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"l.i-irn." thc -aid. "ii j on 're young, striving sixuts writer and
you gDl a new rports page, oii heller gel a sienial tonal idea lir vow
hist ruluiiin k..t Something t knock their ees out see Something
really hoi ,ii,,--j triune, it it iiu t gieal kid. tlie II jump right
ovei it aiid -laii wuiKniH the ciots-word uiiile or iua be even reading i ,.,j .
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Tills j; a pretty hairuuin thought. Somebody might realK
begin reading the editorials and t;ei np-ei They might start writing
nasty letter lo the editor and everybody would get stomach ulcers
and things would leally lie in a mess
So the young, Miiung sports writer looked out the plate-glass
windo at the old men talking on the courthouse steps and at the
husk shoulder ut Kjglc Nt-t Kidtie sitting up in the sunlight " Sen
sational . olo--.il . ten ific ." he chanted softly to himself, thumb
ing pensively tliioiigli a back copy of Polio Gaietie And just bv
chance his eve waiuieied aa ironi the pretty girls and over to the
baseball stjulm?- in a daily paper It was an old paper and there 111
first plate were the Philadelphia Athletics big as life and twice as
ugly ;.s ihe aiiie Poes
Tin-' Ua- a jietlv labulous thing, because the Athletics have been
in the ba eh.ill 1tll.11 tor so many years that green mold has settled
on their shoe- lliis w.isiit a sensational suDject tor a column it was
much chiser to a miracle He noted
The Way nes', ille Mountaineers
wrote finis to the 1948 baseball
season Friday night but they
would rather everyone forgot the
whole thin The Mountaineers
every error in the book
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Hut the A s had won 17 straight
games and thought about Connie
Mack, easily the mosi patient man
in the world.
It seems that Mr McGillicuddv
is iii Ins eighties now and has been
telling folks for years that he
would retire from the game when
he won another pennant. His team
hasn't got the Hag since 1931. and
many people were thinking thai
Mi McCiillicuddy would set a new
as they dropped their last game
to the Brevard Blue Devils. 7-5. .
Kven the herculean efforts of
Jack Amnions courd not get the
Waynesville lads into the win col
umn. Amnions got the ball game
off to a tine start when he whacked
a homer in the first losing with
, Shook on second base. It was a
two-run lead for the Mountaineers
and things looked good.
When the Waynesville club got
on the other side of home plate
it was a different matter. Brevard
pushed across five runs in the first
I wild and woolly inning. Waynes
ville s uneven fielding helped some.
but a home run by Grogan did
, most of the damage. Walker and
l Pet tit were aboard and the honier
i tallied three runs.
Amnions walked in from his left
field spot lo take over the mound
duties when Boyce Brock found
the Brevard bats a little too big for
him. Jack finished the game in
fine three-hit style, but his mates
! could never find the power to
Sfiirfi xHwfcw All i M4 II-:
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couple of hundred v'ears ,,(ortJ "vercome the Brevard lead,
he e.iuld retire. At the beginning, BaU,l,8 ,aurels for the daV went
of the season. Mr. Mac had smiled i ,0 Amnions and Catcher Wiggins
sweetly and said that New York 111 Waynesville. both of whom col-
aud Boston would light it out for
the pennant. Besides being a pa
tient man. you can see that he is
a modest man But now Mr Mac
sort of scratches his grey head and
grins and admits he has a chance
"1 have a lot of confidence in this
team now. because they have a lot
of confidence in themselves ''
He has a reason to believe n his hall players. They won eight
traight and after walloping Detroit in a double-header, Mr. Mac juhi-
g.ive the team a holiday Hut the A s were too baseball haunv
el t In-ill insisted on practicing the next day anyway,
tliev licked the St l.ouis Browns in an 11-iiining thriller
have wiped Ins brow after that one The I'hila-
ing lliem the Apathetic As for
the Atomic A s. I'lnladolpliiaiis
CONNIE MACK
lantlv
loi thai mac
The liet iiailil
and Mr Mar iniil
delplu.i uiileis had ln-en cal
ai - Nmi lluv liad a new inonnikei
1 ti tjtied t heir e i
dioactive steaks
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hitting tile other
The Athletic h.
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s and woiuleied if Mr Mac was feeding his bov
or soiiiet lung.
it w as the simple method of out-pilchinq and out -club-
which was winning ball games for Connie Mack.
ie jI'.uv- had s(Jd pitching and an airtight defense
have been showing an astonishing
siiength at t lie- plate live men Eddie Joost. Pete
Suder Hank laje ki. Mike Guerra and Elmer Valo
aie pounding wot a hetter than 3(H) batting average.
