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inti 01 un>.1 ? i?... ... Postponed Waynesville-Marshall Game Set Tonigl Along The Sports Trail H y W. r I' I! T I S HISS For thy first time ii history, tin' Mountaineers will meet two Madison county football loams in one week Tonight. if the Marshall field is dry enough, the Mountaineers w il I |" over and play the mage which was scheduled for Friday night , % On Friday night Mai- Hill comes here loi the last game of & the Mason for the Mountaineers. As the Mountaineers go up against Marshall, they will havt in mi|i(| the trouncing Marshall nave the Brevard Blue Devils a lew weeks ago 1D-1 i! In view of tin- fact that Brevard and Way lies villi' wenj feoi eless. gives some idea ol (lie struggle Ihe Mountaineers are going,ft have tonight Marshall has been out to defeat Waynesville ever since Way- i nesvttlo nosed them out of the 11153 Hlue Kidge race, and revenge to | a Madisnnian means "go all the way The Mountaineers have iieen pic ked by several sport?. writers as being the underdogs for the game, and according to the predic? , * lions of several observers they feel Marshall will take tin- game by a wnie margin We have not seen the Marshall eleven plav. hut understand they are cpiile a handful when tin v get down to work oil an opponent The game with Mars Hill come* just one day earlier litis year than last year 1 Nov |2 and 13' when the Mountaineers went to the college town and trounced Mars iltll lor a 32-0 score to give Coach Weatherhy liis 20<lth victory as head coach ol the Mountaineers. The team was so keyed up last war over winning that 200 game, that a Duke, and (o-orgja Tech team would have had a scrap on their hands Flie boys were fired up t<> a fever pitch, and fneant to have that game regardless even regardless ol the hard bare, sun-baked clay field which was just like the pavement in the middle of Main Street. We shall not forget anytime soon. Hie event just prior to that game when a group of Waynesville fans, including two bus loads ot the band, were Hearing Mars Hill and found a car turned over in a ditch witli three Mars Hill veiling people a girl a/id two bovs. Some one idvkod Hie girl up as we arrived at the seem and caraied her to .Mais ffill Me converted the hack ol the station wagon vve were driving into an ambulance, ami carried the unconscious minted boy on into town Fortunately neither were seriously hull, hut for a time, it ap peared eritieal. The scene and excitement put patrons and members of the hand on edge, lint the team did not know any tiling about the incident until after the game 0 ?J? .In/in Anderson. (it I'lic Times Mrevard. said ill his sports column last Hook THANKS A lot of ifpevard fart* didn't faro as well as we did at Wa.vnesville last Iridai Thanks to stall mouthers of the Wu> nest ilto Vtounfaineer atid Kadio Station WHCC. mo had a fine scat in the press and radio booth, where it was nice and warm. All schools in tin Hluc Hldcc I'(inference. in the future. should sol up a reserved section for \ isitini! fans, iircaUse it isn't right to stick visit ors in the bleachers on the ?oallines We're guilt), too We don't have .1 resetsed section for fails ot visiting teams and other schools don't cither It would ccrlainh lie a eoodwIII booster for all concerned and sureh the sport sihahslike thing to do. Mars Hill Game Friday Ends Season Given a three-day rest when Un scheduled Friday game with Mar shall was postponed until tonight the Waynesville Mountaineers will invade the Madison County \ island" tonight to battle the high ly regarded tied Tornadoes Now in fourth place in the Blue Itidgc Conference ibehind Itlack Mountain -Swann. noa, Hendcrson iille. and Cantom, the Gold and Black will Im- out ? gain ground in the loop race at the expense of two Madison teams Marshall tonight and Mars llill Friday night Although thee have dropped tour games t? Scvicrville. Tenn.. R-S Central. Black Mountain, and Hen dcrsoiivillc by comparative scores in two games .Marshall has shown "l> better than Waynesville The Red Tornadoes lost only 2(>-12 to llcndersonville, and whipped Hrcv ird 1I)-1 .1 Against the sainc two teams. Wavnesviite lost 37-7 to the Bearcats and could manage only a scoreless tj0 with the Blue Devils