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Beaufort, Eagles Blank Foes In Football Openers Seadogs Crush New Bern JV, 38-0; Pittman Stars By RIP WILDER Beaufort football coach Hugh Gordon unleashed his pack of 1954 Seadogs Thursday night and they swarmed over New Bern's JVs, 384), before an estimated 950 spec tators who sat in intermittent showers. The Beaufort squad displayed a well-rounded offensive machine which was sparked by the hip swinging running of Murray Pitt man and pass-catching of Gehr mann Holland Beaufort took control of the game early in the first quarter when Harold Willis electrified the crowd with a blazing 70-yard touch down sprint. The New Bern attack was bot tled up most of the night by the defensive play of Holland, Pitt man, and tackles Alex Copeland and Ed Willis. The only serious Bear threat came late in the third quarter and was halted when Ed Willis inter cepted a lateral on the Beaufort 6 yard line. Pass Pays Off Beaufort garnered their second score of the night in the second quarter on a 21-yard pass from Pittman to Holland. A few minutes later, the pulsat ing Pittman zig zagged his way 45 yards to the third Seadog tally on a punt return. Coach Gordon sent in a complete ly new team late in the second quarter. The squad took over on their own 18 and thrilled the crowd with a 72-yard drive which was capped by a 40-yard dash by Jim-< mie Norris as the half ended. At half time Beaufort held a 19-0, margin. The Seadogs were stymied in the third quarter but started moving again in the final period. LIGHTEST HEARING AID IN 70^ HISTORY! ujliiliiiiiHinrr As powerful u some hearing aids at least TWICE iU sire. Weight about the same as a pocket lighter, and ? hardly larger I Clarity ! Comfort ! Coiwewftee! OMIT SUt operates for I* ? week on one liny battery! Wear and com pare ? on our IO*day money-back Guarantee. Bone conduction acces sory at moderate extra coat. UIT TIMI-PAYMINT HAM Morehead City Drug Co. - A Good Drug Store Pittman threw * 4-ywd past to Holland for a Kore making it 23-0. The second platoon came in again and Pee wee Parkins sparked a 15-yard drive and bulled over on a quarterback sneak, bringing the score to 32-0. Fumble Grabbed After the kickoff, the Bears ran three plays and Whisnot faded back to pass on the Beaufort 30. He was rushed and hit hard. He fumbled and Seadog tackle Alex Copeland brought the crowd to their feet as he picked up the fum ble and lumbered 60 yards to a touchdown. The game ended with Beaufort on New Bern's 40-yard line, hold ing a 38-0 victory in their season's opener. Play-by-play: First quarter ? Beaufort won the toss and elected to receive. Jerry Willis took the opening kickoff and ran it back 20 yards to the Beau fort 40. Harold Willis picked up 5 yards up the middle and Pittman was thrown for a 2-yard loss. A 5-yard penalty for offsides was in flicted against Beaufort. Quarter back Harold Mason gained a yard around end and Pittman dropped back to punt. Pittman's punt carried 30 yards to New Bern's John Hogan who was hit immediately by Holland on the Bear 30. Huggins got 4 yards over center and Lewis was dropped for a 1-yard loss. Bear fullback Whisnot was stopped at the line of scrimmage and Hogan punted with the ball rolling dead on the Beaufort 30 yard line. H. Willis Scares Hopping Harry Willis hit off the right side of the line, spun off the linebacker, outran the Bear safety man, and galloped 70 yards to the night's first touchdown. Gehrmann Holland split the uprights as he kicked the extra point, giving the Seadogs an early 7-0 lead. Holland kicked off for Beaufort and Huggins gathered it in and went to the New Bern 35. Holland stopped Lewis on a pitchout and Owings dropped Whisnot for no gain. Bear quarterback John Ho gan tossed a jump pass to Lamb for four. Hogan fell back to punt. Mason took in the punt on the 25 and powered to the 30. Pittman picked up 5 and 3 yards on two line plunges. He gained one on third dAwh, missing a first down by ? yard. Beaufort punted but a penalty gave them a first down on the SO. H. Willis slammed to a 3-yard gain in the line and Pittman was thrown for a 2-yard loss. Beaufort Fumbles Beaufort fumbled and Huggins recovered on the Beaufort 46. On the following play Pittman recover ed a Bear fumble at the same spot. Pittman, an outitanding all-around player, broke over the line of scrimmage and twisted his way 15 THE WORLD'S LARGEST SEAFOOD DINNER For $1.00 CHILDREN UNDER ( SERVED FREE BIG JAMES' FAMOUS HUSH PUPPY RESTAURANT Open 11 A.M. 