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THE ASHEMLLE CITIZEN SPORTS CLASSIFIED SECTION TWO FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24. 1950 Canton And Waynesville Elevens Fight To Scoreless Tie 0:: 4 C. Deweese of Waynesville (55) drives through the line for a bit of yardage before Canton's Bobby Foore (38) brings him down to earth with a jarring tackle late in the second period. (Staff Photos by June Glenn Jr.) (49) tries to circle left end but is thrown for a two-yard loss by Canton's Charlie Poindexter who is not shown in the picture but came up fast to break up the play midway in the first period. In the right picture Fullback J.

last time the Mountaineers and the Black Bears fought to a 0-0 deadlock was in 1940. Above is some of the action which highlighted the Turkey Day classic. In the left picture Halfback Carroll Swanger of Waynesville Generals Win Southern Conference FOR THE SECOND TIME in the history of the Waynesville-Canton football series which started back in 1922 the teams battled to a scoreless deadlock yesterday in Canton's Memorial Stadium before 5,000 fans. The Game Is Featured By Defensive Play By JIMMY WILLIAMSON-CANTON The magnificent punting of Waynesville's end Billy Sutton kept the highly touted Canton High single wins attack in check jBeat Richmond yesterday as the Mountaineers battled the undefeated Black Bears to a With Regulars On Sidelines By ROBERT MOORE RICHMOND, Nov. 23.

(P Washington and Lee's Generals, playing with their regulars on the sidelines nearly half the game, stormed to an easy 76-7 victory over the University of Richmond Spiders here today in their first Southern Conference football championship Steelers Top Chicago Cards By 28-17 Count Rusty Joe Geri Is Big Gun Of Game Played In Snow Nov. 23. The Pittsburgh Steelers operated effic iently on a snow-blanketed field at a touchdown-per-period pace for a 28-17 National Football League win over the Chicago Cardinals before 11.622 cold-numbed fans today. scoreless tie in a game befitting the season's finale for a pair of arch rivals. A bulging Thanksgiving -crowd of 5.000 fans jammed Can- fjl'lCKiei'S ton's Memorial stadium to sit under! a warm Indian summer sun andiTV fZiit watch the scoreless contest which vrncoio marked the second time in the; A.

TJQlirtll, history of the Waynesville-Canton -t I UC I series that the teams fought to a Members of the YMCA foot-0-0 deadlock. ball teams will be treated to a The other tie came in 1940. The turkey dinner tonight at 7 o'clock series, which began in 1922. finds I as the final event of the 1950 Waynesville still out front with 24 season. The teams won seven, triumphs, while Canton can boast1 tied two and lost one.

Statistics (By Tbe Associated Press) 8teelers Cards First downs 19 1 Rushing yardage 226 114 Passing rardage 131 169 Passes attempted 8 31 Passes completed 5 15 Passes intercepted -2 0 Punts 2 Punting average 41 43.8 Tumbles lost 5 2 Yards penalized 30 25 JOE GERI (35) PITTSBURGH STEELERS, kicks up the snow as he scores against the Chicago Cardinals in the second period of the pro game played at Comiskey Park in Chicago yesterday. Identifiable Chicago Cardinals are back Bill Svobods (67) and end Tom Wham (5). The Steelers won the game Oklahoma Takes Honors On All-Big Seven Squad By CHARLES NETHAWAY KANSAS CITY, Nov. 23. (UP) Oklahoma, the nation's top- ranked football team, also hogged honors today on the United Press All-Big Seven squad, placing five out of 11 men, but it remained for Bobby Reynolds of Nebraska to take individual distinction as the "best back'' Crown Spiders 76-7 Lenoir-Rliyne Tops Catawba Gridders, 6-0 SALISBURY, Nov.

