Newport Dumped at Kenansville ;
Lose First Game to Nakina, 67-64
Newport's Hawks played their sorriest contest of the
season Monday night at Kenansville in the district play
of's and were eliminated by Nakina, 67-64, in a game
which was never very close.
Coach Bob King was disappointed with his boys as they
aid a most inept job of guarding-*
their opponents from Columbus j
County.
Nakina, winners of their 28th
straight victory, didn't look like a
serious contender for state honors
at any time in the game, though
they held varied leads of 12, 13,
16 and 17 points.
Two Boys Star
Two boys shone for the Nakina I
team, coached by Paul Weatherly. j
They were Red Formyduval, a
diminutive guard, and Fred Ezzell,
tall forward. Each of the boys
tallied 20 points.
J. D. Gore, other guard on the j
starting five, also popped in 14
markers for the winners.
Berlyn Temple was high scorer
for the Hawks with 16 markers,
with 10 of his points coming in
the final canto. Al Wallace had
13, James Small 11 and Gil Gar- j
ner 10 for the losers.
The Hawks played the game
strictly in spurts, and for the most j
part of the contest they weren't
in the game.
The game was tied at 2, 4, 8 and |
12 in the first quarter with Nakina 1
taking a 15-12 lead at the end of j
the initial stanza.
Edwards Narrows Gap
Eugene Edwards hit on a jump,
shot to start the second period
and narrow the gap to 14-15 at
7:32, but a conccrted drive by the
Nakina quintet, with Ezzell as the
spearhead, gave them a 32-20 lead
at 1:24
In a minute and 10 seconds the
Hawks tallied 8 points on a drive
by Temple, two layups by Small
and Edwards successful conversion
of a pair at the charity stripe. At
halftime Nakina led 32-28.
The third stanza saw the Hawks
get as close at 32 34 at 6:13 but
for the remainder of the period
it was all Nakina as they moved ,
out to a 55-39 lead and at the end
of the period led 55-41.
Newport trailed throughout the
final quarter and with the score
at 66-57 against them, the Hawks
came to life at 2:03.
! Small made good on one of two
at the free throw line and at 1:10
Garner hit on a pop shot. Formy
duval tallied at the free throw line
at 0:58 to make it 67-62, and with
approximately a second left Gar
ner pumped one in to make the
final tally 67-64.
Tie For Field Goal Honors
Both teams were tied in field
goals with 25 apiece but Nakina
won the game at the free throw
line as they made good on 17 of
28 as against 14 of 21 by the
Hawks.
Red Benton, reputed to be an
able official, was anything but, and
Newport wasn't given a break in
the game.
Three members of the Hawks*
starting lineup fouled out in the
final period. Al Wallace left the
game at 2:15, Temple at 1:16 and
Leston Gillikin finished off at
0:23.
NEWPORT BOYS.
fg fta ftm pf pts
E'lwards, f 1 5 4 3 6
Temple, f 6 6 4 * 16
Gillikin, c 3 3 2 5 8
Small, c 5 2 1 0 11
Garner, g 5 1 0 1 10
Wallace, g 5 4 3 5 13
Hardison 0 0 0 0 0
Lilly 0 0 0 0 0
Totals .25 21 14 19 64
NAKINA BOYS
tg fta ftm pf pts
Chestnut, f 3 5 14 7
Ezzell, f ? 4 13 12 4 20
Ray, c ...3 0 0 0 6
Formyduval, g .9 5 2 4 20
J. D. Gore, g . 6 5 2 2 14
Totals 25 28 17 14 67
Seadogs Trounce Pirates
Wednesday , 59-42
Beaufort's Scadogs put on one of
their best scoring shows Wednes
day night at the conference tourney
to trample the Swansboro Pirates
59-42.
Coach Tom McQuaid's quintet
had the game well in hand after
being tied at 6 and 9 early in the
first quarter. The Seadogs led at
the end of the initial period 19-9.
Beaufort extended its lead to
32 16 at halftime and at the end
of the third stanza they maintained
a 45-28 advantage.
The entire Beaufort squad saw
action as did the Swansboro crew.
Both coaches were getting a line
on what would be available to them
next season.
Jimmy Davis !<'d the scoring pa
rade for the winners with 19 points
as Terry Nance popped in 17
counters.
Dick Kellum was high for the
Pirates with 9 points as Ronnie
Ross tallied 7 markers.
For the spectators who waited
until 10:30 p.m to see the final
game of the night, it was a fine
display by the Seadogs, and a good
line was obtained on material avail
able at Swansboro for next season.