'til 10 P.M. Water Front Morehead City WATCH FOR IMPORTANT NEWS about PILOT'S PARENT'S PROTECTION POLICY For the Impaired and Handicapped Child SEE FRIDAY'S NEWS-TIMES ? Golf Tourney Opens Tomorrow as 54 Qualify New Bern Club Sponsors Cruise The ' Eastern Carolina Yacht Club, New Bern, is sponsoring a small boat cruise Saturday and Sunday which will start in New Bern at 12:30 p.m. Saturday and will end in New Bern Sunday. All owners of boats 21 feet long and under, both inboard or out board, are invited to enter the cruise. After leaving New Bern the cruise will have a rendezvous at Minnesott Beach for refreshments and regrouping. Another rendez vous is set for Core Creek Bridge in the intracoastal waterway. After the meeting at the Core Creek Bridge, the group will cruise to Morehead City Yacht Basin, arriving about 5 p.m. Sunday the fleet will move to Beaufort and Harkers Island be fore starting the return journey to New Bern. Registration of captains and crews will be at the Eastern Caro lina Yacht Club in New Bern Sat urday morning. yards to the 39. An offsides penal ty set Beaufort back to the 34. After H. Willis gained 2, Ma son pitched out to Pittman for a 12-yard gain and J. Willis got a 2 yard gain. Pittman punted to New Bern 22 as first quarter ended. Second quarter ? New Bern couldn't move the ball and punted to their own 49. H. Willis smashed through center for seven and Hol land snared a 15-yard pass, fum bled and Harold Willis recovered on the 21. Quarterback Harold Mason pitch ed out to Pittman who passed to lanky Gehrmann Holland in the end zone for the second Seadog tally. Holland missed the extra point, making it 13-0. Holland kicked off to New Bern end zone, bringing it out to the 20. The Seadogs snapped off the Bears' offensive tries and Hogan got set to punt. Pittman Thrills Crowd *? Murray Pittman took the punt, juggled it once and set sail up the sideline near the Beaufort bench. He twisted loose from the eager hands of three New Bern players, reversed his field completely and went over into the end zone stand ing up after a 45-yard jaunt. Hol land's extra point try was no good. Beaufort led, 19-0. Three New Bern plays netted 7 yards and Hogan punted to Seadog 18. A new Beaufort team came in. Jamie Norris picked up 3 yards up the middle and then smashed for a 7-yard gain and a first down. Peewee Parkins, quarterback, bull ed 7 yards on a sneak and Norris got a first down. Norris slipped loose and sprinted 40 yards to the Bear 10 as the half ended with the Seadogs leading, 19-0. Third quarter ? New Bern couldn't move the ball and Beau fort took over on their own 15 after a punt. Pittman took 4 and Jerry Willis 1. Pittman's pass to Holland on fourth down was incomplete and the Bears took over on Beau fort's 22. Davia and Hogan moved the ball to the Beaufort 6. The drive was stopped by Seadog end Ed Willi* as he intercepted a lateral. Pittman took a pitchout on the 15 and went to the 45 after H. Wil lis gained. 4 yards and the Bears were penalized 5 yards for delay of the game. Holland went up in a group to bring down a pass for a 5-yarder and Harold Willis split the middle for 7 more yards. Jerry Willis slammed for 2 yards and Harold Willis pushed to a first down on the New Bern 45 as the quarter ended. Fourth quarter ? H. Willis rammed for 2 yards and Mason paaaed 23 yards to Holland. Ma son followed with a jump pass to Owens good for 10 yards. Pittman took a pitchout, reversed his field, and was stopped on the New Bern 4 sifter a 8-yard pickup. Pittman tosaed to Holland for the score. Holland's extra point try failed and Beaufort led 25-0. Parkin* Tallin After the kickoff. Henry Safrit recovered a Bear fumble on the New Bern 18. Parkina sneaked to the 1-yard line and then plowed over on the following play. Norria ran acroaa the extra point. Beau fort 32, New Bern 0. New Bern moved to the 40-yard line on runa by Hofan and Lamb. Whianot faded to paaa and fum bled. Cope land acooped it up and went 60 yarda behind protection thrown up by Pittman. Holland's