PAGE SIX
Fridayt January 9, 1959
After 3 Setbacks In Row, Bucs Play El on Saturday
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*E»st Carolina, defeated in its last.three ouiin»s, sends its ba»-ketl»ll team into another North
King, top scoter in the conference this year, the sophomore-studdwl Apps lumped into a quick lead
State Conference battle on Satur- ■ and although the #c«e wm close day in a meeting with arch-rival'
Elon In Elon’s gymnasium.
The Bucs will rate slight favt».-Ites despite the recent slump. The margin does not compare with one that most writers would.have predicted in pre-season dope.
Coach Howard Porter is shuffling his iineup once more in Saturday night's enccunter In hope.s of finding a winning combination.
The Pirates’ head mentor has already made numerous changes alncf the opening of the .season.
all the way, the Mountaineer* kept reasonable control of the conference battle.
Capt. Nick Nichola will be expected to lead the locals against the Christiana this weekend. Nichols Is a good bet for all-conference laurels after having to "sit out ’ last season with a bad shoulder.
Expected to start with Nichols l3 anybody’s guess, but high on the list are guards. Curry, Charlie Adams, and Ike Riddick; forwards Don Smith, Charlie Lewis, and
ars ther big threats.
'The Bucs return home January 1 when they meet Oullford In a re
turn engagement. They disposed of the Quakera handily In the season opener.
Lanky Poe Pla.ster, 6-8 center, i and at center either Plas-
snd All-Conference guard JessclUgr „r Dave Starrett.
Curry, both reserves at various times this season, were the big men in the Bucs’ loss to Appalachl-
The Christians, a North State power, a couple of seaifons back, are In the rebuilding stage and
an Mrthday night. Each man scored i^ck of height Is their biggest pro-23 points in that scrap. | blem. Ollbert Watta, Stocky guard,
Paced by All-Conference Don ' and Tony Carca terra, football star,
Good Deal More Than ‘Rebuilding’
team within striking distance right now of North Carolina and N-C. State In the Atlantic Coast Conference basketball race, play at South Carolina tonight.
The Terps, 3-1 In the conference, are onlr a step behind the leaders. State and North Carolina are 4-0, But both are going strong and Maryland's unlikely to make any headway unUt the leaders play each other next Wednesday night,
Maryland is 4-S overall, but most of her losses have been by narrow margins and to teams top-ranked nationally by the Associated Press poll. South Carolina (^7) broke a seven-game losing
By DON WEISS Assodsted Press Sports Writer
What was shrugged off as a year of rebuilding looks as if it could turn out to be a good deal more for Prank McGuire and his North CaroUna Tar Heels.
The Tar Heels, stm well fed by McGuire’s talent pipeline from the North, begged their ninth victory In 10 starU against grade A opposition Thursday night with a 44-34 defeat of Wake Forest.
Wake Forest tried a slowdown Thursday night, holding the ball four minutes at the start of the game, attempting only seven shoU in the first half and generally using possession to try to match North CaroUna*» superior height and manpower.
The Tar Heels, tying rival North Carolina State’s 4-0 record in the Atlantic Coast Conference, shook loose for a 17-11 halfUme advantage and stayed comfortably ahead the rest of the way In their first experience with the slowdown.
The Tar Heels, third-ranked nationally, and llth-pegged West Virginia were the only rated teams in action In the slim Thursday program.
West Virginia, with Jerry West whipping In eight of hla 32 polnU In overtime, downed Penn State IW-81. It was the Mountles' Ulh victory in 14 starts.
St. Bonaventure. one of the nation’s four major unbeaten team», kept its record Intact despite •loppy play by defeating Iona
MacKay Again Is Topped By Butch
(NY) 68-84 In the opener of t doubleheader at New York's Madison Square Garden.
Seton Hall won the other part of the doubleheader, nipping Muhlenberg 57-55,
Centenary bagged the 63rd and last title of the holiday tournament avalanche, spilling Spring HUl 71-57 in the Senior Bowl final at Mobile. Murray (Ky) took consolation honors. 74-71 over Tennessee Tech.
Eastern Tennessee downed Morehead (Ky) 85-76 In an Ohio Valley Conference test. Miami* (Fla) handed touring Toronto Uni verslty a 97-55 defeat, and Wofford beat wlnless Ersklne, 67-58.
Seventeen of sophomore BUI Smith's 23 polnU were free throws as St. Peter’s (NJ) wal loped St. Francis (NY) 7148. New Mexico State's Border Conference team handed Wyoming of the Skyline group lU eighth loss in It games, 75-59.
