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Wildcat Cagers Trample Maola Basketeers, 51 To 33 Toddy Fennell, Dennis Raye Share Limelight In Opener Sixteen Wildcat hoopsters saw action at the New Han over K>'m ni£ht as the high school basketball team ripped the lid off the 1947-48 hardwood season with a con vincing 51 to 33 victory over the Maola Basketeers from Oak Grove. Veteran Toddy Fennell shared the scoring limelight with aewcomer Dennison Raye as the Brogden boys got into VnVh -peed after a slow start. The game was close during the I first quarter, but once underway the last-breaking Wildcat mach ine was never headed. Fennell sank seven field goals *rTi<< with one foul shot to lead Ljth'tearns with 15 points. Raye, the lad who rates a good chance tQ\ on the Cat first string, ta];;rfi 13 points. Fred Lockey waP h gh man for the visiting outfit with 11. Failure at. the chanty mark c0st the Wildcats point , while tjie Maola basketeers made the most’ o. their free shots, getting three out of six. The New Hanover second string played a portion of the earne. and in the fading minutes of the contest, the third string er, went into the fray. T„ddy Fennell dribbled through the entire Maola team to sink a crisp shot to open the scoring for the night .Forward Samm Oseland tied the count for the invaders with a push shot. Louis Collie dittoed and the Cats went into the lead again. Johnnie Mercer deadlocked the score Sensational Christmas • Hundreds of Outstanding ; Specials in Store Buy Now And Pay Next Year I r BERGER & SON 707 North Fourth St. ! Practica I Gifts Of Tools AT BROS. MARKET & FRONT STS. DIAL 7987 E IN TRADE IjON A Aleut IVIN RUDE Call oo na — wc*ll make a generous allow ance on your old mo tor as part payment for a quick-starting, smooth, genuine Evinrudtl AIM H Oft hardware company Corner Front and Dock Sts. Dial 5043 r ^ -.. with a long one for the Basket eers. Collie came back with another long one and Leon Hummings sank a free shot to make the count 6-5 in favor of the Wil mington club. Lockey put the visitors in the lead with a crip, but Collie scored a foul goal to keep the score tied. Charlie Smith rang up a crip beauty and the New Hanover aggregation was in front for keeps. The score at the end of the fi.st quarter was 16-10. The Wildcat second string joined in the fun in the second period and the Hanover team tallied seven times while the Oak Grove gang was hitting the bas ket only three times to give the home team a 30 to 16 advantage as the half ended. The visitors came back strong in the third period to tally six points while holding the fast moving Wildcat team to eight markers. Lockey, Oreland, and Mercer were the big gun. in this spree for the Maola team, while Raye and Fennell shared the third quarter glory for the Orange and Black team. With the score 45 to 27 in the fourth quarter, the Wildcat third stringers got their opportunity. The reserves played on even terms with the big and experi enced Oak Grove team which has won five out of nine games so far this season. Both quints scor ed six points while the number three reserves were in the game. The Box: MAOLA BASKFTEER6 FG. F. PF. TP. F. Oseland___ 6 0 2 10 F. Collins _ 0 0 10 F. Lockey_5 1 1 11 C. Hummings _- 0 2 0 2 G. Anspach___ 0 0 0 0 G. Gasktns - 10 12 G. Harrison__ 0 0 0 0 G. Mercer____ 3 0 3 6 Total_ 15 3 8 33 WILDCATS FG. F. PF. TP I F. Smith_ 2 0 0 4 F. Gregg- 10 0 2 F. West_10 0 2 F. COllie_3 10 7 F. Stevens__ 0 0 0 0 F. Lewis ___ 0 10 1 F. Hardison_— 0 0 0 0 C. Austin__10 11 C. Ray_6 1 0 13 C. Knott__... 0 0 0 0 G. Brown__ 10 2 2 G. Crowley_0 13 1 G. Parker_ 0 0 0 0 G. Fennell_7 1 0 15 G. Taylor_10 0 2 G. Coleman — --- 0 0 0 0 Total _ 46 5 6 51 Foul shots missed: Oseland 1, Lock ey 2, Hummings 1, Anspach 1, Harrison 1, and Collie . 