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— SPORTS — KISER'S KORNER — BY RONALD KISER — Maryland, East Carolina, Balmont, Laaa-McRaa To Cop Titfoa It’s football time again. Crystal ball in hand, thus reporter will again, week after week, attempt to select the winners. This weekly column will be devoted, through the entire grid campaign, to pick ing the winners. Let us get the crystal gazing under way by attempting to select the winners and the final stand ings of North Carolina’s high school and college -conferences. Here’s the way this reporter sees of the Atlantic Coast, North State, the final standings next November Oarolinas Junior College, and Western AA high school loops: ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE 1. Maryland 2. Duke 3. Clemaon 4. South Carolina 5. Wake Forest 6. Carolina 7. Virginia 8. N. 0. State NORTH STATE CONFERENCE 1. East Carolina 2. Lenoir-Rhyne 3. Elon 4. Catawba 5. Appalachian 6. West Carolina 7. Guilford WESTERN AA SOUTHERN 1. Belmont 2. R-S Central 3. Shelby 4. fherryville 5. Forest City 6. Kings Mountain 7. Lincolnton WESTERN AA NORTHERN 1. Lenoir 2. Hickory 3. Morganton 4. Newton-Conover 5. Taylorsville 6. Marion 7. Wilkes Central I 8. Valdese JUNIOR COLLEGE CONFERENCE 1. Lees-McRae 2. Gardner-Webb 3. Chowan 4. Miars Hill 5. Asheville-Biltmore Winston Reynolds Top Club In The State Carrying the prediction game a bit further, our pick for top high school team in the state this fall is Winston-Salem Reynolds High. Coached by John Tandy, former Carolina grid standout, the Twin Citians copped the title last time out. We also see the Gastonia Green Wave finishing in fourth place in the Western AA race fol lowing Reynolds, Greensboro, and High Point Charlotte Harding High will be the top class AA outfit in the state with Belmont defeating Lenoir for the Western AA title. The Western 'and South Piedmont Conferences do not belong to the state AA set-up. Albemarle is the favorite in the South Piedmont race and is the pick to once again down Belmont’s Raiders in the toon play-offs. The SP champs downed the Raiders last fall by 14-6. Lettermen Bill Walker, Dick Shipley. Joe Horning, Dick Bieski, Ralph Bairi. and Tom Flynn are the top Maryland grid hopefuls. Coach Jim Tatum, last season’s coach of the year, also has a hatch of good looking frosh to off set the losses of Bernie Faloney, Stan Jones, Bobby Morgan, Ches ter Hanulak and others. The Terps open their season Sept. 18 vs Kentucky at Lexington, Kent. Worth Lutz, Jerry Barger, Nick McKiethan, Bob Paschel, johnny Palmer, and Doug Knotts are just a few of the stars slated to make Duke’s Devils the top college out fit in the state. The Durham boys take on a tough schedule including Pennsyl vania, Army, Purdue, Tennessee, Navy, and Georgia Tech. The Army game is to be played at Durham Oct, 16. East Carolina and Lees-McRae have a number of veterans return ing from last season’s Bowl squads. The Pirates, let by passer delux Dick Cherry, lost by 12-0 to West Chester, Penn, in the Lions Bowl at Greenville with Lees-MeRae dropping a 20^0 de cision to South Georgia in the Golden Isles Bowl at Brunswick, Ga. Gardner-Webb. which has three Shelby boys and a Bessemer City lad on their roster, is expected to make a good showing in the iunior college circuit. Jerry Haw kins, Bob Bridges, and Bill Gam ble are the Shelby boys in the Gardner-Webb camp with Besse mer City’s Ben Smith and Lin colnton’s Johnny Beal also ,on hand at Boiling Springs. Beal is a center. Davidson Southern Weak Siater Again Coaches Bill Dole and Chuck Clements have made a few changes at Davidson, but the Wildcats, according to pre-season dope, will again finish in the sec ond division of the Southern Con ference. The mentors have 53 boys in harness at present plus a light schedule for the coming season. That 53 numbers repre sents the largest number of boys to turn out at the Mecklenburg =shoo! in some time. The lighter sard, faced hy the Wlildcats. in cludes V. M I., Stetson. Wofford, Elon, Catawba, Citadel, Furman, and Presbyterian. Gone are the towrbies met last season, namely Georgia Tech, Harvard, and North Carolina State. Kings Mountain’s Ollie Harris and Hickory’s Dyke Little are two of the backfield hopefuls. Both starred in the Western AA loop last, season. A pair of Gastonia l.oy<-' and two other Western AA standouts are on the ’Cat roster. Tackle Adair Hatcher of Morgan -on and Guard Little Howard are " ■ - r Belmont "Red Raiders" Seven Point Favorites Here Friday