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PAGE Of The WaynesvillejVWauieer Wrong With Boxing? I TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1948 enls Urging Boys Try Other Sporls INK tCK ts Sports Editor What's wrong jnu Bronson, who boxing in France World War, might j 8Ii;ers. J,t ieein to be any sjhF,t. days." says Wht managers are f fir.t World War weight champion Jand a lot of oth But tliere was no irond World War I the scale of box- are involved, athletically in f,r been reading expose after an 4 have heen read hU'. Jjral IIihI 'he par .urging their boys r spoils. A lot of Who might other jd to boxing, have tnlion to baseball particular, has leagues than it War I. And the come out of the recent conflict," says Jimmy 'And Cerdan, who knocked out Tony Zale for th middleweight crown in Septem ber, has been fighting profession ally since 1935. But he wasn't rec ognized in this country until after he had won the Inter-Allied mid dleweight title at Algiers in 1944." Optimist Bowl Selects Players For Tilt Dec. 3 AH indications point to a capac ity crowd here the afternoon of December 3 when the All-Western and All-Eastern high school squads meet in the second annual Optim ist Bowl game at Memorial stad ium. Last Sunday at the George Van derbill Hotel here the two coach ing staffs, headed by West's Bill Morris and East's Pete" Peterson, met with Bowl committee members and officials and all but completed the selection of the two all-star senior squads. However, several j coach E. J Bethel Cage Team Preps For Season The Blue Demons of Bethel High School have been running through practice sessions for the past month in preparation of the opening of the 1948-49 basketball season. The Blue Demons .play their opening Rame against the Fines Creek team on the Bethel court, Tuesday night, December 7. The prospects of- winning teams are very good, with several of last year's boys and girls returning to form the nucleus of the teams. After World War I, Bronson was Tunneys advisor followins Gene's victories as an AEF light heavyweight. He also managed Bob Martin, who won the AFX heavyweight title. 'tie late General I'crsliing put i squads now stands all of Western Martin in my hands but Bob quit j North Carolina will be well repre ftghting following an automobile scnled on the field It was Kencr- l-"jiitt hit rtlontv i( n.e on earn ouim were leit va- prnlI,isina material and with more cant pending Die outcome of games , prat.iC,. an0- snm. actua game ex- iiuuuKu naim&Kiving uay ana me performances of "border-line" par tic i pa nts As the tentative lineups of the Waynesville Prepares For Turkey Day Clash With Their Team First To Sign For a Bowl Game accident. He had a good i if; ht hand but had trouble with his left hand. The only time he used it was when he hung up his hat." Bronson, a native of Joplin. Mo., managed Rene Devos. Bel gian middleweight champion, for Anthony Biddle. He also had Jack perience, the Blue Demons are expected to continue the winning form that the powerful Bethel teams of the past have shown. Afler the opening night game against Fines Creek, the Bethel tiami m ill tliuli U'il h Ranri Hill ally agreed that neither selection nvt1e Hnd Crabtree before takini could officially be announced until til,. ,., f,. 1hl, chrktmas holi- ; BRONSON iters Around f ying its salary and pns all the time, you will find more pen than pugilists, collegiate football id boxer but with (Ing such fantastic little chance for e bigger boys." nt National Box 's rankings there lions which lack A terms "logical The NBA feels tils stands alone Jrsent day heavy (that Sugar Ray jrithout a , worthy the welterweight n a class by him jtonson. "He's the bing developed In rs, not excepting fighly regarded tonal fighters and f says he has no ath boxing. How Out that the recent inly one champion. San. the French ily titleholder to 3 1 1 14 Jan. It) .t.i.i 21 kmc uie nnai pics is inane. tnn co-feature of the Bowl battle j.,n Fell the day after Turkey Day contests due to the fact that both coaching staffs are determined to annex the best possible talent On the All-Wesleni squad will be