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fillfc SfUKTfr fAUtl Ut The WayneSvlHe MOUuiamecr Thursday Ahenioon. December I, lditf Is? u A . ers, Bears B3a Pythons Cssh In On 'Breaks For Victory 'Continued rrotn V:isr I tre Pvhtrrs of t : i . '. ar..l d, fensively to th- ir Roiir Ho championship. Ilowesa r. lis i c: n : ;:t. u 01)1 a shrde le-llir l'l :i -l;e lis of the flee' of ..'1 :i C:d -r' eel backs The Python were :'. I up f this cm ;u A X': W .1 . :aii;. e were tu'lit v "t d.-tt it e A, id then i- i i:.,i. i.:: Il, a a star. I Ii. pi. weighed t! man i:i the t!ie man ii. Eut t in elev i I! to 1 a Thes .- t 11 1 IT - ' to the poU.l.is to d. pond-, rous iks :o u in rs thrut ' :i:i.a of ;i li'.s early, hen Ihes i i i : n -. lie! ed !..- the that lockt d K sustained drive They io-e to the h i -in the rc.-ud !vr!,nl I cracked dew n ii:,- bru:ir,i hacks tour s.ud fro. a tlu Monroe oal line. T!ie Mountaineer .-u.-tai:H il dr;i Co:: !o-e.' '.o pj dirt thai couldn't t 'I'!' got Monroe 29 But The failure of the offense due a much . the Mountain eers' own r:iN;ake as to Monroe s defensive talen' which howeer u:is great Tei hr.i.a'.h itva-ih, punting of !iorce Full.:-. Mer.ro. s fine 210- pound tack:, tl Bow! game for '. The break th, downs both we kicking it Wa !;;,, c 4 aUO fan w iio in Black Hear had een am tram pla Hi th; wo:; th,. Paper P;. thor.s !'d to the touch set up b his a;. ' game the it in the chill wind Memoiia! tadium II. i wood County ear The ottiii.il i.da il onl six uen- altie.-a!l of them tor nfNide. One wa rtfued. Wavr.esville lost 10 vard.s and Momoe l." on the assessments that were accepted The lust break came earls in the second perj (1. Fuller punted 40 s.,,d. after the Pythons were h.ld to uam of only iour said on the thr p!ay previous Wmgback Bob Davi-- tandin near the end one. wailed till the uail oounced. then i ,bbe, f,,r on the niiie-yard line. It He touched it but nued and F-nd Bill Helms of Monroe pounc ed on it on the U'avne vil,,. 2 Fullback J. C Deweese who Played a whale of a deft ise game all afternoon held I.e.nond's nis-ooun drive to two sards threw him for a one-sard lo then ss on ine.next play. But then fullback Phil Baucom wh.pped a bulle, pj s to En(J BoV(J Addck. who mad- a perfect catch to the ri?ht :ide of the Wavnf.-viiie aun'erfd the two to the end zone sard-: Joe Conniles . Monroe', pound ta.kle and extra-point cia.,,; booted the placement the score tood 7-0 with !e half tht. ...i . 228-:pe-. and than Nobody or, the f,. Id tried harder "as is to make error. up for an He took the kukoft and stormed down the sideline 38 yards before "e icsi two Monroe trapped him defenders .J!!!? iPP -vcn around Deweese slamm.-H T , . ' - r... auuea one more thr, a first down ,.n tv,.. . . Ior ! Deweese m-.ft. ,h ' wa'stosd ffn the Monroe 33. then lCZ: : fW PWer und the ed as Halfback George nam -U w, 1 n!r"nt'e inchs short of a dropped for a J... , I fir't ,a',vcn as Davis wa stopped a rd Halfback .nmm,. ,,.'.. ,JU i f.,, ... -! iusoea s-cc as ne tried to pass He fumbled when he was hit and recovered, but the Mountain eers were back on their own 39 Hal fback James Perk' Fuate took it. faked a handoff -for n Pf'rfeC' u.'uciung fteforo Oiiartrhi, Charlie Womack ran " ...." ran him mil uouncs on the Mountaineer 35 Btit the Mountaineer line and backs threw up another tight de fense, and the Pythons wound up on the Waynesville 41 three plays and, a penalty later. Fuller punted lo the Mountain eer 7, but Womack made eight yards on two tries thrniifh th middle, then Davis