North Carolina Newspapers

Eagles Stop Pamlico County 56-50 Tuesday for Fifth Win Newport Cops Cage Victory From Dixon Newport grabbed another win Tuesday night at Dixon, but not without a fight. Dixon ffnally was overwhelmed 57-47 by the last half efforts of Newport led by Harlan Carraway and Sidney Manning. Dixon led at the end of the first period 18-15. Newport outscored the home team to pull up to a 26-26 tie at halftime. A 16-point third quarter brought Newport in to the lead where they stayed for the remainder of the fourth period for the win. Carraway paced Newport with 19 points and Manning contributed 17. Leading Dixon was J. Smith with 23 and Simms had 12. Girls Win Newport High girls copped an other victory at Dixon 42-39 Tues day as both teams battled down to wire before a fourth period rally gave Newport the win. The scoreboard read 8-8 at the end of the first period, 18-14 in favor of Dixon at the half, and 32-31 at the end of three periods of play. A fourth period scoring flurry led by Miss L. Mann gave the visitors the victory. Miss L. Mann led the visitors with 16, Miss J. Henderson had nine, and Virginia Mann contrib uted six. Miss Sandlin contributed 23 points towards Dixon's efforts followed by Miss Hill with 10. flaAJ2eiLcUl SCORES Morehead City (Boy?). ? 56 Pamlico County 50 Morehead City (Girls).......... 50 Pamlico County 64 Beaufort (Boys) 45 Camp Lejeune 48 Beaufort (Girls) ............... ? ... 43 Camp Lejeune 25 Queen Street (Boys) 49 Bayboro 30 Queen Street (Girls) 12 Bayboro 29 Newport (Boys) 57 Dixon 47 Newport (Girls) 42 Dixon 39 W. S. King Cagers Prep for Action The W. S. King School Monarchs will host West Street High of New Bern tomorrow night in the W. S. King gym for a basketball double header beginning at 7:30. The King girls will take on the West Street girls in the first tilt. The Monarchs, sporting a 3-1 log, will be on hand for the second tilt of the evening. In a game that promises to be a thriller, Coach J. R. Thompson will be showing some new faces. Probable starting lineup that has given the Monarchs added height will be Norman Williams and Luther Tootle at guards, Ike Wil liams and Henry Pickett, both 6 footers, will be at forward, and Elijah Holland, 6 1 center, will round out the starting five. Ben Hogan Reaches Pinnacle In Golf at Retiring Age By FRANK ECK New York ? If ever a man reach ed the pinnacle of success in sports at an age when most athletes are heading downhill that man was Ben Hogan. the golfing perfection ist from Fort Worth, Tex. At 40, less than five years after an automobile accident almost took his life, the sometimes silent man of the fairways was acclaimed the greatest golfer in history. He tri umphed in the Masters, U. S. Open and British Open at rugged Car noustie in Scotland. Hogan's first big victory of the year came in the Masters at Augus ta where his 14 under par 274 shat tered the 14-year-old tournament record by five strokes. He next won the Pan American Open at Mexico City with 286, two under par. He won the Colonial Invitation at Fort Worth for the fourth time. He was neither satisfied nor dis appointed in his game as he head ed for Oakmont, Pa., and the U. S. Open. It was one he wanted to win for in previous Oakmont opens par had mastered all competitors. At the end of four rounds Ho gan's cards were 67-72-73-71 for a 283 total. He had beaten par by five strokes, and his nearest rival, Sam Snead, by six. It was Hogan's fourth open and placed him in a position whereby he can become the only golfer to win five U. S. Opens by taking the 1954 test at Baltusrol in Springfield, N. J. At Carnoustie, his rounds of 73-71-70-68 for 282 gave him a four stroke margin over three rivals. His 68 was a new competitive record for Carnoustie. Almost anything else in golf dur ing 1953 might ordinarily be lost in the shuffle because of Hogan's accomplishments. But there was one golf shot made by Lew Wor sham, Oakmont's pro, that will go down in golfing history. It was a wedge shot 120 to 140 yards in length on the 18th hole in the tournament billed as the "world championship" at Chicago'! Tam