Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1959-12-09
. BY JIGGS POWERS
(Waccamaw "A Publicist)


(Waccamaw "A Publicist)
VAUDEVILLE - The close
gridiron championship race
reeled off during the season JUS,
closed is reflected in the 1855
Coaches All-Waccamaw Ath-
letic Association Football Team,
released today.
Five of the six teams IN the
loop placed stars on the first
honor team, with all having.
spots on the first and second
clubs.
Voting to name the players.
with two points going to first
team choices, one point to a
second team ballot-getter, was
carried out by all WAA coaches.
These included Gene Winfree of
IShallotte's champs: Paul l..
Powell, Whiteville; Hershey
Hips, Chad urn; Frank
Thompson, Bladenboro; Bermey
Stevens, Tabor City and Char
lie Regain, Elizabethtown.
Despite the fact Shallotte's
Pirates won the hard-fought
title race, they placed but one
man on the first honor team.
But, they placed four on the
second eleven to get five spots
on the All-WAA squad. Chad
bourn'S Panthers, which club til
ed for runner-up spot with
Whiteville and Bladenboro, led
both in first-team placerS with
four and in overall honor spots
with seven. Whiteville had three
first-teamers, for second place,
honor in this category. Bladen.
boro had two men on the first
team, one on the second. Tabor
City had all three of its honoredl
stars on the second team: Eliza
BEETHOVEN had its only one on
the first club.
No player was an unanimous
choice, but two came close. Rob
ert Hester, pass-snagging Blad-I
enboro end, and Joe Nance.
hard-running Chadbourn back.
were named mythical co-capt-
aims by virtue Of being named
on IL OF a possible IL ballots.
Both are seniors; Nance weigh
ing ITS, Hester, 1870.
Marvin Tedder, WhitcvilleI
back and l85-pound star, and
Chadbourn's Center Robert
Rock" Jolly, 1870, both seniors,
each were given 10 votes.
Steve Gore, versatile 1867
pound halfback, was the lone
member of the Shallotte Pirate
champs to make the first team.
He is a senior.
Other Shallotte stars, all on
the second team, were Junior
End Bobby Gore, los pounds;
Iackle Bill Hewett, 100. Backs
Larry Holden, 100 and Eddie
Gore. IT'S, all seniors. Besides
Nance and jolly. Chadbourn
placed its sterling senior tackles
Buddy Baldwin. 30. and Phil
lip Carter, go, ON the first team:
S"ph. End Dickie CrutchficId.
100, Guard John Peal, l55 iun-
Tor and Senior Back jerry Nc
Cumhee. $50. on the second
team.
Other Whitevillc firSt-tcamcrs
besides Teddcr (the Pack had
no Sccond-StringcrS). wcrc Jun
Tor Guard Jack High. 1870 and
Senior End Horace Nance. 1875
Lawrence Bridgcr, l55 Junior
guard was BBoro's other first
team man; Center Benny Hest
er, $50, Junior. was on the sec
ond eleven.
EliZabethtown was represent
ed by Back Dick Porter ,8O-
pound senior, who made inc
iirSt team. Tabor City's second
teamers were Tackle Joel Hedp-
ecoe' 1877 and Guard Tony Wad-
dell' us. both seniors and Back
Leon Fonviclle, l8O-pound soph.
Here's the way the teams stack
up:
FIRST TEAM with votes in
parenthesis) - Ends Robert
Hester (lD, Bladenboro and
Horace Nance 90. WhitevilIe.
Iackles Buddy Baldwin (e>
ihilhp Carter %, both Chad
Dourn; Guards Jack High nv
Whiteville, Lawrence Bridger
(o), Bladenboro; Center Robert
Joiiy QO), Chadbourn: Backs
Joe Nance Q1). Chadbol,rn.
Tedder OO). WhitevjIlr.
steve steve Gore (s), Shallottc: Dick
Porter 90, Elizabethtown
SECOND TEAM: Ends Roh,,.
Gore (6), Shallotte. Dickis
1rutchfield "a, Chadbourn j