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he's Final Story Covers I Years Of Sport Thrills GENE SARA7EN CROVER C. ALEXANDER ItSTFD no time staring at the hatter or ruhhinR the hall hand-.." is how Grantland Riee describes the 90-minute Grover Cleveland Alexander pitched. And of Rolfer Gene i, author Riee in his lx?ok. "He Tumult and the Shout to "lie plays Rolf with 110 fuss and feathers." I|t FRANK F.CK LsffJtun's Sports F.ditor 1 Ld Rice's ' The Tumult iSlToutins" is the most, L autobiogrophy anyone kerctre to read. It covers tin 50 years of all the ex events and personalities knew as dean of the sports profession. remarkable book just pub ic A. S. Barnes & Co.. is moving as was Ty Cobb Bscs. And it's only natural innv puts Cobb near the ( his 368-na2e tome for abb who insisted he be dis-1 bv Rice back in 1904. Cobb i Granny numerous letters [cards, each postulating an lid phenom. Cobb was the lets must have been the Mrkahle known to man? m Vurmi " writes Gran- I bad seen Ty play 24 sea- : hp majors. ?tes Cobb as saving "I itentionallv soiking one I w man was Frank 'Home ! ker who was sauarelv in i naming n.n1h one dav in j *il. He tells how Cobb j tb? slidp and too tag iii'o And hp tel's bn"- Cohb I K< 'o roeognire that Babe ft had changed th" h his home rUfVS ''pn*ror "cd speed and skill," ' l nates .Toe DiM ? '??.?' end says n Cobh bi'h pu'fi'dd. even vvilh (??if eeiild nrv? match en of Musial-DiMaggio-Wil f"5 .Tim Thome. Red M n-nnVo ^^urski as ten fp>otbeTI t)l a van's ? p .1 t further hv savin* 11 fc. Nacuskis could boat II Granges or 11 Thorpes. And ho names Sammy Baugh as the passer for this back tiold. Grannv writes that Bill Tildcn "depended more on body action for his power than perhaps any other athlete." lie calls Jack Dempsev a tiger in the ring and recalls how the Dempsey . Firpo fight was "four minutes of the most sensational fighting ever seen in anv ring " He describes the Tunney-Greb fiehl of 1022 as the bloodiest he ever covered and how Tunney, | w hen he was thinking of Dempsey. j threw punches at an imaginary Dempsey between shots of a Flor ida golf match Grannv writes of To^nmy Hitch cock and Devereux Milburn as the "forerunners of modern polo." how Knu'e Rocktie not Notre Dame info headlines and that the Four Horsemen t.Hn'rrv Stuhldrcber. Don Miller .Tiin Crowley and Elmer I.nvdent were his greatest stars: that Poo Warner wis football's preafes, inventor and that Babe DidriCkson and Thome vri-c the "two ergatest all around athletes we've ever known " Granrv- also wfi'es that Jesse Owens" rnnropff style WS flawless and that Wafer tfaco?n dot for golf what Riiih did for hacefviM. Tlla rhamtyions Pine writrs about are rhronieled as intimate friends rather than as impersonal news CO"*". The o'hr>r s!do of that norsonat retat iohship V""s summarized h*' Totin K'erin who nv sent turned froni a yvrt'l-ai" enrvelo nod l a in ennrt.s to a to' er of hirds I At a ht'wV tie testimonial* he_ fore some 25t) champions and writ em b'ierap said: '-'WIipii flrpnnv Him rb'oe? n b'^ rtftnnlr l-tojirf Wont \vjtb b'TT1 ?qvfstions ?*as nieht baseball first B* major lo'Rues? fcctive jockey has ridden J ?lied by bis son'' 1 ? fcreien boxer made the fc^in the ring in the ItoMs the National Foot ? record for most points! J lifetime'' Pition to being former j lue outfielders. the i?i Fathers. ,loe. Vinee and fane thing in common. ? the oldest trophy eon- 1" b> professional athletes I pi American continent? 1 I wswr.RS Ihasehall was first played I 1 liars May 23. 1935 be bhillies and the Rcdlcu* | ? Daoeden in 195ft rode I rained bv Ids son. Vance I |finished loth MMMlina of Germany I ???my than any other 13 per He made about I Patson of the C.reen Hay ! pltis the National Foot-1 ? record for most point- t I lifetime H25. PMaaglo brothers toe I town besides being I ? ?**guc outfielders have , IJ'1 common They all ??te middle name r('' 1 trophy contested j Ptrional athletes on the I? continent is the I 1^ symbolic of the P* championship. 