o' Shanter. The ball took sev eral bounces and dropped in the hole for ?n eagle two. The shot, which Worsham claim ed he "missed," was seen by a national television .audience, plus Chandler Harper who a few sec onds before thought he had won first prize of (25,000. Instead, he finished with $10,000 for second. The shot meant $50,000 to former U.S. Open champion Worsham. A* a result. Promoter George 8. May signed him to a $38,000 exhibition contract. Worsham also led the money winners with $33,807 In tournament earnings. Doug Ford of Harrison, N. Y., was runnerup. Blond, curly-haired Walter Bur kemo, 34, of Detroit, trounced for the PGA final 7 and 6 by Snead in 1951, won the 1953 crown in his own back yard when he beat Felice Toria, 2 and 1. Gene Littler, 23. of La Jolla, Calif., on Navy leave, won tba U. S. Amateur at Oklahoma City. He did it by sinking a 20-foot putt on the 38th hole for a birdie 3 to beat Dale Morey of Indianapolis, 1 up. Harvie Ward of Atlanta reached the final in defense <d bis British Open crewa but bowed to Inland's Joe Carr, 2 up. Amass tba women, Louise Suggs Pool Tourney Starts Monday A pocket billiards tourney will be held in Beaufort starting Mon day, Vic Bellamah, owner of the Beaufort Bar, has announced. The contest will be a round robin tourney. The contestant win ning the most games will be de clared city champion. He will re ceive a trophy inscribed with his name. The tourney will be conducted under the auspices of the Billiard Congress ofi? America, the govern ing body of billiards in the United States. Congress rules will apply. Matches will be held at 7 p.m. each day beginning Monday and continuing until the champion is crowned on Feb. 5. Six persons are entered, making a total of 30 games to be played. Prizes will be given for high run and best game, Mr. Bellamah said. Defending champ William S. "Skykie" Thomas heads the list of entrants. Others entered are George D. Lewis, Howard O. Hunnings, Charles O. Styron Sr.. Pierson Wil lis and James M. Stallings Jr. Ben Hofin . . . acta Carnoustie record ol Lithia Spring!. Ga., won eight of 24 tournaments in which she took part. Her (19,816 in prises led the feminine swingers. Patty Berg ol Minneapolis waa runnerup with I18.62S. Beta* Rawis. 28, ol Spartanburg. S. C., won the Women's Open at Rochester, beating Mr?. Jacqueline Stave Off Fourth Period Rally to Continue Streak Staving off a fourth quarter rally, Morehead City High School's improved basketball squad notched its fifth win, fourth straight, over a fine crew from Pamlico County 56-50 Tuesday at Morehead's gym. The Eagles led all the way and weren't in any serioub trouble until the waning minutes of the final quarter. Pam iico, using a luu-couri press ana* driving layups shaved the 10-point lead of the Eagles to four points. With the scoreboard reading 54-50 in the Eagles favor and 35 seconds remaining, Jerry W. Willis, Morehead guard who played a bril liant game, was fouled driving in for a layup. He hit both free throws to ice the Eagles' fifth vic tory. Eagles Control Boards The Eagles were a well-rounded, smooth working aggregation with Wayne Cheek, 6 5 forward, and Jerry T. Willis, 6-4 center, con trolling the boards with their re bounding and doing stellar work under the basket. Denny T. Lawrence and J. W. Willis did an excellent job on the floor and contributed to Eagle scoring. Lawrence and J. T Willis paced the Eagles with 15 each. Cheek had 13, and J. W. Willis con tributed 11. The Eagles started out with a fast pace, hitting for seven points before the visitors could recover; then only for two field goals. More head was scoring consistently, on set shots and jumps, keeping Pam lico on the outside of the zone try ing set shots. Led by Jerry T. Willis, More head pulled away to a 198 first quarter lead and increased its score to 33-21 at halftime, connecting for 14 points. Pamlico had rallied at the outset of the second period as Frank Barnes and Wesley Avery teamed up to provide a scoring punch. Pamlico Surges Gary Caton and Larry Barker were beginning to scrap for the ball under the boards and provided Avery and