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Paspoint grid stars
Six are named
to secondjfquad
By Ken Ernst
^Chronicle Correspondent)
>Four Pascagoula Panthers
a$d two Maes Point Tiger foot
ballers received South Big-8
recognition at the annual meet
ing of the Big-8 Writers Asso
ciation Sunday* in Jackson.
The Panthers placed two
men on the second team and
two on the third, while both
Tiger players made the third
tqam.
•Pascagoula's Den Wilson, a
193-pound senior guard, and
Wayne Scarborough, 190
ppund senior tackle, were the
two ^Panthers to receive sec
or
or
halfback Store Bowman were
named to the third team,
T#o Moss Point tiger sen
ibrsj end George Wood and
If. E. Tillman, were also
named, to the third* team.
^wagoula-pjayersrfeceiving
honorable mention in the bal
lotihST incIu3eH:J' quarterback'
Joe^Sampbell/"-fullback Byron
Rasco, end Gene Winstead and
center Stanly Pederson.
Mess Point' Tigers receiving
honorable mention were guard
Viktor ^'Holmberg^ ^fullback
Pete Campbell, halfback Eddie
Hardin and quarterback Jim
Shields.'- j - . „ .
Only five of the 12 South
Big-8 schools placed men on
the first squad with Big-8
champion Laurel capturing
Doug and oeni
four ortne 11 positions.
The number one'South BTg-S
sgugd -is: >
*'l?nds— Ifcocky Fleming, 178,
senior from Laurel, and Dusty
Rhodes, 170, senior from Pro
vine; tackles—Lynn Patterson,
205, senior from Biloxi, and
John Castleberry, 190, senior
from Gulfport.
Guards — Tommy Wheelis,
170, senior from Laurel, and
Dudley Mut?iger, 232, senior^
ffofn Natchez, and center Earle
Willoughby, 184, senior from
Provine.
I*irst team backs were:
James Nichols, 175, senior
fallback from Laurel; Scott j
Coffield, 176, senior quarter- j
b£gk from Laurel; Gerald War-1
field, 178, senior full back from |
Guiffporf "and Joe "Malone, 190 ■
senior fullback from Proving i
Ty{0 nqrth division gridiron
stars took the outstanding line
man and back awards. Mike
Dennis, 189-pound six foot j
Jackson Murrah fullback was !
chosen as outstanding back in
the conference for 1961. Den
nis was .iftie leading, scorer in
the Big-8 for the 61 ser mon.
Ronnie Fowler, 187-pound,
six-foot one-inch senior end of
the Vicksburg Cooper High
Greenies received the most
outstanding lineman award.
me seconu cum mil u. icam
selections are: Second team—
Ends Mike facElhaney of Hat
tiesburg and Chet Bergolowski
of Laurel; Tackles Ronnie
Mfchlo«e o#~R*ookhaven and
Scarborough of Pascagoula.
"Guards Blbere Trcme of Bi
l<|jci and Wilson of ‘Pascagoula;
center Tim Gordy of Laurel;
b£cks Robinson of Laurel,
Jackie Sherrill- and Harold
BFIheal of Biloxi and Sonny
V&ite of MfcCTomtJ."
*ThiPd team, — ends Larry
B^rkey of Gulfport and Wood
of * Mob* Point; j. tackles Eddie
Hj;ll ofjf&'tchez and Tillman of
Mess Point; guards Charles
Bounds of Picayune and Ros of
Pascagoula; center Le wayne
Lfittnbert of Hattiesburg.
D&acks Othel Anding
Beookhaven, Joel Pigott of Pic
a|pe, Ray Jamies of Gulfport'
and Bewmatwer Pascagoula.
gertif|®ateg^/ill be presented
taall members of the first, sec
ond and third-squads in recog
nition of fEQfelr selection# as
outstanding football players in
1961 B^|-^Conference.
Oucut-sole heavy
for Senior Bowl
(Special to The Chronicle)
Mobile—Advance ticket sales
fofc the 13th annual Senior
Bowl all-star football game
h^je on Jan. 6 are the heaviest
in*r history and acapacity
crOKvd of 40,605 is expected
fo|, the nationally televised
contest.
