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Basketball Ratings
In the capricious world of hwkrtfaill ratings there
are more hurt feelings per square inch Ht»n perhaps
anywhere else in the civilized world.
The cliqie sf caaches wha iashate sa-caOed hig
time caßege play will ta a au deay rigaauly that
they care a whaip la Hades ahsat the ratiags. hat the
trath Is they watch the weekly releases with ihverhg
National ranking, however ridiculously computed
by inept sportswriters and coaches who have little or no
opportunity to see the players and teams they evaluate,
mean big gates, boosts in recruiting the blue chip
player, and better salaries and larger staffs.
No wonder the publicity men work overtime to boost
their teams into the national rankings.
Polls Without Merit
The polls are fun, but almost without merit.
Defenders will point out that the teams which held the
top rankings always finish the season tops in the NCAA
and NIT post season events. That is true. But there is a
weekly readjustment. Take the preseason top 10 and
see how well it compares with the final. There will be
little similarity.
This year, with Lew Alciador gene lata the pro
ranks where be has belonged ever slace he wss a Junior
la high school. all the pre-seasea experts Ignored UCLA
as passible repeat aatlanal champions and seised on
Frank McGaire's well manned and heavily promoted
Gamecocks. Kentucky also looked good.
Now, though, UCLA is on top of the polls again, and
after the Bruins' convincing victory over Notre Dame, it
is doubtful if an all-star team of the next five dubs in the
ratings could whip Johnny Wooden and his new club.
The Bruins are probably better without Alcindor,
and certainly they are happier. Lewis, as Coach Wooden
calls him, is not exactly a purveyor of sunshine.
Gambling Interests Present
For years there have been rumblings that gambling
interests were insinuating themselves into professional
sports if not actually to fix games, at least to influence
the point spread.
At the very least, gamblers have worked out
devious systems of obtaining information about players
and teams which is used ingeniously to determine odds.
Most coaches who close their practice sessions do so, not
keep secrets away from rival coaches, but to keep
gamblers from getting close intelligence about the
players.
II is generally known on every college campus (hat
certain students make their way through school collec
ting information for organized gambling. To know, for
instance, that one member of a team does not like
another is valuable. It means one will not pass to the
other in basketball, and that dissention lowers the
probability of teamwork.
Federal attorneys who have been building the
investigation which is swirling through the papers now
have, however, gone off half-cocked with their scatter
gun assertions that scores of "prominent sports fig
ures" will be interrogated.
Since no names have been used, every athlete is a
suspect. Also, names of certain professional football
players are being bandied about by the news media with
no discernable connection to anything reprehensible.
This is libel and slander of the most vicious kind. If
the authorities have anything on any athlete, let it come
out to clear the names of a!? those who are clean and
above reproach.
Davie County Nips
North Rowan, 48-41
MOCKSVILLE Forward
Steve Zimmerman 's fantastic
fourth -quarto* performance
sparked Davie County 's Rebels
U> a 48-41 victory over North
Rowan's Cavaliers in an impor
tant North Piedmont Confer
ence basketball game
Zimmerman led the Rebel
scoring with 15points, but saved
11 for the final quarter. He a lan
paced Davie's rebounding with
15.
The victory kept Coach Bob
Henry's team undefeated in
league play with a 3-0 record.
The Rebels are 4-3 for all
games.
It was the first conference loss
for North Rowan's Cavaliers.
Coach Walt Baker's dub is now
3-1 in the league and 3-5 lor all
games.
Baker used a 1-2-2 zone de
fense most of the way. It was
designed to keep 644 center
James "Jingles" Ijames away
from the basket.
"We knew we had to keep
Ijames away from the basket.''
Coach Baker said, "but we
hadn't counted on Zimmer
man."
North's defense sagged on
Ijames, but be still leaped high
to take passes from the Rebel
guards. He scored 12 points and
had 12 rebounds, but was not as
effective as in recent games.
JZIMMgRMAN SHINES
Zimmerman got most of his
points on driving layups, re
bounded shots and short jum
pers. He hit seven of 16 shots for
the night, including five of six in
the last quarter.
"We expected the defense
North used against us," ex
claimed Coach Henry of the
Rebels. "Zimmerman gave us a
real good effort in that last
quarter."
