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SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1946 THE DAILY TAR HEEL PAGE THREE Mi JT with MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM, Raleigh, Mar. 1. As the Southern conference basketball tournament got set for the second day of action, there was a lot of wonderment in the minds of the 4,000-odd lucky people who held tickets to Thursday's opening day play wTas surprising to a great extent, and is usually the case, the fans were left guessing as to what would happen next. First of all, State's surprising battle with Duke brought up the question of the Blue Devil's chances in the remaining games to be played. The majority of the opinion swayed toward the idea that Duke just had a bad day, and that the charges of Gerry Gerard would be back in all their fury tonight to knock off V.P.I, with little or no trouble. Actually, judging from past performances, Duke did have an off day, but thething that aroused some thought was the question of whether they would be able to snap out or not. As a rule, a good team as Duke has shown it could be comes back into its old form after such a performance, but a team winning playing as Duke did can have a bad effect as well as a good one. Only time will tell how they will react after such av beating as State handed them up until the last few minutes of play. Second on the agenda of surprises really No. 1 as the game came first was the relatively poor showing of two out-of-state teams, V.P.I, and George Washington. George Washington beat V. P. I. once, and the Tech men gave Carolina one heck of a battle up there. With this in mind, most people expected a good, fast ball game, but instead got a very poor display of college basketball. V. P. I. had a bad day too, and that accounts a good deal for that game. This leaves two teams V.P.I. and Duke both of which should be back on the road to improvement, meeting as we go into the semi-final round. Speaking of the White Phantoms, they came through better than expected, and having hurdled th first obstacle in their way, one which most people thought was going to be the hardest, the Tar Heels have now to meet Wake Forest for the third time this year. If they get by the Deacons, it looks at this point like it will be the same story again Duke vs. Carolina. . The dope was almost upset by State last night, but unless V.P.I. or Wake Forest come through that will be the story. We see. by way of the UP that the recent scrimmage between Carolina and Guilford was against conference rules that state "there shall be no scheduling of games or scrimmages of any kind other than intersquad competition during spring football practice." It's news to us, and there's no this isn't 'spring' but 'winter' football practice! SAE Downs Chi Psi For Unbeaten Season, Fraternity Loop Title SAE No. 2s undefeated cage quint toppled Chi Psi, 66-25, yesterday in intramural compe tition to end the season with the fraternity league championship. in safe possession. The victory was number 8 for the SAE squad, the. only frat outfit to survive the mural sea son with a clean record. The SAE team will play the winner of the dorm league circuit, which (. :- ! 'feo i a s a. WARNER re-release IfHEBIG HOUSE F Irwin Sxnallwood the affair. comment, except for the fact that will be eitner Marines jno. z or ROTC 4th company, for the cam pus championship at a later date. This was the only game played yesterday. Marines No. 1 vs BVP was postponed while Lewis forfeited to Town. Monogram Club Invites The Monogram Club invited all interested students to attend the clubhouse tonierht to listen to the finals of the Southern con f erence basketball game between Duke and Carolina which starts at 8 o'clock. NOW PLAYING Two Runners Will Compete In NY Classic Coach Ranson Will Accompany Couple Norman McLeod and Mark Burnham departed for New York yesterday to compete in the IC4A championships in Madison Square Garden today. Assist ant track Coach Dale Ranson; ac companied the Tar Heel runners. Both cindermen have been out standing for the Carolina track team all season. McLeod, who will enter the pole vault division at the Garden tonight, scored second place in the Southern in door meet with a 12 foot 6 inch jump. He held the conference record before he left school to go into service. Burnham, who recently joined the Tar Heel squad, placed sec ond to Harris Ross, the former National Interscholastic mile champion, and