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By J. S. Merritt or Dick Puckett, one or the other.
Physical Training and Sportsmanship
Physical training is one of the best thing that youth ot
today could be taught and along with it goes sportsmanship.
These two very important topics are the main objectives ol'
the Koxboro high school Ramblers, under the direction ot
Coach George Wirtz, and in last Friday night s football game
the objectives came to light and local fans made favorable
comment. In the game the Ramblers were against some
tough customers who, on several occasions, used questionable
tactics in trying to gain ground, but the Wirtz-trained boys
took their opponents’ unsportsman-like actions in away
which made Schoolfield look sick, and while the locals
were up and back in the huddle after a hard play, the School
field boys were still picking themselves up from the ground.
Coach Wirtz has been working his boys pretty hard this
season, but now they are having a harvest-time, and all the
players appreciate the training they have been receiving.
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Roxboro’s Athletic Club
During the past several weeks several of our local for
mer athletes and would-be athletes, who are yet too young to
be called old, and yet have shown some signs of getting that j
way, have been trying to form an athletic club. This club!
which is greatly needed here, needs more support- The wav
in which they plan to work is this: starting with basketball
right away, they plan to get together a number of men and
“chip-in” to buy some equipment, get Rev. Rufus “Chub”
Womble to coach, then schedule games with high schools and
other cities in surrounding territory. We think it is a good
idea and are sure that it would prove beneficial to the city
and all members concerned.
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Tom Lawrence
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Person sportsmen, especially those connected with the
county basketball tournament, will share with Durham its
sorrow for the sudden death of Tom Lawrence, Durham ath
letic director, who frequently came to Roxboro to officiate
in basketball games at the high school gym. A bright young
man, whose interest in boys was as genuine as his friendly
smile, Mr. Lawrence will be greatly missed by all who knew
him. He had that ideal combination, grace of body and
strength of mind
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Bowl Game
It has been said that Stanford and Tennessee may play
in the Rose Bowl this season. Os course either team could be
defeated before the season is over, but right now they look
good. We doubt if Tennessee gets defeated or even comes
close to it.
Then after you pass the Rose Bowl there will be other
Bowls and teams will be needed to play in them. Duke, defeat
ed once, has been mentioned as a Bowl possibility, but this
writer doubts if Duke would be interested in a Bowl bid even
if she gets through the rest of the season.
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Wake’s Stadium
Last Saturday found us at Wake Forest college, right in
the new stadium that has just been completed. This stad
ium is one of the nicest that we have seen. It is not as large
as some of the others, but will take care of a crowd of about
20,000 and everyone can see the game.
This new stadium will help football and all other sports
at Wake Forest- When a school has a good football team it
needs a good stadium and even after seeing the Deacons last
Saturday we are of the opinion that they have good team—
plenty good.
Duke Rated Bowl Prospect,
Despite Loss To Tennessee
New York, Oct. 29 The foot
ball season has just reached the
long pants stage, but already the
fans are assured a revised cast of
characters for the major bowl
shows next New Year’s Day, what
with four of this year’s bowl
teams saddled with enough de
feats or ties to make them extra
premium risks and the other four
facing games wlhich may leave
them in the same class.
The Orange Bowl at Miami is
assured a complete change of
cast. Georgia Tech and Missouri,
the 1940 headliners, each has been
set back twice this year, and even!
one defeat leaves a team
rate goods as far as bowl com
mittees are concerned.
Tulane, which shared the spot
light in the Sugar Bowl at New
Orleans, started this season by
losing three straight, quite an ac
complishment for a team as good
as the Greenies. Southern Cali
fornia, the West Coast’s Rose
Bowl representative last New
Year’s Day, has been defeated
only once, but it was fit to be tied
twice, and was, so the Trojans
will be sitting up there in sec-'
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played.
The four other 1940 bowl teams 1
—Tennessee, Clemson, Boston J
College and Texas Aggies--still j
are going strong, but only Ten-,
nessee with its walk-awhile-and- j
rest awdiile schedule seems to be
on Easy Street.
Texas Aggies face four tough
cookies in a row in Arkansas, S.
M. U„ Rice and Texas. Clemson
has Tulane, Auburn and Furman
; n front of it, and Boston College
has undefeated Georgetown, and
Auburn.
.! With hitherto undefeated teams
(dropping off like dead leaves ev
ery Saturday, the list of bewi
prospects is dwindling dowm rap
idly, and considering that several
teams which might be considered
box-office choices are prevented
from competing in post-season
• | games by conference rules, gen
• | tlemen’s agreement or personal
: , independence, the bowl commit
tees already can count the possi
! bilities on their fingers.
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SPORTS OFJLHE TIMES
Up'tO'the'Minute Sport N iws Solicited
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COACH GAVMOND rtOLF
Wallace Wade and Ray Wolfe will send their charges against
two great teams Saturday. Wade's boys will face Ga. Tech in Dur
ham while the Wolf gang goes to New York to engage Fordham.
Demon Deacons To Engage
George Washington There
Wake Fores't, Oet. 31 After
discontinuing grid relations for
two seasons George Washington
and Wake Forest take up their
football warefare again this year,
clashing in Griffith Stadium,
Washington, D. C. Friday night
of this week.
