Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-05
Glanack Best.
LANCE Sees
In Is Years

Chapel Hill, March 5.-George
Glamack, the University of North
Cardinals towering six foot. five
inch center, who led the Tar Heels
to their seventh Southern Confer
ence basketball victory in IS years
in the tournament finals in Raleigh
Saturday night, is the greatest bas-
ketball player I've seen in 25 years
of playing and coaching" Bill
Lange, his tutor, said today when
asked to appraise his star pupil
Maybe you think then that Gla-
mack rates All-America?" re-
porter queried.
You're dead right-he rates ALL
America if any player in the coun-
try does. Coach Bill shot back.
And that's not sentimental favor
ism. Just let the record speak for
itself
"All Of our boys deserve plenty
Of credit FOR winning that Confer
ence title-they all played mighty
well, but Glamack was the standout
as he had been ail season.
"And while we're giving credit"
Coach ELL added, something ought
to be said about the great help given
us by Coach 30 Shepard. who
worked with rs throughout the
season: by Bill Fetzer. former Car
olina coach who did some scouting
and gave us some mighty fine tips,
and by Doc SieWert. our freshman
coach, whose scouting and advice
was a great add
Glamack'S One-handCd hook shots
from near the foul line were the
sensation Of the tournament. He can
shoot with either hand, from the
right or left or overhead and it's
positively uncanny the way he con-
meets with the basket
He's so ncar-sighted that he can
see only a dim outline Of the bas-
ket, but that doesn't seem 10 mat
ter anyway. fer he seldom looks
tcfore he shoots.
Glamac!l set q new high scoring
r. cord Of 62 points in the threc-day
Tourney. He bagged l6 in The initial
tourney victory over ClcmSon's de-
Tending champion and over
Shadowcd their All-American ace
B&nks McFaddcn, for the third con-
secutiVe time this year.
Came Wake Forest in The semi
finals and George banged away for
e points-l0 field goals and eight
foul shots--to pace a 43 TO IS vic
tory over the Demon Dcacons. one
of the Conferences best teams. And
in the finale aoainst Duke the tow
ering 22A-pound Pennsylvania.
formerly the best prep or high
school star in the East. pitched his
mates to q 1928 triumph and car
nered l9 points. almost half of the
total score. Duke used almost every
conceivable defensive strategy to
stop the Tar Heel giant but Gla-
mack was unstoppable.
Official records show that Gla-
mack has scored a total Of 458 points
in 26 games, covering l8 regular
season contests, five practice games
with non-college outfits and three
tournament engagements, for an
average OF better than II points per
game.
In his three performances against
McFadden. last years All-American
center, Glamack Outscored the
Clemson star 17-12, 22-13 and 1911.
He scored SO points in the three
contests with Wake Forests power
full team.
In addition to his scintilating Of
fensive achievements, Glamack has
turned in remarkable defensive per-
formances all season but it was in
the tourney that he reached his
peak in guarding end grabbing the
ball off the blackboard After hold
ing the high scoring McFaddnn 10
only 1 points. he limited Wake For
eSt's two pivot stars. Pete Davis and
John Polanski to a total Of only 19
points, and Dukes centers. Chuck
FOllcv and Clvde Allen. to a tota'
of only 10 points.