Ho Challenge To West Virginia
Terrapins Only One Step Behind
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Streak by trouncing CT^son 83 The Maryland Terrapins, only 69 Monday night, and Gamecock
PERTH. Australia (AP)- Barry MacKay’s plan to "murder Butch" came a cropper today.
"Butch*' 1» IB-year-old Earl Buchhbls! of St. Louis who upset hts Dáyton. Ohio, rival in the semifinal* of the Western Australian Tennis Championships. 19*8, 6-3, 8-1.
Young Buchhols thus qualified to play Spain's Andre* Olmeno for the championship on Sunday. Olmeno gained the final round by default from the U S, Davis Cup •Ur, Alex Olmedo, who withdrew because of a strained stomach muscle.
MacKay, a 8-4 cannonhaller. declared beioif he took the court against Buchholsi that "I will murder Butch and then I will get my revenge on Girneno.’* The Spaniard had beaten the Ohioan earlier at Melbourne,
It didn’t work out that way, Buchbols. regatded as one of Amcrlca'a finest prospecta, was all over the court He scored with sharp passing shots on both sides, flicked Ulcky drop shots Just over the net and angled volleys out of reach of the bedeVlleit MaCKay
The big Ohioan seemed to col-lapse after a long first set and young Earl ran off the match In one hour and 20 minutes.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Southern Conference stlU lacks a serious title challenger for West Virginia's Mountaineers, but the records bear out the belief of the coaches that It's a far Iwtter league thla winter from stem to stern.
Thus far. the nine conference Clubs stand 38-l6--or .704 percent-age-wlse~ln games with outsiders. Twenty-nine games remain In which the record may be bettered —or worsened.
By comparison, the league record against non-conference opponents for last season was 52 46, and of the 52 victories, West Virginia accounted for 14, Percentage: .531.
The healthiest sign this go-around is that except for Davidson. which stands even-stephen at 5-5, every team In the conference has won more than Its lost against outside opposition.
VMI, which hasn’t won a conference game In three tires, is 3-0 in tussles with ouUlders. The other t^*ams stand like this: The Citadel. 4-0; George Washington, 4-l; Richmond, 4-1: Furman, 5-2; West Virginia. 6-.3; William and Mary, 4-2; ami Virginia Tech, 3-
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Virginia Tech. 6-2 for the season, ts at home tonight to Wa.sh-lagton and Lee, a former conference member which hasn't won a game tn seven tries
George Washington, 6-3 overall, entertains touring Boston Uni verslty In the only other game Involving a league team.
West Virginia ran Its season's record to ll-.l Friday night, beat-Ink Penn State RU-81 in overtime.
Jerry West played a brilliant game for West Virginia, scoring 32 points. Bob ííinith had 15 points. Bob Cloufwon 13 and Hucky Bolyard 12 for the Mounlles.
Cepeda Is Voted 'Rookie 01 Year'
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BOSTON (AP) -Orlando Cepeda, heavy-httUng first baseman for the San Francisco Giants, today was named the. National League's rookie of the year for 1958.
The 21-year-old Puerto Rican was a unanimous choice for freshman honors In balloting by the BasebaU Writers' Assn. of Amerl-ca.
Cepeda, a husky 8-2. 200-pounder from Ponce, P, R., won a berth with the Giants last spring after a sensational 1957- season with Minneapolis of the American Assn.
Cepeda gathered the votes on all 21 ballots counted under the supervision of BBWAA secretary-treas-urer Hy Hurwltz. Three writers In each of the National League cities were eligible to vote but three ballot were missing.
The son of a former Puerto Rico League player, Pedro Cspeda, the young San Francisco slugger kept the Giants In the thick of the pennant raca untU late In the season.
Cepeda, who bats and throws right, wound up with a .312 batr ting average, seventh in the league, 25 homers and 96 runs batted in. He had 309 total bases. Including 88 doubles and four triples, to rank fourth behind Ernie Banks, WlUle Mays and Hank Aaron in that department.
Coach Walt Hambrick says be thinks the win gave his team a shot in the arm.
In the other game tonight. Virginia (2-0). loser by five points Tuesday night to nationally second-ranked N.C. State, is at Clem son (3-8).
