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act that two men were glued to

fact that two men were glued to
him.
This record is exceptionally good
when considers the unbearable
pressure on beanpole Billy. At the
start of the 1947 campaign four
regulars were back from the Duke
Durham consolation championship
outfit. Only Billy Lee, second
highest scorer OF the team and set
shot artist delux had graduated.
The question ringing throughout
Wilmington was who was going to
fill Lees big shoes?
The majority of the sports ex-
perts suggested Mason, and so
when Bill came out for the first
practice drills all eyes were focus
ed on him. Could this boy, who
led the conference scoring parade
for most of the 1915 season, re-
tain enough cage skill to do the
same again? Could he work as
smoothly with the first team as
Lee? Could he make up for the
ioSs oI Lee long shot accuracy!
These and many other questions
were asked and today have been
answered.
Mason not only made up for the
loss OF Lee, but he proved more
valuable to the team than sharp
shooting Billy. He aided Johnny
Mckoy tremendously at snatching
rebounds under the backboards.
He proved a scoring threat every
time he got hold Of the ball. And
after several games the four other
regulars worked with Mason as
smoothly as they ever had before,
With the conference campaign
over, Billy Mason is now looking
forward with renewed determine
ton to the State championship
game and the Duke = Durham
tournament. He is hoping that.
after graduating from New Han
over this spring, he a continue
his basketball career at the Uni.
versity of North Carolina. TODAY.
we would like to take our hat Of
to Billy, and wish him the best of
success in the coming years!
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01
|WHITEVILLE WILL
PLAY ACME DELC0
Tabor City To Meet Fair
Bluff Tonight Al Column
bus County Tourney
Special To The Star

HALLSBORO, Feb. % - White
ville's Wolflets will meet the Acme
Delco girls while Fair Bluffs
Lumbees will be matched against
the Tabor City Red Devils in the
finals of the Columbus county bas-
ketball tournament here tonight.
The defending girl champs from
Whiteville advanced to the title
bracket by downing a very good
Chadbourn team, 1920. Whiteville,
led by Miriam Mooney, who scor-
ed IL points, had blood in their
eyes from the start. Holding an
III advantage at the first period.
the Wolflets stretched it to 21-8
by halftime. The Wolflets' defense,
led by Captain Jean Claire Jones
and Peggy Inman, had the Chad
bourn forwards at bay, although
they rallied desperately in the
final period. For the losers Claire
Louise White scored 10 points,
while Marqueen Byrd played a
bangup defense.
The fast Delco sextet defeated
the stubborn Tabor City team,
1928, in n Of the closer con.
tests of the tourney. Although the
winners led all the way, their
greatest margin was at the half,
1910. The losers tried in vain, but
could not make the grade. Kath-
crime Marks again led Delco with
IL points with tiny Betty Hilburn
playing a fine defense. Irene Grice
Of Tabor City was high scorer with
% points while Nina Cox starred
at guards. Fair Bluffs favored
Lumbees downed the Hallsboro
Tigers, 31-17, with Ralph Rogers
leading the winners with IA mark
ers. The rair Bluff defense was
led bv W. c. Afford and Albert
Calvert Davis.
For Hallsboro James Creech tai
lied six. On defense Ned Council
was outstanding.
The final game Of the evening
was a bitter struggle with the de-
Tending Red Devils finally down.
ing the fighting band of Chad
bourn boys, 21-18. With Fred Soles
ta-,ying seven points for Tabor
City, while Sellers had the same
for the losers. 1t was Dock Her
ring for the winners and Richard
McLenny for Chadbourn, who
paced the scorers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01
Championship Game
Tickets Go On Sale
Monday AT MINIS Gym

Tickets for the state cham
piOnship high school basketball
game, to be played here the
latter part of next week, will
be placed On sale Monday at
the New Hanover High School
Gymnasium, 1t was learned
last night.
No definite date has been set
for the game. According to
information last night, the
tickets will be on sale only at
the gymnasium.
The ducats will sell for one
dollar each for adults and sixty
cents for students.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01
CHESTNUT CAPTURES
II TO II TRIUMPH
OVER FOREST HILLS

