WILDCATS INVADE
RALEIGH TODA\
Temple Baptists Defeat Presbyterians
To Win Sunday School League Pennant
Leonard McKoy Stars In
41-18 Victory At YMCA
Gymnasium
By ROBERT MILLER
A fast and scrappy Temple Bap
tist basktiball squad smoUieied
the First Presbyterian quintet, 41
18, last night on the YMCA hard
wood to become undisputed cham
pions of the 'YMCA Sunday School
Basketball League.
The Temple five captured cham
pionship of the second half and
the Presbyterians were victorious
in the first half.
The Baptist squad took advant
age of their great height and play,
ed the best game of their season
to defeat the plucky Presbyterians.
Leonard “Legs” McKoy, former
New Hanover high school cage
ace in ’43 and a brother of Johnny
McKoy, star of the ’47 state cham
pion Wildcats, scored 20 markers
lor the winners. In ’43 Leonard
%as the highest scorer in the state
among high school players.
Kunning closely in height with
McKoy and lanky Harry Coleman
who controlled the rebound section
with ‘ ’Legs” and pushed in 10
points for second place scoring.
The beautiful floor play of Bill
Bowen, Linwood Grissom, and
Brian Mullinex, counted highly for
the victorious quintet as they tal
lied 11 points and set up the plays
lor McKoy and Coleman when
they could have racked points in a
harder position.
Lanky 6’1” Buster Brown, star
lor the YMCA varsity and mem
ber of the second place Presby
terians last season, was the main
eog in the defeated five’s lineup
as he tallied five of his six charity
•hots and pumped in two goals
for a total of nine capes.
Mole West and Leroy Towles,
former New Hanover High School
varsity basketball members, made
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seven shades for the Presbys and
controlled the rebound section
along with Brown.
McKoy pumped in a push shot
to start the ball game for the
Baptist and Brown sank a charity
shot to follow the lads closely with
a 2-1 score. West returned wnh a
hook for the Presby five to take
the first lead in the engagement
by a count of 3-2. Bowen made
good a charity shot and tied the
score 3-3. McKoy returned with a
crip and after Brown’s two con
secutive free throws the firs: quar
ter ended with an even margin
of 5-5.
Temple took to the lead in the
second portion of the game and
marked up 12 tallies to the Pres
byterians five. Brown sank another
free throw in the initial part of
the second quarter to take the
final lead in the game with a 6-5
count. Consecutive baskets made
by McKoy, Coleman, Grissom,
found the higher climbing score
of 17-10 for the halftime intermis
sion.
The Presbyterian’s began to
tighten up in the third portion as
they racked six points and gave
the Baptists a three point lead for
the quarter totals. The third quar
ter was increasing the Temples
margin as they ended in a 26-16
lead.
Temple took to the racking posi
tic -) in the final quarter as they
po red the points in as McKoy
chalked i^p 12 of the 15 points, to
have a lead of 41-18 for the basket
ball champions of the SS loop.
Rev. W. J. Stephenson will pre
sent the miniature gold basket
balls to the team at a brotherhood
meeting Friday week. The iads
were awarded gold miniature
basketballs with YMCASSBL in
scribed on the front with cham
pions of 1947 on the top.
TEMPLE BAPTIST
PLAYER FG FP TP
Coleman, f _ 5 0 10
Mullinex, f_ 0 0 0
McKoy, c_9 2 20
Bowen, g _ 3 2 8
Grissom, g_ 113
TOTAL ___ 18 5 41
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PLAYER FG FP TP
Towles, f_ 1 0 2 •
Thomas, £ _ 0 0 0
Brown, c _ 2 5 9
Parker, g _ 1 o 2
West, g_ 2 "1 5
Crowley, g_;_ 0 0 0
TOTAL_ 6 6 18
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PRACTICE SLATE
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Clas* A League Will Play
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Week Here
The practice schedule for the
Senior Class A Softball league was
announced last night at the Com
munity Center at the final meet
ing of the league heads before the
opening game April 14.
The schedule calls for games on
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
of next week under the lights at
Robert Strange park between 7
o’clock and 8:30 o’clock. On Mon
day the Brotherhood of Railway
Clerks plays the Naval Reserve.
