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PAGE 8 8TATOSV1UJE RECORD LANDMARK ajahnttmrt W' TUESDAY JANUARY 5 1960 Celtics BreakLosing Streak By United Press International Boston Celtics and Syracuse meet for the third straight time here tonight with Referee Jim ljuffy cautioning Nats Coach Paul' Seymour to keep his tongue in cjieck and Duffy clashed at Boston Monday night shortly aft 'er the Celts halted a three game losing streak 127 120 and at the same time ended a three game Syracuse win skein The trouble started in the fourth quarter when Duffy served Sey mour with a technical foul for ar guing a call too vehemently Duf fy ordered Seymour from the Nats bench but Seymour refused to leave Duffy said he would file a "complete' report" to National Basketball Assn Maurice Podoloff The Celtics set a Garden re bounding record Monday night will) 105 as Bill Russell grabbed 37 while scoring 32 points Bob Cousy had 25 and the Jones boys Sam and KC (no sparked two second half Boston spurts that killed Syracuse rallies Dolph Schayes was high man for the visitor! with 26 pointe IT "Jtete teg GREEN BAY'S BOYD DOWLER Rookie of Year In NL Balloting 1 Dowler Named Rookie Of ear NEW YORK (UPD Boyd Dowler young star for the most successful Green Bay Packer team in 15 years today was named the National ootball top rookie of 1959 in the annual United Press Internation al poll Dowler former University of Colorado quarterback who play ed offensive end for the Packers won by one vote in balloting by 31 sports writers who covered the 1959 campaign in the 11 league cities With no one player overshadow ing the first ycar performers as Jim Brown of the Cleveland Browns did in 1957 only two votes separated the top three players 'in the poll Dowler received seven Nick Pictrosantc Detroit Lion fullback from Notre Dame was second with six Billy Stacy Chicago Cardinal safetyman and kick run back secia1ist from Mississippi State was third with five Tommy Davis San rancisco orty Niner place kicker John Lovetere Los Angeles Ram defen sive tackle: Smith Phila delphia Eagle offensive tackle and Richie Petitbon Chicago Bear defensive back each received two votes The other five votes were split among five halfbacks Bernie Parrish of the Cleveland Browns Dick Haley of the Washington Redskins Joe Morrison of the New York Giants and Eddie Dove and Dave Baker both of San rancisco Dowler like many other out standing college players who en ter the NL many of his early workouts be cause he was practicing with the All Star squad which met' the Baltimore Colts in August But Dowler began to click mid way in the campaign when Coach Vince Lombardi and his assis tants were forced to put added emphasis oh passing because of injuries suffered by the Croon ball carriers Ddwlcr who has tremendous speed although he stands 6 5 and weighs 225 was pass catching terror late in the Reason when the Packards swept their last games to finish with a 75 record nwoas' a jb i jBIRHsi i aMMaMMy rnB grv Var'c II 4 rn 5 te A teMKl i TAYLORSVILLE NUCLEUS The eight girls above form the nucleus for Taylorsville's hopes for an other Northwestern Conference championship this season Kneeling left to right are forwards Doris Sigmon Alta Hefner Patsy Land and Kaye Wilson standing are Gua ds Carolyn Bentley Ann Wilson Coach Pat Gainey Virginia Keller and Jane Jenkins The Lady Bears carry an unbeaten record against Hudson riday night (West Photo) Will Long Taylorsville Win Streak Be Broken? BY JERRY JOSEY Record Landmark Sports Editor i TAYLORSVILLE Will Taylors domination in the North western Conference end tills year? That looms as one of Uie big questions for other loop coaches as Pat Gainey club unbeaten now in six games this season pre pares to hit the of their conference schedule next week Taylorsville recorded its sixth win this year and 71st consecu tive conference victory before the holidays with a win over Wilkes Central a highly regarded outfit riday night they return to ac tion meeting Hudson holders of an 0 2 conference record current ly but next Tuesday January 12 will be one of the bigger tests They hit arch rival Hickory on that date and Hickory currently holds a 2 0 loop mark Gainey readily admits this club not up to par" with the clubs he has fielded in the past five years when Taylorsville swept the league title each season Only two regulars are returning in onvard Patsy Land and Guard Ann Wilson Lost via graduation were ace fonvard Rebia Hefner who rewrote scoring records for ward Peggy Price and guards Martha Teague Rule Price Jane Elder and Coleen Benfield Bernadette ox a guard left school Joyce Barnes a promising forward who loomed big in Gain plans for this season got married and Marie Warren an other promising forward moved to Scotts whore she is on the squad there Lettermen returning are or wards Margie