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Monday At lei noon, October 1U, 1943 t ' . linser on r ifwn. tgale. pquesne. faska. onsin. Win. and ias State. !r Drake, .lb. mill, (aiolina 0 r arc being on for the fur Bethel couched by if . into the :sd;iy night pool's junior lr Memorial m is totally t is heavier feups either have fielded nee this sea fur Bethel ?nd the most ai'e seniors. k next year. irting lineup need todav. 1 "5-pound nd Everett "e who tips at right end. are 195 at the left lin ion 5, " i OU- pomorrs. fed Rogers, a 'e. and p a senior. tPound sopho- f-threat 165 fV'ed to start TPOfnd Harrv tk and ik 'he lineup; Pore, a r 'he sauaH'c ? McDow- Junior full- his best subs Junior EnarH 'ou"d junior; 'We, a snnK ij Dili f sophomore Frd. Everett's 1 . r-; 1 JWv" 1 . i liifly-i I,-- ,1,., n i - wmm,,,. W 7ffii90J ' I'M hi g Grid Winners By FRANK tUK 'flvsfctures bporls lidilor flS (111. UlllClilliy lin wren-nig Hi ii'Kururu in Jst big one of the football season. Thais bc- lst'ball season ana tne World Series are ou; any one big game. There are so 'jne will le the Northwestern-Miehisan lest, to help end Michigan's reign in the confer- Minnrsota is the selection over Ohio Slate game in in is section pus uiane, a soiunerii Notre Dame, possibly the No. 1 team in (he the contrary. Notre Dame should top the traditional games but the action seems one- felt over Harvard, Penn the victor over Coltim (Vale, features is the North Carolina-Wake Forest rth Carolina is the choice in a light battle. Jtwo conference battles. Texas is picked over Methodist, led by Doak Walker, is likely to feature in the far west is the annual ( alifut iii.i Siie. Cal is picked and probably will do bette r list fall. State. G. Washington over VI'I. Virginia to beat Wash. & I.ee. Georgia Tech over Auburn. Vanderbilt to crush Florida. VM1 to rout Kichninni!. SOUTH W F.ST Baylor to trim Texas Tech. TCI) to crush Texas Aggies. ROCKY MOUNTAIN Oregon over Colorado. Utah State over Wyoming. FAK WEST Washington State to beat Idaho. Idaho State over Montana Stale. Stanford to trounce Washington. Oregon State over Montana. UCLA to top Santa Clara. WTHS Juniors To Open Hero Wednesday Waynesville High School s hig but inexperienced junior var ity gridders wil open their 194!) season at 3 P. M. Wednesday against the Christ School juniors at the Way nesville stadium. Assistant Coaches Carl riatcliffe iand, Marshall Teague, who have been drilling the boys since school opened in late August, report that virtually the entire squad is made up of ninth graders who have never played anything more than sand lot football before. The junior Mountaineers range between 120 and 145 pounds, aver aging about 135 each. The coaching staff expressed satisfaction over the boys' physical proportions, indicating that they make potent material for future Mountaineer regulars. The spectators at the Wednesday afternoon game may get an idea ol who will play in the regular Mount aineers backfield and line a couple of seasons hence. WANTS BACK IN TRIBE LANDER, Wyo. UP The great grea t -granddaughter of Sacaja wea, Indian woman guide for the Lewis and Clark expedition, has applied for reinstatement to the Shoshone Indian tribe. She is Mrs. Margaret Eastman of Lander, who was on the rolls of the tribe for some years and then was dropped. The Cherokees of North Carolina do not know what the name of their tribe means. They call them selves "Ani-Yunwiwa" or "real people." top players; and Fullback J. V. Al len, a 165-pound junior. The coach sent the 2!) players in uniform through a rough 90 minute scrimmage Friday in an ef fort to polish up the fundamentals. After the session, he said the boys were still slow on their block ing apd tackling. These mistakes of inexperience which afp often made by veteran players the coach hopes will work ong tW outiri titne, Womack Scores In Last 20 Seconds iiain-il)a.k Charlie Womack's "in anl pilule 20 seconds before ended pave Way nesville's ccrs a fi-0 victorv nv.r a I u ()joi a hard-tithting team of C.uiU.n ,..i Sel.oi-l Black Bears. lour Ihou.-'.and hysleiical fans Maudlin, m the Black Bear stadium "'"t'l a lull iuooii in the Indian r mi'lit saw the Mountain lii) ih'n Siiuiiin ii.wiliit., i. id ' econd.- after I hev Inrl 1,1 "i"'1 f the game slopping il:ui-'t i cms ('anion drives deep I" r own territory. .Vi.im.o k two ll.it passe-- to Half- B'.j Davis and George Gar- ind the line of -crimmaEe yards and put the Moun - ou the Black Bear live, i c Fullback .1 C. Deweese i a. 1 1 1 m il the middle lor live and a In l down on the lour, and Womack -lammed over the same spot for a tiHiihdown through a horde of Black Bears. 