23. (Pi Safe-tyman Gene Robinson intercepted a pass on his five-yard line and streaked 95 yards for a touchdown, giving Lenoir Rhyne a 6-0 North State Conference football victory over Catawba's Indians here today. The spectacular run, coming iess than three minutes after the opening of the fourth quarter, gave the 5,000 Thanksgiving Day fans their biggest thrill. Robinson's run broke a 61-yard drive that was powered by the passing of Catawba's left halfback, Harold Carter, to end Joe Oxen- For three straight times. Carter hit Oxendine but on the fourth attempt Robinson turned the tide with the interception.

A Lenoir Rhyne drive was stooged late in the third period when right-halfback Bob Ritchie intercepted C. A. Fryer's pass in the end zone for a touchback. The Bears had marched to the Catawba seven before the interception. Lenoir Rhyne's brother combination, Gerry end Gene Robinson, played an important part in th Bear victory, 6 did end Bill Corn and guard Frank Snyder.

Tailback Carter and fullback BoU Lander were the powers of the Catawba backfield. The Indian line play was featured by the defensive work of tackle Bill England and guards Charlie Price and Bob Don- aldson. I i itrailiecOCKS Unit COLUMBIA, S. Nov. 23.

VP) The University of South Carolina football squad shifted its practice period to the forenoon today, concentrating on pass offense with orugh work omitted. Injured players seem to be recovering and the squad should be in good physical trim for Saturday's Wake Forest game here. Denver, 42-12 to boost his season's- total to 130 and clinch his third straight conference scoring title. Wyoming 7 14 7 1442 Denver 0 0 0 12 Wolfpack Quint Defeats Hants Hosiery, 64-50 RALEIGH, Nov. 23.

(JP) N. C. State's Wolfpack wound up its exhibition basketball schedule tonight with a 64-50 victory over the semi-pro Hanes Hosiery team of Winston-Salem. In a preliminary game between two of the country's top woman's teams, the Hanes Hosiery girls up set the Davenport, Stenograph ers, two-time national AAU cham pions, 36-25. Forwards Sam Ranzino and Bob Cook the scoring leaders for Coach Everette Case's Wolfpack which took a 12-2 lead in the first six minutes of play and never gave th strong semi-pros a chance.

Ranzin scored 17 points and Cook got 16. Each tossed in 13 in the first half to help State build a 46-27 bulg by intermission. The Wolfpack starters were yanked soon after the start of tha ssoowt since ism. The triumph was the General's sixth without defeat against league foes. Six thousand spectators watched Gil Bocetti, the Generals' pitchout artist, and Walt Michaels, their line-crashing fullback, lead a brilliant offensive show the first half.

Michaels was the day's big point-producer. He slammed through the line on runs of 11, six and seven yards three touchdowns. The big bruiser, from Swoyerville. converted seven times from placement for a total of 25 points. Charlie Holt, who replaced Michaels at fullback, spun 17 yards for a touchdown, grabbed one of Bocetti's pitchouts end bulled yards for another and closed out the day's scoring on a 46-yard pass play for a third.

Randy Broyles, a speedy sophomore, collected two tallies, taking a Bocetti pitchout and scampering 39 yards and sprinting 45 for 12 points. Bocetti hurled a pass on a play covering 49 yards to Talbott Trammell, a big rangy end, and junior fullback Bay Arnold tore 50 yards for other touchdowns. Richmond avoided a whitewashing by marching 74 yards at the start of the second half. Ralph Shoemaker circled left end for the final 22 yards. Jim Sipe converted.

The Generals collected 495 yards rushing and 151 yards on their aerial game. It w-as the ninth game out of 10 played this season that W. L. had stacked up at least 300 yards against their opponents. They got only 254 j'ards in a driving rain storm and mud battle with Virginia Tech.

The victory, the Generals' most impressive of the campaign, bol- stered W. already high hopes for a New Year's Dav bowl in- for a New Year's Day bowl in vitation. W. 7 34 13 1367 Richmond 0 0 7 07 Washington and Lee scoring: Touchdowns Michaels 3, Holt Broyles 2, Arnold, Trammell. Con versionsMichaels 7 (placements).

