LARUE AMOS, who will pluv
witli Wake Furmt freshmen
against the Clemson frosh at
Canton Friday night, wan an all
Blue Ridge Conference center at
Canton High several seasons ago.
He recently enrolled at Wake
Forest after his discharge from
the armed forces.
BACK HOME FrUUy night will br Don Hippo (loft), former roach
at Canton High School, who will bring hi* Wake forest freshman
team to the Canton stadium far a tame with the Clemaon freshmen.
At right is Don Garrison, assistant freshman coach at Wake forest.
tddle Price, playing for the
New York Giants in 1051, set a Na
iiotial Football league ball carry
ing record with 271 carries He
"veragad 34 yard* per carry.
Use Menntaineer Want Ada
Wake Forest And Clemson
Frosh To Play At Canton
Here And Yonder
/
The Sportscope
By BOB CONWAY
Youngsters in the Waynesvllle area want to play football, and
many of them aren't willing to wait until they get old enough to be
on the high school squed.
Until the day arrives that they put on the Gold and Black and
become Mountaineers, the town's small fry can learn the rudiments
of the game on the local midget team.
On this squad boys not only get to fulfill their yen for foot
ball. but also play in protective equipment under the supervision
of adults.
Under such circumstances, you'd think that the Midget Moun
tatnoera would receive strong support from residents of Waynes
vllle, which is known all over Western North Carolina as a good
football town.
However, in trying to raise money for uniforms and equip
ment, the Midgets have gotten the cold shoulder time after time
This la all the more surprising because of the fact that Waynesvllle
and Hazelwood support the very fine Mountaineer Little League in
t^eball, whose Pony League and Little Leagye teams whipped
Ca#ton in playoffs this summer.
Since it Isn't due to lack of interest In football, why the apathy
towards a midget gridiron squad?
Is it because local people don't think one is needed?
To look at the record, we might mention that Hendersonville
tills season beat Waynesvllle High for the second straight year and
also has virtually won its second consecutive Blue Ridge Confer
ence championship.
And then we might take a look at our neighbors in Canton.
This season football squads front Canton and Waynesvllle have
clashed five timet and Canton has won tour of the games! The
Paper City boys captured the varsity and Jayvee games and two mid
get contests. Only in the case of the Waynesvllle ninth-grade team
vs. Canton Junior High was the local team victorious.
Known all over the state are Canton's Gra-Y Bears, sponsored
by the Champion YMCA, whose teams have won three North Caro
lina championships
On the first Gra-Y Bear team was Charlie Carpenter, who
plagued Waynesvllle High for four years, and just last Saturday
tlirew two touchdown passes and scored another for Wake Forest
against the University of North Carolina.
On this year's Canton High team, more than three-fourths of
the Black Bear traveling squad played midget football. Former
Gra-Y Bears on Canton's 1955 starting lineup are backs Billy
Stamey, Doyce Cannon, and Wiley Carpenter and linemen Johnny '
Massie, Jack Amos, Joe Rhiehartt and Sonny Warren.
Possibly because of their having played midget football, quite
a few Canton boys break into the starting lineup as sophomores and
proceed to play varsity ball for three years.
Generally, players on midget football teams only learn the
fundamentals of the game, but occasionally a player comes along
who shows far more polish than you'd expect for so young a boy.
For instance, Gerald Kelly ? brother of two Mountaineer
stars ? is developing into a fine runner; Danny Moore is an adept
pass snatcher, and Harold Rogers is a promising passer.
On the other side of the fence, Fred Cable of the Gra-Y
Bears is a better ball handler and a more deceptive T-formation
quarterback than some high school players we've seen this year.
Despite the lack of community support. Mountaineer Midget
coaches Johnny Phillips, former Canton star, and Rufus Panneil,
formerly of Franklin, have managed to scrape up enough money
te outfit their charges in nice looking uniforms.