slipped nine yards around his right end to the Waynesville 22. Davis raced 14 yards on the next Play, nearly getting away. But the clock stopped the drive and the half ended before the Mountaineers could pull another Paj. Fjiller's nnting after Intermission kPt the Mountaineers up against their own goal line most of the fin al tf-o periods. Aiter the, Pythons had stopped the J most dangerous Mountaineer driw of the day on their own 23, early in the' final period, Fuller punted 67 yards to the Waynesville 2. : The ball was almost rolling dead at that point, and Davlj made a (amble. But he Was1 tackled almost aooa a Uw picked the ball up. Bob Davis Makes jri 4 Ml - Coo iW&4Tt,3 Msm&&: wmmjS m Bob Davis, No. 33, a Mountaineer back, is shown gaining ground ' in;: a block is timrge Ciai lett, No. '12 lilu'i '.it; ool to ii'ent is do.j Monroe center, while Joe Knicher. No. 49. Moniot tackle, rush in : Womack could make only tsso yards thiuuii the line, then Fil iate, faking a punt, passed to Das is. The gamble was good for only two sards, and then il proved fatal on the next play. Womack. rushed as he sprinted to his left to find a receiver, got hi pass off. but Center Beaver Howie of Monroe sna'ched it on the Waynesville 15 and ran it back to the nine before he svas stopped. Was nesville's courageous de fense held the Pvthons to seven, yards on the next three plays. But on fourth down. Halfback Marion Grantland sprinted li yards lo his left, then slanted down field and plunged user into the end zone. Tackle Buck Atkinson broke through to block Connies s trs for the point, but the ball game was over as far as the score was con cerned, Davis racejd the next kickoff back 27 sards to the Wavncsville 32 and the Mountaineers made it to the Monroe 44, ' On that spurt, a Womack-to-Whisenhunt pass made lei yards, and Moss contributed eight on a line thrust. But the attack fizzled on the Py thon 44 I-emmonds intercepted a Wo- . . . I . ... . ... t U 1 OO .. .. J inacie ou.s on ioe .vioni oe ao anu ran it back to his 41 to the threat. Seconds later, after foiling the Pythons to punt, the Mountaineers were trying again A Davis-to-Owens pass made 10 yards. But Lemmond broke up Whisenhunt's aerial on the next play, and W omack was rushed back t so far on the third, that his pass f to Garrett lo:t seven yards even though it s'.ai completed. The Python.; did the same thing when Mo- tried one. Moss got away lioui two defenders and threw the pa" , It was intercepted, bin the official:: decided Moss had been stopped on the Waynesvilie 18 before he could get it away. Fugate punted 43 yards to Lem mond who returned it 10 yards to the Monroe 40. That was the ball game. The Mountaineers had their breaks, too. but it just wasn't their 1 day. Aldeh McCracken and Atkinson broke through the heavy Monroe j line in the third period and blocked Fuller's fourth-down punt. Atkinson grabbed the ball and fofir a" six-yard gain aft gain after taking Womack's pass. j Then there was an offensive j break that was bad, and might have been the turning point of the ' 8ame The Mountaineers started roll- ' ing from their own 42 after End ! 