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TIN 1HI. (H.C.J FRIDAY, OCTOBtt 19, 1911. Big Games Will Mark Gridiron Play Saturday Fog! Or Charlet? Jersey Fit As Fiddle And Raring To Fight NEW YORK, Oct. 19-rjD-Old, January," said BoccWcchlo. "We old, old Jersey Joe WalcoU.

The way they talk you expect lo lind an old codger, tripping ovpr a snowy -They'll have to help mm up trie 1 steps into the ring," a fellow said the other day. I Well. Jericy Joe was In town yes- terday'to accept tils heavyweight champiomfiip belt. You never saw a more alert, healthy specimen, The kind man who ran knock your block off wilh one punch Just like he did last July with Ezzard Cliarles, Will the layoff hurl? Will Wai cote at 33 be the man lie was at Ask the man. What difference will a year make? "If a man lives llfce live, two months would make him too old.

"People rail a man old ju.it because he's 31. Every man Isn'l the fame at 37, They don't notice how he lived in his teens. That's the most important part. That's when' you get (he habits o( life. "Clean living and hard work.

That makes the difference. I'm going to keep on fighting as long- as God gives me strength." Felix Bocchicchlo, Ms manager, stepped in quickly after Walcott said, "I'm going to ask for-an extension because I got many church and speaking appearances." The return boul wilh Charles xva.s put back until "after the first of the year" at a conference last summer. It won't be held until June. "We're waiting until they (International Boxing Club) call us in won't fight until June. of now, the opponent is Charles," What did he at now? Felix explained; CRIPPLED CATS IN THREE AWAY GRID CONTESTS DAVIDSON.

Oct Injury-ridden Wildcats take to the road for three successive weelt- ends starting Saturday when Coach Orowell Little's crippled crew goes to Richmond la do battle with Richmond's Spiders. The Wildcats, according to tht form sheet, should do much better on the road than they have at "If Louis and Charles should get ome. AfUr losing a 2J-1 opener to VolsToPlay Alabama Club In SEC Tilt together and, for some reason, want a change. It's up to Charles," Tide Has Lot At Stake In Tilt With Vols BIRMINGHAM, Oct. 19 Alabama's best ground gainer against TcnncssK last j-rar, Bobby Marlow, may be plugging holes on defense when the Tide and favored VoLs tangle Coach Red Drew's starting of.

I'enslve backfleld. announced yesterday, puts Joe Cornpton at fullback Clell Hobson at quarterback, and Bimbo Melton and Larry Chlodeltl at halfbacks. The thrice-beaten Tide a Vol squad rated No. 2 In the nation in the AP poll. The underdog Alabama eleven must defeat or tie Tennessee, or become the first Crimson team to lose four straight since 1910.

Both teams are In good shape for Ihe contest. The Tide's O. B. Phillips, slated as a starling offensive center, will be tn the line afte missing the last three games due to an Injury. DRESS WELL AND SUCCEED; by PITTS SMITH MARYLAND TO TAME TAR HEELS CAROLINA al COLLEGE PARK, Carl Srvavcly's Ta Heels rfre'due to lose another one on their "murder 1 many tough ones In a row.

V. P. I. at DURHAM. The Blue Devils were lucky muzzle the- Wolfpack last Saturday, but this one is a breather.

STATE vs. WM. AND MARY. Tile Wolfpack will b. on guard after what happened to Wake Forest and shoult take this one, though not easily.

Last Week: 46 Winners 13 Losers To Date: 195 Winners 40 Losers 1 Tie Avcragi 5 Ties 83 Averag LEADING MAJOR TEAMS 1, California 2, Tennessee 3. Illinois 4. Michigan St. 5. Texas 6.

Maryland 7. Texas 8. Georgia Tech 9. Ohio St. 10.

Baylor 11. Pacific C. of 12. Sou. Cal.

