The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-02-05
VICTORY SWEET
TO ENGELHARD
FRIDAY NIGHT
By Pratt Williamson. Jr.

IHeA iiSI poShSlpdli game IN TWO
years Friday night at Engelhard
when they defeated Swan Quar-
te%n boys by two points, 1886, in
a Hing battle that almost went
int overtime. The Swan Quarter
girls took their game by the score
of 1925.
A field goal by Jimmy Cox that
dropped through the net from mid
court as the final horn blew won
the game for the Green Hornets.
Despite the fact that their tall,
high-scoring center, Bobby O'Neal,
was unable to play because of doc
tors orders, the Engelhard team
played top-notch ball through the
game.
In the first quarter, Engelhard
obtained five-point lead, 1873. In
the second period Swan Quarter
narrowed the gap, as the quarter
ended 1921. The third quarter the
Green Hornets again increased the
spread to five points, 1927, in
their favor. The real excitement
came in the closing minutes of the
last quarter as Swan Quarter
pulled ahead by one point, 1884.
Then field goal by Cox gave
Engelhard a one-point lead. With
only seconds remaining, Murl Car
avian of Swan Quarter tied the
score, 1886, with free throw. An
overtime period seemed inevitable;
bedlam broke loose when the En-
gelhard team put on a sudden
burst of speed and Cox sank the
long shot. Many stunned spectat-
ors shook their heads in disbelief,
but it was true-the Green Hornets
had won! The shouts of the Engel-
hard fans and students were al
most deafening; some students
were so happy that they even
cried.
The five starters for Engelhard
played the entire game. Cox with
10 points led the scoring; Lewis
Clark followed with Is. Phillip
Marshall and Jimmy Spencer each
scored 2 points. Bradley Berry was
the fifth hard-playing member of
the victorious team.
Scoring honors for Swan Quar-
ter went to Zeke Midget, with s
field goals to his credit for
16 points. Floyd VILLA
scored 8; Nelson Watson, 6; Roger
Spencer, A; Murl Caravan and
Mack Caravan, 1 each; with Ralph
Swindell seeing action also.
The game was actually much
closer than most people realized.
Each team scored 16 field goals;
Engelhard attempted IS times for
20 per cent accuracy and Swan
Quarter attempted Ga times for 25
per cent accuracy. Each team at
tempted 16 free throws; Swan
@rter made only while Engel-
pa made 6, which accounted for
their two-point lead. Personal
fouls chalked up against Engel-
hard numbered IL; II were called
on Swan Quarter.
The girls game, almost COM
pletely overshadowed by the boys
game, saw all three Engelhard
starting guards, jeanne Hooper,
Merle Ann Harris, and Della Neal,
leave the court because of Excess
sive personal fouls. The Swan
Quarter girls jumped to 1878
lead during the first quarter. The
second quarter they increased their
lead to 22-10. In the third period
the Engelhard girls picked up to
outscore the Swan Quarter lassies
1879, making the score 1928 in
Swan Quarters favor. Holding En-
gelhard to 2 points, Swan Quarter
made Is points during the last
quarter to make the score 1925.
Audrey Smithwick was the top
scorer for Swan Quarter with %
points, followed by Betty Mann, IL;
Amelia O'Neal, 5; Glade Sears, A;
Margaret Baynor, 2. Also playing
forward were Hazel Creole and
Annette Caravan. Seeing action as
guards were: Mary Louise Gibbs,
Meta Caravan, Christene Cox,
Sybil Swindell, Kay O'Neal, Anna
Mae Harris, and Norma Sparrow.
The Swan Quarter team scored
II field goals and IL out of q free
throws, and fouled Is times.
Engelhard scoring was led by
Dorothy Barber with IS points,
with Wanda Midyette scoring 8
points and Sylvia Midyette a
points. Other members of the team
seeing action were Ella Cuthrell,
jeanne Hooper, Clara Fay O'Neal,
Merle Ann Harris, Della Seal, Mol
ly Knight, Chris Marshall, and
Mavis Gibbs.
Eleven field goals and 3 free
throws accounted for the % points
scored by Engelhard. A total of "a
fouls was called on the team. Thir-