Pittmaris Shot in Final Four Second i
Of Overtime Gets Win for Beaufort
First Coach in County
Relates Team Exploits
By T. T. TOM POTTER
Carteret County's First Basketball Coach
I can well remember the first basketball team that ever represented
Carteret County. We played our games on a sand pile and the court
was located where the present courthouse annex is now located in
Beaufort.
Before each game the court had to be lined with dry line and when
the lines wore out we had to rellne them. Ia those days we didnt
know anything about dribbling or a zone defense. It was strictly a
passing game with the boys maintaining a strict man-to- man defense
and when I say man-to-man I mean exactly that since the boys on
the opposing teams would be all over the team with the the ball. It
was simply a contest in which the survival of the fittest was the pass
word.
The team of that year, 1920. which represented Beaufort Graded
School, with myself acting as center, coach and official, consisted of
Pictured is the first boys basketball team in Carteret County. Left
to right, hack row ? Willie Sanford, Julian Gaskill, Newman Lewis,
Dick Duncan; (rant raw ? Paul Jones, Tom Potter, Ben Jones.
forwards Dick Duncan, and Willie Sanford, guards Paul Jones and
Ben Jones, and substitutes Newman Lewis and Julian Gaskill.
Our scheduling of games was contingent on the moon, since our
only mode of transportation in that day was by hoot and we had to
make certain that it weald be a moonlite night when we returned
from a game. In the pictures in this article we played at Oriental.
With no records available at this time, I can truthfully say that to
the best of my recollection we were undefeated in our first season of
play
Today the Beaufort School has anaMwr undefeated team, one which
has won the State Class A Championship.
Having watched this team for the put lour years I feel towards
Gehrmann Holland as one of my own children, due to the close rela
tionship between our family and the Hollands.
It's my ambition to see him and all of his teammates advance into
college ball and then into the professional ranks.
I drat think that a finer bnnch of hops could have represented
their county in such a sportsmanlike manner than the boys of Beau
fort did.
They are a credit to any community and a great deal of the credit
Here I* UK tint gtrte toaxkrtball team of Beaufort Ugh ItfcuL
Left to right ? Lillian Ettcil, Francis White, Ruth Notour, Clare
Martin, Clyde Neal. Blanch Harbour. E (telle Cattery, Margaret filMM
and Lydia Parkins holding tl.c baakethall.
lor this fine sportsmanship that they exhibited is due to their great
coach and leader, Tom McQurid.
Congratulations to all of the boys and their wonderful coach.
? With four seconds left in"
the overtime period. Monk
Pittman calmly pumped up
one of his patented one
handers to give Beaufort a
well-deserved victory in the
semi-finals of the State Class
A Basketball Tournament
at Greensboro's Senior High
School gym March 18.
It was the game airways prophe
sied when two undefeated court
titans meet in battle. The final was
Beaufort 55-53 over the Youngs
ville White Phantoms, and marked
the first time that Youngs ville
tasted defeat all year.
For the Seadogs it marked the
27th consecutive victory for the
boys of Coach McQuaid It was
Youngsville's first loss after 29
straight wins.
Holland Hat
Beaufort jumped out to a 5-0 lead
early in the first quarter as Gehr
mann Holland found the range
with one bucket and three free
throws. At 6:47 the White Phan
toms finally hit the scoring column
when Larry Lindsey made a lay
up.
W. G. Alford swished the nets at
6:20 with a push shot and the Sea
dog margin was cut to one point.
54. Holland hit on a layup at 6:03
and the boys from the little town
above Wake Forest made three
buckets and went into a 10-7 lead
at 4:34 of the canto.
Wiggin Big Gun
Six foot 3 inch center Winston
Wiggin was the big gun for the
White Phantoms throughout the
quarter and the ballgame.
Baskets by Holland and Herb Ma
son and Monk Pittman's free throw
put Beaufort back in the lead at
2:53 with a 12-10 score. Wiggin
tied the game at 12 at 2:42 and
then made a free throw to put his
team ahead. Holland hit at 2:14 on
a layup and Lindsey hit on a set at
1:45 and the Seadogs still trailed
14-15
With 38 seconds left in the quar
ter Henry Safrit laid one in and
with 25 seconds left Holland lank
two free throws to give the Seadogs
an 18-15 lead at the end of the
quarter.
Hoilamd Has 13 la Qaarter
Holland had 13 points in the first
quarter as the White Phantoms at
tempted to use a man-to-man de
fense.
The second quarter saw the Sea
dogs go on a real spree which
threatened to bust the game wide
open aa they extended their advan
tage to 26-19 at 5:15 of the quarter.
At that point the White Phantoms
switched their defense to a zone
and the score started to tighten up.
though Beaufort still held a five
point lead at 3:32, 28-23.
Wiggin HiU
Wiggin hit for four points in the
laat two and a half minutes of the
quarter on a tip-in and a hook shot
and Alford scored on a push shot
tor the YoungsviUe quiittet while
Jimmy Davis made a tayup and
Mason one free throw out of three
attempts for the Seadogs. At the
half Beaufort had a narrow two
point margin, 31-29.