The Chestnut Cubs squeezed out
Forest Hills, 14-11, yesterday aft
ernoon Chestnut Street school gym
in a thrilling contest that wen
overtime.
The score at the end of the reg.
ular time was Chestnut 10, Forest
Hills 10, but in the overtime chap
ter Coach Norman Chadwick
quiat tossed through two quick
field goals while holding Forest
Hills to a single foul toss for the
victory.
Leading scorers were Bill
Blackburn of the Cubs with six
points and Robinson of Forest
Hills with five. Other players and
their respective totals were: Ches-
nut-John Brindell 3. Philip Jones
z, Howard Troutman 2, Graham
Farmer, Russell Clark /; Forest
Hins-Durham. West 2, HUMPHREY,
Postman 2, Jones 2.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01
YMCA COPS WIN
OVER ALL-STARS
Varsity Quint Squeezes Out
Narrow 1888 Triumph
At YMCA Gymnasium

The Wilmington All-Stars, made
up of basketball players of the Sem
Tor Mems City League, dropped a
close 1888 encounter to the YMCA
Varsity yesterday at the YMCA.
The contest was close all the
way. The YMCA grabbed a 1913
lead in the first quarter. stayed
ahead 20-18 at halftime, heightened
their lead to 1925 in the third per-
iod, and roared in for the 1888
finish.
The outstanding players of the
affray were Robert Ship of the
All-Stars with 10 points and Lloyd
lKaylor of YMCA with Is markers,
Besides doing well on defense,
Ship convered his zone On defense
like a blanket, furnishing the key
to the All-Stars' fine showing or
defense. Kaylor was especially
good on long set shots.
Other players and their respect
i've points were: YMCA Varsity -
Davis, 4; Brown, 2; Billiard, 8;
Gertz, z; Kaylor, IS; Austin, Kot
Ter, 2; Williams, Bowen, 2; All
Stars ~ Casteen 8; Gore 2; ShipI
10, Edens 7, Raynor 2, Sloan,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01
Bob Parton, Jim Hamilton
Lead Tar Heels To Victory
LARGEST Crowd In History Of Southern
Basketball Watch Two Old Rivals Battle
From Opening Gun Of Contest

DURHAM, Feb. 2s.-AP)-North Cardinals Tar
Heels cinched No. 2 rating in the Southern Conference
pre-tournament basketball standings with a brilliant 51-41
Victory over Duke University here tonight.
A crowd of $500, largest in the history of southern
basketball, watched the two rivals fight it out from the
opening gun.
ates of play and held it most of the first half. They held
An eight point lead at one time but the Blue Devils cut it
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01

10 27-25 with a minute to go but
the Tar Heels hit two field goals
n rapid succession to make it 81
Is at halftime.
The Blue Devils hit four field
GOALS and a foul to start the sec
ond half and tie it up at 1888 at
he end of four and a half minutes.
Duke then went into the lead and
ran it to 40-35 but the Tar Heels
fought hack valiantly and took a
lead at 42-41 after Is minutes of
the second half. Duke threatened
once more with three minutes to
play by cutting the Tar Heels lead
10 three points but in the final
minutes Carolina tailed seven
more times as the Blue Devils
tried to break the Tar Heel freeze.
Bob Paxton and Jim Hamilton,
the Carolina forwards, had Is
points each but the Star of the
game was Dukes Ed Koffenberger
with IA points to push his seasons
total to 404.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01
COLLEGE CAGE
RESULTS

Tulane AZ, Tennessee Al.
Louisiana State go, Florida As
Butler 81, Wayne 40
Duquesne At, Georgetown SO
Virginia Union 68, VII glnia State
Sc.
Wottord 50, Charleston College
81.
North Carolina 81, Duke Al.
Lawrence Tech 50, Acquinas 20
Wooster College 81, Case "a
Ohio University 81, Western Re-
serve So.
Washington and Lee "a. Virginia
Poly 81
Georgia Tech 43, Alabama 40
Hope College 81, Alma College A
N. Y. State Maritime SIS, Queens
College A.
Villanova SO, Fort Dix 81
Davidson SO, Furman 81
Washington & Lee "a, Virginia
Tech 81
Lynchburg College so Bridge
water As
Quantico 81, cambridge 40
Tex A and M 48, Tex Christian
SO
Wofford 80, College of Charleston
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01
TWO YMCA TWINBILLS
SLATED AT "Y" GYM

