The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-26
Richmond, William And
Mary Dropped From
Tourney

RALEIGH, FEB. 25.-(H)- Top
seeded North Carolina dropped
Richmond from the annual South
ern Conference tournament here
Today, gal, and Duke, seeded Sc
cend, had little trouble in defeating
an undermined William and Ma
ry five, 68 to Is, before LOO fans.
The games were the last in first
round milling.
North Carolina met Virginia
Tech in the first semi-final game
a. o'clock, and Duke tangled
with N. c. State at $780,
The Techmen advanced into the
seminal round when they elm
mated Davidson, 1884, and State,
tourney dark horse, came into the
second round by swapping Ma
ryland AZ to % in first round
games last night arranged especial
~ for civilian teams.
Dukes Blue Devils, top-heavy
favorites to whip the Indians, who
came into the tourney as a last
minute replacement for South Car
DINA, had things just about their
own way and substituted freely
from the opening whistle.
Paced by Gordon Carver, veter-
an holdover, the Dukesters rang
up field goals at will during the
first half. Carver himself getting
nine points before intermission.
From 30-13 advantage at the
half, the Blue Devils moved on to
As to 10 midway of the second
period and then ran up a string of
field goals that was broken but
three times in the final 10 minutes
OF play.
Carver and Bill Wright each got
Il points and played excellent
floor ball. However, top scoring
hcnors went to Kenny Turner, a
reserve forward, who got 10, and
Howard Hartley, who garnered IL
POINTS. For the Indians, Chef
Wright was best extensively. He
got II points.
The Tar Heels, who won nine of
&c regular conference battles, ne
yer were in trouble after recap
turing rs lead taken by the Vir-
ginians after three minutes of play
Heavily manned by Navy Viz
transfers, the Tar Heels held 1922
advantage at the half and the is
sue never was in doubt from there
en- out.
That was the signal for the Tar
Heels to turn on the heat. With
Captain Bernie Mock, ex-N. C.
State player, leading the way, they
quickly got four perfect ones from
the sidelines ard five good losses
from the foul circle to move safely
away at 1877 After battling on even
terms for a few minutes, Rich
mond's Captain George Gasser
found the range and personally &C
counted for three field goals to
help the Spiders pull up to 1918
II one stage.
After the intermission, the Tar
Heels scored almost at will, get
ing 81 more points to 81 for the
Jirginians.
Mock collected 20 points to lead
he Tar Heels in scoring. His team
mate, Boyce Box. ex-West Texas
Teachers ace, got 10. CAN'T led
the Spiders with Is points and he
was followed by Gasser, with 10.
The Virginia Gobblers, first CT
william manned team to be pitted
against a team using Navy Viz
transfers in the annual classic,
we're no match for the Tar Heels,
meeting them in the first game of
the semi-finals OF the 1914 tourna-
mem before a near capacity crowd
of 5000.
Carolina went out in front with
a 1877 lead before the game was
10 minutes old. However, the Cob
blers began to tighten their de-
lenses at this point and limited the
Tar Heels to five points from then
until the intermission, at which
time the North Carolinians held
| 24-10 advantage.
Substituting freely the Tar Heels
managed to add Is points to their
4otal in the first stanza, and this
was more than enough to win.
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