1 QUESTIONS I. What was the last boxing bout to draw more than a million dollars? I. When was the game of six-man football devised? Who origin ated it? I. The Yankees beat the Giants in the 1923 World Series. Who was the star for the losing Gi ants? I. What is the only sport devised In the- United States with no roots in the sports of other na tions? i. Why isn't crirket played on a baseball field in this country" I. What is the C'hiek Evans. Bowl? ANSWERS The last boxing bout to draw more than a million dollars was the Louis-Conn fight. June 19 1946. I. Six-man football was originat ed in 1934 by Stephen E. Epler a high school coach. I. Although the Giants won onl\ twg games jyom the Yankees in the' 1923 World Scries, their star was Casey Stengel whose homers won both contests. Basketball is the only sport de- ( vised in the United States with no roots in the sports of other nations. i. Cricket isn't played on a base ball field because no ball park is large enough to serve as a 1 cricket field. The Chick Evans Bowl is an in dividual trophy presented an nually to tlie National Collegi-I ate golf champion. Jaycee Grid Banquet To Honor Mountaineers Here And Yonder i ? The Sportscope By BOB CONWAY li appears thai Wavnesville's iy54 football team will not be. forgotten alter all. but will be honored at a banquet to be sponsored b> the Junior Chamber of Commerce on January 10 at the high school cafeteria. Last jear's Mountaineers also put on the feed bag by courtesy of the W'a\ne-ville Jajcces. Although this year's edition of Weatherby's warriors did not snare the blue Ridge crown as did the boys of '53, they hist only one game all season and gave the best they had for dear old WT11S. There's no doubt that the Mountaineers have a large throng of faithful followers, so there's no reason why a football banquet should not be held here oath >ear ? regardless of the team's record ? whether they win Yin all or lose Ynt all Many towns have these annual events and attract large crowds and outstanding speakers. I nless we are willing to admit that other folks appreciate their'team more than Ate do, let's get on the ban quet bandwagon. It the .layeees should find it difficult to hear the burden of sponsoring a grid feed alone, in the future the function c-ould be put on through the joint efforts of other organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce Wnynesville High PTA, Rotary. Kiwanis, I.ions, and Boosters. Cage Fireworks Coming Soon After seeing the Mountaineer basketball team in action a gaiiist Fines Creek, Crabtree-Iron Duff, and Clyde, we had serious 0 doubts whether they could meet the powerful Canton or Bethel quin lets without getting chased out of the gymnasium. c Both of these crews of hardwood hustlers have already put HcndersonviUe over the barrel, so they're bound to be loaded with horsepow er. However, on (he basis of the Gold and Black's excellent show ing against Sylva in their last game before Christmas, we feel that Wavnesviile's cause against the Black Bears,and Blue Demons is far from hopeless The local dribblers can play basketball if they want to. and they just might happen to be in the mood when they meet the other two members of the county's 'Big Three." Of the two WT1IS teams, the female Mountainettes probably have the st'ronjp'r squad and apparently have a better chance to grab off another Blue Ridge Conference championship than do the boys. Once again the Bethel Belles are the team to beat for the mountain maidens although the Canton Lady Bears have shown some sharp elans in their last two games and may be tougher as the sea son goes on. The Mbuntineers. in co-captains Tommy Nichols and Joe Ald rid'ge, have two teach performers, who are always good for a bunch of points. But they can't do the job alone, so whether Waynesville will have a winner on the cage court this season depends on the help that the other three starters and the reserves can provide in the scoring column, After a return bout with Mars Hill here on Tuesday, Jan uary 4. things really start popping with consecutive games against Canton. He.hdc.r?onvilIo, and Bethel. The Black Bears will be here, but the other two clashes will be away. Like the hoy said when he cut off his dog's tail: "It won't be long now." j h j yL w Canton Man Now With Army Unit In Japan CAMP KOKLRA. Japan ? RFC j Joyce W. Hoglen. 