Joe Gahagan with the ball. Morehead was keeping ahead on the dead-eye layups of J. T. Willis. After controlling the ball m6st of the first half the Eagles slowed down noticeably and except for the fine job of Cheek and J. T. Willis under the buckets might have lost the lead. But the visitors didn't start to connect with any accuracy until the waning moments of the third quarter stop. Putting on a full-court press at the start of the final frame, Pamli co opened up full-throttle with fast breaks that unnerved the home team. With four minutes left in the game Pamlico had shaved the lead to 49-41 and showed prospects of completing the job. At this point Caton ran afoul of the five-foul rule and had to leave the game. This perked up the Eagles who hit five points on three free throws and a field goal. Cheek left the game during this flurry with five personals. Three quick layups gave Pamlico the advantage again, shaving the lead to 54-50 as J. W. Willis, driv ing in for a layup, was fouled. He calmly stepped to the charity line and tossed two beautiful buckets without hardly stirring the cords. The Eagles were now in front 56-50 with 35 seconds to go. Avery Hits for 19 After one try at the bucket Pam lico again snatched the ball and were passing toward the net as the game ended. Avery led for Pamlico with 19 as Gahagan and Caton contributed nine. The visitors hit 12 for 19 at the charity line. Morehcad connect ew for 14 out of 21. Starting for the Eagles was Bob by Willis, J. T. and J. W. Willis, Cheek and D. T. Lawrence. The first five for Pamlico was Avery, Gahagan. Barker, Caton, and George Gilgo. Both teams used only one sub; Dalmon Lawrence for the Eagles and Frank Barnes for Pamlico. Score by periods: Morehead City 19 33 44 56 Pamlico County 8 21 32 50 Caretaker Cuts Acres Of Grass Twice Weekly Miami, Fla. =- (AP) ? You think it's a chore to mow the lawn twice a month and trim the shrubbery occasionally, but what it you had H. H. Arnold's job? He has to cut 145,000 square feet of greens daily, and 85 acres of fairways twice a week. Arnold is manager of the Miami Springs County Club, only golf course owned and operated by the city of Miami. Think it takes a lot of water to keep your lawn green and grow ing through the hot summer months? Arnold uses 720,000 gallons daily, rain or shine, at the rate of 750 gallons per minute for 16 hours every day in the year. Seven men are on the job daily, cutting greens and fairways, spray ing, transplanting, sodding, trim ming trees and hedges. Keeping the 18 greens, each measuring 6,500 square feet or more, free of bugs and worms is quite a task, too. Greens are tested daily for any signs of pests, and treated frequently with arsenate of lead and chlorodane. When Arnold took over the job 22 years ago this November, there were three pine trees on the prop erty. Today there are more than 100 varieties of trees, shrubs and flowers, including native and Aus tralian pines, palms, hibiscus, ole anders and bouganvillea. They're at their flowering peak lor the $10,000 Miami Open golf tournament in December. Arnold sees to that, even if he has to drive nails into the trunks of bouganvil lea to make them bloom on sched ule, which is exactly what he does. In the last few years, every green on the course has been rebuilt and the fairways lengthened and im prove^ Sucfln>atience and care is neces sary because the course takes a terrific beating every day, partic ularly from the Saturday and Sun day crowds. Last year 70,000 rounds of golf were played over the course, an av erage of more than 218 rounds a day. Greens fees are $2.50 for six months during the season, and $1.50 the remainder of the year. The course grossed $109,000 and showed a net profit of $26,000 last year. There has been talk of selling the property to the town of Miami Springe, but it would hardly be reasible to use it for other purposes because a huge underground river runs through it. One fairway kept sinking Into the river, no matter how much fill was uaed. Finally Arnold spread an iron grill over the spot, covered it with fill and sodded it. Now few players even