Wiggin tied the score to start the
third quarter's scoring at 7:38 and
then titer the Seadogs had gone
ahead in the quarter by a 41-39
score st the 3:33 mark, the White
Phantoms put together bucket* by
Doug Chalk, Lindsey, and a pair of
free throws by Wiggin to knot the
score at 41 with 36 seconds left in
the canto. Holland made good on a
pair of free throws with 9 seconds
left and the Seadogs kept their
lead at the end of the quarter at
43-41
The final quarter saw both teams
exchanging buckets until at the end
of regulation time, the aeore was
knotted at 49. The score was tied
three other times in the final canto
at 43, 43. and 47.
Nasen Misses Shot
With eight seconds left in the
quarter, Herb lfason took a shot
for the Seadogs and missed, and
Congratulations . . .
Beaufort's nearest neighbors, Morehead City (inci
dentally, their arch rivals) plugged all the way dow;
the line ? from the district tourney to the end, for Beau
fort. Morehead's big moment will come one of thes
days and Beaufort will have the opportunity to plug fo
them. That's sportsmanship.
Following are special congratulatory messages, writ
ten especially for this edition, from G. T. Windell, prin
cipal of Morehead City School ; Gannon Talbert, More
head City basketball coach and the school's athletic di
rector, and Bruce Tarkington, principal of the Beaufor
School :
From Mr. Windell:
Congratulations to the Beaufort team in winning th<
State Class A Championship. You have brought hono
to Beaufort, Carteret County and Eastern Carolina. I
was a victory well deserved.
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From Coach Talbert:
I would like to congratulate Beaufort on winning th?
State Championship and going through the season un
defeated. You have a great team and a great coach.
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From Mr. Tarkington:
I wish first to thank THE NEWS-TIMES for the ex '
cellent coverage they have given our athletic teams thi*
year. I fully realize that public relations has much t<"!
do with the interest a section or community shows. Th<l
interest in Carteret County has been the greatest thi "
year I've ever seen.
I was very proud of the Beaufort team this year fo?
two reasons: 1. the clean way the boys played the gam*,
and 2. the splendid record they made. I wouldn't hesii
tate one second to praise our coach, T. H. McQuaid. Hi"
teaches the boys how to play the game. The boys' part
ents are also to be commended for encouraging them anc*
giving them the Christian home upon which good sports-,
manship is founded.
Fine young men like these don't grow up by accident!
I believe they are products of good homes, a good school!
and an outstanding coach.
This team has played together since the freshman1
year. They have brought recognition to our school, show .
ing us that thi honor of representing this school, whict;
has been placed upon them, has been in the hands of #
most deserving group of young men. They have taker
the responsibility and carried it well.
They hide been a credit to our school during their at*
tendance here, and I predict that they will continue t?
bring honor to themselves and their school for manft
years in the future. They have been outstanding in afl.
phases of the school's activities. They will be sorelij
missed next year. C
with but two seconds remaining
Chalk took a push shot for the
White Phantoms which alio hit off
the rim.
In the three minute overtime
Davis missed a pair of free throws
at 2:20 of the period and then at
221 Holland scored on a layup to
put the Seadogs back in the lead
SMS. Jerry Mitchell tied the Count
at 1:93 and with 1:23 remaining
Davis converted a. pair at the free
throw line and the Seadogs were
back in business 53-51, only to see
Wiggin tie the contest at 53 with 38
seconds remaining in the game.
Pittaua Wins It
The Seadogs took the ball into
play and froae it until there were
four seconds left and then Ptttman
let loose with one of his specialty
one-hand push shots from just out
side the key and the Seadogs had
the victory 55-53.
Gehrmann Holland and Winston
Wiggin tied for high scoring hon
ors. They each hit for 29 points
for their respective team*.
Monk Ptttman. the Saadog hero
of the night, also hit In double fig
ures with 13 points.
It was i hard-fought contest and
marked the first time this year that
Beaufort had been outscored from
the floor. The White Phantoms
made 24 field goals to only 20 for
Beaufort but at the free throw L
the Seadogs made IS of 22
against only 5 of 8 by Youngsvil
The box acore:
Beaufort FG Fta Fta 1
Safrit, f 2 2 1
Davis, f .. 1 4 2
Holland, e .... 8 9 9
Pittman, g 6 2 1
Mason, g ? 15 2
Totals 20 22 15
Yougsrille FG Fta Ftm
Chalk, f 4 0 0
Mitchell, f J 0 0
Wiggin, e 11 3 3,
L. Lindsey, g 4 2 0
Alford, g ..... 2 3 2
D. Lindsey 0 0 0
Steinbach 0 0 0
F. Wiggins 0 0 0
Totals 24 8 5
The acore by quarters: Tel
Beaufort 18 13 12 8 '8
Youngsv'e IS 14 12 8 4
Homo far HalUal
Gehrmann Holland was select
for the All-Sesshore first Mlln, t
All-State team selected V t
Greensboro Dally Now*, and t
first team at the Class A Tourne