Evening star., 1939-12-28
Terps Boast Crowns
In Boxing and in
Tennis Doubles
Duke and Clemson Each
Holds Pair; Virginia
Schools Are Shut Out
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 28.-Uni-
versity of North Carolina's Tar
Heels won three Southern Confer
ence championships in 1889 and
shared fourth.
Duke and Clemson took two titles
each and divided another, while
Maryland won one and shared one.
The remaining II members of the
loop failed to capture single crown
in 10 sports, and only 1-Richmond,
in baseball-was able to take rum
nerup honors away from the domi-
mating quartet.
The 1899 conference champions:
Football Duke and Clemson
Basket ball - Clemson
Baseball Duke
outdoor track North Carolina
Indoor track North Carolina
Golf ------- Duke
Cross country North Carolina
Tennis Singles, North c.
Doubles, Maryland
Boxing Maryland
Swimming Clemson
Duke athletes captured of the 10
titles in 1898, yielding indoor track
and basket ball laurels this year.
It marked the first time in a
decade that Virginia school failed
to take crown. Washington and
Lee won swimming honors last year
and v. M. I. copped the wrestling
crown. The mat tourney was
abandoned this year.
Grid Season Is Finest.
The football season was the finest
for the conference as a whole since
the secession of the Southeastern
members in 1882.
Duke and Clemson were unbeaten
within the loop, the Blue Devils
downing Davidson, Wake Forest,
North Carolina, v. M. I. and N. c.
State and the Tigers whipping N.
C. State, Wake Forest, South Caro-
lima and Furman.
Outsiders beaten by the CO.
champions included Colgate, Geor-
gia Tech, Syracuse, Navy. George
Washington and Southwestern.
Duke lost to Pitt. 14-l3, and Glenn
son bowed to Tulane, 7-6, for their
only losses of the season. North
Carolina and Richmond also turned
out once-beaten squads, their set
backs being administered by fam
lily members after perfect records
against outsiders. Wake Forests
only losses also were recorded with
in the circuit. Clemson has yet to
meet Boston College in the Cotton
Bowl New Year Day.
Beats Maryland in Final.
Clemson won the basket ball title
in a history making tournament at
Raleigh which was extended into a
four-day affair, with II teams par
ticipating. The Tiger team, paced
by Banks McFadden, all-America
football back and all-Southern cage
center, barely slipped under the
wire as one of five schools tied for
seventh place in a tourney field
usually limited to eight competitors.
Although they barely managed to
get in, Clemson's attack clicked
throughout the event to reach the
final. where they defeated Mary
land, 1927.
North Carolina scored So points
to take the indoor track crown by
a wide margin. Maryland was Sec
ond with 80 points, while Dukes de-
Tending champions surprised by
falling into the third spot with 2512
points. The Tar Heels repeated
on the outdoor track, with Duke
coming in second.
Duke had one of its greatest base
ball teams to romp away with dia-
mond honors. Richmond nosed out
Maryland for the runnerup spot on
percentages.
North Carolina won the cross
country tourney for the fourth time,
with Maryland second. Dukes golf
ers annexed their fourth trophy in
a row, North Carolina finishing next
Terp Netmen Surprise.
The biggest surprises came in the
minor sports, where an unheralded
Clemson swimming team won over
a strong field and where North Caro-
lina's four-year tennis domination
was ended when AL RitZenberg and
Nathan Askin of Maryland won the
doubles championship in the tourna-
ment at Williamsburg. - Carl Rood of
Carolina was the singles champion.
The boxing meet was the closest
in years, Maryland scoring Is points
to win the title by a single point
over an unexpectedly potent North
Car01jpo team The host South