24. whose wife. Barbara, lives on Route 3. Can Ion. is serving in Japan with the 26th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Bat lalion. which recently returned from duty in Korea. The battalion was stationed at , Chunchon. Korea, before being as signed to Kokuru on the Japanese j island of Kyushu. lloglen. a driver in the battalion. ; !>ntared the Army in April 1953 und arrived overseas last February. His parents live on Route 3 handler. Red Bank Church To Have Singing The Red Bank Baptist Church will have their regular monthly singing Sunday evening. January 2 beginning at 7:30 o'clock. A umber of singing groups are expected to participate and a cord ial invitation is extended to all singers and the public. Hibernation provides a more or less comatose state for animals which adopt it. some groups being intensely and continuously in a state of coma, others only feebly and intermittently so. HEAD BUM IS BACK .... By Alan Mover ? ' \VALT?f? ALSTON or ThT 0f?ooKiyv POCX5E&S WHOSE PETEHT/oa/ AS P/LOT POP /?$> PA<? EA/DEE> OPE (5Le$5/.VG GAME rn / n TEAT YEARS EXPER/exce (JNOER Ms BELT /T'9 A C/XCM XEZL BE ? Better VAEAsER 4. /^" 6vert tha r tgLF-APMirrep ggN'Ut WHO'LL BE tAMELESS, tf/GIT HAVE MAP TROUBLE WISHING. COA/9LPER/WS CAWPANELL A PROVE A/ ?2 FEWER Pt'NZ, ERtK/Ni LOET 15, A VP NEWCOMPE, WHO WA4 EC'PPOteP TQ MAKE THE FUGAgPeeES WON 9. Rookie of Year j WAllY MOON, 24. who Knocked out a heme run in his debut as a major league player, has been voted the National League's "Rookie of the Year" by the " Baseball Writers' Association of America In his first year with the St Louis Cardinals he rolled up a 304 batting average ^"ith 193 hits. (International) Goats are the most destructive f all livestock kept by man, says he United Nations Food and Agri ulture Organization. ' The Waynesville Mountaineer i football squad of 1954 will be hon ored at a banquet sponsored bv the Waynes villa Jaycees on Janu-, ary 10, it has been announced. Site of the event will be in the j new WTHS cafeteria. The principal speaker will be Gene Wike, owner of the Sports Mart in Asheville, who was here last year to present the Blue Hid lie Conference trophy to Coach Weath erby and Mountaineer co-captains Jimmy Frady and Tom Cogdill. Last January 13, some 300 WTHS fans turned out for the banquet at llazclwood School to hear Coach P.ex Enright. head football coach at the University of South Carolina. Jaycees soon will start selling banquet tickets, which will cost $1.75 each. Some patron^ will be asked to buy tickets for themselves and one football player. Canton Smut Named To World Jamboree Ernest Steop, Jr.. is among the Fxnlorer Scout delegates from the Daniel Boone Council, named this week to attend the World Jam boree to be held in Ontario Canada this summer. They were named bv the executive commit tee of the Council Monday dur ine a meeting in Asheville. O'hers named were* Oarev Mc K"lvev. Franklin, and John Price. Asheville Alternates are James L. Lowe and Wi'tiam J. Lowe High lands; and Tommy Moore. Mur phy. , - LU. -JiliW? NEW COACH?Homer B. Hobbs (above), is new head football coach at Furman University. Greenville, S. C. He is 32 years old and currently is line coach at Navy. Hobbs will report to Furman about Jan. 4. ( VP Photo). Joe Howell, Jr. Promoted By Army Joe Howell, Jr., son of Mr. and ? Mrs. Joe Howell, Sr., 121 Maple St., has been promoted to corporal while serving with the Army at < Fort Hood. Texas. He is a 1951 gra<'"nte of Wavnesvill? High 'School and at ended N. C. State College for t*o y*ars before entering the service. About 800.006 Americans die ?ach year from heart disease. i" Bin ^ A j i inn i ,1111 ?!? f . II uw ? . c/s:zcafi TTttmz c::. i! A LLC 3 WZLL P3."? Here's ? compact pump that gives you 225 gaPons per hour, complete with 5 gallon tank, ready to plug in?sensationally priced to give a home water system at terrifically low cost. LOWE'S S If? SI LOW PRICE G)ol A"SE SHALLOW WELL FVm? I pal. per hr. 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