North Carolina Newspapers

NCC CLAIMS INTERCOLLEGIATE CROW HIGH SCQ^ER ON PACIFIC COAST 4i SPORTING WORLD PAGE TWO— THE CASrSLlNA TIMES SATURDAY. MARCH 18th 1940 WILLIAM A. TUCK, SPORTS EDITOR HILLSIDE HORNETS CLOSE SEASON WITH DOUBLE WIN ies Bow to Smith And ACC SEE STORY PAGE EIGHT MORE SPORTS READ THE SPORTS BAZAAR Bjr Bill T«ck—Pl»g« Thr«*. Eagles Victory Over Union ■ Starts Trouble DUliHAM — N. C. Collieere Eagrles eBtalbli^»d thenuMlvM last Tuesdf^y night as the most likely contender! for th» 1V40 Nation*l Intercollegiate Championship by downing the mi|rhty Union Pan thers 43-29. The Eagles ended their season with a record ci 16 con ference wins, defeating such teams (b Union, Va. State, Smith, A and T, St. Paul, and Bldefield in conferenes eomp«tition and loaing only to Hampton. In sporting circles, considerable controversy hab been raiaed re garding Union’s claim to the 1&40 CIAA title in view of the fact that both teams have finished the season with the a^Vn« number of victories. The controversy is heighten«d by the fa«t that Lineola has defeated the Panthers 44-«3il B«cause he scored 13 points in the last two games of the season ‘againat the Universit/'of South ern C^fifomia, newly crowned Southern division champions, JACKIE ROBINSON, UCLA’s treat basketball star and all round athlete, Won the league’s high scoring 'championship 'for tne s&lion. Jackie scored 148 points in the 12 conference grames for an average of more than 12 points per contest. Coaches of the Southern divi sion of the Pacific Coast confer ence consisting of UCLA, C£>’i- fornia, Stanfora and USC later named Robinson as forward o» the All-Star team. ^taiesvilie 1 ops a, b. ;!5mith High fvind the Eagles have IJnion 48- 29. It is particularly noted and stressed that both teams have cT'ly one conference defeat, but Union refused to play the “C” C.arolinians until they had de manded of the Eaglei. an agree ment to the effect that the re sults of the game would not be counted in the season’s rating, t'.id had the assurance of the Executive committee of the ^lAA that because of the said agreement the results would ■ not be counted as a conference game. So Anxious were the Eagles to prove their supremacy that the agreement wma made, The result! of the Tie« tory the Eaglet over the Panther* it a«w Icaova through-out the eonntrr. In addition to a conference re cord over-shadowing the Unlon- ites, the Eagles hold victories over W. Va. State and Ky. State College, in the Mid-Weat confer ence and >«ive defeated the out* standing team in the Southern Conference, Florida A and M. by an overwhelming score of 68-M. It is doubted that any one tt^ in the country can cite it record which jrill parallel this for'the preient teaeoa. GREENSBORO — Concluding an entire day of play at the A and T College Gymnasium, the quintet from jSorning Side High School of Statesville made de finite their right to be called thf, best high school team in iiorth Carolina and Virginia by defeating E. E. Smith of Fay etteville in tHe final game of he fifih annual dual state high sc p 1 bas'ketbail tournament, Saturday, February 24. The s;i re in tiiis championship game was 3'2-18. At halftlme Slates- ville team advanced to the finals b..’ winning over High Point by ci fau". , Ly -f-bo^rg 51-18 and ,;:-2i. i u, c 16. i.ii- ■ ume through to th“ finals by defeating Saun- tcn, Va. 26-24 in an overtime game in the first match and by out-shooting Hillside of Durham 28-24 in the semi-finals. Stateviile was plainly the sup'erior team that took part in the tournameni and it was ob served from all points that this team had not match in North Carolina or Virginia. Most of the other etanis were closely matched a^ wSs evidence by" the fact that the first two games t the meet were over time affairs. Dudley High of Greensboro, and Dunbar of Lynchburg played to a 21-'21 tie at the end of the o pening game with-Dunbar win ning in the overtime period In tne very next game, Fayetteville and ^SU>inton were at a 22-22 (iCL tokeltiall Hecord 1940 North Carolina College 3'7 — North