Henderson daily dispatch., January 08, 1932, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6

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Big Five Cage Season Gets Under Way This Weekend
Duke Battles
Deacons For
State Opener
Will Be First Big Five Game
of Season —State, Heels
and Davidson to Play'
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The bosket ball season for member#
H North Carolina's Bin Five get* an
ksr way In pen era! this week-end. wfth
e»ry member 01 th* athletic group
ageing action before the week closes
Duke is the onlv team which got i
mart an the bssfceUiaU floor ifefore
tag Christmas holidays, but they had
Ji-As tart roue trip Into the north, lotting
• majority of the gam. j they played
They are back on home soil now and
are expecting to improve their stand
tag h efore taking to the road for an
other tour. *
Carolina swung into action against
Guilford at Chapel Hill on Wednes
day night and on Saturday they will go
to Charlotte where th*y will meet
Davidson in their first test In Big
#lve ranks. It will also be David
son's first match with a state oppon
ent.
three of the Big Five memb
Will see action tonignt in two games.
Duke and Wake Forest are meeting in
Durham for the first contest among
members of the state conference for
the season. It will inaugurate the
Wake Forest season, while Duke has
played several games before the pres
ent. The Deacons are reported tc
have a strong combination made up of
veterans. Four lettermen Are slated
to start, while at Duke there is only
dne experienced man on the squad
this year, the others having been lost
by graduation. •
N. C. State will be taking on out of
state competition. The William and
Mary Indians from Virginia will face
the Red Terrors in their first taste of
Interstate competition for the sea
son. The Indians have a strong quin
tet this season and will be able «to
offer plenty of trouble for Dr. Ray
Sermon’s State eager*. The W.llium
and Mary team will move over to
Duke Saturday night for a game with
the Blue Devils.
Bramham Rumors
Declared False
By Club Owners
Reports that a rmiuiilltee of
three would sueeetsl .fudge W. G.
Bramham in guiding the Piedmont
league, today were lielng called
false by Felix dayman, owner of
the Charlotte elult of the loop, who
according to the reports was to be
one of the members of the steer
ing committee which would con
trol the league. Mr. dayman said
that there had been some misun
derstand tig since the commuted
of three was mimed for the pur
pose of selecting a treasurer for
the league organization before
January 1.1. when the annual lius-
Biess meeting of the league Is
scheduled.
da)iuan declared that Rramltam
bad agreed to remain as head of
the league under the condition
that a treasurer to relieve him of
this part of the work lie appointed.
IWE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCEI
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I The Master Service Station Opens for Business Saturday, Jan . 9 I
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I At 524 South Garnett Street, Henderson, N. C. I
The Gas, Oil and Greasin g Department will be in charge of T. C. Taylor, former ly with the Gulf Refining Co. Station.
The Battery, Tire and Washing Department will be taken care of by Eugene Edwards, formerly with Serve-All Service Station.
These two men know their business and will give you thoroughly satisfactory and courteous service.
I Try Us—We Are Sure You'll Like Our Service I
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TAR HEELS READY MONOGRAM CLUB AT
FOR DAVIDSON TILT STATE IS FORMED
Carolina Rookies May Get
Another Test In Game
at Charlotte Tomorrow
Chapel Hill. Jan. B—-Weathers, Jones
Garber and the other Tar Heel rookiV
n ho looked so good in Carolina’s
I :9-23 win over Guilford Wednesday
j night are slated to get thoir second
' <nd real test Saturday night, for the
I l’ar Heels will meet their first. Big
! Five competition with a game with
I Davidson at Charlotte at 8 o’clock
that night
Weathers a veritable ‘ ball-hawk"
it forward, set the scoring pace with
6 points. Barber got six points the
,hort time he was subbing at the other
orward. and Jones played a neat
‘ loor game at guard.
If these youngsters can keep the
race. It looks like Carotlna mfcy come
f Jirmigh with a goqd >;eaSao, for
1 loach Shepard has veterans for the
| <t her posts in Captain Tom Alexander.
; i*aul Edwurds and Wilmer Hines.
! >nd all three men showed their old
[ Individual form in the Guilford game.
Captain Alexander will be playing
) on the old home grounds, for Char
! lotte is home to Captain Alexander.