know it exists, except aa another stretch of fairway. Devilpups Snap Beaufort Win Streak 48-45 Tuesday Camp Lcjeune, N. C.? The Camp' Lejeune Dcvilpups salted away their aeventh win Tuesday night, barely nosing out a strong Beau fort High quintet in a neck and neck game, 48-45, here at the Goettge Memorial Field House. The last two minutes of the game saw 800 fans scream with ex citement as they watched Lejeune come from behind, and, instead of freezing the ball for the remain ing 20 seconda. play the game right up to the last second by sinking another bucket as time ran out. Trailing 36-33 going into the last period, it was Lejeune's Charlie Sells and Johnny Mugford who stole the ball and anared rebounds to set the stage for Billy Hudson, who netted 13 for the game, with Sella hitting the hoops for 14. On the Beaufort aide, Gehrmann Holland, and Herb Maaon both scored 10 points, Maaon teaming with Mum^r Ptttman to star on the (Manaiy*. C. C. McCuiston Invites Spectators to Golf Event Spectators are invited to the Pro Amateur Golf Event at the More head City Country Club Monday and Tuesday, C. C. McCuiston, club pro, emphasised yesterday. Top-flight golfers from eastern North Carolina will be on hand to participate in the 18-hole event for proa and amateurs. Prises will be awarded those get ting top honors in each division. Travels by Bicycle Danvers, Mass. (AP) ? Ernest Dame, 75-year-old railroad crossing tender. Is wearing out three bicy cler He has one for fair weather, one for rainy weather, and one for special occasions. The "SandayC bike ia equipped with all modern gadget*. He doesn't have an auto mobile and doesn't want mm. Pamlico Stops Eagle Girls 64-50 Tuesday Tyndall, Spencer Pace Visitors Easy Win Over Scrappy Hosts Pamlico County lassies stopped the Eaglettes basketball crew 64-50 in a free scoring game Tuesday at Morehead paced by the deadly fim of Hazel Tyndall and Jo Spencer. Miss Tyndall, a real tall forward, just couldn't be stopped and Miss Spencer's left-handed drive from the side was equally potent as Eaglette guards were helpless. Miss Tyndall connected for 29 and Miss Spencer contributed 25 to the Pam lico gals' victory. The Eaglettes were not without offensive power as Ann Long, Daisy Brock, and Carolyn Guthrie kept their team battling right down to the wire. Miss Long paced the home team with 29. Miss Guthrie contributed eight, and Polly Steed had nine. Pamlico Jumps to Lead Pamlico jumped to a 6-1 lead in the first period before the Eag lettes could rally. Geraldine Best and Ann Hardy gained control of the board to fire the ball to Miss Long. Good guarding and defen sive work under the bucket gave the visitors a 16-9 first quarter lead. Outscoring the Eaglettes in the second period with 21 points, Pam lico led at halftime 37-23. The vis itors had the boards covered too well with Ellen Lupton, Maria Jones, and Berry Lynch. Despite the stellar performance of Miss Brock and Miss Hardy, the Eag lettes could only hit for 14 points. In the third period the Eaglettes were guarding better and taking their time to work the ball in for a shot. But the offensive power of Pamlico gained two points on the home team to lead 51-35 at the end of the period. Miss Hardy and Corinne Webb left the game via fouls in the fourth period as Pamlico continued its scoring spree. Subs played the last two minutes of the game as the Eaglettes absorbed another loss. Score by periods: Morehead City 9 23 35 50 Pamlico County 16 37 51 64 Golf Club to Sponsor Blind Bogey' for March of Dimes C. C. McCuiston, pro at the More-" head City Golf and Country Club, announced yesterday that there will be a Blind Bogey (or the bene fit of the March of Dimes next weekend. Prizes will go to the winner and runner-up and will be donated by Mr. and Mrs. McCuiston. Each en trant will pay a 50-cent entrance fee. Proceeds will go to the March of Dimes. The tournament will be in progress Saturday, Jan. 23 and Sunday, Jan. 24. Nine holes will be played by each contestant. Par will be be tween 35 and 45. Each player will choose his own handicap. At tbe end of play the numbers between 35 