iielwood Nine To Open WNC League Play At Beacon Mills Saturday
ton Black Bears Here Friday;
untaineers Whip Greenies, 7-2
ley Uses Yank System
tunning Philly Team
TALK??Roy Harney, general manager of the Phillies,
*ssrs team problems with new field pilot Mayo Smith.
Bey and Smith are products of the Yankee organisational
ney, regarded as one of i
op front office men and 1
tl manager of the Phila- .
lilies, presents especial-1
Srwsfeatures his views
stems and why be sue- 1
ro Smith as manager.) I
ROY HAMEY 1
j
)e silly If I didn't carry ]
f the Yankee system. i
est thing about the Yan
the winning of five t
nnants. They were con- I
anging their personnel. 1
they made some change
ig in established Nation- ,
veterans and promising |
tight into the American j
b stars as Johnny Mize, |
)P. Johnny Sain. Ewell j
ind more recently Jim
i
have some good young <
racuse finished fourth i
ernational League and 1
tyoffs and faced Louis
[ Little World Series, i
g agreement with Syra- I
pay dividends this year I
I
enrnth (31) is the rieht t
lief inb lie worked 58
jwr at Syracuse. John )
?d Jhn Owens (21) are t
definitely major league pitching
prospects. Meyer won 15 and Owens
17 in a tough league.
Joe Lonnett (28), a catcher, hit
21 home runs. Marv Blaylock (25)
hit 22 homers and batted. 303. A
first baseman, he should be ready.
Bob Bowman (23) hit 20 homers
md batted .282 as an outfielder,
if he can hit the curve ball he's
major league all the way.
These are the boys we brought
jp from Triple A. If some of these
hoys make the club i^ will be a
healthy thing.
As far as Mayo Smith is con
;erned I had a chance to watch
lim work four years, the last two
?t Birmingham in the AA Southern
\ssn. Before that he won two
pennants at Norfolk in the Class
\ Piedmont League.
I know he can gef along wilfi
nen. He never had a tailor-made
dub. I think a young manager will
nake a good major league manager,
ie's 40.
I think well see a young trend
n managers. It's beginning to hap
pen now with fellows like Walter
Mston, Smith. Birdie Tebbetts,
Marty Marion, Pinky Hirrins, Ed
lie Stanky and Stan Hack.
Mayo Smith is coming in cold in
lis major league debut. Before
his spring the only Phillie he
The Mountaineers won their
fourth baseball game of the sea
son Tuesday by sending Christ
School back to ArdeD on the short
end of a 7-2 score.
The Gold and Black diamond
crew, who have lost only to Beth
el thus far, will be after "the big
one" here Friday afternoon when
they collide with the Canton Black
Bears at WTHS.
Canton has lost once to Brevard,
but has beaten the Blue Devils in
'a second game and has also tamed
Hendersonville and Asheville
OfihAnl
Coach Bruce Jaynes of Waynes
ville announced Wednesday that he
will be sending his ace George Mit
chell to the mound tomorrow
against Canton. Mitchell was hurt
in a wreck April 15, but appears
to be back in top form again. The
senior hurler was charged with
the loss to the Blue Demons, but
was still below par from his back
injuries.
In beating Christ School Tues
day, the Mountaineers got only one
more hit than the visitors?6-5?
but got them when it counted. Top
hitters for WTHS were Bobby Hill
and Johnny Wright, each with a
pair.
Waynesville opened the scoring
in the second inning with three
runs as Ballance was safe on an er
ror, Davis singled. Roberson struck
out. Muse bounced out, Stephens
was safe on an error and took sec
ond when the ball was thrown away
?permitting Ballance to score, and
Wright singled, scoring Davis and
Steohens.
The Highlanders picked up
three more in the third as Hill
singled, Robinson was safe on a
fielder's choice, Ballance walked,
Davis flew to left field, Roberson
walked, Muse hit a grounder to the
shortstop who failed to get rid of
the horsehide, allowing Robinson
to score. Stephens then singled,
scoring Ballance and Roberson.
Christ School scored two in the
fifth on singles by Robinson, Carr,
and Robertson.