Piohdbr. the be t pl.iver on the dub ihe boasted a
la.-i -i-jM i - Haintv MeCoskev, the old Detroit
'i itel Bai he h.t ilul pjined tile A's in their wild
ei.ihu-ij ui t.,i inikiiig b.i-i -liits and is hitting slight-I-
under the Iimi ni.uk 1 1 1 1 -. vear When he gets over
hi- a-lorn linient at his team-males' success, he will
help a creat deal
The .(iing (living sports writer thought about
all thi; ana he looktd in a more recent paper and
saw thai the A s had -lipped into second place. But
he knew that it would be a wild race, indeed, in MeOOSKEY
the Amu nan I.eafue ihe-e hot summer months and that Mr. McGilli
cuddv would aiwav- be sitting on the bench quietly fighting for his
bail plaei to wui the pennant Though, of course, he wouldn't re
tire even then be au e there wouldn't be any baseball without Mr.
Mac and everyone would take up horseshoes or pocket pool.
Se he derided to wide the Philadelphia Story and this is the way
it came out.
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lee ted two for three. Pettit led the
Blue Devil plate parade with three
for five.
Most distasteful thing in the
scorebook though, was the 12 er
rors credited to the Mountaineer
club- something that didn't make
Coach C. E. Weatherby too happy.
Nevertheless, the Waynesville
coach could overlook his lads
downfall Friday to take stock of
the past season. "It was a good
year and I'm proud of the boys, all
of them," said Coach Weatherby
The Mountaineers won five
games this year, lost only three.
The game with Brevard was the'
last time in a high school uniform
for a quartet of Mountaineer play
ers Dick Powers, Charles Burgin
Ervin Shook and Jack Amnions.
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Softballers Finally Get Season Rolling
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THE LAST ROUNDUP
Waynesville AB R H
Owens, Bob, rf .. 4 0 0
Shook, ss 3 11
Ainmons, lf-p 3 2 2
Powers, lb 3 0 0
Wiggins, c 3 2 2
Frire, 3b 3 0 1
Burgin, 2b . .... 3 0 0
Houinson. cf 2 0 0
Caldwell, If 1 0 0
Brock, p 0 0 0
Ovsens, cf 10 1
Totals 26 5 7 12
Brevard AB R H E
Waldrop, If 5 0 2
Pettit, 2b 5 3 2
Clark, ss 4 10
Groggins, cf 4 11
Holder, rf 2 1 0
Barton, c 4 11
Morris, p 4 0 1
Byrd, 3b . . . 4 0 2
Compton. lb 3 0 0
Totals 37 1 9
Score by innings:
Waynesville 200 102 0-
Brevard 520 020 x-
Dayton Golfers
Stroke 9-3 Win
Over Champion
The Dayton Rubber golf team
got into the win column Sunday
afternoon when they defeated the
Champion team from Canton by
9 to 4.
Team Manager U. L. Hendricks
showed his mates how to do it in
the first match when he shot a 74
the individual low for the after
noon. This combined with Char
ley Putnam's 77 to win the first
match over Robinson (77 1 and
Nichols (83) by a 2-1 margin.
The local outfit made a clean
sweep of the second match, Aaron
Prevost racked up a 75 and Jona
than Woody at 78 to whitewash the
Canton duet by 3-0. Morfort of
Champion had an 82, Deweese
had a 76.
Eric Clausen with an 83 and Joe
Davis with an 82 eked out a 2 '2 to
Wi victory in the third meeting.
Gardner had a 75 for Canton and
St'hull fell behind with a 95.
The fourth and final round
match went even-stephen. M. H.
Bowles had an 85 tor the Waynes
ville team, and his partner, White
ner Prevost shot an 81. But the
Canton club made a strong finish
Sams went around in 79 and Jus
tice made it in 85. The match
went M to Wi.
Manager Hendricks said that his
boys will take a rest this Sunday,
but will be on the greens again
Sunday week when they face the
Biltmore Bleachery team of Sayles.
Everything was set for the opening of the 19411 sol'thall season
Monday night Parkman's Hardware and the llih School team were
scheduled to meet at 7 o'clock under the linlits of Wax nesvillc high
school stadium in a preliminary game.
feature of the evening was the " '
evening was
slated game between Spic and Span
and the Tannery. This will he a
game in the major league division
between two teams that consistent
ly put out winning clubs.
