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TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1953 THE BLACKBIRD, ROCKY MOUNT HIGH SCHOOL PAGE 5 Sports World AS I SEE IT By JANE EDWARDS George Barclay, University of North Carolina assistant football coach, is reportedly the number one candidate to succeed Carl Snavely, who resigned in Decem ber. Barclay, a former Tar Heel All-America Lineman has coached at V. M. I, Obenin, Dartmouth, Maryland and Wiishington and Lee. He played some professional football and coached Washington and Lee to the 1950 Southern Conference championship. Although the Eea^cn is only halfway completed. Wake Forest’s current basketb"’! teiTn already has won more games than its pre decessor. The 1951-52 quint won only 10 gamr's ard lost 19. The present club has rol’od up 11 vic tories against only three setbacks. The Deacs have ten remaining conference games. Ben Hogan emerged from the sidelines to play in the $10,000 Thunderbird Country Club Invita tional and shot a seven under par 65 to share the lead after the first round. The co-leader was veteran Dutch Harrison. Dizzy Dean, the last 30-game winner in the majors, and A1 Sim mons, a 20-year-man with a .344 lifetime batting average, are the 1953 additions to baseball’s Hall of Fame. Joe DiMaggio, believed a sure thing to make the grade in his first year of eligibility, didn’t even come close. The retired Yankee Clipper finished eighth, short 81 votes. Election of Dean and Sim mons raises the membership to 64 of whom 27 have been picked by the writers. Rocky Mount’s B-squad basket ball team has a 1-1 record so far. The Babybirds lost their first game to Durham, 47-44, but came back to tak^ Wilmington, 48-36 It looks as if the B-squad might have a successful season. BUNTING - HARDY & MINGES “Exclusive -But Not Expensive” ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. WINGS — Letterman Shirts ANDREW’S ESSO SERVICE standard Oil Products Plione 468 Corner Church & West Thomas BEST WISHES FROM Birds Take Game Over UNC Squad T.'',3 E ackbirds got some stiff competition irom the Phi Delta Theta fraternity from U. N. C. Al though the fraternity team had been organized only a short time they held the Birds win down to a four point win. / The fraternity boys got off to a ; good start and at the end of the I first period they were leading ' 11-10. '^’hn Rirds retaMatei in the sec ond period getting 16 points for | the tired Phi Delt’s three. | 'I'h? Blackbirds ran into their only rsr.l trouble of the game dur ing the thi-'d period. They were not able to hit the ha.skot for a single point and tlieir lead drop ped to five points. Tlie Birds opened up in the last period and dropped in seven to get a 10 point lead. The Phi Delta then came back to cut the lead down to fcur points. The Birds won 43-39. Smokey Lancaster was high scorer for tli3 Birds with 10 points. Intramural Results In intramural basketball ho.nie- room 1 is leading the list for the sophomores. This group has won one game and lost none. Homeroom 14 has won two games and lost none to lead the junior class. Senior homeroom 203 leads with a 2-0 standing. All in all tho basketball season, as far as intramrra's are con cerned, is turning out well. Mr. Lundy is starting a new system in which four games are played each intramural period. Cats Hand Birds Conference Defeat Wilmington Wildcats sent the Blackbirds to their first defeat of the season in Rocky Mount. The Wildcats offensive play was lead by guard Sonny Jergenson and center Gerdees. Both teams played hard and fast during tlx3 first half but the Birds offense couldn’t seem to get started. When the half ended, the Wildcats had a 19 point lead. A change in the Wilmington lineup and a powerful rally by the Blackbirds cut the margin of points the Wildcats held, but the Birds still could not take the lead. The game ended with the Wildcats on top by a score of 62-49. i Those in the starting lineup for the Birds were Pearce, Patterson, Pennington, Lancaster, and Ed wards, High scorers for the