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By THOMAS J. SHAW, JR.
Cherchez la Femme
Not so many months ago “Derr Real Stuff” John Derr,
of the Greensboro Daily News sports staff came down the
mountain from the Asheville Citizen-Times. This is what hap
pens in spare moments, according to Tuesday's edition of his
column:
“Football coaches in the Roxboro vicinity take a tip from
this department and locate the girl in your section who can
really punt that pigskin . . . While riding through that way
last Sunday we saw her get off several boots that would do
credit to any high school player. She was playing with a
crowd of boys.”
Well, come on girls, and don’t be bashful. We think we
could pick the one John saw, but we won’t be telling. Why not
leave that job to “Red” Day, Dick Puckett, or George Wirtz?
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Speaking of Coach George
Last night we saw him for a few moments and we begin
to think he is turning into a Wallace Wade, all because of
what he does not say. Last week before the Ramblers won
from the Methodist orphanage boys on Armistice, you would
have thought the local boys were to be up against it, to hear
Coach George talk. But they won. And so maybe that’s part
of his gridiron physcology. Last night he talked the same way
about tomorow’s contest with Warrenton. Let’s take it as a
good sign the winning streak will last.
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The Inevitable .
At this moment this column could never show its face
again unless it mentioned THE GAME of the week-end. No
nera to say Duke-Carolina, or the other way around. Even
the kids in the first grade know aoout this one.
Over in Durham two announcements have been made
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concerning the game, both of them having very little to do
with football on the field. One of them is the advertisement
saying frankly ‘There are no more tickets’ and ‘Don’t come
unless you have a ticket’. The other js yet more strange: “In
an effort to mitigate the after the game congstion of traffic
Duke University officials plan a presentation of the Graff
Ballet in Page auditorium immediately following the game.”
!Wt think this latter idea is attractive, but we wonder just
how many football fans will make a quick change from the
enjoyment of football, which is a strenuous ballet, to the
more classic form put on by the Graff troupe? And we think,
too, that some of the fans may be foolish enough to try to
drive from the stadium around to Page auditorium, in which
cast they will add to rather than take away the traffic prob
lem.
Here in Roxboro one of the drug stores saves a lot of
talk by having an “I told you so” score card for the pro and
con guessers to write up their Duke-Carolina figures on. Go
by there any day and you can see your friend’s name, and
maybe your own, with scores ranging anywhere from 0 to 0
and up, depending on where you went to school, or where
your pocketbook has sympathy.
lhe strong Duke followers still say Duke will win this
year. We don’t think so. We said it before and we say it again.
That squeeze Duke had with Georgia Tech was close. And we
can t forget Wake Forest. And we can’t forget that Eaves is
supposed to be out. So here goes, write your own ticket
Carolina , Duke We say, Carolina, 14, Duke 7.
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Coach Ray Wolf, Tar Heel men
tor, who will take his boys over
to Durham Saturday to engage
the Blue Devils of Duke in one
of what is expected to be the
best games played ni the south
this season,
guests.
Allensville To
Meet Mt. Tirzah
In Court Premier
A double-header basketball
game between Allensville and Mt.
Tirzah high school teams will be
played in the Roxboro high
school gymnasium at 7:30 o’clock
Friday night, according to an
nouncement made today by school
officials.
In this, the first game of the
basketball season for Allensville,
the girls team will start the play
ing at 7; 30 and the boys team
will follow. The Mt.- Tirzah teams
have had one other game this sea
son, against Bahama. Coach for
the Allensville boys team is W.
S. Humphries, while W. B. Sat
terwhite principal of the school,
is coach for the girls.
The Mt. Tirzah coach is L. M.
Hayes.
Two Small Fires
On Monday of this week Roy
Jones, who lives on Main street,
near the edge of town, lost a cow,
burned to death when the small
shed in which the animal was
confined was destroyed by fire.
On Wednesday the fire depart
ment received another call, this
time to extinguish a gras fire on a
vacant lot. Little damage was
done.
Should Be Good
Tomorrow mt three o’clock
on the local high school ath
letic field, the powerful
Ramblers of this city will
meet the strong high school
i aggregation from Warrenton.
The visitors, who have
won five games, lost one and
tied one are meeting a team
with a similar record.
Coach George Wirte, who
regards the Warenton team
as a strong eleven, said yes
terday that certain mem
bers of his squad, injured in
the Armistice day contest,
are much better, and that he
is looking for a good but
hard fought game.
BAND COMMITTEE
RENDERS THANKS
SI,OOO Fund Has- Been
Raised And Instruments
Will Be Bought.
(Contributed)
It would be impassible to re
ceive any finer cooperation than
has been shown in the recent cam
paign to raise SI,OOO for the Rox
boro High School band. Every
firm and individual contacted,
with very few exceptions, has ex
pressed willingness to contribute
to the band fund. Due to the fine
cooperation on the part of all, it
is now possible, and not only pos
sible, but a real fact that the high
school will now have a band sec
ond to none. We wish that it were
possible to tell every person and
every firm contributing to the
fund just how grateful we are for
the cooperation.
The SI,OOO raised will be used
as followjs—approximately $725
will be used to purchase instru
ments, and the balance will be
be applied on uniforms for the
band. To E. G. Thompson, O. B.
Mcßroom, W. R Jones, R. D.
Bumpass, S. F. Sicks, Jr., B. B.
Mangum, J. B. Snipes, R. M.
Spencer, B. A. Thaxton, Charlie
Harris, R. H. Shelton, T. Miller
White, Wallace Woods, Glenn Ti
tus, J. A. Long, Jr., and Earl
Bradsher, Jr., we express our sin
cerest thanks for their untiring
efforts in contacting individuals
and firms, thus making possible
the attainment of the goal of
SI,OOO.
