Bristol Herald Courier from Bristol, Tennessee • 15

aW9w3HVJ SECTION iji SEPTEMBER 4 1955 1 en Messerole Beats Roanoke Golf Champion VPI Stresses msey Has 50 Man Grid Squad iVasps Stage Pass Defense Jrisk Practice Sprinkle at piV Ot KB 8 Appy Playoffs (Sheriffs Son On Gridiron of Tennessee 1940 and played elevens and at Bingham Military a couple of seasons before the Academy before going down to Army tapped him He served with Mercer University in 1928 to land th? Second Infantry Division and a guard position under Lake Kus Rus Blackwond Garvey vs Phipps Rouse vs John vs W' vs 3 W5 Hi SOMETHING TO BRAG Wright and Billy played safety are Meadowview Scores Victory At Chilhowie Slemp vs Chapman Mabe vg Are Cancelled Due To Rain TJHS Grid Team Starts Practice touch on Sun Ellison slot a year the scales groan at 325 Played or Vols Rotella came to the University Joe Bland beat John compose Sims vs 9:28 Baden vs By Gene Thompson II Sports Editor ERWIN Tenn Sept 3 Rotella has it made Tniv ran Al tutored the bar oneue vwis from 1952 through last season when he resigned to accept the position at Erwin McNabb who takes time out from his high school duties to serve as mayor need an introduction anywhere in East Ten nessee Dick a native of Erwin starred for Erwin High School i mjj hv n' nars at liih his boss on the football field Speedway last night which cot to have some featured by A Utsman wm Utsman Captures Honors At Tri City A thrill packed racing show was (Brijtol Newspaper Studio Photo) League baseball players had reason to be sportsmanship medals by the Paramount and from the Abingdon and Blountville Mountaineers Lose Bristol Modntaineers dropped an 8 4 decision to Elk Garden yester day on the field Stallard Almanv and Leonard led the Bris tol hitting with two apiece Leon ard was the losing pitcher while Bill White was credited with the win Charlie Pendergrass is sched uled to pitch when the same clubs mfioi affatn tAflav I UIW ield Tennessee Junior High foot ball candidates will report Mon day morning at 8:30 to get their uniforms Practice will begin immediately Coach Gene elty of the Ten nessee High Vikings also an nounced that his varsity will practice at 9:30 Monday morn ing up on 19th hole Kelly Ross beat Ray Rouse one up on 19th Joe Morris defeated Bob Johnston 6 and 5 John Taggard Defaults Eighth flight Jack Sims beat Wade Peters one up on 19th Dr Wolfe over A Bordwine 2 amt 1 Brace vnj over JOHNSON CITY Tenn Sept 3 () Old man weather inter fered with the Appalachian League playoffs to such an ex tent that the final series be tween the Johnson City Red Birds and the Rebels was final ly cancelled today by the league Johnson City and Salem were scheduled io meet in the first of a best two of three series last night at Salem It rained Showers were still reported failing today and rather than drag out the season longer club officials huddled with League President Chauncey DeVault and decided io call off the play offs The playoff money of $800 will be divided equally between ihe two clubsil was announced Salem had gained ihe final series by beating Kingsport two in a row and Johnson City had arrived at ihe final set by whip ping Bristol two out of three 13 6 6 6 By Arthur Hamilton CHILHOWIE Va Sept 3 Chilhowie played 'under its new floodlights for the first time to night but Meadowview stole the show before a crowd of 1300 fans LAKE ELEVATIONS Yesterday Today South Holston 16738 16739 Watauga 13031 19032 Bob Harrell Wins NOROLK Vai Sept 3 Bob Harrell pride of the Portsmouth Boat Club sailed through steady showers this afternoon to win first place in the first heat for Hamp ton one designs in the annual Labor Day Regatta of the Norfolk Yacht and Country Club Rv Bill Perrv GATE CITY Va Sept Big Stone Buccaners overpower ed Shoemaker High's Blue Devils 20 0 here tonight in the opening game for both teams Halfbacks Jim Anderson and ourteenth flight 807 Wren vs Hendrson Mullins vs Richardson 8:00 Anderson vs Buchanan Graybeal vs ern Al Rotella 'Bosses' Mayor ning the fast car dash and the feature race Results of races: ast car dash: A Utsman first Dave Roba second irst Heat: Bill Morton first Ken Hundley second Harold Gfb