ILGRAHL, who turned in one of his best performances of the
0 uainst Canton last Thursday, picked up eight yards on
gar around right end with Co-Captain Jimmy Frady paving
m. Coming up on the play is fullback Hugh Powell of the
Canton team. On the ground behind Grahl and Frady Ues a would
be Black Bear tackier, who was dumped to the ground by an
other Mountaineer blocker.
(Mountaineer Photo).
ses Give Mountaineers
0 Victory Over Canton
By BOB CO.NWAY
mntaineer Staff Writer
prospects of another score*
idloek between Canton and
mile looming large in the
quarter, the Mountaineers
Ibarlie Carpenter's favorite
(-passes?to tie a 7-0 knot
Bears' tail and give Coach
Weatherby his 201st victory,
triumph gave Waynesville a
lie Ridge Conference record
i better than Marshall's 5-0
Conference coaches meet in
rille Wednesday to select the
conference champion.
Until midway in the fourth quar
ter both teams battled on even
terms without being able to mount
a scoring drive . . . and then it
happened. Gambling on a fourth
quarter attempt to gain a first
down, Canton gave Hugh Powell
the job of picking up the needed
yardage, but the rugged Mountain
eer forward wall refused to give
ground" and Waynesville took over
on' the Canton 40.
The Mountaineers moved quick
sly to a first down on the 27, and
The Sports Scene
PRO and CON
By BOB CONWAY
Mountaineer Staff Writer
; ? . . . ?
lick in the last part of August when the Mountaineers,
bled to start practice for their 1953 football campaign,
t*didn't look any too bright for Coaches Weatherby,
und Swift.
icing them was the tack of replacing 17 men lost from
ear's squad by graduation. And although this year's
era were willing enough, their weight added up to one
smallest Mountaineer teams in recent years.
UI in all, the chances of getting revenge for losses to
n seemed slim indeed with "Chuckin' Charlie" Car
r coming up for his senior year . . . and prospects of
ng the Blue Ridge Conference championship seemed
tout of th^ question.
hat was the pre-season picture then, for nobody guess
?hat time that the 1953 Mountaineers would turn out
one of the finest teams ever to carry the Gold and
on the gridiron.
tut the past weeks have proved their worth, and they
ftand unconquered ? with a record of eight victories
w tie. Their conference record of 6-0 should give them
he Ridge crown when the loop's coaches meet this
?sday in Asheville.
n looking over Waynesville's performance of the past
R. the biggest factor iri their success appears to be the'
taineers' powerful line.
" nine games, only three foes were able to score a
tthe WHS forward wall?and each of the six touch
1 tallied were made or set up by passes. Not a sifigle
*as made primarily on ground plays!
"ok them over from end to end ? Dewey Gaddis, Jack
Wr. Joe Aldridge. Harold McClure. Jimmy Grasty.
fFrady, .John Calhoun, and Joe Sparks ? and you'll
?toy the Mountaineers went undefeated; *why Canton
?*ble to score a point in two games, and why the Bears
'ft past Wavnesville's 40-yard line in the Thanksgiv
f
this outstanding record, a lot df the credit should
'line coarh Bruce .Taynes who gave the Mountaineers
Jribhed defense to match their steamroller offense.
?bile the varsity was flattening eight opponents, Coach
Mft's Jayvees also did well ? posting a record of four
"fine tie and one defeat ? which was later revenged,
^tle Mountaineers beat Bethel twice, Brevard once,
dersonville. lost to Canton, in the first encounter,
in the return match. . 1
U AND TOM
. 'e we're at it, let's not forget another reason why
?"Wanders never came out on the skinny end of the
tbi' fall and that is the capable direction of their
*f|'ns. Jimmy Frndy and Tom Cogdill.
Could write pages- about Frady without doing him
*? but let's describe him simply by saying that if his
*"rp as big as his heart, Waynesville would have its
/""American in a few years.
[* fer Cogdill. he's a fine, all-around ball carder and
a"er. wp always thought that the crisp way he bark
signals put a lot of the steam on the Mountaineers.
J TWO WIT T, RETURN
Vpar only ttvo starters will remain from this year s
?ashin aggregation ? Tommy Nichols and J. W.