Cherryville vs Belmont. Wrather Johnson vs Bill Link. Charles Black and Ronald Turner vs J. C. O’Daniels and Doug Mauldin. That’s the menu for local football fans Friday night at the high school park as the Ironmen pry the lid off the ’54 season with the defending chantpion Belmont Red Raiders. Gametime is 7:30. Wrather Johnson and his Raid er lads haven’t tasted defeat through 10 regular season test-, having whipped 10 foes last rea son before bowing to South Pied mont champ Albemarle in the AA play-offs. Lenoir, Forest City, R-S Central, Morganton, Hickory, Newton-Conover, Lincolnton, and Kings Mountain were the West ern AA foes to stumble before the powerful Raiders in ’53l Non loopers Winston-Salem Grey, Cramerton, and Monroe weer also added to the victims’ list. Gone from last season’s outfit are Jack Linebersrer, the jarnn’ fullback, James Biggerstaff, the high-stepping tailback, Pat Mur nhy and several others. Neverthe less, the Raiders have still come up with a top flight club. Doug Mauldin, a 150 lb. ee1 hipped speedster, will operate at Riergerstaff’s position with J. C O’Daniels running from Lineber ger’s post. Also a diamond star at Belmont. O’Daniels tips the scales at 170 lbs Gene Byers is slate ! to start at blocking back in the Tennessee-style T, employed by Johnson and aid Johnny Coble. Gary Cannon, now enroute home from Yakima, Wash, with the Gastonia legion outfit hasn’t been able to practice on acccunt of the crack legion nine but may see limited service Friday. Cannon, captain of the legion team, clear ed the way for Lincberger and Bipgerstaff last season. Two hackfield hopefuls were injured last week as the Raiders prepped for this all important the ex-AA stars with Quarterback Bill Rowland and Tackle Harold Davis the Gastonia boys. scrap. Carroll Beatty, expected -o take up some of the slack in the absence of Cannon, sustained a serious knee injury with Wmg back Dickie Suggs sustaining a broken wrist. It is doubtful if either boy will see action Friday Truett Lineberger wil be the other backfield starter. Although End Denny Williams reecived a slight concussion and Tackle Eddie Thrower sustained a back injury last week, both are expected to be in the thick of the fight Friday. Williams, all-loop flanker last season, and Thrower, 195 lb. tackle, spearheaded the hard-charging Raider forward wall which will also include vets Dusty Maynard, Earl Byers, and Ronnie Helton. Helton, the pivot operator, is another all conference lad. Oherryvile is in a bad way for backs. That’s putting it mildly since Tailback Gene Jarrett and Fullback Paul Taylor quit the team last week Both boys were counted upon by Coaches Link, Emmett Feimster. and Sherrill Cranford for heavy duty this fall. Their departure leaves the local bosses with hut three regular backs in camn. Ronald Turner and Charles Dellinger were shifted to the backfield last week with Don Reynolds moved to. the fullback slot the first part of this week. Turner will probably start at 1 tailback if the Cherries receive 1 the opening kickoff or at tackle if i they kick to the Raiders. Charles I Black will also open in the hack field with Joe Hallman, in all probability, directing the T-,o>' mation attack from bis quarter back slot. Hallman weighs 160. Turner 180, and Black 161. Hallman captains the Ironmer. this session along with Bob Dell inger and Jerry Daggerhart. If Reynolds, a regular guard last season, should start at fullback Friday, either Carroll Carpenter or Wade Boyles would operate at the guard slot opposite Brother Zlaekwelder with Jack Robbs tak ing over for Boyles at tackle Most economical PICKUP! Only the new Ford Pickup gives you a choice of two modern, gas-saving, Low-Friction engines . . . powerful new 130-h.p. Power King V-8 or new 115 h.p. Cost Clipper Six, most efficient standard Six in Pickups! You save trips with one of the biggest of all pickup boxes—45 cubic feet. 