extra point try waa no good and the Seadoga poaaeaaed a 3W1 margin. Holland kicked off to New Bern's 48 where the ball waa fumbled and recovered by Beaufort Norria a printed around end for a 1-yard gain aa the game ended. The Beaufort team picked up Coach Gordon and rode him off the fMd on tbeir shoulders. ? Action in THE NEWS-TIMES Match Play Handicap Goli Tourna ment will get underway at the Morehead City Golf and Country Club Wednesday with 44 men, six boys and four ladies entered in their separate divisions. All qualifying was in by noon yesterday and the pairings were announced yet terday aftetnoon. Dick McClain fired the lowest qualifying score in the men's di vision with a 153 for 36 holes. War ren Beck, club champ, shot XSS. Charles Hassell Jr., led the boys' qualifying with a 45 and Kay Jenk ins had a 103 as low score in the ladies' division. Boys' Division and Handicaps Walter Morris 26 vs. Joe Bella mah 34; Darden Eure Jr., 30 vs. Ray Hassell 26; Charles Hassell Jr., 12 vs. Harry Gillikin 20. Ladies' Division and Handicaps Kay Salter 27 vs. Jackie Eure 23; Kathryn Chalk 29 vs. Kay Jenkins 20. Men's Division and Handicaps J. B. Sanders 32 vs. Norman Wells 13; Ray Rogirs 25 vs. Grady Rich 18; Bill Carlton 16 vs. George Lewis 8; Frank Cheek 23 vs. Dick McClain 5; Robert Seamon 17 vs. A1 Dewey 22; Frank Jordan 18 vs. Gene Smith 26. B. B. Bagees 14 vs. Gilbert Pot ter 14; Piggy Potter 12 vs. Ray Garrett 24; Walter Teich 16 vs. Cy Adams 18; Sonny Geer 18 vs. Vir gil Jenkins 18; Harry Gillikin 13 vs. L. B. Daniels 6; P. K. Ball 22 vs. L. G. Dunn 20. Milt Morey 15 vs. Vic Bellamah 16; John Morris 16 vs. Theodore Salter 16; Jerry Schumacher 15 vs. Art LaMontague 23; Walter Mor ris Sr., 22; vs. Charles Check 17; A1 Chestnut 14 vs. Warren Beck 4; James Potter 27 vs. Owens Fred erick 13. Charles Hassell 9 vs. Hendrix Wells 9; Mike Brady 19 vs. Marion Mills 14; Frank Exum 18 vs. Robert Garner 26; Ray Hassell 10 vs. Dar den Eure 17. Growing Giant Enrolls at Rice Houston, Te$. (AP) ? Houston is mighty fclad it has the climate to combat asthma. Thai's how Rice Institute got Temple Tucker, a much sought schoolboy basketball player. Tucker is 6-feet-lOft , weighs 200 and is still growing. By the time he's ready for varsity basketball at Rice he may be seven feet. Temple, who played for Bowie in four Texas high school tourna ments and made all-State three years, chose Rice at the end of the last season but had a provision. "I'm going to work down there this summer and if my asthma bothers me I'm going to Southern Methodist," he said. He announced that since his asthma didn't bother him he was going to definitely enter Rice. "I guess I've ont^rown it," he explain ed. So Temple spent the rest of the summer wrestling cases of soft drinks five days a week, life guard ing on weekends and playing bas ketball in his spare time. He fig ures the work strengthened him. Tucker was pretty convincing when he played in an all-star game at Murray, Ky. He was in the game only part of the second quar ter and practically none of the fourth but scored 26 points. As a sophomore in high school he averaged 20 points per game. As a junior he averaged 26 and as a senior 30.1. Guthrie Boats Take Sailfish Two of Lcroy Guthrie's party fishing boats boated sailfish Thurs day with each of the fiah measur ing over 7 feet apiece. The two boata, Gulf Breeze and Southwind, were fishing near each other in the vicinity of the radio bouy about 29 miles offshore when the sail fish were hooked, accord ing to Mr. Guthrie. The Gulf Breeze was carrying a party from Lynchburg, Va., and a party of jet pilots from Cherry Point were aboard the Southwind. The two parties also caught about 20 amberjack apiece. The amberjack webbed between 20 and 39 pounds. Willard Levis la captain of the Gulf Breeze aid Arthur Lewis cap taina the Southwind. New Bena Came Ready Soon Pl?y on th< new nine holea at the New Ben Golf and Country Club ia expeced early In Novem ber, It was announced at a recent meeting at tl>? country club. Norman (R?d) Strader, former Yankee football coach, la routing 14 gamei for the San Franciaco 4Ben thia aeaatn. He la alao in the conatruction baaineaa in Berkeley, Calif. MC Backs Race To 28-0 ' Victory Over Swansboro More head City's Eagles rode