ittle League District Tourney Starts Here 4th
LE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS is this Texaco Team, managed
tyre "Rock" Powers. This team took Championship 'honors,
nany of them will play in the District Tournament 'an Tues
The bat boy is "Chip" Killian, players, left to rijht: Mike
ftiae, Johnny Harrell, Joe Cathey, James Carver, Steve Rob
inson, Tom Campbell, and Robert Carver. Second row, Boyee
Powers, manager, Freddie James, Ralph Edwards, Jackie Davis,
Bobby Trull, and Alvin Gilliland. Absent was Charles Rogers.
(Mountaineer Phalo).
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SPORTS TRAIL
i Combines Football And Police Work
I .the summer he's a deputy sheriff. In the fall he
jarring tackles for Baylor University's football team.
;'s Jack Reid who will be playing his final season with
this autumn.
hile other college athletes spend the summer vaca
Or working at odd jobs, Reid patrols Houston for
C V. Kern. Reid's on the night shift,
le 6-3, 195 pound lad played defensive halfback last
jt this season also will play offensive end.
:id picked his police job because he plans to make a
of law enforcement.
iring his entire college football career Reid never has
a touchdown. Last year, however, he came close
ie intercepted a pass against Arkansas and ran 37
)fore being knocked out of bounds on the two-inch
s father, Ivan Reid, played on Baylor's last South
'onference championship team in 1924.
i!i Shows How Hustle Pays Off
a player popularity contest were conducted among
an Association fans, the winner would be Maurice
Jozzali, hustling first baseman of the Columbus Red
izzali has an edge over rival players in the circuit,
i Clubs constantly change their personnel, but the 31
ri Mo is in his sixth full season with the Red Birds,
the longest tenure in the loop.
? dismal showing of the present Red Birds hasn't
:1 the hitting, hustling and humor of Mozzali. Ad
onlv makes him try harder. He's hitting well over
1 four times this season has hit extra-inning blows
>all games.
's biggest thrill, he save, came in the 1950 American
Hon plavoffs when his 13th inning homer defeated
polis and advanced the Birds into the Junior World
The club then proceeded to win the series against
'mational League's entry, Baltimore.
"ddent of Louisville. Ky., Mo isn't a huskv fellow?
,p feet nine and weighing 160 pounds?but he wields
1 bat. ,
vh Honored As Mayor
nh Wolf, a coach who became mayor and served with
on in his city's most trying time, was honored with
n nnd given a new auto recently.
H was a football. basVetball and track star at Bav
919. 199.0 and 1921. He set Southwest Conference
in the 100, 220 and 440 vard dashes,
rr he became a member of the Bavlor acu V,
vnrsitv track. freshman basketball and was oo
nor. In 1926 he beeame head basketball and track
In 1941 he became athletic director, giving up coac
oh's friends induced him to run for the city com
last vear. He won in a walk and was elected mavor.
or>vs nothing but Wolf wanted to do it as a pu ic
o his citv. >
?n the recent tornado devastated Waco, kill ?
nnd caused $57,000,000 in damage, Mayor Wolf did
ful iob in handling the situation. |
? around here think the appreciation dinner was
st due.
Mountaineers To
Meet Canton On
Tuesday; Only 3
Teams In Play
The Mountaineers, all-star play
ers of the 4-team Little League,
will meet Canton at 3:30 Tuesday,
August fourth, for the first game
in the Little League district tourn
ament. which will be staged at the
Hazelwood field.
The winner of the Tuesday game
will play Shelby on Wednesday, at
four, for the district champion
ship title. The district champs will
go to Greensboro. August 12th, to
participate in the state contest.
Boyce Powers and J. C. Burrell
are co-managers of the local team,
and won by a 6 to 0 score over Can
ton on July Fourth.
Powers was manager of the Tex
aco Little League team which
took top place. Burrell was man
ager of the Tannery team.
Much interest is being shown in
the tournament, and now that
Hickory and Lenoir dropped out
because of polio, local leaders feel
that the Mountaineers have a good
chance of going all the way to the
state contest.
Bruce Jaynes, league manager,
said Powers and Burrell have a
good group of players, and are put
ting the boys through some stiff
workouts in preparation for the
tournament.
The roster of the Mountaineer
team is as follows: Davis Beck,
Bobby Green. Carlton Burrell.
Johnny Carswell, Buster Griggs.
Lynn Trultt, Freddie James, Bobby
Trull, Alvin Gilliland, James Carv
er. Jack Holder, Sammy Styles, and
Jackie Davis.
