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Friday Swan-Song ..... Tomorrow afternoon the Roxboro-Bethel Hill contest takes place. Local emphasis on the game gives it the color of a minor Duke-Carolina battle, with people like Baxter Mangum and Coleman King getting all hot and bothered. The conflict is being resumed after a lapse of two years brought on by & misunderstanding now best forgotten. First indications.of the local importance of this game came to us two or three weeks ago when we heard echoes of a long and drawn out djscussion of where the game was to be staged this year. Happily enough, that point has besn set tled and on Monday and Tuesday Clyde Sullivan of Bethel Hill and Co-captain Wallace Moore and John McWhorter, of Roxboro high exchanged visits of good will at the two insti tutions. It is rather to be expected that the Roxboro Ramblers, after their defeat of last week at the hands of Warrenton, wih be coming back strong, although Coach Wirtz, good men tor that he is, refuses to be too optimistic. The Bethel Hill boys, too, are all pepped up and “coming to town” over this game, the final one of the season for the two teams. And, we hope the “last game jitters” will not strike in either camp. It would be a pity to have a fighting contest spoiled by ner ves. Maybe it is more true that nerves are exhibited by spec tators. 0 — Speaking of Nerves The whole town and the better part Qf the county had nerves Saturday, and all is not quiet yet. Along with a lot of other folks we were fooled by the Duke-Carolina 13 to 3 score, though all but the most rabid Carolina rooters do say Duke played good,and better ball and on such deserved to win. The story goes that the town’s “I told you so” winner was a Caro lina supporter. We can take Whitney Martin’s word for it that, “They just seem to live for that game and make everything count on it”. Saying this, the distinguished AP sports writer spoke more truth than poetry. Friday before the game we went to a civic meeting. There was enough done about the business in hand to make time pay for itself, Dut most of the offside moments were spent in discussing what would happen on the morrow. And so, until next year, with Duke pushed to an eighth place rating, we say good-by to the annual classic. o—o 0 0 Interest Now Points We may say that the boys can now concentrate on the Duke-State game this Saturday and on the Hoey-Thanksgiv ing Carolina-Virginia contest. Things being as they are there is no need to go out of the way here to make predictions. 0 0 ,O 0 “Sally Rand” Play Tuseday morning the scribes had to tind something new to talk about and they came out with the above descriptive title. A “Sally Rand”, acording to “Doc” Newton, took place in tr,e game against Furman when “the ball was snapped to Halfback Jack Huckabee and a group of interferers formed a sort of fan to screen him as he handed the ball to Quarter back Dick Watts . . . Huckabee and the interferers then swept around one end and the Furman boys moved over to meet theiq*. Watts without blockers went unnoticed around the other end —and scored. This is a new one on us, for des criptive powers, but as “Doc” Newton says, “We call the play Sally Rand becaus of the fan and because the ball is bare as far as protection is concerned’. DON'T PUT YOUR CAR "on the tnr<^ THIS WINTER !|f jj| THESE NEW :gl achievements make ) WINTER DRIVING SAFER,/ v MORE COMFORTABLE ) f THAN EVER BEFORE S • Many motorists put their cars up for the winter — . aMaaai thousands cut down on their driving. But now', thanks to these three new Goodrich products you can drive all winter long and enjoy every minute. Read how to 'laßSt avoid stalling, skidding, shivering. ; 1 SHCtVhpU il' power - Pt. 0 * 111 ,*”® Ift Olva* II Yes, 26% more * 1 Material, vn place. stop . 