TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1951
THE BLACKBIRD, ROCKY MOUNT HIGH SCHOOL
PAGE 3
BILLY GRAY, BLACKBIRD GUARD
Pictured above is Billy Gray, who has played a fine game this year.
—Photo by Killebrew
SPORTS SCOPE
—by—
Johnnie and James
Rocky Mount has been going
strong and is looking good. Los
ing only one game in the first
half of play to Raleigh, the Black
birds stormed through its confer
ence games and was feared by all
opponents.
There may be trouble for a
few of the colleges in the NCAA
basketball tournament. Several of
the players may be ineligible due
to the fact that they are playing
their fourth varsity year. Ranzinio
and two other State players may
not be able to play.
In Spring Hope the people arc
planning to have a bowl of their
own. They have decided to call it
the Memorial Bowl and the pro
ceeds will go to civic improve
ments.
More colleges have dropped
football from their actvities, due
to the emergency. If this keeps up
only the big colleges will be hav
ing games.
Recently two more baseball
greats were voted into the Hall of
Fame. They are two of baseballs
greatest home run sluggers, Mel
Ott and Jimmy Poxx. The base-
• ball Hall of Fame is located at
Cooperstown, N. Y.
The emergency we are in now
is going to affect baseball clubs
this year. It seems that we will be
having a year of war-time sports.
Billy Murray, a former Rocky
Mount high school student and
athlete, has been appointed head
coach at Duke University.
In the heavy-weight dvision, Joe
Louis has improved greatly since
his Ezzard Charles fight. In a re
cent bout he won a 10 rounder in
4 rounds on a technical knock-out.
It took Charles, in a previous
fight, 14 rounds to floor the same
man. Men who know the ring have
stated that Louis looked better and
was in better shape than he has
looked in a number of years. This
may mark Louis’ come-back, and
is something to bear in mind if
Louis and Charles fight again, and
that is rumored.
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Blackbirds Win, 60-28
By dumping the Bulldogs of
Fayetteville, 60-28, the Rocky
Mount Blackbirds had little trou
ble getting back into the win col
umn. It was their easiest game of
the year.
There was never any doubt as to
the outcome of the game and the
Blackbirds pulled out in front
where they stayed the entire time.
The scorc at halftime was 28-12.
The Bulldogs were not able to
find the basket and only managed
to score 16 points in the last half.
They scored only 5 points in the
second quarter.
Big Ben Futrell, with 10 points,
was second in the scoring column
behind Herring. Ed Bandy trailed
him with 9 points.
Ray Vincoli was the high man
for the Bulldogs with 8 points.
McArthur along with Vincoli
sparked what little defensive the
Fayetteville team had.
By starting Bob Britt at guard
along with Dan Herring, Coach
Bill Lundy pulled a surprise. Fut
rell and Bandy played forwards
and Bob Bartholomew started at
center. Bartholomew is bothered
with a bad bone bruise on his left
shoulder sustained in the Raleigh
game. He held Nick Kanos, the
Bulldog center, dbwn to 5 points.
Herring’s scoring performance
was the highlight of the game.
When he left the game in the four
th quarter he had scored more
points than the entire Fayetteville
team.
Justice Accepts Job
As Assistant Coach
Charlie “Choo Choo” Justice
was named assistant football
backfield coach at the University
of North Carolina after he was re
leased from a three year contract
with the Washington Redskins.
Justice, a celebrated former All-
American, has had quite a time
making up his mind as to what
his future would be. He accepted
a post with the North Carolina
Medical Foundation when he grad
uated from college. He then ask
ed for a leave of absence to play
professional football with the
Washington Redskins. He signed a
three year contract with them and
now he has been released for the
coaching job kt the University.
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Blackbirds Beat Gycs
Rocky Mount took its fifth con
ference win by the score of 46-36
when they defeated the Wilson
Cyclones.
The Cyclones gave the Black
birds a rough time all through the
game, but the Birds managed to
pull ahead and wirt by a 10 point
margin.
W^ilson used a pressing defense
during the game, and the Black
birds had a hard time gaining its
victory.
Big Robert Bartholomew led
Ills team mates in the scoring col
umn. The tall center dropped a
total of IG points for the Black-
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birds.
Next came Captain Dan Her
ring with 9. It was Herring’s se
cond game at the forward post.
Following Herring was “Big”
Ben • Futrell, a forward, who
dropped three through the loop
for 6 points.
This ended the first round of
conference play, and for this round
the Blackbirds have a 5-1 record.
In the preliminary game the
Wilson “B” squad turned back the
Babybirds, 43-35. Jimmy Daugh-
tridge lead the Babybirds with 14
points in scoring.
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Birds Win 5, Lose I
Promise of great things to come
have been displayed, this year by
the RMHS basketball team. Al
ready the Birds have played twelve
games and won eleven of them.
Six of them were Conference
games.
The Blackbirds first conference
game was with Durham. The team
beat Durham 35 to 33 for the first
time in about twenty-two years.
Next the Blackbirds defeated Wil
mington 43 to 40 for the first
time in a good many years. An
other win was when Coach
Lundy’s boys beat Goldsboro 49 to
45 for their third Conference win.
When the Birds met Raleigh they
lost first place in the Conference
by the final score, 45 to 47. The
Blackbirds came back to the win
ning column by defeating Fayet
teville 60 to 28. To regain first
place in the conference the RMHS
basketball team defeated Wilson
46 to 30.
So far, during the season. Rocky
Mount high school has had a good
basketball team, mainly because
they have a good coach, Mr.
Lundy; and because they are learn
ing how. to play as a team and not
as individuals.
NIT TICKETS ON SALE
BEGINNING ON FEB. 10
New York—The ticket sale for
the first and quarterfinal rounds
of the National Invitation Basket
ball Tournament opens at Madison
Square Garden next Saturday
morning, Feb 10.
The 12-team tournament will be
held in the Garden, March 14, 12,
13, 15, and 17. The first round
wiill be played Saturday, March
10, with afternoon and evening
doubleheaders. The quarterfinals
will be played March 12, and 13.
Richard A. (Doc) White is Caro
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