to * 28 0 victory on the churning legs of ? hopped-up backfield Saturday night as they dumped Swansboro in their first outing of the '54 grid season. The Eagles sailed to several long runs during the night with Kemp Wickizer, Norman Larkee and Dan ny O'Neal being the top "get away" boys. Co-captain Bobby Willis proved to be a masterful quarter back with running and passing in cluded in his versatility. The rain which peppered down at intervals failed to dampen the enthusiasm of approximately 1,400 spectators and the Morehead City team. Larkee Dashes 40 Yards Norman Larkee, 150 pounds of speed and sprinting ability, shot the Eagles out to an early lead in the first quarter with a 40-yard scat into paydirt on the first series of downs in which Morehead City had handled the ball. On the following kickoff Swans boro's Millard Johnson got off the visitors' longest run as he started on his own 15 and, following good blocking, moved up the sidelines to the Morehead City 40. Bobby Willis pushed over the Eagle's second tally on a quarter back keep play from the 10. A flying Irishman named Dan ny O'Neal brought the score to 21-0 in the second quarter with a zig zagging 30 yard touchdown excur sion. Willis Snags Pass The scoring for the night was ended in the third quarter as Jim mie Willis, Eagle end, got behind the Swansboro safety and brought in a 36-yard pass without break ing stride and crossed standing up making it 28-0. The Eagle's second team played most of the fourth quarter. The second stringers threatened late in the game as Jimmy Parker hit Wal ter Willis with a pass on the 6 yard line. On the following play a I fumble was recovered by Swans boro as the game ended with More head City holding a 28-0 victory in their first game of the young sea son. Playby-PIay: First quarter ? Swansboro won the toss and elected to receive. Lar kee's kickoff carried to the 10 where Swansboro co-captain War rcn Ward took it and pushed to the . 25. Johnson got oHlrin the inidfnH and Ward was stopped for no gate" around the end. The visitors punt ed on third down with Larkee re ceiving on the 40 and plunging to the 45. Wickizer punched one through the line and Larkee picked up 4 more up the middle. The Eagles switched to a single wing formation and Wickizer skirt ed the end to the Swansboro 30 but stepped out of bounds on the 40. Bobby Willis didn't gain on the keep play. Willis handed off to Norman Lar kee who hit a hole on the left side of the line and broke into dash form as he went 40 yards untouch ed to the first score of the night. Big Kemp Wickizer smashed the line for the extra point and the Eagles possessed a 7-0 margin. Johnson Runs Well Larkee kicked off for Morehead City and 130 ? pound Millard John son gathered it in on the 15. He got loose from two tacklers and followed several good blocks up the sidelines and appeared to be on his way until he was headed off by Bobby Willis on the Morehead City 40 ? yard line. Bill Kay got a 1-yardcr and quar terback Jay Cardy dropped back to pass. Larkee intercepted on the 30 and ran it back to the 44. Ken Brown hit the line for 1 yard and Bobby Willis marked off 8 yards on the keep play. On a quarterback sneak, Willis pushed to five yards and a first down. The Eagles shifted to the single wing and Wickiter was thrown for a yard loss by tackle Jimmy Tyn dall. A jump pass was incomplete and O'Neal couldn't gain on a pitchout. Swansboro took over and Ward waltzed 7 yards before he was stopped by Larkee. Walter Willis stopped Johnson for no gain and Swansboro punted on third down. The ball rolled out on Swansboro's 45. Bobby Willis Score* Kemp Wickiier, erroneously nicknamed "Baby," bulled and stiff-armed his way to the 10 yard line. Bobby Willis faked a hand off and went around end on a keep play. Running like a man who was not be denied, Willis, hit twice, pushed off and finally pulled three men across the goal line bringing the score to 134. Wickiier plunged to the extra point, 14-0. Second Quarter ? Wickiier stop ped Privette on the 30 with a hard tackle on the kickoff. Johnson lost a yard and Buddy Midgett stopped Ward. Swansboro again punted on third down. Larkee got it on the 25 and moved to the 32. Connor made 8 yards on a spin ner play up the middle, O'Neal picked up the first