Richmond scoring: Touchdown--Shoemaker. Conversion Sipe (placement). Wyoming Tops DENVER. Nov. 23.

(P) Colorado's freezing wind made the scent of orange blossoms doubly tantalizing to the Wyoming Cowboys today as they closed out their first perfect football season by dumping the Denver Pioneers, 42-12. Their victory over a fired-up Denver team that was shooting for an upset gave Wyoming the Skyline championship for the second straight year along with a chance for the Sugar, Orange or Gator Bowl. The Cowboys, one of the best teams ever turned out by the Rocky Mountain region, were reported the running for the Sugar Bowi at New Orleans if Oklahoma doesn't want it and were rated top contenders for the Orange and. Gator Bowls at Miami and Jacksonville. So intense was the rivalry be tween the teams that players twice were banished for fighting.

Once, in the fourth quarter, a battle between Jerry Taylor of Wyoming and Fred Nanni of Denver touched oft a chain reaction that brought both squads swarming on the field and threatened for a tune to break up the game. Earlier, Sam Etcheverry of Den ver and Vaughn Hillp of Wyoming were thrown out for fighting. Tailback Eddie Talbootn, Wy oming's choice for the All America, scored three touchdowns, pawed for another and booted- six conversions The banquet is sponsored by the Central Boys' Work Committee in conjunction with the Physical Education Department. Wayne Bramlett will preside at the formalities. Appearing on the program will be Rev.

W. T. Nichols as speaker of the evening. Dr. G.

A. Mears will present the awards, and Bradley Anderson will issue a welcome to the parents from the boys. Mrs. Welch Galloway will be in charge of preparing and serving the dinner. Dinner tickets may be purchased at the Central YMCA office until noon today.

Decorations are by the Junior Leaders Corps. Grid Results HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Seveirville iTenn.i 26. Mars Hill 13. Canton 0. Wavnesville 0 itiei.

Franklin 28. Clavton iGa. 20. Henderson 13. Rockingham 1 (Eastern AA championship).

Spring Hope 6. Warrenton 0 (Goober Bowl at Enfield). Washington. N. C.

34. Methodist Orphanage 2. Charlotte Central 35. Charlotte Harding 0 East All-Stars 7, West All-Stars (Optimist Bowl at High Pointi. Roxboro 19.

Oxford 13. Elizabeth Citv 27. Robersonville 13 Selma 51. Smtthfield 0. Mt.

Airy 7. Wllkesboro 7 tie. Hamlet 31. Whiteville 0. Plymouth 14.

Jacksonville 7 (Tobacco Bowl game at Scotland Neck' Rich Square 21. Murfreesboro 0. FRESHMAN FOOTBALL North Caroltfa 30. Duke 0. Georgia Tech 54.

Georgia 6. South Carolina 34. Wake Forest 7. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Asheviile-Biltmore 40. Jiorth Grcanville iS.C.) 6.

Elon 6. Guilford 0. Emorv Henrv 26. Appalachian 6 (Burlcy Bowl at Johnson City. Tenn.l.

Greensboro A. 25. N. C. College 13 (Negrol (CIAA Ohio Univ.

14. Marshall 6. Virginia Military 27. Virginia Tech 0. Washington Lee 7.

Richmond 7. Missouri 20, Kansas 6 Maryland State 34. Delaware State 0. Dayton 7, Chattanooga 4. Tulsa 28.

Arkansas 13. Xavier 21. St. Bonaventure 14. Wofford 14.

Eastern Kentucky 12. Columbia 33. Brown 0. Trinity (Conn.) 48. Tufts 6.

Benedict college 39. S. C. State 6. Presbyterian 20.

Newberry Kentucky State 16. Bluefielct S'ate 14 Allen (Columbia. S. 36. Cbalflin (Orangeburg.

S. CIO. Missouri Valley 26. Springfield 0. Wichita 37.

Nevada 19. College of Idaho 66. Eastern Oregon College of Education 6. Western Washington 25. Univ.

of British Columbia 9. Utah 46. Utah State 0. Lewis Clark 61. San Francisco 7.