ran an important leg on the 880 medley relay. This will be the last competi tion for the local cindermen un til the spring season. Students Shocked Over Cage Defeat The campus, was shocked last night when the news was flashed that Wake Forest pulled a major upset on Caro lina last night in the semi finals of the Southern confer ence tournament by the close score of 31-29. Floods of telephone calls were received by the Daily Tar, Heel office to confirm the scut tlebutt and it was all the truth. Voices went high and then died, down. Students could not be- lieve the report, until it was told to them twice. Some wanted the sports editor to swear and some couldn't con ceive of the fact that the Dea cons, whom the Tar Heels had beaten twice previously, had knocked off the White Phan toms. Some who called paused and then hung up. Whether or not this would affect Carolina's chances of receiving a bid to the Nation al Collegiate tournament in New York later this month was not known at press time last night. According to the words of Irwin Smallwood, who covered the tourney for the Daily Tar Heel, he said that the Tar Heels fought hard, but they hit one of those off nights and Wake Forest cashed in on it. That's the way he summed up the contest. "Your car is being bought," said John to his friend. Friend: "How come?" John: "A little bird just made a deposit on the right fender." A REGULAR meeting of University Lodge No. 408, AF&AM, will be held on MONDAY, MARCH 4, 19467:30 Regular and Third Degree JERRY the Tailor OVER N. C. CAFETERIA YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME at ' 'WAL GREEN'S DURHAM, N. C. Recent Informal Scrimmage Contest Causes Discussion Among Conference The recent informal scrimmage between the football squads of North Carolina and Guilford College has caused Southern Con ference officials to drag out the conference by-laws and study them. Professor A. H. Fisher, conference president, says the con ference by-laws clearly prohibit games or scrimmages with oth er schools during the spring football practice period. Fisher says that a number of officials had called his atten tion to the fact that Carolina had violated the rules by engaging Guilford in an informal scrimmage. The rule in question states, and we quote "There shall be no scheduling of games or scrimmages of any kind other than inter squad competition during spring football practice." end quote. Fisher says that he plans to send a communication at once to all the conference coaches advising them of the section of the by-laws covering spring football practice. SC Gridiron Teams May Fear Billy Britt Next Campaign Flashy Tailback Made All-Southern While Playing on Asheville's Eleven By Tom Eller There is a stocky little fellow at study in the General College Billy Britt of Clinton, North Carolina, just one more reason why the Southern Conference is going lina's football team come next fall. Billy has the sort of blinding running speed which makes him dangerous as a climax runner, and he takes off his hat to only a few, in the passing department. At fourteen years of age, he was running the 100 yard dash in 9.9 seconds, but was persuaded by Johnny Pecora, ace tail-back here in 1941, to drop track so as to develop the darting zig-zag which is essential to a great ball carrier. In 1941, Billy's family moved to Asheville where he entered high school as a sophomore and played alternately at tail-back and wing-back with Charlie Jus tice. Charlie graduated and went to the Navy in 1942, leav ing the burden to Britt the vounerer ot the two. 1945 saw him as the outstanding high school back in the state and cap tain of the North Carolina Shrin- er team. Asrainst South Carolina's all- stars he fairly ran wild, taking the oneniner kick-off back 90 yards for a touchdown. In the last quarter, he took a flat pass and sped 64 yards for his team's third andvfinal touchdown; his right to selection on the All Southern High School team had been proved. With spring and graduation, Billy became an Aviation Cadet, Army Air Corps, stationed at Maxwell Field. Here men like Harry Buffington, guard with the New York Giants, and John Cherkino from Pitt's "dream" backfield of 1939 were his team mates. Maxwell Field won seven and lost three. When he had completed the season, his yard age gained from scrimmage stood at 12 yards per try, and Coach Frank Thomas of Alaba ma had been quoted as saying that he was the fastest thing in a football