The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-11-13


when they encounter ST.. Mary's.
It was a hard day for the Navy
and Army as well as Texas. And
while Texas did not lose they
were tied by Baylor. Notre Dame
and Mississippi State are among
the other leading teams of the ma
ton that have their records blot
ted only by ties, this season.
Saturday will see some other
records broken. We don't know
how badly they will do it but we
expect to see Duke roll up score
against Carolina.
Baseball In Headlines
1t is little out of season for
baseball with snow flurries and
the thermometer dropping to a
low level; but it made headlines
this week. BABE IS GRAND
DAD.
This sounds slightly illogical,
too, but this babe happened to
be Babe" Herman Ruth. He be-
Ncame a grandpa Saturday when a
7-pound, 7-ounce girl was born
to his daughter, Mrs. Dorothy He
len Sullivan, wife of Daniel j.
Sullivan, of Brooklyn. Mrs. Sulll-
van is 10.
Deer, Deer Me!
And according to the old nur-
sery rhyme we might add what
can the matter be-" for that was
the question some hunters pro-
badly asked themselves. John
Paulson, of Manitou Springs, Co.
dorado, last week returned home
from a long hunt empty-handed,
only to find that deer had
chewed shrubs in his front yard.
And Elmer Lemmer, of Manistee,
Mich, also came home with an
empty bag to find his wife cook
ing a quail which had flown IN
their window.
On Their N1ctal!
There are some companies in
the good old U. S. A. whose en-
plovees do not have to find ex-
cuses about getting off to hunt
and fish. At Rochester, Ind, the
Rochester Metal Products COM
pany notified its $50 employees
last week that they would all
have a holiday on Monday be-
cause it is the opening Of the
quail, pheasant and partridge sea-
son in Indiana. This plant also
closed last June Is, the opening
day of the fishing season.
Bows and Arrows Again!
Down at Windingstair Gap, Ca,
on Tuesday, forty hunters bent on
piercing the heart of the deer
with bow and arrow, set out at
the crack of dawn. There are
several thousand head of deer
roaming the Chattahoochee Nat
ional Forest in this vicinity, but
they are believed to be fairly
safe. Last year a party of 20 arch
ers attempted to bag them but
none were killed.
Archery association re c or d S
show that eight deer were killed
by the bow and arrow experts IN
the United States last year. Ben
Pearson, of Pine Bluff, Ark, who
bagged one of those in his home
state, will try for another here.
Pat Chambers, also of Pine Bluff,
the 1888 national archery cham
pion. other we'll known experts
and four women archers, will take
part in the five-day hunt.
Basketball In AShe
The basketball season officially
opened in Ashe county last week
with Nathan's Creek boys and
girls both winning from Todd. The
girls won 26-12 and tire boys, 26-
81.
This week, on Friday, Elkland
is scheduled to meet Virginia.
Carolina. Not all of the schools
see action until December With a
full schedule of 16 games, the sea-
son promises to be an interesting
one for the Ashe high schools. 1t
is a little too early to make any
predictions.
Picking Winners
Last week we were surprised by
few close scores including State
VPI, Observation-Disclosures and
Georgia Tech-Kentucky, but we
were not surprised at many of the
other scores.
To the writer the football hero
of the week was HOWE Clark, of
the Navy, who fought such bat
tie against Notre Dame. But
though the name does not run
true to form, Bertilli, of Notre
Dame, had the Irish luck with
him. incidentally, though we were
predicting Notre Dame to come
out on top.
Our selections for this week in