players from Franklin. Ben Lip- and Pete Zivic. former Olympic 1 pen. Billmore, Asheville School. stars. Probably his best fighter , Asheville High. Sand Hill. Oakley, i jHn was Jeff Clark. Morrisville. N. J , Hayesville. Brvson City. Black j Jan middleweight who fought be- ; Mountain. Sylva, Canton, Andrews, i jan iwecn lua and 1921, meeting Hrcvarri. Marshall, and Robbins such standouts as Sam Langford. I ville, and others may be added be- Joe Jeanette and Harry Wills When asked if he managed am I will, of course, be the appearand ii iiic Kaine iinu m i lie iowi d:iii- i quet that night of Charlie "Choo ' yvi) Choo" Justice, Ashcville's All- ! Ffn American halfback now starring j?,, for Coach Carl Snavely's Tar I pt,D Heels, hnavely. as well as other grid notables, will also attend the i day's events. Chairman Hipps says that every effort will be made to i have all other members of the great football playing Justice fam- ily in attendance. Charlie's Brother ! Joe is coaching at Rollins College: Bill also is coaching in Florida and Neil is playing at Rollins. Jack is sports chief at the Champion "Y" at Canton. 1948-49 Blue fighters today, Bronson replied: "I got a half dozen but you can lick 'em all." days Following is the Demon schedule: Dec 7 Fines Creek al Belliel Dec 10 Sand Hill at Sand Hill Dec. 14 Clyde at Clyde Dec. 16 Crabtree at Bethel 7 Sylva at Sylva Open Waynesville at Bethel Crabtree at Crabtree Clyde al Bethel Open C.inlon at Canton Open Sylva al Bethel Canton at Bethel W nesville al Waynesville Fines Creek al F Creek 28 1 4 8 II 15. 18. Feb Sand Hill at Bethel Candler at Candler i Dale Undecided i WVILLE TEN PIN LEAGl E Nov. 23 Schedule Wards 'vs. Lions Dayton-2 vs. WBC Dayton-1 vs. Cutsole Junior Bowling League Plans Are Underway Plans are underway for the for mation of a junior bowling league at the Waynesville Bowling Cen ter. Eight teams have shown a de sire to enter the league and if plans can be worked out the league will open match play in the near future. With Waynesville Ten Pin League in full swing, the junior league Is being formed so that the younger boys of Waynesville and Hazelwood can participate in a winter sport. Although not definite, it was suggested that two or three junior teams from Canton be ad mitted to the league and form an eight team league. The Boy Scouts have entered teams and several other youth clubs have also entered. 'The League will roll into action as soon as plans are completed and any youthful bowlers, who desire to take an active part in the sport should contact the manager of the the Center at once. CYCLISTS HELP BLIND LONDON (UP.) London Cycl ist Club is operating tours for the blind. Club members take blind folk on country drives on tandem bikes. For Your nksgiving Party we suggest a case or two of your favorite mm vt your brand .... w hatever your choice tls delivery service in hazelwood Aynesville at no extra charge HE TAP R00I2 'WHERE courtesy EXISTS" Next to Underwood Supply Co. PHONE 727 Champion YMCA Cagers Split Doublcheader The Champion YMCA basketball teams split honors In a WNC league doublcheader played on the Haw Creek court last Thursday night. The Canton lassies continued their winning ways with a 58 to 36 win over the Haw Creek girls, but the Haw Creek boys came back to down the "Y" boys team by a close 46 to 43 score. Maratha Gillis led the Champion girls with a neat 30 markers. M. Williams paced the losers with 19 points. For the Haw Creek boys, C Hunnicutt was high scorer with 12 points and Ray, also with 12 points, paced the losers. Want Ads bring quick results. WCTC Grid Team Schedules Annual Banquet Tuesday The annual football banquet hon oring the 1948 Catamounts of Western Carolina Teachers Col lege will be given in the college dining hall next Tuesday night al 7 o'clock. Wilton Garrison, sports editor of the Charlotte Observer, will be guest speaker for the occasion, as will be Red Miller, sports editor of the Asheville Citizen Movies of the Western Carolina Kmorv & Henry game and of the Carolina-State game will be shown. Miss Louise Mensem, dietitian of the college. Is in charge of the sup per