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Bristol Herald Courier sports and classified BristolVirginia Tennessean SUNDAY JANUARY 31 1965 Bristol Speedway Considering Addition Of Mile Plus Track? dianapolis By RUSS DeVAULT Bristol International equally well for Bristol Speed way At present rance and NAS CAR schedule only two Grand National events at any track in one season But rance has never gone on record as saying he wouldn't do it If a super speedway is built here Bristol might wind up with NASCAR USAC and NHRA events featuring cars ranging from the pounding stackers to build a drag strip adjacent to gency and routine traffic to the existing half mile track pit and infield areas while and it looks as though they may a race is in progress have to add a bigger Speedway President Larry Car closed track while they're at itJrier admitting having any Construction now under way plans for construction of a big behind Grandstand A looks asoval but he isn't denying it though it will eventually result either in the installation of a tunnel The tunnel Carrier said near the starting end of the mile for future expansion We havelong st ip 'plans to keep up with any race And while there are a lot true but there really was second only to horse Auto Racing (NASCAR) and Na much point in banking the racing in total! attendance straights of a speedway al though most of them are banked several degrees Building such a track would ailso keep BIS in step with the current growth of racing rom its beginning as a semi respect tional Hot Rod Association I IRA sanctions Bristol Speedway holds a USAC sanc tion Bill rance of coiurse like to see tracks with NASCAR sanctions staging USAC races So he solves the problem at his own Daytona Intermit i a 1 Speedway by having his races approved and scheduled by the IA (international sanctioning hn rM tihmvvim cr liham twn tn drivers of any group approved the speedway cars runs at In And in addition to having Na by the IA dtanapolis i would mean two tracks could utilize the facilities required by one or instance the 27000 seat grandstand planned for the drag strip could also serve as the main grandstand for a big bank ed oval The drag strip itself could al so be used as part of the big things needed for a drag strip! With pl ams for a drag strip Snood a tunnel a major item On and road course now in motion wav officials are going aihead 0ter hand a tunnel is KseT on I most a necessity for a big track would elect to construct with announced plans to kj 'ible for emer a super speedway thereby qual i rying biisioi lor rewgrMiion as a real racing center A track of a mile and one quarter or one half length would make it possible for Bristol to be the site of virtually all types of racing Such a track would be a lot track perhaps giving it a tri easier and cheaper to install oval shape similiar to that of connection with a drag strip Charlotte Motor Speed than by itself way In addition combining the two Drag strips are not banked or the most part stock car racing in the South is conceded to be the biggest attraction with the single exception of the Memorial Day madness at In dianapolis which is attended by hundreds of thousands i a well known fact that the able sport auto racing has( United States Auto Club (USAC) grown into a world wide one would like to capitalize on the with annual attendance popularity of racing below toe into the millions Mason Dixon Line view ill uiv aiini in auiUUNW i iu iw yy uic nn unwmjivm ing to often quoted figures auto i tional Association for Stock Car Such a solution would work a definite possibility ML I cT th Looking At Sports With Gene Thompson Virginia Tech wUf provide the for the Southwest second annual coaching clinic here in May Jerry Claiborne will conduct the football panel and probably will bring along Bobby Collins and Alf Satterfield to help him Howie Shannon who took over as head basketball coach this season will handle the rovndtiall lectures while the veteran rank Teske will be in charge of wrestling Head coaches of Southwest District champions in foot ball and basketball ill also be on the program jebH I Ji a 2 Al I i A All Bea Brvant school of head ird whose Rearcats won the district