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Byers Mauldin Lineberger RHB O’Daniels FB Center RG RT RE J QB LHB Dellinger J Daggerahrt Blackwelder Kilby Reynolds Boyles Daggerhai t Hallman Turner Black Feimster To Coach Ironmen Bees Emmett Feimster, the new Cherryville High School assistant football coach from Valclese, will coach the Ironmen Junior Varsity this fall.. The tall mentor hopes to arrange a six or seven game schedule for the Bees. Thirty-six boys answered the initial call for drills on the high school field Thursday afternoon. The boys went through a class room skull session last Friday, then started workout- in earnest on Monday. A breakdown of the present roster shows that there are eight ends in camp along with six tac kles, six guards, two centers, and 14 backs. The complete roster: Ends — David Thomas, Ronnie Alexander, Alonzo Morrison, Ken Russ, Dale Hudson. Bobby Alsobrooks. Billy Davis, Larry Kester: Tackle-— Dale Carpenter. Eddie Homesley. Michael Mauney, Stanley Frisson, Ted Beam, Alvin Turner: Guards —Jerry Helms, Bobby Bridges, Boyce Eaker, Jerry Schruin, Mich ael Dellinger, Gary Hunsinger; Centers—Jerry Haylcs and Bobby Rudisill: Backs—Don Brown. Randy Whitaker, Ken Chapman, Guy Eaker. Garland Neal. Doug Williams, Ned Cody, Nelson Craft. Bob Peeler, Arnold Dellinger, Cecil Jenkins, Jr.. Don Heavner, Vernon Ledwell, Dutch Heavner. West End. Hands C.F.C.C. Boys Defeat The West End Strikers defeat ed the C.F-C..C. boys by the score of 1566 to 1519 in the first bowl ing game last Wednesday night. Ben Tillman was high in total pins for West Erd with J32 for the three games. Carol Lackey was also high score with a game of 124. For the C.F.C.c' Merle Bum gardner was high in total pins with M19 while Burl Hartman was high man with 122. Scrubbs Defeat The Independents 80 Pins Last Thursday night the red hot Scrubbs jumped on the favor, ed Independents to take all three games in a hard fought battle which put the Independents in the cellar to start the season off. High score for the Independents was Hub Black with 128. Once again Harvey Carpenter was high for the Scrubbs with 126. Louis Dellinger was high in total pins with 350 for three games. Football Practice Started At G-W Boiling Springs—Coach Norman Harris issued the call for initial drills at Gardner-Webb College Wednesday afternoon and was greeted by 38 prospects. Among those present were five letter-winners from last year’s team. Leading this quintet of re turnees were Co-Captains Ronald Burns and Dean Upton. Others returning were James Parker, Jim Smith, and Henry Fogle. After a brief talk Coach Harris proceeded to send his aspirants through a light workout and con tinued Thursday with two daily session • that are designed for conditioning’ This practice will 'ortinue until next week when heavier duties will be stressed with only one meeting daily. The hr. a: tiav - a tugged eight game -eh d .It which they open by play ing no*; to the Chowan College •■’eye • a* Ru'iierf irdton Senteni ber 25. The two teams fought to a - circles-' d s.dlock last year. Coach Harris is faced with the task of rebuilding with only a half jet<( r;vi ., anti a host of Freshmen and other newcomers. G'od.iation claimed the backbone of the ’58 club which broke even with three wins, three setbacks, and a tie. Among the missing are j such stars as: Ernie Bverly (who ; has returned to assist Coach Har iris), "Bunny” Price, Richard I Yearwood, Norman Hardin, and j Edgar Teague. j I-arris does no*, h; >’e a pessimis | tic eutdopk on the situation. How I ever, he has an amlple supply of “crying towels” on hand for vari. j oils reasons; namely - Joe Saun i dei:.' hit k<’Ti leg that will keep the I sbeedy h; T'o k on the sidelines ' for an indefinite period; sturdy T. | G Phillips, a big brick in last I year’s forward wall has a shoulder | injury that will cause his absence ; from play for at least a month; i and the failure of Alfred Stepp, | Dennis Dorman, Bill Norris, Don i v Toney to report to camp. The former four are let •• e> Dale Robertson and Virginia Mayo find romance despite the fact she’s a bandit queen and he’s the nemisis of outlaws, in one of the scenes from “DEVILS CANYON”. Photographed in Technicolor. Playing Friday and Saturday at the ROSELAND DRIVE-IN Theatre. Time To Trade"? Then you can hold down the cost of that now car by financing tha balance at our bank. Stop ini Extra Low Interest Rates On New Cars INSTALLMENT LOAN DEPARTMENT CHERRYVILLE NATIONAL BANK OPEN TIL 5:00 P. M. EXCEPT TUESDAYS & SATURDAYS Tuesdays Open til 12:00 Noon Saturday Open til 3:00 P. M. termen and the latter is a trans fer ’from Mars Hill College where he played last year. Those present for opening drills arBNDS: Jerry Doby, Ted Turner, Horace Broome, David Tolley, Stanley Davis, James Parker, nd Ben Smith. TACKLES: Henry Fogle, Ron. aid Burns, Ben Cornwell, Bill Sit ton, Bob Newton, and Carlos Bulle. , GUARDS: Bob Bridges, Bill Gamble, * David Pressley, Jack Parker, and Tom Sheets. CENTERS: Johnny Beal, Tom Poston, Don Poole, and John Mc Brayer. , BACKS: Bill Kent., Jack Creech, Jerry