and HiKh Battle and ItaJ' Clark, operators of the College Soda Shop, are in charge of ar rangements During the evening Coach Tom Young will award letters to the members of his squad Included in the croup to receive letters will be Hugh Constance, Harry Jaynes and Jack Allison, all of Waynes ville. along with Jack "Plulus" Ar lington from Hazelwood. MISSOURI MENTOR By Alan Maver D0AZAUROT or Missouri, one or the least publicized Birr o6T PROFICENT COACHES Al THE BUSINESS It HOPES TO CEt-rBXArr MS 20TH YEAR AC 4 heap coach wjth His 4tm semoa BIO SEVEN COHFE-KErtCE TITS.E BASED OH -THEIR COMPfiftAVHB SCORES AOAHtr AAvY, his soys ARE BETTE. THAN CALIFORNIA AND COR HELL AHP OOH-T EOROET r -mm ffei- ,:;r: t Vh ' -tici x ft mm isiixspiip S; jJHJ MlZlLZZ iAmJhmmmmmJ LlmAX&iVnmnm JUihtofcUlflfgM The spectacular playing of these Wake Forest College backs is one big reason why their team has been chosen to play in the second annual Dixie Bowl game al Birmingham, Ala.. New Year's Day. Bill Gregus ileftt is a powerful line-busting halfback from Toledo, O. Tom Fetzer 1 right is one of the team's top quarterbacks. He is from Reidsville. The Dixie Bowl management announced Tuesday that Wake Forest has signed for the game. It is the first major learn in the nation to contract for a 1949 bowl bailie. (AP Phots'. Annual Canton Annual Clash Set Thursday At Canton The Waynesville High Mountain eers settled down to hard drills here yesterday as they started preparations tor the traditional Thanksgiving Day clash with the Canton High Black Bears. The game will be played in Memorial Stadium In Canton with the kick off set for 2:30 p.m. The Mountaineers have been idle for the last two weeks but Coachet Weatherby and Ratcllff have been sending the boys through daily workouts and plenty of rough work in order to stay in top shape foe. the Bears. The Canton team also had the week-end open and return ed to hard work for this game. In an earlier meeting of thesa two teams the Mountaineers came out on the long end of a 14 to O score and will be out to add an-. other win to their record Thursday after noon against the Bears. Stack ing records against each other, Waynesville will enter the game as slight favorites, bat as in the years gone by, scores mean abso lutely nothing In the Waynesvllle- Canton series. Both teams will be n'-.r top strength for this game and both will be shooting the works for a win. For Canton. It will ring down the curtain on the 1S4B season, but the Mountaineers wil) carry their record on to the Paper Bowl game in Canton on December 4 against the powerful Marion Rippers. The Paper Bowl game should prove to be one of the best high school games of the year in this section, and plans are being made to handle the largest crowd in the history of football at Canton. Carolina, Clemson Places Six Players On Up Eleven November 20 Asheville School 20, Christ Sen. Collrge Game North Carolina 20. Duke 0 , Clemson 42, Duquense Florida 27, Miami 13 Ii t. wY The North Carolina Tar Heels, undefeated bill once tied and Clemson. possible Southern Con ference champions landed six of the eleven positions on the United Press 10411 All Southern squad. Duke. Wake Forest and VMI were Ihe other'schools to divide the honors The first team pieked by south ern sports writers is as follows: Ail W'cincT, a rangy 212-pound rare horse, also made Hie United Press All-Soul hern last year. He is not only a fine pass receiver but a good ground-gainer on end-around plays. Hed OQuiiin, Wake Forest, lan ky redhead from Asliehoro, N. C. has heen one of the finest pass re ceivers in the nation Al Derogatis, immovable as a fire plug as laekle for Duke, was in jured last ear alter a fine 1940 season Hut he was back in form this year. Against Georgia Tech he spent so much lime in Hie enemy backfield be would have looked good in a Yellow Jersey. I.en Szafaryn, a stoul stanchion I of Ihe North Carolina forward wall, shone with aggressive play nil season At guard Hie staiulnul was Frank Gillespie of Clemson, one of the best in the South. Bob Mitten of North Carolina got Hie noil over Al Faress and Kd Dew of South Carolina. Kay Ciciii of Wake Forest and Rernie Watts and Charlie Mus ser of North Carolina Stale Tommy Thompson, a big. ag gressive pivot lor William and Mary, clearly got (lie first-siring center post. Also-rans included Carl IVrkinson ol Duke and Gene Kinney of Maryland The backfield was led by - who else?