Chatham
WIHISTON
Blanketeer
Vol. 3
FEBRUARY 29, 1936
No. 13
Winners of Southern Textile Tournament Trophy
Pictured above is the Chatham Blanketeers cage squad who Saturday won the Southern Textile Tournament at Greenville, S. C.,
downing all opposition to walk away with the handsome gold trophy awarded annually to the winning team. The Blanketeers are the first
North Carolina team to win this trophy in the history of the tournament. They are, left to right, Fitzgerald, McBride, H. Hamhright,
coach, Cornelius, Crater, Campbell, Maxwell, F. HambrlgW, Mounce, Jones and Davis.
CHATHAM GIRLS
WIN FIRST GAME
However, Are Nosed Out In Second
Game by Marion Which Was
First Defeat of Season
The Chatham girls, of Wins
ton-Salem, were winners in the
opening round of the Southern
Textile Basketball Tournament at
Greenville, S. C., February 19th,
defeating Monogan Mills of
Greenville, 35 to 17. However, in
their second game with Marion,
N. C., they were eliminated, los
ing by the score of 27 to 24.
In the first game the girls of
fered a strong and well-drilled six
for the battle, with the two Poole
sisters, Babe and Mildred leading
the scoring. Rothrock’s brilliant
defensive play was a feature.
Girls making the trip to Green
ville were the following. Babe and
Mildred Poole, Lelia and Madia
Swaim, Prances Rothrock, Madie
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Chatham Blanketeers
Win Cage Tournament
Chatham Lands 3
On All-Southern
An All-Southern basketball
team, picked by coaches and
sports writers from players
participating in the Southern
Basketball tournament at
Greenville, saw three Chatham
players occupying berths. Pied
mont and Dunean Mills also
landed one berth each.
The team was as follows:
Emory, forward, Piedmont; H.
Hambright, forward, Chatham;
Campbell, center, Chatham;
Maxwell, guard, Chathamr,
Suddeth, guard, Dunean.
AWARDED TROPHY
Defeat Piedmont 42 to
34 to Take Top
Ranking*
TEAM IS PRAISED
The Chatham Blanketeers won
the Southern Textile Basketball
Tournament championship Satur
day night at Greenville, S. C., by
defeating the strong Piedmont
team by the score of 42 to 34.
With their opponents in the role
of favorites, the Blanketeers rose
to new heights in both offensive
and defensive play to walk off
winner. The score at the half
stood 17-17, but the Piedmont
cagers were unable to withstand
the brilliant attack of the Blanke
teers, featured by Crater, Ham-
bright, Campbell, Maxwell and
McBride.
The game was witnessed by a
crowd of 7,000 including Governor
Clin D. Johnson, of South Caro
lina.
Eighty-one teams from seven
Southern states participated in
the tournament. In the first game
against Peltzer, the Blanketeers,
paced by Crater, H. Hambright
and Maxwell, led at the half by
the score of 29 to 18, running the
score up to 53 to 34 at the final
gun. In the second game the
Blanketeers defeated Judson by a
score of 30 to 26. In this game,
Crater and H. Hambright led the
offensive play with Maxwell, Mc
Bride and Campbell outstanding
in defensive play.
In the semi-finals, Chatham
met and defeated the strong Dix
ie Spinners, of Tennessee by 44
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