Beaufort Wins Squeaker, 62-## Morehead Loses Toughie; Eaglettes Victory Easy By HAL SHAMKO In what was probably one of the hardest fought contests in their long rivalry, Beaufort's Seadogs maintained their undefeated record Friday night, defeating Morehead City 62-60. The stands at the Morehead pity gym were packed to capacity, and even standing room was at a premium. Morehead City's girl* team ran' away with the preliminary game, 58-37. It was a good hard-fought con test throughuui, and but for warn ing words from the officials to members of both squads it might have turned into a rough and tum ble game. As it was 56 free throws were awarded to members of both teams, with Beaufort winning the game at the free throw line, notch ing 20 out of 35. as Morehead City outscored them from the floor, 25 to 21. Tied Six Times The game was tied six times at 9, 11, 13, 43. 50 and 52. Beaufort started the scoring for the evening when Herb Mason banked one off the boards to put his team in the lead, a lead they relinquished at 1:59 in the first quarter, only to regain it and go on to continue leading in the contest until there were 2 minutes 50 seconds' left in the third quarter when the Eagles took over 44-43. Morehead City continued to lead until 1:14 of the final quarter wlltn Gehrmann Holland stole the ball and soloed down the court to give his team a 59-58 lead. With 57 seconds left to play Jimmy Davis was awarded two free throws, both of which he converted to give Beaufort a 61-58 advantage. With 40 seconds left Bobby Willis of the Eagles was awarded two at the foul line which he converted to make it a 61-60 contest, and the final scoring was done once again by Jimmy Davis when he sank one of two from the free (hrow line to make the score 62-60 with 11 sec onds left. Wayne Check took the final shot of the game for Morehead City but it was wide of the hoop and Beau fort notched its 11th consecutive victory for the current campaign. J. Willis Leads Scorers Leading both teams in scoring was Jerry Willis of Morehead City, the best looking ballplayer on the court during the game. Jerry tal lied 26 points, and when he fouled out with a minute and 34 seconds remaining in the game, the Eagles not only lost their scoring threat but their sparkplug as well. . Gehrmann Holland played one of the best-games seen hereabouts to gain runner-up scoring honors with 25 markers. He was all over the court and it was his steal of the ball inside the last two minutes of play which led to the Scadogs vic tory. , Herb Mason with 11 points and Jimmy Davis with 14 were also leading lights hi the Beaufort win. Wayne Cheek played an outstand ing game, doing a tremendous re bounding job along with Jerry Wil lis for the Eagles. Wayne was sec ond high scorer for Morehead City with 16 points. Morehead CJty'i Best All in all it was probably More j head City's best game of the year as they controlled the boards throughout the game until Jerry Willis fouled out. Beaufort's vic tory was engineered by a fast break coupled with several ball stealing solos down the court. Beaufort led at the end of the first quarter by a score of 17-15, by a 34-28 margin at the half, with Morehead City taking the lead at the end of three quarters. 46-45, and the final buzzer went off with Beaufort winning 62-60. Plaudits should be accorded members of both teams for a tre mendously thrilling contest, a game which was nip and tuck throughout. Beaufort's biggest mar gin came with two minutes 32 sec onds left in the second quarter when they led by 11 points. 32-21. Morehead City's largest margin was gained with seven minutes and 14 seconds left in the game, when they led by five points, 50-45. Players Foul Out Bradley Macintosh fouled out along with Willis for Morehead City. He fouled out with 57 seconds left to play. Henry Safrit fouled out of the game for Beaufort with but 40 seconds left to play. One rhubarb ensued when the boys became a bit over zealous in their attempts to tie one another up for a jumped ball to be called. There were no blows struck and the officials did a fine job in stopping any. would-be participants from making it into an affray. Congratulations are in order to Coaches McQuaid of Beaufort and Talbert of Morehead City for hav ing their boys on their toes for the game. Boys Play Well Influenza being what It is in this area, it is a tribute to the boys on both teams that they played a tremendous game though several of them were feeling the effects of their battle with this disease. Morehead City's girls sextet poured it ?.throughout their game antPrfciMpMf off with 57-38 vic tory. Though Beaufort led in the game 7-2 with 5 minutes 17 seconds left in the first quarter and tied the contest at 7 with 3 minutes 