North CaroUna, third ranked in the nation, had more trouble getting the ball from Wake Forest Thursday night than in defeating the Deacons. 44-34. Wake's possession type play slowed things to a walk, but although the Deacons tied the score four times In the first half they never could get the lead,
Lee Shaffer led the Tar Heels, now 9-1 overaU, with 17 points. Doug Moe had 11. Coach Frank McGuire used only six men and did not give his talented sophomore, 6-8 Hugh Donohue, a chance to play as he had hoped to. George Ritchie's 14 points was tops for Wake Forest, now 5-7 lor the season.
The victory pulled North Carolina back into a tie with N.C, sute for the ACC lead at 4-0.
NGAÁ Schools Handed Mandate
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L. Butler Hennon raised hla boyi to buUd up sUmina, speed and to be a basketbaU player, one of finesse. SUly7 Perhaps, but the re-the very best in the collegiate suits more than Justify the unor-
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Oscar Robertson Still Holds lead
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oscar Robertson's scoring average has shrunk a bit but the Cincinnati ace still has a comfortable lead today among the major college's basketball shooters.
The Cliwilnnatt Junior has a four-point edge over Jim Hagan of Tennessee Teach through games of Jan. 6, NCAA Service Bureau statistics showed. Robertson's average Is 34,3 for nine games. Hagan’s average U 30 3 for 10 contests. “
RoberUon set a sizzling 42.7 average In his first three starts, but that was loo hot a pace to maintain. In his last six games, he's bwely bettered .10 points per outing. His average over the last four was only 28.8,
The leader In total points Is Jerry West of West Virginia, The Mountaineer has scored 322 points in 13 games for an eighth • best average of 34.8. Robertson’s toUI Is 309 and Hagan's 303,
There were two changes among the leaders in other departments.
Leroy Wright of the College of Pacific boosted hla rel)«undlng percentage pace * setter even though' he didn’t play. His target is Ml.
Miami pf Florida and Cincinnati remained the 12 team scoring leaders with 88.5 snd 87.0 point averages.
Venturi Absent At Tijuana Open
TIJUANA. Mex fAP' Uncle Sam’s top profes.slonal golfers invaded thla sotrth of the border city today, seeking to paii; Mfxt-can gold out of the $20,000 Tijuana Open
Virtually all the memliera of the tournament enmpalgn were en-ttred fur today’s opening rotind, the second stop on the 19.59 winter trail.
The players tee off at the Tl jtuina Country Ciuh, a long and hlllv 7.400-yard course Par is .10-3t’>72
Missing from the field was Ken Venturi of Daly City, Calif., come from beldnd winner of the Los An geles Open last Monday. Venturi decided to return home and pre-' pare for the Big ('ro.sby Tourns | nient next weekend at Pebble Bench.
Also missing is the defending tltleholder, EJ iDuteh ' Harrison ■ of St. liouls, HarrU'ion ts recover i Ing from surgery. '
Two other previous winners are; on hand. Ed Furgol tn 19.>7 and' Mike Soucltak in 19.V1. This was^ jilte veai the Tijuana eveat wa.s, revived after many year* by Mex I loan gulf euUumtasU. 1
Apps Rack Up 1 Straight Wins
By THE A.SSOCIATED PRESS
The high - flying Appalachian Mountaineers racked up their seventh straight" victory Thursday night, drubbing Guilford 72-46 In a North State Conference basketball game.
The Apps, a contender for the conference championship, are hosts Saturday night to Lenoir Rhyne, another contender and defending league champion.
Willard Swift hit 17 points for the Apps, all in the second half. Don King and Rick Howe had 15 points each. For Guilford, Ted Tllghman had 13 points and Llne-berry 12.
Lenoir Rhyne suffered Its first loss of the season Thursday night and Its first confertnce loss at home In two years. Winner was Western Carolina, ^88 In double overtime,
Police QueUed a brawl that broke out in the stands after the regulation game.
Dtfve Elmore had 26 points for were and Tony Sellar! 19 for Lenoir Rhyne.
No North State teams play tonight. Non-Conference Pfeiffer I* at Newberry. All nine conference teams see action Saturday.
ranks. As principal of Wampum (Pa.) High. Hennon assigned the duties of coaching basketbaU to himself and for over 25 years, has developed some mighty ñi^ rmind-baU players with his unusual tratn-ing methods, His prize court product ,1s his own son — Don. Papa Hennon might have done a bit better by his son in the matter of height, but that Is one of those things one can’t control. Don is only 5-foot-8. but he has speed, talent and a keen' shooting eye.
Don wsui a polished basketbaU player by the time he completed his schoolboy career at Wampum with a total of 2,376 points. 1.003 of which he scored as a senicH* for a new record In Pennsylvania. Papa Hennon's unique training methods which included wearing go-lashes, work gloves, suits weighted down with sand and other trappings in practice sessions. aU used
thodox practice.