I roubled all season with try ing to halt the deceptive T-forniaiion the Mountaineers will face thai same attack tonight at Marshall "lus an assortment of other of fensive lineup-.. According lo ,i Brevard fan re cently Marshall uses everything' In good physical condition most of this season. YVaynesville will go into the game tonight without the srvices 0f first-string tackle Charles Howell, who was hospitalized with a strained ligament-suffered in I he Greenevilte game Tlie game postponed Friday nigh) marked I lie second season that one ?l WTIIS' opponents have called on a contest beenus? ?f ;l muddy field. Cast September Murphy's field was flooded bv a heavy downpour and the game was not rescheduled. Marshall officials said that their Playing field Friday was heavy with mud. ( anion ended its season last Fri day night with an impressive 39 13 victory over Marion | Bethel will f;uv their hardest assignment this Friday night when they invade llcndersonville while vde will make a last effort to win a game against Tryon there. Jaycees Back Olympic Team Fund Campaign ?> wiHi -.1.11) other Junior Chamber organ izations throughout the country aie sponsoring ;l drive to raise more than a million dollars lo send v S athletes to the l#5fi Olympic Gaines in Melbourne, Mintialia aiKi the 11155 Pan-American Games in Mexico C'lty rhe campaign, being conducted m cooperation with the C s Olvm Pie Committee Life magazine, and other groups, will continue through December 15 Jim Milncr, president of the Waynesville Jaycees pointed out tha, in contrast to Iron Curtain ' countries where athletic teams are lfifi per cent government subsidiz ed. the I S Olympic team will he a truly representative people's'' team supported by the niekles, dimes, quarters and dollars donat ed by the \merican people. Rose Bowl Thrill Fades For Michigan State Coach By ROBERT K. VO?ES Al1 Xewsfeatures KAST I.ANSINC. Mi h ? Life qt a Hose Bowl champion is great ?for a while! Then spring comes along and the glitter and glory of New Year's Day in Pasadena. Calif., seems far, far away. Almost as if it had never happened. Ask Dully Dauglierty. Michigan State's, in n head coach, lie had his problems w lien spring drills began. Daughcrty is on the hot spot from the -start He is taking over from Biggie Munn after Michigan State's most successful searfon ? a co-champioilship of the Big Ten Conference and a thrilling 28-20 victory over I CLA in the Hose Bowl The Spartans are not eligible to go to the Rose Bowl again- this year but Dauehcrty and his crew of new assistants know they have their work cut out tor them, any way They have been busily figur ing on-paper just what they have left at each position. When, they come to quarterback, there's ino.-tly ;i bunch of ques tion marks especially as far as spring practice is concerned. The quarterback is the key man In Michigan State's multiple at tack Tom Yeweie, senior signal t-aller. goes witj) graduation. But that isn't all. Earl Morrall, Yewcic's No. 1 un- | derstudy. w ill be with ^the baseball j team this spring. Johnny MatsOck. third man at the position, also is i with the baseball players. Morrall will be available again | in the fall. And if lie looks as good as he did during the past season lie should step right into command. Coaches were impressed by Mat sock as a runner last year, especial ly by his Rose Bowl showing. In fact, they're thinking of shifting him to right halfback, using him as a quarterback only secondarily. i 11 i v o vt am it i v Cherokee Braves Beat Clyde, 310 Willi the Mime kind ol luck that (Icn. C'ustt r had at the Little Big Horn, the ClydeCardinals got their scalps lifted 31-0. h\ the Chero kee Braves Friday night in a game on the reservation. Kd Taylor and Thornton Swaney ST \1 IS'I'ICS Clyde Cherokee First downs 11 13 Yds gained .rushing' 101 241 : Passe* attempted 11 4 Passes completed 3 2 Yds gained passing 30 8 Punting average la 43 Opp fumbles recoy <1 1 1 Yds, lost penalties 20 93 ' Score In periods; Clyde 0 0 0 0? 