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r A Friday, February 11, 1938 Blackbird Quint Clashes With Durham Here Tonight THfe BLACKBIRD INxilA-MURAL Return Game With Bulls Prom ises Fast Action On High School Court Tonight at eight o’clock the Rocky •Mount Blackbirds clash with the Dur ham Bulls on the home court. The . nouunter will be the tenth in confer- t-iice competition for the Blackbirds and bids to be one of the best court r.uiaos of the season. The Durham boys are highly favor- c.fi to take the Rocky Mount boys into camp, due to the fact that the Bulls tire undefeated in conference compe tition and they hold victories over the Duke and Wake Forest freshmen Liaints. A well balanced team with callable players in each position will r.present Durham. Moore and Puck ett are plenty good at ringing hte basket. In a previous encounter in Durham the Bulls scored an impressive vic- lory over the Rocky Mount five, downing' them 39 to 10. The Bulls played a fast game and were especial ly effective on long shots and re bounds. In preparation for the game. Coach Bob Eason has been working the boys hard in practice sessions. The Black birds have put up a fairly good de fense but their scoring pnnch need? ...provement. The lineups tor the two teams ar*- “is follows: Rocky Mount Durham Johnson, f Moore, f B. Walker, f McKinney, f A. Felton, c Puckett, c Robbins, g Whitfield, g V. Felton, g C. Loftis, g W. D. Joyner of the B squad has earned a place on the Blackbird A out fit and will probably get into the ac- ‘ .on tonight. Next Friday night. February 18, the Goldsboro quinet will be here and Fayetteville will play the Blackbirds TuesdW. February 22, for the last 'home game of the season. “B” Basketball Team Recently Disbanded Intra-Mural Games to Replace Second Team Contests Co^h Emery "Adkins, who turned down the chance to have a coaching vacation between the football and baseball seasons, has for the past four weeks sponsored a B squad in order to help the basketball cause. Although the B squad has been very successful in the few games that it has played, it was announced by Mr. A. M. McGregor, who had charge of arranging the games, that the B squad would be disbanded. All of the forthcoming games were canceUed and in place of the B games there will be intra-mural games. During the short time that the B squad played they won four out of six games. The four that they won were played with the Wilson B team and two games with the Eastern Car olina Training school. They lost two games with the Y.M.C.A. Juniors. Some of the outstanding B players are Junior Daughtridge, Howard Tur ner. Wade Pitt, Joe Vaden, Taylor Thorne, Mickey Bennett, James Grif fin, and Milton Strickland. Basketball is a sport which cannot be learned in a year or two. It takes i:oastant practice to develop a good shooting eye, clever ball handling and proper foot-work. The intra-mural games w’hich started Monday of this week will provide the means whereby the boys can learn these fundament als. Many boys just entering high .school are too small to play on the varsity team, but no one is too small for intra-mural basketball. Games are to be played on Mon days, Wednesdays, and every other Friday with four each day, except on Friday when eight games will be play ed. There will be two divisions of the league. The eight, ninth, and tenth grades will form the junior lea gue with the eleventh and twelfth grade fonning the senior league. Each league will have eight teams each with a captain at the head of each team. Senior captains are Ray Daught ridge, Mickie Bennett, James Griffin, and Henry Coghill. Junior captains are Billy Hooker, Howard Turner, Milton Strickland, Jim Vaden. Warren Huffman, Franz Holscher, Wade Pitt, and Richard Ryals. Send Candy for Valentine B. C. Moore Drug Store BIRDS GAIN WIN OVER GREENIEi) Sixteen Basketball Teams For Girls Being- Directed By- Student Coaches Local Team Takes Revenge For Defeated Earlier In The Season Hinging up liiu curtain on the J.93i5 basketball season jaiiuary 4, the Blackbirds oi Kocky Mount dropped a close 15-13 battle to Greenville, the lodp champions. The Blackbirds put up a stiff light, but the more experi enced Greenville quint nosed them out. Durham defeated the Rocky Mount five 39-10 in a fast game at the Bull City. January 7. The Blackbirds made only one field goal after the half. The Blackbirds crushed Raleigh 33- 14 on the capital city court for their first conference victory Januai-y 11. Arkie Felton was the high scorer with 17 points. The Eason