Ladd Stadium officials re
port that more tAciiT 25,006*
tiMets had been sold before
the two squads ^re anno^c
edMover the past weekend as&
sǤs are expect^ to pass the
30,000 mark by the taicT of uns
^ed east and west stand
ure $5, north and south
st^frds $3 for adults and $1 for
orders may be
addressed to P. O. Box 1229,
Mobile. Checks and money
orders should be made pay
able to: Senior-Bowl.
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Tigers get 51-39 win
at expense of Eagles
Bee Pointers score
for 59-22 victory
The Moss Point Tigers cap
tured their first basketball vic
tory of the season Tuesday
night at Moss Point with a 51
39 win over the OLV Eagles.
The Tigers looked sharper in
the contest than in any previ
ous meeting this year and now
hold a 1-4 record for the short
season.
Wmfrod Moms put tne
Tigers in front in the opening
minute of play with a one
hander from outside the foul
circle and A1 Thompson added
&ve*points in the period.
OLV's Mike Ankerson and
Monty Moncrief collected nine
pionts for the Eagles to gain
a 9-9 tie at the end of the first
quarter.
Moss Point pulled ahead in
the second period as Joe Bul
lock fed the team scoring with
seven points to help give the
Tigers a 22-15 lead at halftime.
The Eagles came on strong
to start the third period and
pulled to within three points
of the Moss Pointers before
Charles Patterson biv a couple
of key buckets from outside to
help regain a seven point ad
vantage.
Thompson once again came
pn strong in the final period
for Moss Point tossing in eight
points. OLV’s Jerry Snyder
put on a good show for the
Eagles in the second half, net
ting 10 points. -
Thompson was the top Moss
Point scorer with 17 points
while Snyder picked up 12 for
the Eagles.
The Tiger Bees also won
their first contest of the season
with a 59-22 victory over the
Eagle Bees.
The Tigers held a 20-7 first
quarter lead and had little
trouble from that point on.
Newman Trowbridge was
the top scorer for Moss Point
with 18 while Bert Garriga
netted 14 for OLV.
Moss Point was due to see
TactiOn again Thursday night
at Biloxi in the annual Gulf
Coast Big-8 Christmas tourna
ment. The Tigers were sche
duled to meet the Biloxi Inr
dials 'at 8 p.m. following the
contest between the Pasca
goula Panthers and Gulfport
Commodores.
t The winners of the Thursday
cpntgats will meet at 8 p.m. in
Biloxi tonight for the champ
ionship while the Thursday
night lossers win tie up in a
consolation event at 7 p.m.
Brick and Clay,
freighter squads
pace Rec league
Wilkerson Freight Line and
United Bick and Clay remain
ed tied for the Pascagoula Rec
reation Basketball League lead
after play Tuesday as both
took victories. The wins give
both squads a 3-0 record.
Tuesday night Chronicle
scored a 60-43 win over Sports
man Center while Applewhites
took a 70-52 win over Coastal;
Chemical.
In the first game Sportsman
led 9-7 at the end of the first
period but fell behind 28-17 at
the half and could never get
going as they trailed 39-29 at,
the end of the third period.
Charles Fortenberry was the
top scorer for Chronicle with;
23 points while Lawrence
Ward was next with 22. John
Earl Rogers got 14 for Sports
man.
In the second game Apple
whites and Coastal were tied
17-17 at the end of the first
period but Applewhites mov
ed to a 35-26 halftime lead.
Coastal came back to with
in four points in the third
period to trail 49-45 as the,
period ended but Applewhites
surged in the final minutes of
the last quarter to cinch the
win.