Hawkins, Richard Tmomas, ‘.'karles Belcher, Bob Hall,^ Jim fmith, .T. T. Davis, Joe McGinnis, Paul Biler, Don MeCarson, Dean Upton, and Bob Tobin*. The complete schedule: Sept. 25—Chowan, Rutherfordton Oct. 2—Asheville-Biltimore, Ashe. Oct. 9—Lees McRae, Banner Elk Oct. 16—Lees McRae, Boiling Springs Oct. 23—Mars Hill, Mars Hill Oct. 30—(Asheville-Biltmore, Boil ing Sprnigs Nov. 6—.Mars Hill, Shelby Nov. 13—W.1C.T.C. JV’s, Boiling Springs. Four Local Pugs On Sat. Card Here Four cf Red Dellinger’s top boxers, are slated to step into the ring Saturday night at Charlotte’s Griffith park as the Carolinas Amateur Boxing Association spon sors its initial show of the season. Scheduled to get under way un der the stars at 8 o’clock, the program will have 24 bouts on the calendar. Colen Warren, Reece Lynn, Lar ry Boyles, and Paul Ginn are the [ local fighters that will be on the program. Warren, cocky little 126 pounder, scraps Harold Wil liams of the Belmont Boys’ Club with Lynn, husky 200 pounder, meeting an unnamed foe from Rock Hill. Lynn’s opponent tips the scales at 260. Ginn, a 160 pounder, meets Don Williams of the Charlotte Police Athletic Lea gue, while Boyles, at 135, meets an unnamed opponent from Gaff ney, S. C. The* headline attraction will be a heavyweight go between Billy Walters of Rock Hill and Waban Thomas of Charoltte. Other Gaston Countiana on the program Saturday night hail from Alt. Holly and Belmont. The Hawks, managed by T. L. McMa nus and Belmont, handled by Ebb Gantt and Snooks Howard, are charter members of the Carolinas Amateur Boxing Association a long with Cherryville, Gaffney, Charlotte, and Rutherfordton. Alax Davis, 118 of Mt. Holly, will clash with an unnamed foe from the Charlotte Police Athle tic League with Frank Brewer, 103, matching blows with James Hyder of Rutherford’s American Legion. Both those scrappers saw action here last winter in Cher ryville’s first annual Golden GIov Another Alt. Ho'jy pug, • Billy Home, meets Ohunny Mull of the Newton Optimist Club with three Belmont, lads also seeing action. Terry Henderson, 137, will scrap Kenneth Dellinger of the Kanna polis Boxing Club with Harold Williams meeting Warren and Guy Brown, 123, exchanging blows with Gaffney’s Max Nix. An automobile will he given to tin lucky ticket holder Saturday bv ;he boxing group, whose sole [u pose is to stimulate amateur boxing in the Carolinas. There ) • now j i members of the asso Ofhei members of the Gherry viHc, Mt. Holly, and Belmont teams that will provide enter tainment for county fans through out the winter are: Cherryville - Franklin Wiright, Warren Griffin, Dennis Humph ries, Carroll Keever, Carroll Lynn, Michael Dellinger, Dan Ginn, Richard Darty, Troy Tate. Mt. Holly-Russ Cannon, Billy Saunders, Bill Norktt, Jerry Wa ters, Jack Waters, Larry Rick, Ronnie Harrison, Ned Bell, C. tV. Sneed. Roy Sletzer, Beaarl Davis, Jim McManus, Larry Saunders. Relmont-Roger Brown, Walter Green, Allen Wilson, Gene Clon iiiger, Ben Wilson, Cliff Smith, Jr, Quality Can Help Make Up For Acreage Loss Despite the loss of 154,000 acres of cotton in North Carolina—and prospects of further reductions in allotments — cotton growers can still increase their incomes. David S. Weaver, director of the State, College Agricultural Ex tension Service and member of the state Cotton Quality Improvement Committee, suggests that growers and others set their sights on: Improving the inherent quality of cotton and preserving that quality through production, har vesting, ginning, handling and other processes. Weaver points out that North Carolina is largely a state of small cotton growers; there are 87,000 farmers producing less than 600, 000 acres. This small acreage per farm means that certain practices that have proved profitable else where, such as mechanization, are difficult to carry out in North Carolina. In this state, 96 per ceqt of the cotton is hand-picked, com pared to 38 per cent in California and 19 per cent in Texas. On the other hand, North Caro lina enjoys some advantages over these states. North Carolina cotton is close to the markets, and local mills favor high-grade North Caro lina cotton. Weaver declares that Tar Heel farmers can produce a cotton of a very high quality if they will observe every practice essential to maintaining that qual ity. North Carolina farmers are ex pected to produce nearly 4.1 mil lion bushels of soybeans this year, 17.; per cent above the 1958 crop.
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