son third Second Heat: Arwood first Sherman Utsman second A Utsman third Third Heat Eave Roba first Windy York second Jr ickle third eature Race: A Utsman first Sherman Utsman second Windv York third Arwood fourth Harold Gibson fifth Bill Morton In the feature race Dave Rob was leading when the right front tire blew out and he rolled over three or four times before coming to a halt LOCAL AND NATIONAL SPORTS After a nip and tuck firs quarter Gate City gained posses sion on its own 30 and moved all the way to the Big Stone Gap one before 'a fumble ended the drive and started the Buccaneers on the wav to their first tally Dn Mc Cann Gary Stacy and Gabe lem ing were the men who lugged the leather for the Blue Devils Immediately after the fumble Anderson and Lester sparked a length of the field drive to the Gate City three Palmer skirted end for the touchdown A running attempt failed to net the con ver sell McNabb City Aiderman McNabb who has been a city aiderman at Erwin for six years and mayor for two terms is best known as a game official worked football and basketball games for 26 years and had a 17 yeaf fling as an umpire in pro fessional baseball 'He's a registered Southeastern Conference official in football and 'basketball and umpired in the Southern Association in addition to a long tenure in the Appalachian onlv trouble about this set Rniniia savs that got to be aw DUl wnen 1 VB iu nave Wuu thing from the city the shoe is on the other fiSot He's my boss So far the Rotella McNabb com bination is working from both angles They both want to keep it that way ft will mean a lot for Erwin football Bristolian Opens Defense Of His Title In Holston son 'Eight flight 9:35 Wolfe: Bradburn vs Coome vs Bordwine Taggart Ninth 9:21 Gordon oe Greever vs Winn vs Burke Garrtcnn Tenth 9:07 Richardson vs Blevins Petrs vs Moody 9:00 vs Seaver Surber vs Bill Poe Elevnth 8:49 Grigg vi Hov Greever vs Zender 8:42 Shanks vs Johnston: Sayers Baker Twelfth 8 35 Stump nirkens: Baumgardner vs Spraker 8 28 Stacey vs Clark II Spraker vs Hulme Thirteenth Jones Perkins Phipps vs Witt 8:14 lenor vs Anderson Bowman Pairings Announced Pairings for Sunday including consolation rounds: Second 11:52 a Lyng start vs Lark Bishop vs Barrett Hamlin vs Greer Bland vs Greer Thud 11:24 Blackwood Addington vs Phipps Lan caster vs Phillips ourth Hartwell vs Carter Morton vs rizzell DcShields vs Kelly Muller vs Win ston ifth 10:21 Walker vs Witt Kilgore vs Williams 10 1 Davis vs Totten Rutherford vs Lindsey Sixth 10:37 Sutherland vs Edmonds Witt vs Luttrell Bailey vs Daugherty Suter vs McCluer Seventh 9:49 Miller vs Manley Ross vs Morris 9:42 ning with him in the backfield were Cokie Kitts and Sonny Holmes at halfbacks and Stev enson at fullback' Up front the Whites had Tommy Yarbrough and' Bob Sprinkle at ends Preston Pitta and Harold Dingus at tackles Hobart Cawood and Joe Rusic at guards and Billy Earp at center Backfield for the Blues found George Klippa at quarterback Kelly Ison Tony antino and Jerry Shipp alternating at half backs with Tommy Rasnick and Lou Yarbrough sharing the full back job The Blue forwards had Irvin Cu bine and Ken Stickley at the flanks Jack Sykes and Dutch Heinemann at tackles George Conley and Martin Leonard guards and Garnett Gilliam at 4 i rd Ulc pnuin 4 Vv iBrntM hAWftDJDtri StUtflO PhOtOl BATTLE Tennessee Harold Honeycutt re turns to the bench where Coach Jed Alexander tapes an injured knee The Viking back was hurt when he hauled down Sullivans speeding Don Davis in first quarter of riday game The in jury serious and Honeycutt later turned in some mor fine defensive play as Vikings went on to win 1 0 Indians Scrimmage wnTlAMSHURG Va Sept Although rain fell steadily all dav Coach Jackie Wil 'liam and Mary Indians held their usual double work outs including a full dress scrimmage The scrimmage was William and first and fumbling marred the drill Rain made the ball slippery and extremely diffi cult to handle Hills Tourney At Marion MARION Va Sept Ken Messerole cool steady plaving defending champion from Bristol moved past a rugged challenge to his title when he defeated Landon Bu chanan Roanoke city champ one up on the 21st hole