The last time the two ball clubs
met was in the same stadium in
1937, and the Colonials whipped
Wake badly 34 to 6. But that was
during Coach Peahead Walker s
first season at the Deacon helm
>nd ther was a famine of football
players. Why during that cam
paign Duke beat Wake Forest 67-
0 and the Deacons only won three
games. Since then, however, Wal
ter's football stock has risen rap
idly.
In '3B the Deacs won 5 list 4
Ted 1. Last year they won 7 and
’ost 3, and to-date in the current
campaign they have won from
William Jewell 79-0, North Caro
lina 12-0, Furman 19-0, Marshall
31-19, Duke has beaten them 23-
0 and Clemson holds a 39-0 vic
tory. However, in spite of these
two defeats, for a club that could
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win but three games three years
ago to come back and win from a
national power such as North-
North Carolina and to hold pre
game chances of winning from
Duke and Clemson is an accom
plishment not to be sneezed at.
The year before Coach Walker
came to Wake, in ’36, Wake For
est and G. W. really put on a
knock-down-drag-out battle in
Griffith stadium. The Cols won
13-12, but the score wasn't any
thing compared with the ball
game. The Colonials took the first
lead 7-0, then the Deacs came
back for one touchdown to trail
6-7, and with two minutes to go
tallied another on a pass from
Kobo Daniel to Beit Shore, hold
ing a 12-7 margin.
The game took all honors for
thrills and spectacular play. Long
passes, long runs, booming punts,
close decisions all added up to
give the fans a long dollar’s worth
but the outstanding feature of the
fracas was that last touchdown
drive put on by G. W. that spelled
victory.
With only 53 seconds left in the
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Orphanage Coach
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Says He Misplaced
Letter From Wirtz^
Because Jesse O. Sanderson,
coach and principal of Methodist
Orphanangp, Raleigh, misplaced
a March 21 letter to him from
Coach George Wirtz, of Roxbroo
high school, scheduling a foot
ball game between the two insti
tutions, and because Sanderson
has in the meantime arranged for
the Orphanange boys to play
Spring Hope, the Roxboro Ramb
lers, who have cleaned up every
thing in sight this season, won
their district championship and
scored 102 points to their oppon
ents’ 30, are looking for a suit
able opponent with whom to play
on Friday, November 1.
Error in schedules was discov
ered yesterday after Sanderson
received a follow-up letter from
the Ramblers’ coach inviting the
Methodist squad to Hotel Rox
boro for dinner in the evening
That’s sad news for the Orphan
age lads.
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INSURANCE
Approximately 75 percent of all
life insurance policyholders’ j
deaths in 1939 were under policies
owned for more than 10 years.
Thirty-nine percent of life in
surance deaths (jlaims were on
policies which had been in force
more than 20 years, while 13 per -
cent had been in force more than 1
30 years.
game, the Colonials took pcs-j
session of the ball on their 45 j
yard line. Joey Kaufman tossed a j
pass to End Farris on the Deacs’
32 yard line. Three plays failed
to gain and on fourth down Kauf
man tore around end from that
wide spread formation to Wake's
10. Here a first down pass fell
incomplete, but Kaufman rifled
a second into the arms of Jay Tur
ner for the touchdown and the
game ended on the play.
Now the renewal battle is just
around the comer. It appears
from the sidelines that the two
teams will line up for the kickoff.
just about equal in strength with'
G. W. holding an edge in reser
ves. In any event, it is possible
that a cool night would offset this
and make the ball game a toss
up. Last Saturday Duke’s reserve
power and * beat the
Deacons into suhpiission in the
last half.
Bethel Hill Plays
Oxford Friday
Bethel Hill high school team
will be seeking a third victory
Friday afternoon at 3:30 on the
Bethel Hill football field. Oxford
high school has a heavier team
than the Hilltoppers but the Beth-
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 194 S
High Point College
To Meet Elon
High Point, Oct. 30 High
Point college’s arch rival, Elen,
will be here Friday night, Nov
ember 1, for a joust with the
Purple Panthers.
The Panthers will enter the
game as underdogs but the Elon
ites will not have an easy time
with the locals. Elon will out
weigh High Point about 10 or
15 pounds per man.
Last year Elon scored a 19-0
victory over the Panthers in their
North State Confeence game
played here.
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Ford ham Regulars
See Tar Heel Plays
New York. Oct. 29 Ford ham’s
football squad was given a light
workout today as the regulars
Were held out of all contract work
to watch the seconds and the
freshmen run through the plays
North Carolina is expected to put
cn display next Saturday at the
polo Grounds.
el boys are expected to give a
good account of themselves.
The Bethel Hill team defeated
Hargarve Military Academy last
week by the score of 33 to 6.
The following players are ex
pected to start the game for Be
thel Hill.
B. Moore, RE; P. Seamster, RT;
C. Nunn, RG; M. Sullivan, C; Re
gan, LG; F. Nunn, LT; P. Harris,
LE; J. Buchanan, QB; A. Wrenn.
RH; C. Pentecost, LH; Honeycutt,
FB.