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fORTS FAGE 0f 1116 Waynesville Mountaineer Friday, march ii, 1949 ilea ToumiameEt Gets Umderway Monday Ud'ls W.B.C Will pop 11" I hi ..xer the 1 r , , ... ... twftm till W a. Ut, OiiiH matches ..1 ... - 1 nnninP L hum in in- till .! I H hlllollt ll't' J in-' e 1' t. .iiii tl.o nlt, ..liulill.''s j , mli Hi.' Dayton I Lul- lufli I "in series j ,rk Willi a I"" I j lull - - ti4.". . I will, ;, total l I followed b Oliver 1 fc-u,.,is. wild noseu j also of tin' Lutsoi- 1 p.,a. with a 560 5.i. I ,.(! j,, the individual j the week w till a pin ;h Ed Hiiuiie. t' Un tiring second nonois dgc past Art Veitli, squad, who turned uf the week's play 1.... a were ueu n he league wit h nine . .. T . .V. osses. nayum nuu- and Ward's each ;solers. who dropped Ice tie with the Inde- wins and six loses, heduli'd match for n the Cutsolers and ers. the C'utsolers Irk into a fu st place three games iic league standings lied for the top CREDIT RATING UP By Alan Mover Lou BOUDREAU HAS ALWAYS , BeeN UP With BAGSBAU S TOP men I TH TALEHr RATAG9, now ne'e uf With tmsm m rue a&pr RATMG6 TOO, It a Feeair OF HS & carfrxAcr 1 75 2& PiACf AS I xtm Ei0tm&L m my pip after I m ;lv mm first I HIM LOU, J'-z f m rich , JA00f' 0:$f Woman Cage Scorer Is Tops In Her Business (AP Newsfeatures) is I SCIIKDI I.K H,i(leie,ide,its. Davton. m from l'afie 1) liilfiwell. Frank Brarishaw, liis Ciawtoid. (irov- fcli Medlord. Devoe ('. I law1-., 1 1 alley ..Ii . ll'rtu r C'ham- lui d ett-ljlilei. H F Da- Kiilliiiglit. Mrs. Mr- l.ee William- fiik M DavK chair- Mtdtuiii. Walter Hi on, l.;,n-y Cald ail liau, (I. H Ho 'mi mm and Cover till,, Kinisey 1'alm- fi'll-Xlll '' l!rsnn. (). L. 'lilwHI, Andy Fer- "vi'iiienl. l.awson larlev Hrvson Mrs il. Mrs r.i-.-iMv n, 'rawi.ncl. Mrs. .1. R. Crawford. Hurley illianivon. :i'tmg will be held llst I'hurch Monri This m..,.iir,n i mire community, DALLAS The Arkansas player came to the scorer's bench. There were two sports writers and a wo man sitting there. The player gave his name to one of the men and started into the basketball game. "Hey." the woman called. "Over here." Pained at a female's intrusion in to masculine business, the husky athelete inquired indignantly of the sports writer: "Dp I have to tell HKR?" The woman instantly fixed fiery eyes on the player and archly in formed him of a fact he will never forget. "Listen, Junior," she said in oversweet tones, "I'll have you know I'm official scorekeeper." The young man gulped "Yes'm and hurried off to help Arkansas wallop Southern Methodist. The lady in. the case, Miss Aline Hamlett, is constantly running into such things. For several years now she has been official scorer at all Southern Methodist basketball games. She is the only woman fill ing that position in the Southwest and perhaps in the nation. When Notre Dame played South ern Methodist recently the eye brows of several Fighting Irish players and officials were raised when they spotted Miss Hamlett, pencil in hand. But when the game was over they had high praise for her efficiency. Aline has seniority in the South ern Methodist athletic department. She has been there longer than even Football Coach Malty Bell, who is athletic director. She joined t he department in 1932. The only member outranking her is Pop Morgan, the stadium superintend ent. Aline is the favorite of the ath letes and her apartment across from the campus is visited frequen tly by the players and their dates. Aline feeds them hot chocolate, crackers and cheese while the youngsters are playing rummy, listening to records or trying to fathom jigsaw puMles. Her biggest disappiontment came in 1 93ii when Southern Methodist beat Texas Christian 20-14 and went to the Rose Bowl She didn't see the touchdown pass to Bobby Wilson that won the game. Just before Bobby caught the ball Aline's knees buckled from sheer excitement. She couldn't get back up in lime to see the pass completed. The most thrilling contest she ever saw was Southern Methodist's 14-12 victory over Arkansas last fall. The winning score came as the tinul gun sounded a pass from Gil Johnson to Paul Page. Here's how Aline describes it: "That was a game than which there is no whicher.' I Mountaineers Swing Into Spring Sports With only one more basketball tournament remaining on the caid for the Waynesville High Moun taineers, attention is turning to spring sports. The Enka Invita tional tournament will wind up the basketball season for the local boys and girls and then they will be able I io luiu iuii aiiemion iu eomuig baseball season, golf tournament and the annual track meet. Spring football drills got under way this week on the Waynesville High field and the local mentors are sending some 60 boys through daily drills. The practices will consist of light work mostly now with possibly rough work and scrimmaf.es before the drills are over. The Waynesville mentors will be faced with a major problem in de veloping replacements