Principal Games of the Week WINNER 56 Army SI Baylor 56 BcvMon G. 56 Brown 70 Btlctecll 91 California B1 Cincinnati 56 Citadel 70 Colorado 56 Cob. AfcM 17 Cornell 70 1 Ion 10 Duke 70 Florida 56 Fla St. 16 Gcor la 84 Oa. Tech.

77 Holy Cross 70 Houston 91 Illinois 63 Iow St. 56 Kent St. 33 Kentucky 90 Maryland S6 Memphis St 77 Miami, Fla 70 Miami 16 Mtchltan 91 Mich. St. 83 Minnesota l.OSKH 42 Harvard 70 Tex, Tech in Detroit 50 Colgate Buffalo 84 Sou.

Cal. 30 49 Fttrman 56 Kansas St. 'JIali St. 63 Yale 63 Chattanooga 35 64 Vandcrbllt 50 S. ROM St.

70 LS.U. 64 Auburn 30 N.Y.I'. 63 H. Simmons 84 Washington 50 Missouri 36 M. Harvey 77 Villanova 70 N.

Carolina 36 L.I. 64 W. Lee 64 Ohio U. 70 Iowa 71 Penn. St.

56 Nebraska 1VK WJNNF.R 63 Mta. Sou. 65 N. Car. St.

77 Northwestern 76 Notre Dame 90 Ohio St. B4 Oklahoma 63 OWa. Oregon St. 64. Pacific C.

o( 76' Pf nn 77 Princeton 63 Rutgers 70 S. Francisco 56 Jose SI. 77 S.M.U. 84 Stanford 70 Syracuse S3 Tcrople 91 Tennessee 84 Texas 30 Tex. ASM 71 Tulane 77 Tiilsa 77 U.C.L.A.

70 77 W. forest 56 vv. Virginia R4 Wisconsin 56 Wyoming 77 Xavler t.OSKR 13 SE. 63 W. AT Msry 63 Navy 56 Pttisbureh 56 Indfnna 70 Kansas 51 Drake 77 St.

64 Boston U. 70 Columbia 30 La fayelte 36 Lchlgh 63 Fordham 50 Idaho 70 Rice 57 Clara 57 43 DcMn'Sre 70 Alabama 77 Arkansas 77 T.CC. 70 Miss. 70 Marcjuelte i 50 Oregon 64 V.M.I. 57 Qeo Wash.

36 Geneva 71 Purdue 43 B.V.U. 43 Louisville GAME OF THE WEEK land vs. Carolina Marylc over WGNC Saturday at 1:45 p. m. YOUNG MEN'S SHOP Gastonia, N.

C. 173-175 WEST MAIN Rhyne at home, the Cats urneyed to Virginia and whipped Irglnla Tech by a 32-20 score. irnlng home, the Davidsons lost The Citadel by a 34-H count, and prc upset In Iheir annual home iming tussle by Presbyterian, 14- Though the Cats nave been le short end o( the score in three ut of four games, (he statistics wolf shows that Coach Little's crew as bettered all opponents in almost department. In recently eleased statistics Irom the South- rn Conference show the Wildcats oldlng down fifth position In rush offense with an average of 19.3 yards per game, and fifth in in total defense, allowing le opposition an average ol 243.5 ards per game, rushing and pass- ng. Davidson stands fourth in thi onfercnce on rushing defense, aV owing H2 yards per game average The Cats will enter the Rlchrnonc ussle even-steven with the Spiders This will In ill probability mark th inal game the season In which he Davidson team will enter th ame an even chance of winning Mter the rather impotent Spider omes Washington Lee, V.

M. I 1. C. State and Georgia Tech. Cherryville, Hilltoppers Hit Friday Hlns Quinn, Paul Markltn, and Sherril Jrrvnford have been sending thei JhcrryviUe Ironmen'through rough drills all week in prep ration for the invasion of th Central High Hilltoppers of Rn herford Spindale Friday Night ts the first of three successive ionic games.

