TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1958
THE BLACKBIRD, ROCKY MOUNT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
PAGE FIVE
Tennis, Golf, Baseball In Season
Veterans Compose
Net Team; Golfers
Lack Experience
With five of the the top six men
on last year’s strong tennis team
returning, netters are looking for
ward to one of the finest seasons
ever, while the golfers have only
one letterman returning.
Pre-season postholders for the
“racqueteers” are expected to be
Reed Nelson, junior, first; Blarney
Tanner, junior, second; Russ
Clack, senior, third; Bob Carr,
senior, fourth; Ed Dunn, junior,
fitli; and Butch Jones, junior,
taking over for graduated J. B.
Williford, sixth.
Players, Schedule Listed
Other players on the squiad who
are expected to give the top six a
fight are Henry Hinson, Randy
Vick, Harry Felton, and Phil Har
ris.
This year’s tentative schedule is
as follows:
Date Opponent Place
March 28 Durham There
April 1 Wilson Here
April 8 Wilmington Tliere
April 11 Raleigh Here
April 15 Goldsboro There
April 24 Wilson There
April 28 Durham Here
May 2 Wilmington Here
May 6 Raleigh There
May 9 Goldsboro Here
Golf Features Youth
Golf team features a young and
untried squad to do the job of
last year’s team, which was fourth
In the state, with Haywood Evans
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being the only retiu’ning letter
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Those wishing to fill the shoes
of Adam Maples, Ed Justa, and
Don Harris are Pat Thurman,
Alan Cronenberg, Dan Robbins.
Henry Waters, Kit Ellington and
John Tullous.
Pi’actice for the green team be
gan yesterday and the bojs will
start playing for position the week
end of March 22.
Baseball Tryouts
Show Fair Team
For This Spring
Baseball practice started March
3 with only a few hopefuls ti-ying
out for the team, but, the general
opinion of these is that if they
work hard at least fourth place is
theirs.
Sandy Dalton, junior pitcher,
said, “This j ear’s teams look as
good as last year’s, even if we did
lose sevei-al of our best players. I
expect the sophomores to be the
bulk of the team and will see a
lot of action.
Alton Oakley, senior letterman,
will be the top pitcher and is ex
pected to repeat the same fine
perfoiTnance he did last year. Bill
Dunn, letterman outfielder, and
David Harper, secondbase letter
man, are two more seniors who are
expected to help form the nucleus
of the team.
Kenneth Phelps, junior pitcher,
predicts, “Hard work and sopho
mores will deteiTOine our confer
ence standing this j«ar. I choose
Wilmington to lead the league.
Hitting wall make or break us,” he
added.
Transfer student Chuck Short
from Ronoake, Virginia, where he
lettered last year at shortstop, will
give the team a boost. Chuck
mantained a high hitting average
all last season for his school.
Has Successful Year
Cage Drama Draws Curtains
The Dim View
By Russ Clack
Bird Cagei’s wound up with a
respectable 6-6 record in AAA
Conference play and are to be
congratulated. The boys worked
hard and made the season a fine
one ending with the triumph over
Wilmington.
Next year’s team should be bet
ter as this year’s team was com
posed mostly of juniors. Seniors
playing their last game were Bob
Moor«, Jimmy Parker, Russ Clack,
David Harper, and Tommy Reese.
4c % 4:
With spring sportjs starting their
schedules at the end of the month,
teams have started practicing.
Baseball got a jump on tennis and
golf starting on March 3, with the
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On the tennis courts, whenever
weather permits, Reed Nelson is
being seen swinging away at the
little white ball; Blarney Tanner
and Ed Dunn have also done their
share of practicing.
Golfing takes the attention of
Haywood Evans and John Tulloss
who are often seen perfecting their
putts and such sti'olling around
the golf course.
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It has been heard through the
grapevine that we ma>v have a
track team. If so, it will be a
worthy addition to BM’s list of
sports activities.
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Birds were rated as a darkhorse
in State AAA Tournament as a
result of their win over Wilming
ton, but this didn’t help as they
lost to Greensboro Whirlies, 64-
47.
Local hoopsters displayed their
abilities as they defeated the Wild
cats of Wilmington by 67-54, Feb
ruary 18. Three men scored in
double figures for RM. Haywood
Evans hit for 22, Ed Dunn dropped
in 16 and Bob Moore, who ended
his high school basketball career
s with a fine sholw-
^ ing, racked up 17
^ tallies and pulled
I down 14 r e-
I bc'jnds... Bobby
I J o e Ayers 1 e d
I the fine defensive
effort.
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Whirlies Defeat Birds
Whirlies defeated the Black and
Gold in the first round of the
tournament, February 26, as they
bottled up Evans holding him to
12 points, which also defeated his
chance of breaking the RM school
scoring record. Other Birds were
free but just
couldn’t get their
shots to fall.
Evans secured 10
rebounds and
Moore came thr
ough with 13
points for high
scoring honors and
Rocky Mount kept within strik
ing distance of the Wliirlies up to
the latter part of the third quar
ter when the lead was streitched
to 14 points. At the close of the
last quarter it had been increased
to 17.
For the Birds it was (all-around)
a night of poor shooting as they
hit 14 for 54 shots, giving them
a low 25.9 percent. After hitting
4 out of 5 charity throws in the
first quarter, they missed 17 in
the final three quarters.
Evans Paces Cagers
Blackbirds were paced this year
by 6-0 forward. Haywood Evans,
who also lead the league in scoi'-
ing and free throw shooting. Hay
wood finished with a 19.3 aver
age, 231 points in 12 games, as
opposed to 151 points in 9 games,
16.8 average by center John Key
of Durham. At the diarlty line
Evans led again
as he hit 81 of
103 attempts for
a 78.6 percentage
with Key again
holding the se
cond spot with
77.1 percentage.
Evans
Moore
rebounds.
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