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
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? 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
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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.
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