Morehead Ends Newport Mastery _ _ _ . ^ . ? 6 0-48 Win Over Hawks Is First in Two Years The Morehead City Eagles, who hadn't beaten the New port Hawks for two years, put an end to the jinx Friday night as they spotted the Hawks a ?ix-point halftime lead and then came from behind in the third quarter to post a 60-48 win. The game was a close, hard-fought contest all the way with neither team being able to post more than a six-point lead un til the final quarter when the Eagles made tbeir surge. Newport scored first in the con test and managed to hold on to slim leads throughout the first sixteen minutes of play although Morehead City knotted the score three times during the initial half. At the end of the first quarter Newport, thanks to some fine clutch shooting on the part of All "County eager Johnny Turpin, was leading their Eagle foes by two at 16-14. They ran this lead to six in the second quarter as they left the floor with a 32-26 advantage over the Eagles. Morehead City, which had gone into a full court press at the start of ibe second quarter, caught up with the Hawks late in the third quarter and took the lead as the two teams entered the final eight minutes of play. The fourth quar ter saw three players, Johnny Tur pin of Newport and George Styron and Tom Thompson of Morehead City, leave the game with five per sonal fouls. The Eagles did their best shoot relieved by Dottie Whitley. Paula ing of the year from the floor, hit ting 25 of 52 attempts for a 49 per cent shooting average. From the free throw line the Eagles canned 10 of 14 charity attempts for a 71 per cent average. Newport's field goal percentage was 46.1 which came on 12 of 26 attempted from the floor. They had 24 of 31 from the charity stripe for a free throw aver age of 77 per cent. Senior John Phillips and sopho more Jimmie Smithwick paced the Eagle scoring attack, canning 12 points apiece. However, high point honors for the game went to Larry Kirk of the Hawks who finished the nigjit with 18 points. Kirk only had four field goals but he sank 10 free throws for the total. Turpin was next in line to Kirk with 15 points. In the preliminary game the New port Hawkettes found the Eagle de fense to their liking as they poured 65 points through the hoop to score a 65-36 win over the Eaglettes. Newport was ahead throughout the game as they posted a lead of three at the end of the first quarter and increased this to 10 points at I halftime. Their advantage at the three-quarter mark was 19 points at 49-30. The Newport forward corps got a pleasant scoring boost when freshman Carol Buchannan enter ed the game in the fourth quarter and scored nine points in the short time that she was in the game. High scoring honors for the game went to Margaret Lilly of the Hawkettes and Johnice Doshier of the Eaglettes. Both girls scored 19 points. Dump Warren scored 16 for the winners and Jenny Lynn Garner tallied 14. Second kigh scorer for the Eag lettes was Andy Piner who had five points . Other forwards for the Eaglettes were Alta Dickinson, Clara Jo Gaskins. Nancy Duke, Portia Salter and Georgia Mizeako. Helen Jernigan's back court com- 1 bination consisted of starters Vir ginia Thompson. Lorraine Hatcher and Georgia Mizesko with substi tutes Sue Smith, Sally Simpson and Mattie Philips alio seeing action. ; Starting guards for Newport were Nancy Allen, Joanne Hohl and Lana Linebarger. This tria was relieved by Dottie Whitley, Paula Coach Announces Games At Atlantic Saturday Atlantic coach Roy Cockerham announces that Atiaqtic girls will play Atlantic All-Star girls in a game at 7 Saturday night at Atlan tic. Atlantic All-Star boys will play the Fry Raiders in the feature game of the evening, following the girls' contest. Officers Nab Herbert Baum Again Wednesday Herbert Baum, Beaufort, a fre quent client in c?uoty recorder's court, will be back tn court again next week on a new charge of pos session of bootleg whiskey. Marshall Ayscue, county ABC officer, county and Beaufort of ficers. visited Baum's premises at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning. They found a half gallon at illegal hooch in the kitchen, and under a pile of coal in a wood house in the back yard, it jars. Cabbage Setting Begins Whb Arrival of New Year Ten par cent of the count's cab bage acreage was set prior to the arrival of this week's raw. R. M. Wtl|i?ms. count* fari?| agent, says farmers are busy pre-1 paring tobacco beds, cutting stilts, ing ditch banks and killing Mann, Nucy Garner, and June Murdoch. Morehead City FC FT PF PTS Phillips 5 2 4 12 Styron 5 1 5 11 Smitbwick 6 0 3 12 Thompson 5 0 5 10 Whealton 2 3 17 Sledge 2 4 3 8 Wade 0 0 10 Totals 25 10 22 SO Newport FG FT PF PTsj Turpin ...... 