Friday, February 13, 1959
At Smii in Thn Mirror's
SPORTS
THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
of Athletes
and Events
No one can deny the importance
of good shooting and clever ball
handling in a basketball game, but
just as necessary for the team that
wants to go places is the ability to
control rebounds.
On those occasions this season
that the New Bern High school
Bears made a particularly good
showing, they at least held their
own under the basket. It will al
ways be true, and that of course
goes for college and pro ball too.
Nothing disconcerts the opposi
tion more than losing possession
of the ball every time a toss at the
basket misses its marl
On the other hanfl, a ball club
with rebounding strength often
wins even when its shooting is
below par. As long as you have the
ball, there’s always a chance to
try and try again, until the goal is
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achieved.
These are facts well known to
every coach and every player, but
it isn’t easy to make the wish for
excellence blossom into reality. Un
less a team has one or several tall
men to rely on, the going is bound
to be rough.
Being tall isn’t enough. Unless
your tall man is agile and aggres
sive, he is apt to be ineffective un
der the basket and a definite lia
bility in the mid-court action.
In fact, almost every team has
somebody, who is tall warming the
bench while a teammate of shorter
stature is out there in the thick
of things. Even so, every coach
dreams of stumbling over a flock
of youngsters who measure well
above six feet.
Incidentally, it is this corner’s
opinion that some of the officiating
here this season has been rather
inferior. The New Bern-Kinston
game was a glaring example. No
one was robbed, but both the Bears
and the Red Devils suffered from
bad calls.
We don’t have much patience
with the coach, player or fan who
thinks every official is a Jesse
James, intent on stealing ball
games for the team he allegedly
favors. But an honest official who
isn’t qualified can hurt you almost
as much as the referee who is
downright dishonest.
A second-rate official can ruin
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SERIOUS BUSINESS—Mark
Dunn, Jr., lives basketball
during his hours awake, and
probably dreffms about the
game at night. He is a con-
scientous striver for per
fection, as a performer for
the New Bern High school
Bruins. — Photo by Billy
Benners.
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more disturbing, he usually lets
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When it happens, unpleasant inci
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
En route to purchase the 1959
auto tags, my wife asked if we
bought the city tags at the City
Hall. I told her we bought the tags
at the AAA office on Craven
street. The car was parked across
the street from the AAA office,
and. she remained in it while I got
the tags.
Upon my return, she asked why
I had told her we did not have to
go to City Hall, when I actually
went in the building with a huge
sign emblazoned on it — “CITY
HALL.’’
Inasmuch as the Court House
has been ordered properly marked
as such, do you think that a cam
paign could be started to switch
the misplaced sign over to City
Hall and eliminate another location
hazard?
Cordially,
Philip A. Fecher
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stand.
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above the Mason-Dixon line, I
think I can speak Objectively about
your weekly. Your style of person
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and it is my candid opinion that
your human interest stories, col
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