- Choo Choo Charlie Justice of North Carolina, making the first team for the third straght year and bidding strongly for an All America berth. The little tailback was the big gun of the Tar Heel attack. Jack Cloud, a 205-pound crusher at William and Mary took the full back post with his slamming line plunges and his fine defensive play. His defense gave him a slim mar gin over Hosea Hodgers of North Carolina, superb offensive plunger and a good passer. Bobby Gage of Clemson dazzled ' the opposition with his running and and brains of a VMI team that has Brackett Tops Bowling Scorers In League Play l.asl week's niatcli ptay closed the first round schedule of the Waynesville Ten Pin League With Wards out in front with a record of 13 wins and 2 losses. The Waynesville Bowling Center team is second with 10 wins and 5 losses In third spot with a record of 8 wins and 7 losses is Dayton No. 2 and The A. I.. Lawrence Cutsolers with fi wins and 9 losses are in fourth place. lony wilb lliese standings. A. P. .ilt league secretary, releas ed I lie following individual averages: Georgia 33, Furman 0 (' Ave. HP Georgia Tech 54, Citadel 0 , Bracket I , Wards 12 lf)7 9 Tennessee 0, Kentucky 0 Stretcher. WBC 10 Ifif, 11 William ii Mary 26. N C. Stale ti I Worsham, WHC 12 162 13 Vanderbilt 34, Maryland 0 Cochran. Wards 12 162 13 LHV 26, Alabama 6 Younl. Cutsole !) 160 15 S.M U. 13, Baylor 6 Higgins, Wards 12 160 15 Rice 21. T.C.U. 7 1''lll,- 'a.v-2 12 159 15 Pittsburgh 7, Penn State 0 Boone. I)a -2 12 159 . 15 Dartmouth 33, Princeton 13 .Cagle. Ward, 8 153 15 Harvard 20, Yale 7 i HaK H'f. WBC Ii 150 16 Michagan 13, Ohio Stale 3 Northwestern 20, Illinois 7 Minnesota 16, Wisconsin 0 Tulane 6. Cincinnati 0 California 7, Stanford 6 Oregon 10, Oregon State 0 Underwood Cagers Suffer 48-35 Loss To Marietta Paints The Underwood basketballers went down to a 48 to 35 defeat at the hands of the Marietta Paint team in the opening night battle last Wednesday night. The game marked the opening of the third year of play in the Haywood county basketball league, of which Un derwood's is a newcomer to the league. The game was a close, hard fought clash, with the lead chang ing several times during the con test before Marietta took a com manding lead. Carroll Pless paced the scorers by netting 15 points for the winners. Jack Case, local forward, was high man for Under wood's with 11 points. Three more games will bp play ed tomorrow night on the "Y" court with Underwood's facing passing. His aerial work gave him an edge over Bill Gregus. Wake Forest's hurtling never-say-die run ner. VMI's Bobby Thomason landed the quarterback job as the spark surprisingly beaten everyone but Tulane and William and Mary. He has one of the best pass comple tion marks in the nation and has had a big hand in nearly every Keydet touchdown. Ku I l.i in's of ("anion. Underwood's lost their second straight Haywood County League game Saturday night when they went down before the strong City Electric cagers Wayne Stamey and Jim Hhea tossed in 22 points each to pace the Klectric team to a 64 to 44 win Fontana Fishing Contest Closes The fishing contest sponsored by Fontana Village at Lake Fontana during the month of October clos ed out with the following winners: 1st, casting rod and repl. J. W. Watson, 322 Gibson Street. George town, III. Weigth of catch. 6-2 lbs., length 21 Inches, girth 17 inches. 2nd, reel Howell G. Hunt. Mt. Sterling, Ky. Weight of catch. 6U lbs.. length, 21 inches, girth I6I2 inches. 3rd, casting rod -Alex Childs, Mt. Sterling, Ky. Weight of catch. 6t4 lbs., length 20 inches, girth 1634 inches. 4th, casting rod L F, Witt. 50S Surry Road, Knoxville. Tenn. Weight of catch, 6 lbs , lpnglh 19'a inches,, girth. 18 inrhes. 5th, casting rod- H. H Topp. 1122 Albert, Knoxville, Tenn. 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