! as it is also to Dave McCachren. soph-
I omore, who may start in place of
j Jones, if McCachren is off the sick
j list by that time.
i John Phipps, Dave Henry and
George Brandt are thre more rookie
j guards who broke in against Gull
, ford and who may be expected to ac
i quaint themselves creditably. Still
Thother newcomer. Stuart Chandler, a
i : tar in his specialty which is football,
; Is yet to get in.
i The Guilford game showed the Tar
i Heels committing the usual number
i of first game errors, bad passes, and
poor shots, but their play and their
j 19-23 margin of victory was quite good
I for first game. They will be out to
HENDERSON, (N. C..) DAILY DIBFATCH- FRIDAY, JANUARY 8,1082
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Sixteen More Men Initiated
Into Organization At
Raleigh
Raleigh, Jan. 8 -Sixteen monogram
men at North Carolina State College
wore initiated into the college mono
gram club last night. The new men
are: Red Walt, track; Arthur Wilson,
track and football; Bill Ebey. W. N.
Fuller and John Lannlng. baseball;
Bob McQuage, Mope Cumiskey, Don
Wilson. Francis Scholl. Phil'Kinken
Buck Buchanan, Bob Bohannon and
Reid Tull. football; and, Jimmy
Brown, basketball. Eld Crow and Mor
gan Hutchinson. managers of the
1931 varsity football team were also
iniated. ’
Twee Floyd, president of the club
and captain of this year’s track team
aid the club would give a dance to
night in the club room in honor of the
William and Mary basketball players
whom Slate plays this evening at 8
oOcloek in the FYank Thompson gym
nasium. Tire dance will follow the
game.
Ttate is the possessor of one of
the best monogram club rooms and
clubs in the State. The room is lo
cated in the Frank Thompson gym
nasium and Is equipped with furni
ture and many pictures of Btate Col
lege sport teams during the last 25 or
30 years. The trophy case is also lo
cated in the room. An active pro
gram of entertainment for visiting
teams has been planned by Presi
dent Floyd for the winter and spring
months.
start the State titular quest with a
bang In the DaDvtdson game, and this
contest may go a long way towards
telling how strong the new Shepard
coached <Tqr Heels ate going to be.
WOtFPACK CAPTAIN
TURNS TO BOXING
Charlie Cobb To Try Hand
In Fighting With State
College Ring Team
Raleigh, Jan. B—Charlie CoM», 1931
State College football captain and all-
State tackle,, la the newest addition
to the State College bending team.
Cobb reported for the team the first
of ihe Week.
Cobb weighs 208 pounds and will
fight In the unlimited class. Red
Sspey, State's undefeated heavy
weight, will be shifted to the 180 pound
class permanently. Espey fought In
both the heavy-weight and unlimited
division last . winter, winning Six
straight flghds.
Cobb showed unusual ability with
the gloves Thp&day afternoon wbetr
he stepped three fast rounds with Es
pey, Stephens and Daugherty. The
last two are promising freshman
heavyweights. ~Ccfap displayed a’
hefty punch and the ability to take
punishment Lfbuter.ant C. H. Elms,
conch, was very optimistic over the
possibilities of Cobb as a boxer. He
said’ the big gridiron player had the
power and the speed to make him one
of the best unlimited fighters In col
lege circles.
Bill Dunaway of Raleigh and win
ner of the state high school title last
winter in the 145 pound elate, is mak
ing quite a showing among the fresh
man boxers. Dunaway has improved
greatly this winter, developing s
hefty punch and worlds of speed. He
boxed three rounds Thursday after
noon and looked to be the beet box* ;
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Full of what the intellectuals call "joie de vivre,’* but which <■
more familiarly known as “pep,” John J. McGraw waves an enthusi
astic greeting to the cameraman who was on hand to greet him on
his arrival in Havana, Cuba, to spend the Winter. The New York
Giants’ boas and his “boss,” who is shown with him, are familiar
figures in the Cuban capital, to which they make a Diterrimags
«>neh year.
Henderson Highs Open
Cage Season Tonight
Hcndersoh High school will ope*
their IBM basketball season ham
tonight with a contest wtth the
Bethel Hill high school quintet.
This passe M one «f the ten sche
duled la the Mslte Championship
series Par the loeaf Mgh school
fame and the cage game fans of
this efty are /jnlt/hribetf a hard
fought battle. The game will he
played m Cooper’s Warehouse and
will start at 7:38 o'clock. Coach
Payne has been iilfhag Ms squad
for several works and lam flam in
good oetuftthm for the contest. He
has a number of Ms loot year men
back In uniform aad around them
he has termed a formidable com
bination. His squad flselndes Pey
ton Rogers. Nick Chavasse. Tril
lion Green, James Wills, Garland
Harris, Edwin Watkins aad Leon
ard Eason, all who have played
with the high school qaflttei be
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in action during the afternoon.
Still another freshman showing up
well la Stephens of Apex in the heavy
weight division. Boxing was some
thing rather new to this red hdad
when he came to State last fall.
Stephens has a good punch and seems
to be able to take more punishment
than any man on the squads.
