The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-10
n Sports Pan ----
What's Cookin'
By Roy Cook

Warning Note, No. 2-some Monday mornings ago
ned this space to John Skies with note of caution
said he former sports editor who'd turned tub
bumper for the Town of Wallace probably for the best
Here he is again this morning. Again. assume no re-
nonsibities-ROy Cook.
Ny.aah. Ny-a-ah. Nya-ah read over your shoulder
what you wrote But be calm quverng nerves. not
Going to write anything you need fear
Fact1y, I'm in mellow mood At peace with the world
Nv favore football team it's game handy the past
week I'm so proud of the boys I'd like to remind you bit
more about them.
The favorite team is Wallace. The boys, playing
foreign field and under foreign conditions kicked off
vden in an East Central Conference game last Thursday
- oht It was Ayden's Homecoming game and the Wal
,s hovs made the Ayden's wish they hadn't home
Thsv beat the Aydens 1S to field in Greenvie They
ayed there because Greenve is near Ayden and they
played under lights.
p@ - reav isn't 40 important that Wallace this
rt;cular game, although that important enough
What like about the whole business is that The Overman
.h wallace COACH has taken such darned nice bunch OF
boys who had to know much ABOUT 1ootDa anu
developed darned good team.
p;obt off hand don't remember the names OF all the
~ But around Wallace while my duties kept me in the
baccc warehouses,rve been hearing good deal from
Kenneth Currie and Lloyd MCGOWAN about the team Most
- Tho bovs are playing football for the first time this year
Vet they've lost only two games to Mt Olive ana La
Grange. .o ..,.a -
score most of Walaces touchdowns and about young
FARES an up-and coming pass chunker, and young Her
;ng glue fingered receiver. Either Kenneth or Lloyd
forget
turned 49, stayed in Aydens backfied Thursday nlgnt
about as much as the Ayden backs. Max is tackle
Therere probably others the squad who should be
noIed out for MENTION hope Roy Cook and some of the
other sports writer's will do this before long I've always
thought these kids who operate small high school teams
are lot more deserving of the items they paste in
their scrap books than people like the Luacks and justices
These latter people play football under the most ideal
conditions They have the hghestpriced equipment When
thew developed Charlie horses hangnas they have train
ed to rub them down and soothe their upset feel
nqs They have huge staa in which to click off their
or throw their blocks chunk their And they have
all the highpowered sports writer's and radio talksmen
to pa them on their vanity with twodolar aiteraons
And on top of all these ideal playing conditions the
doubt get lot of inducements just to 60 out for football
NV bows over here in Wallace don't have any of these
things They play football because they love the game
They're happy if they have eft-over-from-
hement to pull down their when they throw
themselves into opposing line Their hip pads usually
of shape and their jerseys maybe slightly ragged
And when they get dashed in they have to stop the
bleeding the best way they
Only thing my boys have here that just everybody
doesn't have good and understanding coach in this
Overman, who played himself at small school, Gulford
and then went out and learned lot of football in Carl
Snaveley's coaching school at Carolina.
Don't look but of these days you're going to
lot of Coach Overmans boys digg ng their ceats in at
Duke Stadium or Keenan, Stadium Gore Stadium or may
be Yankee Stadium.
Meantime like to watch them than like to watch
the Lujacks One is know that when they finish
afternoons practice they have to home and tote in
the stove wood, rake the grass, feed the pigs
And they do it all without benefit of ppress clippings