2, Ray 3, Fennell 4. Score at halftime: Maola 16; Wildcats 30. GEORGE WASHINGTON DEFEATS DAVIDSON WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—OP) —George Washington’s unbeaten Colonials had an easy time post ing their sixth straight victory here tonight, drubbingg David son’s Wildcats, 57 to 40 before a handful of spectators. The triumph was GW’s third in South ’•n Conference play and gives the Colonials undisputed possession of the league lead at this stage. “Cnihmaa'' I Tlntional Clothiers, lline. Attractive Useful Gifts For Men ■M No, Front Street Dial 2-1548 brake’s Bakery DELICIOUS DOUGHNUTS the kind that grandma used to make _ fourth and Castle Sts. Dial 2-0427 King Marble & Granite t o. Pine Monuments and Memorials 8°2 South 17th Street Dial 4613 l"W ‘u-i< *--- - -————————^ ‘‘Yon Ge* A Better Boy At Blackwoods’ it Setberling Tires - Stewart Warner , Radios - Philco Anto Radio# - f| Batteries-—Seat Covers BLACKWOOD’S 18 North and St. Dial 8-1488 earn $200.00 PER WEEK SALARY McLean Trucking Company, Inc., Winston-Salem, N. 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Fred Rippy, Jr., presi dent of the local alumni; Junior varsity football coach Crowell Little and Joe Holman, secretary treasurer of the New Hanover alumni, (Staff Photo by Roy Cook) Carolina Alumni Names Grainger PIRATES TO PLAY AT LEGION HELD The Wilr ington Pirate Base, ball club, owned by Louis Che shire, M. L. Rooks, W. P. Sut ton, and V. A. Stefano, yester day agre 1 to pay New Hanover county 12 per cent of the total gate receipts for the use of the American Legion Stadium next season. It was understood that the Buc owners would seek a lower rent for the use of the Stadium for their Tobacco State league games here next season. The Pirates paid 12 per cent last year. Louis Cheshire, reported to be the new business manager of the Bucaneers appeared before the commissioners yesterday morn ing and told them the Pirates will not complete the stadium they started before the season opened la 4 ar. The Pirates recently changed hands when Odell Bridgers and Victor Stefano sold their inter *.s to Cheshire, Rooks and Sutton. Stefano held one-fourth of his interest. £ itton was elected presi dent of the club early in Novem ber. Cheshire has not publicly an nounced his appointment as busi ness manager, but yesterday’s ap pearance before the commission ers in behalf of the club started rumors that he has taken over the Buc front office. Dial 2-3311 for Newspaper Service Marsden Bellamy, W C. Barfield Elected At An naul Meeting Here Isaac B. Grainger, Jr., was elected president of the New Hanover chapter of the Universi. ty of North Carolina Alumni at the annual winter meeting last night at the Friendly. He will succeed J. Fred Rippy, Jr. Marsden Bellamy, county at torney, was elected vice presi dent to succeed Grainger and William C. Barfield was named secretary-treasuer to replace Joe Holman. Dr. O. K. Cornwell, physical education director of UNC, spoke to the local alumni on the pres ent conditions at the University. New dormitories are under con struction now and an attempt will be made to house as many students as possible, he said. The enrollment of students from outside North Carolina has been reduced to 10 per cent of the total enrollment in order that additional students from this state can be admitted, Dr. Corn well said. Jake Wade, sports publicity di rector of UNC, told the local alumni of the sports program at the University and Jayvee foot ball coach Crowell Little, who makes a hobby of filming the grid games of the Tar Heels, ran off films of the North Carolina Maryland and the Tar Heels-In dians battle. Approximately 85 members of the local alumni attended the banquet meeting. Statistics Show Punting Has Returned To Gridiron NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—W— The National Collegiate Athletic Bureau isn’t prepared to say that College football is using a rabbit ball, a development come su spected of baseball last season. Nothing like that. But no mat ter whether they’re kicking with gas, the Bureau will shake a fist ful of gridiron statistics in sup port of its conclusion that the foot definitely has returned to football, with the past season boasting the flossiest