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By THOMAS J. SHAW, JR.
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A Bag of Recollections
Once, during the depression that has been crowded off
the page by war news, we ran a book review column on the
Greensboro Record editorial page. It had a good name, “Book-
Slants”, and we see no reason why part of the name can’t suf
fer a sea-change and become part-name of this column. We
have always thought a column-name private property, and
even if it is not Mr. Hamlin, who once sat where we sit, may
want to use his old trade-marke in Burlington. And so we
have a new name, with many thanks to Ed for letting us use
his two times while we were getting our editorial breath.
Here is another recollection, with a late but quite cheer
ful handspring for one of our fellow “Hard laborers”. When
we first worked for the Greensboro Record Houston Lawing,
of “Firing at Random” reputation sat close to us. In fact his
desk was just across the way, and we have never forgotten
his kindness to a green and would-be reporter who knew
nothing about journalism and less about sports. But this is
the point:
Two weeks ago Houston and his good friend Joe Dobson,
with the financial and moral support of Wesley Ferrell of
Guilford and the baseball world, published their first number
of the “Dixie Sports Review”, a once-a-week journal of sports
in the South.
Last week we bought their second number and we were
lucky enough to find a lone lorn copy of the first that had
not been taken up by the American News Company collection
man.
And tonight, when we should by Roxboro standards be
in bed, we have glanced over the two numbers, coming away
with a certain astonishment at the wide variety of southern
sports news the boys have been able to gather. In early fall
it is easy enough to write reams and reams anent the World
♦Series and the prospects of football.
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1 The “Dixie Sports Revjew” has these subjects covered,
and well covered, of course, but it also has columns galore
and a fascinating array of straight pieces on hunting, fishing
and golf. Person" and Roxboro sportsmen who want to know
what is going on in the Dixie sports world should investigate
this ne wsheet. The business office, in case you don’t know it,
is in Raleigh.
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Local Congratulations
For something more than a week we have been bombard
ed by or with information concerning the Helena-Erwin
Auditorium tri-county series baseball games. Saturday the
Helena boys won the final game in the series from the Er
win Auditorium lads with a score of three-two and captured
the Tri-County Championship. For what this means to the
boys and to the Person County section they have represented*
congratulations are in order.
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Football? J 5 K . . .
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Saturday a good portion of the Person County Times’
staff went to see the blanketing of the Citadel team at Chap
el Hill. The huge score can mean little as a measure of Caro
lina’s strength and ever since the game was over there has
been a certain wonderment as to why the matph was ever
made in the first place. It was, of course, to Citadel’s credit
to desire “a reach exceeding its grasp” but uneven games
can do much harm to the gate, which is, after all a most im
portant angle.
And this week there will be a Duke and Davidson contest
at Davidson, which moves us to say, with all due respect to
Davidson’s fighting spjrit, as tough as the toughest, that it
might be better for Davidson’s schedule planners to see to it
that the teaifts Davidson plays are more evenly matched.
Mind you, we are not saying the Duke-Davidson tilt will not
be worth the money. But there is in the contest a certain tra
gic element, just as there used to be in the prospect of Duke
against Carolina, not so long years ago.
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PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO. N. C. THURSDAY, SEPT. 28, 1939
Wirtzs Ramblers Open Season Tomorrow
Cafego Heads Star Galaxy
To Play In State Battles
Bue State Schools Offer
Greats. Preview Os -All.
Americas On.
Brilliant football players will
be almost a dime a dozen this
week in North Carolina with
Tennessee’s vaunted Volunteers
playing State college tomorrow
at Raleigh and Carolina engaging
Wake Forest and Duke battling
against Davidson in skirmishes
Saturday.
The boys who pick the all-sec
tional and the all-America teams
no doubt will hear much of no
less than half dozen of the stars
expected to shine within Tar Heel
confines. Headed by George
Cafego, Tennessee’s scintillating
all-America back, the list is both
long and superb.