Marion and tough Je.vemer City follow the R-S lad nto town, Friday's game is rated a tosstip will get under wa.v at 7:30. Coacl Chester Womacfc's Rutherford elev taught to a 13-13 tie with st City's Golden Tornadoes heir opener. They then ran smack nto one of North Carolina's fines oolbail machines, Canton. Canton lad opened the season the wee icfore with a 2Q-I2 victory ove powerful Lee H. Edwards Hlg! School of AsheviUe.

a member the Western AAA Conference. Wo uncle's crew fought Canton standstill" In the first half befor bow tag 13-7, Shelby's Lions cam through with a 13-11 edge, then bs week, Kings Mountain came from behind for a 25-21 victory. Rutherford, led the Mountaineers at half- lime 14-5. Joe (loberston, Ihe Hilltoppers' quarterback, is one of loop's top fctars while Right End Herman Dixon is rated one of the circuit's top extra point specialists. Robcrston and Dixon ilmost brought the Rutherfordtonx out against Shelby.

In the waning minutes of the baltle at Shelby Roberston threw a 30-yard pass to Dixon who was knocked out-of- bounds on the Lion 15-yarrt Forest City, Morganton, Newton- Conover. Llncolnton. and toii have fallen before the Ironmen n'hlle Kings Motinlafn whipped the locals 13-1. Dick Blackweltlcr, one of the, loop's speed-merchants, Son- FANFARE i IH'NK PK7EZ.4TICN WII.I. NEW YORK, Oct.

19-W-Most of the nation's top-ranking college ootball teams flaunt their biceps before neighborhood audiences wilh the headline attraction sending California against Soulh- rn California at Berkeley. The Golden Bears of To. I nationally and. with a string' 3fi straight regular season vlc- ories, two-touchdown fa- orlte over a solid Trojan eleven ated No. 11 In The Associated Piess The Bears have averaged Joints a game in smashing past anta Clara, pcnn, Minnesota and Washington State.

Southern Cal las won four games and lost only Informal skirmish with Camp 'endleton. Of the other teams In the top Itn, Tennessee, Maryland and Baylor also appear lo have a busy ahead of (hem, although all are favored by from 13 to points, Tennessee's grldders, second in the national ratings, defend their unsullied record against thrice-beat- Alabama at Birmingham, Xla. The Crimson'Tide's inferior record can't be taken too much into account this Is a traditional In which they pile up the In- lured like stove wood. Tradition also puU added teeth into the fray at College Park, between Maryland and North Carolina, longtime antagonists of Ihe Southern Conference. Maryland, seventh ranked, has shown tremendous power in winning three games but Terrapin Coach.

Jim Tatum, a former North Carolina guard, generally has trouble with his alma mater. Texas Ko. 6, one of the leading favorites for Southwest Con- ferehce honors, plays twice-beaten Texas Christian at Port Worth while Baylor, No. 10. has a tough test at Waco against Texas Tech, 33-19 conqueror ot TCU last week.

Two of the current gridiron elite Michigan State and eighth-ranked to the road. Michigan State journeys lo Slate College, where it rules a 11-polnt point favorite over a Fenn Slate team that has won two and liwt only to Villanova. Illinois Invades Seattle for a game with rebounding Washington. The Illini are point picks. Texas goes alter Its fifth straight victory in a Southwest Conference till with Arkansas at Payetleville, Ark.

The fourth-ranked Longhorns are an eight-point choice. Georgia Tech, No. 5, is host to Allburn. Princeton. No.

9. will strive to make Lafayette the llth link in the longest winning st eak now going in major ranks. Two of Ihe Pacific Coasl's fine independent chibs come east to impress eastern experts. The College ot the Pacific, winner its first four games, takes on Boston University tonight. San SUNDAY RACES SCHEDULED ON GASTON TRACK Lfadlng In for jhe Caro- linu Kacinf Association championship is fd Erini of tanburp, 5.