15 seconds to go in the same quarter, it was the last time that they were what could be considered as even close in the game. Eaglettes Lead Morehead City led at the end of the first quarter by a 14-10 mar gin. 28 18 at the half, 47-30 at the end of three quarters and went on to coast in 57-38. Leading scorer for both teams was the Eaglettes scoring ace, ^nn Long. Ann popped in 31 points on a variety of shots, taking seta, lay ups and banking the ball into the hoop. Shirley Piner, one of the shining lights for an otherwise flu-weaken ed team, scored 23 points for the HAVE YOUR TRACTOR AND EQUIPMENT PUT IN FIRST CLASS WORKING CONDITION NOW! Painting your tractor and equipment will make them last longer.. .We paint and repair all makes. NEWPORT TRACTOR . & EQUIPMENT CO ' ' PIkmm 237-7 NEWPORT, N.C 1 Golfers Play at Cherry Point Some of these eight are golfers, others divot diggers and woodsmen. Divot diggers are aspiring golfers who take more turf than ball. Woodsmen are perspiring golfers who hew timber more often than they hit the ball. Regardless of their abilities they were the guests recently of Major Beaufort sextet, to lead her squad. Runners-lip The "Mighty Mite," Gerry Bodi ford, took runner-up honors with 14 points for Beaufort. Daisy Brock of Morehead City scored 16 points, to take runner-up honors for her team. Both coaches used their benches frequently with every girl on both squads seeing action. Four mem bers of the Morehead City starting six fouled out. Guard Ann Hardy, fouling out of her seventh game, fouled out in the third quarter. Guards Jerry Hedgecock and Thel ma Memakis fouled out in the final quarter as did forward Carolyn Guthrie. A total of 53 free throws were taken in the contest with Beaufort being outscored from the floor 24-13. but taking scoring honors at the free throw line by making 12 of 30. All in all it was an evening's en tertainment that won't be forgot ten for a long time, or should we say until the boys and girls meet again in Beaufort, Feb.- 4. Box scores: BEAUFORT GIRLS: FG Fta Ftm Pts. Piner, f 9 14 5 23 Bodiford, f 4 12 6 14 Goodwin, f 0 10 0 Potter 0 3 11 Johnson 0 0 0 0 Chadwick 0 0 0 0 Williamson 0 0 0 0 K. Willis _... 0 0 0 0 W. Willis 0 0 0 0 Lewis 0 0 0 0 Owens 0 0 0 0 Merrill 0 0 0 0 Dudley 0 0 0 0 J. Safrit 0 0 0 0 V. Davis 0 0 0 0 Totals 13 30 12 IS MOREHEAD CITY GIRLS: FG Fta Ft? Pts. Long, f ...13 8 5 31 iGuthrie, I 3 2 0 6 Brock, f 6 8 4 16 Wade 12 0 2 O'NmI 12 0 2 F. Willis 0 10 0 Hardy 0 0 0 0 Hughes 0 0 0 0 Hedgecock 0 0 0 0 Roberts 0 0 0 0 Memakis 0 0 0 0 Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 B. Willis 0 0 0 0 C. Smith 0 0 0 0 Totals 24 23 ? 57 BEAUFORT BOYS: FG Fta Ftm Pta. 1. Davis, f 5 10 4 14 H. Safrit, f 14 3 8 Holland, c 8 12 0 28 Plttman, g 3 3 17 H.Mason, g, -4 6 3 11 E. Willi* 0 0 0 ? Totals 21 II 21 B MOREHBAV CITY BOYS: ra ru nam J. Willis, f 11 7 4* B. Willis, f 0 4 2 a Cheek, c a 5 4 IS Lawrence, g 2 0 0 4 Brown, f ? 2 4 0 ? Macintosh 1 1 Ifsrsfcrad (My bays team pushed aaa af the Beaufort players aa the latter weat In for a layap. The Beaufort bar hit Willis aad kaacked htm eat Coach Talbert said Friday that be expects that it will be about two years before Morehead City has itself a decant gymnasium. Perhapa if the people ol the community were to start the hall rolling it wouldn't take quite so long. Pamlico County Wins Twin-BHt Pamlico County'i girls aextet nude their record 39 conaecutire wins by winning die preliminary canteat {ram Jones Central 7643 In (he feature eonteat played Fri day nglht at Jonea Centra], Pamlieo County won SMS. to Mid her team to an ?a*y victory, though they did trail at the end of the ttr.< quart*. 1M* Pamlico maintained a *?M ad ran g^gpysasts ing parade were Eubanks 14, Can wan 10, L. Preecott 8, J. Preaeott and Edaartoa, ? each. Barbee led Jonee Central with 12 potnti Stilley had 10, Conway and Morrla, S each, and Brown and Mttta 4 each. In the boyi conteat Tyndall of Pamlico County led hia team to ? 2ft- point victory aa ho peraonally aeored mora ptifh than all ?