and 45 will be put in a hat and one drawn. The player whose score is closest the number drawn wins. Mr. McCuiston added that the Ringer Tourney now in progress will continue through Jan. 31. Beaufort Tops Camp Lejeune Outscoring the Camp Lejeune lassies in every quarter, the Beau fort High girls' basketball team breezed to a 43-25 win Tuesday at Camp Lejeune. Colleen Guthrie paced the Beau fort lassies to victory with 34 points, Shirley Piner had four, and Peggy Williams contributed four. Beaufort's girls jumped to a 10-6 first quarter lead, built this to a 24-14 edge at halftime, and coasted to a 17-point lead at the third quarter stop, 37-20. The fourth quarter found Beaufort outscoring Camp Lejeune by one point, 6-5, for the victory. I Defensive stars in Tuesday's [game were Leona Davis and Anita Copeland, who were terrific under the basket. Dixie Hardick, Camp Lejeune forward, posted 19 points for her team's scoring honors. Score by periods: Beaufort 10 24 37 43 Camp Lejeune 6 14 20 25 Queen Street Cagers Top Bayboro 49-30 Wednesday The Black Knights of Queen Street High toppled the Negro Athletic Association Class AA Conference leaders from the top with a sound 49-30 thrashing Wed nesday at Beaufort. Bayboro was leading the confer ence with a 5-0 record until meet ing the hard driving Knights. The Knights now have a conference record of 3-1 and a season record of 3-3. The Knights Jumped to a 16-4 first quarter lead with the deadly shooting of Matthew Godette, who paced the Knights with 14 points. The Knights hit for five points in the second quarter for a halftime edge of 21-10. Jones, Ellison Contribute Raymond Ellison and Johnr\ie Jones contributed to the 12-point third quarter that put the game on ice. The fourth quarter netted the Knights 16 points and the game. Hitting 17 out of 71 field goal attempts, the Knights were led by Godette and Ellison, who had 13, and Jones with 12. Defensive standouts were Johnnie Jones and William Jordan. William White played his usual stellar game un der the basket. Jordan was forced to leave the game at the end of the third frame with an injury. Queen Street hit 15 out of 24 tries from the charity line. Godette hit seven out of 14 field goal at tempts for a .500 average. Ellison posted the best free throw mark with four out of five. Leading the Bayboro attack was Smith with 13, and Monk with eight. Queen Street will travel to Bay boro tonight for a return game. Girls Lose The Queen Street girls were handed their fourth .straight loss Wednesday 29-12 by Bayboro. The Queen Street girls fell behind in the second quarter after playing Bayboro on even terms in the first. Bayboro took a 14-6 halftime lead and were never threatened after that. Miss Dudley and Miss Garrison led the winners attack with 13 each. Cornelia Tootle paced Queen Street with six. The Queen Street girls hit four out of 35 field goal attempts and sank bix out of 14 free throws. Score by periods: Queen St. (Boys) 16 21 33 49 Bayboro 4 10 21 30 Queen St. (Girls) 5 6 10 12 Bayboro 6 14 20 29 The BEAUFORT BAR'S ANNUAL Pocket Billiard TOURNAMENT WILL START AT 7:00 P. M. MONDAY, JAN. 18 Tho Public Is Invited No Admission Charge The BEAUFORT BAR TURNER ST. BEAUFORT, N. C. i Eagles Set for Clash With Newport Tonight Morehead City basketball fans will have a chance to watch New port'* State Champs in action to night in Morehead City against the Eagles of Morehead High. Newport is bringing its once beaten aggregation to Morehead to night for a clash with the Eagles who have won four straight games and arc eager to dump the highly touted visitors. Cage fans will see the crack cen ter. Sidney Manning, in action as well as- his team mate Harlan Car raway. These two boys have been hitting for a 10-point average per game. Newport also has an outstanding defensive unit that has held its op ponents down to almost nothing in these days of high scores by their fine board work. Coach Gannon Talbert, of the Eagles, will have a surprise in store for the champs as Wayne Cheek and Jerry T. Willis will be able to match Manning and Carraway in height. Morehead has shown a lot