C. He'll be 2motif some JO par- ticlpanlt Sunday afternoon as amateur slocV Jockeys from all over the two Carolinas will appear at GastonU Speedway, "We're going Into our last two of racing In GastonU," said- Melvin Kitchens, Carolines Raclnjr AfCoclalloji'prHident sponsor of the local ractf. The championship trophy wilJ follow the race Sunday, October 28. Mr. Kitchens pointed out thai Mayor Harre bon Va ncey wlU make the trophy presentation.

Evans hmi notched 485 points, Jttdter by five over Homer Sfsk, also of In third place Is Jim Hembree of Inman, S. with 441 pofnls. A ((nit-place finish In a fta- lured evenl- nets points, and the raflnf truon extends from April October Among the driven entered In the Sabbath-day races. In addition lo Ihe aforementioned, are Roy England and "Spider" Laye of Sandy Mclllnney and Bill Moore, Forest City; and Hugh Christian, Vu, S. C.

There will tiro 15-Up heat races, one 15-lap consolation rare and, of course, the 35-Up featured event. LENOIR-RHYNE, WCTC COLLIDE Francisco, also and owning an outstanding back in OUie Matlison, plays Fordham at 'New York. Noire Dame, side tracked last week by Southern Methodist, is a 1J point favorite over Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh. SMU, mean- white, meets Rice in a night game at Dallas. absorbing thel first loss of the seasqri last iveel in Tampa, Lcnoir Rhyhe's big, bai Bears will be on the rebound Sal urclay night when they make thei second North State start agains the Catamounts of Western Caro lina, in Ashevllle's Memorial Slad ium, Kirkotf is set for eight o'clock Bears went down to Ihei first setback- in starts whei a surprisingly strong Tampa elevei took to (he air to score four times In winning.

21-14. But Lenoir Rhyn is still rated the top contender cop" Ihe North State title. Big bruising fullback Steve Trud nak. the Bruins' candidate for Lit tie All-America, leads a powerfu LR offense which also includes i flas'hy break-an-ay combine in th Hobinson twins. Jim Garrett call the plays at quarterback, also find time to block and run with the ball.

Al Archibald leads the offensive forward wall from his tackle post with capable assistance from ends Giles Setzer and Jim Hummel, tackle Ted Goins, and guards Gene Abercrombie and George Robinson. Harold Eglesky Is the pivot man. Defensively. Co-Captain ''Bnjl" Newsome heads up the front ranks getting his help from tackles Floyd McCanless and Dick Saine, guard Bob Mauser, and ends Wlllard Brown. John Eury, and Charles Harrill.

Tlie Lenoir Rhyne band sill make the trip to Asheville to entertain' during the game a marching exhibition at haltthne. State's Wolf pack Capable Of Beating RALEIGH, Oct. and dary's rejuvenated Indians, a 7-6 upset winner of Wake Forest last will be hoplnj to' continue heir winning ways Saturday'after- noon at 2 m. In Riddlck Stadium when they tangle K'ith Coach Beatle Feathers' oft-beaten N. C.

State Wolfpaclc. The Williams burg. Tribe stunned Ihe Southern Conference irid experts )ast by knocking Vake Forest from the ranks of the undefeated and thus loom as one of the best teams In the circuit. State went down to its fourth straight defeat against Duke's Blue 3evlls at Durham last week by 27-21 score In a contest rated i he best played in (he conference his season. The Wolfpack led by 21-13 at tht opening of Ihe fourth Kriod, but fell before the split T- lormatlon Blue Devils who scored in the final stanza.