at the cent ertand 'tackle slots in the line and also ut the halfback and fullback slots in the backfield. The Mountaineers will swing into baseball drills March 20 in preparation for the 1949 season. Very little is known of the pros pects for this season but several of last years team are expected to return to. form the nucelus of the squad. The baseball schedule is incom plete at this time but will he re leased at an early dale. A new sport is taking its place on the athletic program at Way nesville High. Ten boys have been working out in preparation for the first annual Blue Ridge conference golf tournament to be held at Hcndersonville later this spring Harold Mills, Clifford Green, Oliver ICarly and Jack Rogers have been showing good form in early practice rounds. Others out for the team are, Bennie Joe Craig, Jack Kelly, Jimmy Brendle, Ken neth Crasty, Dibe F.arly and Virgil Early. Athough these boys are inex perienced golfers, they are expected to make a good showing against the competition from the oilier Blue Ridge schools. The Waynesville athletes will not participate in the newly set-up swimming meet, which is expected lo become an annual event in the conference. Waynesville has no facilities for training the swim mers thus it was decided not to lake an active part In the program. The Waynesville track squads will begin to get set for the annual track meet which is scheduled for the Asheville School field lattr in the spring. The Waynesville teams entered on a small scale lust year but are expected to enter more contestants this year. National Champ In Action jT"N. rfsk vi'i-;- .i j ft !-T-r I? V; w..f lAP Newsfeatures , LOS ANGELES National amateur tennis champion Richard (Pant-hut Gonzales re mains the hope and the des pair of austere fathers of the United States Lawn Tennis Association. Soon the muscular Mexican lad embarks on bis serious 1949 campaign which he hon estly believes will carry him to triumphs at Wimbledon and Forest Hills, and beyond the whispered thought thai he is a cheese champion. The 20-year-old Los Angeles youth, in the brief space of a year, jumped from a ranking of No. 17 in the nation to tin No. One player. Pancho Gonzales, a dynamo on the court- and at the box. office will continue to pro vide a hefty punch for ama teur tennis. Even his dislra ors concede this. (AP 1'lioti Waynesville Girls Face Oakloy;Boys To Meet Top Seeded Candler Quintet In Opening Round Tilts VMC Industrial League To Open Play April 16 Canton Nine Faces Tough 12 Game Card Waynesville Ten Pin League W L Pet. Dayton 9 -GOO Ward's 9 0 .000 W. B. C. 9 6 .COO C'utsolers G 6 .500 Independents 6 G .500 Mountaineers 1 11 085 lien Lippen Invades Canton April First For Season Opener The Canton High Black Bears, defending champions of the Blue Ridge conference, will open their 1949 baseball schedule on April 1st when the Ben Lippen nine juiiMieys to Canton. The 1949 Canton High schedule, as released by Coach C. C. Poin dexter, listed Vi games with the season closing on May 25. The complete schedule is as fol lows: "April 1 Ben Lippen at Canton. April 8 Waynesville, there. April 15 Hendersonville, there. April 20 Asheville School at Canton. April 29 Hendersonville at Can ton. May 4 Christ School at Canton. May 6 Cullowhee, there. May 10 Waynesville at Canton. May 12 Ben IJppen, there. May 18 Asheville School, there. May 20 Cullowhee at Canton. May 25 Christ .School, there. Head the Want Ads. Canton Replaces Sayles-Biltmore As 8th Member fiord MORE ABOUT Mars Hill (Continued from Page Ex-Brown Ace Sprints Way Back To Top ii ls reporter for ing the group, and will extend greetings from Mars Hill college at all three programs. The Glee club will include to Hospital f'it's told the story jneir program, the following num- " tn'(l nut the old fd the w cse I'r idn't ha nigs of an sn Walls 1 lve the wines Clinton 8 C "h a broken leg' a'Tl's,l Saturday .drunkenness. Out-""-' he hr,.b fcrs an,i ....., - ""luieu a r-iow he l:i,i.,j ('""('iet(. side- (on ITS PRSK1N low, fER IERS ATIOM hie Dennt bers: "Send For Thy Spirit," "Hear My Prayer, O Lord," "Lord for Thy Tender Mercies' Sake" "There Was a Great Darkness," "Jesus Our Lord We Adore Thee" and "Let Us Walk In The Light of The Lord". Among the solos will be "Were You There," "Open Our Eyes" and "Battle Hymn of the Republic ". A trio will sing "Jesus, Joy of Man's Desiring" and "List the Cherubic Hosts". A Quartette will render "O Lord, Most Holy". Crabtree Citizens To Meet On 16th Community leaders in Crabtree Township have asked that all peo ple in Crabtree attend a meeting at the Crabtree-Iron Duff School on Wednesday night, March 16, at 7:30 o'clock. At this time discussions will be held on the Community Develop ment Program as it pertains to he Crabtree community and to organize under this program. "All people within the Crabtree communities are urged to attend this very important meeting, so hat this program can get under way." said Wayne Corpening, County agent. Th eport of skating is at least thpusand year old. i , i rs M ) ' . i ' . J I few ' hsg -. !