as the Holston Hills Country Club Invitation Golf Tournament got down to serious business today Messerole two up at the end of the first nine holes saw Buchanan come from behind to deadlock the match at the nf 1R Messerole then closed mK AflUUl EHJUD Ui AulwllC proud last night when they were awarded outstanding meatre une ooy irom eacn vi ivu omiec was so honored Doug wiuougnov ol me venucii nlaving outstanding sportsmanship in the Bristol leagues In the picture are ien to ngnu rranK RoSimon Southern League (Chevrolets James Riffey Eastern League (UCT Billy Barnette Ab Jtooinwn OVUHKU1 nkmMiio ijano iGiants and Vauehan inedon League tnOTarjj uiuugiiu' dvuu uuuuc usvumwnv Christian Western League Elks Wilfred Gillenwater Paramount manager islanding behind winner' said the awards will be an annual affair i 1 5 ph vrttofl infs nr ciown to naruiittiu etanriina lineman in New Jersey school coaching job 4 1 A 7 4 4 4 4 lx zx nivicinn nnd lily oVLvlltl cwauuj saw battle service in rance He was wounded by a bazooka shell at allaise Normandy August 12 1944 was a million dollar says Rotella put me in the hospital for 120 days I get back into After World War II Rotella came back to finish his football career at Tennessee playing on the 1946 and 1947 Vol elevens played behind he states let him play enough to make the all Southeastern and All America I think that was nice of me I hope Huff appreciated Coached Under eathers Rotella went straight from the Vol gridiron to a college coaching job He became line coach for Bristol's Beattie eathers at North nmiina state in 1948 and served through the 1951 season "I left State because they fired Rotella says without blinking an eve i aion minK uiey uvuu Bristol Herald Courier Combined Sunday wh Bristo Vi rci i a Tennessean Medalist Hyatt of Ashe ville advanced without mishap with a 4 and 3 victory over Stanton of Richlands DeBord Beats Rouse Bill Rouse of Marion who de feated Bonner DeBord of Saltville 4 and 3 on riday for the Holston Hills club championship couldn repeat in the tournament and lost to DeBord today 3 and 2 In a duel of Bristolians Pat Bell won over rank Goodpasture Jr two up While Bill Hyatt also Ox Bristol defeated KilLnger Roanoke 4 and 2 Bill Buchanan Blacksburg scor ed an cade on the 1 8th hole to win over Lester Bell of Bristol one up red Brown Johnson City won a berth in the championship flight witn a ana wcx Ellis of Marion Losers In irst light Jimmy Lark of Pulaski who is playing in the second flight toos the lead in the medal prize for 36 holes by posting a 73 In the championship flight to morrow Messerole will play An drews and Pat Bell will meet Bill Buchanan at 1 Hvatt Paine I Hyatt and Bonner DeBord meet ing red Brown at ru Golfers who lost in championship play will the first flight Pairings for this flight dav is as follows: 1:14 most effective Tandnn Ruehanan vs 1 He can be ex Goodpasture vs Lester Bell 1:21 Stanton vs Killingcr Rouse vs Ellis Results in other flights today: Second Kirk Lynstad beat Hamlin one up Jimmy I ark won over Paul Greer 5 and 4 Bill Bishop defeated 2 and 1 Jaek Barrett Greer one up Ben rizzell Wins Third flight Mjim tvon over Addington one up (Tige) Harmon beat John Phippe 4 and 3 Rice beat iictia laneaster one no i Hundley defeated John Phillips 3 and 2 ourth flight A Hartwell beat DeShields 5 and: 4 Carter heat Jim Kelly 3 and 1 Carmack Morton beat Rod Muller 5 and 4 Ben rizoil Jr won over Winston one up ifth flight Glenn Walker beat Ned Davis 2 and 1 IL Witt won over A Totten two up: Joe Kilgore defeated Joe Rutherford 4 and 3: Clark Williams won over Lucian Lindsey 2 and 1 Six'th flight Sutherland won over Ralph Bailey 3 and 1 Campbell Edmonds beat Jim Daugherty 7 and 5 Witt beat Dr Jim Suter 2 and 1 Luttrell wok McCluer 5 and 4 Seventh Miller beat Joe Garvev 2 and 1: Man ley "won over Phipps one (Kelly up on 19th hole Kelly Ross beat ourteenth Wren Drutel Kluutnjmrt Stlldifl PhOtO) wow pan Al Rotella right new head coach of Blue Devils has Dick Blue Devil co captain Erwin's New ootball Coach Has It Made first scoring opportunity Chilhowie punched across early In the second period after Don Blevins had blocked a Meadow view