3ob Owens recovered a Monroe fumbk' la,t'' in ,he first Piod I "av ana Whisenhunt picked up first down on the next two plays, then a Davis-to-Whisenhunt pass made s-ven. and Whisenhunt slammed to the Monroe 39, inches short of a first down. Deweese made it and a couple of yards to boot on the next play, and the Waynesville fans were screaming. But the hopes died in the next three plays. Davis' pass to Whisenhunt went incomplete, and Womack's flip over the line was batted down by Mon roe's Center John Earnhardt. Then a beautiful piece of de ception left Womack all alone in the backfield, and Davis all alone jff to his left just beyond the Mon roe line. Womack threw it, coolly but fast. Davis took it on the run with nothing but grass ahead of him to the goal line. But It dropped out of his hands. Fugate was forced to punt. He was rushed, the boot wobbled, arched high," and went out of bounds only seven yards from the line ot scrimmage. That, was typical of the way the Waynesville offense went all day. Coach Carleton Weatherby,, a " .1 '''.'.' a Gain Through TheMonrce Line In Paper Bowl Game Wed. PLAY B Th following is a play by play ai count of the Second Paper Boss I contest: Annual First Period Was nesville won the toss, won the silver dollar, and elected to kick nil'. Davis kicked to Sanders who returned the ball 24 yards to the Monroe 34. Baucom passcnl to Broome for one yard. Helms went through tackle for seven and a first down. Das!, tackled him on the Monroe 44. Buck Howie made nine yards through the line. Howij carried around his right end for four bul an offside penalty against Way nesville added a yard putting the j few minutes after he had just l . seen me nisi aeieai ior a moun taineer team in 19 games, told the story tersely: "We've played a lot better ball. Nothing we did today was right.'' He was speaking of the offense. Defensively, the Mountaineers J palyed a fast, alert game. j In fact, they seemed disappoint ed when they learned just before quelchlthe kickoff' that Iladley wouldn't play. They'd been drilling all week to stop the hard-hitting senior. On defense, all the Mountaineers starred Owens, Atkinson, Deweese. Whisenhunt. Davis, Mehaffey, At kinson. Setzer, McCracken, Gar- rett, Womack they all stood out. especially when the chips were dow n. The best of the Monroe line men eeined to be the 190-pound senior guard. Harold Funderbuik. who had parsed up a bid to play in High Point'-: Optimist Bowl to play with hi: team yesterday; Bill Helm:,, Center Beaver Howie, Tackle Joe Fineher, and Fuller. Buck Howie was one of the many competent backs Monroe displayed, a threat every time he carried the ball, and he carried often. Marion Grantland. a fast, shifty halfback, svas another in the bevy of big. fast runners the Pythons had to spare, After the game, however, there was no statement in the talk'among the fans about Waynesville being outplaced. In another respect, the- result was a credit to the Mountaineers. They were the underdogs before kickoff time, even though the re port had already spread far that Hadley wouldn't play. They played to win not to keep the score down. Otherwise, they wouldn't have taken the chances they did. Like the passes down near the goal line, and the attemnts to return those deep punts. Maybe it svasn't good football. But it was something better than good football. The genera comments were to the effect that Monroe had a great, talented team, but that Waynesville could play a lot better ball. WTHS Monroe I-F, Yarborough Adcock LT Setzer Fineher LG McCracken Funderburk C Boyd Beaver Howie RG Mehaffey Broome RT Atkinson Fuller RE Owens Bill Helms QB Womack Sanders LH Garrett Buck Howie RH Davis , Lemmond FB Whisenhunt McCauley Waynesville subs: , Deweese, Nichols, Hipps, Moss, Jones, Evans, Fugate, Carol Swanger, Francis. Monroe subs Benton, Connley, Grantland, Howell, Earnhardt, Cov ington, Goins, Phil Baucom. Monroe scoring; Touchdowns Adcock, Grantland. Point after