0 Cherokee 13 6 12 0?31 tomahawked the Cardinals with two touchdowns apiece. Taylor scored once in the first period on a 15-vard rtin and again on a 42-yard sprint in the third quarter Swanry scored in the opening period on a two-vard buck and again in the second on a 20-yard jaunt. Norman West tallied the final touchdown in the third quarter, go me over from tlie live-yard line. Clydt s only threat came in the final period when the Cardinals moved within Cherokee's 10-vard lint1 after a series of penalties against the Indians Cherokee held for downs, however, and punted out. \ltempts to grow sugar beets in Massachusetts and New York in 18311 were a failure. Canton. WTHS Jayvees To Meet Bethel There Tuesday Waynesville's Junior Varsity \v i 11 end its season at Bethel Tuesday afternoon against the Little De mons. Coach Bill Swift has an rounced. The Jayvees were scheduled to meet Canton's juniors last Tues day night, but the game was post poned because of adverse weather and will hot be played. In an earlier meeting here, the Little Mountaineers outpointed the Bethel squad. 13-6. Still undefeated, the Jayvees also have beaten HendersonviHe and n'i'led pass ?et up another score. The Blue Demons bounced back on a two-yard plunge by Charles Stame.v for one touchdown and a 59-yard scoring play on a pass from Stame.v to end Gerald Owen. Kenshaw opened the second half I by racing fit! yards on the first play from scrimmage, to put Frank lin ahead. 21-13. However, a recov ered fumble set up another Bethel ; touchdow n, w ith Troy Hargrove going over from the eight. Womack tallied the Panthers' last touchdown by plunging over] from the two after a downfieldi march The Blue Demons came back with a 65-yard drive of their i own. with Stamey scoring from the 11. However, he was once again stopped in his lfne plunge for the extra point He was successful in only one attempt out of four dur ing the game. Next week the Blue Demons have the discouraging task of try ing to halt the Hendersonvilte jug-: gernauta on the Bearcats' homo field. BETIIF.L (25) Ends?Owens. Wells. Tackles?Duckett. Singleton. Guards?West. Cat hoy. Center?McFalls. Backs ? Stamev. Capps, Har grave. Mann. Scoring TD?Stamey 2. Owen. Hargrove. Points after TD?Stamev. FRANKLIN (28) Ends?Siler. Menrienhall Tackles?Barrett. Jones. Guards?Brown. Long. Center?Dowdle. Backs ? LoVe, Moore. Woniaek Renshaw. Gregory. Scoring TD?Renshaw 3. Wo niaek. Points after TD?Gregory 3. Wo mack ? * ill H B m"lf lOUciwl^H ^<1 I'lif' \ ic-1-w.v FriH ? J -< ,'j^l sortv i! (*? M \Khi\ |! I W:rj|B I ? I I.;i\ui ? I; '. I I" ? < \ N T0 N jji I ?' I; .. y.1 I Duckc'! \Viij,;im? ! S'F'' " i I? r - lta.dint (ai.u <Iv i: \y j Wiu. ii. \ v. I!- mnirt (???!.:? ; Mi'IrschR . Com .id. Bin K- I) M, !,,r Fjrlj .Id.. ( Su?R 11 u hi st.c 1 1 - pi Sin..: - 'I'D F.. 3 0 2. Wdi ii v I'm: i ?? TI) 1 Si-iiii Extra Points 1 Again Beat Blue Demons , ? i For th<> second time this season ? , failure to convert extra points re- ( ] suited in defeat for the Bethel 1 Blue Demons as Franklin edged the Pigeon team. 28-25. in a hard fought game at Franklin Friday : night. The Panthers scored twice in the first period when Richard Ren >hav\ ran 64 yards, and an inter STATISTICS Bethel Franklin First downs 13 11 Yds. gained rushing 245 337 Pinti attempted o 2 Passes completed 2 0 Yds gained passing 73 0 Passes intercepted by 0 2 Yds gained int'c'pt'n 0 0 Punting average 20 30' Yds. kicks returned 20 0 Opp. Fumble*. Recov'd 3 1 Yds lost penalties 30 15 Score by periods: Bethel 0 13 6 6?25 Franklin 14 0 7 7?28 Rlack Bears Rip Mariotil In Season Finale. 39 M Marion's athletic squads bear the lame of "Rippers," but most of the ipping?and a lot of tearing, too? ivas done by the Canton Black Bears Friday night in mauling the Western AA Conference team. 30 12. in the Paper City. Canton wasted little time in tak ing command in the contest a^ STATISTICS Marion Canton First downs **9 17 yds. gained rushing l(i 320 Passes attempted 23 10 Passes completed 7 4 yds. gained passing 167 30 Passes intere'pt'd by 1 2 yds. gained infrc'pt'n 10 17 Punting average 24 38 yds. kicks returned 80 9 Opp fumbles recov'd 2 0 Yds. lost penalties 11 55 Score by periods: Marion 0 6 0 6?12 ] Canton 12 14 0 13?39 Mitchell Early broke loose on his team's second play from scrimmage and galloped 66 yards for the touchdown. The bruins countered again on a 51-yard march, climaxed by Early's plunging over from the two. 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