However, enough equipment has been obtained to outfit only
about 30 boys, leaving a number of aspiring players in disappoint
ment.
Recently, one youngster came out for the team, but could not
be outfitted and had to ait on the sidelines However, a play came
Ms way a few moments later, and in bis enthusiasm, he Jumped up
and tackled the ball carrier. In so doing, he suffered a broken
shoulder.
Had he been wearing proper equipment, this boy probably
would have been spared his Injury.
In the "good qld days" small fry had a lot of fun playing foot
ball in vacant lota, but never woxrled about rules of the game. weH
executed plays or correct blocking, and usually ended up by getting
their clothing torn to ahreds. . .
Today, things are a lot more organised and boys on midget
teams are getting experience which will prove valuable when they
lator go oat for the Junior varsity and varsity teams In high school.
Many towns all over the country are strongly behind the midget
ioottMH movement. Can we afford to remain indifferent?
Today's Midget Mountaineers are tomorrow's king-sited
oiai'iuug up as me iop griuiror
attraction of the season In Canton
the freshman teams of Clemsor
and Wake Forest will dash at Can
ton stadium Friday night at 8 p in
This game is creating wide
spread Interest in Canton because
in addition to its college glamour
it will be in the nature of a "home
coming" for a former coach and a
former player of Canton High.
Don Hipps, coach of the Wake
Forest Deaclets, is a native of Can
ton and served as head coach of
the Black Bears for several suc
cessful seasons before joining the
Deacon coaching staff in 19M.
Larue Amos of the Wake Forest
frosh squad was 3n All-Blue Ridge
Conference center for the Canton
Black Bears several seasons ago
having completed a hitcli In serv
ice before enrolling at Baptist Hol
low
Scores of fans from Ashcwille.
Morganton and Hendersonvllle are
also expected to roll into Canton
for this game to<see some of their
favorite sons in action.
Listed on the Wake Forest fresh
man roster are Bill Butler of Mor
ganton. Tommy Revis, Pete Watts
and Darrell Dennis of Ashevllle,
land Pat Whltmlre of Henderson
vllle.
The game, which is a Wake For
est home game, lias been brought
to Canton by the Canton Y*s Men's
Club in an effort to provide the
area with an outstanding sport4 at
traction. Officials of the club say
that if they can break even finan
cially, they will attempt to make it
an annual affair.
The highly-regarded Clemson
freshman squad, coached by Cov
ington (Goat) McMillan, does not
include any Western North Caro
lina boys but will field some out
standing players from South Caro
lina, Alabama, Georgia and Penn
sylvania.
The Canton High band will give
a special performance at the half
time intermission. Officials for the
game will be sent to Canton by
the Atlantic Coast Conference
An advance sale of general ad
mission and reseived seat tickets
is being pushed. Tickets are avail
able at the Champion YMCA, the
Champion Employees' Store, from
all members of the Y's Men Club,
and from alumni of both Wake
Forest and Clemson colleges.
Following the game the two
squads of 40 players each will be
guests of the Y's Men's Club at a
banquet in the Champion Y gym
nasium. and the next day they will
go to Clemson for the varsity game
between their two schools.
Want ads bring quick results
Reynolds
Homecoming
Set Tonight
? ?
The Reynolds High Tigers will
hold their annual Homecoming to
night at the Canton stadium at 8
p m. when they play host to George
Clem High School of Greenevillo,
Tenn.
Music will he furnished at the
game by the Stephens-Lee High
School hand from Asheville.
During halftime cereirvor.ies An
rena Davis, sophomore, will be
crowned "Miss Homecoming," while
Virginia Lee, junior, will be
crowned "Miss Reynolds High". In
the queens' court will be Elizabeth
Shephard, senior, and Omega Gib
son, freshman.
"Miss Homecoming" for the
grammar grades will be Uzella Da
vis, with Carolyn Moore as her at
tendant, and Omela Davis for the
primary grades, with Glenna
Thompson and Wilma Howell as
her attendants.
