The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
DEVILS TO MEET
INDIANS TONIGHT
Gamecocks Beat Richmond
w. & M. Whips Deacons;
Cadets Defeat Generals

game which featured the opening
round of the Southern conference
tournament here.
just before the final gun sound
ed the Phantoms shot four times
IN quick succession at their bas-
ket. The ball rolled about the rim
while the frenzied crowd stood on
the bleachers and howled.
North Carolina was in the lead
at 37-26, two minutes before the
game ended.
Duke was the only Southern con-
ference team able to defeat North
Carolina in the regular season.
Tied Nine Times j.
The score was tied nine times
during the hectic game. Duke was
IN the lead nine times and North
Carolina five times.
George Glamack of North Caro-
lima, top conference scorer, was
held to ten points by the fine guard
ing of Chuck Holley. Bob Rose,
North Carolina forward, took scor-
ing honors with IA points.
Tied with Glamack at 10 points
were Holley and Cy Valasek.
Duke will meet William and
Mary in the semi-finals tomorrow
night.
The Blue Devils and the White
Phantoms, red hot rivals, entered
the second half deadlocked at r.
all. And it was nip and tuck for
the rest of the way.
Other Results
Other results of the opening
round of the tournament were:
South Carolina 41, Richmond 80:
William and Mary So, Wake Forest
"a; V. M. l., 80, Washington and
Lee 81.
The Cadets will meet South Caro-
lima in the semi-finals tomorrow
night and William and Mary will
meet Duke.
The two schools of Lexington,
Va, had not squared off in dual
competition since a baseball game
ended in a free-for-an nearly 40
years ago.
Despite the home stretch drive
in the last half the General were
unable to catch the fast-stepping
Cadets. who led 22-14 at the half.
A field goal by Leo signaigo and
a free throw and field goal by Dick
Pinck narrowed the lead from 81
q to 1882 in the dying minutes.
Individual scoring honors went
to Hoard Dobbins, Washington and
Lee center, who accounted for IA
points. Robert Foster, with 13, and
Edward Stumpf and Emil sotnyk
with nine each. paced the Cadets.
At the beginning V. M. l., scored
first on an 1nder-the-ba shot
by Woodward after 45 seconds of
play. Pinck knotted the count al
most Immediately and free throws
by Cuttino and Dobbins gave the
Generals a momentary lead.
But Foster tied things up fall
with the game three and half min
utes old and stumpf put the Cadets
in front where they remained.
Stumpf's and Fosters set shots drop.
ped in with amazing regularity.
The fast-breaking William and
Mary team surprised many of the
spectators, who were looking for an
upset, by smothering Wake Forest,
52-34
South Carolina, playing a consis-
tent brand of ball, had an easy time
in defeating Richmopd 4132.
The first half of the contest be-
tween the Sovereigns and the De-
mon Deacons was a me-and-my
shadow affair, but the last half was
a rout.
Wake Forest took five-point lead
in the first three minutes, but the
Sovereigns tied the count at sail
two minutes later. The score was
tied again at Tall. at gall, at Hall,
at 13-all and at 15-all
But then William and Mary began
to click-the Virginia boys forged
ahead to 22-1S at the intermission.
And in the second half, the Sow
ereigns could do no more.
They sank their shots from all
angles. They sank one-handed shots,
left-handed shots, and tip-in shots.
They were so accurate that most OF
their shots swished through the hoop
without so much as touching the
rim.
Somewhat demoralized by this SUI
per-type of basketball, the Wake
Forest boys were unable to get thel1
defense to work, and on one play
made no effort whatsoever to stop a
William and Mary score.
Glenn Knox, William and Mary
center, was the big noise III the
Sovereisns' attack. He scored eight
field goals and two foul shots for IL
points. Herb Cline, with six goals
and two fouls for IA points, paced
the Deacons.
By comparison, the game between
South Carolina and Richmond was
relatively slow affair. Leaving the
Spiders at the post, the Gamecocks
doubled the score on their opponents
at 1876, midway in the first half, and
forged ahead to 25-e with two min
utes to 20 before the intermisslon.
The Spiders rallied somewhat at that
point. however, and the half-tlme
score was 26-13.
Richmond made much oetter
showing in the second stanza, but
couldn't narrow the gap at any