Price Carolyn Sie Alta Hefner Doris Sigmon and Land Guards Ann Wilson Virgin ia Keller Carolyn Bentley Jane Jenkins Polly Price and Connie Elder Kaye Wilson a freshman will see extensive action in the pivot spot for the Lady Bears It is the first time that Gainey has had a freshman as a regular on his club Wilson is expected to team with Land and Alta Hefner at the spot with Doris Sigmon the fourth for ward Defensively Ann Wilson Virgin ia Keller and Carolyn Bentley are expected to get the starting roles with Jane Jenkins and Connie Eld er the top reserves Only four Land Ann Wilson Sipe and Margie Price are on the squad Top opposition for Taylorsville will be in the form of Newton Con over and Hickory both undefeated in conference play at the moment RichanJ White is coaching the Taylorsville boys club this season White handled the jayvee squad a year ago and steps into the top spot to succeed Lynn Parker as sistant principal at Taylorsville This will be a rebuilding year for the Taylorsville lxys who had a 9 11 record last year and finished in sixth place in the conference standings Only two regulars are returning for the Bears in Guard Richard Gwaltney and Center Charles Bowman our other lettermen are back in Center 'Troy Watts orwards Mike Lackey and Mendel ox and Guard Leon ox Jerry Mitchell Ed Hedrick and Larry Chapman all up from jayvee club and Wayne Johnson a reserve with the 1958 59 varsity figure in plans The squad is composed of jun iors and seniors and White will coach the jayvee squad also plan ning to work extensively with his sophomores and freshmen there Hudson's boys are expected to be the kingpins in the Northwestern race this season and hold a 2 0 record Morganton has been a sur prise with a 3 0 mark and is expected to make the race a tough one MacKay Defeated CALCUTTA (UPD Ramana than Krishnan defeated Barry Mackay of Dayton Ohio 7 5 4 fi 6 3 6 4 Sunday to win the Asian lawn tamis championship Wake orest Duke Get Wins Wilson Suffers irst Setback In Girls League Wilson girls who com pleted pre holiday play with an unbeaten record suffered their first defeat of the season last night as they dropped a 48 40 decision to Munro to highlight city re creation league action at Senior High Gymnasium Elaine Harris poured 34 points through the nets and the club fought off a final period Wil son rally for their decision A 19 10 third period spree had put Mun ro into a commanding 39 21 lead Mary Ruth Godfrey hit lf and Margaret Warlick had 17 for Wilson In the other girls league tilt last night Statesville Business College racked up a one sided 32 12 win over Mitchell College limiting Mitchell to a single point in the final half Lynn Soothers hit 18 and Lala Woods had 14 for the winners while Sue Smith grab bed eight for Mitchell Kewaunee Technical urniture and Iredell Knitting were sched uled in the other girls league game but neither team had enough players to field a club league action found Staf ford's Esso taking a 46 36 win over Mitchell Cojlcge and VW notched a 38 decision over Statesville Brick and Mitchell were i' I 4 1 I i NEW ANNOUNCER? The Bos ton American said yesterday that Ted Williams has been offered a job as a Red Sox radio and TV announcer and spring time bat ting coach at his same salary as a player But Boston Red Sox general manager Stanley (Bucky) Harris said "Offhand I think it (the story) is erroneous It might be that there is a confi dential agreement between Mr Yawkey (club owner Tom Yaw key) and Ted but I question this" The newspaper said the offer had been made to Williams some time ago and that he had thus far failed to accept or re fuse it (UPI Telephoto) deadlocked 26 26 at the end of the third period before Stafford's un leashed a 20 10 spree in the final quarter rank Davidson had 14 and Dent Tillery hit 10 for Staf ford's while Robert oster's 12 led Mitchell College VW also counted a fourth period spree for their big margin Leading by seven points they erupted fof a 20 9 spread in the fourth over Statesville Brick Dave Odom racked up 20 and Gair Allie added 15 for VW while Dick Tigers To Open Season Tonight Morningside's Golden Tiger eag ers open their ISMiO slate tonight in the Tiger gym meeting Davie County Training School in a double header scheduled to get underway at 8 o'clock Lowder and Bucky Johnston had 12 each for Statesville Brick Lineups: (ilKIS I Ev Wihon 10 Munro IS Sherrill 7 Harris 34 Godfrey 10 Nash 7 Keever Sigmon 6 Moore Reynolds Peterson Cloer Byers Grant Score by quarters: Wilson 9 5 10 16 40 Both the boys and girls teams re presenting the local school will have their lineups packed with newcomers with all of the boys except one moving up from last years junior varsity Clarence Daniels a mainstay throughout the season last year and the only returning starter is expected to spark the Tiger quin tet tonight