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What’s more, she picked ’em, not merely because they’re good players, but mainly because “they looked the prettiest in the country.” “You might call them ‘glamour boys of the gridiron’, only I’m afraid they Jim might not like it,” explained the curvacic 'l|, Pus starlet of PP| the ice. “But ( I based my R&sii selections on Jim Lalanne their ability to attract women to a football game, along with their playing ability. “As a matter of fact,” she hur ried on, “there aren’t enough men men of the matinee idol type playing football to interest wo men don’t know a first down from a field goal, and something should be done about them.” The Henie system of selecting was done, of course, with the aid of scores of photographs, plus a quick look atplaying records. She called her candidates the “A. A. A. team”, meaning “‘All-America y These new TruVal shirts carry expensive features j / at a remarkably low price. Every shirt is beautifully / [V tailored by one of America's oldest and largest shirt* Jj \\ makers. Every one is full cut and guarantied MU to If ' \\ shrink below marked size. * II 11 TruVal collars undergo a special )/ tag” process which prevents premature wear at die II < II fold line; and they’re fused by the original process U J / which assures a smooch, uawnnkted colla* all day \\ : f • long. You can give TruVals proudly*,/; , and befit i. Y\i \ be proud to wear them. “1 i < il fl BURNS GENTRY ) I AND STRUM / Roxboro’s Smartest | Men’s Shop /, uosco run *W[q PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO. N. €. “All-American Here Tomorrow \ r * \ -n- '»•' <*»' <v ' < ■ Dan Hill, Duke’s All-American center last year, will be one of the officials for the Roxboro-Bethel Hill game here tomorrow af ternoon at 3 ;00 p. m. The other oficial will be Harwood Smith, also of Duke university. Adonises.” The boys ought to like that. Here they are—and blame Miss Henie for the idea: Up'tC'the>Minute Sport News Solicited Quarterback—Grenville Lans dell (Southern California). Fullback—Tom Harmon (Mich igan). Left halfback—Dick Amerine (Kassas.) Right halfback—Jim (Sweet) Lalanne (North Carolina). Center—Joe Stack (Yale). Left end—Bill Regner (Ore gon.) Right end—Hoeerd Hickory (Arkansas). Left tackle—Ted Michel (Ar my). Right tackle—Ray Bulser (Mar quette). Left guard—John Bogdan (Holy Cross). Right guard—Mel Brewer (Illi nois). o WOODROW JONES HELPS MAKE FAN FOR “SALLY RAND” According to Raleigh sports writer Frank B. Gilbreth, it took Woodrow Jones, of Roxboro, who played cn the local high school team two yars ago, and a “bunch of country boys”, togeth er with a maneuver called the “Sally Rand” play to provide the spark which Coach Williams (Doc) Newton, of N. C. State, had been seeking for almost two months. With Jones, playing guard with his team-mates, most of them sophomores like himself, the spark was applied last Saturday in Greenville, S. C., when the underdog Wolfpack scored an un expected 12 to 7 victory over Furman. On the starting team were three city slickers from Charlotte, but the others came from rather small communities. Here’s the way the lined up: Ends, Frank Owens, of Char lotte, and Wade Brown, of Rock well; tackles, Woodrow Jones, of Roxboro, and Curtis Ramsey, of Northfolk, W. Va.; guards, Bill Windley, of Pantego, and J. D. Jones, of Brevard; center, Ho well Strop, of Cherryville; backs, Dick Watts, of Baldwin, N. Y.; Jack Huckabee, of Charlotte; Bob Cathay, Os Charlotte, and Andy Pavlovsky, of Struthen, Ohio. ■‘v; ■ * ** LARGEST CROWD EVER TO WITNESS CLASSIC EXPECTED Gridders To Meet On Local High School Play ing Field At 3 O’clock;, First Game Since Days Os Stewart, Jones, Pentecost, Tingeii. Tomorrow afternoon friendly rivalry reigns supreme as the blue jersied Ramblers of Roxboro High meet the Hilltoppers of Beihel Hill in what is expected to be the most colorful classic ever to be witnessed by local grid fans. Both teams under capable leader ship and fine coaching are in good condition and pepped to a boiling point. 