Carolina Collie 43 - North Carolina College 35 — North College 27 - North Carolina College 40 - North Carolina College 32 - North Carolina College 37 — North Carolina College 49 - North Carolina College 44 - North 9«rolina C«Il|ge 48 - North Carolina C^H^e 68 - NortlhCarolina College 36 - North Carolina College 36 - North Carolina College ll North Carolina College 58 - North Carolina College 41 - North Carolina College 61 - North Carolina College S3 - North Carolina College 35 North Carolina College 61 - North (^irolina College 43 North Carolina College 36 - Nort^ Carolina College 36 - Ncrlii Carolina College *S Kortib Carol^ College 46 . Green Wi(ves - - ’Bluefielji —1 *W. Va. State - - Wilberforce — - Ky, State - Morristown — - *Va. S^^te - *Shaw U. - *J. C. Smith - - *St. Aug. - “Fla. A. & M - *Shaw "U. - ’’JCy. Stffte - - *Bluefield — - ’St. Aug. »St. E«,ul —^ - *Va, State — - *mmpton — - Fayetteville - - *St. Paul - *A & T - *J. C. Smith - - Fayetteville — - “Union - *A and T —■ Totals 944 Opp. - 36 S3 ■ 27 30 . 48 - 8 33 31 . 38 ■ 23 -26 • 18 . 30 - »4 - 16 - 25 - 46 - 37 - 18 -20 - 26 - 33 - 33 - 29 - 33 7^1 Hornets Girls And Boys Turn Back Oxford BY WILLIAM “SMILING” TUCK (SPORTS EDITOR) DURHAM — The boys and girls basketball teams of Hillsidfe Park high school rung down the curtadn on a successful 1940 seavon here Thursday night, March 7, when they took twin victoriee from Mary Potter of Oxford. The Hillside girls were avenging and early leason defeat when they outshot the senior stfrs of Oxford 16-23 but the hoys were merely repeating what has been happening all aeaeon. In running up this 75-43 count they scored more pointa than been scored in any other game all season. It was in the early^ seconds of i ■■ - thp game that Tucker of Hillside j it was the »tory in the third dropped in a shot from the side anj final quartere ^ Taeker end fiolden Gloves CHABiLOTTE — Plana for the third annual Carolinaa Golden Glovea Tonmament for amateur boxers are nearing completion, according to an announcement from Paul Richardson,, who is supervising the . tournament un der the auapicea of the local American Legion Posts. The dates for this year’s tournament are April 8, 9 and 10 and a record breaking num ber of entries is expected. In- fcrmation concerning the tourna- ipent can be secured by writing either Paul Richardson at 135 W. 4th Street, or Arthur Ander- aon at 419 E. 2nd Street in this elty. Art-Crafts DURHAM —.At the Hillside Community Center, March 11-16, the arta and crafts department will feature bone carving every jjay. On Monday and Thursday the men of the staff will present a rifle match; Monday there will be a basketball game here with the Greensboro Community Cen ter; Tueeday the table games department will feature Jack roek eonteat, and there will be a box-hockey tournament on the •am^ l^iemoon. On Monday and Saturday the making ol shepherd Pipes will be featured by the music depart- raeat. Livingstone 1940 Cagers MISTRESS OF SWING I oi the. court; this wa^ followed by easy shots from Southerland and Carlton to bring the count tv^ 6-0 as Oxford cahed the first time-out. After Carlton made good a free throw, Clement be gan the scoring for Oxford; then Ckrlton and Southerland tallied. At thia point there was a slight let down in the Hornet defense and Datvis and Turner slipped in two shots for the visitors. With the score at 18-8 at the end of the first quarter. Coach Cole of Hillside sent in an entire new team but thia made no difference in the ga(me. The new team con- tlrued the scoring and made the score 2«-18 as the half ended. Carlton set the pace with 16 end 19 pointa respeetlTel^ i«r t]ie 76-43 victory. Bvery man ea HilMde squad went into thia ((Nme as Oxford made a^ deeperate at tempt to find themeelree. la connection with thie fipal game, the fiillaide AtMetie Com mittee ap6n»ored "parenite ni^t” in their yHttempt to the parenta of the playera for the fine apirit of coopei^tion shown by parenta andi atudanta all aeaeon deapite the abaence of athletie fjitellitlee at the Hillside