punting j since 1939. As for individuals, Leslie “Footsie” Palmer of North Caro lina State set a collegiate all time mark with a 43.3 yard aver age for his 65 spirals, greatest number ever punted by a season leader. And so for the teams, 11 clubs boasted an average of better than 40 yards per boot, something that hasn’t happened in such pro fusion since 1939. There were only three last year, none in 1943 and 1945 and only two in 1944. Duke captured the punting crown with its 41.9 yard aver age, while the defending cham pion, Texas Mines, failed to hit the top 11. Palmer’s North Caro lina Staters were second. Eight of the first eleven teams hailed from the Southern tier of states. Lehigh (3rd) and Villanova (7th) represented the East and Oregon (J 1th) the Far West. Palmer’s record performance surpassed the old standard set in 1939 by Dick McGowan of Au burn—43.0. He got his toehold over Lehigh’s gridder-wrestler Forrest Bast by just 3.6 inches per punt difference, Bast also passing McGowen’s old mark with his 43.2 average as against Palmer’s 43.3. Littlest man with the busiest foot in collegiate football was 150-pound Carl Knox of Texas Christian, who rooted 84 punts, all but five of the total of 89 which made the Horned Frogs the nation’s most prolific punting aggregation. The diminutive Knox’s average was just a diminutive shade un der 40 yards flat, or 39.988095 before the bureau ran out of digits on its machines. Previous to Palmer, the great est number of punts by a sea son leader was 60, by Bob Water field of U. C. L. A. in 1944. Harry Ghaul of Miami (Fla.) had the distinction of making ■ ' - l ..v'. ? ■ the nation’s leaders for the past three years in a row. He was eighth this year, fifth last year and second in 1945. Mississippi’s Charley Conerly could lay claim to being the na tion’s outstanding statistical triple threat. Conerly was first in passing, second in total of fense (gains rushing and pass ing) and 11th in punting with a 40.1 average. The figures: Individual Punting (Minimum of 39 punts.) Games, Punts, Avg. 1. Palmer, N. C. State .. 9 65 43.3 2. East, Lehigh _ 9 56 43.2 3. Folger, Duke_ 9 68 42.8 4. Pesek, Nebraska_ 9 42 47.2 5. Justice, N. C. _10 61 41.6 6. Grimes, • Virginia _ 10 50 40.3 7. Clinard, Vanderbilt _ 10 50 40.6 8. Ghaul, Miami (Fla.) 10 63 40.3 9. Dean, Cornell _ 9 41 40.2 10. Van Brocklin, Oregon 10 06 40.1 Team I'unting • Games; Punts, Avg. 1. Duke - 9 79 41.9 2. N. C. State_ 9 72 41 4 3. Lehigh -fi 70 40.7 4. North Carolina_ 10 65 40.7 5. Texas - 10 51 40.6 6. Virginia - 10 53 40.5 7. Vdllanova _ 9 61 40.4 8. Texas Christian_ 10 89 40.3 9. Miami (Fla.) _ 10 70 40.2 10. Texas A & M_ 10 79 40.1 WC CAGERS PLAY CAMPBELL CAGERS The Wilmington College cagers will trek to Campbell college to night for a cage contest with the powerful Campbell College bas ketball quint. The game will be called at 8 o’clock. Coach Mickey Katkaveck’s Seahawks have one victory un der their belts, a tight squeeze over Louisburg college last week. Two former NHHS stars are expected to see action against the Seahawks in tonight’s bat tle. Billy Mason and Walter Deal are members of the Campbell quint. Buster Brown, former Brigade Boys club and YMCA star, will team up with Leroy Towles, ’47 Wildcat star, in the forward po sitions. Douglas Pridgen and Ludie Croom will take over the guard posts and Carl Mason, brother of Billy, will fill in at the pivot spot. JUNIOR Baseball Uniforms At Your 14 MARKET DIAL 6022 PANTHERS SLATE SOUTHPORT FIVE The Fourth Street Panthers, who represent the Fourth Street Advent Christian church in the YMCA Sunday School Basket ball league, will play the South port All-Stars semi-professional team on the Y court tonight at 8 o’clock. The Fourth street quint is one of the more powerful church league quints, with Pat Harring ton, first string center on the New Hanover High School junior varsity team, giving them one of the better players in the loop. Pat was star on the Junior team last season as well as a regular on the