TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1953
tlJE feLACKBiRD, ROCKY MOUNT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
PAOfi 5
Sports Review
with
Flaye Hammond
The Winning Five
Much has been predicted for the
Blackbird Basketball team, espe
cially since the locals put on a fine
show in their first games. How
ever, the real tests come after
Christmas.
Most of the games so far have
been non-conl'erence affairs and
have no direct bearing on the AAA
ciiaiupiousiiip. i^'rom these games
fans may get some idea of how the
Birds Will come out in the loop
clashes, however.
Smokey Lancaster has proved to
be the Birds’ top ballplayer In the
opinion of most spectators. His
jumping and accuracy on shots
from all angles are a winning com
bination. Dave Barnes, Bobby Pat-
terEon, Stanley Still, Clem Ed
wards, and Harold Gilbert, In
about that order, are other high
scorers.
As the Big Four basketball pic
ture begins to shape up, w’e find
that Wake Forest is perhaps the
top cage team in the state. The
Wolfpack was rated 7 in the jjation
before the season began; but since
then they have been defeated by
th Deacons, and it sems certain
that they won’t be ranked in the
top ten. Duke has a high scoring
ball club but lost to Vanderbilt re
cently. They will be about third.
Carolina is showing slim hopes for
a successful season and are in the
number 4 slot.
Furman is one of the stronger
teams in the state with All-
American Frank Selvy in the line
up. Davidson and Clemson don’t
appear to be strong but can’t be
counted out of the race.
CAGERS—I'hese five boys make ur the varsity basketball team,
which has won every game played so far this season. They are (left to
right) forward, Staii Still; center, Joe L'mcaster; forward, Dave
Barnts; and guards, Bobby Patterson and Craig Horn. All are letter-
men except Craig, who is a transfer student from Atlanta. Georgia.
Carolina and Navy fans walked
from the grandstands disappointed
to their arrh rivals Duk-f,
as the season ended. They had lost
Army. Duke polished the Tar Heels
while Army easily won over the
Middies, 20-7. Well, maybe next
year.
Three Birds Make
All-Eastern Team.
Three players from the 195'
Blackbirds were c!io:en to play cn
the All-Eastern AAA team. These
three players, from llocky Mouiit’s
best team in 10 years, are Joh’.ini>
Warren, halfback; Joe “Smckc^’
Lancaster, end: and Baxter Sav
age, tackle.
The All-Eastern football temr
chosen by coaches in the EaKern j
AAA Conierence and s.:orts tvriters-
around the area. .Three players
were chosen from e^ich of flip t"’'
three teams—Durham, Fayette-
v'lle, and Pr?v-y Mount pnd one
each from Wilson and Goldsboro,
^af-h boy selected was a senior
and an outstanding player on hh
team.
ParLer Wins Clip
At P. r u’^rer given by the Sports-
Club for the football team,
. •.'ailznr was presented the Billy
Jjir.(j:;i:ian - cf - the - Year
;5-iy, Kiveii annually to the
in. n who is considered ,out-
. "j 3 l)y tiio club.
In 1::4) the parents of Bill.;
I ;et up this award in mem-
j: of tlicir son, who had died of
• 'v.c'-'. ijifiy had been an out-
;irn.-'n;’ Blackbird linesman dur
ing his high school career.
^ the fourth player tq. re-
u. ,i, u.i„ r.Giiiji'.- liis-name -wi:! be
lii'^ciibed on the permanent trophy
T; 1 I'o will, he given a small iden
tical trcphy to keep.
'■’■'■j ofilcial presentation is to
•'j , the Ann.,al Awards
i'., enib’y in the spring.
RM Cagers Defeat Henderson, 76-34
In the first basketball game of
the season, the Blackbirds defeat
ed Class AA Henderson, 75-34, In
the local gym, December 1.
Henderson struck first but the
Birds immediately tied the score
and broke into the lead. By the
end of the first quarter, the score
had moved to 20-1 for Rocky
Mount.
Henderson put up a little more
fight in the second frame but the
locals increased their lead 3 points,
bringing the half time score to 33-
20. Another surge of power from
the Birds in the 3rd quarter gave
the Blackbirds a 21 point margin.
The Birds emptied the bench in
the final quarter. The subs proved
strong and the game ended at 75-
34 with Rocky Mount on top.
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Varsity Outclasses
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Winning all the way, the Black
birds easily outclassed Kinston,
74-52, last Friday night.
Led by ^'Wild Bill”
---’j'octor, rJie fsiot shooting Black
birds ccnipleial..- b;rAildei'ed the
jutolassed Ted Devi’s. The Birds
■■'c •■V' ■ I 'i’;-:v;jur,d show of
court knovv’lcdge, which was un-
i.:;d£-rod by Ue I'lin,lon defense
Hp.’f-tiin,? momentarily stopped
the higli scoring cantest at 33-20.
Takii's the corrt cn-.'e more, the
Birds fiad a 23 point third quarter,
ed by I’roctov ".viLh 10.
But the fin.nJ. O' arter was a slop
py affair. This v.'is mainly caused
by the fi'H f’ourt pvers applied by
Kinston. Both t»a:ns were guilty of
evei’y infractlcti of the rules. Thir
teen fou!."^ v:e^o, com’nitted in the
five minrtfi?; The main scor-
i’lg for the Blackbirds went like
Miis:
•7—Tnncnstcr 19
F—Procter 17
G—Patterson 13
G—Edwards 11
Grad Earns Fame
\
Bob '‘Mon’-,” Bavt’iolomew, it ap-
.pnrs ” ;U P,o?,ky Mount’s
-’■'•t ric.Tn. Tl'e 215 pound
Bi',u:kb;rrt .strsr lias already been
•vunod nl! A. C. O. tackle and
^'nhomore-of-the-Year.
Jii'^t mis'^in'T 195'? Ai’-American
.‘•elections, v.’h'ch is partly attribut
ed to a poor Wal'.e Forest season
Mo’ik liPS high hopes for 1954.
Tal!, blre-eye'l and bi.ond, Bob
was a fiO-rninutrs r'l^n throughout
the seascri. Again-1 Richmond and
Duke he ’vas rt his best, credited
with 31 taclcle.s.
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With a perfect record of four
victories against no defeats, the
Blackbirds are really eying a State
.n:x.Lupionship.
In dropping Greenville 57-45
rvst Friday niglit, t;ie Birds again
howed Che power-packed game
.viiicn has enabled them to win
every contest. 'Srnokey’ Lancaster
;'nd Bobby Patterson led the vlc-
cc-ry in the non-conference game
with 15 and 14 points respectively.
Starting very fast, the Birds
had built a 16 point lead by half
lime. Yet the Whirlies were not
to be entirely over-run as they
dominated the play in the second
half. But it was all Rocky Mount
in the long run as they proved the
oetter team by 12 points.
Last Friday night’s contest was
the last non-conference affair for
coach Lundy’s boys. As these
games were more-or-less practice
games, they stood as tests to the
Bird’s abiUty. 'rhe record speaks
ior itself—four wins; no losses.
Pre-season predictions had Ral
eigh as the team to beat. But Kin-
:ton, a double A club did it, and
the Birds later defeated them. Al
so Goldsboro, another conference
foe was whipped by Kinston.
i'here’s no question now as to
tlie Blackbirds power, they simply
have it. Led by Lancaster, Proctor
and Patterson, the Birds will prove
a tough nut to crack for confer
ence teams.
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