School. A aeetlon waa reserved for the of all playere. Plumijt|:ious June Richmond vho is featured with' Andy Kirk’e and hia Clouds of Joy” is the bambehell of rhythm. Misa Richmond who scored an^immedi- ate succasa with Cab Calloway^ before eoming to the Kirk aU* gregation a sensation—a well— known fact in band circlea. rO»^air«ae« teama. **Counted for National Rating. Athletic Confab At iUather CAMDENj S. C. —The South Carolina Athletic conference a- mong secondary schopla Is to be held at Mather Academy, March 8 and 9. The top teams of the conference, both boy* and girls v'ill be feted. i The leading Wgh schools of tflie standstill at the end of t/he game but Fayetteville lucked out. Thii tournament may turn out to be the only one that N. will see this year since the deci sion of the State high school principals used their “Iron hand” in ruling out high sclTool tourna ments in thia ITate. State are memSeni, uid are u. tering their team* tn thia meel. They *re; Booker WaAington ol Columbia, Avtry of Charleatoa, Finley of Gheatar, Burke ef Charleston, Mather Aeadeoiy of Camden, Emmett Soott at Bock of Kock HUI, Hattbeaon of Ixrao, Coulter Academy off Cbenkw; Immaculate Ccnceptloa otf Ghn^ leiton, Jackeon high of Cwndea, Brockington of Timmc»vfl!e> Mayo of Darlington. Booker Waahingtoa waa the winner among the boys last year, and Finley high of Olieeter teffp- ed the girl dWiloi. HORNETS TROliNCE ROCKY MT. DURHAM — Friday night, March 1, the Hillside Hornets wen double victories over Book er T. Washington High school of Rocky Mount to avenge the eprly seaaon defeat which they Were given when they went lo Rocky Mount. The score in the boys’ game was 51-25 while the close girls’ game ended 12-15. The boys’ game started out to be a close affair with Rocky Mount leading by on^ point at tiie end of the first quarter (5-4). At this point Morrissey went into the Hillside lineup to .replace Carlton but the visitors cortinued to score and Carlton returned to the game when the count was 9-4. He immedi ately sank two field goals which were followed by «ne from Tucker; then Southerland made the’ score 11-ali with a free throw., Southerland’s field goal placed Hillside ahead for the first.ufcime ii^ the game and from this point until the end, Rocky Mount never threatened their lead. At halftime the score read, 16-11. Tucker opened the third quar ter with an amazing pivot shot Southerland was next^ a n d Williams sank one from center FCTS Wins LOUISBURG, N. C. —T h e boys ai^d girls b^ketball teams of the Franklin County Training Schcol defeated Bunn High School NYA 46-7 and 32-8 re spectively asjthey closed a ftjirly successful season. During the season the Fi'anklin County girls’ team have won 14 ©Cnes and lost 4; the boys brokd ' even by ' winning loNs)tfd Icsing 10. These teams- are coached by T. K- Conway*, a former athlete A and T College who was a member fo the 1937 champion-* ship t^am there. He played there ficm 1934 until 1937. court to move Hillside farther out in frcnt to take it 2'2-ll as Rtcky Mount called time oUt. The final score was 2'5-51. Carlton scored '20 of Hillside’s points as high point man while Tucker was next with 12. Chase and Cox were outstanding in the opposing lineup, scoring 12 and 8 points respectively. Pratt was plainly the star of the girls’ game making 11 of the 15 points while Watson made tlip other four. IN DURHAM EASTER • ^ Not cnc of the Mark Brothers but a drawing of Calloway, his highness of ’.li-Di-Ho who will appear at the Armory, Eas ter Mnnday niiiht to delight the heart* of the Bull City Jitter bugs. Regal Theatre TUESDAY—SPECIAL—^WEDNESDAY JOHN GARFIELD Dust Be My Destiny Aleo Comedy—^“Thug» With Dirty Facea”—arid Cartoon Sc — THURDAY BARGAIN DAY 2—iFeautres and Short—2 “THE SHADOW” Al*« Bob Steele ‘YOUNG BLOOD” FRIDAY—SATURDAY TIM McCOY IN “TRIGGER FINGERS”. AI*o ‘ChJ't»P*OB»h!p WrMtliag Match — 10c c CA COTTON CLUD ORCHESTRA til)’ iliKliloiliiin Easter Monday Mar. 25 Advanc* tala tick«t» on aala at Garrett* DrUg Store 1,10' BILTMORE HOTEL. ADMISSION $1.10 Tax Incluflad