-B p&m TlLAUsurTnt champ Bl ill Dwyer. By BILL BOACH (AP Newsfeatures) NEW YORK After 10 years of track competition, little Billy Dwy er, sensational sprinter from Provi dence, R. I., has come back to the big time. The former schoolboy sensation is the new National AAU sprint champion. Billy, a bespectacled 135-pound blond lad who is only five-feet-seven, is a former Brown University star. Although h is best kaowa to- Dwyer Is shown in action in Madison Square Garden meet. day as a sprinter, Dwyer believes his top event is the low hurdles. His precision-like strides in this event have won him a number of titles. His best time is 23.4 sec onds. But with all of his latest wins, Billy's favorite track memory is of a March day two years ago, when the Brown track team was holding a dual meet with a strong Tufts College squad at Medford, Mass. Dwyer went over to Coach Ivan Fuqua and said: "Coach, I used to broad jump in high school. Let me try the event." He hadn't broad jumped in two years. His first two leaps weren't even near 20 feet, where three Tufts jumpers had already made their marks. On his third and final jump, Dwyer started his run with a Brown loss and a Tufts' victory hanging on his feet. Dwyer leaped 20 feet, 11 inches, gaining second - place for the Bruins and giving them the meet. An organization meeting for Ihe 1949 season was held by the West ern North Carolina Industrial League managers and officials at the American Enka plant Tuesday night. Prior to the business session, those attending were treated lo a delicious meal by the officials of the Enka plant. All clubs in the league last year were represented Tuesday night, along with representatives from Canton, who applied for admission to the league and were accepted when the Sayles Biltmore team ua; dropped from the league due to their inconsistent play in past seas ons and their lack of interest for t lie 1949 season The league will be composed of American Enka, 1948 champions: Etu-ta, runner-ups to Enka; Haz eiwood, Martel Mills, Berkley Mills, Beaton Mills, Clearwater and the newly admitted Canton team. Canton has been out of the league only one season and that due to the Champion YMCA fail iiii; to hack the team. Mid-way of last season, the boys organized under the leadership of Coach C. C. Poindexler, and with the help of the Canton merchants, who bought their uniforms, the team played most of the teams in West ern North Carolina. Seeing that the boys had the interest and were willing U really play, Coach Poin dexter and Walt Spence attended j Ihe meeting and explained their j application for admittance to the league. Officers for the 1949 season were elected. Bobby Hipps, who turned in a good job as president last season, was forced to resian due to pressing business affairs and Kill Lewis, genial baseball coach at the Asheville School for Boys, was elected president for the com ing season. Jimmy Williamson, past president of the league and one of the life-time honorary ad visors for the league, was elected viee-president. Wilson Avers, of the American Enka plant, was' re elected secretary-treasurer for 1949. Although several teams showed a desire to play a two game a week schedule, it was found that it would cut the league to a six team loop and the members voted to continue the 21 game schedule. The only changes made were to shorten the playing time. To eliminate two weeks playing time it was decided to schedule the last two games of the season as doubleheaders earlier in the season and have time for a playoff, with the season still clos ing around September first. The playoff will be sudden death in the first round with the two winners tangling in a two out of three series for the play-off cup The third and fourth place posi tions will probably be FettlpH h a single game. The season openers are srherini. ed for April 16 and the last game of the regular season will be play ed August 20, leaving approximate ly two weeks for the playoff series Anotner meeting of the mann ers and officials will be held Tues day aight, March 22 By WILSON AYERS (Special to the Mountaineer) Eleven Haywood county high school basketball teams, six boys and five girls, have been selected lu paiticipate in the fourth annual invitational tournament of the American Enka Corporation. The "-ix day event will open Mondav afternoon at at the Enka gym. Five M-hooK Waynesville, Can ton. Bethel, Fines Creek and Clyde will be represented in the tourney with bull) pjrls and boys tesm while the Ciahtree boys are ent ered alone. Seeded Haywood teams include the Waynesville girls, who drew number two spot, the Canton girls, third seeded. Bethel, seventh, and Clyde eighth. Seeded boys teams are Clyde, in number live position .Hid Canton, number six. Thiiiy-l w o teams, sixteen girls and sixteen boys, hand-picked as the outstanding teams in the four county area of Haywood, Hender