(Pearl Bowl). Doane (Neb.) 14. Colorado State 6. Wyoming 42. Denver 12.

Franklin Marshall 59. Gettysburg 20. Nebraska Wesleyan 14. Kansas Wes. 7.

Magnolia A. St M. 21. Arkansas A. M.

14. Bradley university (Peoria, 111.) 35. Call- fornia Polytechnic 21. Missouri School of Mines Illinois State Normal University 6. PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL Pittsburgh 2.

Chicago Cards 17. Detroit 49. New York Yanks 14. Camp Lejeune Marines 33. Parris Island Marines 14.

EXHIBITION BASKETBALL C. State College 64. Hanes Hosiery 50. Blevins Gets Release From Olympian Quintet INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 23.

(JP) Leon Blevins, rookie from Phoenix, has been released from the Indianapolis Olympian playing roster. Howard T. Clark, Olympian business manager, said today Blevins became a free agent when no other club in the National Basketball Association took up his waiver. Clark said the former University of Arizona captain was released to trim the Olympian roster to 11 men. A 10-man limit becomes effective only 17.

Yesterday's game was the 43rd meeting. Sutton, whose educated toe -was easily the big reason why Canton failed to score, was by far the outstanding performer on the field. Statistics First dowis 10 8 Yds. named rushing 8 85 Passes attempted 2i Passes completed 7 10 Yds. sained passing Ill 6 Passes intercepted bv 2 3 Yds.

gained interception 59 27 Punting average 3:1 58 Yds. kicks returned 40 51 Opp. fumbles recovered 3 1 Yds. lost penalties 30 25 Score by periods: Canton 0 0 0 0 0 Waynesville 0 0 0 00 In addition to his brilliant exhibition of kicking, his work on defense played havoc with the Black Bears' offense. Sutton kicked a total of four times and his average for the day was a healthy 51 yards per boot.

His four kicks were for 51, 71, 46 and 63 yards respectively. They came when the Black Bears threatened most. But although Sutton was a big factor in Waynesville's drive for victory, Charlie Poindexter's brilliant defensive work for Canton was also of outstanding proportions. Poindexter twice intercepted Waynesville passes that might have gone for touchdown, while at the same time he recovered three Mountaineer fumbles which later proved the difference between a loss and a tie for Canton. Despite the lack of scoring the came was far from dull.

The ball kept moving all the time and the suspense held the crowd glued to their collective seats until the final whistle blew ending the game. Both teams missed golden op- Turn To Page 22 A And Cops Colored Intercollegiate Crown DURHAM. Nov. 23. The A.

end T. College Aggies, sparked by the brilliant play of their diminutive quarterback William (Red) Jackson, swept to their first Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football championship in 23 years as they turned back a game but outclassed North Carolina College eleven. 25-13. here, this afternoon the Durham Athletic Park. As the estimated 8,000 holiday fans looked on.

Coach Bill Bell's championship-hungry Aggies racked up 25 points before the Eagles could score and then withstood a late NCC surge which netted the Eagles two touchdowns. Your Host Takes Top Money At Inglevcood TNGLEWOOD, Nov. 23. (JP) Your Host won the $35,000 Thanksgiving Day handicap at Hollywood Park today. Ponder raced second in a tight photo finish, and the favorite.

Hill Prince, was a bang-up third. Time for the mile and one-sixteenth feature was 1:41 4-5. It was a near-blanket finish and for a time it appeared there might be a dead heat between Your Host and Ponder, while Hill Prince was a neck or less back at the wire. Your Host paid $1150. $5.40 and 13; Ponder $5.90 and $350, and Hill Prince 28 to 17.

(AP Wirephoto). Brown Downed By Columbia Lions, 33-0 Luckless Bruins Unable To Stop Lions' Offense PROVIDENCE, R. Nov. 23. (Pt Columbia University's football Lions powered and passed their way to a lopsided 33-0 victory over Brown's luckless Bruins before 8,000 at Brown Field Field today.