The Mountaineers closed out the
scoring in the sixth inning as
Wright doubled and then scored
on Hill's single.
Waynesville (7> ab t h
B.vrd, ss 3 0 0
Hill, c 4 0 2
Robinson, 3b 4 10
Ballance. p 3 2 0
Davis, If .... 3 t 1
Roberson, If 110
Muse, cf 3 0 0
Stephens, rf 3 11
Wrieht, 2b 3 1 2
Totals 27 7 6
Christ School (2) ab r h
Dunn. If 4 0 0
Huffman, cf .... 3 0 0
Shuford. 2b 3 0 0
Underwood, lb 3 0 0
Martin, p 3 0 1
Robinson, c 3 12
Carr, rf 3 11
Hudnor, ss 3 0 0
Robertson, 3b 3 0 1
Totals 28 2 5
W. L. Black Now On
Navy Reserve Cruise
William L. Black, hospitalman in
Ihe U. S. Navy Reserve, son. of Mrs.
Dora C. Black, Route 3. Waynes
ville, and the husband of the form
er Jo Ann Singleton of Waynes
ville. is now undergoing two weeks
training aboard the U.S.S. Bowers
out of Charleston, S. C.
During the ship's two weeks at
>ea, the reservist will visit Port
Everelades, Fla.
Black is a member of a Naval Re
serve company at Asheville.
A recent survey Indicates that 35 ,
million Americans take a break for
coffee some time during their
working day.
;ver saw play was first baseman
Earl Torgeson who was with Seat
tle in 1946 when Mayo was an out
Selder under Jim Turner at Port
end. Incidentally, Mayo was rec
jnimended for a manager's career
by Yankee coach Turner.
We have some good young ball
players and with coaches like Whit j
Wjratt, Wally Moses and Benny j
Bengougb I know We can make I
thtm better ball players.
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waynesville
women's lextime
j ne f riendly Bank took over the
lead in the Waynesville Women's
Bowling League Tuesday night by
winning two games trom Wellco
Shoe while the former leader, Mur
phy Chevrolet of Canton, was drop
ping a pair to Liner-Sheehan.
The two teams will fight it out
for the second-half championship
next Tuesday night?the final night
of bowling fol- the lady keglers.
Wellco Shoe won the first-half
league title.
In another match Tuesday night,
Howell Motor topped Dayton Rub
ber, 2-1. '
Cecil Elliott rolled the high in- j
dividual game of 180 and I la Jean
Yount the high individual series
of 474.
Liner-Sheehan posted both the
high team game of 833 and the
high team series of 2290.
HIGH TEAM SERIES
Liner-Sheehan 2290
The Friendly Bank 220*
Wellco Shoe 2192
HIGH TEAM GAMES
Liner-Sheehan 833
Dayton Rubber 819
Mumhv Chevrolet 772
HIGH INDIVIDUAL SERIES
Tla Jean Yount 474
Marv Hamlett 458
Cecil Elliott 430
HIGH INDIVIDUAL GAMES
Cecil Elliott 180
Ua Jean Yount 178
Rozelle Ray _ 168
TEAM STANDINGS
W L
1. The Friendly Bank 301$ 14V*
2. Murphy Chevrolet 29'$ 15V4
3. Wellco Shoe 251$ 191$
4. Liner-Sheehan 231$ 21V*
5. Howell Motor 161$ 281$
6. Davton Rubber 91$ 331$
INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES
1. M. Hamlett 142
2. A. Wvatt 142
3. M. Medford , .... 140
4. M. Harrell 139
5. I. Yount 138
6 L. Carver 136
7. C. Elliott 133
8. R. Rav 134
9. D. Phillips 132
10. M. Martin 131
SCHEDULE FOR MAY 3
The Friendly Bank vs. Murphy
kiALia
y BY VIVIAN BROWN J
AP Newsfeatures
A song fest is a good way to
entertain your church group after
the young people's meeting.
It breaks the ice so that lads
and lasses get to know each other,
and gives everybody an opportun
ity to make more friends.
Take a group at Pelham, New
York. 4.
