The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-23
WESTERN TRIP
PROVES FATAL
TO CAROLINA
Davidson And Tar Heels
Topple From Unbeaten
List
STIFF COMPETITION
Southern Conference Slate
Only Two Tits For
This Week
STIFF COMPETITION

Only Dukes Blue Devils,
with six victories to their
c r e dit, remained unbeaten
among North Carolina college
basketball teams a S pre-
Christmas play on the States
hardwood floors ended.
North Carolina and David
son, both four-time winners
over early season Independent
and smaller college opposition,
toppled from the undefeated ranks
during the past week as they engag-
ed sitter competition on foreign
courts. Cardinals White Phantoms
invading the midwest for two ap-
pearances in the Chicago Stadium,
fell before Northwestern University
Thursday and dropped a heart
breaking, overtime 60-53 decision
to De Paul Saturday. ~
Davidson's march into Georgia
was halted abruptly by a Tech
five in Atlanta which doWned the
Wildcats, 55-4l.
Two teams with unimpressive
early season records provided two
of the four leaders in the individual
scoring parade. Little Elon's tow
ering center, Gates, led tae field
Of sharpshooters after he Tipped
in 81 points against a Danville, Va,
Independent five to raise his aver
age in three games to II. and Wake
Forests Gentry, sinking SO points
in seven tits, came third with a
l4-tally average.
N. {. States ''Dickey" Dickey,
big man among the previous weeks
scorers, maintained an enviable Is
point average in six games to cap.
ture second place. He led the Red
Terrors on a highly successful
foray into coach Everett Cases
old Indiana territory where they
scored victories owe Tulane and
Anderson College. retiring for the
holidays with five triumphs and
one loss. Little Ed White of David
son was fourth man, shooting ST
points in five contests.
Duke kept its record clean with
an excursion Into Florida, turning
back the State University's Gators
and the Naval Air Station at Jack
sonville. Wake Forest, picking UP
two games against the loss Of one
on a three-night stand in Asheville
against Independent cagemen, clos
ed its pre-holiday season with three
victories and four losses.
In the States small college cir
cult Elon gained its first conquest
in three starts against the Dan
vile five. Lenoir-Rhyne beat Val
desc Community center to end up
n the 500 column in two contests
and Guilford, victorious in its
opening game, boxed to the Nc
Crary Eagles who also spoiled
opening night ceremonies for Ap
palacnlan States Teachers at
Boone. Eastern Carolina Teachers
High Point and Western Carolina
were idle during the week.
Southern Conference
Only two of the Is members OF
the Southern Conference will see
action on the basketball courts
the coming week, one OF two re,
manning weeks before the lid comes
off the league fireworks.
Virginia Techs once-deteated
Gobblers journey to Quantico Mon
day night to battle the Quantlco
Marines in n of The two games,
while in the other North Carolina
State resumes its tour through the
Middle-West by stopping OFT al
Shelbyville, Ind, Saturday to
tanele with Franklin College.
North Carolina State will play
three more games Ell route back
to the Tar Heel State. The Wolf
pack engages Holy Cross in a con
test scheduled fer Indianapolis,
Ind. December 80, plays Akron
University in Ohio January land
Georgetown at Washington, D. c.,
January 2. -,
The conference campaign will
open January 4 with a single game
in which M%aryland's Old Liners
travel to Chapel Hill, N. c., to
clash with the rangy, smooth-work-
inc North Carolina White Phan-
toms.