Buzzy Shimp was the lead
S-5 Cunningham
on German duly
8th Inf. Div., Germany (AH
TNC)—Army Specialist Five
Madison Cunningham, Jr.,
whose father lives at &11 Jack
son Street, Moss Point, Miss.,
recently participated with oth
er members of the 8th Infan
try Division and supporting
units in Exercise Main Barge,
a V Corps field training exer
cise in central Germany.
The exercise, which involv
ed 28,000 troops, was designed
to develop small unit leader
ship and test combat readiness.
Cunningham, assigned to
Headquarters Battery of the
8th Division Artillery in
Baumholder, was last station
ed at Fort Hood, Tex., and ar
rived overseas in October 1960.
Cunningham attended Mon
roe County High School.
His wife Equilla is with him
in Germany.
ing Applewhite scorer with 26
points while teammate Doug
Horn got 20. J. L. Covington
picked up 20 for Coastal.
Tonight Wilkerson will meet
Sportsman at 6:45 with Chron
icle taking on United Brick &
Clay at 8:15,
Much of the loss of ink from
the original Declaration of In
dependence is blamed on a fac
simile plate made in the early
1820s, presumably by the early
wet-prin£ing process.
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COAAAAUNY AT BUENA VISTA
Panthers post
63-31 victory
Defeat Davidson
in Mobile contest
By Tommy Houston
(Chronicle Correspondent)
After a sluggish first half
Pascagoula’s Panthers explod
ed for 43 points the second
half to coast to a 63-5.1. basket
ball wi nover Davidson’s War
riors Tuesday night in Mobile
Coach Jim Milstead’s Pan
thers roared from a 24-20 in
termission deficit with a 24
point third period and a 19
point final period surge tc
their second win against three
losses.
The Panthers, after a dis
appointing early season, show
ed their potential without the
services of ace forward Gene
Winstead, who retired early in
the second period with a deep
cut over his eye as a result oi
a crash on the floor. The hard
luck senior popped in twc
quick second period baskets
before being forced to retire.
Led by sophomore Jimmj.
Farmer the Panthers controll
ed the backboards while hitt
ing floor shots to out-man th<
hot-shooting Warriors.
The Panthers carried then
hot streak to Biloxi Thursdaj
night where they were to loci
horns with defending Big-1
champion Gulfport in the ann
ual Coast Big-8 tournament.
If the locals succeeded ir
their 7 p.m. encounter the>
will meet the winner of the
Moss Point-Biloxi contest ir
the finals tonight at 8. A con
solation game, featuring the
losers of the opening contests,
is to get under way at 7 p.m.
With three men hitting in
double figures, the locals ram
paged to a convincing win
over the Warriors. Farmer,
Bill Wilkerson, and John Fra
zier popped the nets in double
figures while Warrior Larry
Thompson sank 14 markers.
Farmer led the second hall
assault with 12 points while
Wilkerson accounted for 9.
Billy Miller led the Panthei
Bee squad to an over whelm
ing 70-34 win over the hapless
*-——— -
Warriors.
With Miller scorching the
nets with 30 points and Bobby
Canty popping in 20 points,
the flashy Bees rambled to
their third win compared with
only one setback.
Coach Doug Litton’s Bees
found the Warriors an easy
mark. The red-hot Bees will
not see action again until
Tuesday night when they host
Ocean Springs’ Greyhounds.
The first Presbyterian church
in Mississippi was established
in Jefferson County in 1803,
under the leadership of the
Rev. Joseph Bullen, who first
came to the state in 1799 as
missionary to Chickasaw In
dians.
Read the Classified Ads.
knnBBnHn
Escatawpa PTA
to meet Monday
Escatawpa PTA will meet
Monday at the school for a
brief business session and a
Christmas program presented
by the third grade class.
The session will begin at
7:30 p.m.
For the second time in 57
years, imports of steel mill
products exceeded exports. Ac
cording to Department of Com
merce figures, 3.4 million tons
of steel mill products were im
ported into the United States
in 1960 while 3 million tons
were exported.
About 71% of the 26 million
acres in Ohio is in farms.
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