11 Hie stubborn Canton line hail i slopped him just a few inches horl. the Mountaineers would have had to make another try. For Canton, the narrow loss in this 401h battle between the two big Haywood Counts schools was a heai I breaker. Less than two minutes before, the Black Bears had beaten back a Waynesvillc drive on yard line, taking ovei The statistics; their two- after the W C 13 9 133 - 1 1 (i H 10 4 2 81 33 1 1 13 18 31 (i 42.3 2 10 42 0 0 2!) 2 1 1 1 16.5 1! d to Rain three line First Downs Ni l Yd-:. Gained Itushing Forward Pases Alt'd Foi wards Complct ed Yds. Gained Fwds. Fwds Intercepted By Yds. Hunhack Incept. Funis Av. Yds. Yds. Funis Itet. Yds. KickoITs Av. . Yds. Kiekolls Bet. Fumbles By Opp. Fumbles Hecov. Yds. Lost 1'enallles - j Mountaineers more than a had y a i d on ? mashes, The winning drive coveiv ed 57 yards Alter the gallant goal-line stand. Halfback Bobby Moore, whose sparkling running had helped put the Bears in the shadow ol the Waynesville goal line three tiims before, punted from deep 111 Ins own end zone. It was partially blocked by the haid-ehargiiiK Mountaineer i'or- wai 'I- but -pun away to the Moun- laineer 43. Davis l ipped off seven yards on I he (ii t play, then Womack went t ,i .jiii-li l he middle for two more before he was stopped by Canton's hard pla in;'. Quarterback Nicky ( arler and Halfback Gene Devlin. Garrett on the next play slipped nine yards through the middle for a lii'M down on I he Canton 39. That set the stage for the two Womack passes. Womack shot the first to Davis, who raced 29 yards around the Can Ion right end before he was stop ped by Moore, the last man in his path to the end zone. Womack's next one went to Gar rett, and again it was Mooore the line defender in front of u lio stomcd the receiver the goal, after an eight-yard gain. From there on out it was the ball game in two plays. The Black Bears rose up and smi ared Deweese when he hit the lme on I he try for the Carter took Buck short kiekoff on the extra point. Atkinson's Canton 35 and ran it hack 14 yards. Thai was the last play of the ;anie. Onh once before the final quar ter did the Mountaineers threaten seniHislv. Through much of the first, the second and third quaners. Mountaineer forwards and backersup were staging goal-line ! stands or stopping promising .a., jton drives. Wavnesville rammed down io me Canton 14 the first time the Moun- i.,irers haudled the ball but the ein,i defense stiffened and the Black Bears took over on downs. The difference between defeat and victory lay in a crucial fumble and a penalty charged against the Bears. Halfback Neil Rhymer. ..,.H brilliantly all night who lost the ball when he was hit On the first down on the WaynesvWe nine vard Hne late in the first period ' Guard Alden McCracken pounced on it to get the Mountaineers ou of the first of a dozen bad holes I he Black Bears liad them cornered "'in the second period, Rhymer ,ohh.d a perfect 19-yard-pass to Km! Johnny Phillips, standing in the end zone P'"1 'Ps leaped high and grabbed it as the Wavnesville defender in front of him barely missed batting it down. But the touchdown was cancelled when the officials charged the Bear" with lUeil us of the hands WGTC Stays Unbeaten; Whips ET Western Carolina's Catamounts extended their perfect record to j lour straight victories by whipping a stubborn Kast Tennessee State College eleven, 14 0, Saturday night at Johnson City. The win, engineered by the Cata mounts' puvvertul lullbaik. Ralph McConnell, and Taiilrick I'ee Wee Hamilton, spoiled the renne.--.eaii.s' homecoming day pio-nam. McConnell rammed over for both Catamount luuchdow n-, scor ing the first in the opening period and the uther in the third frame. Guard Ralph Clark kicked both conversion?. The Catamounts and Guilford's Quakers, who look an easy 3U-12 victory over Raiidolpli-Maeon, are the only North Slate Conference teams with perfect records as the season approaches the halfway, mark. East Carolina's Pirates, who meet Western Carolina's loop leaders in a conference clash next Satur day night at Canton's Black Bear Memorial Stadium, fell before Klon's power, 33-7. Appalachian Slate, victim to Guilford and Western Carolina, knocked Lenoir-Rhync's Hears out of the race, H)-(i, last weekend. Western