The lineups: Beaufort (59) ?
Davis 19, Nance 17, E. Willis 7,
Owens 6, Kirk 6. Martin, Moore 2,
r> Willis 2. Copeland, Gillikin,
Windley and Smith.
Swansboro (42) ? Kellum 9,
Ross 7, Kozma 2, J. Dudley 4. R.
Dudley 1, Holt 3, Riggs 6, Casper
6. Guthrie 2, Lisk 2. P. Dudley and
Odum.
The score by quarters: Total
Beaufort 19 13 13 14?59
Swans boro 9 7 12 14 ? 42
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Surveying the Scene
with Hal Shapiro
? In the name of sports many crimes are committed by officials,
but the most heinous crime ever perpetrated took place Monday night
at Kenansville, when Red Benton practically gave the district play
off contest to Nakina.
Red, reputed to be one of the best schoolboy officials in the state,
looked terrible on the court. His calling was reminiscent of the days
of "homers" back in New York Slate.
A "homer" is a referee in a basketball game who hails from the
same town as one of the contesting teams and usually calls them in
favor of the home town aggregation.
Prior to the start of the game I overheard him tell the coaches of
the teams contesting that he'd let the boys play basketball, and un
less it was exceptionally rough under the boards he wouldn't be using
his whistle.
He didn't use his whistle to call fouls against Nakina, but he cer
tainly did rdise fits when a Newport boy was under the boards.
The worst part of his calling was that he was anywhere from 15 to
20 seconds late on his calls. This was especially evident on several
'walking' violations against Newport when fans from the Nakina root
ing section had to holler that the violation had taken place.
Tom Davis, his fellow official, seemed to have some of the same
failings as Benton, but in his case, as a Newport fan commented,
"It was just that he (Davis) was being considerate of the old man
(Benton) and let him have first crack at the calls."
Newport didn't play a good ball game and against a truly good op
ponent would have been beaten by at least 20 points. With the assist
ance of the officials, Nakina, a fair-to-middlin' quintet, took a three
point decision.
?With the play of the finals of the Seashore Conference tourney to
night at Swansboro the 1955-56 campaign will come to an end.
It has been a most interesting year in the county and in the con
ference as well.
Newport's Hawks took the honors in both the conference and coun
ty, only to be eliminated in the first round at Kenansville.
Morchead City's Eagles wound up in the runner-up spot in both the
conference and the county after four hectic games against the Hawks.
The All-Seashore Conference team found Carteret County leading
the pack for the second straight season, with two boys from Newport
and More head City each making the honored five and the filling
out of the squad with a member of the Beaufort quintet.
Carteret County should be very proud to h&ve ballplayers of the
caliber of Wayne Cheek, Berlyn Temple, Craig Home, Jimmy Davis
and Leston Gillikin.
? Paul Hahn, one of the best trick shot artists in golf, will give an
exhibition at Wilmington's Cape Fear Country Club March 28, the
day before the opening of the Eighth Annual Azalea Open Golf
Tournament.
The trick shot star, who has been in a number of movie shorts,
has a repertoire of more than 40 incredible shots.
He combines a serious golf clinic and his trick shot exhibition with
a aeries of hilarious gags written especially for him by Hollywood gag
writers.
Hahn considers the "double action" shot his most difficult. In this
shot he hits a series of 12 balls all lined up, with a club in each hand,
alternating right and left handed shots without stopping.
Other shots include hitting three balls at onee, one goes backward,
oae goes forward and the other goes straight up. He catches this last
one before it hits the ground.
His 90-pound bag is the world's largest and contains the weirdest
assortment of clubs in captivity. While some are orthodox, others are
not, like the regular driver with a garden hose shaft. Hahn has hit a
golf ball 230 yards with this one.
Hahn has appeared at the Masters Tournament, the PGA cham
pionship* and several times at Yankee Stadium. He has toured 45
?f the 48 states, throughout South America and in Australia.
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Eagles Slaughter White Oak
In Tourney Opener, 104-42
Top-seeded Morehead City found their first round op-*
position easy pickings in the conference tourney Wednes
day night at Swansboro as they rolled up a 104-42 victory
over the White Oak <|uintet.
Coach Gannon Talbert used his entire bench through
out the contest and they all helpeiH
out in the win.
The Eagles took a 39-2 lead at
(he end of the first canto and ex-,
tended the advantage to 55-21 at
halftime. At the end of three
quarters Morehead had a 90-31 lead
and they finished up the game with '
their highest scoring mark, 104-42 j
The Eagles took a 15-0 lead in
the first stanza before the White
Oak team was able to score n pair
of markers from the free throw
line. White Oak didn't score a
field goal until 6:32 of the second
quarter.