touchdown Connley, placement. Officials: Referee Munday, Le nolr-Rhyne; Umpire r Barkley, Clemson; Head Linesman Morris, Rollins; Field Judge-r-Shaw, Ten nessee. Kickoff 3 p. m. Attendance 4,500. .. esterday afternoon t l;i. .V. .i i. c o:. or a.e t ii' i Aiountaiiieer photo ball on the Monroe 48. Ik; mis made seven yards on a ; spinner, slopped by Deweese. Lem inoud lost a yard on a reverse when Se'er hi! him behind the line. Howie1 gained nearly four yards I on a handoff. The Mountaineers 1 took ov e r on their 46 when I Leniiiiond failed to make enough 1 for a first down. Davis made five around his right I end before he svas stopped by Ad I cock.. I Womack picked up one on a quarterback sneak. Funderburk nailed him Davis quick-kicked G3 yards to the t ml zone for a touchback. Li inmoiul picked up five to the Monroe 2" and Monroe refused an oirtl'side penalty against the Moun taineers. Grantland slipped around end for Hi yards. Garret threw Grantland for a two-yard loss. Harold Helms made three, stop ped by Setzer and McCracken. . B uicom passed to McCauley for 13 yard, to the Waynesville 43. VV'hisi iiliunt .stopped Lemmond after a gain of live yards. Setzer nailed Helms on a fake after a one-jard Rain. Monroe fumbled on the start of a reverse and Owens recovered on I he Way nesville 42. Davis made eight yards around end. Whisenhunt drove three yards for a fust down on the Monroe 41. Davis passed to Whisenhut for seven yards. VV hkenhunt smacked the line for three, a loot chort of a first down. Dewee e made it on a two-yard plunge. Das i- p o sed to Whisenhunt for incomplete. I'.ainhaidt broke up Womack's pass. Womack hit Davis with a pass, but it svas dropped. Fugate's fourth down punt went out of bounds on the Monroe 29. Howie was stopped by Setzer and Mehaffey after he picked up six feet. Atkinson smacked the next Monroe try for no gain, as the first quarter ended. Second Period A Baucom-to-Benton pass was good for a first down on the Way nesville 49. Grantland was hit by McCracken for a half-yard loss. Howie was stopped by Atkinson End OWEN Waynesville Tackle SETZER WaynetTllla ; 1TT trftC; a Till llYMl- "E"' '"" l luLk " r ix -rzr (&Jw'Tm I Y! 11 5 .. .iil! Tackle ATKINSON Waynesville ' igainst Monroe. Down on the grouiici after ihro.v ue in for tile tackle i'' John Karr.hardt, No. '.';J, bv Ingram's Studio.) ACCOUNT after gaining a yard. McCracken hit Lemmond after a two-yard gain. Lemmond fum bled but the ball went out of boiinds. Fuller punted 40 yards to the Waynesville nine. Davis tried to take it but the bounce was bad. Bill Helms recovered for Monroe on the Waynesville 12. Lemmond made three before he was stopped by Deweese. Deweese threw him for ,a one- yard loss. Baucom passed to Adcock near the goal line. Adcock stepped over for the touchdown. Connelly's placement was good. Monroe led, 7-0. Davis took Connelly's kickoff and raced it back 38 yards to .the Way nesville 42 before he was crowded out of bounds. Davis made seven through the line. Davis gained one on an end run before Lemmond brought him down. Deweese rammed five yards through the middle for a first down on the Monroe 44. Deweese made three. Garrett lost one on an end run. Helms stopped him. Moss fumbled as he was rushed back on a pass, but recovered on the Waynesville 39. Fugate kicked 31 yards to Lem mond on the Monroe 30. Lemmond ran it back to the Waynesville 35. Grantland made four before At kinson stopped him. Atkinson and McCracken held Lemmond to one yard. Owens broke through and toss ed Baucom for a six-yard loss. Monroe