Trinity Methodist plays Carolina
Beach Methodist and Temple Bap-
fist encounters First Presbyterian
in tonight's YMCA Sunday School
Senior League basketball double
header at the YMCA gym. The
Trinity-Carolina Beach contest
takes place at z o'clock and the
Temple Baptist-First Presbyterian
gets going at 8 o'clock.
Also on tap for today starting
at IL o'clock is a Sunday School
Junior League twin bill, which
brings together Trinity Methodist
and St. Andrews and st. James
and Tabernacle Baptist.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01
North Carolina Defeats Duke Blue Devils, 81 To d
Greensboro Defeats Castonia, 34.25
|Whirlies To Meet Wildcats For Th]

lies defeated Durham to take the
State tilt, but lost to the Bulldogs
by one point last year at Chapel
Hill. The Greensboro club is led
by two veterans of the 1915 and
1916 clubs, Larry Dempsey and
Don Lanford. Dempsey is one of
the best defensive centers in high
school basketball, while Lanford is
one of the two leading scorers of
the Western Conference, averaging
around IL points per game.
If any comparison between New
Hanover High and Greensboro can
be found, it is the two clubs res
pective showing against High
Point. The Wildcats whipped High
Point, 1890, at High Point earlier
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01
Special To The Star

DELCO, Feb. %. - The cur
tain fell here tonight on the annual
Tri-county basketball tournament
with the Bolivia Girls and Leland
Boys independent teams being
crowned champions of Columbus,
Brunswick and Bladen counties.
The champions were presented
trophies by Barney Rodgers, chair
man of the Acme-Dalco American
Legion post Tournament committee.
William Benton, captain of the
Leland cagers was presented a tro-
| ply for being the most outstand-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01

1884 club. Look out there
Everywhere you see promising
players, most of whom are eithel
freshmen or sophomores, but whe
can shoot and handle that ball as
good as the varsity of last season
See those two boys. Take them
for instance. That blond is Louis
Collie, a fine eager at Tileston last
year, and the other boy is Teddy
Fennell, who stood out with the
Junior Varsity in 1914 and played
plenty of ball with Hemenway dur.
ing his grammar school years.
Another freshman who would help
this seasons team if he would only
come out is Johnny McKoy, that
stringbean from Tileston. And
over there are two old hands, Carl
Mason and Jim Groom of the 1914
outfit. They'll form a good nucle-
us. Yep, We'll give the other
teams a run for their money this
season. I only hope I can make
the first team"
If you haven't already guessed,
the lad doing all the talking was
Billy Mason. He not only made
the first team that year but was
such a consistent scorer that only
Jim Lands of Rocky Mount beat
him out at point making in the
conference. Yes, he was the same
Mason, who is the scoring cham
pion of the Eastern Class AA Con.
ference for 1947 after serving al
most a year in the Merchant
Marine. He is also the boy, whom
every coach he has played against
is raving about.
Take these three pilots for an
example: Coach Paul Sykes of
is the best play
er in the State; Coach Bob
Broome of Rocky Mount-"he is
the mainstay of the best team that
I've seen since coming to North
Carolina; Coach Bill Dole of
Fayetteville-"I fell in love with
Mason at the Wilson game"
And they have good reason to
praise 6 it. 1 in. Billy. Against
them and every other club in the
Eastern Conference this year he
averaged 1877 points per game.
Against powerful Wilson he tossed
over 20 points through the cords.
In both Durham encounters he
notched 16 tallies. During the
Fayetteville series he poured II
points in the basket despite the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01
Special to The Star