title last fall will have charge of the football section Th1 basketball speaker is still to he de termined The Tech coaches agreed to accept an invitation to rhe clinic which was extended to them d'ring the past week when a committee o' (Moe) Curcio Virginia High Rob Miller of Tazewell Charlie Harkins of Marion and rank Speaker of Grundy paid a visit to Blacksburg Curcio wiH serve as direc tor for the tournament which wi be May 21 22 at High Curcio said the clinic fee for coaches would be J5M each Claiborne a discinle of (he knocking is rumored to be the fair hatred boy to succeed 'The when he decides to retire as head football coach Good Recruiting Job nimv Dunn offensive backfield coach for Doug Dickey said last week at Saltville where he was guest speaker at the Shaker football banquet that Vol coaches are well eased with their recruiting Dunn came to Saltville direct from Ocala la where he ha been talking vvnrh prospects in that section of the Sun shine State Beattie eathers an ex Vol himself and now end coach of the Wake orest Deacons admitted rather ruefully that is doing a solid recruiting job can vouch for he added got all three of the boys I was after around Bristol" He' referred to quarterback Jack Sholwalter of Kings port flankman Dick Williams of Greeneville and lineback er Neal McMeans of the Gate City Blue Devils 'Globetrotter' Show Charlie Harkins and his Marion Scarlet Hurricane will bring their colorful pre game show along with them when they visit Bristol Tuesday night for a Southwest District showtown with Virginia Bearcats The Marion players using a multi colored basketball go through clever ball handling and passing feats to the tune ofSwert Georgia Brown' during their warmups The music is supplied by a 12 piece student 'pep' band which (Moe) Curcio has invited to come along with the team The Marion warm up show is patterned after the one made famous by the Harlem Globetrotters and given a col legiate flavor by Ray University of Tennessee Vols Even if you are" not a baskcbbaH fan you'll enjoy this pre game exhibition Referee's 'Honor Roll' ourteen basketball offices from the Bristol area of Southwest Virginia have qualified for the Virginia High School League's honor roll by scoring 95 or better on their state examinations this season The list released by Earl Gillespie assistant executive gecretarv includes: Holston Glenn Nash (97) Bill Halstead (96) Jack Hawk (96) Jake Lowe 96) Bob McCoy (96) Garland Yontz 1 96) Lonesome Giles Combs (98) Gothard Bays (97) George Hooker (96) Ken Stallard (96) Jim Campbell (95) Virgil Miller (95) District Eight Kelly Ison (98) Estil Graham (95) TSSAA Wrestling Tourney The TSSAA which has gotten around to recognizing wrestling as a mushrooming sport will sponsor the first state meet tournament at Chattanooga's Brainerd High School ebruary 12 13 Both the Tennessee School for Blind and the Tennessee School for Deaf will enter wrestling teams in the tourna ment which will be directed by John arr of Red Bank Don Souder assistant executive secretary of the TSSAA expects other teams to come from Brainerd Central City East Ridge Red Bank and Notre Dame of the Chattanooga urea Battle Ground Academy riendsville Knox ville' Holston Everett Maryville Donelson Montgomery Bell Academy ather Ryan of Nashville and Sevier County In contrast to the Bristol area of Southwest Virginia where wrestling is muscling in on basketball the spert has not ret gained a foothold in upper East Tennessee Pome Col'ege backs in upper rank Makes fast dash to nearest bank Got no sheepsldn got no cares Pros treat like millionaires (Tbe ifth Down) Cats op Shakers Regain Second Place Vols Rap Georgia the district with 6 3 Pu the Shaker' back 19w 7 6 for the cam one Point (45 44) with See Page 2C 2 MO 21 Basketball Scores King Drops i 8 8 75 VSAC con record for 58 77 Clintwood's Meade Signs With TP During the year he tossed 11 8 2 0 season and third place in squad by LP District coaches Monroe Robinson of Wise Les touchdown passes while running Robinson 3 i 26 8 2 15 9 6 0 0 018 75 I 61 Virginia High ashions 58 51 District Triumph 0 0 0 1 21 26 9 Hl TP 17 6 0 81 TP 22 Davis Leads To 83 49 SEC Win 2 2 2 0 0 28 11 BOBBY MEADE Inks Tribe