Henry's Rebels and South Ire
dell are now the only two unde
feated teams in the league, and
the Davie coach expects quite a
match with the Vikings when
the two teams tangle next Fri
day.
While Zimmerman and Ij
ames combined for 27 Davie
points, North was led by 6-3
James Henderson, a sophomore
who started his second game at
guard after being moved from
center.
Henderson hit seven of 15
shots, including several from
Davie Teams
Takes Victories
Over Cavaliers
Davie County's freshman and
junior varsity basketball teams
edged North Rowan in a pair of
dose games at the North gym
on Friday.
Davie County's frosh wan the
first game. 43-40. Blackwood led
the Rebels with 13 points, and
Robert Trapp tallied II for
North.
In the junior varsity contest,
Davie County took a 58-56 over
time victory.
Davie's Poplin led his team
with 20 points, scoring five in
the overtime stanza. He hit two
free throws with 27 seconds left
to break a 56-56 tie.
Billy Washington paced North
with 23 points.
FrMkIRM —t
DAVIE COUNTY (4)1 - Andarson I.
Johnson 10. Mc Daniel *. William*4. Wall 7,
Blackwood 11. Cat* 1. Andrews. Mark
land. Kiiar. Stno Seaman. Saalord. Dal
NORTH ROWAN '4O) - Roberson I,
Trapp 11. Everhart 10. Di*on 7. Grubt> 10.
Jeter. Turner. Thomas, Neeiy.
Score by quarters:
Davie Co. 10 7 14 11-4)
N Rowan 10 * * TS —40
JlWVflt ftafnt
DAVIE COUNTY !M) - Poplin M.
Beaver 4. Focte I], Dulin U. Talbart 1,
Owippins 5, Smoot. Rodman. Wilson.
NORTH ROWAN (M) Luther 11. Kirk
f. Washington I). Nussman S. Netson 4.
Camps 2. Gaston.
Score by quarters
D. County 11 M II • 7—SO
N Rowan II 14 11 11 S-S*
Cooieener Journal, Wednesday, January 14,1970-
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Stove Ziaairaiaa
long range, and scored 18
K'rots. He also led North's re
unding with 12, followed
closely by center Arthur Jones
and forward Kent Rabon with 11
and 10, respectively.
North had no other players in
double figures in scoring. For
ward Freddie Dunlap, who hit
three in a row from outside in
the second half, scored eight.
Guard Kenny Stoner tallied sev
en.
Both teams had poor shooting
nights in a slow-paced game.
Davie hit 18 of 61 field-goal tries
for 29.5 per cent, and the Cav
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aliers made good on only 15 of 62
for 24.2 per cent. Davie hit 12of
22 free throws, and North can
ned 11 of 20 at the foul line.
The Cavaliers, getting numer
ous offensive rebounds, had a
51-38 edge in that department,
but Davie's defense forced
North into turnovers that helped
decide the issue
The Rebels carried a 30-21
lead into the fourth quarter, and
the Cavaliers cut the advantage
of 39-32 at one stage. The foul
shots by forward Jerry Goodlett
and two baskets by Zimmer
man kept the North dub from
getting closer.
In the girls game. Davie took
a 37-25 victory as Paula Barn
hardt scored 17 points. Janice
Markland followed with nine.
Anita Reddick led North with
11.
Davie's girls are now 6-1 over
all and 3-1 in league play. North
is winless in six games, in
cluding four against conference
foes.
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NORTH ROWAN (2s) - HobSOn 4.
Barnes. HutcAcns 7. Gobble 1. Moore 1. A
Reddick 11. Cltrk. Harrison. Milton I
OAVIE COUNTY (37) - Markiano 9.
Frye 4. P Barnhardt 17. v Bamftardt.
OiaHMi *. Whitaher. Mayfietd. S Shoal I.
Cufhrell. Co*
Score by quarters
Nortfc Rmw ] fj *—»
Oa»«eC—»i M II S »♦—37
Bays Game
NORTH ROWAN (411 - Dunlap «.
Rabon I. Jones 4. Henderson It. S>on«r 7.
Roberson. Neety. Bianton 3
OAVIE COUNTY (4t) - Zimmerman
IS. Goodtetf «. Names 12. Seatord 4. Ward
9.
Score by quarters
Narßl Rowan MS* »—4l
Davie Cawnty II t I IB—4l
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