7J!*? Warren) Stevens. If the coaches can fashion an
Unp to clear the way for this pair of ground
^lpluxp, Waynesville ought to be able to take up next
then when it appeared that their
drive might stall, Cogdill hit Nich
ols with a pass on the Canton eight.
Two plays carried to the three but
an offside penalty put Wayoes
ville back on the eight.
On the next down, however,
Cogdill tossed a short pass out to
the left flat to J. W. Stevens and
the big fullback romped across the
goal line. Nichols then made it 7-0
with a placekick through the up
rights.
With four minutes remaining.
Waynesville started another drive
on the 45 that carried to the Can
ton 11 before the Bears took over.
Standing near his own goal line,
Cbrpenter attempted to salvage
' the day for Canton with passes,
but one aerial went incomplete
and he was smothered for a seven
yard loss on the next play, lie con
1 nected with Weaver Hipps for four
1 yards on he next attempt?but a
few seconds later 1t was all over
and Waynesville had scored Its
sixth consecutive conference vic
tory.
In the first quarter. Canton held
an edge with two first downs to
none for the Mountaineers and 26
1 yards by rushing to Waynesville's
19. It was a different story in the
second quarter, however, as the
Mountaineers picked up three first
downs to none for the Bears and
collected 37 yards by rushing to a
minus-seven for Canton.
Canton controlled the ball
throughout Jhe third quarter for all
but _four plavs. In that period,
the Bears picked up 17 yards on
the ground, whereas a seven-yard
loss on a fumble gave the Moun
taineers a minus-four for the quar
ter.
It was all Waynesville in the
last ouarter, however, as the Gold
and Black nicked up three first
downs and 58 yards on the ground
and in the air while Canton show
ed a deficit of five yards for the
quarter.
The Mountaineer line, tons all
season, gave a fine performance
Thursday by limiting Canton backs !
to an average of only 10 yards per
quarter, and throwing them for1
losses totallinng 28 yards. Another
I
STATISTICS
W'vllle Canton
First downs 6 5
Yards rushing _. 113 40
Passes attempted 5 8
! Passes completed 3 3
| Passes intercepted 0 0
Yds. gained inter ... 0 0
Punting average 28 34
Opp. fumbles rec'd 0 0
| Yds lost penalties 45 25
Waynesville 0 0 0 7?7
Canton 0 0 0 0?0
The lineup:
seven-yard loss was nullified by a
penalty. Canton's longest run was
an eight-yard advance by Charlie
. Carpenter.
The highlight of halftime cere
monies was the presentation of a
new car to Coach Weatherby by
Bill Milner. who played under the
j coach at Waynesville High and was
later named All-American at Duke.
The money was contributed by
1 Waynesville and Hazelwood civic
organizations, merchants, and in
! dividual
WAYNESVILLE (7)
Ends: Aldridge. J. Swanger. F.
Edwards, Davis. Clark. .Tackles:
Callahan. Moody. Grasty. Pressley,
McClure. Campbell, G. Swanger.
Guards; J. Carpenter, Howell,
Frady, Calhoun. Center: Sparks.
D. Jordan. R. Muse. Backs: J. W.
Stevens. Nichols. Grahl, Rouser,
D. Roberson, S. Robersofi, J. Gad
dis. Hlehtower. F. Muse, E. Med
j ford, Mitchell.
Scoring touchdown:,Stevens.
Point after touchdown: Nichols.
* CANTON (0)
Ends; B. L. Smathers. Palen. W.
Carpenter. C. Wilson. Milner. Bo
len. Tackles: Roper, Duckett, War
ren. D. Boone. N. Cody. Guards:
Worley, T. Boone. B. Cody. Massev.
Corzine. Center: McCracken. B.
Smathers. Rector. Racks: C. Car
nrnter, Curtis, Huehes. Owen. R.
Wilson. Earlev. Powell.
Officials: Referee. Nockow: Um
ntre. Rhodes: Head Linesman,
Munday; Field Judge. Eblen.
Pressbox Paragraphs
Do "too many cooks spoil the
soup": Could be. because Canton
had eight seniors out to meet
Waynesville's Tom Cogdill and
Jimmy Frady before the game.