Carolina will meet the Hears October 22 in the Cata mounts' final conference test. Western Carolina, Catawba, and Guilford are still unbeaten in con ference play. Catawba has met only one conterence opponent, while Guilford and WCTC, sharing the top spot, have come through two with victories. and penalized them 15 yards. Late in the opening period, the Bears missed a touchdown by three yards when the Mountaineers held. After McCracken's recovery of the Canton fumble on the Moun taineer nine, Davis got off a short punt that was grounded on the Waynesville 44. Rhymer, Moore, and Fullback Sam Coinan battered the line al ternately for a first down on the 31. Devlin swept around his left end eight yards with a handolT, and Rhymer whipped a pass to Fuel Larry Scruggs, who was stopped on the Waynesville 11. Coman picked up one, then Moore made six to the Waynes ville 4 The third down ended right there when Tackle Muck Atkinson and Guard Joe Hipps slopped Rhymer. On 'he fourth down, Moore drove through, but Atkinson and I-ml Bob Owens dropped him on the Waynesville three, and the Waynesville tans relaxed audibly. Hut not for long. The Bears stalled oil' again when Davis' punt went out of bounds on the Waynes ville 3d. Rhymer took olf on a sparkling run on the fin-t line play and raced 11 yards hrou;:'li a covey of Mountaineer-; before Davis, the last man between him and the goal, stopped him. From that point, the Bears tried the passing attack that ended on the critical penally. After the touchdown pass was called back, the Bears still had another down to go deep in Waynesville territory, and that fourth down ran twice belore Waynesville took over. Waynesville drew an offside pen ally thai put the ball on the Moun taineer 23. On the second "fourth down'' Garrett baited Rhymers pass on the Waynesville 5, Davis caught it in mid-air and ran it back 13 yards before he was nailed. Davis gained four, then Womack stepped off a seven-yard gam and !i first down. Fullback Don Whison- hunt rammed through for six. and Womack was tossed for a one-yard loss by Canton's star tackle, 190- pound Francis Pless, on the last play of the first half. The Bears came out alter inter mission, took the kiekoff, and drove 69' '2 yards before they were halted by the Mountaineers' second great goal-line stand of the evening. Carter started the drive from the Canton 30 by slipping through for five yards on a quarterback sneak on the first play of the third period. After Coman was smeared by Tackle Bob Setz'er for a four-yard loss on a reverse. Rhymer sailed 10 yards around left end for a first down. After Rhymer was stopped at the line, Moore flipped a short one over the line to Devlin, who jumped up from the middle of four Moun taineer men covering him, and com pleted the aerial for a nine-yard gain and another first down. Then Rhymer took off on a 22 yard end run that Setzer stopped on the Mountaineer 17. Moore ran eight yards on another end sweep. But then the Moun taineers started slowing down the drive. Rhymer made it a first down on the Waynesville seven. Coman slammed the line for a gain of two yards, and made another yard on the next play. But then the big fullback was LOOMS LARGE IN Taken from a unique angle, this photograph shows Jov DiMaggio, tin- "Yankee Clipper." looming larger than the Yankee Stadium. Joe was a vital factor in the hatlle with the Dodgers in the Serifs. stopped cold, and on the fourth down he was halted only a half yard from the Mountaineer goal line. Seconds later, the Bears were again less than 20 yards from a touchdown. After Davis' pur.t went out on the Waynesville 38, the Mountaineers drew a 15-yard penalty for a per sonal foul. But then Setzer tossed Moore for a two-yard loss, and Moore's next three passes fell incomplete, large ly because of Kuykendall's defen sive work. Then the Mountaineers started their second serious threat of the game. They drove Hie hard way. grinding out three to six yards a try. Davis picked up four yards around right end, with Phillips, one of Canton's many defensive stars, pulling him down from be hind as he faced n clear field. Womack made it a first down on two tries, then Whisenhunl gained 1 1 more on two straight line .smashes, carrying the Mountaineers over the midfield stripe into Can ton territory for the first time since the opening period. Davis picked up eight, then' De weese, in for Whisenhunl, drove through the middle for nine more and a first down. Womack and Deweese