The queens were selected by a
Vote of the students.
During the halftime ceremonies,
a bicycle and clock-radio will be
given awav Following the game, a
coronation reception will be held
for (lie queens and their attend
ants.
DEATHS
DOCK COOKF
Dork Cooke, 72, died at his home
' in the Bethel community, aboul
] 7:15 a.m. Tuesday following a long
illness.
He was a son of the late France
and Susie Fowler Cooke of Hay
wood County. i
He was a retired farmer and rock y
mason and was a member of the u
Morning Star Methodist Church. o
Funeral services were held to- n
day at 2 p.m at the Long's Metho- v
dist Church, with the Rev. Bale b
Rogers, the Rev. George Ingle and b
the Rev. Kenneth Crouse official- a
ing Burial was in the church ceme- )<
tery. y
Grandsons were pallbearers, and
granddaughters were flower bear
ers.
Surviving are the wife, Mrs Dol- -
lie Henson Cooke; two daughters, I
Mrs. Hide Rogers and Mrs. Dovie
Henson; four sons, Addie, Jay, Per
ry and Elmer Cooke, all of Bethel; i
a brother, Perry R Cooke of Can- ^
ton; a sister, Mrs Nora Thomp
son of Tryon; 29 grandchildren, and
37 great-grandchildren.
ei
RICHARD V. MANN s?
A
Funeral services will be held t)
Friday at 2 30 p.m. in Calvary
Baptist Church at Canton for Rich
ard V. Mann, 39, who died Wednes
day in the Haywood County Hospi- e
tal following a lingering illness.
The Rev. Ben L. Ray, pastor, and ^
the Rev. Kenneth Crouse will offi- 8'
ciate and interment will be in Bon- **
A-Venture Cemetery. a
Pallbearers will be E. D. Hern- a
don, Gay Owen, Bill Cannon, Ward
Mashburn, Charles Sheppard, and ^
Clyde Sharp. M
The body will remain at the
home in Canton until thirty min- M
utes prior to the service when it
will lie in state at the church.
A native of Swain County, Mann a'
had lived in Haywood*County the
last 31 years. rf
He formerly was employed by
the Champion Paper and Fibre Co.
and was a member of Long's Meth
odist Church. a
Surviving are the wife, Mrs
Frances Burnett Mann, and the 'n
parents, Mr, and Mrs M M. Mann, rii
all of Canton. "
Wells Ftineral Home is in charge
of arrangements. R
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Southpaw Lino Donoso, now 1|'
with Pittsburgh, had a 19-8 record '''
with Hollywood in 1954 and was
named rookie of the year in the a\
Pacific Coast League. ca
Clyde, Bethel Teams Evenly Matclo
For Big Game On Bethel Field Frida
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PLAYING UPHILL LIF
By FD FIlltGOL
1954 U, S. Open Champion
You. can't get your right side
nto-an uphill lie as fast as when
ou have a normal lie. The ball
isuallp travels higher and shorter
in this shot. So take a club one
lumber longer than (he distance
^ould ordinarily require. Play (he
>a!l toward (he center of your
lody. Use less barkswing. less pivot
nd use a shorter grip. And to
eep your balance, don't hurry
our barkswing,
AP Newsfealures
Midgets Rip
Asheville
fMCA, 41-12
Waynesville's Midget Mountain
ers won their first game of the
?ason last week by trouncing the
sheville YMCA team, 41-12, on
le WTHS field.
The Midgets scored in all four
jarters in healing the Buncombe
urn,
The first time they got their
ands on the ball, the pint-sized
?idders drove 45 yards and then 1
?nt Ray Edwards ripping through
hole in the line for 15 yards and
touchdown.
In the second quarter, Harold
ogers passed 25 yards to Danny
oore for another TD.