(Actually, we thought it was nice
gesture to pay to the departing
Black Bear quartet) ... as we pre
dicted, penalties hurt the Moun
taineers. but, luckily, they weren't
disastrous. J. W. Stevens rambled
22 yards in the second quarter af-1
ter taking a pass, but the play was
called back and Waynesville pen
alized .. . the Mountaineers weren't
very cooperative about helping
Charlie Carpenter win All-State I
recognition; in two games the Can
ton star was unable to score a
j point against the Cold and Black
... we believe the officials were
i a little quick on the whistle in that
, play where Ray Rouser intercept
ed ^ne of Carpenter's aerials. We
doubt seriously that the action had
been stopped. Incidentally, Rous-,
er intercepted another pass in the
Mars Hill game and ran for a
touchdown?only to have it called j
j back on a penalty ... we suspect
that the Mountaineers and their
fans got as much satisfaction from
"almost'' beating Canton in Oc
Players, Fans Displayed
Tops In Sportsmanship
Dy W. CURTIS RUSS
Every mamber of the Waynes
villo and Canton teams, and every
fan attending, have just cause to I
be truly proud of the Thanksgiving 1
game.
Every player that saw action
should Ik1 listed as a good sport.
tober when they were underdogs
as they did in winning Thursday
when they were fav#ed ... the
clash at Canton was a more inter
esting one because the Thanks
giving tilt didn't display any fire
works until midway in the fourth
quarter . . . Crahl played an ex
cellent game, picking up valuable
yardage In his sweeps uround the
right end . . . Jimmy Frady, too.
gave one of his best performances
as the WHS lint men continually
halted Black Bear ball carriers on
the line of scrimmage.
and a good player. We make no ex
ceptions. It was truly a hard
fought game, and just as fine from .
the standpoint of sportsmanship as
one will ever witness.
From a vantage point In the
pressbox, and in checking with of
ficers on duty afterwards, we
doubt if there ever was a gather
ing of 5.300 people at such a close
athletic contest where the conduct
of the fans, and players, was as
good, as that displayed at the
Waynesville stadium Thanksgiving.
This being the last of the two- I
games per season series, it was
well and fitting, that the records
can show that the highest degree of
sportsmanship was displayed be-'
fore, during, and after the contest.
It was also fitting, that Charlie
Carpenter, playing his last game
for Canton, should complete a pass
Comedy To Be Presented
At Clyde High Thursday
The Junior Class of the C%de
High School-will present a comedy,
, in three acts, "A'feudin Over Yoo
I der". Thursday. Decern! cr 3 is the
date set for the dramatic effort
I which will begin at 8 p.m. Adjuis
slon is 30c and 60c.
__ ^
Jamie K Arrived First
zMI^II iAPi?Jamie K. the James
I D. Norris colt that lost to Native
Dancer in photo finishes in both
the Belmont and Preakness, was
: the first horse to unload in Florida
for the winter racing s^oon. Jamie
K arrived at Hialeah three hours
after the stable area was opened.
on the last play of the game. The
three passes' before the fourth
went incomplete Carpenter will
now lool^ towards the Shrine Bowl
game, and then survey the Held of
colleges which want his services.
Carpenter is a player with a great
future. .
The awarding of the Ford to
Coach Weatherby at half-time
climaxed many months of careful
lv {, 'ai ded plans, in order that he
not tet an idea of what was taking ,
place in the hearts and minds of
the people of the community. The
project really began before the
football season.
Bill Milner, in presenting the
token of appreciation in behalf of
the citizens of the community, did
an excellent job, and as a former
Mountaineer Star, and later Ail
American and pro-football captain,
tied in his remarks to good sports
manship. Coach Weatherby in ac
cepting the car. picked up the
theme, and carried on from there.
So perfectly did the two present
a story of good spprtsmanship,
that some might have thought it a
rehearsed presentation. It was not
in any degree. The only thing that
was timed, and pre-arranged, was
the timing from the press box, for
the infroduction of Milner. The rest
were natural expressions and re
actions.
The game and the occasion was
a fitting and perfect climax for
another good, and exciting football
season in Haywood.
Stevens caught another pass and rambled right
yards for the game's only touchdown as Waynrs
vllle beat Canton 7-0.
(Mountaineer Photo).
J. W. STEVENS sailed 22 yards on this play after
taking a pass out to the left Hat from CocdiU, but
the play was called back and the Mountaineers
penalised. On a similar play in the fourth quarter.
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Waynesville
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