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'cbruary 23. 1950
the collegiate
Paif** Thri*»'
AC CagersTravel To Conference Touniameiit
by johnny colones
Basketball in tne North State
Conference usually characteriz-
eti by win-at-home, lose-on-the-
■c id, took a reversal tor the
TB49-1950 season. Predictions for
g mad scramble for the top po
sition became fact for mid-sea-
0on with the terrific play from
the High Point Panthers, who
h id a twelve game conference
gkein at one time and a boast of
eighteen consecutive victories
jgntil ECTC Pirates dropped
their anchor The fight for second
pi.ice changed almost weekly
ir.til the final week before the
illtoppers from Appalachian
r-w well ahenC on ability to
■11. in late season road games.
The tourney teams to partici-
toati' at Statesvile come Feb. 23-
Tt'. were known when E 1 o n
Christians sewed up n u m l>e r
eight berth by downing ECTC
f 30, to eliminate any hope by
CTC.
Scoring potency ot the home
im has been an established
rulf for the North State Con
ference, in which teams travel
ed long distances, four hundred
liN s from corner to corner,
iid the ability of a team to win
n the road has been synonom-
us with the winning the loop
attles.
Here at home t h e Bulldogs
ailed down sixth position with
early February road trip
hich caught fire at Lenoir
l.yne and blew hotter for the
ext two evenings, in the sub-
ero hills against Western Car-
lina. The scoring ability of
hree Crutciifield men to hit
ouble figures were Tart, Glaz-
r. Suggs, and AUsbrook, ram-
odding the attack. Incidentally,
jul Glazer has taken over
ourth place in conference scor-
ng-
A fast break nnd open style
f offense predominated the
umes, but the use of the slow
reak and set plays has broken
nto the conference pattern. Con-
trulled ball tactics were detect-
i the latter part of the season,
iffense was generally forgotten
the overall attack zealed to
ri opponents off the court, and
a willingness to ti-ade goal for
”oal.
The odd features ot this
ear’s conference race were:
(1) Fifth place Lenoir Rhyne's
nocking off the U. N. C. Phan
toms who are doing all right in
leir own Southern Conference
race and are tagged by many
j the dark horse winner in its
own tourney. (2) Western Car-
oUna’s disappointment a f t e r a
^ood last year’s team and with
■St of those players back for
the 49-50 season. (3) And no one
expected High Point to literally
run away with the race. Not
even High Point. (4) The off-
and-on-again two minute rule
which was so odd the confer
ence adopted the Dixie Classic
Interpretations in mid-season,
(f^l Oh, yes- the whistle blowers
—nothing odd about these gent
lemen who call fifty or more
fouls per game which actually
sti, : play of only a forty minute
j<-b and then our Mr. Referee
V. liks off with $25. Who’s odd?
Me Joe Fan
(ilazer-Sugg
Fitiisli Play
Stott Is-Unable
To Make Berth
On Tourney Trip
The North State basketbaU
season was on the verge of com
pletion this week when the an
nual conference tournament v«, “
staged in Statesville.
The tournament annually
completes the season for I h e
teams in the small college
group in North Carolina.
Atlantic Christian’s better
than average cagers were set
to leave here Thursday to take
part in the affair. j
Wi'TV Five Fails
Only one team in the confer- ;
ence, Western Carolina Teach*
ers, failed to gain a berth.
Teams playing in the event
this year were. High Point, Ca* |
tawba, Elon. Lenoir Rhyne. Ap- ’
palachian. East Carolina Tach-
ers» Atlantic Christian, and
Guilford.
Coach Bill Crutchfield's war
riors finished up their regular
season last Saturday night in i
Greenville before a packed
house when they lost to the
ECTC Pirates, 65-35. |
Without Slot!
They were playing without the
services of their steady guard, i
Bobby Stott, who didn’t don the |
flannels because of a deficiency !
in grades. * i
It was thought at the 1 a " 11
minute that Stott would play in i
the game but a reconsideration
of his case was not foorthcoming
and he failed to mar.e a berth.
GLAZKR I.KADS
Leading the ACC contingent to
the tournament was senior cap
tain, Paul Glazer, the Chelsea.
Mass. hotshot who was whipping
the cords for the last time as ; Qq ThrOU^h SlcltO
a Bulldog eager ' • , - i
Also departing after the; Un(lGl0HtO(i IH
tournament will be Raymond ; t 4.., i T
Sugg. Atlantic Christian’s able i nil dinUl !-/()()])
ACC Basketball Team Faces Point
)
The <'hrintijiu hmikf'tball abovf*. find it toujth iMuk thlji Mrrk Thi*y hud lr> o{>f»n
ihc antiuMl Niirth Stale tuurnMni«'iit by pUying Hiir^ Point Htiuwn «hove, flrat row. loft to
riiEhl. Hobby 8tt>lt. I'mul OUxer. Usymond Sukk. and Jai'k AlUbrook Seroml row. I«ft to rlicht.