On Wednesday City Optical col-,
lides with the Atlantic Coast Line.
And on Friday the Sp'fford Mills
team meets Alpha Omega.
Representative^ of the six teams
in the league adopted the type
softballs that will be used this
season. They are the Goldsmith,
J. C. Higgins, Worth, Wilson, and
Spalding.
Managers attending the meet
ing last night were Burney Cov
ington, Spofford Mills; S. A. Wells,
Naval Reserve; Frank McCall,
City Optical; A. T. Holloman, Jr.,
Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks;
John Cheshire, Atlantic Coast
Line; and Jack Woorley Alpha
Omega.
DEACONS DEFEAT
HERTFORD, 8 ■ 2
Moe Bauer Celebrates His
“Day” By Pitching: Hit
less Ball Four Frames
HERTFORD, April 3. —(AP)— It
was “Moe Bauer Day’’ here today
in honor of the big lefthanded
Wake Forest freshman who pitched
for Hertford last season in the Al
bemarle League, and Moe lived up
to the build-up in pitching hitless
ball for four innings as Wake'For
est routed the Norfolk (Va.) entry
of the Piedmont League, 8-2.
Bauer, who stands two inches
over six feet, fanned two and issued
no walks in pitching to 13 men.
Wake Forest clinched victory
with a seven-run uprising in the
fourth inning on four walks, a wild
pitch, a passed ball, an infield
out, a wild throw by an infielder,
and singles by Cochran, Teague
and Hoch. , .
Norfolk scored its runs in the
seventh.
Charley Teague of Wake Forest
starred at bat with a double and
two singles, and two runs batted
in.
Wake Forest will play the Bing
hampton (N.V.) entry of the East
ern League tomorrow at Edenton.
FOUR COLLEGES MEET
IN CAROLINA RELAYS
CHAPEL HILL, April 3. —OP)—
With the College Division consist
ing of Duke, State, Tennessee, Yale
and North Carolina, the revival of
the Carolina relays here Saturday
promises first class track compe
tition.
The high school division lists
teams from Durham, Burlington,
Granby of Norfolk, Va., Green
ville, Huntington, W. Va., and Ra
leigh.
The highlight is expected to be
the hurdle events which will pair
off Carolina’s (Chunk) Simmons
against Yale’s Sherwood Finley,
the IC4A champion who defeated
Simmons in the big meet last year.
With Carolina host to Duke in a
baseball game starting at 4 o’clock,
the relays are scheduled to get un
derway at 1:30.
Semi-Finals Slated Tonight
In Columbas Golden Gloves
I-'■■■. ", . -
Large Crowd Attends
Opening Bouts At White
ville Gymnasium
Special To The Star
WHITEVILLE, April 3 - The
Columbus county Golden Gloves
tournament got off to a flying
start here tonight as 12 fast bouts
were reeled off before a jam
packed Whiteville high school gym
nasium.
The semi-finals of the three-day
tournament are slated to be held
Friday night and the final bouts
are scheduled Saturday night.
The results of the bouts tonight
were as follows:
75 pound class novice—Bobby
Williamson, Hallsboro won a de
cision over Matt Nelson of White
ville.
85 pound class novice — Bobby
Stanley of Whiteville scored a
first round TKO over Sam Flynn
of Hallsboro.
95 pound class novice — Bob
Harwood of Whiteville decisioned
N. A. Barnes of Hallsboro.
105 pound class novice—Frank
Meares of Hallsboro decisioned
J. C. Hyatt of Hallsboro.
120 pound novice—Doug Pridgen
of Whiteville decisioned Charles
Williamson of Hallsboro in one of
the best fights of the night.
125 pound class novice—Jimmy
Riggs of Hallsboro won a close de
cisiened over O’Brien Buffkin of
Whiteville.
135 pound class novice—Bruce
Clark of Hallsboro scored a sec
ond round TKO over Geanin S1%k»
k ens of Whitevillk, and Bobby Evans
of Whiteville defeated E. V. Home
of Whiteville.
137 pound open class — Waldo
Buffkin of Whiteville scored an up
set decision over the favored
Bobby Huggins of Lumberton.
120 pound open class — Gilbert
Walker of Whiteville scored a TKO
over Clyde Todd, also of White
ville, in the second round.