drew a five-yard penalty. Fuller punted 34 yards to the Waynesville seven. Womack made four through the middle, stopped by Fineher. Womack made four more on the same play before Earnhardt stop ped him. Davis made nine and a'first down on the 22 on an end run, Lemmond making the tackle. Davis went 14 yards through the line as the half ended. s Third Period Atkinson kicked off to Helms who returned it six yards to the Monroe 39 where Atkinson hit him. Lemmond made 14 yards through the line. . . Lemmond made five but it was cancelled by an offside penalty. Lemmond was stopped by Whis- 13 Haywood Players On 1949 All-Conference Teams FIRST TEAM Back DAVIS Waynesville Guard MEHAFFEY Waynesville End YARBOROUGH WayncsvlUe Bnl 1m Trophies cnliunt, Setzer, and McCracken after a one-yard gain. Howie wtnt 14 yards to the Way- j nesville 34 where Davis hit him Lctninond made six. Deweese t.nckled him. Lemmond made six more. De weese tackled him. Lemmond made six more. De weese again made the tackle. Lemmond made five to the Way nesville 21 where McCracken and Setzer hit him. Nichols stopped Howie after a two-yard gain. Whisenhunt stopped Lemmond after a three-yard gain. Lemmond made one yard and a first down on the Waynesville 10. Davis threw Howie for a six-yard loss. Howie made it back. Whisenhunt stopped him. Baucom passed to Helms but Davis knocked it down in the end zone. Baucom raced around end on fourth dosvn but Whisenhunt threw him out of bounds on the Way nesville 4; and the Mountaineers took over. ' Funderburk stopped Womack after a five-yard gain. Davis kicked to Howie on the Waynesville 45, and McCracken tackled Howie on the 37. Deweese and McCracken stop ped Lemmond after a five-yard gain. Howie fumbled but recovered for a seven-yard loss. Lemmond made four. Deweese tackled him. McCracken and Atkinson broke through and blocked Fuller's punt. Atkinson recovered on the Mon roe 33. Whisenhunt gained five. Whisenhunt lost two. Davis' pass to Owen was incom plete. Womack passed to Davis in the fiat, and Davis ran it six yards to the Monroe 23 where Monroe took over. Howie was stopped by Whisen hunt after he gained one yard as the period ended. Fourth Period Lemmond gained two, stopped by Setzer. Grantland made four. Fuller punted C7 yards to the Waynesville 2 where Davis was tackled on the attempted return. Womack gained two. Fugate from punt formation passed to Davis for two yards.. Womack passed but Beaver Howie intercepted on the Waynes ville 15 and returned it to the 9. Womack and Deweese stopped Grantland after a one-yard gain. Lemmond was stopped by Setzer and Deweese for no gain. Grantland rammed to the Way nesville two, where Womack stop ped him. s On fourth down, Grantland ran wide around his left end and plung ed over for the touchdown. Atkinson blocked Connelly's placement for the point. Monroe led, 13-0. Davis returned the kickoff 27 (See Mountaineers Page 8) SECOND TEAM Back womack Waynesville ereece EverythiiiE Was ood .,n,w ton's second annual 1'.,., game yesterday except i'i. The Waynesville and i ' fe cnuui bands nev,. UtUlT. I! The cheer leaders on hoi! were in excellent shape , work, and their work wa , -i.ii- ' IH: uiciii, ''II Sh,. p... Forty-five hundred fans some officials said, than nu ... ..... More, iiinn- uei ai iusi year s gaine- in me sunny, cold, windy wcailic: ,i i, , SIJ4 to see the battle. s "'-medm Mayor Floyd Woody of Canton II, plau, ' welcomed the fans to the city, and mti ai Mayor J. H. Way of Waynesville 1 1l.ou-.li he li'lJ addressed the lure,, ,...,. a ., ti, ... . s we,,,, ,,ii ,,, .,I,UH P3mo c J- "- -'.. vie sianos on i tie , v.ninan. hi, rcmlir WavnocvilU c)H ..f .u a .... , '"WW a's.e oi i ne neiu. i"i, nail txej May the best team win." M.