Some 68 colleges bid for Don with scholarships but it was the University of Pittsburgh that won out. Nrt because Pitt made the best offer. Pitt is close to home, only 40 mUes southwest of Wampum and it has the fine medical school Don was seeking. As a freshman, D(m was so outstanding that he stole the spotlight from Um mr-sity players. His debut as a sophomore was so widely heralded Coach Bob Timmons wondered how his varsity teammates would take to the young phenom. One practice sessim provided the answer when the veterans concentrated on feeding Hennon every possible opportunity. Don is a shooter who fires the ball from aU angles and positions. Sometimes, be appears to take bad shots but that’s only because he can score if he can sec the basket, and he does.
their 18-man ruling body.
The powerful 54CAA CouncU, In moves to strengthen 11s enf<wtje-ment prt«ram and tighten its prtncipte of amateurisiP, warned, In effect;
1. Crack down, on staff members involved in seiHous violations of the athletic code, even to the point of firing them, if necessary.
2, Steer clear of any financial deals, direct or indirect, which would enable baseball teams or other pro sports organizations to provide athletic scholarships.
These points were emphasized in the . Council’s report, released Thursday. The report was read today to delegates attending the business session, climax of the week - long activities centered aroimd the 53rd annual convention of the National CoUegiate Athletic Assn.
It was at this session tiiat aU new legislation, resolutions, amendments and interpretations had to be approved. And it was considered highly unlikely that the council’s two4?ronged bid for more athletic purity would be voted down from the convention floor.
There are two points, however,
eBgiWlity committee complete authority to rule upon the eligibw committee complete authority w rule upon the eligibility of any athlete for intercollegiate athletics. At present, this power is held only by the CouiicU. Appeal from an eligibility committee ruling would be to the CouncU. The committee would rule only on cUgibUity questions submitted by membCT-Instil tutlons, but opponents of the posed amendment feel it may m vesting top miKh power in a smau group,.
The other proposed amendment that could cause a fuss dealt with recrutlng. It would prohibit institutions from providing preparatory education to prospective athletes. but would make specific ex-emptions for the service academies because of their stiff entrance requirements.
Amendments to create a national championship tournament in soccer and to give small colleges more representation on the various rules committees were also on the agenda. Both were expebted to ease through harmoniously.
The soccer tournament would bo the NCAA's 16th championship event and would be held for tho first time in November.
Rose Wrestlers Take All But Two Matches
Oreenvllle’s Rose High School had.”
Olmedo Taking Heat Treatments
PERTH (AP) —Alex Olmedo again had a series of heat treatments today for the strained stomach muscle which forced him out of the West Australian Tennis Championships.
Hts physician said the sore spot was much relaxed. He Indicated that with several days rest and further treatment the United States Davis Cup star from Peru would be In good shape for the Australian national championships beginning Thursday in Adelaide.
Olmedo defaulted to Andres Olmeno of Spain in the singles semi finals.
wrestlers claimed an easy Northeastern Conference victory yesterday over Kinston, taking all but two of 12 matches at the Hose High Gymnasium.
Coach Ode! Wellbom's Phantoms won matches in every division except the 147-pound class and the heavyweight class.
Kinston’s Moody declsionod Bob Hardee of Greenville In the 147-pound dlvl.slOTi and Red Devil Kraas won the heavy decision by forfeit.
The match was the second of the .season for the locals, who dropped an earlier decision to AAA Goldsboro. Coach Wellborn commented that the turnout for yesterday’s battle was “the best we’ve ever
Ek>wlers Rolling In Preliminary
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP)—Some of the best bowlers In the United States and Hawaii start rolling here today in a prelude to the 18th annual All - Star Bowling Tournament.
Each of the entrants In the field of 288 will try his or her hand to get the feel of the lanes Installed In the Connecticut Street Armory.
Formal competition for the prize fund of $36.225 begins Saturday and runs through Jan. 18.
Leading the field of 23 seeded bowlers are Don Carter, defending men’s champicn from St. Louis, and Merle Mathews of Long Beach, Calif., the women’s all-star champion.
The event is sponsored by tiie Bowling Proprietors’ Assn. of America.