60 pound division—Tracy Rhodes
won over Jack Formy Duval, both
boys are from Whiteville.
In the heavyweight open divi
sion Carl Wooten of Whiteville
was given the judges decision over
James Stanley, also of Whiteville.
BLACKWOOD DEFEATS
SUNSET PARK, 7-2
Robert “Smoke Ball” Brown
pitched five-hit ball and struck out
15 batters yesterday afternoon as
the Blackwood Sport Shop Brr.ves
won an easy 7 to 2 victory over
the Sunset Park Wreckers in a
Junior Baseball league training
contest played at Robert Strange
park
Brown was opposed by a pitcher
of almost equal brilliance, Bobby
Crawford, who wiffed 15 of the
Tribesmen but gave up 11 bases
on balls in the process which en
abled the Braves to score the
majority of their runs.
Leading batters of the fracas
were Harry “Mustard” Mathis of
Blackwood with one hit in two
trips to the plate and Charles
Smith of Sunset Park with one
bingle in three tries.
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Long Creek-Grady Girls Basketball Team
The Long Creek-Grady girls basketball team have just completed one of the most successful sea
sons in recent years. Taking over a green squad in November coach A. H. Stafford developed a team
that has held their own in some of the fastest competition in this section, playing a total of 24 games,
winning fifteen, losing eight and tying one. The team, lead by Grace Rowe, with 139 points scored a
total of.437 points to their opponents 362. The other two regular forwards, Jourine Applewhite and
Estelle Johnson scored 134 and 104 points respectively. The defense was lead by Thelma Page, Ola
Bell Rogers and Annie Highsmlth. The entire starting lineup are seniors and will graduate in May.
Five of the players plan to enter college in the fall. The outstanding reserves include Annie Pearl
Casto, Betty Faye and Dorothy Miller and Alice Cason. The team was awarded the sportsmanship
trophy in the recent Star-News-YMCA tournament.
Byron Nelson, Jimmy Demaret Lead
Field In First Rounds At Augusta
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Sunday Is Final
Day To Qualify In
Muni Golf Tourney
The qualifying rounds for the
Municipal spring golf tourna
ment will end April 6, it was
announced last night.
Play In the first round will
begin April 12 Bud the remain
ing three rounds will follow
one week later. The finals are
scheduled for the first week in
May.
Twenty-nine local llnksmen
have posted qualifying scores,
it was learned last night.
Wet Grounds
Bother Nate
Pirates May Stage Intra
Squad Contest This
Afternoon
Wet grounds continue to harass
Nate Andrews and his Buccaneers
in the spring drills at Legion Sta
dium. Yesterday the Pirates were
again forced to practice outside
the stadium, due to wet grounds.
Andrews said last night that
Emory Hewlett, local high school
and Ajnerican Legion Junior base
ball star, has been working out
with the Corsairs and is showing
up well. The Pirate manager said
the youngster may land a regu
lar berth on the mound staff.
“We will have lots of power. at
bat,” Nate said, but he seemed
to be a little worried about the
wet grounds. “It’s hard to tell
much about the fielding, as we
have been unable to get in a single
full day of practice on a dry field,”
He announced that if the field is
dry enough this afternoon an in
tra-squad game will be played,
might choose up a couple of teams
and play about four or five in
nings,” he said.
A couple of new infielders ap
peared in camp yesterday and are
expected to show their wares to
day.
Andrews said the public is in
vited to attend the practice ses
sions, which are being held every
morning and afternoon at the sta
dium.
AUGUSTA, Ga., April 3. — (#)—
A couple of veteran campaigners,
Byron Nelson and Jimmy Demaret,
led the field of 58 in today’s open
ing round of the 11th annual Mast
ers Golf tournament with three un
der par 69’s.
The two native Texans, with Nel
son now retired at Roanoke, Tex.,
and Demaret now playing out of
Ojai, Calif., had a one stroke lead
over seven others who tied at 70.
Nelson, winner of the event in
1937 and 1942, posted rounds of
35-34 over the par 72 *$6-36) Nation
al layout, while Demaret shot the
6,800 - yard course in 36-33.