Held scoreless during the first period, the Lions cut loose for two Statistics (By The Associated Press) downs 17 Rushins vardace 301 Passing yardage 118 Passes attempted 19 Passes completed 10 Passes intercepted 2 Punts 7 Punting average 39 Fumbles lost 2 Yards penalized 53 49 86 16 7 1 9 38 touchdowns in the second period, added another in the third and two more in the final. Brown reached Columbia's 23-yard line in the third quarter and the four in the fourth but lost the ball on fumbles each time. Howard Hansen scored the first touchdown on a one-yard buck, climaxing a 42-yard, seven-play drive at 4:35 of the second period. Vernon Wynott galloped 80 yards' down the sidelines for the second a minute before the end of the half. Columbia carried the second half kickoff back 65 yards to a score in 16 plays.

The running of Hansen, Wynott and Frank Toner and a 10- yard pass from Kermit Tracy to Wesley Bomm accounted for the yardage. Toner scored from the four on a burst up the middle. The Lions' final two touchdowns came in rapid order in the final quarter. They went 36 yards in six plays with Don McLean scoring on a 12-yard pass from Tracy. It was McLean's 35th catch but his first touchdown of the season.

Columbia (rained possession on the ensuing kickoff when Ernie Gregoro- wicz recovered Jerry Zeoh's fumble at the Brown 35. On third down Dave Salvatore sliced off right guamrd and scored standing up. Al Ward converted after three of the Lions' touchdowns. The triumph was Columbia's fourth against five defeats this sea son. Brown closed its disastrous campaign with but one victory and eight defeats.

Score by periods: Columbia 0 13 7 1333 Brown 0 0 0 0 0 Columbia scoring: Touchdowns Hansen, Wynott, Toner, McLean. Savlatore. Conversions Al Ward. 3. Rusty Joe Geri.

with two touchdowns and four conversions for 16 points, led the Steelers to their fifth win in 10 league starts. The defeat left the Cards with a 4-6 record and dropped them out of a fourth-place tie. with the Steelers in the American division. The Cards trailed 28-3 until well into the fourth quarter when Jim Hardy flipped two scoring passes. Geri scored the first two Pittsburgh touchdowns.

In the opening period, he plunged five yards across after George Nicksich grabbed a Frank Tripucka bobble and raced 20 to the Cardinal five. Geri churned to 101 yards in 23 tries, by far the day's best ball-carrying. In the second period, Geri rammed four yards to score. Capping a 41-yard Steeler drive. A few minutes before, Geri had flipped a pass to Jerry Nuzum which covered 68 but went to waste when isuzum iumDiea a piay later.

The third Steeler touchdown was set up by Carl Samuelson's recovery of Hhardy's fumble on the Cardinal 33. Four plays later. Nuzum slammed into paydirt from the one. Two passes by Joe Gasparella and a 10-yard smash by Geri to the one did most of the work. In the fourth period, the Steelers wrapped up their scoring with Bobby Gage's 13-yard jaunt around the Cardinal left end.

Gasparella's 25-yard pass to Val Jansante had spotted the Steelers on the Card 15. The Cards, after struggling score- lessly following Pat Harder's 18-yard field goal in the first period, counted in the fourth period on Hardy's 45-yard flip to Bob Shaw and his 22-yard shot to Fran Pols-foot. Harder converted after both scores. It was the Steelers' highest point- production of the season. Score by periods: Steelers 7 7 7 728 Cardinals ...3 0 0 1417 Steeler scoring: Touchdowns, Geri 5 Nii7iim Cinirt Cipri 4: (placements).

Cardinals scoring: Touchdowns, Shaw, Polsfoot. Conversions, Harder (placements). Field goals, Harder (placement). Mite, Midget Quints To Practice Today The Mite and Midget basketball teams of the Central YMCA will work out this afternoon on the floor at 4 o'clock. A large group of youngsters have been reporting for practice and working for a berth on the Y- representative teams.