-ivnr , mor-' Way smiled, "and I don't have to tell you who that is." There was the atmosphere of o Md passi8 excited anticipation peculiar i ! um m ' M football crowds, the IhoiiL'hil'iil ! .' ' -enter Laruj speculations on the game itself. ..,,..,,1, .,. "If st- Between the halves, the taineers formally received for the Whisenhunt, Center W seeona consecutive year the trophy1 lackle Huck Aikinsfli syuiuoiic oi me liiuo ituige (. onler- J .Setor; and Kiicl Gene ence looiuall championship. The Waynesville musicians, led by Associate Director Robert A. Campbell, first formed the letters "M H S" on the opposite side of the field in front of the Monroe stands in respect to Monroe lliuli School. Then, for the presentation cere mony, they marched lo tlu otlicr side and formed a giant "VV in front of the Waynesville stands. Ralph Goforth. chairman of the Paper Bowl committee of II"' Champion YMCA's Y Men's Club, which has sponsored these Bnvvl games, introduced Dick l'a sntix, head coach of Christ School, who is president of the Conference. Faysoux paid tribute to the Mountaineers for their perform ances during the season, then pre sented the trophy, donated by Hie Army Store of Asheville. to Carle- ton Weatherby, the veteran coach who yesterday ended his 21-1 sea son at Waynesville. The Mountaineers losl the fame, but they received another liuphv last night. At the annual Bowl banquet held by the Y's Men's Club for the play-1 ers and coaches of the two team-', Co-Captains Charlie Womack anil i Bob Owens accepted one of tin-1 Bowl trophies from Goforth. ! The champion's? trophy, a huge,! gold football set in kickolT position j on a black base, was presented In Morris Fuller, Monroe's captain and tackle, who accepted it for Iris teanjmates. An audience of 300 officials, newsmen, sportscasters, and other guests paid tribute to the rival captains with prolonged applause i"'Ol, Don Randolph of the Y's Mens Club and district chairman for the Boy Scout advance program hi Western North Carolina, served as! toastmaster and introduced the Pi ii. i . . ' Sk0- Back MOORE J Center-AMOS I Canton Canton I v. V'.v '."'m; .(v- . Back WinSENHlWT ' Waynesville .. Center-BOYD Wayn'sv,"r Honors "Ml, ei II! 'fl.ft oJitisl ti.'.l.i In I -, I" .-MlJi ''II tlh- ' ' "'0 Wife. ''N'lf-lllTMIl -';i-('a,t, r dMltl(! ""ll Stile. Unkl iigyf. '' iaue-Ali-rmtl si-COM.I li.. :. ..""si ii,. Y ."? lied oni ..i... . 'W II t4 'Hi uyiBti s,ii'S' ti'ammatM i. honor team are B( v ,, . ., l" ihp All-ConlerencerfJ l,-c a p t ;j i n and .Moun- (liarlic Womack t: in hi uawiisiilk'; and (1 Ingle of Canton. as eis from t'linfi'i'ciice scliools ei the first Iran The lineup: ram -Dliuuy niton "aekli- Don Stiles (aianl - Maui Scliim! Ci-nliT- Larue Am (liianl Howard Waviii-Milli- Tai-kle Wiillo nth Hud ('miner of Sal Hark linhln Flemk (IcI'MHUill Hack Hob Davis oH: Hark Hul, Moor,' old Hark Dun Tadurnl St-ninil Tf 1-linl -One Vartoroii III-Villi'. 'I'aekli'-lliK'k AIM nc-iilli- Giiji-d Timiiny Mt! Sclioiil 1'elllrl' lle-Ullr dual J T.uklc IH-Wlll' -Tommy Boy: .- Rui Ingle l Bobbv Sets: l-nJ Ei-iinill of Chr; Haek- Dun WhiienW F.e-Vlllc ,,,lk (.-harlie W'OIMt noss ille. Hack - Dun Kisse-lbtK Hill. Hack- - Mi-Of of 1 KUi-.-t speakers. They were '" W tat . brief. All ol Ihem ,,, ee of sport" I ..i , Ji.oaeil in the game. Ouril made I hi perhaps un neiureoffM i See Tnipliies c i