To Dr. B. A. Thaxton we wish
to express in a special way how
grateful we are for his devoted
service and untiring efforts in
making it possible for the goal
of SI,OOO to be reached. To F. O.
Carver, Jr., R. B. Griffin and
W. W. Woods for the part in mak
ing the campaign a success, we
are also grateful.
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Junior Band
Now Under Way
At High School
(Special Correspondent)
Through the courtesy of J. A
Long in donating 13 instruments
to the school, it is now possible
in addition to the regular band
at Roxboro High school to have
a Junior band also. This gift of
instruments has a money value
of several hundred dollars and
will make it possible for sixth
and seventh grade boys and girls
to receive the fundamental train
ing in handling musical instru
ments which will enable them to
graduate directly into the High
School band and will save val
uable time in that the students
will be able to play with profici
ency on completing the seventh
grade. Thus they will have a lon
ger period of time in High school
in which to actually play.
The band committee, Frederick
R. Moore, the band director, and
the entire school is very happy
Bethel Hill And Roxboro Will
Meet Here November 24th
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WALLACE J WADE-
Duke’s great football mentor, Wallace Wade, the man who keeps
everybody guessing until his Blue Devils go into acticn, and that’s
exactly what he is doing about the great annual classic which comes
off in Duke stadium in Durham Saturday.
Cushwa s 40'Yard Sprint
Gives Ramblers Victory
Whitfield and Moore Give
Necessary Support To Lead
Locals To Victory.
(Sports Staff Writer)
Going wide around left-end on
a reverse, George Cushwa, Jr.,
shifty Rambler back, raced for
ty yards for a touchdown in the
13-0 win over Methodist orphan
age of Raleigh here last Saturday
afternoon as one of the main ev
ents of the local Armistice day
celebration.
The game started with both
teams playing defensive ball and
this continued until about the
middle of the third quarter, when
the Ramblers put in a definite
bid for a marker. At this point
they launched an offensive drive
which carried them into enemy
territory, just beyond the mid
field stripe. Then Cushwa took
the ball and gallopped on to vic
tory.
The extra point was good on a
line play and as the period ended
the Ramblers were leading 7-0.
The Orphanage opened the fin
al period with a strong aerial at
tack which carried them deep
into Rambler territory, but were
unable to score. Then the Ramb
lers took the ball, and on a long,
high pass from "Red” Day, local
fullback, to “Gus” Holeman, who
crossed several stripes, including
the pay-off one, for the final six
points of the encounter. The try
for the seventh was missed and
the game ended 13-0.
Co-captains Hassell .Whitfield
and Wallace Moore, tackle and
center respectively, played good
ball, both on offensed and defen
se and are good material for any
All-State team.
that Mr. Long should make so
generous a gift to the school.
It is hoped that soon we will be
able to justify the money spent
in making the Junior and Senior
bands possible.
SEASON BEGINS
FOR WATER FOWL
Reynolds Announces Res
trictions. Says Season For
Quail Later.
Open season on ducks, geese,
jack snipes and coots began yes
terday, said Person county Game
Warden R. G. Reynolds, who add
ed that hunting of the species
named will be permitted until
December 29, of this year.
Warden Reynolds indicated,
however, that it is: illegal to hunt
water fowl without SI.OO Duck
stamp, if over 16 years of age;
It is illegal to hunt water fowls
or doves on or over bated areas;
It is illegal to use live decoys; It
is illegal to shoot water fowl be
fore 7 a. m. or after 4 p. m., ac
cording to Federal regulations.
Two weeks later the quail, Tur
key and rabbitt season will open,
Thanksgiving day, November 30,
and will remain open through
February 15, both dates inclusive,
Mr. Reynolds added. Restrictions
in these fields make it illegal to
use automatic loading or a hand
operated repeating shot gun
which has not been plugged
with one piece filler incapable of
removing through loading end of
magazine and it is illegal to three
shots in magazine and chamber
combined.
All field men, Mr. Reynolds
said, are instructed to keep close
check on all automatic and re
peating shot guns.
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OUTLOOK
Total cash income of farmers
in 1940 should be “materially
higher” than this year’s but
might still not reach the levels
of 1937, predicts the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture.
THURSDAY, NOV. 16, 1939
Teams Did Not Meet Last
Year; Excellent Game and
Large Crowd Predicted.
Roxboro High schoql and Beth
el Hill High will meet in a grid
battle on the local gridiron Fri
day afternoon, November 24, at
3 o’clock, according to announce
ment made Wednesday by Coach
Wirtz of Roxboro High school.
This announcement is being
hailed with enthusiasm over the
county as football fans every
where have been wanting to see
these two teams get together.
Thy did not play last year and
prior to this announcement it
was not thought that they would
meet this year.
Both the Ramblers and Hill
toppers have good teams and to
try to pick a favorite would be
a hard matter. When the whistle
blows for the kick-off, it will
mean that a real battle is under
way.
One of the largest crowds ev
er to see a football game in this
county is expected to be on hand
for this contest, between the two
county teams.
Coaches Wirtz and Gibson will
start working at once with this
game in view.
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Harl R. Douglass
Speaks To Clubs
Meeting Tuesday evening at
the Hotel Roxboro, members of
Person County Schoolmasters
club and their guests, fellow
members from Granville and
Caswell counties, heard an in
teresting discussion of “Curricul
ums”, presented by Dr. Harl R.
Douglass, of the Education de- -
partment, of the University of’
North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
stressed the im
portance of flexibility of public
school curriculums, saying that
what is suitable now for a school
system may not be what was
suitable a decade ago. He also
asked his hearers to see to it
that educational programs are a
dapted to the personal needs of
the students involved.
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