Mt'CIJ INTEREST IN
PON YLEAGUE PLAY-OFF
Interest is centering around the
climax of play in the Pony League,
as the McCarroll Hornets are Just
one game ahead, with Five Points
pushing hard from the second
place spot with just one game to go
to catch up with the league lead
ers.
This afternoon the Hornets meet
Unagusta. A win will put them in
possession of the league champion
ship. A loss ties them with Fivoi
Points. Glenn Wvatt is manager
of the Hornets.
Rice Erred In 64th Game
PHILADELPHIA <AP> ? Del
Rice, catcher for the St. Louis
Cardinals, will remember his 64th
game this year. After playing 63
games without an error he failed
to hold a third strike pitch to
Willie Jones, enabling the Phillies'
third sacker to reach base safely.
The pitcher for the Redblrds was
Harvey Haddix. Rice was happy,
however, at the final results. The
Cards win, 4-3.
Each member of the first All
Star team in the National Hockey
League receives $1,000. Each mem
ber of the second team gets $500
from the league.
Some 600 miles of trails, includ
ing a portion of the famous Appal
achian Trail, are located in the
Pisgah division of the North Caro
lina National Forests.
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GOING PLACRS are the McCarroll Hornets, with Glenn Wyatt.
manager. Now leading the league, with one more game to play,
the Hornets have been a bard team to beat all season In tJv- Pony
League. Shown here are Jerrv Wayne Med ford, bat boy; front row,
left to right: Bobby Balance, pitcher; Ralph Arlington, second
base: Billy Price, outfield: Sammy Frady. short stop; standing,
Glenn Wvatt, manager, Jack Mrdford. catcher, Charlie Robinson,
third base; Bill Kinney, centeriield: Kirby Waddell, left field;
Clarence Ford, tirst base. Absent, Harry Valentine, left field.
(Mountaineer Photo).
Hornets Put
Sting Into
Sylva Team
The McCarroll Hornets continu
ed their winning season?16 to t.
in an exciting 7-inning game, be
fore a large crowd of interested
spectators.
Glen Wyatt. manager, said that
his team played even better than
the game when they took the Syl
valtes for a IS to 1 score two weeks
ago.
Bobby Balance hurled for four
innings, and Micky Troutman took
the mound for three innings. Be
sides the superb hurling of Balance,
he got a three-base hit and two
extra hits. Bill Finney and Charles
RufT clotted the ball out of the
lot for home runs.
The same team, now leading the
Pony League, are in a position to
clinch the championship by. win
ning over Unagusta this afternoon.
Wyatt said last night :"the team
is espable of taking today's game ,
if they play like they did Wed
nesday. But then, we cannot over
look the ability of Unagusta's team,
hut we are going to put everything
we have into today's game."
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Restocking Waters
Insures Good Fishing
For every fish taken from West
ern North Carolina waters, two or
three are planted in Its stead from
the never-ending suoply turned out
by fish hatcheries in Western North
Carolina. The Federal Government
maintains a hatchery at the head
of Davidson River to stock streams
In the Ptsgah Wildlife Management
Areas, and another at Smokemont
to provide fish for the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park.
An outstanding fish hatchery
operated by the state is the one
at Balsam In Haywood County.
MIDGET LEAGUE
Underwood 12: Sinclair 11.
Independents 12; Ford 12.
A Heavy Fish Tale
1DABEL, Okla. <AP> ? Ira
Banta. publisher of the semi-week
ly MeCurtain County Gazette, tells
this fishing tale:
Banta and two friends went fish
ing in a nearby river, returning
with one catfish weighing 55
pounds and another weighing 33.
But they wanted a real big one?
so they returned the next day. and
came back with one weighing 73
pounds.
Must Touch All Bases
CHICAGO (AP> ? Jim Rivera,
speedy centerfielder for the White
Sox, was too fast for his own good j
recently. In a game against the
Browns recently he smacked a
hard drive and raced to third be
fore the fielders could retrieve
the ball. In his haste, however, he
failed to touch first base and the
Brownie infielders called for the
ball and tagged the bag. The um
pire signaled an out. Rivera thus
lost a hit and a rally was halted.
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GOLFING SONS
MORGANTOWN. W. Va. (AP>?
Three sons of Morgantown Country
Club pro Albert Spencer have been
captains of West Virginia Univer
sity golf squads. The current
Spencer is Reggie v.'ho headed the
1952 and 1953 squads. He posted
a 27-7 record for his varsity career.
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