THE YANCEY RECORD i
HURSDAY (SEPT. 5, 1963
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The iom
Sidelines
' . BY TOM HIGGINS fPP <
1
football practice began in the
Atlantic Coast Conference Monday.
Bob Quincy. North Carolina’s
excellent Sports Information (Dir
ector, appropriately summed up
the situation thus: “Right now
everyone is unbeaten and untied.
Spirit has never been better.”
Even lVake "Forest Is enthusias
tic. The Deacons know that even
if they win only one game they
will be improving on 1962’s re
cord.
I’m enthusiastic about the com
ing season, too. . .and a little
“homesick.” This is my first sea
son in six years away from the
ACC football world’s axis.
During those years I worked
as a sportswriter for three N. C.
dailies, i’ll get back each Satur
day to cover a game for one of
the state’s dailies this_ season.
But it won’t be the same. A “Sat
urday , 'nly Man” is never able
to pick' ‘up those incidental
little stories that turn covering
sports ■ from a job into a delight.
Stories such as. . .
Colorful Prank Howard, the
'v- coach who has become an institut
ion within an institution *24 years
on the job) at Clemson College,
bounced onto the practice field,
where assistant coaches already
had the Tigers at work.
Spying two mammoth tackles
in a one-on-one head-banging
drill, Howard roared: "Hit hard
er! If yon play for me you have
to be a -mean S.O. B.
Then the.coach spyed a group of
women, probably players’ wives,
standing nearby. Blushing, he
roared again: “Well, you might
not have to be a S. 0. 8., but you
shore do have to be mean!”
. . Last season North Carolina’s
Tar Heels- flew to the new Spartan
burg-GreenVUJe Airport en route
to a game, at Clemson. A bus
whioh was! to meet the plane and
transport tjhe * team to Its hotel
had inadvertently gone to the old,
abandoned' Greenville airfield. i
Just as 1 ! the players settled in
the lobby’for a long, annoying
wait on the bus, a loudspeaker
blared: “You Tar Heels will be
interested .to know that the Blue
Angels (the Navy's precision fly
ing team) : will be landing in five
minutes.”!^
The players rushed to the obser-l
vation platform, and sure enough
the Navy lets roared over In tight
formation, ilnformed by the tower
that the UNC team was watching,
the sailors, went through virtually
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their entire act before descending. 3
(The Blue Angels were in Green
ville to Perform at dedication
ceremonies at the new airfield).
The bus finally arrived and
everyone swarmed on. Moments
after it was underway, Bob Brad
ley, demson’s Sports Information
Director who had met the Tar
Heels at the airfield, stood and
solemnly asked for ""attention.
“Gentlemen,” he said, cramming
his tongue into his cheek, ‘‘the
- aerial act which greeted you is
another example of Clemson’s
famed hospitality. . .courtesy of
the athletic department.”
He was given a wild ovation. .
Each year sportswriters from
the ACC area charter a plane and
visit each of the league’s eight
grid camps on a whirlwind tom
known as “Operation -Football.”
Last year at N. C. State the
writers were interviewing affable
Coach Earle Edwards. Edwards
was bombarded with questions,
some of them utterly ridiculous,
but he politely attempted to ans
wer each one. The session drug
on and on. Finally someone quer
ied: “Coach, who’ll be doing the
kicking this year?”
Edwards couldn’t resist. A sly
grin creased his face. “The alu
mni and sportswriters,” he re
plied.
. . .Following a loss many coach
es clam up and all the poor wri
ter assigned to obtain a post-game
interview can get is a “yes,” a
“no,” or a “no comment.”
To his credit, Maryland’s Tom
Nugent does not fail in this cate
gory.
Nugent, who is famous for the
“I” formation and his feud with
Clemson’s Howard, is always gra
cious in defeat, and he gives the
writers the ..colorful comments
they crave.
Last fall after absorbing a
heart-breaking 10-7 loss at Duke
• that knocked his Terps out of the
' ACC championship, Nugent was
In the midst of his post-game press
conference when a nearby phone
rang. Another Maryland coach an
, awered and said: “It’s for you
. Tom. WTQP in Washington.”
