FEBUABV 7, 1947
THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER
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SPORTS
By ED SPEARS
have lost I one loss both games l, in
,ut of IS I by one-point margins, i )nl ,
Wavnes- j on tin- boys' record is that to Sv
Insi two I nanoa. the Buncombe rai
has a champs. In all games, aaaiiiM
toughest competition ihc.v
schedule, the Bethel eirl i
scored GOO points to ?,;,:. .. , ;i
ape of 40 to 22.3 ! viau , v
the hoys 1 i;i tallied p.,:;.,
343. an average ol '.'AM (. ,
anie.
WAYNESVILLE has played !l
games, starting their .season later
than Bethel idue to football-, . nil
with their out-of- oun! y (oh.imi:
tors lying to the west rather lii,,n
east. The gills have healen (Yah
tree, Fines Creek, and t'hde l v. n e
St. John's. Sylva. and Culhiu li,
once. They lost to Bethel and Can
ton. and thus far have seined 344
points against 212. or an aer.i;e
of 31.3 to 19.3 per name The
.Mountaineers have two vhione
over Oablreo and Clyde, one on'
St. John's, Sy lva, (.Tillovvliee. and
Canton: have splil two game-, udh
Fines Creek and losl their nop .
match with Bethel. Their tola,
score for t lie season is 4 1 i. an
average of 37.7 per g; u ,ie
their opposition lias lallied 2,';2
points, or a game average el 2(i
THE Khl'OKDS. although the',
often mean little in determiniir
the winner of a game, uiva tha
Bethel girls a decided edge nvel
Waynesville. However the avera-.'
score per game lies in lav or of Ihe
Mountaineers over I lie Blue He
inous. Both Waynesville los.e
came at a time when they were
not playing their best hall, and ihe
entire team has been improving
considerably the lasl two weeks. In
recent games Bethel's iiimi bra1
Canton 44 to 25, and Clyde I!! (o
16. Waynesville recenllv downed
Canton SO to 24. and Clyde 2!! to
24. The Blue Demons will have
some advantage in playing at home
tonight, and will he keyed In pla
Iheir best game. If they can do il
their county record will still he
clean, but they may he sure thai il
will take some excellent baskelhai:
to beat the Mountaineers lonudii.
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SUBPOENAED TO APPEAR befor a Grand Jury In New York to tell
what, if anything, he knows about an alleged attempt to fix a Madison
Square Garden fight, Rocky Graziano (hatless, at left) is shown walk
ing to the District Attorney's office with his Max Epstein.
Oihcials are investigating reports that a Manhattan gambling syndi
cate, hoping to clean Up $500,000, attempted to frame a fight between
Graziano, tough-fisted contender for the world's middle-weight title,
and Cowboy Ruben Shank (right), of Denver. (nteniational)
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S Takes Pair Of
ins Al Clyde Tuesday
Mountaineers Come
From Behind To
Win 28-24 During
Final Quarter
I Waynesville basketeers took a
double victory over C?lyde high
school Tuesday night at the Clyde
gv imiasiuni, the girls winning 32
lo 1!) after staying safely ahead
throughout, while the Mountaineers
see-sawed into the lead during the
lasl four minutes of play to edge
ahead 28-24.
McCracken proved to be Waynes
ville's big gun as the girls out
f lot the Clyde sextet, dropping in
l(i points, three more than-Scates.
Kvans paced the home team, with
nine points.
The .Mountaineers jumped into a
!)-3 lead over Ihe Clyde quint dur
ing the firs! period, then were
In Id scoreless the next quarter
v, hen Lealherwood and Cullen I
led Clyde to a 13-9 margin at half
lime. Clyde stayed ahead the next 1
period, hut in Ihe final one Pow-'
ei's, Shook and Robinson started
liiMinu the basket again.
Powers sank the field goal to tie
Rickey's Feeder Plan
Raising Bums
I ' Newsfeatures
i',f ) K1.YN
nn sident of the
- Branch Kickey
Brooklyn Dodg
an organization
in the major
eis. is building
second to none
agues, says Arthur Mann, form
baseball writer turned execu-
( e.
"Brooklyn is building with youth
i the field and young executives
i ihe front office who speak up,"
ivs Mann, who believes Rickey
one of the keenest judges of
mug Paschal i talent ine game nas
er known.
liv April 1 Brooklyn will have
under its call 1.000 athletes. Of
p. esc, 700 players will be retained
for 2") minor league teams either
owned by Brooklyn or with which
we have a working agreement. The
ol in r :;00 will be free agents!"
I liii key can't possibly judge all
j these players, but has available
' nu n who win i.ine care oi mis lm
i portant job. They operate under
j Bob Clements, in charge of the
- club's minor league operations.
