Victories Over Andrews
In top picture, Murphy Midget halfback Kenny
Hall, leading point maker, goes through Andrews
defenders for extra yardage as the Murphy team
completed an undefeated season last Saturday night.
Below, "Satch" Hughes, Mite quarterback, comes to
grips with an Andrews tackier. The local Mites also
won their game with Andrews. (Staff Photos)
Cherokee Braves Scalp Hayesville, 54-26
by Larry Ford
Staff Writer
The Cherokee Braves took
advantage of defensive lapses
bythe Hayesviile Yellow
Jackets to roll up a 54 to 26
victory last Friday night at
Cherokee.
Although the Jackets came
up with one of their better
offensive efforts of the year,
the defense was unable to stave
off the Braves' one-two punch
of halfback Eddie Crowe and
the passing combination of
Emie Lossiah and Buford
Smith.
Yellow Jacket Captain
Phillip Payne called the toss of
the coin and the jackets
received the opeining kick-off.
Gary Mease returned to the
Jacket 35. Jim Nelson romped
11 yards on the initial play to
gain a First down on the 46.
But here the drive died early
and Nelson punted to the
Brave 30.
Rushing yardage by Eddie
Crowe and Rick Long, plus
penalty yardage against
Hayesville quickly moved the
ball to the Jacket 20. Then
Brave QB Ernie Lossiah
pitched a 20 yard TD strike to
Buford Smith. Crowe took the
PAT pass and the Braves led 8 -
0 with 7:34 left in the quarter.
Gary Smart's penalty-aided
kick-off return placed the ball
on the Braves' 48 yard line.
But the Jackets couldn't gain
and Nelson booted out to the
Cherokee 18.
Eddie Crowe's 47 yard
romp set up Cherokee's next
score, a 22 yard run by Rick
Long. Smith grabbed the
conversion pass and the score
stood 16 - 0 with 3:59
remaining in the first quarter.
Nelson ran the kick-off to
the Jacket 34, then ripped off
7 yards in two carries.
Lunsford's keeper secured a
first down on the Jacket 45.
Two penalties against Cherokee
moved the pigskin to the Brave
34. Then Jacket QB Barry
Lunsford fired a pass complete
to Dave Bracken for a first
down on the 24. A Lunsford
keeper netted 4, then Nelson
carried to the Braves' 12. At
this point, the first quarter
ended with Cherokee leading
16-0.
That score didn't stand very
long, for on the first play of
the second quarter, Barry
Lunsford passed to Eddie
Mayfield for the Jacket's first
score. The PAT failed and the
score was 16 - 6 with 11:54
left in the half.
Cherokee couldn't gain after
the kick-off and punted to the
Jackets. Hayesville moved to
their 45, but fumbled and the
Braves recovered.
Crowe and Long combined
for a TD in three plays, with
Long scoring both the
touchdown and the PAT,
making the score 24 - 6.
Dave Bracken returned the
kick-off from his own 20 to
the Jacket 38. During the next
series for Hayesville, Nelson
reeled off 29 yards in the five
trips through the line, and the
Jackets punched to the
Cherokee 16. Again Barry
Lunsford fired the TD pass,
this time to Mike Hedden on a
16 yard play. Nelson ran the
PAT for a 24 -14 score.
Neither team gained much
ground in the remaining
minutes of the first half and it
ended with Cherokee leading
24 -14.
Crowe took the second half
kickoff back to the Cherokee
39. Crowe and Long moved the
Braves down into Jacket-land,
then Lossiah hit Smith with
another TD pass. Long got the
PAT for a 32 -14 lead.
The Braves got on the
warpath again when they
recovered a Jacket fumble on
the Hayesville 40. A
Lossiah-to-Grant pass was good
to the Jacket 16, Long hit for
four, Crowe went to the Jacket
5, and then Long plunged over
for the score. Eddie Crowe
tallied the PAT and it was 40 -
14.
Another fumble by
Hayesville set up Crowe's 36
yard scamper for a TD. Long
got the PAT and it was 48 to
14.
The Braves recovered their
third consecutive Jacket
fumble, but it did no harm as
Nelson broke up a fourth-down
pass to give Hayesville the ball
on the Jacket 35.
Nelson lugged for three,
then the Jackets gained a first
down on an 11-yard
Lunsford-to-Mease pass on the
49. Lunsford hit Bracken on
another II yard toss to the 38,
then Nelson rambled for 10
yards to the 28 and the third
quarter ended.
Starting off the fourth, a
Jacket pass feU short, but
Nelson hit for five, and Gary
Mease ran a sweep for 20 yards
to the Cherokee 6. Two plays
later, Lunsford found Hedden
in the end zone again for a TD
pass. The PAT was no good
and the score stood 48 - 20.