of im provement since the holiday vaca tion. especially in the perform ances of Denny Lawrence and Jer ry W- Willis. This game may well decide the top team in the county for Newport has already beaten Beaufort. More head has yet to play Beaufort and if it beats Newport a large crowd will be on hand to see the twin cities battle it out. Morehead has the advantage of its home court and is riding the crest of a victory streak. An up set of Newport could well be in the offing. Other Games Set Other action in the county to night sees Beaufort trying to get back on the victory road at home against Smyrna after losing to Camp Lejeune. Beaufort has beat en Smyrna already this season and by the Sea Dogs' fine showing late ly will top Smyrna. Swansboro will be eager to meet Dixon tonight in a battle of un derdogs. Swansboro has taken two straight losses and Dixon has also been whipped twice in the last two starts. Swansboro, playing at home, stands an even chance of beating the visitors.. Atlantic's opponent for tonight wasn't available as the paper went to press. Jerry Schumacher Now He's Peddling Shrimp Trawlers; Wants Summer Wanna buy a shrimp trawler? Everyone should have at least one shrimper. Just dig up $40,000 and there you have it. Elmer Willis, that human dyna mo from Williston, is building shrimp trawlers that arc a thing of beauty, so is the Morchead City Yacht Basin, also heard several places elsewhere in the state are doing the same thing. Why? Well, first the shrimp were plentiful in 1953 and sec ond, if you strike it lucky you can pay for your boat and equip ment in short order and realize a neat profit besides. It seema that other people in these United States like shrimp be sides us on the ocean. Used to be when 1 was a boy we had difficulty getting fresh seafood at Hartford, Conn., just a hundred miles from the ocean, but now even Kansas City has sea food restaurants. That reminds me, I think that Morehead City has the finest oating places of any town in the country of similar population. Seafood is at its best at several waterfront restaurants, a wonderful supper club if you are a meat eater, and also a good Italian restaurant, but no chop suey joint. How come? Ironically, 90 per cent of the people that go to a Chinese res taurant order chop suey and it isn't even a Chinese dish. No sir! It was invented: ? do you invent recipes? ? well anyway, it's an honest to goodness Ameri can dish, so there! Earle Mobley's taking golf les sons. Look out you pros, if Earle plays golf like he does everything else, he is going to be hard to beat. Basil Wood, a fine fellow who plays golf every day, was seen car rying a sack of groceries into the clubhouse. Guess he is going to camp out there. With the icy blast whistling down the waterfront, it's hard to remember the wonderful summer days with all the fish lined up on the racks and all the tourists mill ing around, the race track crowds trying to get waited on in the waterfront restaurants, the traffic congestion all over town, especially at the beach; beautiful girls in scanty shorts, bragging fishermen, midnight revelers singing Sweet Adeline and keeping everyone awake on the waterfront ? Oh Lordy, won't summer ever get here? Whilf this isn't generally known, I'm wealthy. My Glamour Gal, who incidentally is my wife, loves me; 1 live in Morehead City, my golf game is improving every day, I'm healthy as a horse, business is good, I'm happy; in fact, I'm the richest man on earth, but I just haven't got any money. Diet Change Sought Ankara, Turkey (AP)? Turkey's government has sent a 3-man team to tour the Black Sea region of the country to persuade people in the area to eat wheat bread rather than corn bread, the newpaper "Hurses" reports. Turkey now has .1 large surplus wheat crop. TOBACCO HARVESTER See This FREE Mivic At The Agriculture Building At Newport 6:30 P.M., Tuesday, Jan. 19th Sponsored by Newport Tractor & Equipment Co. Phone 237-7 Newport, N. C AO tobacco tanners and their Meads are invited to eee Id lull cola* movie of the Silent flame tobacco hui i Mtoi la open* Mamlacteml by i factoring Co ? ? r> ?i ?