5 5 5 15 Small 12 14 Edwards 2 3 2 7 Kirk 4 10 1 18 Zirm 0 4 2 4 Bell 0 0 1 0 Totals 12 24 12 48 Maola Defeated 73-57 by Raiders The Fry Raiders opened their quest for the New Bern City League title Monday night with a 73-57 win over the Maola Milkers in a game played in New Bern. The Raiders played the coatest without the services of league scor ing champion Jim Fodrie. Fodrie's absence in the lineup was offset by a 54-point performance between Raiders Walker Gillikin and Gehr mann Holland. Gillikin grabbed high point honors for the game with 29 points while Holland was pump ing in 25. The Raiders led throughout the contest and pulled away in the last half after being played pretty close in the first half by Maola. Other Raiders breaking into the scoring column were Dallas Ar thur, with 10 points; Cliff Lynch, with seven points; and Everett Golden and Craig Horn with one each. The game was the niteeap of a City League doubleheader. In the preliminary contest the Pepsi-Cola entry chalked up a 61-55 win over Sealtest. Seadogs Build 50-Point Advantage; Coast to 6th Straight Win 87-40 Pirates Bow to Blue Devils; Girls Win 37-24 over Smyrna 4 Basketball Games TONIGHT Beaufort at Newport Camp I^jeune at Smyrna Morehead City at Jones Central TUESDAY Morehead City at Smyrna JAN. 15 Havelock at Smyrna Wallace-Rose Hill at Morehead City Atlantic at Beaufort Butch Tops Individual Scorers; Seadogs Lead Team Statistics With all county teams back in action after the holidays' individual scoring statistics compiled after last Friday's games finds Butch Hassell of the defending state champion Beaufort Seadogs still on top of the scoring parade with an average of 24.8 points per game for the Seadogs' six games played to date. In Beaufort'* last two games Butch has scored 5G points 10 give mm a saie ieaa over Jonn-< ny Turpin of Newport who is sec- 1 ond with an average of 17.7 points per game. Against 71st high school Butch garnered 31 points and lie followed this with a 25 point per- i formance against Pamlico. Turpin still leads the county in points scored with his total of 212 for 12 games. Turpin's teammate Larry Kirk is second in total points, having scored U9. Curt Nelson of Smyrna has scored 182. Beaufort and Smyrna each have three flayers in the top ten scorers amtm?Wttity cagers with Ray and Pud Hassell making it in addition to Butch. The Smyrna trio of top scorers includes Curt Nelson, Dale Lewis and Braxton Piner. Newport, with Turpin and Kirk, have two players in the top ten and More head City and Atlantic have one r each. Making it for the Eagles is John Phillips while the Atlantic representative is Bobby Nelson. The Beaufort Seadogs have taken over as leaders in both offensive and defensive statistics in team performances. In their six games played to date the Seadogs have scored a total of 418 points for an average of 69.6 points per game. They have allowed their opponents only 214 points in the six contests for a stingy average of only 35.6 points per game. Behind Beaufort in both depart ments is Smyrna which is averag ing 67.8 points per contest, while holding opponents to an average of 48.2 points per game. Complete individual and team statistics, including last Friday's games, are as follows: INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Name, School Butch Hassell, Beaufort Johnnie Turpin, Newport Curt Nelson, Smyrna ....... Bobby Ntlsoa, Atlantic .... Dale Lewis, Smyrna . Larry Kirk, Newport Ray Hassell, Beaufort Pud Hassdl, Beaufort John Phillips, Morehead City Braxton Piner, Smyrna .. Carrpll Hill, Smyrna Tom Thompson, Morehead City Games 6 12 11 10 11 13 6 ..6 6 11 11 Points 149 212 182 161 172 189 84 84 82 139 106 58 TEAM STATISTICS Team Beaufort 6 Smyrna .. 11 Newport 13 Morehead City 6 Atlantic ,,, . ^0 Games Points Points Offensive Defensive Played Scored Allowed Average Average 418 214 69.6 35.6 746 531 67.8 48.2 719 713 55.3 54.$ 330 300 55.0 50.0 419 664 41.9 66.4 Rebound Scramble Eagle |Mli VTigMa Thompson, right, ?wl Dump ffarm of New part batik fmr (*?' rebonnd under the basket In this shot of flrst-qnar ter action a( the two teaas' game played Tuesday light hi Morehead CHp. <*? ?awfcaMn wan <h? data ? ?? ? By LIONELLE TAYLOR The Atlantic Pirates were unable to cope with the scoring attack of the Smyrna Blue Devils Friday night and as a result went down to their 10th straight loss of the year. 69 44 The Atlantic girls won over Smyrna, 37-24. The game, played at Atlantic, saw the Pirates being able to stay pretty close to the Blue Devils dur ing the first two periods but then wilting under a 42 point outburst by Smyrna in the final half. The eod of the first quarter saw the Pirates trailing by only two points at 12 10 and as the two teams left the floor at halftime the Blue Devils' lead was only three points at 27-24. In the third quarter Nelson, Lewis. Piner and teammates shar