The Mite team is for boys 12 and under prior to January 1, and Mid get for boys 14 and under prior to January 1. Both teams will be entered in the Interstate YMCA basketball tourna ment in March and from all indications the lads will secure a high rating in the two-state competition. Any boy meeting the age requirements may come out for practice. and the "sopnomore of the year: Kansas and Iowa State each placed two players and Missouri received the other berth on the mythical squad selected by coaches of the conference, sports writers and radio broadcasters in the midlands. It was the second year in a row that the mighty Okies had dominated the selections with five men also landing on the team in their perfect record 1949 season.

Oklahoma, which already has clinched "a tie for the conference title and is seeking its 30th straight football victory against Nebraska ori Saturday, had four linemen and a back in the selections. Tackle Jim Weatherall, a leading candidate for All-America honors, wa6 named the Big Seven lineman of the year and he other Sooner stars to make the team were full-, back Leon (Mule Train) Heath, guard Norman McNabb, center Harry Moore, and end Frank Anderson. The Iowa State "pitch-catch" team of quarterback Willie Weeks and end Jim Doran, which has shattered all Big Seven passing records, landed as a unit from the tall com combine with impressive margins. I From Kansas, halfback Wade Stinson. won his spot by a landslide in the same way that he buried his more publicized team mate, sophomore Charlie Hoag, who had gotten all of the big preseason praise.

But Jayhawker tackle Mike McCortnack just barely edged in ahead of Charlie Toogood of Nebraska, who had to settle for a aa rlaftl Thrt Xro11 An i second team berth. John Kadlec of Missouri at guard completed the mythical eleven. Oklahoma's two platoon depth was reflected in the naming of its defensive team center, Tom Cat-lin. for the second team. Catlin has no equal as a linebacker in the conference.

Moore, his team mate, plays strictly on offense. In -winning the "sophomore of the year" title, Reynolds was almost unanimously chosen. He got all but one vote, which went to Oklahoma's Billy Vessels. Reynolds also won the "back of the, year" accolade handily although Stinson, Heath and Oklahoma quarterback Claude Arnold gave him scattered opposition. Weatherall also was in a class by himself in winning lineman of the year honors.

The second team players: Arnold, Hoag. Vessels and Merwin Hodel of Colorado in the bacgfield. Chuck Steve Wadiak Out To Boost Grid Record' COLUMBIA. S. Nov.

23. W) Left halfback Steve (The Cadillac) Wadiak may boost his Southern Conference season football rushing record to 1,000 yards or more Saturday. The University of South Carolina speedster gets his last chance of the year in a game with Wake Forest here. The National Collegiate Athletic Bureau confirmed today that his 972 yards on 147 carries through last Saturday set a new conference mark. Charlie Justice's 943 yards in his 1946 season at North Carolina was the previous record.

In three years of college ball Wadiak has rolled up 2,167 yards rushing. A junior, he has one more year of eligibility. Holmberg Cops Cross Country LOUISVILLE, Nov. 23. A), A Swedish exchange student at the University of Tennessee won the 32nd annual cross country run of Louisvllle'6 Shamrock Athletic Club here today.

Alf Holmbere of Stockholm took this year's three-mile Thanksgiving tn 1.1 i uay maratuon irom me man wno defeated him last year Bob Rodi-baugh of Purdue University. Despite somewhat slippery footing, Holmberg covered the winding route in 15:51 minutes, clipping 2.3 seconds off the record made by Rodibaugh last year. John Trent of the University of Tennessee took third. Bob Dellinger of Indiana University, fourth, and Benny Almaguer of Notre Dame, fifth. The Tennessee team of Holmberg, Trent.

Frank Albertson, Walter De-Vault and John Blane, won the team trophy for colleges. Notre Dame was second. i Mosher of Colorado and Gene Ack-ermann of Missouri as. ends, Too-good end Dean Smith of Oklahoma at the tackle posts, Don Strasheim of Nebraska and Clair Mayes of Oklahoma at the guards, and Catlin at center..