The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-09
TOURNEY TO END TONIGHT
BEULAVltL]E; GIRLS
TO MEET BOLIVIA
Bladenboro, Chadbourn Eliza
BEETHOVEN, Dixon Boys Re-
main In Cage Meet

main In cage Meet
Play in the girls semi.finals and
the boys quarter-finals was CON-
pleted yesterday on the Y court as
the sixth annual Star.News'YMCA
Southeastern North Carolina Bas-
ketball tourney went through It's
third day. And with these tits, the
staee was set for the finishing
touches to be applied to the tourney
this afternoon and tonight.
Having eliminated the slower and
weaker teams from the playoff, yes
terday's games were naturally the
fastest and the most interesting yet
| staged.
Results in the girls semi!finals:
Beulaville IS, Rosehill 16.
Bolivia ~, Atkinson %.
With it's victory over Rosehiil,
Beulaville earned a place in the
finals and will meet Bolivia tonight
at 8 o'clock with the team trophy
at stake. Rosehill and Atkinson,
the two losers in the semi-finals,
will play a consolation match at 5
o'clock this afternoon to select the
third place team.
Results in the boys quarter
finals:
B%ladenboro SO, Rosehill 36.
Chadbourn %, Calypso Is.
Elizabethtown 81, Jacksonville II.
Dixon 80, Waccamaw IL.
Competition in the boys semi
finals begins this afternoon at l
o'clock when Elizabethtown meets
Dixon, and will continue at 2 o'clock
when Bladenboro tangles with Chad.
bourn. The two losers in the semi
finals will meet at Z o'clock tonight
to select the third place boys team.
All trophies and awards will be
presented tonight at 10 o'clock at
the competition of the boys finals
Awards will be as follow:
First place boys; trophy and min
iature gold basketballs to nine mem.
bers and the coach.
First place girls: trophy and
miniature gold basketballs to nine
members and the coach.
Second place boys: trophy and
miniature silver basketballs to nine
members and the each.
Second place girls: trophy and
miniature silver basketballs to nine
members and the coach.
Third place boys and girls: NINA
ture bronze basketballs to nine
members and the coaches.
Best sportsmanship, both boys
and girls, trophy.
trophy.
Wilmington's five civic clubs, in
cooperation with the Star-News and
the YMCA, are giving the trophies
to the winners. They are: Rotary,
Civitan, Kiwanis, Exchange, Lions,
and the chamber Of commerce.
Times of today's games will be as
follow:
p. m.-Dixon and E%lizabethtown
boys, semi-finals.
2 r. m.-Bladenboro and Chad
bourn boys, semi-finals.
3 p. m~.-Atkinson and Rosehill
girls, consolation.
Z D. m.-Boys' consolation.
8 p. m.-Bolivia and Beulaville
girls, finals.
8 p. m.-Boys' fin; 3.
B~ladenb0ro Triumphs
The Bladenboro boys waited until
the last three seconds of play to
take the lead over Rosehill, but when
they got ahead they held it-for
two seconds. The score: B%ladenboro
80, Rosehill SO. Both teams started
scoring fast and early and kept it
up, but the Bladenboro outfit trail.
ed by two to four points until one
minute before the gun. when it pull
ed up to a tie. Then it made a real
thriller out Of the affair by sinking
the winning field goal one second
COAoAO LILO Al1ldl gun . . . SOIllcIllluS
like a Frank Merriwell story -,
only this n happened.
Both of these groups of huskies
boosted smooth working forward to
guard to forward combinations and
both accounted for many spectacular
basket shots.
Put these two teams together,
shake well before using, and you
get something calculated to make
your hair stand on end.
Rosehill Buried
The Beulaville girls started scor-
ing early and stopped late, leaving
Rosehill buried beneath a 55 to 16
score. 1t was all Beulaville through.
out-Rosehill tried and couldn't. At
the end of the half the losers had
one lone point and Beulaville had
IS. But after the halfway mark they
really got under way, throwing field
goals from all over the floor.
Beulaville boosted no flashy COM.
bination plays-only a few simple
but ~unfailing passes. Rosehill was
simply outclassed.
With this victory, the Red Phan-
toms from up Beulaville way will
compete in the girls finals On Sat