The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-17

Wilmington Morning Star.
" nnar MT' COOK 60
As an ardent and loyal fan Of football and the New Han %t
Last year the local high school had a very good team o: and
think that most fans will agree that they made a very remarkable ant
s ses0 ai proud n1,h III games 'A'' A"N III ''''~
Now. as I played a bit of football a few years back and know
a little something of the game, I don't think that things seem
to stack up right this year; / played against Wilmington Win h n teams
was playing on that team.
1 have also played against several of Coach Bregdsns lens teams ann at
t m a However IHS I can never remember his calling off a game on
account fsHa S Ct rain ;5,t And ! ram ' b were ;n os ss%s tna va, we pl R!ayfd in on a b 5isass
ing rainstorm and there wasn't even a hint Of calling the game,
three fe COACHES aS sh fault Iaai that ! ts sen Wa ssseoe g game a e was was, postponed d Be:
cause of rain. /. seems that the almighty dollar means more than
journeyed to Raleigh to take in the wilmington Raleigh game:
game but that didn't Seem to help them much. There s;szy was Gore,
one of the best linesmen in the state last year, Pudding away
his time at one of the backfed positions.
That's one Of i the he things 1ss that hna, ! cant srtw understand sn ndcs about this this
carrier nf and a very efficient man on defense, occupying a com
Portable seat on the bench throughout the major portion OF the
game H However IT. he re was the one that made the game interesting
blocking KING It ! is IS pretty d til for a any bali carrier to get anywhere
and Play play. a good good game an"er The a".1 taekln fg.o on . the feo4 lHsn1s, pa M looked
all we need need to do is st TAXI up some me- more eu aGn alton AND this is Time xn1
f fhin ( t tst is what . It we need? f%ssa% WIN S'"'p " = =
s,ms shs aso has the been "i sVits a s aaif S5 tat that at som asof 9f thu the out iae of t SiER
school band. Are they RoTc uniforms or are they army surplus?
su ppow fd to l .nsy s as foP p@} for Il the &c money "a mynt tat vnso eo11e aae ai It
does look a. if they could have gotten something that had a little
more of a school look to it.
They sure don't look very becoming in comparison to other
high school band uniforms throughout the state. Or maybe they
didn't collect enough money to buy anything else. We, the fans
of Wilmington, don't know, but we feel free to express ourselves
nevertheless,
This seems to be the impression of many local people that !
have talked to, and even though We are still loyal to the Wild
cats, we are sure hoping that some changes will be made-and
soon. They should be made before the locals get a chance to go
at Fayetteville and some Of the other strong teams Of the Glass
IA Conference. How do you feel about this, Mr.. Cook? Anyway,
we'll be seeing you at Legion Stadium come Friday night-if it
doesn't rain.
Yours for better football,
A Sports Lover
This column has always been open to sports fans who wish
to express their opinions. Very often we do not agree with them,
and many times we do. We will print all letters received by us
if they are signed by the author. Names will be withheld if re.
guested.
We have seen only one game this season and do not feel we
are qualified to express an opinion from that one contest. How
ever it does appear that something is lacking in the high
school football seup.
There is no doubt that Coach Brogden and his crew of assist
ants are rated high in the conference. The players seem to be as
good as any in the circuit, but still something is missing. Some.
thing that is hard to locate.
Poor judgement has been shown a couple OF times. but lust
whose fault this was, we are not in a position to say. We can Gee
no reason to blame everything on Brogden and the coaches. They
are doing the best they can.