The running of Crowe and
two Lossiah-to-Smith p??~i set
up a two yard scoring to?
from Lossiah to Russell Boni,
the final Brave score of the
night The PAT failed and the
scoreboard read 54 - 20.
With 2:42 left in the game,
the Jackets got the ball again.
From the Hayesville 20,
Lunsford rolled out for 16*
yards to the 36. A pass failed
to connect, then Mease carried
for two. A Lunsford to
Bracken pass was just short of
a first down, but Nelson sliced
off 12 yards to the Braves' 45.
A penalty moved the ball to
the 30, and on the next play
Nelson sprinted around end for
an easy 30 yard TD. The PAT
was short and the final score
was 54-26.
But with only 30 seconds
left to play, the Jackets
weren t through. Lunsford
intercepted a long Cherokee
pass in his end-zone and
returned it to the Jackaet 20.
Lunsford's keeper picked up 9
yards and Nelson added 13
more on the next play.
But time ran out before
Hayesville could drive very
deep into Cherokee territory.
Jim Nelson carved out 137
of the Hayesville
234 Nebon canied the
Ball 20 times and boosted his
a?aon total to 899 yards in
?ght games. Nelson has one
pme remaining in which to
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Midgets Post Perfect Season
Midgets And Mites Beat Andrews Teams
By Red Schuyler
Staff Writer
The Murphy Midget and
Mites football teams ended the
1969 season with wins over the
Andrews teams.
Hie Midgets defeated a
well-coached Andrews team by
the score of 20-12 to wind up
the season undefeated. The
Murphy Midgets had victories
over Cherokee, Sylva,
Robbinsville, Swain, Hayesville
and Andrews.
The Midgets scored early in
the second quarter on a pass
from Larry (Satch) Hughes to
Rose that covered eight yards.
Hall tried to pick up the
conversion but was stopped at
the line of scrimmage.
The next TD was the result
of a pass from "Satch" to Hall
that covered 18 yards and put
another score on the board.
The pass play from Hughes to
Colbert was good for two more
points.
Murphy added another six
pointer in the final period as a
result of a one-yard run by
Hall. The conversion play
failed.
Andrews big gun was a
youngster by the name of
Gray. Gray scored both
Andrews touchdowns on runs
of 15 yards and six yards. Both
tries for the extra points failed.
The first game between the
Mites was quite a bit closer
with the Murphy Mites coming
out on the long end of the
score 8-2. Murphy scored first
when an Andrews player was
tackled in the end zone for a
safety resulting in two points
being posted on the
scoreboard. The only
touchdown in this game was
the 62 yard run by Ricky
Curtis.
On a perfectly executed
play with every man carrying
out his assignment, Curtis took
a handoff from Mark Edwards,
broke through the middle of
the line took to the left and
behind good blocking went all
the way to pay dirt. The
conversion was no good.
Andrews got on the board
as a result of a Murphy player
being tackled in his end zone.
The Mites ended the season
with a record of 4 and 2. The
Mites defeated Cherokee,
Swain, Hayesville, and
Andrews while losing to Sylva
and Robbinsville.
Hie coaching staff of Chuck
McConnell of the Midgets and
the staff of Douglas Martin,
Dickie Davis and Gene Farmer
of the Mites are to commended
and congratulated for the fine
coaching and training of these
young men who in no time will
be playing hi#i school ball.
The Murphy Lion's Club is
to be commended for the
untiring effort put forth in
sponsoring such a worthwhile
and needed project. This scirbe
would also like to tip his hat to
the many young boys who put
in many hours of hard work
each afternoon in trying to put
together a championship team.
We would also like to tip
-out hat to the mothers and
dads who waited many hours
for practice to end to pick up
that precious cargo and take
him home and practically hand
feed him if necessary and then
maybe later tuck him in bed
for another well-deserved
night's rest only to do the same
thing each day during U
with all the pleasure ai
thrills these boys have given
there's always a bit of sadni
when you arrive at the end of
season of any kind. I
anyone that follows spol
have known most of the "kid
since they were babies.
Before you know it they i
out on an athletic field playh
some kind of ball. A short tia
later they are receivii
instruction from persons wi
are interested in our youi
boys. From here they go on
the high school level and tin
to college and who knov
possibly this past season i
might have had the pleasure i
seeing a future All American
the making. If this shou
happen and it could happen,
am sure that the person
involved in this year's progre
and in the program; in the pi
and future would feel that
the effort and time put for
would be well spent.
Game Off The Year
Set Here Friday
By Red Schuyler
Staff Writer
As far as the 1969 football
season is concerned, the
players and fans can forget
about the last seven weeks.
