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Bons McKinney, probably the best basketball player
ever developed in this state, is still going strong on the hard-
woods, despite approaching middle age and the terrific sum
mer heat. Bones, who during the winter months performs'
as a professional eager for the Washington Capitals, is work-;
ing for the City Recreation Department in Raleigh during
the summer and is a great favorite with the kids. But he still
takes time off for an occasional basketball drill. .
The former Carolina star was seen sweltering in 90
degree heat the other day while playing with some of State
College's Indiana basketball stars. And old Bones was doing
right well for himself. It will, be remembered that he per
formed for the 1946 'Carolina team which won the Eastern
KCAA basketball title and then lost 'to Oklahoma A & M,
44-41, for the National championship.
One of the favorite topics of conversation between . State
and Carolina sports enthusiasts has always been which was
the better basketball team Carolina's 1946 champions or
trie State quint of this past season, conference champions
and also NCAA tourney participants. Seeing McKinney drop
in hook shots, overheads, and tap-in shots against some of
the State stars the other day leads us to believe the 1946
White Phantoms would have fared rather well against the
1943 Wolfpack.
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College Records Mean Little
Baseball is a funny sport at times. For example, why is it
that a team can be trounced convincingly in' one game of a
doubleheader and then hand an equally bad defeat to the
same opponent in the second game, a few minutes later. The
answer to that probably is the pitching. But how can you
explain a player whose batting average in college hardly
matched his" weight and who then proceeds to go to the pros,
improving his average the higher he goes in the pro ranks.
Such is the case of Tom Clayton and Jack Hussey, both
former Tar Heel baseball players. Tom, who hails from Rox
boro, had little luck during his college career. His batting
was bad and fielding erratic, but perhaps some scout saw
future promise in Tom. That summer, just after his unim
pressive college play, he signed with Red Springs, of the
Class D Tobacco State League. He hit considerably better
at Red Springs and gained a big jump to Savannah, of the
Class B Sally League this summer. Savannah has been in
seventh place in the loop for most of this summer, but Clay
ton was batting in the cleanup spot and providing most of the
offensive punch.
For some reason, the Philadelphia Athletics, whose farm
system Tom is a member of, decided he needed a little more
training in a lower leagueso Clayton now plays for Martins
ville: in the Carolina League. But we noticed he hit three
home runs in one game the other day and his average is
above .300. He has a good chance for advancing to a higher
league next season.
The case of Jack Hussey is similar. In 1943 the High Point
boy batted only .268 for the Tar Heels. He fared even worse
when he returned from the war in 1947. But Hussey didn't
give up baseball. Instead he signed with Goldsboro- of the
Coastal Plain League, and now is burning up that Class D
loop with an average of over .400. He ranks high in home" runs
and runs-batted-in and is considered a good bet to move up
to a higher classification of ball soon.
Blair Pitches for Colerain Now
A few short notes: Buck Hardee, Carolina catcher in 1947,
is managing the Whiteville Comets and coaching the Colum-
(See WITH THE TAR HEELS, page 4)
Misses Third Place
In Platform Diving
By Only .29 Points
Norm Sper, University head
cheerleader and Conference
diving champ, placed fourth in
the final Olympic- high platform
diving trials Sunday at Detroit,
thereby missing a place on the
1943 Olympic diving team by
the narrowest of margins.
Dr. Sammy Lee of Pasadena,
California, won the event with
a score of 144.37 points. Second,
third, and fourth places were
separated by only .57 of a point,
with Carolina's Norm Spet
fourth. Second place was won
by Ohio State's Bruce Harlan,
who had already won first place
in the 3-meter diving trials Fri
day. Third place was won by
Miller Anderson also of Ohio
State, who had placed second to
Harlan in the 3-meter dive. Har
lan scored 128.69, Anderson
128:41, and Sper 123.12. The
Olympic team for this event was
made- up of the first three finishers.-
Sper missed the boat by
only" .29 of a point.
Sper had injured his neck
about a week ago while practic
ing at the Los Angeles Olympic
pool ' and was forced to miss a
week's practice while undergo
ing x-ray treatment at the Holly
wood Hospital. Just what bear
ing this " injury had on Norm's
performance Sunday .at Detroit
is not known" here.
He had previously won the
national AAU title in the high
platform event in . 1944. In the
same year he . had also won the
national title in the 3-meter
diving event. Bruce Harlan won
the national AAU 3-meter spring
board title and the NCAA title
in the same event in 1946. Miller
Anderson was a double winner
in NCAA competition in 1947 and
again in 1948, winning both the
1-meter and the- 3-meter diving
events. Anderson also won the
national AAU high platform title
in 1943 while in the Army Air
Forces.