gained four yards between them, then, on the first play of the final period, Womack crashed through for six more yards. Deweese, Womack, Garrett, Davis and Wliiseiihunt nibbled the Can Ion line for short gain;; that car ried them to the Canton 2, where the Bears took over after their brilliant defense. After seeing Davis carry the ball most of the time in the Mountain eers' three previous games, Waynesville fans were asking Fri day night why he so rarely handled it against Canton. They were also wondering why his punting was far off his 45-yard average for three .games, Davis sprained an ankle on the opening kickoif as he drove in with Mountaineer defenders to stop the return. From that time until late in the! third quarter, he worked on de-! fense. ! He recovered steadily through 1 the game w ith relief from the j bench, and was running at full j speed in Wayncsville's final offen sive drives. It was a bruising battle but a clean one. The officials called only Five penalties in all, including two "mutual'' assessments against both teams. One af the penalties against Waynesville was for delaying the game. It came right after the Mountaineers had stopped the first Canton drive on their 3, and amounted to only one and a half yards half the distance to the goal. The other was for the personal foul. Canton lost only 15 yards on penalties, for illegal use of the hands. The mutual penalties were for offside or backfield in motion. The finest lineman on the field was Don Stiles, Canton's acting captain, who played tackle for all but a few minutes of the game. It was at this position that he made the All-Blue Ridge Conference honor team in 1947, playing in the backfield last season. The whole Canton team, par tiuilarly End Johnny Phillips, Stiles, Bobby Moore, Francis Pless Guard Jim Morgan, Rhymer, Co man, Devlin, Halfback Jim Abbott, and End Larry Scruggs, played alert, heads-up football and a brilliant defense. Don Hipps, simlinf wryly over WORLD SERIES the heartbreaking loss, picked out Stiles and Morgan as his standouts, particularly on defense, "We played a good team," he said simply, Then he shook his head and smiled: "Those fiat passes in the last quarter. We drilled on thent all week, and they worked them any way." Those two plays were credited by the Canton coaching stair generally with winning the ball game. For Waynesville, Hipps, Mc Cracken. Owens, Yarborougli, Set zer, Atkinson and Mehafl'ey were the defensive standouts in the line. But one of Wayncsville's finest defenders saw the game from the press box. Center Tom Boyd, hurt the wei-k before early in the Eliza beth! on game, watched tensely as spoiler for the radio men and sports writers, expressing his yearning to be in the game. He'll probably get into the Ilen dersonville bailie next Friday night at Waynesville. Womack and Wliisenhunt teamed up for ah expert one-two punch for the Mountaineer offensive, while Davis was in his usual form in the final minutes of the battle. Wliiseiihunt also stood out with hH backing-up, learning with At kinson to drive in and make many of the Mountaineer laekles. Davis proved to be another fine defensive player, pulling down Canton ball carriers at least three times as they broke into the clear. The Waynesville victory left the Mountaineers undefeated and was the third in a row they have racked up since opening with a tie against National A spark twinkles at the wrong time, or in the wrong place . . . In an instant, your home your barn your business is a flaming torch, reducing hopes and dreams to ashen rubble. Such tragedy is needless when all it takes is a little care ... a little thought, to eliminate fire hazards. Our representatives will be glad to discuss complete protection against fire and fire loss with you. CALL US TODAY! OUR PHONE 77 -A Safe Number To Remember! THE L. N. DAVIS CO, MAIN I . : ' - ' ' FOOTBALL jSCORES High School Waynesville 6; Canton 0. Gieeiuboio 27, Abbeville 12. Andrews 0, Ill y son City 0. Tryon 13, Rutin Tfordtoii-Spin-dale 0. Lenoir 13. Morganion 0. Hayesville 13, Muiphy C. Krwin. Teiin. 