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BY EDWIN J. HAMLIN Roxboro and Bethel Hill will not meet on the gridiron this year thus read an announcement on the Times sports page this week, a year ago. This column sincerely trusts no auch report will be necessary during the coming season. Sports fans throughout the county have always looked for ward to the annual Roxboro-Bethel Hill game as the “big game” of the season as far as either team was concerned. Last year athletic relations between the two schools were severed after bad feeling had arisen the previous Spring. This year as a new regime takes over at the local high school, our first recommendation is that the county grid classic be tween the old rivals be scheduled without further delay. Cer tainly no good can arise over continued elimination of the game which more than any other can bind together the county’s two leading educational units in bonds of friendship and sportsmanship. ******* * Last year a step was taken toward renewal of athletic relations between the schools at a conference called by Chair man J. A. Long of the local school board when an agreement to cover future athletic contests between the two schools was recommended. Mr. Long then stated the conclusions of the representatives at the conference thusly: “The representatives of the two schools regret that there has been no football game scheduled for this season, but they requested the coaches of the two teams to see if some game could not be arranged without cancelling any previous en gagements. They also requested the principals and coaches of the two schools to draw up an agreement that will cover any disputed points in the future. It was the unanimous opin ion of those present,” he said, “that the athletic contests be tween high schools should be conducted on a high plane, and that the boys and girls who play the games should be given credit for the work they have done regardless of whether they win or lose. The representatives of these two school were in entire agreement on the fundamental principles that the place of athletics in high school is to develop the physi cal side of boys and girls in school and to teach them the fundamental principle of fair play.” • ******** \ As far as we are aware, no agreement such as recom mened above was ever drafted by the authorities to whom it was entrusted. Be that as it may, however, this should not stand in the way of a game for 1939. If school authorities still feel an agreement to cover future differences and in sure continued amicable relations is necessary, then by all means it should be drafted at once. This writer is among those who feel that an agreement is unnecessary. Conduct befitting well-bred gentlemen and sportsmanship above re proach, which will stand up even in the heat of battle, is all that is needed. Let’s add one more knot to the bonds which tie these two communities together in a thousand ways al ready. Let’s play football in 1939. We Want Bread It is natural for child- ydft ren to relish eating good bread give it ■ to them at every meal, and help them develop. J\ Our great big loaf of \ for a family meal, or Fruit and raisins Experts in the baking of fine breads and cakes on the pre mises. Eat them daily for health and enjoyment Roxboro Bakery Co. r n xt n TAe— SPOUTS Angle These Youngsters Get In Trim For Gridiron War wr LI a ‘ fiiTi Baifey— End "~ Bill Bailey, young stalwart of the Duke football team, figures to do a lot of running up and down the gridirons during the next few months. The photo above shows him getting into condition for the grind. But, how he loves it. Gridiron Drills Get Underway In State Fifty Present For Opening State Drills Raleigh Coach Williams (Doc) Newton’s N. C. State Wolf • pack went through a gruelling workout for the benefit of news reel and press photographers during first days practice. Fifty of 59 invited candidates reported for the first practice. None of the nine missing men has played any varsity ball. In addition, three sophomore newcomers showed up for try outs. They were: A. K. Caton, a Itransfer student from Concord; Joe Aqualion, Providence, R. L; and Johnny Warren of Winston- Salem. J. B. Thompson, letter tackle of 1937 who was out of school last fall, also put in ap pearance for drills. The Wolfpack practice session lasted from early morning until twilight Friday afternoon with less than two hours out for lunch. State college opens its season on the night of September 23 at Greensboro against Davidson. o Job Applicant Had Right Background Film Director William Keigh ley was selecting “types” to play convicts in Warner Bors.’ prison feature, “Each Dawn I Die,” which is to start a two-day show ing at the Palace theatre tomor 'row, and there were twice aa many applicants as there were jobs. Finally Keighley complet ed his roster and told the other men they could go. “Wait a minute,” objected one lantern-jawed chap. “You mean I can’t have a job? Why I spent five years in stir, working on them twine machines. Don’t a man’s background mean anything to you movie people?” SPORTS OFJLHE TIMES Up-to-the-Minute Sport News Solicited PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. a Christians Ready To Start Heavy Work Tomorrow Elon College, Sept 3 With two days of preliminary workouts out of the way, the Christians of I Elon College will begin heavy work tomorrow in preparation for the opening clash of the season with Wake Forest at Greensboro Saturday night, September 16. Two days out of a precious 13 days before the initial tilt are about all that Coach