Pretty Rita Arthur 16, who mov
ed there from California had been
used to after-church socials at
members' homes. But when she
got to the new town there was
nothing like it going on. How do
you get to meet people? thought
Rita when she saw that at church
meetings all the bashful boys sat
off to themselves, and shy girls
blushed when spoken to.
She took things in her own
hands and invited the group?
from 12 to 18 years of age?to
her home after one of the Sunday
evening meetings. Says Rita:
"l.thougnt I'd experiment. The
song fest was a huge success. The
second one brought out 36 people
and two ministers. Now other
people are being encouraged to
hold social* in their homes."
The minister, Rev. Duane L.
Day of the First Baptist Church of
Mt. Vernon led the singing. Fun
songs came first?"Sippln" Cider"
and "Tell Me Why" among others.
Then before refreshments "quiei
resigned" says Rita, and hymns
such as "Jacob's Ladder" andf
Rock of Ages" were sung by the
girls and guys.
Refreshments consisted of 3
different type cookies, cup cakes,
mints. A fruit punch was made
with ginger "ail. Rita says:
"We were really amazed that
these fellows and girls were so
neat. Everyone brought his own
napkin and paper cup back to the
Chevrolet.
Welleo Shoe vs. Dayton Rubber.
Llner-Sheehan vs. Howell Motor.
fohnson, Thompson To
Head A-W Field Sunday
.
Special Meeting
Df Blue Ridge
Conference Called
A special meeting of the Blue
lidge Conference will be held at
30 p.m. Monday at Sand Hill
ilgh School, it has been announc
ed.
C. C. Poindexter of Bethel, con
erence secretary, said that several
natters vital to the welfare of the
?onference will be considered at
he conference and urged coaches,
irlnclpals, and superintendents to
ittend the session.
Pvt. Billy Wyatt Is
An Expert Rifleman
FORT JACKSON?Private Billy
IV Wyatt, ?F" Company, 501st
\irbome Infantry Regiment, son
if Mrs. Billy W. Wyatt. Haieiwood
lias qualified as an Exoert Riflie
man with the M-l rifle during his
Iralnine at Fort Jackson.
He will be awarded the Expert
Qualification Badee for rifle which
he will wear throughout his army
career.
In order to qualify, basic train
ees at Fort Jackson must spend
msnv hours In instruction in the
use of the rifle. They learn to dis
mantle the weapon, the safety rules
of Its operations, and how to fire it.
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Governors' Choice
CONCORD. N. H. <AP> ? Ned
Quint, 81-year-old violinist, play
ed at Gov. Lane Dwinell's inaugu
ration. It was the 31st consecu
tive inauguration reception at
which he has played for a New
Hampshire governor. Quint first
Addled during the reception for
Gov. Charles A. Buslel in 1895.
table and cleaned up his own
crumbs."
There were no records played.
It was all piano music and the
youths sat around on the floor.
Everybold dressed up?the boys
wore their Sunday suits and the
girls wore party dresses or blosuse;
and skirts. The Rev. Day com
mented:
"I've never seen boys and girli
mingle as nicely as they do at
these song gatherings. They are
friendly to each other and have
lost the awkwardness that Seetned
to exist at the meetings."
Th* song festival is announced
in the church paper as well as
listed in the church bulletin. Par
ents drive the young people to the
pftrty and pick them up later. Rita
is hoping that some of the adults
who have large homes will Invite
the group to sing. Says she:
"Parents are delighted with the
project because for one thing It
helps keep the girls and boys off
the streets."
. .
Joe Lee Johnson, the lanky Chat
tanooga speed demon who beat
Speedy Thompson by a whisker In
the last Asheville . Wcavervllle
Speedway race, will be back Sun
day afternoon to square off against
Thompson and the rest of a 30-man
field In another modlfled-sporU
man feature.
Thompson said after the last
race that he still believes he can
outrun Johnsons' Cadillac-powered
Chevrolet and he plans to prove it
Sunday.
Johnson and Thompson com
pletely lapped tne field here April
17 as the Chattanooga speed mer
chant flashed across the finish line
a scant 10 feet ahead of the Mon
roe driver.
Promoter Gene Sludcr Is pre
dicting a fast track for Sunday's
race. "The rains this week camr
just right," he said yesterday.