Grant 2 10 3 2 0 0 20 G3 i) Holston Officials To Meet Monday Holston Officials Association will meet Monday night at the Appalachian Power Company building in Abingdon Greever Grouse commission er said yesterday that the meet ing was scheduled tor 7:30 o'clock 25 35 37 81 58 93 3 5 4 5 3 3 3 4 0 0 6 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 25 0 0 5 3 3 the Lonesome Pine District standings during the 1964 sea son Wise finished first with an 8 1 record and Gale City was second with a 6 1 worksheet The 6 1 165 pound senior general accounted for 2065 yards of a team total of 3047 yards from scrimmage He com pleted 78 out of 130 passes at tempted for 1278 net passing yardage In addition to passing the Green Wave quarterback carried the ball 84 times for 787 yards an average of 94 yards per carry Robinson who played offen sive and defensive end for the Indians under the direction of Harold Lester wa selected io Ji fl Uie ruufltl up spvi VAIL Il 4j district record 3rd gave them! a 9 4 overall mark for the sea can Thp Shnkprs slid tn third nlace in and dup nniv 7 fi far thp paign let Hurricane blows into tol with a flawless 8 0 district worksheet Charlie Harkins' classy crew has 11 lost to Andrew Lewis the West tern District 3:20 remaining in the game This was the moment of de cision and Virginia High has the answer James hit from outside and Paul Johnson fol lowing a free throw that rolled off the rim tipped in a basket for a 49 44 lead Smith sank a 25 32 0 3 averaged 2065 yards pergame as total net yardage with Jiis high game total being 379 yards and his low game total reading 115 yards Out of 130 attempts Meade had only nine passes intercepted dur ing the football year He con nected on 60 per cent of his pass es thrown and in ten games he only fumbled once In addition to excelling in foot ball at Clintwood Meade holds down a forward position on Ken Bailey's basketball team Meade has scored 257 points in 13 games for a 198 average In his last four appearances he has tossed in 23 29 24 and 22 points respectively Bobby is the son of Mr and Mrs Charles Meade at dint wood 7 16 7 Little Jack McGowan a 34 year old veteran from Largo la 0 0 0 49 22 10 12 5 3 3 16 0 0 a a i 13 4 4 0 0 HIGH SCHOOL rginfa ioh Saltvili? 51 Tazewell at Chilhowie pod Murfreesboro Knox bbs 43 COLLEGE Tenn Wesleyan 75 King 61 Tennessee 82 Georgia 49 Emory Henry 97 Milligan 91 Eastern Kentucky 93 ETSU 81 Maryland 91 North Carolina 80 Oregon State S3 Oregon 48 Kentucky 68 lorida 51 Michigan 98 Purdue 81 Ohio State 98 Wisconsin 86 Bradley 74 Tu'sa 58 Vanderbilt 105 Auburn 77 Northwestern 77 Michigan Sate 1 Texas Tech 108 Texas Christian 94 ri ton Callece 78 Seaton Hall 73 Westminister Pa 74 Carnegie Techtate 91 kar'a State 7A Sue Bennett College Ky) 63 Hiwassee i 62 Alabama 75 lorida State 66 Princeton 83 Penn 72 Carolina St 95 Allen 61 Penn State 95 Colgate 65 St Joseph's 93 Xavier 78 Virginia Tech 82 West Virginia 74 Richmond 83 tne utaaei Central State 82 Tenn State 74 William 8 Mary 61 East Carolina VMI 98 urman 83 Onio 72 Kent 70 UCLA 85 Chicago Loyola 72 Bridgewater' 82 Baltimore 64 Carson Newman 74 LMU 64 Tennessee Tech 90 Morehead Western Ky 134 Middle enn 84 NC State 92 Virginia 69 Clemson 94 South Carolina 17 (NBA) Boston 97 New York 90 Detroit 121 St Louis 97 Sets Sights On Marion By GENE THOMPSON Marshalling their forces for showdown battle with Marion Virginia Bearcats shot their way past the Saltville Shakers 58 51 here last night to regain second place in the red hot Southwest Dis trict basketball scramble The victory moved Timmy Bearcats into the runner up spot with a 6 2 1 ers and was fouled on both oc rhrrfrinl fTQVfl TnAtn I casions He also made his free throws for six straight points 83 49 43 83 17 front running Scar Bns 0 31 17 40 Trtrisee The Cnnfu In Lucky Open SAN RANCISCO (AP) 2 2 0 0 7 8 23 26 21 37 3i victory The loss was the row for the young tightened first place in the Ohio Valley! I By ELBERT MARSHALL CLINTWOOD Va Bobby Meade Clintwood's versatile who rolled up some fantastic records at the Dicken County high school during the 1964 football season and James Robinson defensive end the Lonesome Pine Districtfootball champions Wise have signed