~~> ~
GASTONIA, Feb. %. - Green's
boro's High Whirlies of Coach Bob
Jameson clinched the Western
Glass IA Conference basketball
championship here tonight by TAX
ing a 1920 victory from the Gas
tonia High quint.
The triumph, Greensboro's 18th
in IA games this campaign, gives
them the right to meet New Han
over High of Wilmington, Eastern
Conference winners, for the State
championship next week in Will
mington.
Greensboro has won the Western
Conference cage crown for the past
three years in a row. In 1945 Whir-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01
Masonboro Ramblers
Plan Meet Tonight

The Masonboro Ramblers
baseball team will meet to-
night to discuss and outline
plays for the 1947 season,
Frank Manner, manager of the
club stated last night.
Maner said the players will
be treated to an oyster roast,
but declined to state the name
of the place. II have notified
my guests by mall" he said.
The Ramblers, under the di-
rection of Manner, won the East
ern State semi-pro league title
last year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01

ing player in the four-day tourna-
ment. Sportsmanship awards were
made to the Whiteville Girls and
Bolivia boys teams.
In the opening game the Bolivia
girls swept to the title by trounc'
ing the Acme-Delco sextet, so to 26.
The lineups were as follows: Acme
Delco - Williams g., Holderfield,
Burns T., Evans 10, Potter, Hick-
man, Lynch, Butler, and Gainey.
Bolivia - Stone, Hickman, Phelps,
Danford, Willis, Flowers, Lewis,
and Caison.
l The Leland lineup was composed
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01
Mason Takes Point Making
Crown With 1877 Average
SIT. / In. Forward Ace Ranks First With OPP
posing Coaches AS Most Outstanding
Player In Eastern Class AA Play
BY GENE
Star SnOrfs Writer

It was a shivering wintry day early in December, 1914.
A host of basketball hopefuls were gathered in New Han
over High schools gymnasium, exhibiting their most treas
certain sandy-haired youngster, who was tying his shoe
laces and while doing SO, attempting to explain to a very
attentive audience the general cage outlook for the coming
season.
Eyes, we should have a pretty fair team this year even
though there isn't a single returning first stringer of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01

CULLOWHEE, Feb. %. -P-
West Carolina State Teachers Col
lege has accepted an invitation to
play in the National intercollegiate
invitational basketball tournament
beginning at Kansas City.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01

TOTALS $3.50 10 "a AZ
Score at halftime: U. N. c. 81; Duke
Free throws missed: U.N.C-Paxton 2,
Hamilton, Nearman 3, Dillon 2, White,
Kohler 2. Duke@Seward, Koffenberger
Z, Ausbon, Martin, Lofts, Rothbaum.
Officials: Jay and HaWn.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01

TINS season, while the Wbi,,,
Inc same by a slightly d.
score, 1920. Wilmlngton SAa.e
contest earded with the c aad
Dor poro club in December, 5u, 0 ca
Bob Jamiesosn decided Su' Coas
having the encounter AGAIN.
exams at Greensboro HiS apSe {
weeks Wilmington . cr a' Ne
contest will be the two m, ttsAsoor
meeting since the WbirIio. tn
narrow victory over N,,y Won
GREENSBORO in 1916. "'''1S
Most major nations have ,c,..
to sufficient quantities Of u, avee'
and thorlum to supply large ,..,
atomic energy programs wa
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01
~Flamingo Stakes
Is aired TODAY

For the seasons best preview OF
She 1947 Kentucky Derby, tune in
the Flaminge Stakes on Gillette's
Cavalcade of Sports over Mutual
and Station WGNI (dial 1340) al
4:3O this afternoon. Hear Bill
Corum and Bryan Field report this
classic from colorful Hialeah. Men
-. LOOK sharp! FEEL sharp!
BE sharp! Use Gillette Blue Blades
with the sharpest edges ever
Aoned!
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01
Bolivia Girls; Leland Boys Capture
Tri- County Basketball Championships

of Holmes, G. Clark, D. Gainev.
Perry, R. Clark and Benton. White
Oak - Cain, Packer, Seasons
Council and Mcclure.
Evening star., 1947-12-09
Notre Dame Increase!
Lead as No. | Team
In Final Ap Poll
Dy The Asseeiossd Press

