<^PERSON
By 1 . S. Merritt or Dick Puckett, one or the other.
Sophs of ’4O Session
Making a fine showing this year as sophomore quarter
hack, J. V. (John Van Buren) Pruitt, of Wilson, now with the
Demon Deacons of Wake Forest, has taken many honors dur
ing his first session of varsity play and hopes to be in better
shape when the ’4l season comes around.
At present Pruitt stands 5 feet, 11 inches, weighs 177
and still growing. When Red Mayberry sustained a broken
arm early in September this young fellow took over first
string duties and has started in every game.
In the Deacon’s 12-0 win over Carolina, J. V. was out
standing in every department and won wide aclaim for his
feats. On that memorable occasion for Wake Forest Long
John Jett took a beautiful pass from Pruitt and tallied the
Deacon’s first marker. During the encounter the young
sophomore also average five yards every time he ran and his
punts, averaging 40 yards per kick, were beautiful. Six went
out of bounds within UNC’s 12 yard line, on the 3,6, 12, 12,
12, 12. . . . ,
Other sophomores were Bob Whitten, of this city, who
was rated at the University of North Carolina as “the most
improved man on the squad,’’ deserves a lot of credit. Bob
did some fine work in several important contests and they’ll
be looking to him for a lot more help in '4l and '42, and Pat
Preston, also of Wake Forest, was a sophomore flash in hit
department.
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High School Champs
On Thursday (Turkey Day) the high school state cham
pionships games for football honors were held in Kenan sta
dium at the University of North Carolina and the Western
teams of Greensboro and Reidsville took Classes A and B
laurels respectively.
From all four cities came plenty of fine material and
these boys put on exhibitions that were well worth the mon
ey for admission.
On the sidelines in the form of a scouting party rather
than on duty were Head Coach Raymond Wolf, of the Uni-}
versity of North Carolina; Dan Hill, of the Duke athletic de
partment, and “Nig” Waller, of N. C. State college. In our
opinion, these men saw what they came looking for, and that
several of the high school players will get some encouraging
talk soon.
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The Mighty Man, Ace
Ace Parker, one of this state’s most valuable contribu
tions to the pro-football world, is truly living up to the name
given him while attending Duke university and playing with
the Blue Devils.
Last Sunday after receiving several gifts from some of
his admirers, he went into a game in which his team, the
Brooklyn Dodgers, was competing with those tough Washing
ton Redskins and took for himself a 14-9 win. During the first
half of the contest the Redskins led with 9 points, but the
third quarter came and Ace started to work. On an 18-yard
run he picked up 6 points, then secured another with his toe.
A few minutes later he made a 25-yard pass to Schfartz for
the second touchdown, and again was successful with his toe
When you put a man like Ace Parker under the direction
of a good old mentor like Dr. Jock Sutherland, you’ve got a
ball club right there, and I’m betting Pitt will wish for Suth-I
erland, their former coach, when they go against the Duke
Blue Devils in Durham Saturday.
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THE PERSON COUNTY TIMES
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SPORTS OFJHE TIMES
Up'lO'the'Mi nute Sport News Solicited
Noted Golfers Compete for Crown
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Many nationaUy famous golfers will compete in the seventeenth an
nual Miami SIO,OOO Golf Open Tournament in Florida December 12-15.
Chief contenders, shown above, are (L. to R.): Vic Ghezzi, Ralph Gnl
dahl, Jimmy Hines, Dick Metz, Harold McSpaden, Paul Runyan, Horton
Smith and Sammy Snead, the defending champion. Lower left: the spa
cious Miami Springs Country club, scene of the tournament.
Aggies Can’t
Figure It Out
Austin, Texas, Nov. 29.—Numb
| ?d, driven into silence by defeat,
:hc once invincible Texas Aggies
weren’t certain today whether
they would just call it quits for
the 1940 season or play in a New
Year’s Day post-season game.
The one foot they had in the
Rose Bowl was jarred from its
mooring yesterday by a gal,ant
University of Texas team that
simply gave them a country lick-■
!ng, 7—o, before the largest throng
in all Southwest college football
history—4s,ooo.
The Cotton Bowl classic in Dal
las is probably theirs for the tak
ing, despite their defeat. The
Texas Aggies still are a great
football team, one that had won}
19 successive-games before Texas
reared up and preserved an 18-
y ear-old hex that has kept the
Aggies from winning in Austin
since 1922.
The Aggies wanted no part of
bowl talk today, but Coach Horn- J
er Norton said that after a holi
day the players would gather on
the campus down at College Sta
} tion and “think it all out.” The
Aggies still haven’t given up the
idea of playing in a bowl game,
as was evidenced by the fact that
they still planned to scout Ten
nessee and Fordham in Saturday
games, there was considerable
ta>k of a Fordham-Aggie game in
the Dallas Cotton Bowl.
Norton empahsized, however,
that it was entirely up to the
players themselves as to wheth
ei they would play a post-season
game. The matter was not men
tioned after yesterday’s defeat.
The Aggie team that stood on
the threshold of football immor
tality—the team that was on the
Verge of clinching an undisputed
Southwest Conference title for
the second straight year, weren’t
as good as Texas University—for
lhr day.
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The “clean up or close up”
campaign was launched in North
Carolina in May, 1939, and has
lcsulted in the elimination of 135
undesirable beer outlets.