Horace Hen drickson can spare to limbering up exercises and other prelimin ary drills. Heavy togs are to be issued tomorrow with scrimmages in the offing as soon as plays are learned a little better. The schedule which has been in effect since Friday of two daily practice periods will end Thurs day with the beginning of reg ular clesses. Only an afternoon session will be held then. In lining up a tentative start ing eleven, Coach Hendrickson has figured on James Fritts, a guard, to fill an important post in the line, but the 195 pound senior has not reported for prac tice and indications are that he will not return to school this year, thus dealing a blow to the Christians for their heavy 10 game schedule. Although Coach Hendrickson is not forgetting that there are nine more games on tap, he is at present pointing for the Wake Forest game in hopes .of giving the Demon Deacons, who are rat ed among the top notch Southern conference elevens this year, a good workout. While the Elon mentor realizes that his team will be decidedly the underdog in the contest, he is attempting to round out an ele ven that will put up a good strug gle. Indications are that Elon will depend more upon speed as an offensive weapon than any oth er weapon since Wake Forest will likely have a weight advan I■■plS'v! m. - v aJR.. ; |yy vL j, ff jpp sM / / > / J HB \ Jfiklm S§§f \ Hr * W\ ■ Jhu ' I - l ■. ||M 'vllfek^J^B^i j K§ I H Ik- K&& I Sweet Lalanne, they call this lad at the Carolina football camp at Fetzer Field. Here, we see Jim (that’s his real name) booting a loog one *** Preparation for the coming campaign. He also passes a pretty mean pigskin too. tage. During spring drills a back field composed of Charlite Pitt man, a sophomore, Lee Fones, playing his second year of ball, and Joe Golombek, a junior, de monstrated a fair amount of a bility and these four are slated for first string jobs for the open ing tilt since they are the only letter backs returning. Captain Art Lee, 168 pound end, heads the veteran linemen. The other flankman will proba bly be Wellington Saecker, but other first string line positions are in doubt, especially center, a tackle and a quard. The Christians greatly need added strength in the middle of the line to stop the powerful Wake Forest running attack. o Ann Sheridan Plays At Dolly Lovely Ann Sheridan explain ed during the filming of Warner Bros.’ “Indianapolis Speedway,” that the brother of her great great grandfather was Gen. Phil Sheridan, hero of “Sheridan’s Ride,” with the Union Army in the Civil War. “What does that make you?” Gale Page asked her. “That mak es me ride a horse,” retorted Ann quickly. o “In all forms of government the people is the true legislat or.” —Burke. “Human law is right only as it patterns the divine.” —Mary Baker Eddy “The four pillars of govern ment . . . religion, justice, coun sel, treasure. —Bacon. Wake Forest Gets In Two Sessions Daily At Start Wake Forest A morning and afternoon drill of calisthenics was prescribed Friday by Coach D. C. (Peahead) Walker for the 23 candidates reporting for the first pre-season workout. Backs and ends were put through a light session of kick ing and passing on Gore field as part of the opening warmup. Missing from the Demon Dea con squad were eight lettermen: Tom Tingle, Tony Galionis, Lar ry Pivec, Eddie Woolbert, Pam Waivers, Bill Vanden Dries, Tony Gallovich, Joe Kuckinski. Coach Walker has only two week to groom the Wake Forest eleven for its opening engage mnt against Elon college at Were Tops In Person County Our sanitary rating following the last inspec tion by the local health department was the highest of any Person County eating place. Our 94 rating is Grade "A” Avail yourself of the cleanest and best by dining at the new Roxboro Diner SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1939 MANY ON HAND FOR OPENING OF GOLF COURSE Roxboro’s new golf course op ened at the Loch Lily Country club for the first time yesterday afternoon arid a good crowd of local golfers thronged the cour se. The three day opening will continue this afternoon and all day tomorrow, which is Labor Day. The course, although not in the best of shape for the first open ing day, was described as play able and presenting great possi bilities for the future. Most of the local members, who usually are forced to go to Durham or South Boston for their golf, treked to the local Country Club yesterday afternoon for the inaugural and most of them ap peared pleased over prospects for the future. o Rinks Back In Shape, Trounce Western Auto Back in prime condition after several days of rain and two de feats, ’the Rinkadinks trounced the tough Western Auto aggre gation managed by James Brooks, by the score of 18-4 at High School field Friday evening. Under the capable pitching of Bobby “Screwsy” Stephens, the Rinks allowed the Brooks’ boys only five safe blows, while se curing 14 from the offerings of Gordon Brown and Jim Millican. Brown started the game but before the end of the first frame was replaced by Millican after five clean hits were made on his offerings. Malcolm Duncan and Red Day, both Rinks, were very effective at the plate. Duncan got three safe blows out of three trips to the plate and Day got a single and and long homer. The Rinkadinks had a perfect day afield, as not a single error was made. “What a new face courage puts on everythingl” —Emerson ————o “The glory of good men is in their conscience' and not in the mouths of men.” —Kempis Greensboro the night of Septem ber 16.
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