Charlie Hoykiii. Hennett FlowMrn. Coh(*n Tart, and Holiby Tart itark row, l«*rt to rUht.
Luia.><, tnanaK»*r. Hill ('rutrhfUdd. head conch. Held InKratiam. Key CokkIum. IMrk Stroud, and
('har)le Kink'. manax*‘r.
\V())uc}i Start
Ca^c Affair
I’hi Si^rma Tau
('a>roi*s Top Hvont
W’ith 'Phroe Wins
The (ilrl'a department of In
; tramural S|K>rU ha» l>rgun it»
' li»30 buskethull tourn.ttnent
i *^pc<*latorii pr« du't that thu will
' be one «»f (he l>r»t tournanirnlB
of the* iifa»on.
Miss Kathrrinr l.^*wif. head of
Women’s Athletic*. rrp4trl» that
thrrr is kfrn competition on all
the teams and th.it each team
I has displayed o i> d 'itM)rtman-
ship.
Sorority l4*ad»
Phi Sigma Tau '^iJr«»rity f«j>
taine<l by t'arol Summerfirld is
currently leading with a r»*i t»rd
of threr wins and one drfrat
.Second place held by the
Ternjllr* captained by Johnnie
Sawyet with a 2>l ic’ford Thr
Terror-: captain#<t by Cliarlotti*
Hurst with a .-2 i<*rord ar<* in
third placr Slginti Tau <'hl S*»-
rority and I>ctta Sigrna sorority
taplainrd by Marv l.ou =
U'T and Jrrry l>v<*rmun rriiiK*«'t-
ivrly air fourth in the tourna
ment with a 1-1 rrmid The cel
lar position is hrid t)v the
Who’cns faptained by Joyce
Mallory with a 0-3 rrcoril.
Itadminion Tournry
The badminti»n tournament
wa.>» haltiMl before it could l>e
flniNhe<i dur to .i :’onfUct with
the boy’s baKkrtball practice Aa
s<M>n as thr »ra»on is uvvt, the
Athletic departmrnt icports that
the tournament will b<» resum
ed.
Other types of corn|>etllive
games are on schedule for th**
center mainstay. Their loss is j
expected to cripple the ACC of- ’
fense for next season.
Si^ma Alpha A(X^ Fans Can Pin Future^
[ girl’s on ranipus
lakes Crown Ca^e Hopes On Jay (^lark Lose
Bird Reveals \ ^
Nine Slate
SiaridinfN
Graham Leads
Scorers
Loop
I Hel>els
, Deacons
i Cyclones
; Trojans
I Tigers
- Bulldogs
Sigma
Alpha’s
W
3
2
2
I
U
high
L
0
1
3
3
2
4
flying
Rebels walked off with top hon
ors in the boys’ intramural
division by trouncing all C(»mers
Catawba’s high-flying Graham
put on last minute scoring
steam to nose out Joyce of High in a spirited play-for-fun depart
Point to take top scoring honors ment.
for the North State Conference. The Rebels' attack was I <• d
The 10 leading scorers: , by Joby Griffen, Uonald White,
1 Graham- Catawba- 304 in 20 Ernest Atkinson. Vernon Ko.-
games buck, and Earl Roberson.
2. Joyce- High Point - 301 In 22 ! Krpeat<-r»
, The Rebels
3. Hall-Guilford- 242 in 18 games
games
4. Everton-ECTC' 255
are repeaters
f taking 11
win record for the last two
.... .. T i the win bracket by taking t h '
19
Point- 250 in 19
games
S.Waiz- High
games
0 .Sallari-Lenoir Rhyne- 272 in
21 games
7. Hunt-High Point- 277 in 22
games
8. Russell-ECTC- 237
games
9. Wells-Lenoir Rhyne- 253 in 21
games
10. Cousey-Appalachan- 273 in 23
games
in
19
sons.
Not to be forgotten are t n c
lanky basketeeri from Phi Del
ta Gamma who came from the
depths of obscurity to cop run-
nerup position this year.
Highest single scorer for one
game was Jolly James who
tallied a total of 42 against itie
Trojans of Phi Kappa.
The Trojans and the Cyclones
were tied for third place honors
with the Tigers taking a single
and the Bulldogs left holding the
bucket with a 9-4 record.
Former Wilson
Hi^h Star Will
I’lay Next Season
The first look at the future of
the Atlantic Christian basket
ball forces for next season gives
one a hopeless thought for the
1 future.
Leaving the team will be Paul
Glazer, all conference forward,
and Raymond Sugg, mainstay
at center, and Bobby Stott at
guard.
That leaves the offensive
chores up to Bobby Tart who
I has one more year.
Probably The Best
But on the Atlantic Christian
campus at the present time Is
probably the greatest high
I school athlete ever to enroll
here.
His name is Jay Clark and he
halls from Wilson. Because he
was graduated from high school
way back In 1946 and hat had
a hitch in the army since then
his press notices have been'
dimmed a little but It seems!