George BischolV was elected pres
ident of the Waynesvil le-l lazrlwood
Softball League to replace Ed
Spears when the latter moved In
Ashevillo. Other officials of Ihe
league are Bill Porter, secretarj
treasurer; Elmer Dudley and
George Bischoff, executive commit
tee; Elmer Dudley, All-Star man
ager. Games will be played on Mon-
day. Tuesday and Friday evenings.
The All-Star team will play its
games on Wednesdays if things!
work out in organizing schedule I
for the team. Thursday evening will i
be available for rained-out games. !
President Bischoff expected a '
large crowd for the opening festiv-.
George Washington's gift to his
bride was a tiny watch which she
wore on a ribbon bow pinned to
her bodice.
Fishing Regulations In
Park! Given By Official
Clyde Humbles
St. Johns, 7-4
The Clyde high school softball
team has downed St. John's for the
second time this season this time
to the tune of 7-4. Jenkins was on
the mound for the Clyde lads,
twirling a neat four-hitter.
Many Former Junior
Players Now Leaguers
ROSTON P) The American
Legion's Junior Baseball program,
now 21 years old, got a big boost
in the opening game this season
between Philadelphia and Boston.
Fifteen of the 18 players who start
ed the contest were graduates of
Legion play.
The en ire Red Sox infield bad
Le"i n ball experience, and three
oi them Stan Spence, Vern
Stephens and Bobby Doerr hit
successive homers during the tilt.
One and One Are Two
For "Slugger Mike"
CHICAGO Catcher Mike
Tresh of the Chicago White So
belted a home run early this season
against Detroit's Hal Newhouser.
It was the second four-master Mike
had hit in his major league career
which dates back to 1S38. Com
mented Tresh after his second shot
cleared the wall:
'Think of all the homers I've
missed by not swinging for the
fences." His team mates have
dubbed him "Slutger Mike." .
In the interest of all fishermen
in Haywood County, the 1948 fish
ing regulations for the Great
Smoky National Park have been
announced by Chief Ranger Jake
Needham.
The fishing season will extend
this year from May 16 to August 31,
between sunrise and sunset only.
Ranger Needham said that all park
waters are open to fishing In the
Carolina portion of the park ex
cept Lands Creek, Mingus Creek,
Chestnut Branch, and the part of
Raven Fork and its tributaries
which lie upstream from the Cher
okee Indian Reservation.
Fishing this year is permitted
with any artificial flies or lurw; haV
Ing one hook. Natural bait is also
permitted unless it is minnows or
other bait fish, alive or dead.
The National Park has no re
strictions on the size of trout or
bass taken in its waters Ranger
Needham added that any small
fish which are returned to the wat
er should be carefully removed
from the hook with moist hands to
prevent injury.
Fishermen are limited to ten
trout or eight bass in a one day
catch. No more than ten fish
should be in a man's creel at any
time. There is no maximum limit
on other species.
The park makes no charge for
fishing. Persons fishing in the park
for the first time must obtain a
resident or non-resident permit
from either the State or County.
, ilirs Monday night.
The opening of the season has
! been mired in schedules and plan-
ning up until now. bill President
George BischolV plans lor lliings to
1 run smoothly from here on mil. All
games tins season will he scwn-iii-l
ning affairs. Iliscliolf said. Plans
lor an A II-Star team to compete
.with entries Ironi other (owns ill
illie Smoky Mountain League arc
-.till indefinite.
Tin' Tuesday night games will
see Ihe National Guard play Under
wood Lumber and Supplv in the
minor leatuie game. The Veteran's I l'olnton
Klciii ir will face Iron Dull in the (
feature game of the evening. The :
second game will slarl at 8:3d. j
Friday night's schedule has the
High School aggregation meeting
Hie Nalional Guard in the first
game, wilh Slack's competing with
Miens Creek ill Ihe final game.
Newton Sweeps
Double Header
From Morganton
ill Western North Canilinn lea
gue play over the week-end. N,..
lon-Coliover .swept .i (,Mil,l, -In ..
el' from Morganlon h n Mlir,
of 9-4 and 5-4. Cuns ,., ,h,
route for Newton n tin- tti i !:,iM,.
scattering seven hii- In ih, ,,.
oud victory, Imlih, m,
plate star when he hnnim-il i,ui
two home runs.
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