The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-08
New Hanover Group
Continues Protest
BY EDWARD SACHS
Star Sports Editor


mittee actions deep dark
secret from John @. Public,
were requested yesterday by a
trio of New Hanover High
school officials to come out in
the open and allow the press to
chronicle their actions in the
Johnnie McKoy eligibility
case.
The trio, T. T. Hamilton,
principal; H. M. Roland,
superintendent; and Leon Brog-
den, coach, last night informed
C. E. Mcintosh, secretary of
the NCHSAA that the New Han
over authorities wanted a re-
hiring on the case which would
be open to". the press and
any citizen desiring to attend"
The trio also wanted the at
tendance of C. E. Cooke of
Durham. The principal Of the
Durham High school did not at
tend the Tuesday meeting al
though he was the protesting
official. The local group also
wanted the presiding officer
Claude r. Joyner changed to
one who will act &c. in an i'm
partial manner"
In a telephone conversation
with c. E. Mcintosh, the
secretary of the NCHSAA,
Hamilton was informed yester-
day, in an unofficial way, Nc
Intosh pointed out, that he
thought it would be GO. ..
constitutionally impossible to
comply with those requests"
His conversation was unoffi-
cial because at the time, Nc
Intosh had not received the
New Hanover answer to his
earlier telegram in which he
told the New Hanover group
that the committee would meet
in a secret meeting although
he g. doubted that the
whole committee can reverse
its eligibility committee"
The doubtful Mcintosh is the
same official who gave Coach
Brogden permission over the
telephone proceeding the Ra-
leigh basketball game to play
McKoy.
The fact that the commit
tee when it banned the New
Hanover cagers from further
conference play reversed Nc
Intosh was emphasized by the
New Hanover professors.
In their communication to the
Chapel Hill association offices
the local group wrote:
"Would need to know that
athletic committee can reverse
decision of eligibility in keeping
with committees custom Of re-
versing other decisions, such,
for example as reversing the
ruling of the authorized secre-
tary who approved the player
by telephone, card, and letter,
with all facts before him in
Guiding the technical point now
in question. The ruling was
reversed by a committee OF
three and not the required five
that you stated in telegram
was required by the constitu-
ton. Also last summer a small
group reversed the policy of
the general meeting and de-
prived returning veterans of
the right to play football.
Roland stated that the hear
ing Tuesday was not conduct
ed in a dignified or orderly
fashion, and that C. r. Joyner,
chairman of the executive COM
mittee of NCHSAA, Constant
ly heckled both Brogden and
Mcintosh in q sarcastic fash
ion"
Hamilton stressed that the
executive group is composed Of
a membership distinctly Pied
montian in makeup, with only
one member, J. A. Holmes,
Edenton, from a section east
of Raleigh.
Quinton Holton, Durham, is
vice chairman of the group
which beside Joyner, who is
from Winston-Salem and Nc
Intosh, Chapel Hill, is COM
posed of H. M. Kyser, Ham,
let; Curtis Crissman, Pitts
boro; J. A. Gerow, Burlington;
L. Perry, Reidsville; T. H.
Cash, Sr., Winston-Salem; Lee
Stone. Raleigh, and T. II.
Cash, Jr., Winston-Salem.