church squad. Second, the Panthers have Big Bob Lewis, 6’3” eager, who is on the New Hanover varsity squad this season. Rounding out the first team are Linwood Tay lor, veteran of two years on the high school junior team and also a member of the Wildcats; Sooky Powell; and Leroy Bradshaw, both veterans of the church league last year. Coach Ralph Wolfe will have reserves Roger Dukes, Philip Clark, and Gilbert Harrington on the bench when his cagers take the floor against the All-stars, who were stopped by the power ful Black’s Texaco independant team in their first outing last week. LELAND HOOPSTERS PLAY TABOR CITY TONIGHT AT 7:30 The Leland .Lions br :ketball team will play the Tabor City All-Stars tonight at 7:30 o’clock at the Leland high school gym nasium. A large crowd of fans are ex pected to witness the clash be tween these two strong cage quints. The Lions boast a one sided victory over the Hallsboro Stars and the strong Tabor City five dropped a hard fought one point decish 1 to the Black’s Tex aco team of Wilmington. The probable lineup for the Le land five is as follows: Armond Ganey, Billy Benton, Dempset Ganey, Orrin Perry and Thomas Holmes. YMC A Cage T oumament Gets Underway Friday The Fourth Annual Invitation Weight Class Basketball tourn ament, sponsored by the local YMCA, will get under way on Friday night, December 19, at eight o’clock in the Y gym. Adam Smith, athletic director at the institution stated that the tournament rules will be similar to past years and that he ex pects a large number of entries from the local high school, from high schools in surrounding communities in southeastern North Carolina, and from vari ous independent organizations, including a team from Camp Lejeune. The tournament is divided into six weight classes; 90, 105, 120, 135, 150, and the unlimited class. To be placed in a weight group, a team must average inside that class, and no player can weigh above ten pounds more than the class in which his team is par ticipating. The smaller weight groups are designed to provide the smaller boys a chance to show their cage prowess, in compe tition with other boys their own size and age. The unlimited class in the tournament is a red hot battle between several of the better senior teams of the city. Last year, the New Hanover High School varsity quint, the Wil mington College Center cagers, and a Marine team from Camp Lejune battled for the awards. The Wildcats are expected to enter again as well as the local Junior College five. The deadline on weighing in is Wednesday, De ember 17, with the first games slated for Friday night. The tournament will continue for each night next week, with the class finals plan ned for Friday and Saturday nights, December 26 and 27. The tournament is being held at the beginning of the season this year to promote interest in the sport and get the cage sea son off to a good start. SEE OUR STOCK OF BEAUTIFUL LADIES FALL CLOTHING Berger's Dept. 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Pat Harrington garnered six for the Jayvees cause and Terry Britt came up with five points to place second for the Elizabeth town team. The Junior Wildcats started off like a house afire and at the end of the first quarter were leading 12 to 5. The Yellow Jackets got into the fight in the second period and at the halftime the score board read home team 14, vistors 14. West’s boys were leading 17 to 20 at the third period junction. The Yellow Jackets put the con test on ice with their last minute spurt. JUNIOR VARSITY FG FT TP Niven _ 113 Bremer_ 0 0 0 Heath__ 2 15 Harrington_3 0 6 Hilburn_4 0 8 Strum _ 10 2 Cook _ 0 0 0 Totals _11 2 24 ELIZABETHTOWN FG FT TP Britt _ 3 0 6 McKoy_ 10 2 Clark_2 15 Cole _ 3 17 Evans_ 2 15 Simmons__ 10 2 Owen _ 0 0 0 otals_ 12 3 27 _ 4 GRID PLAYERS GET SUSPENSIONS HONOLULU, Dec. 15. —(U.R)— J .Rufus Klawans, commissioner of the Pacific Coast Professional Football League, today barred four Hawaiian Warrior players from the game for life, and indef initely suspended 