"We'll have the track In perfect
condition."
And 5,000 spectators are expect
ed to crowd the speedway to watch
Johnson and Thompson resume the
duel they began April 17. Sluder
termed that race "the toughest one
I've ever seen."
Time trials Sunday will begin
at 1:30 with the first heat race
scheduled to go off at 2 p.m.
The program will include two 10
lap heats, a 15-lap consolation, the
30-lap main event for modified and
sportsman drivers, and a 35-lap run
for amateur drivers.
Sluder said Tommy Boger, who
was injured in a Columbia, S. C.
race a year ago, was recently re
leased by his doctors who declare'1
Him readv to race. Boger will be
here for the Sunday race and he'll
be ready to run. said Sluder.
Another entry to be considered
as a big threat to Johnson an'*
SDeedy Thompson is Speedv's
brother, Jimmy, who will be drlv
in* his new Lincoln-oowered racer
Accompanying Johnson from
Chattanooga will be Freddie Friar
and his souped-up Ford who came
in third to Johnson and Thomp
son April 17.
The field of 30 drivers also will
include Cotton Owens of Spartan
burg, S. C.. Banks Simpson of Con
' cord, Doub Cox of Greenville
S. C., Dick Blackwell of SUrtex
' S. C? Banto Mathews of AshOvilli
and Bill Widenhouse of Midlandi
Other top sportsman drifters Jin
? elude Termite Moose. Mutt Simp
?on. Krnest Tlnoett. Johnnv Deav
' er, Glenn Wood. Leroy Turner
Btmk Moore and Harlev Allman.
The amateur field, which is ex
oecfed to exceed 25 drivers, ii
| headed bv Hush Carpenter of Lin
colnton Bill Herman of Hlckorj
and Earl Chambers of AsbevlJle,
Name Trouble
DALLAS, Tex. (AP) ? School
officials were in a tizzy. F.ighl
after diplomas were printed, foui
girls in the graduating class got
married. .
10 Players
From WCC
Join Team
Hazelwood. runner-up in the
Western North Carolina Industrial
Baseball League last year, will field
a team of "unknown quantity"
against Beacon at Swannanoa Sat
urday afternoon.
At least six?and probably more
?of the players who performed for
Hazelwood last season will wt be
available to the locals for the com
ing diamond campaign.
The heaviest loss resulted when
the Champion Paper and Fibre
Company entered the WNC league
with a new team?taking from Haz
elwood such Canton players as Dee
Stephens, ace shortstop in '54;
-atcher Bobby Joe Mease, and
Ditchers Charlie Carpenter, G. L.
Rhymer, and Jerry Alexander. ?
However, their loss may be more
than offset by reinforcements fr6m
Western Carolina College ? head
ed by star hurler Jim Kuvkendall
of Hazelwood. who won eight fames
'or Hazelwood last vear without
s loss. Also from WCC will be
->ltchers Spunk Caele and Joe
Dressley, catcher David Price, a
'ocal boy; outfielders Fred Liner,
Max Rhodes, and Dick Sineleton,
?rnd lnflelders Dick Power, Ronald
tordan, and Brown Griffin.
Regulars returning to the team
will be outfielders Bob Pitts. Oliv
er "Babe" Yount, and Bill Milner,
'ast year's manager; lnflelders El
mer Dudley, acting manager; Floyd
Teas, Vanderbilt University ace,
and Lonnie Bishop, and catcher
Kenneth Troutman.
Newcomers from local ranks are
Bill Leatherwood from last year's
Waynesville High's team, a pitch
er; Neal Wyatt, an outfielder, and
Bobby Ballance, third baseman,
nitcher, and one of the leading
Mtters on this season's WTHS
?quad.
Hazelwood has practiced eight
times thus far and hopes to get in
'wo or three more sessions before
taking the field against Beacon Sat?
i urday.
The accidental death rate of pas- <
' sengers on U. S. railroads in 1954
' was .01 per 100 million passenger
" miles.
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"Goodness, Mr. Higbee, you
t don't expect a girl to EAT
LUNCH on her lunch hour!"
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