This Friday night on the local
field is the week that will
count. The Swain County
Maroon Devils and the Murphy
Bulldogs will play a whole
season when the whistle blows
at 8 p.m.
This game will in all
probability be the one for the
"marbles". At stake is the
Smoky Mountain Conference
Championship and Double A
Championship. The winner of
this game will in all probability
earn the right to represent the
far west in a game with
Hendersonville to determine
the Western Class AA
Champion in a post season
game.
There are a lot of "ifs"
connected with the above
statement. First of all Swain
and Murphy are now tied with
five wins and one defeat.
Murphy's defeat came at the
hands of Robbinsville in the
first game of the season. Since
that first game, the Bulldogs
Carnival Set
At Peachtree
The parents and teachers at
Peachtree will hold a
Halloween carnival at the
school there on Saturday night,
Oct. 25, beginning at 7:30 pjn.
Everyone is invited, the
PTA officials say, and there
will be cakewalks, bingo,
fishing booths, refreshments,
door prizes, a country store
and a surprise auction.
Bazaar Slated
At Hayesville
The annual bazaar and bake
sale of the Episcopal Church of
the Good Shepherd, Hayesville
will be held on Wednesday,
Oct. 29 from 2 to 6 p.m. at the
church.
Homemade cakes, pies,
cookies and breads, gift items,
novelties, needlework and
crafts will be on sale.
Slimnastic Class
Circle No. 1 of the
United Methodist Church will
sponsor a Slimnastic class
which will start Tuesday, Oct.
28 at 8 p.m. in the Frank
Mauney Fellowship Hall of the
Educational building. Proceeds
will go to the building fund.
Class will last six weeks and
Miss Ella Jean Wells will be the
teacher.
Reducing Club
Overweight persons
interested in losing excess
poundage will be welcome at a
special meeting on Thursday at
7:30 p.ra. in the Power Board
Building in Murphy. A
reducing plan called TOPS, for
Take Off Pounds Sensibly, will
be discusMd with an eye
toward establishing a chapter
in Murphy.
equal his 1968 total of 1210
yards.
Barry Lunsford threw for
three TD passes, two of them
went to Mike Hedden and one
to Eddie Mayfleld. In acdtion,
both Gary Mease and Dave
Bracken gathered in several
Lunsford passes for good
yardage.
Three Seniors led offensive
and defensive line play for the
Jackets. They were Phillip
Payne, Richard Kelly, and
Kenny Smart.
The Yellow Jackets ate idle
this week, than face the Union
Co., Ga. Panthers at Blairsvllle
on Oct. 31.
became of age and have a string
of five games going for them in
the win column. They have
defeated all these teams by one
sided scores and not allowing
any of these five over one
touchdown per game. Two
games were shutouts.
The Swain County "Devils"
won six straight games before
blowing to the Franklin
"Panthers" Friday night in
what some people would call
an upset. In this writer's
opinion, I would differ. Even
though the Bulldogs defeated
the Panthers by a score of 35-0
it doesn't mean a thing. If you
saw the game you will
remember that when the
breaks were passed out, the
Bulldogs were the recipients of
them all. The Panthers had to
P c??h UP" and sometimes
when this happens you make
mistakes and this is what
, the n'Sht the
Bulldogs defeated Franklin.
After the game Friday night
Murphy has to meet rival
Andrews the following Friday
night. This is another game
that you can forget past
performances by both teams.
The record really doesn't mean
a thing.
Swain also has to meet the
strong Sylva-Webster team
This is another good team that
the Bulldogs ddefeated early in
the season and also a game that
the Bulldogs took advantage of
a few breaks and walked off
the field with the victory In
my opinion, Sylva-Webster is
capable of turning the trick on
Swain County if Swain doesn't
play up to its capability. S-W is
not out of the running yet
They have only lost two games.
itt N?w !*ere "le situation:
IF Swain defeats Murphy
Friday night and then S-W
defeats Swain the conference
honors will be between
Murphy, Swain and S-W. This
would be a three way tie and
probably a first for the S.M
Conference. The Bulldogs can
straighten out this mess with
victories over Swain County
this week and a victory over
Andrews the following week
One word of advice to the
fa"s-i The Swain County fans
will be in full force and many
people will make the trip over
Red Marble gap for this game.
II you want a seat you better
come early.
One other suggestion, if you
please. To avoid a traffic
congestion, it will help if you
have the correct change ready
for the gate tenders. If at all
possible please do this
Admission is $1.50 for adults
and 75 cents for students. If
the gate tenders have to make
change for every car, there are
going to be a lot of people that
wil miss the kickoff and part
of the game.
Let's fill the stadium Friday
for the game of the year.