Welling one of the leading candi
dates for 115 pound class on the var
sity, is in the college infirmary and
will be unable to report for several
days.
State’s first fight is Saturday night
week, January ,16 in the Frank
Thompson gymnasium with V. P. I.
fore. Besides these men am pit- re
serve material will be ready for
service In the contest.
Two games are on schedule for
next week, according to the aehe
dide m announced ip Conch Payne
jfeSMday. On Tuesday night the
few* wfR go t« Oxford where
they meet the Oxford high school
five. Friday will find (heat hack
oh the home floor with the Oxford
Orjduiwtr town | furnishing the
opposition.
New lee Qiifon
As a result of her numerous vic
tories at Newburgh, N. Y., in the
Middle Atlantic championships,
Elsie Muller (above), of New
York, has been crowned to succeed
M iss Lillian Corke as outdoor
speed skating champion. Miss
Muller’s aggregate was 65, as com
pared to Miss Corke’s 55 points.
Both fell over the finish line in the
dazzling end of the half-mile event,
the result being so close that the
judges first thought Miss Corke
the winner.
WILDCATS MAY BE
WITHOUT CAGE STAR
Grier Martin Hag Infected
Foot Which May Keep
Him Out of Flay
Darfidson. Jan. 8 The Davidson
college Wildcats may i>c minus the
services of one of their star players
when th’y me*t the University of
North Caroline Tar Hods on the cage
court of Central h'.gii school in Char
lotte tomorrow night at K o'clock, for
Grier Martin, Ihe only experienced
center-forward has an infected foot
resulting from a blister.
The game was first announced for
the Charlotte Armory auditorium, but
Davidson officials stated today that it
DEACONS TO MEET
DEVILS TONIGHT
First Game In Big Five Cir
cles Scheduled For Duke
Gym Tonight
Durham. Jan. B—Duke and Wake
Forest will pry “the lid off tile 1932
Big Ftva basketball race by nieetin<:
tonight in the Blue Devil gym „(
8:30 o’clock. The Baby Deacons and
Blue Imps meet at 7:15 in a preli
minary game.
The Deacons will pio their hopes of
winning on a new and mysterious
esteem of basketball, called "Kokomo
which Coach Fred Emmerwn of the
Deacons has kept well hidden by lock
ing the doora to the Wake Forest
basketball court.
Ht will mark the opening homi
game of the season for the Blue Devii*
and WOI show off almost a completely
new team. Only the faces of John
Shaw, guard and Pete Carter, forward,
will be familiar to the fans. Roy
Alpert, high scoring center, and Jim
and Herb Thompson, a pair of smooth
working brothers will be making their
home debut.
Coach Eddie Sameron will probubly
continue the policy he started on ih.
Devil*’ pre-Christmas trip of usinu
many players. Other sophomores ex
pected to play for the first lime at
home are Fr«d and Ted Lewi-.
Charles Burnham. Phil Weaver. Cha-
Hayes, Hugh Curry and Babe Bost
The tilt will mark the first of a
tWo-game home stand by the Blue
Devils. Duke will meet William and
Mary Saturday night at 8 o'clock.
There will be no preliminary game.
Coach Fred Enamerson will prob
ably start a veteran crew against the
Devils, composing what promises to
be one of the most powerful quints in
Wake Forest basketball history.
The probable starters:
Wdke Forest Poo. Duke
Barnes : Carter
Right Forward
Jo yn*r J. Thompson
I-est Forward
Webb fC> Alpert
Center
“«»<* H. Thompson
Right Guard
° w ™ Shaw
Left Guard
would be staged on the Central high
court.
For the past sevCt-al days Man in
has been aboen from the drills at
Davtdson, following out the advice
of physicians, and 4 here is n irasci
bility that he will round | n t« shape
by . Saturday night. Coach Lord is
hoping that he will be in trim. «n«l l<
making Ids preparations to us.- him.
though a last minute change might
be necessary. The two or three days
rest might turn the trick, and enable
him to don a uniform.
Coach Laird today gave out a ten
tative lineup that included Mathis
and Wagner at guards. Martin at cen
ter. and Peabody and Holland, for
wards. Should Martin be unable to
play, it la thought that Bernard will
repJace him at center with the re
mainder of the lineup &b stated above.
Martin and Ca.pt. Mathis are tht
only lettermen that Davidson possess
es this "year, though two of the other
members of the announced lineup
have seen service with the Wildcats.
These are Pea>>ody and Wagner, neith
er of whom won their monogram dm
lkg 1931. Holland Is e sophomore and
la the only member of fast year’s
ffmhmaw team to beeefc through for
a varsity berth.