son, Buncombe and Madison, will vie for honors in the week-long "dribble derby." Opening round games are slated for Monday and Tuesday afternoon and nights, quarter-finals Wednes day and Thursday nights, semi finals Friday night and finals Sat urday night. All afternoon sessions will open at 1:30 o'clock and even ing programs at seven o'clock with the exception of finals night which will begin at seven-thirty. The Waynesville girls are sched uled to tangle with the Oakley girls, one of Buncombe county's strongest teams, in the opening round while the Waynesville boys have their work cut out for them. The local, boys drew the seeded team of the tournament when thev were paired with the powerful Candler High quint. Year after year. Ihe Candler team is one of Ihe powers of Buncombe county and last week swept to the Bun combe county clyimpionship. Al though laced with tough opposition if the local boys play the brand of ball they showed in the last stages of the season, they will be hard to handle. Other teams to compete in the invitational allaii- include Mars Hill boys and girls of Madison county. Mills River girls and boys, Elowah hoys, Flat Rock girls, and Edneyville girls from Henderson count v and Leicester girls and boy:, Valley Springs girls and buys, Candler girls and boys:. Sand Hill fills and boys, Oaklev Eirls and boys, Biltmore girls and boys, Barnard - ville girls and Swannanoa bo.s i nun Buncombe county. Top-ceded team in the boys dl vi ion i Mills River, undefeated and winner of the Canton tourna ment. Candler boys, Buncombe county champs, drew seeding number two. Top ranking girls team is Leicester, also Buncombe county champions, with Waynes ville next in line. The Enka tournament, recog nized as one of the leading high school basketball meets in this Stale, picks the participating teams on the basis of best records estab lished in the four county area. Defending champions of the tourney are: Lee Edwards of Ashe ville in the boys division, and Bethel in the girls division. The presentation of trophies MORE ABOUT Walter Brown (Continued from Page 1) signed to the 6th U. S. Engineers. He shipped overseas on Thanks giving day of the same year and some six months after arriving overseas Sergeant Brown was as signed to the 3rd Division with whom he served throughout World War 1. Returning to the states in j August 1919 he immediately re- eillisieti aiitl uui 111 me nexi uu-t-years Sergeant Brown served with the U. S. Engineers in the Philip pine Islands and Hawaii before re turning to the slates again in 1923 for discharge. He remained out of the service for approximately six 'months before re-enlisting in the United States Army Air Service in February 1924 with assignment at Pope Field. Here the Sergeant re mained for 16 years without any more transfers. Sergeant Brown says a total of 13 aircraft, seven "Jennys" and six Dellaviland 4-B's were at Pope Field when he first arrived. Only six officers and about 40 enlisted men were assigned to the' Field at that time. In June 1940 Sergeant Brown was on the move again and during the next six years he serv ed at March Field, California: New Orleans, La.; Muroc, Calif : Alaska, and from 1943 to 1945 Sergeant Brown served with the 7th Air Force in the Central Pacific. On March 1st. 1946, he returned lo Pope Air Force Base and was as signed to the 1 0)1 li Tactical Recon naissance Group. His primary duty is Line Chief whereas he super vises and Instructs in 1st and 2nd echelon maintenance on aircraft. A native of Waynesville, Ser geant Brown was born there Feb ruary 10th. 1897 and is the son of Mrs. Ida V. Brown of the same town. Married in March 1929 to the former Pearl L. Davis of Overtoils, Sergeant and Mrs. Brown have six children, two boys and four girls: Lucille, age 19; and Peggy, age 17, will graduate from High School in Fayetteville this spring, leaving Norman Jean, age Hi; Walter D Jr., age 15; Betty, age 13, and Bobby age 8, still in school. Sergeant Brown and his family live in permanent quarter, on the base and incidentally they are the same quarters that the Sergeant and his family occupied for many years before the war. If I bad to do ii over again, I'd do the same thinp, except 1 wouldn't stay out the six months 1 did back in '23." the Sergeant said. When asked why he re-enlisted, he said, "I like my job a'nd I like the Air Force, that's why I'm stay ing in." He is undecided whether he will re-up again after this hitch or not. and awards will be made follow ing the boys championship game Saturday night by Mr. L. A. Moritz of American Enka. local And long distance hauling Call 158 Waynesville Plenty Of Eye-Appeal... In clothes scientifically dry cleaned by us! They're bright to see . . . wonderful to wear . . . and keep smarter looking longer for we give every garment careful, indi vidual attention! You'll like the way we remove every smudge and stain . . . press to perfection! 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