Despite the defeats at Ihe hands of Korth Carolina, Wake Forest, Clemson and Duke on successive weekends, State exhibited its best offensive punch of the season In scoring three times against. Duke. Coach Seattle Feathers Is optimistic about his eleven's chances against William and Mary and predicts a close hard-fought affair. "We're still improving," Feathers says, "and I know we're capable of winning asainit William and Mary They're tough, but our boys are hungry for a victory' and Saturda; might be our big chance." Biggest improvement in the State ame against Duke was the Wolf- ack aerial attack, which ollcied or all three ftlex Vebster pitched for two tallies and Wingbaclt Jim Mover, for third. marked the first lime since jhe, eafon's opener against Catawba.

hat State had scored from scrimmage and Wolfpack followers hijve aken heart with the showing the Blue Devils. Although State will be hampeffrt by injuries for ihe William Mary are high on )he Wolfpack squad. Tackle Fred Beav- of Asheville is out for the season with a broken leg sustained In'the Duke game and Captain Jim O'Rourke, a fullback, will probably not be able to play because of a ihouider separation. The William and Mary game will celebrated as homecoming for of State'alumni and a joodly crotvd 'is expected to be on hand for the 2 p. m.

klckoff. Plenty of good tickets are still available, Wooren, Atkins Lead Gastonia's Jayvees Victory Gastonia's junior varsity team defeated Belmont's jayvees for the second time this year yesterday afternoon, 32-12. Fullback Garland Atkins scorec twice, once on a 45-yard run am Gene Woolen ripped off three TDs one on a 30-yard romp on the firs play from scrimmage. Alfred Stepp caught a pass for one extra point and Woolen kicked the other. Golden-eye ducks, uncommon in the area, were sijhted in large num bers In Lake Meacie National Rec reation Area early in 1951 Cramer ton Team Wins Over Wray Cramerton's bantams scored touchdowns in the first and second quarter'to down a hard-scrapping Wray Junior High School team of Gastonia yesterday, 12-7.

Wray's touchdown came in third quarter when Pete Dates rip- off on a 32-yard sprint. Roger Sheppard ran- over for the extra point. The lineups: CHAMKRTON NUon Davis, EHer. Hoover. Feathemone, Keeter, Gardin.

Lutz, Elrod. W1RAV (1) more, Lindsay. Adalr. Lewis. Owens.

Oates, Boliclr, Shep. patd, Btrt. Score by quarters: 1 2 3 T. CflAMERTON WRAY 0-12 Scoring touchdowns: Cra me Gardin, Nixon. Scoring touchdown: ra Oaiw.

Point after GASTONIA vs. BURLINGTON TONIGHT 7:30 WGNC-FM Prep Games Burlington at Gastonia Harlsfll al Mount Holly at Brssrmtr City West Hlirh at Stanley t.owtll at Cramer-ton. Riilherfordton at Chrrryville Kings Mountain at Marion. will be the lad. 1 cron- u'lll be watching.

Pharr racaj yards for a touchdown against Newton Blackwelder going LO Rauttall, who can nm, pass -and punt with the bcM of them, and Joe Pharr, 160 pound Qiiar- SUBSCRIBE FOR THE GAZETTE NEW COACH MAY-BE ANSWER TO SKINS' GRID PROBLEMS WASHINGTON. Oct. Washington Ridsktru. It seems, are shopping for a new htacl coach to replace Herman Ball. Hcarlly (Hunk) said last night the job's teen offered to him.

Bin there's-a niter. Anderson, although he Isn't working at It, Ls under contract to the Chicago Bears. And the Bears, according to a Redskin spokesman are holding on to Anderson unle.vi the Skins are willing to give them Tackle Paul Llpj-' comb in exchange. "We won't trade Lipscomb and we couldn't If we wanted lo," Ihe spokesman declared. He explained that under league rules the sale or trade of players Is banned alter tht third game of the season played.

The Skins already have Anderson, who cnmc here from Detroit, wnerc he has been working for a steel company, said George Preslon Marshall, Washington owner, had ottered htm a three-year contract. Anderson sntd he and Marshall are meeting later today to discuss the 5llu.uk>.'!. Marshal" has hinted Ball Is on the w.iy out as head coach but says he Kill stay with the 'Skins If he wants to. The problem of his contract with the Bears. Anderson said, probably will be handed over to Football Commissioner Bert Ball.

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