808 WHITTEN HELPS TAR BABIES HOLD DUKES IMPS Fayetteville North Carolina and Duke freshman football teams played a scoreless game on a wet field here today before a crowd of 4,000 fans. The first half was mostly a punting battle, but twice the Blue Imps drove into Carolina terri tory, once to the 10 and again to the 25. The drive to the 10 was spark ed by Storer and Ezerski after the Imps had pounced on a Tar Baby fumble on the N. C. 29. Storer fumbled on the 10 and Steve O’Medy, Tar Baby quarter back, recovered to end the threat. Early in the third period John Pecora of Carolina swung out be hind blocking of Barksdale, half back, and Bennett, end, to drive form the Tar Baby 49 to the Duke two, where Pecora, going off tack le for what appeared a score, fumbled. Duke recovered and punted safely out. Bob Rothey, Tar Baby flank man pulled his team out of trou ble early in the fourth quarter with a 75-yard punt to the Duke one-yard line, to set the Imps back for their worst single ground loss of the day. Late in that period Duke uneased an ov erhead attack, but Carolina’s Joe Austin broke up a pass in the end. As a final resort, Ezerski of Duke tried a field goal from the Tar Baby 20, but the boot was wide and the game ended mo ments later as Carolina recovered a Duke fumble at midfield. Bob Whitten, the Tar Baby cen ter, is from this city and did a fine piece of work at this import ant post. o Growers Satisfied With Prices In South Boston, Va. South Boston, Va., Nov. 23 Sales through Friday, November 17 on this market have amounted to 16,217,272 pounds for the sea son, selling at an average of $16.46, all sales included in the figures. 2,754,522 pounds were sold last week at an average of $17.21. Sales this week continue heavy, with the market averaging well over 550,000 pounds daily. Growers generally are satisfied with, prices received, and very few tickets are tucked. It is gen erally estimated that well over fifty percent of the bright crop has been marketed, with very little of the better quality leaf ’ remaining to be sold. ! o l NEW PROGRAM A new cotton crop loan pro , gram for 1939, which established ; for the first time a policy of lo i cation differentials, has been ' announced by the U, S. Depart ment of Agriculture. THURSDAY, NOY. 23, 1939 This game, the first to be play ed between the teams in two years, has attracted much atten tion and by three o’clock tomor. row afternoon, it is expected that a good percentage of the county populace will be on hand for the encounter. A fine record has been main tained by both teams this season, each losing only two games, and the boys of both squads are rea dy to start up again the annual classic which was dropped for a short while as a result of friction between the governing bodies of the two schools. Coaches George Wirtz and W. T. Gibson will for the first time match gridiron strategy. Wirtz comes to Roxboro from Wake For est, where he won for himself wide acclaim as captain and quarterback of the Demon Dea con’s strong eleven last year, and Gibson, who has been at Bethel Hill for several years, is a product of Eastern Carolina Teachers college and has made a name for himself in the. sports worlds while coaching the boys of the Bethel Hill community. Coach Wirtz said Tuesday that the high school had secured as of ficials Dan Hill, Duke university’s former center, who gained All- American honors last year, and Harwood Smith, also of the same school. Recent reports are that Law rence (Gus) Holeman, Rambler right end and important member of a pass combination, will defi nitely be out of the game as a re sult of a knee injury sustained in an early season game. The Hill toppers have reported no injur ies up to the present time. “Yep . . . the day . . . the big day is finally here . . . and let’s all have a great time . . . and whether the Hilltoppers win . . . or whether it’s the Ramblers . • • let’s all have a feeling for the fellow who is on the other side . . . after all . . . this is just a football game . ■ . just one of 17 that have been played between the two institutions ... and they’ll be playing next year . • • and the year after that if fans act. right, so let’s all have a good time but remember, this is only a football game and they are not worth squabbling over.” purchase of this new -I giant size - BRITEN P» TOOTH PASTE iuHi Hurry bu- fora tkay'ra \ « all gonal \m SoVt™ £TTR \ A livaly, hand* AL'my MM torn# gold- AND THOMAS. HAMHRKX, AUSTIN, 4 fc- • •
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