Randall Hudson, coed from
Tarboro, also failed to make the
Olympic team , when she could
do no better than fifth in the
women's 200-meter breast-stroke
on Saturday".
Randy qualified for the finals
in this event in trials run off Fri
day. The field of eight finalists
was led by Miss Jeanne Wilson
(See SPER, page 4)
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ACTION THUNDERS
FROM THE SCREEN !
The Grads and Mangum met
yesterday on the intramural field
in the first game of a best two
out of three series to determine
the intramural softball champion
for the first summer session. They
will play again today at 5 o'clock
and if a third tilt is needed it is
scheduled for tomorrow.
Both moved in the final round
of play after winning 'semi-final
games Thursday. ''The Grads de
feated Victory Village, 6-3, while
Mangum edged trie School,
5- 3.
Three out of four titles have
been decided in the tennis tour
naments with the other crown
on the verge of being settled. Ray
Morris v copped the open singles
honors by best jng Charlie Rice,
6- 2, 10-8. Morris-was-ialso a mem
ber of the open doubles- champ
ionship duo .with John Kenfield
Jr., which edged out ; Rice and
lc -..,, -,r. -fi-iT. Vio title 7-Fi R-fi
O I till VJ1 wiv, .
In the closed singles play Las
Dameron won over Tom Souther
land; 7-5, 6-2. The closed doubles
title was not settled late yester
day. Dameron and Paul Keenan
had, advanced to the finals. A
semi-final; match between Dr. A.
M. Jordan and' Southerland and
Harry. Brown and Charlie Stevens
would advance- the,, winners to
the other fmaLrpund. berth.
The intramural golf pitching
tournament that was being-held
on Emerson field closed yesterr
d&y with the title-holder not
known at the Tar Heel deadline.
SimmonsAmonrjU.S.
Olympic Hopefuls
Leaving Vedn::c!ay
New York Floyd (Chunk)
Simmons, former Southern Con
ference hurdles champion and
member of the p re-Olympic track
squad which toured Europe last
summer, is among the 65-man
U. S. track and field squad as
sembling in New York for "pro
cessing" before sailing for" Lon
don on Wednesday. The Olympic
hopefuls will sail on the Si S.
America
Simmons merited his spot on
the Olympic squad by finishing
third in the National AAU de
cathlon event held at Blooms
field, N. J. June 26. The National
crown was won by an outsider,
17-year-old Bob Mathias of Tu
lare, Calif., who piled up a total
of 7,224 points in the 10-evenf
grind. Defending, champion Irv
Mondschein of the New York
Pioneer club was second with
7,101 points, followed by Sim
mons who had a total of .7,054.
Simmons, now representing the
Los Angeles AC, left the Uni
versity of North Carolina earlier
in the year in order to devote
full time to training for the big
test and a trip to London. The
Charlotte, N. C. trackster holds
several Southern - Conference
track titles.-
Headed by speedsters, Nel Pat
ton, Barney Ewell and Mai Whit
field, the U. S. team appears
strong enough to carry on the
tradition of American domination
in the Olympic track and field.
Ewell six-time winner of the
national sprint championship,
had not been reckoned to win
the trials final but he hit the
tape a good two feet in front of
famed Mel Patton, the world's
(See SIMMONS, page 4)
Legion Ploy Ends
As Chapel Hill,
Wdke Forest Tie
The ares one, league three,
American Legion junior racv
closed Friday in as tight a finish
as could be expected among three
clubs without a three-way dead
lock. Durham's rampaging nine
who made a strong bid to move
into the State elimination play
by taking a doubleheader on
Thursday capped their play by
beating the first place Chapel
Hill team to drop them back into
a tie with Wake Forest who rout
ed Garner.
Both teams hung up records of
15 wins against 5 defeats while
the desperate Bulls pulled in one
notch to the rear with a 14-6
record.
In getting "back on top, or at
least in a deadlock, the Baptists
evened things up with Chapel
Hill for dropping them out of
first place a week or so ago after
they led the pack for most of the
season.
Talbort Takes Title
Spring Lke, N. J- July 11
Will-am F. Talbcrt of Ntw
York wen the annual Spring
Lake Bathing and TennU Club
invitation lennii tournamtnt
today when !op-eedd Gard
ner Mulloy of Miami waa
forced io default in lhe final
round.
Second - seeded T albert
slrcked his way to eay wim
stroked his way lo easy wins
three-sel final. 6-1. 6-1.
Mulloy fried lo continue d
spile a severe case of infected
feet.
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