Already Cafego has been sing
led out as the No. 1 player of the
year. But some of his teammates
—notably Bob Suffridge, who
won mythical national honors as
a sophomore last fall ;Abe Shires,
tackle; Bob Foxx, back; Len Coff
man, back and Capt. Sammy
Batholomew, blocking back—will
have something to say about Ca
fego having an easy time winning
individual honors.
Victor over Oklahoma in the
Orange Bowl, Tennessee is bring
ing an array of brilliant players
to Raleigh, but in that same
town, the Wolfpack of State col
lege can present an all-America
contender in Ed (Ty) Coon, tack
le, and another in Bill Retter, co
captain and center.
AND THERE ARE BIDDERS
FOR FAME WITHIN STATE
And if those aren’t enough for
brilliance, a spectator might stop
over in Chapel Hill Saturday af
ternoon to watch the dapper run
ning of George Stirnweiss, Caro
lina’s spectacular bask, or the
line play of Louis Trunzo, Wake
Forest’s Junior guard. There also
wil be be Gates Kimball, Tar
Heel tackle, and John Polanski,
Wake Forest’s sophomore full
back.
In event a stop at Chapel Hill
is not in order, there will be a
game at Davidson with the glor
ious Dukes playing. The Rose
Bowlers are not without their
luminaries. There is a “Bolo” Per
due for all-America campaign in
the making and the Thomasville
Terror will flank one side of the
Duke line. Playing guard slot
will be Allen Johnson, the dead
ly tackier who’ll captain the
Dukes. And running in the back
field with all the finesse a criti
cal coach can desire will be
George McAfee, the Ironton Ir
ritator, and clearing his paths will
be Willard (Easy) Eaves, one of
the finest blocking backs football
has ever known.
So, those aren’t enough? Well,
what do you want, an all-America
team itself? That being the case,
you’re in for a tough time. But
don’t ask too much. Pick out two
of the games and treat yourself
to an eyefull of the fonest early
season display of all-America as
pirants North Carolina’s gridiron
have ever offered.
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SCOUT BILLY DOYLE
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Washington, Pa. William
Thomas (Billy) Doyle, 57, o«
Portsmouth, Ohio, the of
American league baseball scouts,
unexpectedly in his hotel
foom here Sunday.
CAROLINA WORKS
HARD ON DEFENSE;
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
Wolf Works Tar Heels On
Defense For Encounter
With Wake Forest.
Chapel Hill The Carolina
Football squad turned up today
in the best shape of the season
and settled down to work at
once setting its defenses for Wake
Forest’s driving attack Saturday.
George Radman and Chuck
Kline, who were held out Satur
day, and Gates Kimball and Sid
Sadoff, two other veterans who
were slowed up by minor injur,
ies, appeared to be in shape a
gain, and the squad was near top
strength with Bill Blalock, re
serve guard, the only missing
member.
Coach Ray Wolf, who is reg
ularly offensive-minded, person
ally supervised setting the de
fenses. The Tar Heels worked
over their blocking and pass de
fense.
WALKER SENDS DEACONS
THROUGH “SLOW MOTION”
Wake Forest With a “slow
motion” drill and a short scrim
mage, the Wake Forest Deacons
began practicing for their South
ern conference football encount
ei with North Carolina in Chap
el Hill next Saturday.
Head Coach D. C. Walker lined
up his varsity in two teams which
ran Tar Heel plays against each
other in the light contact session.
Then the varsity, in a 20-min
ute scrimmage against the fresh
men, drilled on new plays for use
Saturday.
Louis Trunzo, guard, and Tony
Gallovich, back, participated in
the light work because of leg
muscle injuries suffered in the
South Carolina game last Satur
day.
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Bobby Riggs of Chicago, the na
tion’s No. 1 tennis amateur and
Wimbledon champion, walks oil the
court with the victor’s trophy after
defeating Welby van Horn of Los
Angeles in the final match of the
men’s national singles champion
ship at Forest Hills, N. Y.
