218 - Pounder In Shelby Hi Grid Line
Heaviest Line
Here In Years,
Another ‘Buck’
»r«t" William* Playln* Tarklr For
IMorria. Other Hefty
Boy* There.
Nothing but gloomy report*
have been coming from (he
Shelby high athletic field late
ly and the prospects there are
admittedly gloomy, but fan*
have an eye-opener* surprise In
store for them Friday when
Coach Morris trots his eleven on
the field for the opening game
with Belmont Abbey.
That surprise, if it can be a mr
prtaa after being related here, is'
the heaviest line seen at Shelby j
high since back In the days when ;
Fred Beam. Big Sarratt, Nogglcs i
Big Six Caldwell. Auten and Harry
Grigs rubbed ahoulders together in
tho line a* they battled for Dick
Gurley. It may be heavier. It is
something Shelby fans have been
praying after for four years to hold
opposing lines off a fleet of fast
backs. Now this year the heavy line,
although green and inexperienced, is
there, but the fleet backs are gone
There isn't a Max Connor, a Hcn
neesa. a Lajrmon Beam, or a Milky
Gold to trot the pigskin along be
hind the big line. Such is the luck
that falls to the lot of football
coaches.
took Out, Guys.
Tn that line, where not a sing’s
fellow* hts his berth won *s vet.
“Fat'* William*, 218-pound tackle,
la the giant of the group. "Fat" Is
the big fellow who last year ac
companied the football and baseball
teems to every game, occupied the
bench with the coach and whooped
it up upon any and all occasions.
And It seems now if the big fellow
Is taking to football like a duck does
to Its chaser. It will take a good
sized fellow to keep him down.
Other Big Ones.
Other* tn the preliminary line
who are pretty hefty include New
berry WU»on, the veteran guard
who has been made into a fine cen
ter; Bus Newton. and Buster
Brown. There are not little fellows
in that Jot. \Vilson, who may be a
football captain before the end of
’the year, 1* a strapping big young
ster with plenty of football knowl
edge and a body full of scrap, New -
ton, from over the Dover-Ora way
Is a young giant, who will hit th»
scale around 190, while Brown, of
South Shelby. WIU stack some IrfO
pounds up to the opposition. Wil
liams and Newton are being used
at tackle, Brown at guard, and Wil
son as « roving center. Corbitt, a
scrapping little 150-pounder, Is giv
ing battle for the other guard berth
and may make it despite his weight.
Farris and McSwaln, both veterans
from last year, are fighting to hold
thetr end berths. But over on the
second squad and, on the slightly
Injured list are'several other good
steed boys who are not out of the
running by far. There's Hulick. and
Iogan experienced line players, and
Charlie Beam, an end. and four or
five others who will see plenty of
action.
Putnam To Backfleld.
Having a scarcity of backs at.
the beginning of training, with Gold
gone and Wall Injured. Coach Mor
rl* began to look about and his
eye* fell upon Max Putnam, sub
tackle of last year, a big ranky kid
built along the lines of Odd. And
now Putnam Is backing up the line
a» a halfback or a fullback. He may
win a berth back there. Rtppy. who
haa Improved, will more than likely
see eerrlee at quarterback until
Wall gets back In after the first
game or so. Eskridge ts scheduled
for the fullback post because of his
drive, hie kicking and his passing.
That, counting Putnam in. will
leave a half back berth open
“Pimp" Barrett, a hard-driving lad
from South Shelby, is trying 10
make it as Is R. K. Wilson, and an
other lightweight kid whose nam«
will bring gridiron memories to
Shelby. This latter youngster Is O
C. Connor, brother of ‘ Buck,” the
prettiest running half back this
section has ever seen This lad.
known on the field as “O See ” has
the hips of Max, the shifty run. the
big pass-to6sing hands, and n de
sire to play football like his brother,
and he may be doing It soon. An
other fleet little fellow in the hnrk
lield la Williams, light, but a flash
ta getting over ground
'then Wall gets back in Coaches
Mom* and Falls may not have ona
of the, famous Shelby teams, hu*
put it Awn for a certainty that it
will not the worst. It is a green,
•wtard eleven now. can hardly
catch signals, and often runs into
Itself while trying to go somewhere
But sooner or later those boys will
get to know more about making
touchdowns, and when they do they
will be interesting.
Better see this odd lot start off
Friday.
Three large monolithic concrete
silos are being built and filled in
Burke county this fall.
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Sport Shorts
In Shelby
Another Connor
Grid* at Shelby
Hiph.
