The southern news., 1946-11-09
PIEDMONT SPORT
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PIEDMONT SPORT PIFFLE
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With over half the football sea
son gone, talk of Bowl games and
championship matches can be
heard in every village and hamleS.
Down Durham way Alex. Barnes,
James Taylor and others are max
,ng arrangements for a bigger and
)ctter bowl game. A lot Of improve
ments over last year are in the
offering. Promoters of bowl games
llways profit by the small but of
en- costly mistakes.
Greensboro is to repeat its Cot
Tobacco game but the date
may be changed from New Years
Day to one following the regula"
season. The grardest publicity jo5
seen in this section was done BY
the Greensboro comittee.
The Teachers College of Winston
Salem under the guidance of Jack
Atkins, the Alumni and others def
initely believe in the Aphorjsm. 4,
pays to ADVERTISE At their home
coming people came from every
where A cople Of thosand more no
loubt would have been present had
A. & T not had it's homecoming
on the same date 1t might be
we'll in the schedule making for the
'rthorities to consider this pont
Players Of The Week
Erwin and Davis of Olive Hill
in Morganton get my bid for the
players of the week. These two
players with assistance from their
team mates defeated the Reid High
Hornets in one of the hardest
fought games of the season. The fin
al score, Olive Hill 7, Reid 0.
Weeks Attraction
The biggest attraction in high
'chool football circles in this neck
If the woods will be the game be-
tween Belmont and Second Ward.
This is Reid Highs Homecoming
and is scheduled for 2:3o Friday
Nov. g. Many Charlottedns and
supporters of Second Ward are plan
ming to attend.
Gate Receipts Up
Gate receipts in the Piedmont
High School Athletic Association
have reached an all time high. Hig1-
and High of Gastonia reported the
biggest paid attendance of the sea
son when she played Second Ward
In Morganton over two hundred
white spectators paid to see the
Olive-Reid High fracas.
All Conference Team
The task of picking an all con
fer nee team should be given care
full consideration. This Job is usual
ly dcne bv the coaches and Officials
and in some instances have no
been entirely Satisfactory The Sc
lection should be based on thi:
years performance and not or
past laurels.
Encouraging Sign
The most encouraging sign abou
high school otball is the way tn
. smaller towns and cities are takin
to it and their insistence OH usin
certified officials. In Newton NJ {
where officials in previous year
had been below par. the supt. G
= school having witnessed game j
: which two Southern Board official
were engaged told Coach Copenn
it was one of the best officiate
games he had seen and he wantc
the same type of Officials in ever
,, game.
az couraging Sign
! The most discouraging sign j
tligh 6 hool Athletics is the gran
mess of the State Association. Th
basketball tournament was de
bacle and the selection of a 70 t
i hall champion is worse.
+ T''~ Sf4 Question
Why can't Second Ward all
West Charlotte play game {
football this year? Supt. Garringe
thinks if would be Just the thing
the public would like TO see it an
the gate receipts would break a
records. Why?
tusions, but no broken bones II
I returned tO Charlotte Saturda