12, Marion 7. llendersonville 44, WineeofT 13. Sylva 21, Franklin 14. Sand Hill 34, Ben Lippen 0. Canton Midgets 19, Morganton Midgets 0. Hilt mure 19. Christ Seliool 13, Brevard 13. A-lu-wllo School 7. Riverside GaJ 19. Blue Hidgo O. ( ollepe Western Carolina I I, Fast Ten nessee 0. North Carolina 23, South Caro lina 14. Davidson 20, N. C, Slate 14. Navy 28, Duke 14. WCTC Jayvees 13, Mars Hill G. Georgetown 12. Wake Forest 6. Tennessee 39, Chattanooga 7. Mississippi Slate 7. (Tomson 7. Appalachian 19, Lr noir-Rh ne C. Klon 33. Fast Carolina 7. Army 21. Michigan 7. Notre Dame 35, Purdue 12. The new $3,000,000 planetarium at Chapel Hill, sixth to be built in America, is the only one in the world located in a village. Sylva. Canton, beaten by powerful Mon roe and Lenoir on successive week victories and three losses in the ends, has a current record of two current campaign. But Friday flight's game prom ised an even more thrilling re turn match at Waynesville on Thanksgiving Day. Veteran fans and coaches both observed art or the game that the 1949 Balck Bears are "ten times better" than the Black Bears of last season, The brightest spot in the picture is that virtually all of this fighting team will be back next season. The Lineups: I'os. Waynesville Canton ),F -Jones Scruggs l.T -Atkinson Stiles (act. rapt.) LG Ml'balTey Brookshirc C - Kvans . Amos KG McCracken Ingle RT -Setzer Pless RF. Owens ico-capl.) Phillips QU Womack ico-capl.) Carter L1I - Gai roll Rhymer R1I Davis Devlin FB Wliiseiihunt Coman Score by Periods: Waynesville 0 0 0 (i 6 Canton 0 0 0 00 Waynesville touchdown: Womack. Waynesville substitutions: J. C. Deweese, ,Joo Hipps, Gene Yar borougli, Wade Francis, Harold Mills, Jim Kuyykendall. Canton lib- I il utions: Jim Abbott, Bob IVlooie, Charles I'oindexler, Vernon Honson, Jim Hardin, Jack Waldroop, Jim Morgan, Marvin Clark. Officials: referee. Charles Mun dy. Lenoir-Rhyne; Umpire, Woody Griffin, Georgetown; Head Lines man. Bill Morris, Rollins: Field Judge, Sam Patton, Wake Forest. Fire Prevention Week Oct. 9-15 STREET WAYNESVILLE WTHS, Canton Bands Give Fine Performances The Canton and Waynesville Township High School bands maneuvering on the field before the game and between the halves under the full moon Friday night made this 401 b meeting of the two schools on the gridiron one of the most colorful of the 27-year-old series. but even before the two bands Miunded Hie preliminaries to the kiekoff, the 4.000 fans got a pre view of Hie Canton Black Bears of ten ears from now. Two teams of Champion yMCA's Gra-Y Junior substitutes took the fi-ld about an hour before game lime and went through a spirited tussle that had all the vigor and enthusiasm, though not the polish, of the later battle. The opposing teams, coached by Athletic Director Jack Justice of Champion Y and German (Nazi) Miller, Champion Softball star, were made up of boys six to 12 years of age and weighing an aver age 00 pounds each. The youngsters took their bruises, shook them off, and piled back into the fray, giving a fore cast of the teams the Haywood fans will see in the Black Bear Stadium in the not too-distant future. Alter the juniors left the field, the Way nesville and Canton bands appeared to signal the approach of kiekoff time. The musicians from the two schools marched in formation to gether onto the field with a color guard bearing the nation's flag and I he banners of Canton and Waynes ville High. Then, as the crowd rose in A body, they played the National Anthem. Between the halves, the Waynes ville musicians, 70 strong, were given the field first by the host band and marched and played through intricate formations. They formed a huge moving pin wheel in the middle of the field, then followed it up by marching into the formation of a giant C. The lights went out on the field, and only the tiny red lights on, the bandsmen's shoulders, illumin ated the "C" as they serenaded the Canton supporters. Then, after the lights were turn ed on again, they marched to th$ opposite side of the field, formed the lettws "W m," and saluted the Waynesville fans. After they left, the Canton band, led by the school sponsors march ed onto the gridiron. Wearing corsages were Miss Don na Robeson, .sponsor for the Canton High School band, Miss Glenna Warren, sponsor of the Canton ifootr, ball squad: Mis.s P.ose Ann Duekett, sponsor for the Canton student council; and Miss Carolyn McEl ralli, spun-nr for "Hear Tracks," the Canton High School newspaper, Later, the Canton musicians formed a giant five-string banjo and, as they played "Are You Frpn Dixie," two little drum majorette went thiou;'h a series of front andT back handsprings and rolls togeth 2 The band then formed a huge "W" and serenaded the Waynesville" spectators just as the teams ap poured on the field again.
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