Birds were “Weno” Pearce with 13 points, and Smokey Lancaster 11. ROYAL CLOTHING CO. ENGLEWOOD reezer-Fresh Delicious Birds Play Caps As this issue of the Black- biid goes to press the Rocky Mount Blackbirds are sched uled to meet one of the strong est teams of the conference, the Raleigh Capitals who have been scoring in the hundred column. The game may turn out to be one of the most im- nnrtant of the season. Murder In Basket As the Edsonians began play ractice of “A Murder Has Been Wranged,” a . terrible yell came "inging out onto the stage. “It’s :oming into the room!” The monstrous gray “It” rushed into the room, sending the cast into a flurry of confusion. The boys armed themselves and man fully tried to protect the girls. The animal scurried from one desk to another. The boys were lashing out with sticks and pieces of fur niture trying to back it into a corner. The thing finally felled by a blow from a yard stick and dropped into a waste basket. A w.nste basket? Yes! And you know that mouse was just as frightened before he met his un timely demise in such a dramatic way as those wou’d-43e stars! Open All Winter ym Sports Editor Gives Latest Definitions ‘•'Ihe Blackbird” takes pleasure in presenting the following sports terms to the readers of this papeiv Any similarity to names of per sons, places, and thiigs is purely coincidental and is not to be held against the staff or any sports authority. Referee; Corresponds to umpire :n baseball. Since pop bottles aren’t allowed in the bleachers, paper cups and rubber boots will do nicely to throw at him. Cheerleaders: Pretty girls at which the other team makes eyes and the other girls glare. Coach: Officially he runs the team unofficially the team runs him-ragged. Fan: Irractic person who doesn’t know the difference between a homerun , a touchdown, and a basket; but he roots anyway. Players: People who seize the ball and throw it from one end of the court to the other, missing the basket with surprising ease. Basket; That opening through which the ball is supposed to pass. Supposed to! Goal; A horrid obstruction upon which the ball gaily rolls round and round and where it stops no body knows. Star; Saturday’s hero, until he misses a couple of shots and be comes Friday’s Schmoo. Whistle: A noisy thing which rontiniiallv blows, rudely inter rimtirg the game. Fo'ii; “Moider the referee! He’s blind!” Phot: Normally used in refer- I •'rce to throwing the ball at the basket. Specifically, what fans wish th° referree and opposing star players would get. For School Wear — Loafers, Oxfords Award Sweaters . . . Wind Breakers At Prices You Like To Pay! KELLERTS, INC. 178 N. Main St. EDGEMONT SODA SHOP Market Center 121 South Main Street ROCKY MOUNT, N. C Dial 8151 LET ROCKY MOUNT LAUNDRY KEEP YOUR CLOTHES AT THEIR BEST 223 S. Washington St. Dial 7158 PENNEY’S A GOOD PLACE TO SHOP A GOOD PLACE TO WORK After taking the ball from “Head” Daughtridge, number 25, Stan Still is shown going up over the Wilmington guard to drop in two points for the Blackbirds. Photo By Barringer RM Upsets ^Dogs* For Eighth Victory The : Rocky Mount Blackbirds dropped Durham in the Durham gym for their eighth straight win of the season and their first con ference victory. The Bulldogs, who had a strong defense were never too far behind the Birds on the scoreboard. In the first half the Birds, who were led by the tall Bird renter Donald Edwards and guard Bobby Patterson, racked up 34 points against the Bulldogs. Durham came back in the third ■^eriod and at the start of the ?ourt,h period the score was 6 to 38. The Bird's came back in the last quarter and scored 11 points to end the game on the top side of the score with a 57 to 53 victory. The starting fivg for Rocky fourth period the score was 46 ton, Edwards, Lancaster and Pearce. Edwards and Patterson were high scorers with 15 points each. DECORATIVE FABRICS Phone 5920 Mary A. Proctor Lelia D. Steadman Interior Decorators 701 North Church Street Rocky Mount, N. C. 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