Armstrong Aims To Solve Dixon Doubts
NEW YORK (AP)—Gene (Ace) ing in any other business. Ho
Wellborn remarked that Kinston's team was “one of the most aggressive we’ve met. This is their first year of competition and they are inexperienced.*
Six veterans bolstered the Phantom ranks yesterday. They were Louis Arthur, Phil Coleman. Wilbur Owens, Bobby Hardee, Charles Roberts and Jeff Fountain.
Next match on the Phant schedule is with New Bern, there, on Wednesday. Then, on January 17. the Phantom* will play host to the State Champions from Boone High School.
SUMMARY:
05 lb.—Mac McKenzie (Or) won by Forfeit.
KB lb.—Dalton Owens (Or), pin in first period.
114 lb.—Louis Arthur (Or), pin In first period.
120 lb—Garris Evans, (Or), won by forfeit.
127 lb.—Don Joyner (Or), Pin In first period.
135 lb.—Phil Coleman, (Or), pin In second period.
140 lb.—Wilber Owens (Or), pin in first period.
147 lb.—Moody (K), declsloned Hardee (Or).
156 lb.—Charles Roberts (Or), pin In first period.
167 lb—Wayne Sumrell (Or), de-cisloned Powers (K).
175 lb.—Jeff Fountain (Or), pin in first period.
HEAVY WEIGHT—Krass (K) won by forfeit.
Armstrong, unbeaten Elizabeth, N. J., middleweight, hopes to solve all Eddie Dixon’s problems tonight by sending the Newark policeman back to his midnight-8 a.m. beat.
Dixon, torn between the comparative security of a $4,600 patrolman’s Job and the lure of a potential $20,000 a year In the prize ring, probably will make his decision after tonight’s fight at Madison Square Gardwi.
At first, Dixon said he had decided to pound a best rather than take his chances In the ring. The next day he changed his mind and announced, "I’lH-going to fight” In the meantime, he has been walking the beat, working out in his spare time.
Joseph P. Weldon. Newark police (Uiwtor, had infcarmed him hat the rules of the department prohibit any member from engag-
Fights
pointed out that fighting was another business.
Advised of Dixon’s decision to go through ’with the bout, Weldon refused comment. It Is expected he will have something to say after the fight.
If the odds favoring Armstiong are right, it may be that Dixon w^l be happy enough to go back to the beat and forget fighting Armstrong has a perfect 15-0 record He has knocked out only one opponent. ,
Nothing was said when Dixon, who has been on the Newark force for about nine months, appeared in the Garden in two semifinals. Victories over Bobby Gordon and Eddie Thompson earned him his first main event and the $4,000 TV guarantee that goes with It. He also gets a share of the gate, but that probably won’t top $1,000.
Dixon, a 25-ycar-old Korean vet is the father of two daughters. He started boxing in 1953 but has had only 20 bouts. His record Is 14-4-2. Armstrong beat him twice in tho amateurs.
Scores
CX)LLEGE BASKETBALL By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS North Carolina 44. Wake Forest
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Vermont 65. New Hampshire 59 West Virginia 89, Penn State 81 (ot)
New Mexico State 75. Wyoming
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Sofford 87, Erskine 58 Western Carolina 69, Lenoir Rhyne 58 (two overtimes)
Tenn Wesleyan 87, Milligan 56 Appalachian 72. QuUiord 48
Boise, Idaho — Glenn Burgess. 146, Boise, outpointed Dick Goldstein, 150, Seattle, 1*2.
Los Angeles — Boots Monroe. 118,. tompton. Calif., outpointed Joe MedeU 115, Mexico City. 10.
Rome, Italy — Italo Scortlchinl, 162, Italy, stopped Franco Sclscia-ni. 158^, Italy. 8.
Pietrosante Is Signed By Lions
DETROIT (AP) — Nick Plctro-sante, Notre Dame fullback, has signed a two-year contract with the Detroit Lions, the AssocUtcd l^ess learned today.
A reliable source said the tamls-Ing fullback will receive $28,000 over two years, the figure counting both salaries and bonuses. This is one of the highest prices ever paid a rookie by the Detroit club,
Pietrosante, after leading the Notre Dame offense in his senior year, starred In the East - West post-season game.
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSN. Thnrsday Resolta
Syracuse 145, Cincinnati 138 (ot> Minneapolis 95. St. Louis 93 Friday’s Sehedoie St. Louis-Clnclnnati at Detroit Boston at Detroit
Satorday Schedala Detroit at Cincinnati New York at Philadelphia Sonday Schednle Cincinnati at Syracuse (aftar-noon-TV)
Philadelphia at New York Boston-MInneapoUa At San Francisco
Detroit at St. Louis
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