grani in aia scno arsnips to the College of William and Mary Joe Downing assistant foot bull coach to Marv Levy sign ed both boys Saturday January 16 on the campus in Williams burg Meade and Robinson flow to Williamsburg and toured the campus before signing The found themselves snow bound due to the heavy week end snows and all planes grounded Downing drove both boys home Meads quarterbacked the KNOXVILLE (AP) our Tennessee players shot in dou ble figures as the Vols crushed Georgia 83 49 Saturday night in a Southeastern Conference basketball' game The rictory coupled with triumph over Au burn and over lor ida boosted Tennesi ce into sec ond place in the SEC behind Vanderiiik It was Tennessee's 6th straight and gave the Vols a 5 1 record in the confer ence and 13 2 overall The loss iwas Georgia's Sth in a row and deft rhe Bulldogs 1 8 in the lieague and 4 12 for the season I A Davis leading scorer with an 184 aver age scored 22 points in pacing rhe Vols Larry McIntosh got 20 Howard Ba 12 and Ron iWidby 10 1 Dwaw Powell Georgia's sophomore guard pumped in 16 to lead the Bulldogs Jimmy Pitts fop roarer la 192 average picked up 14 5 Tennessee outscored Georgia! I31 7 in a 12 minute stretch of the 'first half and after that the out come was never in deuln Vols led at the half 40 17 GEORGIA Ws 3 6 Crec haw 2 2 P'fS Tey or Mill Duggins Totals TENNESSEE Dav's Wictby I RoDbtns Cornwall Monroe PbnvdU Ja'OOS Totals Georgii Tennessee Georgia ouled None Attendance 7300 LAY UP Paul Johnson goes high for a Virginia High layup basket as the Bearcats defeated Saltville 58 51 here last night in a Southwest District basketball game Othe Dlayers in the picture are Mike Hodgson (22) and Brack Smith (11) wa'ching Johnson score and Jim Montgomery (15) In the background are Virginia Jerry McCracken (30) and Salt ville's Doug Branson 0 34 East Tennessee 44 I 43 Wise and Reinhardt a 93 81 ox I Stiltner fifth in Bucs and wiison i i Miller hold on Brovn I Miiier I 311 Izi Conference tomis Eddie Bodkin led the Ma roons with 22 points hitting llj Brecfiey 'V''''' of 26 field god attempts Lee Lemos connected on of 12 waiton from the field and finished the I Clemons night with 20 markers followed I bv Dennis Bradley 18 points East Kentucky 'ruri lommy woo os me dug nnnliAntnt i u4l17 IrtoHc 0 ovpiivunr mufc nation in rebounding grabbed Richmond Beats 16 rebounds and scored 63 points for the Bucs Gene Hel Citadel 83 81 ton tallied 15 Doinls and Bill Newbold a senior guard add CHARLESTON (AP) Eastern wiped out 'e eIch the be ch Branson sank a free throw for one point lead quicklv in the 10 hlt flve stra'Rht lonS JumPthe Shakers then Tommy second half and raced to a 19 shots and spark Richmond's Johnson who twinkled bright point lead midway of the sec Spiders to an 83 81 victorv tbe ont! J'' Citadel Saturday night Bodkin and Lemos a pair of 6 'of the game atfo Virginia Hign 6 6 veterans were the differ Tom Tenwick led the Rich a seven point spread at ence in the game hitting on alLjnond attack with 20 points fob 43 36 cylinders and playing a ster ilowed by Johnny Moates wilhi Saltville a tough competi ling floor game i19 ari(i Green and Welch tive and soundly coached team a Li Ahirm with 14 paph pm art pv rarw surging DOCK don alcons one of Southwest 19 for The Citadel Smith sank two straight jumpb Kentucky The tempo picked up in the second period with the Shakers gaining the lead at 20 19 with 1:10 to go on a field goal by their Mike Hodgson The lead stood up for 1:09 then Jimmy Crumley's outside shot just be fore the buzzer dropped in the 1 bucket and gave the 'Cats a 1 21 20 intermission lead Play see sawed back and forth in the third quarter with 20 ddJlVHic Sill! Lldllillg uy uuc point 34 33 when it ended 93 Exciting inish This set the stage for an exciting final canto that began when Saltville's Hodgson sank a field goal to put the Shakers on tdf' ragain at 35 34 Paul Johnson hit a rebound and James followed with five straight points as the Bearcats went cut front at 41 35 Doug 1 Ilf I I It I Virginia High established its OHe hander for the Shake winning margin over Saltville the Bearcats were not to by outscoring the Shakers 6 5 be shaken loose from their in the initial period