 If I I J s 3 fr'' -$jJ ' if VVjjpV i '-IYvj. m join BUKB. BALDWIN UCLA's Veteran End HUBERT BECHTOL Texas' All-America End IMPORTANT NOTIC K All Stores In This Community Will Remain Open On The Afternoon Of Wednesday, Nov. 27, Until 5:30. CLOSED ALL DAY THURSDAY Merchants Association J ' f -J 4V , i ;i I j
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