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Friday, June 13, 1958
THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Page 5
At SoMi in Th« Mirror's
SPORTS
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of Athletes
and Events
Father’s Day brings to mind the
town’s two outstanding sports
fathers—“Daddy Sam” Ferebee
' and Charles J. McSorley. Neither
is now among the living, but each
sired a crop of fine athletes.
For years and years, New Bern’s
baseball, football and 'basketball
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teams featured various members
of the Ferebee and McSorley clans.
The boys, to some extent dominat
ed the scene, but the girls in both
families had exceptional athletic
ability too.
Environment undoubtedly play
ed a part in the development of
these respective sports stars. When
you’re born in a home where ball
games take priority over just about
everything else, you’re bound to
get interested yourself and do
something about it.
Yet, it’s impossible to acquire
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Old timers say Charlie McSorley,
Francis “Peaches” McSorley
irned out to be a hurler also. He
wasn’t quite in Charlie’s class, but
did some pretty fair chunking dur
ing his days at New Bern High.
This despite the fact that he wasn’t
as rugged in build as some of his
brothers.
All of the rest— Emmett, Ro
bert, William and Paul, were versa
tile in sports other than baseball.
In fact, they reaped their greatest
glory from football, in addition to
their achievement in baseball and
basketball.
All of the McSorley girls—
Elizabeth, Mary and Annie Pace,
were basketball stars, although
each came along in a different era.
Just which one of the three was
the best court performer is strictly
a matter of opinion.
In the Ferebee family, you’d prob
ably have to give a nod to Bill in
the boys’ section. Among other
things he pitched two no-hitters in
professional ball—one for Raleigh
in the Piedmont-and another for
Selma (Ala) in the southeastern
League.
Earlier, of course, he was an ace
hurler for New Bern High and the
University of North Carolina. In
the waning days of his brilliant
career he returned to New Bern
and pitched for his town, much to
the delight of local fans.
Sharing his fame, if not challeng
ing it in some instances were Ham
lin, Smokey, Francis, Billy and Ed
ward. Defensively, Hamlin was as
good a backstop as you’d want to
find, and did right well at the plate
too.
. Smokey, a shortstop, was a bet
ter hitter than Ham, and led the
Carolina team in home runs before
his successful Coastal Plain days.
Both were good ball toters in foot
ball, and Smokey quarterbacked
the Tar Heels.
Little Bill, to our way of think
ing, accomplished most on the
basis of his ability. He was the
smallest of the lot, and lacked the
fleetness of foot that characterized
his" older brothers. Even so, he
starred in three sports at New
Bern High.
Billy was a weak sister at the
plate when he played on the
Coastal Plain and Battery D teams,
but his fielding at second base was
superb. For a man who wasn’t
naturally fast, he covered an as
tounding amount of ground, and
figured in countless, double plays.
Among the Ferebee girls, Beth
and Reba were the basketballers.
True to the family’s record for
sports excellence, they gave an ex
cellent account of themselves.
Yes indeedy, “Daddy Sam” Fere
bee and Charles J. McSorley were
sports fathers worth remember
ing on Father’s Day.
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