Tied at 70 were George Schneiter
of Salt Lake City, Johnny Palmer
of Badin, N. C., Jimmy Ferrier of
Chicago, Johnny Bulla of Phoenix,
Ariz., Fred Haas of New Orleans,
Ed Oliver of Wilmington, Del., and
Lew Worsham of Washington, D.
C.
Recent rains left the fairways
long and soft, causing the contest
ants much trouble on the front nine,
but they tore into the back nine
for consistent sub par
Bobby Locke, the South African
champion rated as a darkhorse con
tender, had trouble with the greens
and turned in a 38-36 card for a 74
total.
Demaret and Nelson both had
birdies on the difficult 485-yard, par
five, 15th hole, where Gene Sarazen
made his famous double eagle in
1935. Demaret’s second shot land
ed in the water almost at the front
of the green but he took off his
shoes and socks, rolled up his pants
and blasted the ball out onto the
green. He sank an 8-foot putt for
a four.
Nelson, in the sand trap at the
right, exploded to within a foot
of the hole for his birdie. He was
even par through the first eight
holes, then birdied the ninth but
lost the stroke back on the 10th.
He was even through 12 holes but
had an eagle three on the 480-yard
13th hole with a 12-foot putt that,
with his birdie at 15, accounted for
his three under par total.
Demaret was over on the second
hole, but caught the stroke back
with a birdie on the third hole, to
finish the first nine in‘even par.
George Schoux of Mamaroneck,
N. Y., one of the younger pros who
is now fifth among the money win
ners, had a 71 after a bad start
which saw him miss three consecu
tive putts less than three feet. One
cost him a birdie, at the second
hole, and another made him three
putt the 4th green from 25 feet. He
had 38-33 nines.
THE LEADERS
Byron Nelson, Hoanoke. Texas. 35-34—
69
Jimmy Demaret. O.iai, Calif-, 36-33 69.
George Schneiter, Salt Lake City, 38
32_70.
Fred Haas, New Orleans, 37-33—70.
Johnny Bulla, Phoenix, Ariz., 37-33—70
Herman Barron, White Plains, N. r.,
35- 36—71. _ „ „
Lawson Little, Cleveland, O., 34-37—
71.
Chick Herbert, Detroit, Mich., 36-35—
71.
George Scheux, Mamaroneck, N. Y.,
38-37—71.
Tony Penna, Cincinnati, 37-34—71.
X-Dick Chapman, Pinehurst, N. C.,
37-35_72.
Denny Shute, Akron, O., 35‘38-~]3
Frank Stranahan, Toledo, O., 34-39—
73.
Vic Ghezzi, Kansas City, 36-37—73.
Gene Kunes, Hollywood, Fla., 38-36—
74.
George Fazio, Los Angeles, 36-39—75.
Chandler Harper, Portsmouth, Va., 37
40—77.
Charlie Yates, Atlanta, 39-38—77.
Ed Oliver, Wilmington, Del., 35-35—
70.
Ed Dudley, Augusta, 35-37—72.
Bob Hamilton, Chicago, 37-35—72.
Henry Picard, Cleveland, O., 38-35—73.
Bobby Locke, Johannesburg, South
Africa, 38-36—74.
Herman Keiser, Akron. O., 37-37—74.
Ben Hogan, Hershey, Pa-, 37-38—75.
Bobby Jones, Atlanta, 36-39—75.
Clayton Heafner, Charlotte, N. C-, 39
36— 75.
Lloyd Mangrum. Chicago. 38-38—76.
Harry Todd, Dallas, Texas, 38-36—74.
Craig Wood, Cincinnati, O., 40-38—78
Felix Serafin, Pittston, Pa., 40-35—75.
RONS Uniforms Arrive;
Squad Awaits Opener
Uniforms for the recently organ
ized Naval Reserve softball team
arrived in Wilmington yesterday.
The team is composed of mem
bers of the Organized Surface di
vision 6-29, with Stacey Wells as
business manager.
The blue uniforms have the ’et
ters U. S. N. R. on the front of
the jersey and RONS on the back
as the Reserve Officers of the
Navy are contributing financially
to the support of the team.
The team will play games
scheduled in the “A” League, but
is also interested in playing ex
hibition games, it was stated.