W_JJ
I'hcre i* a little wiry, low
hradcd kid Irving to play fonl
li.ill for Casev Morris over al
I lie Shelby high park w ho
should he watched a* the next
few years roll by—and he morr
I him likely will he watched be
cause of hi* name. It’s a foot
ball name to Shelby, and con- i
neets. Itself with dozens of oc
casions in the past when packed
sidelines at Shelby high fooi
hall games became ravins mani
acs as a lank. hlue-Jerseyed hack
weaved time after time bv
would-be tacklrrs for touch
down*.
His name. If you haven't guessed
is "O See ' Connor, and he's none
other than the Connor once known
to all high school football fans in
North Carolina as Max, ' Buck.'
and "Speedy."'
This writer never likes to tout
a young athlete too much. It has
a tendency to go to a youngster's
head if he is rated as good before
he meets the gruelling test of sev
eral years play. But this boy were
talking about, if his natural nbilit”
and the praise it- draws does not
give It to him In the neck, has all
the natural-born requisites for grid
iron play that Ins older brother
had. And that means about every
thing essential to getting the pig
skin down the held in the air or
on the ground.
His hands will soon reach as far
around a football as did his broth
er's and his brother could toss them
further than any gridder who ever
pitched footballs around here But
that Isn't the sweet sight about l he
youngster It s those hips—hips that
send coaches home by night mum
bling to themselves! Hips that make
a long end run look more beautiful
to football fans than any thrill that
ran happen on the gridiron. "O
8cr'' struts them as did Max. To
this stde. to ttiat side, hyp. ther-’
and on down the field they go. for
already he has them reaching for
the hips that are not their when
you grab.
“O See" will have In arid a
number of pounds—he weigh*
between t?5 and 1.10 now—be
fore he ran stand the grind of
regular play where hark* who
get anywhrrr are pummelled
and pounded. But give him
those pounds, keep his head
from swelling, and it will not
be many years before the name
Connor will be screamed about
the city park here again. I'n
tll that time keep your eyes on
him. Youngsters of the type
keep football attendance sweep
ing up each year. They're "na
tural bora.” if you get u*.
This *N That.
This department, perhaps a bit
too enthused over struggling hign
school youngsters who go out. and
go somewhere, is ready to say again
that of all the big time baseball
players who have appeared In the
city title series there are none who
have the future ahead of them that.
Cline Owens lee He looks good on
a high school team, on a league
team, and on a team of big stars
assembled from everywhere. And
he's young .vet.
Connie Mack, »f believe, would
admit, any Southern baseball fan to
every game of the World Scries
without charge who could spell his
name and tire veal name of his
star player, known on the sport
pages as A1 Simmons Connie's
name is Cornelius McGillicuddv,
and Al's is Alov si us Simoncyski—or
something like that Nevertheless
Connie knows how to run a team,
and Waterbueket A1 can hit 'em for
our overdrafts.
‘Spig" Jones. 190-pound full
back for Dick Gurley's eleven, may
show football fans hereabouts sonic
real plugging Saturday in the far
game with P. C. Local fans should
boost that game on every hand. It
Is Shelby's first college game and
the manner in which it "lake.- '
wit! decide whether or not Shelby
will have more and bigger rollcrt1'
games lor fair weeks in the future
Dirk Graham, Southern Railway
official, says the special Pullman
from Shelby will not be the only
one going to Atlanta and Athens
I for the Carolina-Tech game an t
the Yale-Georgia game Just
Pullmans are going over the South
ern and one of them will carry the
Governor of Connecticut, the Gov
ernor^ Virginia and the Governor
of North Carolina.
One other thing—grid enthusiasts
hereabouts who are beginning to
wonder what Blainey Rackley has
out to Boeing Springs will get to
see just what on Friday week, Octo
ber 4, when the junior Baptises
play the trampling Gaffney high
eleven at Gaffney.— RENN DRUM
Eastside !
Winner Of j
City Title
'Sn»(r” Ormond'* lloppin* Hal)
Make* Lrajnrr* Look Hrlple".
I.er Slur* Aflrlrl,
Thailk In llir hurling nt
“’Snag" Ormond. Sallv learue
pilohrr, the EaslMdc baseball
club won (lie Slirlbv city (hie
' I
nrre Saturday afternoon, before
1,-00 rabid fans, bv defeating llir
Cleveland t'lolli mill in llir third
and dreiding gamr of (lie series
by a 4 to .'I score.