punt on the Blue one yard stripe The Warriors re covered the ball and Junior Stur gill took a pitchout and scored James Sheets failed to convert the extra point Meadowview came back with touchdowms before the half ended Both came on 36 yard sprints by halfback Don McCray McCrav ran the extra point across A 4ka alter tnc iirsi xauv in give Blue Devils a 13 6 halftime lead Roy Lester and The Blue Devils marched 58 (Chester Paimer were the guns yards with the third quarter kick pn an attack which off with Kyle Rose scoring from (visitors to touchdowns in each of the last three periods Shortly afterwards Chilhowie wrote up its final TD when Stur gill scored from the five to cli max a 68 yard drive fourth touch down came in the last minute of play Quarterback Gerald Hen derson went 15 yards on a keep play for the tally Meadowview 0 Chilhowie 0 AToaHnwview scoring: McCray 2 Rose Hender son conversion McCray Chilhowie scoring: touchdowns Sturgill 2 Big Stone Topples Gate City 20 To Oj i sion and the half ended 6 0 Early in the third period the Bucs started another march from their own 42 With Palmer and Anderson doing most of the carry I ing they moved to the Blue Devil six from which point Anderson cracked off tackle for the score Palmer ran the extra point toj make it 13 0 The final Big Stone drive cover ed 61 yards Palmer going i over from the three This time it was Anderson who ran the point Obviously missing their star halfback Woody Duncan the Blue Devils never threatened seriously after the first period thrust Dun can was declared ineligible this week when District Eight officials ruled he is not a legal resident of the State of Virginia Big Stone 0 6 7 Gate City 0 0 0 Big Stone scoring: Palmer 2 Anderson Palmer Anderson (running plays) Baden 4 and 3 Coomes won default from Josh Taygart Ninth Slemp won over Joe Winn one up Gordon Poe beat I Burke one up on 20th: John Greever over Doug Mabe 6 and 5 Ned Chapman over Garrison 2 and 1 Tenth Irvin Richardson over George Cline 5 and 4 Buford Blevins over Bill Seaver one up Herb Peters Jr over Bill Surber 4 and 3 Mooney over Bill Poe one up Victory or Baumgardner Eleventh flight Bill Griff over Hugh Shanks three up Hoy over Bob Johnston three up Lu ther Greever over Harry Sayers 6 and 5: Paul Zender over Baker forfeit Twelfth Sfump over Stacey 5 and 4 Dick ens over Clark two up Jay Baumgardner over opraxer 3 and 1 Spraker over Har old Hulme 4 and 2 Thirteenth Young over leenor 6 and 5: Harvie Perkins vs Harry Anderson one up on 19th Phipps over JI A Ixiwman one up Witt over Earl Kelly two up ourteenth flight Wren over Ray Anderson default Hendemon over Hick Buchanan 5 and 4: Les Mullins over Kent I 1 1 1 nrfl uravuea oiie vauvu miwhuu against Bill son over Bobby ern 6 and 5 Blue Devils wnrkintf nn 1 co captains is the sheriff's Rotella refers to the fact that Dick McNabb his freshman coach is serving his second term as mayor of Erwin and that Bob Moore his talented tailback is the son of Unicoi County Sheriff Doyle Moore A like this says Rotella who came from Laollette to re place Bo Brummett as head man of the Blue Devils has gone all out here to make me feel 1 right at home making plans to improve our high school stadium here and finding a bunch of boys who want to play inding Old riends finding some of 'my old friends coaching in the Big he added Gene city over at Tennessee High of Bristol and Len Coffman down at Greene ville Both played down at like I "Of he with his big smile "elty and Coffman mav nni bo mv friends for long Not after I give them both a good this season Rotella is quite a personality ne has a natural gift for winning friends and influencing people and classed with Herman Hickman me 1C viuwo at Randolph asn background in ed me around any more so I went Special To The Herald Courier EMORY Va Sept Head Coach Casto Ramsey sent a man football squad through a brisk 40minute senmmage lay as Emory and Wasps concluded their fust eek of fall football practice Two team composed chiefly of lettermen romped roudi the first 20 minute contact drill while two other jbs Plotted with freshman prospects butted heads in the ial scrimmage Ramsey and Backfield Coach mes (renchie) bavaiicne I the hustle and spirit of the i Uni trnrn 'riinnoointed With llCl1 Mllv VVX i blocking and timing ghlcst spot Emory ih return from service Rni shcuiKnn 6 2 200 pound llnrlr ivhn is OllG Of' the best around players the Wasps haveacfpd in vears Stevenson already has launched irive to dislodge ommy nasim Lou Yarbrough who alter ited at the fullback slot a year illbacks Sparkle The running of these three full icks who are putting up a bitter mm a fnr Tne SLdi ixiiK uvx ershadowed the halfbacks into iy's scrimmage Ramsov singled out flankman Sprinkle tackle Harold Ding and guard Hobart Cawood for eir blocking while he was well eased with the defensive piay center Billy Earp guard Joe isek tackle Preston Pitta and inkmart Tommy Yarbrough Jack Cummins a letterman arterback and freshman Mickey bust from Chilhowie were ndouts the aerial department aust shows unusual poise and ility for a first year performer reshmen Pose Challenge Several other freshmen will pose rugged challenge to their more asoned team mates! Among this roup are: Don Progar a 5 11 178 pound iss snatching end from St Mich 1: Pa: home town of Andy Ko i' former fullback great at the diversity of Tennessee Dwight illiams 6 '375 of Jonesville is another likelyUooking ter i pi 1 ci imiuci iv tackles Warner (Duch) Hcine lann six foot 215 from Lynd nrst Geprge (Goat Hock jt 6 2 195 from Meadowvtew hd Jimmv Walling 6 1 205 from irginia High of Bristol have Jook impressive Walling has justi ame outol tne armea lorccs Martin Leonard a 175 pound hard from Maryville Tenn hows speed and blocking ability Jack Stallard six foot 185 iund all Distnct Eight fullback tom Wise Va has been shifted center where he is catching on hst Holloway A Prospect In addition to Maust another reshman back who is attracting ttention is Billv: Holloway from hrginia High of Bristol Rav Chapman quarterbacked the L'hite team in the opening senm kage with the Blues today Run football He was Al 'when he wras cutting a wide swath jrfS IdLAlU AMI no pnttnrsnn That was back in 1939 head coach of Erwin High 16 years and 105 ago for my staff and one of my high school days Now he makes orked Dave and Bobby England two at the all im portant satetv position during the Moseley said Unbeaten Gobblers Made Interceptions Pay Off Last Year BLACKSBURG Va Sept Virginia Tech's theft conscious nasx the No 1 outfit in returning enemy passes ni i 21st Thr day or pradte' have' AndrewsP seen Mosejcy and his staff con centrating their efforts on build ing a new web to frustrate enemy passers The unbeaten Techmen picked off 23 aerials a year ago and returned them 594 vards the top yardage figure "Our pass defense was a key factor last year and was in many ways responsible for our Moseley said "We must work to keep our high Two of the three key men in the secondary defense return Halfback Dickie Beard who re turned three passes for 119 yards and Billy who plays left half on defense are the re turnees Howie Anderson who gone Moseley has Ebert Lynchburg Scruggs and Hopewell natives opening days of practice The job is wide Moseley said today nrv 1f different players intercepted the 23 passes Twelve of the men are back on the present squad The main worry is to replace Wright and Ander son considered to be exceptional safety men The Tech secondary will meet a severe test early Wake orests passing Nick Con soles was the Atlantic Coast Con ference second thrower 19o4 nected to bombard the Techrnen September 17th in Jhe opening game pass defendeis establish ed a new Wake orest mark in '51 by plucking off six of the WTake aerials Wright and Line backer Jack Prater each snuffed out Wake threats by intercepting passes in the end zone during the 32 0 victory I Again I '55 IL 4 ing I 8 II 1 till I I HURL IB ft I IL 4R si If wi Ml JJI 11 jmKl It I 1' a I li Off LEM I tkJ i Kv1 Or Wo W' 1 JaSL bv defeating the Warriors 25 12 STATISTICS 1 Meadowview Chilhowie irst Dwn Yards rushing 32 I Yards passing 2 39 I Passes 3 9 I Completed 3 3 Intercepted by 0 1 Punting average 33 2S umbles lost 0 1 Yards penalized 59 0 Meadowview blew an early threat bv fumbling on the Chil one yard line with the Warriors making good on their.