DAVIDSON IN TOP SHAPE
TO PREPARE FOR DUKES
Davidson Davidson’s Wild
cats, elated over the fine showing
they made against N. C. State, be
gan practice early in the week in
preparation for Duke’s Blue De
vils, who will make their first ap
pearance since the Rose Bowl
here Saturday.
All members cf the Davidson
squad reported in excellent shape.
Monday’s workout was devoted
to play timing, punting scrim
mage, defense .set-up and wind
sprints. The workouts for Tues
day and yesterday were much
heavier.
DUKE SPEEDS UP WORK
FOR OPENER WITH ’CATS
Durham Davidson’s fine
showing against the North Caro
lina State Wolfpack in Greens
boro Saturday night resulted in
the Duke university football
squad stepping up its work in
preparation for the season’s open
er in Davidson Saturday.
Holding State to an 18 to 14
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score, the Wildcats almost won
in the closing stages of the game
and stamped themselves as a
dangerous gridiron outfit. Today’s
workout of the Blue Devils wasn’t
in the form of a scrimmage, but
a thorough session of fundamen
tals, with much emphasis on rush
ing the kicker.
Frank Ribar, who has been out
with an injury, returned to his
old post at guard, working along
side of Capt. Sweetpea Johnson
on the No. 1 team. Bill Bailey and
8010 Perdue were on the ends;
Mike Karmazin and Robert Mc-
Donough at the tackles; Gordon
Burns at center; with Wesley
and George McAfee, Easy Eaves
and Jap Davis in the backfield;
Wesley McAfee took the place of
Steve Lach, sophomore back, who
is out with an injury, but who is
expected to return to his berth
in the backfield in a few days.
Werner Brown, sophomore
quarterback, was injured in prac
tice Monday, suffering a slight
injjury to his arm.
VOLS HOLD LONG DRILL
PREPARING FOR STATE
Knoxville, Tenn. Priming
their offensive weapons for the
season’s inaugural struggle to
morrow against North Carolina
State, Tennessee’s Vols breezed
through a signal drill Monday
which was topped off with a long
session in the tackling dummy
pit.
Trainer Mickey O’Brien pro
nounced the squad in “fi;ne con
dition with the exception of two
or three boys who are over
weight.”
WOLVES REST FROM HARD
SCRAP AGAINST DAVIDSON
Raleigh North Carolina Sta
te’s first string took things easy
Monday to rest bruised muscles
while the second team ran
through a dummy scrimmage
against the freshmen.
Tomorrow afternoon the Rox
boro HighsySchool Ramblers,
coached by George Wirtz, will
meet a rough-and-tunmble crew
from Ruffin.
This year will be the first time
the boys of Coach Ed Clayton
have ever tackled! the Ramblers.
Clayton is a new man at Ruffin,
having finished at Furman this
past season, but from all that
can be gathered, he knows the
game and has a strong team
coming up with him.
The locals are very light, but
contain a lot of power and speed.
Coach Wirtz said today that they
were in pretty good condition.
After watching the Ramblers
workout for several day, this
writer is of the opinion that they
will go a long way towards the
winning cause.
Wirtz had this to say about the
game: “The boys are working
hard and have shown consider
able improvement. The line is
working better and the backs are
a bit faster andi quickers. One of
the main problems confronting us
is reserves, but after all, we may
take the game.”
The probable lineup for tomor
row’s game will be Louis (Red)
Day, fullback; Charles White,
quarterback; Henry Newell,
blockingback; George Cushwa,
wingback. At right end will be
Lawrence (Gus) Holeman; right
tackle, Lindsay Wagstaff; right
guard, Fred Woods; center, Co
-Captain Wallace Moore; left
guard, Herbert Allen; left tackle,
Co-Captain Hassell Whitfield, and
at left end, Buddy Clayton.
A good game is in view and a
large attendance of local support
ers is asked to turn out and help
the Ramblers. They need it.
Head Football Coach Williams
(Doc) Newton had his assistants
training a contingent of fresh
men in Tennessee plays for dis
play to the varsity Tuesday in
preparation for Friday’s game.