Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-01-26 | Page 2 | Famous Feudin' Families Fight to Finish; Mccoy Clan Sharpshooters Win, 17 to 5

Famous Feudin' Families Fight to Finish; McCoy Clan Sharpshooters Win,17to5 I Tor th McCoy Sara, Bay, Mack,- Bob, Jim and Pete Glen. Rangy Sam McCoy was th captain of hi elan' team. The player war of various ages and occupation. Bom are high school student and some work In tha mlnea and store. Th lln-ups were: For the Hstflelds Sonny, Cabell, Ca-bell, Walter. Sid. Carl. Glen, Frank. Early and William. ' MATEWAN. W. Va, Jan. M UP) The Hatfield and tha McCoy tha descendants of those reckless reck-less mountain boy who ancestors ances-tors wrot bloody history with thslr gun met again in combat last Bight and tha McCoys won IT to S. It waa a basketball gam between be-tween th famous feudin' families fam-ilies that brought them together again before a hotly partisan throng of 300 persons in this mining min-ing village. Unlike the fierce gun fights In which the Hstflelds and McCoy engaged a half century ago la tha outhom Wst Virginia mountains, moun-tains, th game waa so amicabl that th referee reported It waa . th saslest Job of officiating h ha had In several months. Thar war 1 personal fouls, eight by the McCoy and six by the Hstflelds, who were led by