The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-28
TIGERS WIN TWO
SOUTHERN FLAGS
Duke And Richmond Take
One Title Each; Carolina
Cops Cage Crown
BY BARTON PATTIE

RlCf1MOND, Vd., Lee. IT, VII -
University of North Carolina ath'
letes won Southern conference cham
pionships in six sports in 1910 with
Clemson taking two titles and Duke
and Richmond one each.
Clemson's Tigers, making their de
but under new Head Coach Frank
Howard, captured first football
honors, the biggest crown of them
all.
1t was the first full gridiron title
for a South Carolina member Of the
loop. Clemson topped Wake Forest,
North Carolina State, South Caro-
lima and Furman, rolling up 80 points
to ~, to become the only team to
finish with a perfect circuit record.
Dukes Blue Devils, beaten only
by North Carolina, won runnerup
honors. Duke and Clemson shared
the throne in 1899 and Dukes Rose
Bowlers won back in 1888. Clemson
hasn't lost a conference football
game in four seasons but the Tigers
missed championship claims twice
because Of ties.
Leading developments Of the grid
iron campaign included:
The selection of Paul SEVERN,
North Carolina end, to the AS
ISOLATED Press All-America team fol
the second time;
Richmond's 14-13 sumner owe
North Carolina and Clemson's 39.(
rout of Wake Forest, the seasons
two foremost surprises in the loop.
Broadening the conferences field
Of action to include five games with
foes from the other side Of the Mis-
sissippi river, Wake Forest defeating
| William Jewel and losing to Texas
Tech, North Carolina defeating
Texas Christian, South Carolina win
ming owe Kansas State and v. M. I
trouncing Washington U. Of St
Louis.
North Cardinals White Phantoms,
paced by George Glamack, one Of the
nations best centers who has re.
turned for the 1914 campaign, de
throned Clemson from the basketball
pedestal in a colorful tournament at
Raleigh, N. c.
The Tar Heels wrested another
championship from Clemson when
they climaxed an all-winning dual
meet swimming season by winning
the annual conference meet for the
tankmen.
North Carolina was successful in
defense of its outdoor and indoor
track, country and tennis
titles. Harris Everett of the U. N.
c. was the individual net winner. A
small Maryland squad gave the Tar
Heels a close scrap in the out door
track meet held for the first time in
Williamsburg but Cardinals better
balanced outfit won out by IS to 81.
Duke finished third with Al SIS
points.
Duke could win but one champion
ship-in golf-the poorest record
made by the Blue Devils in years.
Dukes victory in the links tourna-
ment was the sixth in a row for the
Durham golfers and Henry Russell
staged an upset by BUSTING his team.
mate, Skip Alexander, for individual
honors.
Richmond won it's first conference
title by finishing the baseball season
without a loop reverse to claim the
diamond pennant. Dukes club was
the leader in 1899. Ricbmond's ace
lefthaader, Porter Vaughan, signed
with the Philadelphia Athletics for
a bonus Of $4,000, believed to be he
highest ever paid to a college base
ball player.
Clemson won the boxing crown
away from Maryland. No wrestling
tournament vas held but Washing.
ton and Lee and V. M. l., who do not
meet in any sport, finished as usual
with the best dual match records.