NEW YORK, Dec. s.-Notre
Danes powerized Irish made every
pole winning one and emerged
today, for the second straight year,
as the No. team In intercollegiate
football.
.Punctuating an all victorious
nine game schedule with . smash
ing 3s-7 rout Of Southern Califor-
mia, the men of South Bend pulled
away from their closest challenger,
unblemished Michigan, and laid
claim to the mythical national
championship with votes to spare
in the final Associated Press poll
Michigan, dated up with South
ern California January In the
Rose Bowl, finished second. Once
tied Southern Methodist. unspotted
Penn State and ce-defeated Texas
followed in order.
! Rounding out the titanic 10 were
Alabama, Pennsylvania. Southern
California. North Carolina anc
Georgia Tech. Southern Gals los
last Saturday tumbled the Trojan
from third to eighth.
It had been close between Notr,
Dame and Michigan until last weel
end, when Notre Danes one-side,
triumph bolstered Irish stock Ii
the minds Of the 146 football writer
from coast to coast, who partici
Ipeted In the balloting.
Final sttandinrx.
Evening star., 1947-12-09
Little AII-America
includes Star From
RandoIph-Macon
Dy NE Asseeiassd Press

NEW YORK, Dec. s.-Footba1
players from II different colleges
and varying In age from II to 2e
years make up the Associated Press
Little All-America team for l947.
Youngest OF the players is Eddie
Lebaron, T-formation magician for
the College Of the Pacific; while old
est-and by far the heaviest at 2S4
pounds-is Dan DAndrea, center
for Pacific Lutheran.
While these two hail from the
Far West, the sAll-Star lineup Is
culled from every sector Of the
United States and Is made up Of
players whose alma matters size and
schedule kept them from sharing
the national headlines with the foot
ball mastadons.
Playing ability Of the athletes on
the Little All-America, as compared
with those on the All-America
proper, is not involved Two MEM
bers of the 1916 Little A-A now are
more than holding their own In the
two major professional circuits.
Sharing the backfield duties with
Lebaron in the 1947 honor aggrega-
ton are Darwin Horn Of Pepperdine.
who shared the Nations scoring
tonors; Robert Hanlon Of Loras. a
one time Notre Damer, and Harold
Bell Of Muhlenberg.
That talented quartet would op-
crate behind forward wall OF which
the huge D'Andrea is the pivot.
/ William Hart Of Denison and
William Ianpicelli Of Franklin and
Marshall are stationed at the TANKS.
Ken Dubard of Wofford and FELTON,
Whitlow of North Texas State are
the tackles, while Arthur Obey Of
!, Randolph Macon and James Nelson,
who helped Missouri Valley College
produce the Nations longest cur
rent winning streak, are at the
,, guards.
Star of the middle section Of the
line is Obey, 165-pound sophomore
guard whom Dixie football followers
liken to the Notre Dame watch
e charms of two decades ago. During
K an eight game schedule he pouncee
4 on nine fumbles and blocked foul
\ punts in addition to interceptini
S one vital pass.
Evening star., 1947-12-09
Re-emphosize Grid
Totum Suggests
By me Asseeiafed Prsss

GREENSBORO, N. c., Dec. Q.
Big Jim" Tatum, whose Uni
versity Of Maryland team tangles
with Georgia in Jacksonville's
Gator Bowl New Year Day, be-
lieves the accent Is on the wrong
word in college football these
days.
Honored by 500 fans as the
Southern Conferences coach Of
the year here last night, Tatum
told them:
There is no need to deem
phasize football. Rather, we
should re-emphasize football.
Players should not be ashamed
OF scholarships and they should
not be ashamed of taking physi-
cal education As . major. We
need more men trained In such
work"
Evening star., 1947-12-09
BY me Asseeiotsd Press