From the viewpoint of the spec- J
tators it was a mighty poor game. |
The Eagles had no opposition what- 1
ever.
The game started a half hour i
late, and meant that the final game
of the evening didn't end until I
close to midnight.
Wayne Cheek led the scoring pa
rade for the Eagles with 32 mark
ers as teammates Bradley Mcln- j
tosh 18, Kent Brown 16 and C'raig j
Home 14, also hit for double fig
ures.
Glenn Dickerson was high point
maker for the White Oak team with j
14 markers as Coston tallied 8
Three members of the White !
Oak squad fouled out and oncil
member of the Eagles in the final 1
canto. A. Banks at 7:08, Don Jones h
at 3:37 and Coston at 2:18. Jimmy ?
Parker of the Eagles left at 1 57. j
J. W. Long twisted his ankle at j
1:12 of the final period, and it i j
isn't likely that he'll see any more
iction in the tournament.
The lineups: Morehead City ,
(104) ? Home 14. Mcintosh 18,',
"heek 32, R. E. Willis 7. Brown I '
16, Long 8, Phillips 4, Rich 3. Par- 1
cer 2, Eure, Simpson and M. Willis. 1
White Oak (42) ? A. Banks 3, M
Dickerson 14. Coston 8, B Banks 4, 1
ferry Riggs 7, Jones 5, Mallard 1, 5
ind John Riggs. 1 1
Smyrna Beaten
By Dixon, 65-41
In what was a close contest for '
three quarters, at the conference ,
tournament Wednesday night at '
Swanshoto. Dixon came up with a
hot final stanza to take a 61 45 de- 1
cision from Smyrna
Dixon led at the end of the first 1
canto 12-10, but Smyrna took overj'
the advantage at 22 20 at halftime. j;
Dixon once more held the lead at j
the end of the third stan/a at 35
31. and in the final quarter Dixon
poured it on to win going away. , 1
The game was knotted three '
times at 18. 20 and 27. and Smyrna '
was as close as two points behind !
in the final quarter at 7:42 when 1
Terry Gillikin laid one in to make 1
the score 33-35.
Davis, Parker and Smith were]'
the big guns for the Dixon quintet I
in the final canto. .<
Terry (iillikin was high scorer '
for the Smyrna team with 12 J 1
points as teammate Ron Styron 1
tallied 11.
Afton Parker was the high point- , '
maker for Dixon with 18 markers,
is Smith tallied 14 and Davis 13.
Sonny Davis fouled out of the '
game for Smyrna at 4 53 of the
Final quarter. |
The lineups. Smyrna (45) Sty- j ^
ron 11, K. Davis 8, Gillikin 12, ^
rhomas 7. S Davis 2, R. Arthur 1
>. G. Arthur and Guthrie. I
Dixon (61) Parker 18, Smith jj
14. Davis 13, Pelletier 8, Yopp 4]
rnd Grant 4.
The score by quarters: Total i <:
Smyrna 10 12 9 14 45 t
Dixon 12 8 15 26 61 I r
Pamlico Wins
From Rockets
Pamlico County's Hurricanes
came from behind against the
Jones Central Rockets in the con
ference tourney at Swansboro Wed
nesday night and emerged on the
long end of a 38-35 tally.
The Kockets moved out to a 9-7
lead at the end of the first quar
ter and extended the advantage to
23 16 at halftime.
Coach Lynn Parker of the Hur
ricanes gave his club the word at
the intermission chat, and the team
came buck on the floor ready to
140 all out.
The third quarter saw the Hur
ricanes put on a spurt that had
the game tied several times, with
the Pamlico quintet enjoying a 31
29 advantage at the end of the
stanza.
The final quarter was the low
est scoring one of the contest as ?
the Hurricanes maintained their
>light advantage and held onto the
ball.
Larry Prescott led the Hurri
canes in scoring with 16 markers
is brother Jerry tossed in 10
narkers.
Carl Spann, pint-sized guard of
he Rockets was high scorer for
lis team with 10 markers as Jerry
Kerns came through with 8 points.
The lineups: Pamlico County
L Prescott 16. J. Prescott
10, Buck 2. Lee 7, Warren 1 and
ludson 2
Jones Central (35) Kerns 8,
Mallard 7, McCoy, West 6. Barbec
\, Foy, Spann 10 and Harrison.
The score by quarters: Total
'a ml ico County 7 9 15 7 38
'Ones Central 9 14 6 6 35
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