The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-03-16
KITTY HAWK TWIN BILL
WAS FUN FOR SCHOOLKIDS


wierdest double headers ever seen
ron the local court.
The program was sponsored
by the newly formed Kitty
Hawk Youth Club, and more
than $25 was raised for the
clubs activities.
The first game, between the
school girls and the ladies of the
community, was hard fought and
close all the way through, with
the guards of both teams control
ling the ball throughout. The first
point was not scored until midway
of the second quarter, when
School forward Marona Scarbor-
ough sank free throw. The lad
les came right back with one of
their own, and it was nip and tuck
from then until the waning min
utes, when Charlotte Meekins
tossed in field goal that sewed
up the game for the High School
ers, points to 4.
There were several mother
daughter combinations on the
floor, and in all the ladies team
used total of IS players, con-
sidering the low score, and the
fact that only two points separat-
ed the two when the final car horn
was blown whistles were not
available) a return engagement
was almost inevitable, and it was
announced later that both teams
had agreed to play again next
Sunday.
1t is doubtful, on the other hand,
that the mems team, which took
on the high school boys in the fin
al game, will ever play again
basketball, baseball, or even DOM
mos. The boys won this one, some
thing to II, and one incidental re-
suit of the contest (and the term
is used loosely was that all local
stores were sold out of alcohol
(the rubbing kind, liniment, and
iodine a half hour after game
time.
There was some dissension at
the outset over rules, the particu-
lar question under consideration
being whether Fonney Tillett,
stellar forward for the men,
should be allowed to remain un-
der the basket at all times. The
fact that he was mounted on a
six-foot stepladder figured in the
discussion. Kenneth Clay Tillett,
grandson of the stepladder Tillett,
finally resolved the matter in his
own way by almost knocking the
thing out from under his grand
fathers feet.
Adolphus Hines, starting at the
other forward post opposite his
high school son, Shelby, was re-
puted to be involved in a fix at
tempt-something to do with
weekly allowances. Walter Perry,
newly elected board of education
member, was heard to mutter
something about summer school
the first time one of the boys stole
the ball out of his hands, and from
then on he seemed to be unmolest-
ed. There was a rumor that Mar
vim Midget and Carlos Dowdy,
both retired Coast Guardsmen
were wearing breaches buoys, and
certainly both seemed completely
at sea throughout their stay on
the court.
Despite the unorthodox tactics
of the men, the High Schoolers
quickly ran up a 5 to nothing
count, at which time the mems
second team, consisting of Russell
Perry, Port Beacham, Russell
Dowdy, Bill and David Stick at
forwards, was substituted.
1t was a surprisingly interest
ing contest for a while, and at the
end of the third quarter the score
was 10 to II in favor of the High
Schoolers. The men declared later
that they had understood there
were only three quarters in the
game, which might account for the
fact that from that point on it
was simply a question of which Of
the High Schoolers should score
next. Some say the final count
was 33 to II. The men won't con-
firm it.
High scorers for the boys were
Barney Midget with IL points,
followed by Shelby Hines and G,
&c. Curles (both all-tournament
selections in the recent Albemarle
Rural Conference series) with 6
each, Kenneth Clay Tillett with 5,
and Cecil King with 2. Russell
Perry and David Stick led the
men in scoring with 6 points each.
The high school girls squad
consisted of Melba Haywood
Charlotte Meekins "a points,, Ma
roma Scarborough e points, and
Mary Helen Best at forwards, and
Dawn Tillett, Angus Toler and
Clara Mae Right at guards. Play.
ers on the ladies team were Min
ME Lee Toler e points,, Mildred
Foreman Il point), Norma West
| Il point), Fannie Perry, Dorothy
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