'We have a feeder system," ex
plains Mann. "We call it exactly
' what it means. When Brooklyn
lakes a player from, let's say Mon
treal, we have two players in a
J lower classification ready to fill
ilhe breach. The same principle is
used ngnt aown me line io ciass
1) clubs."
Where do the beloved Bums get
all these players?
"Well, the Dodgers have 18
scouts year round men" Mann
reveals. "Then we have 60 bird
dogs, fellows who are out on com
mission looking for good young
players. And tryout schools are
held from lime to time in different
parts of the country."
The current Dodger roster fails
to show any 20-game winners for
the pitching staff, but the young
players going to Havana to train
wilh the Brooks have plenty on the
ball for 16 of the 22 Dodger farm
affiliates of 1946 were in minor
league playoffs. And they are talk
ing about Ed Chandler, late of the
the score 22-up with four minutes
' left to play, and shortly af lei wards
I the Mountaineers added another
j to gain a slim lead they wouldn't
j drop. Shook dropped in Ihe final
I two-pointer with only 20 seconds
remaining to clinch the game,
j Both teams had what it took in
I the free shot department. Waynes
ville getting four of seven tries,
I and Clyde eight for 13.
Girls' line-up:
Pos. Waynesville (32) Clyde (19)
Phillips (2 )
McCracken ( 16
Scutes (13 i
Mehaffey
Wyatt Pressley
Ensley Medford
Subs: Waynesville Ferguson 1,
Sheehan. Noland. Cogdill, Francis
Clyde Slamey 2, Smith. Morgan.
P. Mann.
Boys' line-up:
Pos. Waynesville (28)
F Powers !)
F Grahl (2 Leal
C Robinson i (i i
CI Messer
G Shook (!!'
Subs: Wnynesville-
Clyde (24)
Rogers -4 '
hervvood i7i
Limbo ( 5 i
Cullen (fi)
McClure i2
Caldwell :t
To Top
BRANCH RICKEY
Texas League, as one of this year's
best freshman hurlers.
Games This Week
Friday, Feb. 7
Waynesville at Bethel
St. John's at Canton
Fines Creek at Crabtree
Monday. Feb. 10
W.C.T.C. "B" at Daylon
Tuesday, Feb. 11
Sylva at Waynesville
St. John's at Cullowhee
Bethel at Candler
Crabtree at Canton.
Wartime destruction of Chinese
tung trees and need for tung oil
in China is expected to reduce ex
ports of the oil sharply.
The oil pipeline industry in the
United States handles one-ninth
of all the freight tonnage moved
in the country.
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Top School
Cagers Will
Tangle At
Bethel High
Blue Demons Will
Meet Strongest
Challengers of County
In Waynesville
Something of more than casual
interest to lollov.ers of high school
sports is ihe fact that Waynes
ville high school and liethe' high
will pla.v basketball tonight
The place is Bethel, and the timi
7:3D p in
The game is not recommended lo
those persons who dislike exeite
iikiii, tor all indication-, are that
the g.v niiLisium will he full of avid
followers of both Icam.i in'.rnt on
seeing some good basketball Those
wlio have seen the Bethel learns
perform previously this season or
most any season since tin- fiisi
hoop was nailed to a tree in the up
per Pigeon region know that
.voting folks in those parts can play
game, and that this vein 's teams
will slack up to the best they've
roduced
The girls, willi such basket mak
er.' as Carlene West. Agnes I'ilN.
and several others hardlv less valu
able, have run over everything in
sight this year in high school eir
(les. Waynesville. however, also
has a well rounded' team wilh two
of the outstanding players in the
j county in Frances Scales at for
ward and Peggy Knslev- al guard.
Although il would be strictly an
I upsel if ihe Waynesvilcl si downed
Coach Whiteside's excellent team.
Ihe locals have won several games
l hey weren't expected to this sea
son, and are determined not to bo
counted out tonight.
Odds are closer on the boys,
where such stars as Billy Wells.
Slevenson and Stanley will per
form for Bethel, and Powers.
Grahl and Robinson for the Moun
taineers The Blue Demons have a
cool band of ball passers, and when
their
scoring attack warms up can
drop the ball in
the slot from all
angles; with Wells
usually hillinn
more than 15 points a uamr
The Mountaineers
when in their:
stride, an
as dangerous a combin -
ation as this part of
the slate pro-
duces. Improvements
in teamwork
and shooting their
weaknesses
have been
and if they
for 40 min-
Kvans (9) ; l'al'l.V in the season
Mann ((i! "otcd in recent games.