In the third period the Midget
ountalneers broke the game wide
?>en with three six pointers scor
I on Doug Hill's 25 yard run, Ger- ,
d Kelly's 10-yard plunge, and ,
ick Prevost's 90-yard jaunt on a i
?verse. i
In the fourth quarter the Mid- <
>ts marched 70 yards, with Chick I
arder scoring from the three on
quarterback sneak.
Asheville's two touchdowns came
the second period on a 60-yard '
in by the team's tailback, and a
1-yard drive.
Coaches Johnny Phillips and
ufus Pannel praised the defensi /e ,
?rk of the Midget Mountaineer ,
ne and Gerald Kelly's work as a
nebacker:
On the offensive. Steve Robinson i
-eraged better than 10 yards a ;
rry for his fullback slot. i
; waynes vine
Will Travel
To Spindale
WHh Waynesville at Spindale
tomorrow night against Ruther
fordton-Spindale Central, the
Clyde Cardinals will invade Bethel
for the only game to be played in
the county this week. Canton has
an open date.
Although Clyde-Bethel games
have always stirred a lot of inter
est. this year's tilt is expected to
generate even more enthusiasm
?once the two teams are fairly
even matched for the first time on
record.
Clyde, with a record of four
| wins and three losses will be out
< for its first victory in history over
Bethel, which won its first contest
of the season last Friday after los
| ing four and tying two.
However, comparing the two
teams on the basis of their won
lost record is misleading because
most of Clyde's games have been
in the Skyline-A conference, com
posed of smaller schools, while
Bethel has played mostly .in the
more powerful Blue Ridge Con
ference. Early in the season the
Blue Demons collided with Can
Ion, Waynesville, and Henderson
ville and although they lost all
three games, the Pigeon athletes
have the Satisfaction of knowing
they met the top teams in West
ern North Carolina.
Both teams run from the T and
both have new coachse. Belhel is
coached by James Mayfield, while
Clyde is under the tutelage of II.
B. Griffin.
To dale, Clyde has beaten Bak
ersvilJe, Walnut, Hot Springs and
Old Fort and has lost to Mars Hill,
Sylva, and Spruce Pine. The Car- ,
dinals have scored 147 points to
their oppnoents' S3.
Bethel, in addition to the three '
teams mentioned above, have also '
lost to Reynolds of Buncombe 1
County and has lied Murphy and
Asheville School. The Blue Dem- '
ons have scored 39 points while i
yielding 159 lo the opposition. i
Hack in tlie win column last i
week against Brevard, 13-6, the 1
Mountaineners will play outside ]
'he Blue Ridge Conference tomor
row night for the first time since ,
their opener against Sylva when
they clash with Rutherfordton
Spindale Central High School a(
Spindale.
H-S Central appears under par '
I his season and Waynesville will '
be favored in the clash. I
After a disappointing 7-7 tie i
with F.nka two weeks ago, the t
Mountaineers looked like a dif- I
erent team in halting the always- (
tough Brevard Blue Devils on
their home field last Friday. Way- f
nesville s offensive was not spec- ?
tacular, but the Ghld and Black
ball carriers kept pounding relent- ,
Ipssly against the Devil's line and
picked up the necessary yardage '
when it counted. 1
The Mountaineers scored after 1
an 80-yard drive with only 10 sec
onds left in the first half and add- 1
ed another touchdown in the third f
quarter after J. W. Stevens pilfer- ?
ed the pigskin from Brevard's (
quarterback. The line-busting full- .
back scored both of Waynesvilles ,
TD's and added one extra point. ,
Canton will be idle this week, ,
hut will travel to Marion next Fri
day for a game with the Rippers. J
Floyd Woolridge, out of baseball s
all of 1954 because of a fractured
bg. had a 3-2 record at .Houston '
when recalled by St. Louis this "
spring.
The race horse Joe Jones was
named after the man who acted
as the groom for Stymie, sire of
the thorouohhred.