pened their shooting eyes and be gan to pull away from the smaller Viewing Sp&iii by Larry McComb The Time to Act Up until this year, Morehead City high school ruled county football like the Yankees have ruled the Ameri can league. This year Beaufort, for the first time in a decade, knocked the vaunted Eagles off their throne. "It's now possible that Beaufort fans will have to set tle for their one 'big year' for another decade or longer unless something is done in Beaufort to start a midget football program comparable to the one organized this year in Morehead City. In two or three years the effect of the midget foot ball program is going to be felt in the high school when Norman Clark starts getting boys off the Jayvee team that have anywhere from three to four years of foot ball experience behind them. It stands to reason that the calibre of teams turned out at the high school will greatly improve. Over on the other side of the river Curt Lancaster and his staff are getting players from the Jayvee foot ball squad, most of whom have never played the game before their freshman year in high school. Can players with this limited experience be expected to play on a level with other boys their same age who have three and four years of experience behind them? I doubt it. In any sport, and particularly in football, experience is an all-important factor. The Morehead City midget football league is teaching boys the fundamentals of the sport as well as giving them the opportunity of getting a taste of actual game competition. At a school where no midget program is in effect, high school coaches have to spend valuable practice time that could be used for learning more advanced phases of the game. They have to teach the fundamentals of blocking and tackling. Money, or the lack of it, is the big problem with just about every organization or program that is started in Beaufort. To start a midget football program it will take money. But the amount required isn't a great deal. In Morehead City only enough money was raised this year to equip two teams. The program purchased pants and jerseys for four teams but bought only enough shoulder pads, helmets, etc. for two teams. This way the equipment can be alternated between the four teams. Next year it is hoped that the program can buy the ad ditional equipment needed so that each of the four teams will have their own gear. Such > start could be made in Beaufort. The easiest part of the job would be in getting enough boys for a four-team league. Although it probably wouldn't be possible in the first year of operation to obtain a fran chise. much like the Little League franchises, by the sec ond year Beaufort should be able to apply for their charter and become eligible for the state and national pl#y-offs. Find a town that has had a successful midget program in operation for any length of time and you will find a high school in the same town that, year after year, will rank among the powers in prep football. But the time to act is now. Tomorrow could be too late. That's 30 for now. Air Rifle Bullet Costs Child Sight of Right Eye A MM from in air rifle hw cost Ronnie Pinkham, 11, the viai?n of hla right eye. Ronnie, aon at Nr. and Mr?. Hewy PwUwm. Beaufort, wia injured Sunday, Dec. 27, when another child fired an air rifle in hit direction. The children were playing at the time. The rifle had been given to one of them aa a Cbriatmaa gift. Ronnie la expeetei to undergo an operation for removal of the eye I in the near future. Pirates. Coach Jim Parkin's crew scored 20 points in the stanza while holding Atlantic to only eight to give them a lead of 15 at 47-32. Their 22-point last quarter gave them the final victory margin of 25 points. Curt Nelson was high scorer for the game wilh his total of 17 points however he was followed closely by Dale Lewis, Carroll Hill and Braxton Piner of the Blue Devils. Ix'wis tossed in 15 points while Hill and Piner each had 14. Bobby Nelson, Atlantic's leading point-maker, paced the Pirates in scoring with 16 points. Danny Har vey contributed 13 for the losers. Smyrna proved ineffective at the free throw line making only 13 of 24 charity shots for a shooting aver age of 54 per cent. Atlantic, mean while, was sinking 18 of 26 from the free throw line to give them a 69.2 per cent accuracy. In the opening game of the night the Atlantic girls built up a six-point lead over their Blue Devil foes in the first half and then went into a deep-freeze for six minutes and 40 seconds of the third quar ter to give them a 37-24 win over Smyrna. As a result of the freeze put on by the Atlantic girls in the third quarter only four points were scored by the two teams during the entire period, two by Atlantic and two by Smyrna. Bonnie Brickhouse of the victori- j ous Pirates