Beaufort Girls Win, Boys Lose on Tournament Fouls
A foul did the trick.
With the score knotted 48-48 and four seconds of play
remaining, Betsy Fulford lofted a free throw which hit
the inside rim, bounced a foot straight up, and came down
rippling the eords to give Beaufort's sextet a chilling 49
48 victory over Vanceboro Wednesday night in the All
6irl Invitational tournament.
j The all-important charity toss,
witnessed by a screaming, jam
(lacked audience, enabled the Sea
Dogs to successfully defend their
tpurney title won last year from
Onfton by another one point mar
gin.
Beaufort's height, aggressive
ness. and experience paid off in
the end against the much shorter,
but faster Red and White six.
Which sported a 20-5 season's rec
ord and averaged 46 tallies per
game.
Forrest Shines
In little Lois Jean Forrest, fans
saw one of the sharpest-shooting
set shot artists in the state. The
blonde ace. as usual, played a whiz
bang game and wound up the eve
ning's play with 34 markers, high
girl for both squads. She scored
a total of 499 points in regular sea
son play.
Rangy forward Jean Hill gave
Forrest ample scoring aid by over
heading six fielders from under
neath the hoop, but the other for
ward. Joyce Wilson, usually a big
gun. was held to but one field goal.
'? Two lanky Sea Dog forwards,
All-tourney Carroll Ann and Jan
ice Willis, specializing in under
neath tosses, banged in 11 points
apiece to keep Beaufort in the
lead most of the way. Using their
height under the boards, both ag
gressive girls continually bombard
ed the Vanceboro hoop.
High-scoring Fulford was held
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Jo 5 points, but the cool center
forward cashed in on her big op
portunity.
House Stars
Enough can't be said (or the
workhorse backboard play turned
in by Elizabeth House. The re
bound ace was always on hand to
pudll down enemy tosses which ca
rorqmed off the boards. Especially
valuable was her work in the final
hectic minutes when shots came
fa$t and furious.
Another rebounder, Capt. Alice
Dddley and All tourney center
nuard Jean Dixon set up many
Green and White plays with their
fait, accurate passes. Beverely
Wkherington and Capt. Ramona
Sn-uill led Vanceboro defensively.
Beaufort jumped out to a com
manding first quarter lead, match
ed Vanceboro point for point in
the sccond, slipped to a 38-32 ad
vantage in the third, and hung on
as the Red and White spurted
gamely in the final period.
Before the first quarter was 30
seconds old, Forrest forecasted
plenty of future scoring by con
necting with a set from 20 feet
out. J. Willis evened it with a set,
and C. Willis came through with
three overheads from underneath,
while Vanceboro's shorter players
did their best to stymie Che tall
forward's numerous layups.
Janice Willis Hits
J. Willis kept up the attack by
throwing in two more fielders
while Forrest was hitting on a
foul and a set shot as the quarter
ended, with Beaufort out in front
14-5.
Vanceboro stepped up lay in the
second frame when Forrest arched
five fielders, three of them in a
row, and Hill whipped in a run
ning one-handed push from the
side. The Willis girls continued
to pour in overhead shots, how
ever, as Beaufort rang up a 26-17
lead at halftime.
Featuring an overhead by Hill,
three sets by Forrest and one by
Wilson. Vanceboro resumed their
drive in the third quarter. Sand
wiched between Red and White
baskets were buckets by J. Willis,
one u difficult push from the cor
ner.
Vanceboro Gains
C. Willis opened the final period
avith ^ -lay up, Forrest went down
on % t>a?5 from Spruill, connected,
and was fouled. She promptly
bucketed the gratis throw to pull
Vanceboro to within 5 points.
At this stage, with partisan spec
tators cheering the Vanceboro
club's rally, J. Willis sunk an over
head. "Forrest hit from outside, and
C. Willis looped in two fielders be
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Here's bow the St. Paul Auditorium will look on
May 6 when the American BowlinK Congress be
gins its annual tournament for a near 60-day run.
This picture was taken jut before the ABC tour
ney of 1941 opened In the same building. Only
the decorations will be ch^nfed.
ABC Tournament to Attract
30,000 Male Bowling Stars
By MAURICE PUTNAM a
St. Psul, Minn. ? (AP) ? Just s
about the time that the lover of
the outside sports is getting ready e
for the summer's fun, devotees of t
perhaps the biggest single indoor i
sport will be putting a climax on
their season.
The occasion will be the Amer
ican Bowling Congress tournament,
a double-barrelled chance for the
bowler to gain fame and along with
it some cash in the form of prizes.
This year's tourney will run from
April 7 through June 3, and is ex
pected to attract an estimated 30,
000 individual competitors seeking
the prize fund expected to run
more than $350,000.
It will be the first time that
the ABC will be open to any male
bowler from anywhere in the
world. The rule under which Ne
groes were barred was changed
at last year's convention in Colum
bus.
This year's event will attract
bowlers from 46 states, Alaska,
Canada, Hawaii and the Canal
zone to the main arena of the St.
Paul Auditorium where 40 brand
new alleys will be installed, start
ing March IB.