Nugent, excusing himself, ex
plained that he was committed to
give the D. C. radio station a few
brief comments each week about
; the just-completed game.
’ The fellow on the other end of
, the line asked Nugent how he felt
r about the next Saturday’s game.
“Well, we play Clemson next
week,” said Nugent, “and we ex
pect a good game, despite the
fact that the Clemson team is
coached by Frank Howard.”
Panthers H 'in Opener
Cane River To Face Spruce Pine;
East Yancey To Meet Mors Hill
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BY TOM HIGGINS
Record Editor
East Yancey and Cane River
begin their quest for Appalachian
Conference football honors Friday
night when they tangle with two
respected league rivals.
Coach Bruce Peterson’s Cane
River Rebels open their season
by playing host to Harris High
School of Spruce Pine.
Meanwhile, the East Yancey
Panthers, coached by Bobby
Thomas, go after their second
victory when they meet Mars HUI
at Mars Hill.
Both games are scheduled to
begin at 8 P. m.
Tire Spruce Pine contest will be
the first of six consecutive confer
ence games for Cane River, and
■ East Yancey will be playing the
first of fouiystraight loop games.
Both Spruce Pine and Mars Hill
were beaten in tlieir opening
I games last week.
Spruce Pine stepped out of its
• “A” classification and was beaten
by 3-A North Buncombe, 27-6.
Mars Hill, whioh figures to be a
, contender for Appalachian Confer
; ence honors, was defeated in a
mild upset by Hot SPrings, 27-14.
•• • •
The Panthers kicked off their
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The Great Outdoors
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BY ROD AMUNDSON
- - N. C. Wildlife Commission
The next time you feel like
- cussing our somewhat complicat
? ed system of hunting and fishing
i licenses, game and fish laws and
regulations, you would do well to
•) 1 bear this in mind: In Bavaria,
. the minimum age to qualify for
a hunting license is 18 years. And
before you can buy tills license
) you have to have successfully com
pleted a six months course in
a hunting laws, customs, Identffi
. cation of game and nongame
species, plus fundamentals of
game management,
a
p On completing this bit of techw
„ cal education you have to go be
'l fore a board of qualified German
*i jaegers (qualified hunters! for an
’ examination. If you come up from
this little inquisition smell
j ing like a Uly and feeling
j like a wrung out dishrag, you
! cam buy a license for 50 Reich
1 marks (twelve bucks). But you
J f ‘cp n’t go afield until you have
, bought an insurance policy cover
ing $35,000 in personal liability
and $3,500 in property damage
| liability.
Now, are you on your own? Not
, quite. You have to secure per
mission to hunt on the land, em
a ploy a guide, and wait for him to
” give you the high sign before
squeezing off a shot at game.
Heil to Bavaria, but give me ,
■ Tarheelia!
"" _ . . * . •
That bigger bag limit on ducks
this year is downright encourag-,
ing to many a Tarheel wildflower. j
Although a scaup is mighty hard*
to tell from a ringnecked duok.j
the bonus of two scaup a day)
brings the potential daily bag i
j of ducks up to five birds with a
Possession limit of ten—more than]
we have had for many a year, i
Apparently the long range wea-!
ther cycle in the Canadian and j
the northern United States has'
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RUBMVILLX. ». G. ' /*
FRANCHISED DEALER NO. IMP
campaign last Friday night with r
an impressive 27-6 ..victory over 1
Happy Valley,—Team., at East
Yancey. 1
Junior quarterback Gordon ;
i Banks set the pace, running tor
two touchhdowns and passing to
; end Harold Bennett for another,
l Halfback Bob Anderson scored the
l other East Yancey touchdown.
East Yancey did all its .scor
f ing in the first half and then,
f after allowing the Tennesseans a
1 third period touchdown, turned to
1 defense and coasted in an easy
winner. I.
a The Panthers took only five
plays to score, marching 55 yards
e with the opening kickoff. Ander
■- son swept left end for the final
j 35 yards with slightly less than
e three minutes gone. Fullback Nor
. man Ray then smashed across for
1 the first of three successive extra
y Points he scored on plunges.