It was onr of the largest crowds '
ever to witness e baseball gam-' mj
Slielby and it is one of the best
baseball games in a town that re- 1
members many a good baseball t;ii
sle. Cut most of the entertaiumen* i
was furnished by ‘ Snag" Ormond
who Is both loved and hated m
Shelby. Time after time Ormond in
critical places shot, his hopping ball j
along the way lo whiff '"Ghi’.k" |
Outen, Toni Nash and other of th“ j
leading hitters of the Sally league.
Plenty t)f Leaguers.
Practically all of the Asheville.
Sally league, club was in the uni- j
form, while quite a bit of three j
leagues performed for East side., al
though live of the Eastside club!
were Cleveland county native.— '
"Snag'’ Ormond, Sally leaguer;
"Red' Ormond. International
leaguer: Tommy Harrill, Piedmont
leaguer; Cline Owens Lee, South
eastern leaguer; and Ray Farris,
Shelby high catcher. ,
Eastside scored first and held the
lead until a hit and an error got
two on for (he Cloth and the East
sidP thirdsacker let a hard hit ball
get away from him while two scor
ed Shortly thereafter Ormond
walked. Lee laid down a perfect
scartfice for the second time. Rein
hart singled, and a double sent in
two runs That was (he end of toe
scoring —4 to 3.
In the sixth lnmmg Manner-ling.
Sally league htirler, replaced
"Curly" Smith on the mound for
the cloth mill, but his injection Into
the game failed to change the
standing Ormond was still master
of the situation, helped in one or
two Instances by brilliant fielding,
and he was one run ahead f'nat
was the winning run and Ormond
kept others from crossing the plate,
particularly in the seventh when
he struck out two hitters with a
runner on third and one on se; -
ond.
Fielding Sensation.
There were few thrills to ihe close
contest other than Ormond's superb
hurling, made possible. Cloth mill
supporters say, by the wet emery
ball. Several lightning-like double
plays by the Cleveland Cloth mill
infield with “Smut,” Smith, second
sacker, starring brought cheers
from the big crowd, as did the |
the catching of Ormond's hoppers!
by Ray Farris. Shelby high senool |
catcher, the only amateur player in
the game However, the big kick, the
play that sent all hats and cheers
flying into the football atmosphe: e
was a great running catch >n the
ninth inning by Cline Owens c,e«.
The former Shelby high cant un.
performing at shortstop for Fast*
side, halted what appeared to be a
dangerous rally in the final frame
by flashing across behind third to
snag a high foul across the ueep
left-field line This brilliant cli
max to a hair-raising game brought
all fans, Eastside and Cloth mill
supporters, to their feet cheering.
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Lenoir-Rhyne
Scrimmages For
Fair Game Here
•lone* And Hager l>cad Attark On
Fresh 1 leven. Has 20 Players
For Game.
(Houston Cawing In Hickory
Record).
Action on the local grid fields
« as in full swing last week as
the Mountain Bears ran through
a number of plays to lie used in
the opening clash of the season
against Presbyterian rollcgr at
•Shelby September 28, while
Coach Shores’ Red Tornado of
Hickory high school plugged up
the lines and went through a
scrimmage tilt.
With three teams on the field.
Coach Gurley will have about 20
men eligible for the hattle with
Presbyterian with the freshmen
players barred from the con
test.
The veteran candidates who
will be eligible for the contest
nest week were placed against
the freshmen in a scrimmage
tilt during the afternoon. The
veterans, led by the line plunges
of Jones and Holshouser, the
passing of Hager and the punt
ing of Jones, plungrd through
the freshmen for two tourh
downs, while the veteran line
held the opponents almost at
bay.
Mrs. Katherine Woods of Addle
tone. Eng, has again been barred
tom the football grounds because
he attacked an official for his de
risions.
Men, women and children in
Oerby. Eng. turned out to hunt
abbits and in one day killed more
ban 1 000.
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FOOTBALL GAMES
Carolina vs Georgia Tech
Friday, October llth,
Yale vs Georgia
Saturday, October 12th.
via
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Very low railroad rates—
$10.06 Shelby to Atlanta
and return with stop off at
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Do not miss these two
wonderful football games,
which start—
Carolina vs Georgia Tech at
Atlanta 2:00 P. M. C T.
Yale vs Georgia at Athens
2:00 P. M. E T
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days, Friday and Saturday,
Oct. llth and 12th. The
Seaboard is the only road
having Atlanta and Athens
on its main line. Make your
pullman reservations with
any Seaboard Agent, or call
on:
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Telephone 2700,
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