The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-12

things are expected next season,
the reserves completely outshown
the regulars. Smith, only S #. II
in. tall, snatched the majority of
the rebounds off both backboards
and buried v points during his
short participation in the contest,
and was definitely the outstanding
star for New Hanover High. Lee
Roy Towles, Marion "Tinkey"
Rogers, Don Hyatt, and Johnny
Crowley, all second stringers, also
popped in points from all corners
of the court.
The famed combine of Billy Ma
son, Johnny McKoy, w. A. Brown,
and Louis Collie looked terrible
in comparison to the splendid cage
exhibition they put on in Durham
last Friday. Their passing, shoot
ing, and ball handling was SUBJ
par. The games records reveal
that these starters scored 81 points
to Goldsboro's %. The reserves,
on the other hand, Tipped through
ID tallies to the visitors five.
Both Billy Mason and Johnny
McKoy, the two highest high school
scorers in North Carolina, were
"of." Mason registered nine points
to garner individual scoring
laurels for Wilmington, but gained
little satisfaction in doing so as il
cut his conference average from
15.1 points to 14,4. McKoy's eight
point famine lowered his 1919 mark
to an even IA point average.
Kingpin in Goldsboro's tallying
parade was once again Charles
Shumate, a sharp-shooting forward,
who canned Is points on chiefly
left-handed push shots to walk off
with high scoring honors for the
night.
The Wildcats got off to a fast
start last night by running up u
straight. points before Gerald Mas
sengill of Goldsboro swished in a
long one-handed push shot after ex-
actly seven minutes and As seconds
of play. McKoy started it off by
dunking in a rebound, Brown then
set up Fennell for a fast Grip, and
following Mason's foul shot miss,
s it. l in. Billy dribbled in for a
Grip to make the score. Wildcats
6, Goldsboro 0. After Louis Col
lie missed two charity throws, Ma
son tipped in a rebound and Nc
Koy sank a side shot. Fennell fol
lowed this outburst with a difficult
Grip. Massengill then tailed for
the 'Quakes, and at the end of the
first quarter the count stood, NH
HIS II, Goldsboro 2.
. Coach Leon Brogden immediate
ly removed his regulars in favor
of the second team at the start OF
the second stanZa, and as has been
pointed out, the substitutes put on
a dazzling exhibition. Rogers be-
gan the show by Tipping through
a long set. Towles also found the
range on a set, and Hyatt's one
handed push and Crowley's set
caused the 1,5O0 spectators to sit
up and take note of the brilliant
accuracy of the secondary boys.
Smith contributed a good free
throw to the cause before Rogers
canned a charity throw to raise
the score to 22-2. The visitors then
got hot with Lancaster dropping
through a one-handed bucket and
Massengill tossing in a good set,
cutting Wilmington's lead to 22-6.
Two rapid set shots, M by Rogers
and the other by Smith, made the
score ready 26-6 at halftime.
In the third period Skipper Brog'
den again put in Collie, F'ennell,
Mason, McKoy, and Brown only to
see the Tobacco City cagers out
score them IL points to 10 during
the stanza, and climb to within
threatening range at the quarters
end, 1918. Lancaster, Rose, and
Shumate of Goldsboro burned the
net for goals almost every time
they shot, while MINIS looked
worst than ever.
The final chapter saw Charlie
Smith make a brief appearance
in the Wildcat lineup, and flip
through two quick Grips before
being taken out. Shumate's foul
for the invaders put the count at
1918 in Wilmington's favor. Nc
Koy, Mason, and Brown then arch
ed in five fast MINIS t%allies, which
were matched by goals by Ian
caster, Shumate of Goldsboro. Fen
nell fired in a Grip, Shumate and
Lancaster angled in long sets,
and Collie sank a Grip before the