uniform. Do not be surprised if you see t i c j-ii U4-n a great ueai more ui ims uttic man with the history book come next fall only this time the ob ject under his arm is apt to be a football. Newton's 5 thirty-third law: The dimmer the porch light, the greater the scandal power. -The Technique. who may regularly be seen hard reading room at the library. He is to be more than aware of Caro f Baseball Squad Will Practice At 10 O'Clock Coach Bunn Hearn will call the baseball squad together this morning at 10 o'clock for a prac tice session on Emerson Field. The veteran diamond . coach carried his large squad through a two-hour drill yesterday af ternoon at which time the first batting practice was held. Coach Bunn used several pitchers in the hitting period which included Johnny Richard son, John McElrath, Hamp Cole man and Jimmy Hauser. The squad is expected to hold another hitting session and field ing practice again today. Tri Delts Defeat Alpha Gam Girls Coming from the losing place at the half, the Tri Delts defeat ed the Alpha Gams 31-25 Thurs day night in one of the closing sorority games. This game shoots the Tri Delts into the semi-finals against the Pi Phi's March 5 for the sorority cham pionship. Joyce Fowler, hook-shot whiz, was high scorer as usual with 12 points chalked up to herrec ord. Betty Lamb, another con sistent high scorer, followed with 11 tallies. Jean Driscoll with 10 marks and Catherine Carlen with 10 also helped up that win ning score. Spencer will play the Town Girls for the dorm championship, the winner of this match to play the winner of the sorority match March 7. Predictions are almost impossible, as each team has con sistently handed in a good rec ord. FLASH!!! Duke 44, VPI 38. SAVE TIME and MONEY The Classified Way Read the classified. It's a profitable habit and an inter esting hobby. New opportuni ties each day. For Classified Service DIAL 8641 THE DAILY TAR HEEL National . . . SPORTS -BRIEFS- West Virginia Gets NCAA Tourney Bid New York, March 1 (UP) West Virginia became the fifth entry in the National Invitation basketball tournament by ac cepting a bid today. In the N C A A cage tourney, New York University and Ohio State have been selected to represent their sections but Oklahoma A and M and Kansas have been asked to engage in a special playoff-game to see which will represent the fifth district. Ohio State Takes Big 10 Cage Cup Chicago, March 1 (UP) Coach Harold Olscn and his Ohio State Buckeye basketball team rule today as the 1946 winners of the Big Ten basketball race. The interesting part of it is the Bucks were handed the title last night without even looping in a two-pointer. They just stood by and watch ed Indiana dump Iowa 49 to 46 to eliminate the Hawkeyes' final hope for a share of the title. Ohio State finished the season with a 10 and 2 record in loop play to notch its fourth undis puted title in Big Ten history. Williams Clouts 420-Foot Homer March 1 (UP) In the American League, the Boston Red Sox are still trying to get Rudy York to come to terms and both sides agree the differ ence is not very great. York arrived today and says he weighs about 206 and is in excellent condition. Ted Williams is showing his Boston Red Sox bosses that he hasn't lost any of his long-range hitting touch while in the serv ice. Today, Ted was knocking splinters out of all the distant fences at Sarasota and wound up his performance with a tow ering 420-foot homer. New York,vMarch 1. (UP) The chairman of the selection committee for the National In vitation Basketball Tourney, Asa Bushnell, says Syracuse University has accepted the of fer to participate in the round robin starting March 14th. There are now six teams en tered in the tournament to be held in Madison Square Garden : Syracuse, Bowling Green, West Virginia, Muhlenberg, Saint John's and Kentucky. CLASSIFIED Advertisements must be paid for In advance and turned in at the Daily Tab Heel business office, Graham Memorial, by 3 o'clock the day preceding publication. Dial 8S41. Fifty cents each inch and fraction. The Daily Tar Heel will be responsible only for the first incorrect insertion and then only to the extent of a make-good insertion to be run only in case of an error which lessens the value of the ad vertisement. FOR SALE: Pre-war men's light weight Schwinn bicycle, excellent condition, many ex tras, $45. Dr. William S. New man, Music Department, Dial 8226. 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