The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-25
|Y-SSBL DIRECTORS
DISCUSS TOURNEY
Seagate Baptists Lose Last
Chance TO Play In
Series
BY ROBERT MILLER

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Baptist church cage team to enter
the YMCA Sunday School basket
ball tournament championship
playoffs was completely abolished
last night at a meeting of the board
of governors Of the league.
Seagate entered the league along
with Winter Park Methodist at
the halftime of the league. The
basketball squad player their first
game against the Baptist and were
defeated, but they claimed to have
no acknowledgment of that game
having any effect on the league
standing. The lads kept competing
in the tournament and after the
first game they were voted in as
a church league member by the
board of governors.
The fact that the team did not
know that they were members OF
the league at the time of playing
was the big question confronting
the board.
This question was answered by
the board in a way that if the
lads did not know that they were
members of the basketball league
why did they play the game?
After many minutes of discus
sion on every question except this
particular one on why should 1t
be counted as a league game-the
governors took a vote. The vote
was two-two, so, Adam Smith
physical director and advisor to
the group, cast his vote because
of the tie and said that they would
not play the game over.
The rules were again brought up
before the board and Mac Wealth
ersby, Seagate representative,
said that if one rule was followed
all should be. This would disquali-
fly all teams of the league, with the
exception of Seagate who was the
only team with paid dues.
Buster Brown, First Presbyterian
representative, motioned that Sea-
gate get the championship and the
rest of the teams be eliminated
from the tournament, but Wealth
ersby would not take the champion
ship. He stated that all dues should
be paid before the championship
game and the subject vas left to
be answered by ]. B. Huntington,
YMCA secretary.
Championship game for the Sec
ond half will be played Friday,
March %, at 8 o'clock in the 'Y'
gymnasium. Championship of the
church league will be played Sat
.urday, March %, Tuesday, March
81, and if necessary Thursday,
April 3, in the YMCA. gym.
Basketballs for the champions
of the YMCA-SSBBL will be given
to the players by the ministers Of
the Sunday school. A banquet for
all players in the league honorlng
the championship team W a S
brought before the board of gov
errors, but none of the represent
atives were in favor Of having the
banquet because Of poor attend
nee which would be expected.
A free throw contest will be spon'
sored by the YMCA for the mem
bers of the teams in the basket
ball tournament Saturday, March
%, from 4 to 7 o'clock. The players
will have Is free throws. and the
player with the most baskets will
be awarded a gold basketball.
A track program will be giver
April u, at 8 o'clock for teams
in the league, with the individual
scores being averaged to total the
amount for each church team.
Winners in this category will
be awarded prizes and the events
to take place are: co YARD dash,
12O yard dash, standing broad
Jump, basketball throw, 80 second
basketball dash, and the hop-step'
jump.
Tickets and tax on the tickets
were checked in by the various
teams and the board of governors
voted on another meeting to be
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