down on a 4 ysrder and then lost 4 around end. Bobby WilUa ran the option play and decided to keep. He swivel-hip ped his way 20 yarda to the 40. O'NmI picked up 6 and Willi* got 3 on a sneak. Willis was thrown for an 8 yard loss attempting to pass. Larkee was stopped for no gain and Swansboro took over on their own 37. David Privette was stopped for a 1-yard loss and Jay Cardy gained a yard. Swansboro punted on third down to the Morehead City 43. Running from the single wing. Wickizer picked his way 16 yards on an end sweep to the Swansboro 41. Larkee plunged to a 4-yarder before being stopped by Leonard Parker. Morehead City was pe nalized S yards for off-sides. O'Neal Dashes to TD Willis churned out 4-yards and Wickizer, from the single wing, rammed to a first down on the 30 Dashing Danny O'Neal went off the left side of the line and outran the Swansboro safety for a 30 yard touchdown sprint. Wickizer plowed over with the extra point making the score read 21-0. Bradley Mcintosh, center, stop ped Ward had on the following kick off as the half ended. Morehead City led at half time, 21-0. Third quarter ? Bobby Willis took the second half kickoff on the 25 and zipped to the 40. A clipping penalty pushed the ball back to the 25. Wickizer powered his way to the Swansboro 42 on an exciting 33 yard run. Larkee got 4 yards on a pitch out and O'Neal picked up a first down. Willis lost 2 and faded to pass on the following play. Jim my Willis, 185-pound end, got open and (Bobby) Willis hit him on the 5 yard line and he went over for the final tally of the evening. Wick izer bulled the extra point across. Morehead City 28, Swansboro 0. Willis Recovers Fumble The kickoff carried to the 37. Ward stepped 8 yards. Walter Ful cher hit Dick Kellum who fumbled and Walter Willis recovered for the Eagles on the 40 yard line. O'Neal got 7 yards and Ronald Howland moved the ball to the 32 for a first down. Larkee twisted his way to the 19. Johnson inter cepted a pass and ran to the 15. Sw&nsboro tried to punt out of trouble on first down. Larkee took the punt and was dropped hard by Alton Strain at the 40 as the quar ter ended. Fourth quarter Wkkizcr took * pitctaoHt went 4 yards. Lim !>er*legged Larkec moved to a first flown on the 30 and Bobby Willis took 5 yards on the keeper. Connor hit the middle for 3. A pass fell incomplete. Wickizer rolled to a first down and Larkee was stopped for no gain. Bobby Willis chalked up 2 yards around end. Dick Kellum intercepted a pass on the 9 yard line and again Swans boro punted out of trouble on first NO GEIGER COUNTER SOME PEOPLE GO to Alaska to look for uranium, but if It'a something you want to buy ? a house, a boat, a used car, a gun, in fart most anything ? youll probably do better to look in the classified ads in TOE NEWS-TIMES. UNC Tackle Asks For More Work Chapel Hill ? It sounds incred ible, in view of what a football player normally has to take on the practice field, and^ in the swelter ing weather that candidates have had with them during this humid September, but it's true. A 224-pound junior tackle on the University of North Carolina squad approached Coach George Barclay and Trainer Fitz Lutz and asked if they could find him some work chopping down trees between the two drills daily. He said he wasn't getting enough work. He wasn't kidding, so Roland Perdue of College Park, Ga., cur rently running on the first team, was found some trees and handed an axe by grounds maintenance chieftain Raymond Hutchins. Jones Unveils Boat Elizabeth City, N. C. ? Ted Jones, unlimited class hydro plane driver and designer of the world record holder Slo-Mo-Shun, expects to unveil a new unlimited class racer at the International Cup Regatta here Oct. 2-3. Com modore Tilton Hayman, of the Pasquotank River Yacht Club, which is sponsoring the event, said that Jones expects to put the new boal in the mile record trials, which have been sanctioned by the American Power Boat Association. down. The ball went out on the 24. Bobby Willis was smothered on the keep play and Walter Wil lis skirted end for 3 from the single wing. Larkee gained a yard around end. Jimmy Parker dropped back and tossed to Walter Willis who took it and was hit on the 0 yard line. 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