East tallied again the next
s time it had possession, Banks
i culminating a 60-yard drive by
sneaking over from the two.
i The Panthers turned it to a
rout with another 60-yard touch
i down march in the early stages
i. of the second period. The payoff
this time was a seven-yard, first
r down pitch from Banks to Ben-
changed for the better. Cycles!
of wet and dry seasons in this
region run over a period of about
12 to 15 years, and apparently we
are in for the wet phase of the
cycle during the next few years.'
This will be reflected in liberaliz- 1
ed seasons and bag limits. The
formula is quite simple: no rain,
no marshes; no ducks. |
With canvasbaok and redhead
ducks completely eliminated from
the bag limit this year, and be
cause scaup are hard to distinguish
from ring-neck ducks, it might be
to spend two bits on
some insurance against . getting
caught with a boo-boo bird in the
bag. The U. 8- Fish and Wildlife'
Service has same
100.000 copes of a book (at 25c
each) entitled ‘Ducks at a Dis
tance.” This little number tells
why duck identification is import
ant, and show what to look for
and how to tell one species from
another by flight pattern, action
color, shape and voice.
If a duck clams up on a dark,
foggy day you will still have Iden
tification trouble. But this book
Is worth the money. Write to
Government Printing Office, Divi
sion of Piiblic Documents, Wash
ington 25, D. C.
....
Sign of the times: the fact that
the State Wildlife Commission is
holding ninie public hearings to
consider antlerless deer seasons
In small portions of 15 counties
indicates that in general deer
populations have reached gener
, ous proportions. There is only one
I reason to hunt deer: to reduce
* herds to a point where they will
I not do serious damage to agricul
jtural activities or to keep them
| from destroying natural deer j
1 range. 1
•* • •
I OT Luke Guppy figures the
! world owes him a living, but al
■ lows as to how he has to work
mighty hard to collect.
nett that obviously caught Happy
Valley with its pass defense down.
East Yancey swept 50 yards for
its final score later in the second
period. Banks covering the final
15, on a run around right end.
Happy Valley got its running
attack going midiway the third
period and averted a shutout
when Jim McKay skirted end for a
touchdown. East Yancey stopped
a running try for the extra point.
The Tennesseans, after throwing
only one pass through three per
iods, took to the air in desperat
ion in the fourth quarter and
(juickly moved into East Yancey
territory with: three straight
completions.
The Panthers brought the threat
to a jarring end, however, when
they discovered that Happy Val
ley’s protection for its passer
was virtually nil. Chuck Chrisawn,
a 235-Pound tackle, and guard
Bryon Zuver led a “red-dogging”
attaok that upset the visitors’
hopes for a comeback and assured
a sad night in Happy Valley.
Bast finished with a whopping
statistical advantage. The Pan
thers had a 13-5 edge in first
downs, 215-138 yards rushing and
120#5 yards passing.
Their execution of plays was
excellent for an early-soason
game (when mistakes are usually
prevalent) and then- repertorie
good.
‘ Most consistent gainer was an
! end sweep with either Anderson
or fellow halfbacks Gary Ray or
Dudley Robertson carrying. Barks’
pin'oint passes to Bennett and
end Charles Willis accounted for
' much valuable third down yard
-1 age.
The Panthers' blocking was un
usually sharp in the first half,
| especially for an opening game.
Linemen turning in above average
performances included center
Benson Tyner, tackle Steve King,
linebacker J. D. Silvers and guard
Basil McDougald.
Happy Valley 0 0 6 o—6
Bast Yancey 14 13 0 0-27
EY—Anderson 35 run <N. Ray,
mn)\
, EY—Banks 2 run (N, Ray. run)
I EY—Bennett 7 pass from Baziks
(N. Ray, run)
EY—Banks 15 run (run failed)
HV—McKay 10 run (run failed)
STATISTICS
HV EY
. First downs 5 13
Yrads rushing 138 215
Yards passing 45 120
Passes 3-4 744
Passes intercepted 1 0
Fumbles lost 11
Punts 2-43 4-39
Yards penalized 50 65
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