paced all scorers in the game with her total of 28 points. | Linda Taylor had five points for the j winners and Cathryn Willis and Brenda Salter each had two. Holding the Smyrna forwards to their lowest point output of the Sfeastft were guards Jencey Mason, Jean-Bell and Brenda Salter. Also seeing action in the front court for Roy Cockerham's crew was Annis Willis. Two players did all of the scor ing for the Blue Devils. Carolyn Phelps finished the night with 16 points and Brenda Golden added eight. Forwards who saw action but failed to score included Patsy Taylor, Rose Arthur, Barbara Da vis, and Melinda Gillikin. Coach Walter Fulcher's back court com bination consisted of guards Sally Hooper. Claudia Brown, Patsy Chadwick, and Linda and Diane i Willis. The next action for the Blue Devils will be tonight when they entertain the Camp Lejeune Devil Pups in m return match on the Smyrna hardwoods. Atlantic is idle | until next Friday night when they take on the defending state Class , A champs, Beaufort Seadogs, in a , game to be played at Beaufort. BOX SCORE Smyrna F0 FT FF FTS Finer 5 4 1 14 Hill, J I 0 1 2 Hill. C 6 2 2 14 Lawrence 2 1 4 S Lewis 7 1 5 IS Nelson 6 5 5 IT Mears 110 3 Totals 2* 14 IS "0 Atlantic FG FT FF FTS Tallenl 4 2 4 10 Harvey, D 5 3 5 13 Nelson 3 10 2 16 Harvey, N 10 3 2 Floyd 0 3 3 3 Totals 13 18 17 44 FTA to Meet Smyrna FTA will meet Monday night at 7.30 in the school audi torium, announces Mrs. Catherine Golden, publicity chairman. Smyr na community will be in charge of the program and refreshments. DEPOSABLE sown J. M. DAVIS TEXACO PRODUCTS nwnnHM jidbjuijus an Beaufort Girls Win 1st, 59-51 Over Pamlico The Beaufort Seadogs, defending state Class A cham pions, made it six in a row for the year and 35 straight over the past two seasons Tuesday night by steamrolling past the Pamlico Hurricanes in an impressive 87-40 fashion. Beaufort u?ed a fast breaking offense and a pressing defense to completely outclass theirl Seashore Conference foes right from the opening whistle. By the end of the first quarter the Seadog scoring machine was in high gear as Beaufort posted a 21-point lead of 29-8 at the end of the stanza. Hitting more than 50 per cent of their shots from the floor the Sea dogs continued their onslaught on the basket in the second quarter to build up a 30-point halftime ad vantage at 50-20. Leading the scor ing attack in the first two periods were the three Hassells in the Sea dog lineup, Butch, Ray and Pud. After the intermission the Hurri canes proved even more ineffective at stopping the red-hot Seadog at tack as they managed only five points in the eight-minute period while Beaufort was garnering 27 points. This gave the Seadogs a lead of 52 points as the scoreboard read Beaufort 77, Pamlico 25. As usual, coach Tom McQuaid cleared his bench at the start of the final quarter. The Beaufort re serves were outscored by Pamlico 15-10 in the last quarter but the tremendous lead built up by the starting five was too much for the Hurricanes to overcome. Beaufort was still leading by 47 points when the final whistle sounded. In the scoring department Butch Hasscll kept up his 20-point plus per game average with his total of 25 points. Butch was given am ple support in the point-making de partment by his cousins, Pud and Ray Hasseil, who had 19 and 18 points respectively. Alton Hill paced the Seadog second unit dur ing the last quarter with a total of eight points while Doug Swain tossed in four. High scorer for the Hurricanes I T was Avery with 13 points. Lupton was the only other 1'amlico eager scoring in double figures as he hit for 12 points. Both teams were cold from the free throw line. Beaufort sank only 11 of 18 charity shots for a shoot ing per cent of 61 while the Hurri canes could manage only 35 per cent of their free throw attempts. They sank six of 17 tried. BOX STORE Beaufort Hassell. B. Hassell. K. Hassell. P. Hassell, J. Jones. C. Jones. I). Swain CJillikin Hill Lewis F<; FT PF PTS 10 9 9 2 2 1 2 0 3 0 25 18 19 4 5 2 4 1 8 1 Totals 11 1? 87 Pamlico Avery Daniels Lupton Stowe Watson. M. Harriett Watson. B. FG FT PF PTS 13 2 12 3 5 4 1 Totals 14 12 14 40 To Have Social The Faith Free Will Baptist Church will have a covered dish so cial Saturday night at 7 at the church. Members of the Sunday school and church are invited to bring a covered dish to the supper and remain to see a film, To the Regions Beyond. """i i =fl ALL NAME BRAND MERCHANDISE REDUCED 1 Special Group SUITS AND SPORT COATS 16 Price Suits Sport Coats REDUCED 20 to 50% TOP COATS 'A Off ENTIRE STOCK JACKETS Off SPORT SHIRTS Reduced 20% ALL SWEATERS CARDIGANS PULLOVERS 25% Off SPECIAL TABLE l/2 Price HATS Reduced 25% KNIT SHIRTS X OH Wheatley's FRONT STREET BEAUFORT, N. C.

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