and 24 18 as Johnson getting in the final dash to the wire I bmey passes from James and In the middle quarters the i Pae Bucher sank three vital Bearcats and Shakers fought to baskets the closing minu es a point to point standoff Paul Johnson playing one of rank Bone) Lewis un his best games of the season I veiled a rarely seen and defense against the Bearcats putting man to man pressure on high scoring Duke James and Mike Hodgson and playing his other Shakers in a three man zone It was a baf fling setup and it took some clever adjusting by Outlaw as the game progressed to even By ELBERT MARSHALL i tully come up with a solution JOHNSON CITY Tenn Virginia's top prep teams were Saltville overcoming an early dnfirin written un on two ruggeo on uauu io witness tne acuvn 0 iu66vu Itinifvrc hv lamAc fra 1 jiayiu JU11LJJVLO MJ UMA led 6 5 nt the end of a low To Wesleyan ATHENS Tenn Tennessee I Wesleyan jumped off to a 37 21 halftime lead and went on to de feat King's Tornado 75 61 here Saturday night in a test i King fell to a 7 9 I the year with its last eight losses coming in succession Bob Davis pumped in 20 points to pace Wesleyan while Larry Cunningham added 16 and Tommy Davis chipped in 11 i or King Dave Ridenour and Sam Hinch shared scoring hon ors with 11 points each Bill Burnett had nine points and John McMillon added eight more for the Tornado I King's next game is with Em 1 ory and Henry Tuesday night' on the home court KING Ridenour 4 Pruitt 0 Burnett 3 Hinch Brown Morecraft McMillon Hall Snapp Street Reuning Danley Totals WESLEYAN Johnson I Davis Barry Davis Cunningham Belotelle Saylors Raymer Abemathey Totals King Wesleyan Kentucky Romps Past Gators 78 61 Bv KEN MINK LEXINGTON Ky Kentucky knocked lorida out of second place in the Southeastern Con ference Saturday night over whelming the Gators 78 61 in a complete reversal of form of the two previous meet ing a week ago lorida which now has a 6 2 SEC record as Kentucky's 5 3 had defeated the Wildcats 84 68 a week ago ait lorida The Wildcats to a 45 30 halftime lead and won the game and won it in the second half on the strength of outstanding free throw shooting Kentucky hit 38 of 47 free throws as the Gators outscored them by two points in the field goal department lor ida hit 19 of 22 free throws Sophomore Louis Dampier Dampier scored 21 points to lead Kentucky including 13 of 13 free throws Senior center John Adams added 20 Pat Riley 14 and Tommy Kron 11 lorida was paced by 18 points from Brooks Henderson 13 by Gary Keller and 11 by Dick Tomlison 13 Tomlinson 11 Hoffman 1 Baxley Hender son 18 Ramsey 4 Mor ton 8 Highley Koss 4 Mahoney 2 Poore Kentucky Kron 11 Riley 14 Adams 20 Dampier 21 Mobley 4 Subs Embry 4 Conley 4 Brack I lorida 3 4 a Eastern Defeats ETSU 93 81 birdied the ISth hole with a 50 foot null for a three under par ks and thp third mund lead in Eastern Kentucky's the $57500 Lnckv International backboard strength and deadlv as guests of the Bucs Golf Tournament wi'h a 54 hole shooting in the seconc half Eastern's line up a veraged swring quarter Inroved too much tor the fast cwnpueu mous a Alnnot nvorvftno nnd nnnbcri ed the lead to the double eagle Stafe University i average she otic 2 of Bud Holscher who Bucs here last night as the tall gast Tennessee had finished more than an hour oiaroois capiiunig before wish a 65 for a 208 total Clintwood Green Wave to an the All Lonesome Pine defensive ior is toe son of Mr and Mrs a 6 2 205 pound sen ter described Robinson as a and scoring nine himselfHe real good student winn a average in his scholastic Robinson will be playing freshman ball for toe young In dians at William and Mary Meade was named to the All state football team the All Lonesome Pine Solectron He was a unanimous choice for the quarterback slot on the last two selections He also garnered the back of the year award on the Bristol poll Meade who played defensive halfback in his sophomore and junior vears at Clintwood was to the quarterback slot for the 1964 football season when the Green Wave a tra ditional running team went to a more unde open offense be cause of a lack of big boys on the Mm 'f 1 I RBlS 4 iwl wKi ''ii wi A MBM WPw JVHmVmT JIBk iHl 11 bX i ijffiiBiki dJiM I.