Greensboro And
Reidsville Win
High School Titles
Chapel Hill, Niv. 29.—8 y vir
tue of a lone touchdown Greens
boro won the Class A high school
state football championship out
light. This is the first time that
such has happened. On two pre
vious occasions, however, once in
1934 and again in 1938, Greens
boro shared the title with Dur
ham due to two ties.
Greensboro took possession of
the title by beating Rocky Mount
here yesterday 7-0. The lone
touchdown, climaxing a 37-yard
drive, came midway the fourth
quarter. Halloack Winner plough
ed over and Wolfe placekicked
the extra point.
Rocky Mount threatened in the
last minutes of the game but
we e held at the five-yard stripe.
Two perfect placements by O,
Sacrinty were the margin by
which Reidsville beat Elizabeth
City 14-12 for the Class B. title.
The teams battled on even terms.
It was the sixth championship in
f.cven appearances here since
1930 for the Golden Lions.
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Deacons Top
Birds 7 to 6
Extra Point Proves Mar
gin of Victory.
Charlotte, Nov. 29.—An extra
point placement kick by Tony
Gallovich provided the narrow
margin of Wake Forest’s 7-6 vic
tory over a fighting South Caro
lina team here yesterday.
The Deacons scored in the sec
ond period on a five yard pass
from J. B. V. Pruitt to End John
Jett, after which Gallovich con-j
verted. John Polanski led the 45
yard march that set up the to :et.-
down.
South Carolina tallied in the
third when Halfback A1 Grygo
slanted 10 yards off tackTe to j
score after his pass to Blouin had
been good for 40 yards. Arrow
smith’s try for point was wide.
In the final period South Caro- 1
b’na staved off another Wake For
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Boston College,
Vols Considered
Fasadena, Calif., Nov. 29.—Tex
as A. & M.’s first football defeat
in 20 games threw the Rose Bowl
field wide open today.
The Aggies, boomed loudly last
year but passed up by Souu-.err,
California in favor of Tennessee,
were the choice of most Pacific
Coast fans for this year’s bid to
the New Year’s classic here.
Whether they were definitely
eliminated was problematical De
feated teams have been invited,
and a movement is gaining head
way in behalf of Nebraska, Big
Six champion beaten by Minne
sota in the season’s opener.
But the biggest clamor was set
up by supporters of Tennessee
and Boston College, both with
dear records. The Vols lost to
U. S. C. 14—0 last January and
their backers say they deserve
another chance. Although Boston
College is a definite possibility ,
the general impression here is
that the Eagles are already set
foe a Sugar Bowl appearance.
What Stanford University—con -
sidered a certain western choice
—thinks about it remained to be
seen. The Indians still have their!
traditional finale against Cali-1
fornia coming up Saturday and!
are not committing themselves
until it’s over. The Coast Confer
ence vote will be taken immed
iately after that game. Stanford
so far is undefeated.
All A1 Masters, Stanford gradu
ate manager, would admit last
night was that Texas Aggies’ loss
<o Texas University, 7-0, “com
plicates matters.”
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Schools To Have
Identical Holidays
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Returning Monday to cl isses
after Thanksgiving vacations
which began last Thursday, pu
pils in Person County and Rox
boro public schools will count the
few short weeks before December
20. when Christmas holidays last
ing until January 1, will begin.
Announcement of these dates for
the oncoming holiday was made
two weeks ago by County Sup
eiintendent of Schools, R. B. Gris-
iAY, DECEMBER 1, 1940
State Grid Team
Has Good Record
Raleigh, Nov. 27.—The N. C.
1 State Wolfpack though dubbed the
“country boys” and said by pre
season dopesters not to have a
chance at a good record, this sea
son racked up its best offensive
l lecord in 12 years, in addition to
scoring in all of its nine games
The squad’s total of ftO points
was the best since the 1928 team
ran up 216 points in 10 games.
Last year’s Wolfpack accounted
for only 49. The 1928 team was
coached by Gus Tebell, basketball
coach at the University of Vir
ginia, Dr. Ray Sermon, recently
retired to private practice here,
and Butch Slaughter, also novv
at Virginia.
Not since 1917 has a State team
scored in every game of the sea
son.
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Marshal! Gridder Sets Scor
ing Mark; 27 Touchdowns
Huntington, W. Va., Nov. 25.
Jackie Hunt of Marshall scored
four touchdowns against West
Virginia Wesleyan last week to set
a new all-time college record of *
27 for a single season. Marshall
won, 67 to 0.
Hunt’s beat broke the 20-year
mark of James C. Leach, who
scored 26 touchdowns while play
ing for Virginia Military Insti
tute in 1920.
Leach, howev/r, had 48 extra
points and two field goals for a
point total of 210 to Hunt’s 162,
scored on touchdowns alone.
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PROJECTS
All 4-H clubs in Onslow coun
ly have shown more interest in
project work this year, and in
dications are that a larger per
centage of projects will be com
pleted and reported, says Assist
ant Farm Agent Jack Kelly.
fin and his announcement was
followed last week by a similar
statement from Roxboro Super
'll sing Principal H. C. Gaddy, who
said that City schools will ob
serve the same schedule as that
fixed by the county school heads.