10 other mem bers of the team for betting on their December 7 game against the Los Angeles Bulldogs. Barred for life were halfback Mel Abreau, 27, formerly of the University of Hawaii and one of the league’s outstanding stars; halfback Ray Scussel, 24, form erly of Yale; guard Floyd Rhea, 25. of Oregon; and center Jack Neenan, 25, of the University of South Carolina. Klawans said these four insti gated a betting poo. of $6,700 and contacted bockies. The money was placed on their own team, giving seven points the first half and 14 points for the game. The players lost most of the money when they won the game by a single point, 7 to 6. Suspended indefinitely were quarterback Keith Spaith, 24, of St. Mary’s; halfback Ed McGov ern, 24, of Illinois; halfback Frank Trigilio, 28, of Vermont; fullback Ray Ybarra, 27, of Ari zona State; end Abe Addams, 21, of Indiana; tackle Tony Serpe, 30, of Fordham; tackle A. J. Spielman, 25, of UCLA; guard Len Canavan, 26, of San Fran cisco State; guard Steven Bench wick, 23, of Alabama; and cen ter Mili Milicevich, 27, of St. Mary’s California. Wi 1 d c a t Football Team To Be Honored At Famous Club Tonight is the night. The night that one player on the New Hanover high school Wildcats will receive a ... trophy from the Wilmington Junior Chamber of Com merce for “the most im proved player” of 1947. Jake Wade, sports publi city director of the Universi ty of North Carolina, will call out the boys name and present him with the trophy when the gridders are the guests of the Jayvees at their annual banquet at the Famous club tonight at 8 o’clock. It’s a big secret what boy will get the trophy and no one, but the Jaycee com mittee, will hear the young sters name until Jake Wade makes the announcement. Trying to guess the lucky boy is like trying to guess the gallons of water in the Cape Fear river. The Wild cats, all of them, showed some improvement during the year. But, It’s a secret and you must wait until to night at 8 o’clock to get the opinion of the judges. It’s the policy of the Jay cees not to announce the winner until the last minute. But players on the cam pus of NHHS will be doing a lot of talking this morning. Others expected to attend the banquet in addition to Wade are O. K. Cornwell, physical director at UNC, and Crowell Little, coach of the junior varsity UNC foot ball squad. SLINGIN’ SAMMY MAY QUIT IN 48 WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. — (ff) — Slingin’ Sammy Baugh, one of the football greats of all time, indicated today he may hang up his uniform after one more sea son with the Washington Red skins. Baugh told a farewell luncheon meeting of the squad that he thought his playing days are coming to an end. “I haven’t many more years to play,” Sammy said. “Maybe just one more. And I’d like to play once more on a champion ship team.” Baugh had been introduced by Redskin Owner George P. Mar shall as “the only man in this room as old as I am,” and when football’s most fabulous passer sat down, there wasn’t a throat minus a king-sized lump. LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT POSTPONED BY CLUB NEW YORK, Dec. 15. —(U.R)— The 15-round title bout between lightweight champion Ike Wil liams and Bob Montgomery, scheduled for January 16, at Madison Square Garden, was set back today until February 20 Come Down ... AND CATCH THE BIG ONES Everybody’s Welcome — AT — ATLANTIC VIEW FISHING PIER JOHN D. MERCER, Owner Phone 8-2319 Northern Extension—W rights vllle ALL-AMERICA SET TO P 8 CLUBS NEW YORK, Dec. 15, — (*>— All-America Conference owner*' decided today that the same eight cities which made up the infant pro football circuit in 1947 ani attracted 2,028,487 customer* were good enough and strong, enough for the 1948 campaign. While the owners spent the day behind locked doors in ex ecutive session, rumors were ram pant in the hotel corridors that the Brooklyn franchise might be transferred, possibly to Dallas* Tex. But William D. 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