PORTLAND, Greg, Dec. s.-1s
the tumble runback on It's way
back to college and high school
football7
The high school coaches OF
Oregon say. Yes
They have just gone through .
seasons experiment with the re-
juvenated tumble rule, allowing
any player to pick up any tumble
and run as far with it as he can.
These are the results:
OF "a schools voting, rs favor
the tumble runback. Only IL
were opposed.
The arguments for the run
back: "Opens up the game
lessons injuries. for players try
to SCOOP up the ball and run
rather than piling on to q dead
ball (. gives hnemen chance
to star the fans like 1t
better"
The argument against: Makes
game conservative. Teams fear
fumbles, specially safety men who
are afraid to handle a wet ball
On kicks -. makes 1t possible
for the poorer team to win"
Oregon made the experiment
at the request Of the National
High School Athletic Association
and Secretary Tom Pigott OF the
oregon High School Activities
Association reported these season
Figures: In 800 games there were
260 fumbles picked up and run
back, so of them for touchdowns
In these 260 runbacks there were
only six injuries, none serious.
The rt,nbaek originally va,
Evening star., 1947-12-09
CrisIer Of Michigan
Voted Coach Of Year
BY the Asseeiatsd Press

NEW YORK, Dec. o. Herbert
Orrin "Fritz" Crisler, who led Mich
igan's wolverines to the Western
Conference championship and into
the Rose Bowl. was voted. coach OF
the year today In the New York
World -Telegram's annual poll Of
college football coaches.
Crisler received 6S first-place votes
to beat out Matty Bell Of Southern
Methodist, whose Cotton Bowl
bound team had only q tie to mar
its record. Bell got 40 votes.
Lynn Waldorf of California, who
was voted the first coach of the year
award in 1885, received SO votes fol
third.
Fourth place went to Frank Leahy
Of Notre Dame, whose Irish thii
week were named the top college
team In the Associated Press poll.
Last years winner was Earl Red
Blaik OF Army.
Evening star., 1947-12-09

",
Harris, incidentally, has shipped two first
Easements mitts to Bobby Brown at Tulane Uni
versiy instructing the Yankees reserve n1elder to
familiarze himself with the duties OF first base
man. There's no reason why he can't learn to
play the position" insists Bucky. Hes good ball
PLAYER and I think he's the man for the job"
Harris defends Larry MscPhail, the Yankees
ex x-prexy against belitters, but less enthusiastic
about HIM is Joe Di Maggie, who left here Sunday
night for San Francisco attend his parents 5oth
wedding anniversary. Di Maggie, who had
bone chips removed from his right arm, still is
oreetino friends with his left hand
Evening star., 1947-12-09
NBA Poll Reveals Sentiment
To Let Gruziono Stay in Ring

All groups polled by the National
Boxing Association for an opinion on
Rocky Graziano favor his being per-
mitted to continue in boxing, accord
ing to announcement today by Abe
j. Greene, NBA president.
No specific recommendations are
being made to NBA members, Greene
said. The poll was merely advisory,
those States wanting to bar Graziano
can do so and those wanting to see
him fight can okay him.
An interesting sidelight of the poll
was an expression from Col. James
P. Marley, retired, who commanded
the Army Disciplinary Barracks at
Fort Leavenworth when GraAano
was discharged from there. mo
one should dig up mans past and
hurl it at him later" he said. i
feel strongly that after fellow has
served his time and is shooting
straight In any honorable profession
it is the duty Of fellow citizens To
help him" :,
Figures compiled during the pol
show that of the S. NBA jurisdlc.
tions and 10 past presidents entitled
to vote on such matters, 40 per cent
were In favor of Graziano, 33.s pei
cent were against him and 26.2 pei
cent did not vote. OF those States
not voting, some said they woule
act on Graziano II and when ap'
4 plication for a license were made II
the State concerned; one declined
to vote because no vote was belnt
taken on others with similar Army
records, and another said 1t woult
vote only after reviewing the Armyi
and New York States records OF
j Graziano, which are not available
/ Other groups polled by thu
'INBA gave greater margins favorint
Il Graziano. The results were:
i Sentiment expressed in newspaper
columns, SO per cent for, ? per cen
/ against; war veterans of long service