Jones (li can Play at their peak
Collins llU's tonight they havi
more than
a little chance to bring home
bacon.
the
Whatever tin
holh games are
basketball
result
sure l
may be.
he good
Koffenberger Is
Rated With Best
Of Duke's Stars
AP Newsfeatures
i DURHAM. N C. Down here
in
the (obacco counlr.v. Duke L niver
j sily s indoor stadium has been al
ii raiding Hi,, large;,! (i-owds m
iouincrn basketball bislorv.
j is due partly to the groat po:
interest in all athletics hm
This
I war
outer reason is F.dwarcl I..
Hook) Kollenherger. Dukes o
caplain and forward.
I here have been som,. great
nasKelhall iilavcrs on Nnrlh Caro
una courts, such as .North Caro
lina s George Clamack and lloi
ace iBonesi McKinney. and Duke'
Bill Werner, bul Ihe fans are call
ing Koflenberger ihe heM all
round player of I hem all.
Kd is leading ihe Blue Devils
parade with a 1 .'1.5 point average
i.ast season he set
Duke scoring -
an all-time
record wilh HI 7
points.
Ml -honors
w innimr
Southern
at cen-
lor.
B u t KofTen-
hcrgcr doesn't
confine his lal-
cnls to the of
fensive came.
Hawking his op
ponent in the
man - to - man
defense employed
by the Blue Dev
ils. Kollenherger
has been plenty
tight with the
points scored
against him.
As a floor man
they don't come
Koffenberger
much belter. Under
the backboard
plenty of re-
he comes up with
bounds. And as a
piaymakor he's
hard to beat.
And he's done ail right for him
self in other spoils, too. He was
second string end on the Duke
football team of 1945 hut passed
up the gridiron this year to take
part in early basketball practice.
As a lacrosse player. Koffen
berger is considered one of the
most valuable stickmeu ever to
play at Duke. And lies a better
than average man with a tennis
racquet.
Farmers of the Amish religion
often paint hex signs on .their j
barn doors to prevent the evils, of
witchcraft.
Canton Sextet
Hands Mars Hill
First Cage Loss
j Mars Hill Boys
Even Bill With
Victory Over Black
Bears Tuesday Night
Taylor set the stage for Canton's
girls to upset the visiting Mars
Hill sextet 21 to 11 Tuesday night,
scoring 12 points as the Black Bear
eties handed the Madison county
team its first loss in 14 games.
The well balanced Mars Hill
(plint. however, stayed in the un
beaten column by downing the
Black Bears 38 lo 21,
Black Bears 3!)
Oirls lineup:
I'ns. Canton (211
Mais HIM (11)
Justice (2)
Ferguson (8)
Sampson ill
Ta lor
M2i
11 ay ii io
Griffin i.V
Kohinson
Bono
11 Talham
Ledford
Metcalf j
McKinney j
Woodruff 4, In
N. Tatham. Mars '
fonder, Shelton. j
Subs: Canton -gle.
f ord. Hardin
liill Hamlin,
Green.
Hoys lineup:
I'ns. ('union (21)
Mars Mill (3H
Johnson
Howell il2l
Jamerson ( lOi
Bennett ill)
Anderson (2)
Phillips. S.
I" .1. Smalhers
1 3 1
I-' Sharp i4i
C McClure (i
G C Miller ith
G J. Miller
Subs: Canton
Smalhers. Stephens
Mars Hill -Phillips 3.
Kdwards, A Bennett
Matthews.
Yount, Stone,
St. John's Meets
Canton High Cage
Teams Tonight
Cullowhee Victorious
Over Rangers
And Rangerettes
Monday Night
J The Rangers and Rangerettes of
I St John's will Iravnl 1a rntnn
! lonighl lo meet the Honrs nn thiit.
j home court The doublehenHpi-
I game will beam al 7-:tn n m in th
I Canton Mien s,.hnu avmn,.i..m
This will mark the second meeflno
1 of the cage squads this season
! Their previous meetino St .Inhnv
Ulropped the Barnes in fnvnr of fho
games
Canton basketeers. but a well
played game is anticipated tonight,
j Monday night. February 3, Cul
lowhee overcame the Rangers in
a 20-14 struggle and the Hanger
el tes by a 35-18 score.
Girls lineup.
I'os. St. John's (18) 'nlhovh,.,. insi
i F
Furtado
Adams
Wood
Watson
Sutton
Zachery
Churchman
Silvers. Kernan.
!f
i ( ,
N. Furtado
Polls
Marlel
Kirkpalriek
Morinino
Subs: SI. John's:
.v(l. Cuter.
Boys
Pos. St.
lineup:
John's ( 1 1)
Cullowhee (20)
Taylor
Byson
D. Norton
L. Norton
West
Holland
llhea
Hay
Illy! ho
Subs: St.
Tillev
John's: Willis.
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j games on the schedule nesi week
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j then (angle with Champion Y on
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Martel (15)
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