The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-17

Granny Hlgh OF Norfolk, Virginia ;
Chuck Stobbs of CRANKY; and Bar
ney Gill Of Cranky.
The lanky Wildcat sparkplug. a
member of the Wilmington first
team for the past three years,
truly deserved the highly treas
ured honor. He dominated the
backboards in all of Wilmington's
games. He proved a workhorse in
each contest, playing almost everv
minute. And he scored 30 points
in the three tits to walk awav
with an admirable 10 point per
game average.
After Johnny had been informed
OF his being selected. the lanky
lad just grinned and didn't have
much to say. His two older broth
ers, Leonard and Graham, didn't
mind expressing their joy, how
ever, %slapping him on the back and
saying in the meantime: You de-
served it, Johnny! You deserved
it,"
Especially one coach looked at
Mckoy with more envious eyes
than any other. He was Coach Bob
Jameson of Greensboro. Before
the seml-finals on Friday, Jamie
son came out and told this writ
err: L would have liked to have
had McKoy in high school just to
see what l could have done with
him."
Billy Mason also won honors in
me tournament by being selected
On the second team along with Ed
hoWsloWSki of Patterson Park High
of Baltimore, Maryland; Red Kul-
pen OF CRANKY; and Don Lanford
and Rick Terrell of Greensboro.
Teddy Fennell of Wilmington miss
ed making the all-tournament sec
ond team by a slight margin.
Greensboro's Convinced
Although without the tournament
championship, the New Hanover
High school Wildcats returned
nome Sunday with the satisfaction
of having settled any doubt thai
they are State champions of l947.
Coach Bob Jameson told writers
after the Wilmington Greensboro
meeting here. I'VE will do better
against Wilmington on a neutral
court. Our club just can't operate
on a short floor like this one in
Wilmington. I only nope that we
can meet again at the Duke-Dur-
ham tournament"
He got his wish. The Wildcats.
after running over Alexandria, |
Virginia, in the first round, drop
ped the thriller of the tournament
to CRANKY High of Norfolk, Viz
gln1a, In the second round, 47-42.
GREENSBORO also went down in de-
feat before Patterson Park High
OF Baltimore, Maryland. Durham
newspapers played the consolation
match as a reply of the State
championship game, and gave
Wilmington "a slight edge over
the Whirlies."
Last Game
When New Hanover came out On
giant Duke hardwood, they
clasped their hands together and
1t was their last game to-
sether. They wanted that game
probably O than the tourna-
nent crown itself. AS the whistle
sounded, they clapped their hands
trotted into position. From
point on it was all Wilmington.
ohnny McKoy and Billy Mason
9uttought Larry Dempsey, Earl
AelStler, and Don Langford time
after time for the rebounds. W. A.
3roWn, cool, quiet, smart, worked
ne ball in, giving it off to lanky
Mckoy and Mason to angle through
goals. Louis Collie hit on long set
shots, and Fennell stayed at the
rec throw line as Greensboro
'ouled him continuously to stop
lis fast breaks toward the basket.
The final score was 44-23. 1t erased
any idea that their 42-38 victory
Wilmington was a fluke."
After the game Coaches Leon
3rogden and Bob Jameson met
IN the floor and shook hands. II
vas reported that Jameson said;
Wilmington has one of the best
"a sketball teams I've ever SEEN"
lie had said earlier in Wilmington
m Tuesday: Il think u ball