coached quint took re venge over the highly favored Green- ies by upsetting them 14-10 in Green ville, January 14. Coacli Eason install ed a new offensive to defeat a team from his own home town. The Black birds were fair on both offense and defense. Jim Johnson, iBenvenue star, proved an asset to the P^ocky Mount team. Even though Kocky Mount was fav ored, the Wilson Cyclones staged a last period rally to upset the Black birds 21-17, January 18. The lead changed often in the rough game in Wilson. Arkie Felton’s temper caused the Blackbirds to lose several .scoring opportunities. January 21, the Eason coached quint downed Wilmington 36-7 on the home court. Coach Eason used all his reserves against Wilmington. The New Hanover boys’ offense proved in effective and they didn’t score a field goal until ten seconds before the end of the third quarter. Rocky Mount’s Blackbirds defeated the Raleigh Purple Hurricanes 36-21 in the Rocky Mount gym, January 28. Raleigh scored several times on a long distance pass play from one end of the court to the other. Both teams missed numerous easy shots, Arkie Felton, with fifteen points, and Cap tain Robbins, with seven points, led in the scoring. Varsity Tennis Team Arranging Schedule Squad to Include Advanced Members of Club "We expect to have a good team this year,” stated Robert Bobbitt, president of the tennis club of Rocky Mount high school. With Robert Bobbitt, president; Robert Grimes, vice-president; Julia Yates, secretary; and Ann Bennett, treasurer, the tennis club holds reg ular meetings twice a week. Over 60 boys and girls attend these meetings. The club is trying to interest more students in tennis and to have bet ter teams to represent the school. Mr. George Horn'oeck, local tennis author ity, and Miss Dorothy Craighill, French teacher, are the club advis ors. Now that the gym is completed, de monstrations are given by Mr. Horn- beck and Rinehart Freeman. Begin ners are taught the fundamentals of the game and advanced pla3rers will enter the future matches. Last season the team lost matches to Wilson and matches with Fayette ville were rained out. A large schedule has been complet ed with ten or possibly twelve matches to be played. Teams from Raleigh, Durham, Goldsboio, Wilson, and Fay etteville are some of those to be met during the coming season. Players left from the team last year are Rine hart Freeman. Ernest Wright, Tom my Harris, Charles Brock, Thomas Owens, and Robert Bobbitt. Buy Your CO.AIv and FUEL from Daughtridge Fuel Company GAMES BEGUN In place of a varsity program for e girls of Rocky Mount high school, 1 intra-mural basketball set up has en arranged. Miss Aileen Pendleton, girls’ physical educational director, has charge of the program. An intra mural program gives every- e an equal chance to play. Over 170 girls are playing on the sixteen teams. Each team has 10 niembers including a student coach. Points to be .sti-essed in practice are discussed with Miss Pendleton in regular meet ing with the coaches. Tile win or lose idea is almost lost by having the tournament with only girls in the high school. The girls play with each other. After the tournament, in which each team plays several games, judges will select the ten best players who will compete with girls from other schools. Under student coaches and referees, the girls enjoy hours of wholesome exercise rather than the intense train ing grind for the next “big” game. The student coaches and names of the teams are as follows: Phyliss Bryan—“Dizzy Dames” Elizabeth Speight—“Tin Pins” Nonle Fitts—“Stars’ Grace—“Go Getters” Dorothy Zimmerman—“Comets.” Mae Lancaster—“Blackbirds.” Ethel Overby—“Sky Rockets’ - ulia Yates—“Hurricanes” Grace Williams—“Pebbles” Kathleen Haithcock—“Red Birds” Chlorace Parker—“Gray Mules” Nell Speight—“B Girls” Marjorie Bell—“Blue Birds” Prances Gardner—“Whirlwinds’ Phyliss Perritt—“Country Hicks” Geraldine Barrett—“Hill Billies” Blackbirds Score Win Over Wilson Cyclones Getting revenge for their previous defeat in Wilson, the Blackbirds downed the Cyclones, 21-12, in the new gym at Rocky Mount, February 4. By emerging victorious in the Wilson en counter, the Blackbirds have a rec ord of fivfe conquests in eight meet- class A conference mem- bers. an entertaining preliminary game, the Rocky Mount B quint scor ed a 39-17 win over the Wilson B squad. Beginning fast the baby Blackbirds tallied eighteen points in the first quarter. Even though the Blackbirds missed many easy shots, the score was 6-1 at the end of the first quarter and 13-3 at the half in favor of the Rocky Mount five. Wilson’s offensive wouldn't click for it scored only one field goal before the intermission. The play in the third quarter add ed only two points to each team’s score and in the last quarter the Cy clones outscored the Birds seven to six points. Free shots were plentiful for both outfits, but neither could make them chalk up very successfully in their favor. Rocky Mount racked up on five of nineteen tries while Wilson ac counted for two out of a dozen charl ty shots. 