Practice sessions have beta un
derway about hr# yiite
TENNIS DECISION
TO COME TONIGHT
Wilmington Netters Must
Decide Whether To Sup
port Team Or Not
Whether tennis blossoms in
Wilmington or continues to
wither away in the shadow of
other sports will depend large
ly upon how many local tennis
enthusiasts attend a special
meeting to be held at the Com
munity Center tonight at 8
o’clock.
If tennis comes into its
own, at least 30-odd tennis
players must show up tonight
or send representatives. In this
way the chief .members of the
Wilmington committee that is
attempting to have Wilmington
enter the Eastern Carolina
Tennis Association during the
summer will know that they
have sufficient players and
local interest to establish a
team. Otherwise, the issue is
off and tennis will remain just
another minor sport in Wil
mington.
as memners or the commit
tee that met last Friday said:
“We can either step into the
middle of tennis in North Caro
lina or stick by the sidelines
as we have for the past years.”
Local persons, who are urged
to attend tonight’s meeting,
are H. M. Emerson, Tad
Watts, Gene Fonvielle, Mary
Bland, Mary Johnson, Tommy
Snell, Rev. Walter B. Freed,
Leslie N. Boney, Jr., Archie
Fountain, Colleen Gann, Char
les Edwards, Gerald Robin
son, Robert Getty, M. V. Barn
hill, Rev. Mortimer Glover,
Bob Andrews, Franklin Bell,
B r a y o n Broodfoot, Clark
Adams, Ed White, John Head,
John Powell, Ed Johnson,
Claude Davis, Ed Jackson, Ben
Jackson, Betty Waters, Jean
Tillet, Kitty Bass, Verna Farm
er, Martha Pence, Helen
Rouse, Nancy Brown, Emily
Ver Vast, Louise Harwick and
Rachael Stroll.
ANOTHER SHUTOUT
CHAPEL HILL, April 3 —UPi
Two shutouts in two days was the
record established here this after
noon when North Carolina’s varsi
ty tennis team stung Haverford Col
lege’s Hornets, 9-0. The Tar Heels
relinquished "but one set in the
singles and two doubles sets. j
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W. A. Brown May Take Mound
Against Highly-Touted Caps
Eastern Class AA Conference Battle Begins
At 3 O’clock; New Hanover High Trying
For Second Baseball Triumph
Little W. A. “Weinie” Brown, the 5 ft. 4 in. curve ball
artist of baseball and flashy dribbler of basketball, will
probably be given the nod by Coach Leon Brogden this
afternoon, ^hen New Hanover High’s Wildcats, fresh from
a 4-3 victory over Wilson, invade Raleigh for a loop en
counter with the highly-regarded Raleigh Caps of Skipper
Fred Eason at Devereaux Meadow at 3 o’clock.
With Southpaw Brown on the mound Herman Vick, the
big righthander who whipped Wilson Tuesday, is expected
i to take over either left or right field in the Wildcat lineup
because of his big bat. The in
field is intact with big Duncan
Futrelle. who failed to get a base
blow Tuesday but who will be in
there swinging today, on first,
either Levy Heath or Paul Hor
ton on second, Billy Hardison on
third, and J. C. Price on short
stop. The catcher is almost cer
tain to be Rudy Johnson and the
center fielder, Toddj’ Fennell.
For Raleigh, Coach Eason’s
lineup reads something like this.
Dick Sommers will be at firs!
base, Sonny Ussery at second.
John Senter at third, Bob Ben
nett at shortstop, Ned Davis in
left, Red Barham in center, and
Herbert Jones in right. Bill Crock
er is expected to be the receiver
and pitcher James Edwards or
Jimmy Lesane, the pitcher.
This team is composed of vet
eran ball players. Every man
saw action last season and Ben
nett, Senter, and Ussery are play
ing for their third or fourth
straight years. Raleigh’s only
notable loss of the 1946 club was
Walt Ferrell, the first baseman,
who slammed out several hits that
had New Hanover High reeling in
the 1946 Raleigh-Wilmington con
test at Raleigh.
New Hanover High leaves town
this morning at 9:30 o’clock, and
will return sometime tonight. To
day’s contest will be the second
straight in Wilmington’s new
white and black uniforms.
In another Eastern Conference
conflict today the Durham High
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