Chatham
Blanketeer
Vol. 6
ELKIN, N. C., APRIL 1, 1940
No. 9
Chatham Blanketeers
Above is pictured the 1940 version of the Chatham girls’ basketball team. They are, front row, left to right: Pete Amburn, Mildred
Poole, Ann Linback, Katherine Whitener, Helen Doub. Back row, left to right, Maurice Gordon, Jannie Sherrill, Jennie Sherrill, Nell
Snoddy, Dot Samuels, Babe Poole, Louise McGhee, and Leva Smith.
GIRLS LOSE
tournament
Enka Rayonettes Win in Finals
of Southern Textiles Tourna
ment by Score 18-14
Our strong girls’ basketball
team lost to the Enka Rayonettes
in the finals of the Southern
Textiles Tournament by a score
of 18-14. The tournament was
held in Greenville, S. C., March
6 to 9. The Blanketeers drew a
bye for the first nights of the
tournament, playing only two
games. They defeated Drayton
Mills, in the semi-finals, by a
score of 25-14.
In the Drayton game, the
points were distributed evenly
throughout the line-up, with Ann
Lineback getting six for top hon
ors. Rachel Durham and Della
Clayton were tops for Drayton
lassies with five each.
In the final game with Enka
Jannie and Jennie Sherrill led
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BOYS WIN GOLD
MEDAL TOURNEY
After Getting Off to Late Start,
Blanketeers Get Going to
Mark Up Good Record
The Chatham boys’ basketball
team made a good showing this
season after getting off to a late
start. They won over half of the
games played. The team was
defeated in the A. A. U. Tourna
ment, Class A, by the strong
Hanes Hosiery Team, and came
back to win the Gold Medal
Class A tournament in Winston-
Salem.
The boys displayed a smooth-
working offensive attack to
sweep to an easy 79-29 victory
over Knights of Pythias of Char
lotte in the Class A finals of the
Gold Medal tournament.
Led by Mann and Dixon, the
Chatham quint moved into an
early lead and never relinquished
it. Mann was the leading scorer
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