While the tournament itself will
last two months, preparations have
been under way virtually since
the last pin dropped in the 1B50
tournament in Columbus, Ohio.
Charles Treuter, jr., ABC tourna
ment director, has been in St.
Paul several months making "ar
rangements for the meet.
Just to give you an idea of how
much work is involved in setting
up this million-dollar affair ? if
you include the prize fund, pay of
employees necessary for operation
and for concessions, here are a few
statistics:
Just for the alleys alone 77,000
lineal feet of maple and 80,000 lin
eal feet of pine plus a carload of i
Oregon fir for foundation will be ;
needed.
An estimated 14 carloads of ma
terial will be used in the tourna- ;
ment layout.
Each of the 5,500 teams expec
ted to compete will throw regula
tion balls at brand new sets of
pins which means 55,000 sets of
pins. That is more than a set of
pins of each of the 53,242 alley
beds in the 6,415 bowling estab
lishments certified by the ABC in
the past season.
And to make sure that each bow
ler's ball is of regulation size and
weight, a new scale will be in op
eration. Not only will it tell the
weight of the ball, but it will also
tell whether the ball is of proper
balance. This will prevent trick
balls from being used as well u
explain to some bowlers why they
can't control the ball like they
think they should.
Directors of the ABC will meet
May 6 through May 12 with the
innual convention of (he ABC it- -
lelf set for May U.
John J. Canelii of Toledo, Ohio is
ixpected to be elected president,
:ucceeding John L. Sullivan of
..ouisville, Kentucky.
Last year's winners at Columbus
vere the Pepsi-Cola team of De
roit with 2,952 in the five-man
ivent; Willis Ebosh and Earl
.insz of Cleveland in the doubles
vith 1,325; Everette Leins of Aur
>ra, III., in the singles with 757 and
?"rank Santore of Long Island City,
Y., in the all-events with 1,981.
Members of the ABC's Hall of "
!amc will come in for their share I
if the spotlight, when five mem- '
>ers will stage an exhibition on I
?Iay 10. They are Harry Steers
ind Adolph Carlson of Chicago, ^
ilort I.indsey of Stamford, Conn., "
lank Marino of Milwaukee and
loe Bodie of Cleveland.
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This year's tournament will be f
narked by some firsts in ABC s
listory. It will be the first time
hat women will be allowed to roll .
in the ABC alleys during the tour
ley, even though not as a part of J
he ABC itself.
Some 40 teams of women from f
it. Paul and Minneapolis will de a
?ide their own championship on j
i handicap basis on April 10 and
igain on May 2. Women have roll
ed on the ABC alleys before, but I
>nl> at the conclusion of the reg
will also mark the introduc
ion of the first clinic and double
?limination tournament to ruh
rom May 28 through June 2. Eight
>f the country's top instructor-cxhi
>ition stars will compete against
>ight bowlers from St. Paul, eight
more from Minneapolis and eight
from other parts of Minnesota,
rhe stars wi^l give bowling lessons
sach evening as well as exhibit
tome of their trick shots before
participating in the double elim
ination tourney.
The eight experts will be Ned
Day of West Allis, Wis., Buddy
Bomar and Junie McMahon of Chi
cago, Joe Willman of Berwyn,
III., Andy Varipapa of Hempstead,
N. Y., Dick Hoover, a 21-year-old
from Akron, Ohio, Ed (Sarge) Eas
ter of Detroit and Lee Jouglard
of Detroit.
Coaches Clinic Called
Lexington, Ky.? (AP) ? Five of
the nation's top football and bas
ketball coaches will form the in
structional staff at the University
of Kentucky's annual coaches' clin
ic. It is scheduled for two days,
April 27-28.
In addition to Kentucky's own
football coach, Paul (Bear) Bry
ant, and basketball mentor, Adolph
Rupp. there will be Bud Wilkin
son of Oklahoma, Hank Iba of the
Oklahoma Aggies and Rusty Rus
sell of Southern Methodist.
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Bernard Leary announces that
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meeting will be held Friday,
7:39 p.m. at the civic center. He
in confident that all six teams
of last year will re-enter this
season, but urges any organiza
tion interested In fielding a
squad to send a representative.
An eight team league is prefer
red.
loach Benton Issues Call
for Newport Diamondmen
A few members of Newport's
Southeastern North Carolina bas
eball champions will trade satin
horts for woolen knickers this
feek as Coach Wayne Benton calls
irst baseball practice of the sea
on.
Throe veterans from last year's
listrict cjpmpion diamond squad
vhich s)pOTtcd a, 15-3 rccord, will
ic on hadd to take part in open
ng drills. They arc court star
larold MeCabe. third baseman,
ind outfielders Joe Smith and Bob
tobinson.)
Jke Father Like Son
CoUimbus. Ohio, - (AP) ? Lar
v Gilbert- and bis son Harold led
he same, league in the same bit
ing department, total bases. It
itppened in different years, of
:durse. The League was the South
Association. Larry was the 19
9 leader with 237. Son Harold
>ejlter known as "Tookie", led the
1949 figures with 335. Father was
vith New Orleans and son with
Mashville.
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Fouls can be beneficial and det
rimental.