( Jonea Central when ha popped In M. Gaakill was runner ?p In the eeorim with 14 Davenport scored 14 for the L. f.h. M A knnjkM iwi i to line mgn-Hconng nonors far Ms taasn. U? had ? and Bur kett 1 tor Jonea Central. Flalrttng a Ml advantage at baUtlme. Pa Bailee County took It eaay In the aaeond halt and romped llMmaDlawf jmvm ndfj AtBertrt FraMrMght Beaufort's uncMeatrd Seadoiis will meet Smyrna Friday night at their home court in what should be the feature twin bill of the week's basketball schedule Smyrna it currently one of the hotter teams in the Seashore Con ference. having beaten Morehead City and Swansboro in their last two outings, an4 by Friday night they should have extended their streak to three since they play at Jones Central tonight. The titan of the conference. Beaufort, has won 12 straight and should make it 13 what with their playing Swansboro on their home court tonight. In other action tonight More head City will try to get back on the winning path, after three straight losses, meeting Camp Le jeunc at the Coliseum; Newport takes on White Oak at home and Pamlico journeys to Atlantic. Friday night's other contests will find Morehead City travelling to Pamlico, Dover at Newport and At lantic at Swansboro. Cherry Point Golfers Win A team of a dozen Cherry Point Golf Club players, led by their pro Dave Todd, defeated a team from Morehead City's club Sunday at the local course. The score was 46 S to 36 '4. Todd led his team with a three under par 69. Mac McCuiston, lo cal pro, shot an even par 72. Todd toured the front nine in 33 and had an even par 36 on the back nine. "Dan" Daniels, local golfer, led the field over the back nine when he shot a two under par 34. The party scheduled for tomor row, January 26, has been post poned for a month, due to the in clement weather. Newport, Dixon Divide Close Score Doubleheader By THOU TON MUNGLE ? Each team scored a single basket victory in the doubleheader played between Dixon and Newport, Fri day night, at the Newport gym. In the girls contest, Newport was the winner. 53 51, and in the boys con test Dixon emerged victorious. 61 59. MeCabe's shot for Dixon with less than two seconds to go in the game from 44 feet out was the de ciding two-pointer, after Berlyn Temple of Newport had missed a pair of free throws with two sec onds to play. J. Kelly scored a pair of free throws for Newport with four seconds to play to tie the con test at 50. Newport had led throughout the major part of the game, but the last quarter proved their undoing. After enjoying a 19-13 lead at the end of the initial quarter, a 33-28 advantage at the half and a 40-46 bulge at the end of the three-quar ters, Newport faded in the last quarter as Dixon tallied 15 points to 10 for Newport. J. Smith of Dixon was high scorer in the game with 29 points, with B. Smith runner-up with 22 markers. For Newport scoring honors went to Gilbert Garner with 16 points with Berlyn Temple scoring 11. It marked the fourth loss of the season by Newport with tVvo of these losses being chalked up by Dixon. In the girls contest, won by Newport 53-51, Rita Garner led the Newport team with 22 points fol lowed by Virginia Garner with 16 and Ann Dennis with 15. Barbara Chad wick led Dixon in the scoring parade. The lineups: Dixon boys (61) ? Parker 4, B. Smith 22, J. Smith 29. MeCabe 4. Nicholson 2. Newport boys (59)? Edwards 10, Kelly 12, L. Gillikin 8. Garner 16, Temple 11, Carraway 2. The score by quarters: Total Dixon 13 15 18 15 ? 61 Newport 19 14 16 10 ? 59 The last pitcher to shutout the Yankees in a World Series was Preacher Roe of the Dodgers. He beat them 1-0 in the second game of the 1949 Sericsj. Swansboro Loses Two fo Smyrna By MY ( ARDY Smyrna played away from home and posted their second straight doubleheader victory on foreign courts as they won a pair from Swansboro Friday night. The boys won 52 34 with the girls coasting easily to a 59-48 victory. In the feature contest the boys had only a 22 18 halftime lead but they broke the game wide open in the third and fourth quarters as they scored 30 , points as against only 16 chalked up by Swansboro. Walt Gillikin was once again the leading light for Smyrna as he popped the hoop for 24 points. Roy Styron also scored in double fig ures for Smyrna with 14 points. For the losers three boys tied for scoring honors with eight each. They were Holt, Johnson and Ross. In the girls contest, 6 foot 2 inch Gladys Willis tossed in 37 points to lead Smyrna to victory. Mona Ar thur was runner-up in the Smyrna lineup with 14. For the losers Nettie Lisk took scoring honors with 18, Linda Guth rie had 10 and Bunny Carney scored 14. Smyrna jumepd off to a first quarter lead of 16-3, a halftime margin of 3222, and coasted the rest of the way, being outscored in the second half 28 27. The lineups: Smyrna boys (52) ?Gillikin 24. Roy Styron 14, Ron Styron. Piggott 7, Simpson 3, Thomas 4. Swansboro boys (34) ? Kellum, Holt 8, Riggs 6, Johnson 8, Tate, Cannon 4, Ross 8. The score by quarters: Total Smyrna 8 14 13 17 ? 52 Swansboro 6 12 7 ft? 34 The lineups: Smyrna girls (59) ?Arthur 14, G. Willis 37, P. Davis 7, N Willis 1, S. Davis, Wade, Lynch, Tyler, Lewis. C. Guthrie. Swansboro girls (48) ?*? Carney 14, L. Guthrie 16, N. Lisk 18, Brandt, I. Smith, C. Guthrie, Howell. Williams, E. Usk. / ! Do YOU; Love Your Children ? a Yes, it's ? (illy question ? but, you'd be surprised at how many limes it appears