Mouth Of The South
The feathers and feet which
I have been forced to consume
in my crow-eating act this
week have been rough on the
innards. After we made the
whirlwind tour of the Atlantic
Coast Conference football
camps on Operation Football
safely I selected the
Gamecocks of South Carolina
to win the title in 1969. Later
after seeing the North Carolina
game against the Chickens in
Coiumbis, I was slightly
disenchanted, and with my
uaial courage, abandoned my
selection of South Carolina and
took N. C. State.
Last week's episode in the
Palmetto capital in which State
fell left me with a lot of bird to
choke down. South Carolina
fans have been generous in
their correspondence during
the days since the ball game,
and I am abashed. It is my last
prediction at least for this
season. Now, though, it seems
probable that my first pick was
a sound one. Paul Dietzel is
putting three solid years of
recruiting on the field, and he
is winning. Of course there are
many hard games ahead, but
I m not getting in a position to
get any more letters from those
irate Gamecocks. Those cats
are smelling blood, and I don't
care a thing about its being
mine.
This is not supposed to be a
great football year at North
Carolina, and the record to
date bears out the fears which
Bill Dooley had about his
young Tar Heels. It also bears
out the promise which the
ream holds for the future
Right now the North Carolina
aggregation is where the South
Carolina crew was a year ago
Dietzel did not get his troops
mobilized in winning
formation until after the
halfway mark in 1968. They
were just too young to win.
But at midseason things
changed. Folks at Chapel Hill
think the Tar Heels are about
to make the same turn for the
better and by next year-ah
there's a sweet contemplation
for the long denied North
Carolina supporter.
The Southern Conference
isn t exactly a world beating
outfit, but it has one of the
nation's most colorful teams.
What with Lefty Driesell's
basketball, much staunch
Davidson followers almost
forgot the Wildcats play
football. But now, Homer
Smith has produced four
straight winning efforts,
including a victory over a truly
spectacular Richmond crew. In
the four games, Davidson has
averaged almost forty points
per outing, and this week the
'Cat quarterback,' Gordon
Slade, was national back of the
week. It has been forty-two
years since Davidson won four
in a row. It won't be that long
again.
Wonder if Bud Carson is in
any real trouble at Georgia
Tech. Hopefully, he will be
given longer to build a winner.
Bud is a firebrand competitor,
and an able teacher of the
game. But coming in after
Bobby Dodd put him in the
unenviable spot of taking up
the reins dropped by one of
the masters. Successors to tl
great ones usually fail becau
they don't have time. If ti
Yellow Jackets get buck fev
and run Bud off, they w
make one of the year's biggi
mistakes.
Basketball practice h
begun in the colleges, and t
Cougars are opening tlx
season Saturday, and right ha
in the middle of footh
season we're watching tl
World Series. Man, that's U
much for a country boy.
generation ago it couldn't ha
happened. They had to wj
for one sport to end so tl
athletes could play the ne
one. If the age of specializatk
advances much further they
have batters who can't thro
and pitchers who can't bat B
really, it won't be so new
that We got those folks,
the poor, with us always.
Audubon Society
Seeks Members
RALEIGH - A statewide
membership campaign of the
National Audubon Society has
been launched which is
expected to add over 3,000
new member to the rolls of the
conservation organization.
Governor Scott, in a directive
proclaiming November, North
Carolina Audubon Month,
appealed to people from all
segments of business and
professional life to participate
in the drive.
As an added incentive for
joining the society during the
campaign, every new member
may choose one of a pair of
signed lithographs by two of
America's leading wildlife
artists: "Cardinals," the state
bird, painted by the famous
ornithologist-artist Guy
Coheleach; and "Flowering
Dogwood," the state flower,
by Anne Ophelia Dowden,
outstanding botanical artist.
The prints are furnished by the
Frame House Gallery of
Wildlife Art, Louisville, Ken.
under whose auspices the
artists' works are reproduced .
Membership in thy Society
is $12.50. Application forms
and samples of the boa
prints are available at all offlc
of the North Caroli
National Bank. Mi
applications may be made!
P.O. Box 65054, Chariot!
N.C. 28201. With 1
remittance the new memb
should state his choice of ft
print. Checks should be m?
payable to National Audutx
Society.
The activities of t
Audubon Society go I
beyond "bird watching". It ii
powerful voice of conservatk
in America. Its purposes ai
programs are not mere
protection for the birds, b
for all natural resources an
ultimately, for the peo|
themselves. The bi-montb
Audubon magazine-one of t
country's leading cons e r v at!
magazines-and participation
the.programs of the society i
included in membership.
?7 Uuf State's rich variety
wildlife, as well as our strean
forests and population cente
must be protected if futu
generations are to know t
land as we know it today
officers of the Society say.
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