'Two brothers, Arkie and VernoD Felton, were noted for their fine play ing. Arkie was high scorer with eight points, several of which were difficult shots and Vernon displayed fine style coming up the court and setting up plays. Compliments NASH BRICK & COAL COMPANY BRICK AND COAL [R-amblingsg Dinner — Twenty-five players and manager Thomas Owens were present with miniature statutes of a flayer kicking a ball. On tbe front of the player is engraved, “All Eastern Team” and the player’s name. Such well-known men of football as Chick Doak of State. Cardwell of Duke, and Eddie Berlinski of State were present. Two youthful and skilled taxider- mi.sts, Richmond Corinth and “Bug” Butler, like their hobby enough to work from 8 o’clock to 5:30 A. M. An eagle with a seven and a half foot wing spread, caught in a steel trap’ on the coast, was given to Richmond by a local man. He spent most of the night skinning the eagle. “Bug” was given a large, black fox squirrel the same night. He had a hard time skin- ? it and making a plaster of Paris cast for it. Though the boys lost some sleep, they feel rewarded for their efforts. Short story: Coach Bob Eason walks into the library. Quite a few of his basketball players are there. He calls them over to a corner and pro ceeds to explain the time of basketball practice that afternoon. Enter Miss Margaret Ricks, Quote: You boys hurry and stop that talk ing.” And what does Mr. Eason do but meekly walk out of the library—he probably wants to run, but it’s not In the script. Because of the elimination of the center jump, basketball is a much faster game and affects a great num ber of people. The scorekeeper and officials have to be more alert. The players must have a great amount of energy and be able to break fast af ter a goal. The spectators must watch the game every minute in order to keep up with the game. Men that know basketball have argued both for and against the elimination of the center jump but no change has yet been made. The Best to Eat May Be Found Each Week at The The Grocerteria 232 S. Maiu St. — Phone 463-464 Visit Our Oyster Bar at Chadwick’s Seafood Co. 151 South Washington St. Phone 91 Rocky Mount, N. C. BIRDS DEFEAT WILSON TEAM Felton Brothers Star As Bocky Mount Boys Win By Score Of 21-12 Tl^e Rocky Mount Blackbirds gain ed their fifth conference victory in eight starts in Eastern Class A com petition with a 21-12 win over the Wilson cagers Friday, February 4, The Blackbirds galloped to a 13-S lead for the first-half of play. The only Wilson field goal of this half was made by Benton. In the third quarter each team scor ed two points and then Wilson made a scoring spurt by ringing up 7 points in the last quarter while the Birds tallied 6 points. Arkie and Vernon Felton starred for the local, Arkie Felton chalked up eight points to head Rocky Mount’s scoring while Vernon turned in some beautiful court work. Leading scorer for Wilson was Ben ton, who made two field goals, while Pruitt and Cockerell made the remain ing two. Mickey Bennett tallied 13 poins to rush the Rocky Mount B team to a 39-13 victory over the Wilson Bees In a preliminary game. Strickland star red for the visitors. Rocky Mount Shoe and Clothing Co. A Good Store for (Men Ypur Visit Will Be Appreciated At The Merit Shoe Store “The Friendly Shoe Store“ 403 Main Street Packed for ¥onr Party. In evecy fuU Quart Dottle of Par-T-Pak There Is enough babbling, iparfc* ling pale dry Ginger Ale to ttl i Tall Glaeeee PHONE 622 FOR PROMPT DELIVERY ANDREWS DRUG CO. Next to Cameo Theatre Where All the Young Folks Like To Go Especial attention is called to our fine Engraving. We are now showing our samples of Genuine Engrav ed School Announcements and Visiting cards. We invite you to see our selection Valentine Day, Feb. 14th—Don’t fail to see our Valentines Carolina Office Equipment Co. m iifem-swpwwriwiwiffjiHiwiwi^ (zompate INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY S LUMP-SUM A/ow! 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