They worked both ways Monday
night twhen, dropping point after
point from the foul line with amaz
ing regularity. Coach Wayne Ben
ton's Newport five posted a hair
breadth 35-34 victory over Beau
fort inf Wilmington's New Hanover
high gym.
The ?lim one point margin gave
Newpcfct the Southeastern North
Caroliaa basketball championship.
Lediby forward Harold McCabe s
recorcf breaking 11 straight fouls,
without a miss, Newport proceeded
to cage 17 out of 22 charity tosses
to decide the close win. The Sea
Dogs';;ionversely. were tagged with
a staggering total of 24 personals
which greatly cramped their wide
open passing and tight defensive
game*,
Beaufort caged 14 fielders to
Newport's 9, but Coach Tom Mc
Quaicfs boys couldn't quite erase
the tallies that the opposition
dumped >n from the foul line.
Tcfldd the final touch of irony,
Pearlon Willis missed a chance to
knot the score with no time re
maining. He was fouled, let fly
from the free throw line, only to
;ee the ball roll in and out. The
game was over.
Shprpshooting McCabe was al
most a team in himself as he pour
ed 25 points through the hoops to
:ake scoring honors for the night.
Not only did the tricky forward
prove exceptional on the scoring
;nd, but his great rebound play
Kept the Sea Dogs constantly on
;he defensive.
Clyde Owens, Green and White
:enter, combined a fine hook with
juick layups to lead Sea Dogs
scoring with 18, while ace guard
John Lynch followed with 11.
It was the heady playmaker
Lynch who almost tied the score
in the final minutes when he per
sonally stalled Newport's freezing
tactics by stealing an enemy pass
ind laying it in to bring Beaufort
to within the one point they never
juite garnered.
Beaufort, who whipped Coach
Bentons courtsters twice during
regular season play, started out
fast, intent on chalking up another
*in over their neighboring Car
;eret -county five. Owens, display
ng an unstoppable hook from in
side the 15 foot circle, banged in
iour fielders and Lynch hit for 6
point, on drive in and set shots to
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New York ? (AP) ? Two unseeded but undaunted dark
horses ? Dayton and Seton Hall ? ranked Wednesday as
definite threats to gallop into the final round of the Na
tional Invitation basketball tournament.
In a pair of smashing quarter
final upsets, Dayton trimmed
fourth-seeded Ariiona. 74-68, and
Seton Hall blasted second-seeded
North Carolina State, 71-39, before
9,630 surprised fans at Madison
Square Garden.
A six-foot-seven bundle of scor
ing and. rebounding dynamite ?
Don Meineke ? was the big differ
ence for the Dayton Flyers.
Meineke was a near-perfect play
er Tuesday night. He poured
in 37 points and had magnetic
hands under both backboards. The
wiry junior flipped in 11 field
goals and IS fouls, the latter an
NIT record.
Dayton sped to a 39-29 half-time
lqad even though Meineke went. 7
1/2 minutes before connecting with
a field goal. Twice during the sec
odd half Arizona cut the margin
to five points, but Dayton refused
to crack.
Rober Johnson, with 19 points
sparked Arizona's attack. But he,
Jerry Dillon and Leo Johnson
fouled out, crushing any' hopes
Arizona had ~ coming back.
In the secund game. Seton Hall
completely smothered the nation's
major top-scoring team.
After a slow start, Seton Hall
came on like a spreading brush
fire. Walt Dukes, a six-foot-ten
speedster was the big gun behind
Seton Hall's attack.
The lanky Negro star, checked
with one field goal in the first
half, got hot in the second half
and wound up with 18 points.
Roy Belliveau, a sub, helped
Dukes off the backboard besides
handling the playmaking chores.
He got 11 points.
N. C. State's Sam Ranzino had a
tough night although at times he
flashed the brilliance that made
him an Ail-American this year.
The Gary, Ind., export scored IX
points in the first half hue trailed
off to five in the second half.
The first half was strictly race
horse. with the teams bounding up
and down the court. At intermis
sion, it was 37-37.
That was the last time N. C.
State was in the game. Seton Hall
rang tip seven straight points u)
the first 90 seconds of the second
half, and State, the Southern Con
ference champion, never came
cloie.
Like Arizona, North Carolina
State was hurt by fouls. The Wolf
pack lost center Paul Horvath
with a' little more than 10 minutes
left. This was the signal for Dukes
to unleash his hook shots, of which
three swished through.
After the game, Everett Case,
N. C. State coach, said "Horvath
played the worst game of his ca
reer. That Dukes, though, he was
terrific. Now I've got to go home
and get a brand new team ready
for the NCAA."
State's three big stars ? Ran
zino, Horvath and Vic Bubas ? are
ineligible because of the NCAA
three-year varsity rule. They play
ed on the varsity as freshmen.
With the elimination of Arizona
and N. C. State, only St. John's and
Brigham Young stand a chance for
a "grand slam." Both are entered
in the NCAA.
Stan Musial of the St. Louis
Cardinals set a new National
League record last season when he
scored 105 times. It was his sev
enth straight campaign as a scorer
of more than 100 runs.
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