LEADING GROUND GAINER for the Clyde (VdindstJ
has been Charlie Doiuiahoe, halfback, shown here runnj
touchdown against Old Fort last week in (lyde"s U-Mh
the Buncombe County squad. PoOnahoe and Us u-aiuj
play their bir grame of the season tomorrow i"~in J
Bethel Blue Demons at Bethel. |
After opening day ? November
21?Tar Heel hunters who want to
participate in managed hunts on
the state's cooperative wildlife
management areas won't have to
stand in line or get advance per
mits to hunt. Although most quo
tas have been filled for opening
day, lack of applications for subse
quent days has made possible sale
of hunting permits at checking sta
tions without advance application.
Original regulations required ad
vance applications for the first four
days of hunting on Pisgah. Mt. Mit
chell, Daniel Boone, and Uwharrie
areas, and for all of the wilderness
limits. Advance applications for
Pisgah, Mitchell, and Boone, how
?ver, were sufficient to fill only
he first day of hunting, and only
i few applications were received
'or subsequent days.
Advance permits will be mailed
o those who applied for these
areas, and other persons wishing lo
lunt may get their permits at ap
iropriate checking stations after
he first day of hunting. There will
le no quotas after November 21.
in these three areas.
Because of numerous applica
ions, drawings were necessary for
he first segments of wilderness
lunt on Cantrell Creek and Brad
ey Creek areas of Pisgah, Camp
^lice on the Mt. Mitchell area and
;he new Tuesquitee wilderness area
in Fires Creek.
On Bradley creeK permits may
le obtained at the checking station
or the third and fourth hunts
intil quotas are filled. At Cantrell
>eek. Camp Alice and Tusquitee
lermits may be obtained at check
ng stations for the second, third,
ind fourth hunts. On the Daniel
Joone wilderness areas none of the
juotas have been filled, and pcr
nits will be available at checking
tations for all four hunts.
No quotas will be imposed and
10 advance applications will be
neces-ary for daily ha
(lie entire two-weekhiul
on Santeetlah, Fire? Ore
ing Indian. Wayah Bald,
Rich l.aurel, and Flat 1
The Flat Tup area in I
Mitchell counties is h?ii
this year I'nr the first ti
been ducked largely tit
sin deer and unsuallyl
have been observed ant
Complete information
aged hunts including m
and special regulations i
tained from the Wildlife
Commission. Raleigji,?f
j Forest Service Ashevilh
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Thursday, at 9:0ft P. M.
WTHS vs Rutherfordton-Spindj
Friday, October 28, 7:20 P. M.
The Grantland Rice Story I
Each Friday Night at 7:0-? P- j
UNC vs Tennessee I
Saturday, October 29. I '' P* I
Pigskin Parade I
Saturdays at 1:2."> P. I
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WAYNESVllXES JAYVF.ES. coached by BUI Swift, will bn( the t
Canton Junior varsity In a game horr tonight. The Jayvee squad n
tkb year Include* iflrot row, left to right) Jamee Recce. Kenneth a
Gibson. Dale Gilllland, Frank Sharp. Harry Carpenter. David e
Eavenaon. R. C. Green, and David Enaley; (second row) Clifton C
Arnold, manager: Jaek Atkina, Andy Owm Denton Adaaw. James ft
Maahbnm. Tommy Pahner, On Bnmette, Steart Scruggs, Wayne It
rvn, JKS U1TM, Joe ?. I ill I and, Donald Nelson, Bill SorreUs,
uutrr; (third row) Coach Swift, Dean Smith, Jimmy Raff, Don
Id Roc era, DavUI Pace, Jimmy Bedford, Bobby Trull, Jack Hold
r, James Hannah, Tommy Parrls. Roderick Racers; (fourth row)
>ene Recce, Carlton Burred. Jerry Webb, Johnny CarsweU, Ray
lids, Johnny AUea. Charles D. Rich, David Underwood. Joe Sui
A S. D. Hamilton, and Stanley Gaddta, (Mountaineer Photo).