I^)Ull(iojirs To Play
Ten Baseball Games
At Home This Year
A 17-game baseball schedule
has been announced for the 1950
Atlantic Christian college dia
mond crew.
The announcement of the
slate was made by M. J. Bird,
athletic director of the institu
tion.
Coach Bob Hrynoldn will
guide the destinies of the dia
mond nine during the coming
campaign, it will be hU first
term at the helm of the dia-
I mond crew.
The Bulldogs will play 10 of
their games at home this sa-
son. Ail home games will be
played at Wilson’s Municipal
stadium.
The schedule is, March 31,
Atlantic t 'hristian's fighting
bulldogs dropt>ed a hard fought
game to High Point in the col
lege gymnaKium on Satur<lay
February II. by a 75(13 score
High Point led the bulldogs the
entire game and w e i e never
seriously threatened II T a r t
and P. (5h»/«r le<| the A. C
scoring with 17 and 10 poitits
Jesse Joyce raptured high .*r-
ing honors for thr game with 30
points.
that his abilities still stand out. [ Qullford, here; April 1, I^nolr
Shares Scoring Load
Clark Leads Pups
To Cage Victory
Jay Clark, a Wilson native,
■nrl a UNC transfer, pumped 33
: oints through the net against a
smart Campbell College quintet
•. lead the Kennels in the initial
>uting.
Trailing by a fieid goal deficit
It the half, 27-25, the Bullpups
iverhauled the visitors with a
timely long-shot display put on
by George “pro” Spirtos and
Grady Griffen with eight points
'■■ich. Jack Bynum was top net-
ninker for the Campbells with
'' points.
The Junior Bulldogs, coached
'^y Bob Reynolds. and Ted In
graham, have come a long way
with the material on hand.
Coach Selects
All-Loop Five
After having seen the best
teams in the conference and
looking the players over care
fully, Coach Bill Crutchfield of
ACC says that his choice for the
iilJ-conference berths would go
ForwardB- Glazer, ACC, and
Graham, Catawba; Center-Sue-
ta. High Point; Guards-Hunt,
High Point, and AUsbrook. ACC.
Coach Crutchfield said that
Hunt is presently leading the N.
S. Conference in scoring and is
a candidate for All-American
honor*.
Clark played a little football.
Just enough to be one of t h e
best “T" quarterbacks ever
turned out in this state. He
made the Shrine team in 1945.
His play in the Shrine game in
Charlotte was unusual. It seems
that he was selected more or
less to make up 22 men. But
when the starting gun sounded
Jay Clark came off the bench
to pitch the North Carolinianji
to a stunning victory over the
South Carolinians and he was
named the outJtandjng pertorm-
er in the contest.
Rhyne, here; April 5, High
Point, here; April 7, Catawba,
here; April 12. Norfolk Navy,
there; April 15, Klon, here;
April 18, ECTC, there; April 20.
Appalachian, here; April 21,
WCTC, here; April 22, WCTC,
here; April 29. Norfolk N ; v y,
here; May 4, High Point, there)
May 5, Catawba, there; May fi.
Lenoir Rhyne, there; May 9,
ECTC, here: May 10. Guilford,
there; and May It, Elon. there.
High Point Five
Better Than Aver„e^^^^^ : ConfeVCnCe
T.ri »bote Atlantic ChrlstUn college Jnnlor,
K’:ur.?oT.Tor2?.‘^lo*u‘^for :
His Basketball? He was
than average. He was a h i g h
scorer on Wilson’s team which
tied for the eastern champion
ship in 1946. He was a standout
forward in 1945 also and w a *
named on the all-conference
team two years in a row.
Baseball, however, is his best
game. Clark is a shortstop or a
third baseman, having made all
conference in high school at
both positions. He Is a slugger
at the plate and poles the long
ball type of hits.
Best In Basebdl
M. J. Bird. Atlantic Christian
; athletic director, says that
; Clark Is probably the best base-
I ball product ever turned out at
the Wilson High school. Great
things are expected of him In
that department.
He was not eligible for varsity
competition in football, basket-
I ball and baseball this year be
cause of the transfer rule. He
attended the University of
North Carolina one quarter last
year.
But when September I, 1950,
rolls around Coach Bill Crutch
field will have at last found a
"T” quarterback that U cap-
1 able of running his football of-
' fense. The prospect has been on i
' the campus all along but
i Crutchfield has had to keep,
! hands off.
' Watch Jajr Clark next year’
I when he takes off on his varisty i
athletic Journey at Atlantlcj
Christian.
High Point's fiTocious I’unlh-
ers lire atill lending the field In
the North State conferenci* with
a 12-1 record. Their only loss
has b<-en to the KCTC f'lrati:.
In an encounter at Greenville.
The position!: have been set
tled for the iournament at
Statesville on Kebruury 23-2^
WCTC is the only team that did
not qualify for the tournament
The napless Catamonts had a I-
II record on February 13, and
this placed them In the cellar.
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