Munro 12 8 19 Substitutions: Wilson Warlick 17 Munro Tomlin 1 Officials Watvs and Sherrill sta Bll Mitiliell Woxls 14 Exveil 2 Southern 18 Herrin I Dyson Smith 8 Johnsosn Dishman I Chapman Walker 2 Rimmer Lowman Score by quarters: Sta Bus Coll 10 4 8 Talmadge Pass Willie Ramsey Jerry Kimbrough and LcRoy Mur dock all showing a lot of promise will likely team with Daniels to make up the starting five Coaeli Herman Horne in ap praising this year's team readily states that while they are in experienced the team has the po tential to become one of the Tig er's most balanced offensive clubs 2 game pending here: 9 Alumni 13 4 Airv here: 22 at Badin: 26 Wilkesboro here 28 at Mocksville ebruary 2 Badin here 5 9 2 1 Sechler Laws Troutman Mitchell College Substitutions: Brandt Hunter Officials and Sherrill 14 10 15 VW Coley Murdock Clark 7 Stevenson 6 Mitchell Marion 23 at Mt Airy 2) Brooks 7 I Charlotte here VW 56 Allie 15 Odom 20 Hellard 7 Calder 2 Sherrill 7 Score by quarters: VW Sta Brick Substitutions: Statesville Brick in some years or the girls veterans Doris Greene a forward and Carolyn Wasson and Gladys Stovall guards orn fn nrAVuln thu iww All vapwivu VVZ I V4X ta Brick 38 say jrj yc lo 'figcrcsses off Lowder 12 1 10 a £ood start Johnston 12 Teaming with Greene Wasson ftl i it ii i rr uuim ana oiovan wiu Darnara iur anjoy 6 ncr an Adrienne Morrison at for 9 20 56 'ward and cither Vera Brown or Carol King al guard a The complete Tiger schedule is as follows: January 5 Davie County: ps Stafford's 48 Mill hell 3G Davidson 14 McIntyre 3 at Wilkesboro: 11 Concord (AAA) Moore 5 Chapman 4 here: at Charlotte: 21 Mt TTnrrssrsT (af haccin Li Tinerv io roster 12 i Munday 2 Troutman 4 Score by quarters: Stafford bsso 10 9 Mitchell College 13 6 10 36 jyarjon here 16 at Substitutions: Staffords Esso Cincinnati Retains UPI Lead Deacs Get 11th Carolina 12th NEW YORK (UPD Oscar Rob ertson and his Cincinnati Bearcat basketball mates today topped United Press International's ma jor college ratings with 346 points the second highest total ever re corded in the voting 'Phe only higher total recorded during the 10 year history of the ratings was the 348 count collect ed by the Bill Russell sparked San rancisco Dons on Dec 27 1955 Cincinnati with Robertson set ting single game (50 and tourna ment (122) scoring records won Basketball Scores Buffalo Tch 69 McMaster 54 Mor Harvey 96 Va Tech 95 St ran Pa 58 Morehead St 55 Wake orest 77 Clemson 62 Maryland 103 Yale 80 Louisiana St 81 Georgia 77 Mississippi St 85 Alabama 56 Tulane 71 lorida 55 Mississippi 64 Auburn 56 Detroit 94 Creighton 78 Iowa 71 Wisconsin 64 Northwestern 61 Indiana 57 Kansas St 57 Nebraska 53 Iowa St 47 Nebraska 53 Ohio State 97 Illinois 73 Utah 78 Montana 62 Houston 68 Tulsa 62 Oklahoma St 51 Missouri 42 Mississippi 81 Lamar Tech 5 UCLA 55 Washington 54 calHornJa 60 Southern Gal 4 the Holiday estival last week in New York and downed Dayton Saturday night to boost its season record to 10 0 This record earned the Bearcats 32 first place votes two second place votes and one third place vote The coaches based their ballots on games played through Saturday night California which defeated West Virginia in the Los Angeles Clas sic last week before being upset Saturday night by Southern Cali fornia replaced the Mountaineers in second place West Virginia slipped to third Bradley beaten only by Cincinnati advanced from seventh to fourth Ohho State beaten last week by Kentucky slipped from fourth to fiftli Utah was sixth Southern Cali fornia tied for 18th last week ad vanced to seventh Georgia Tech 17th last week moved to eighth 4 Louis dropped from sixth to ninth Texas A winner of the Southwest Conference tourna ment advanced from 12th to 10th to become the third newcomer in We top 10 Southern California Georgia Tech and Texas A replaced Indiana Illinois and New York University in the select group Wake orest headed the second 10 group It was followed in order by North Carolina Indiana Villa nova Iowa Iowa SUitc Utah State Southern Methodist St Jo seph's Ta) Kentucky and Illi nois Kentucky and Illinois tied for 201 Deacons Thump Clemson Cop ourth In ACC By United Press International North Carolina State College seeking its first Atlantic Coast Conference victory of the season meets Virginia tonight without the services of two Wolfpack starters who were suspended from the team Monday The contest may lie an evenly matched one since the Cavaliers are also seeking their first con ference conquest Both teams have won only three games each while State has lost seven and Virginia has lost four Coach Everett Case who sus pended Wolfpack starting guards Anton Muehlbauer and Dan En glehardt is expected to use his slow down type of basketball against Virginia The game is the only ACC battle on lap lor to night Wake orest winner of the Dixie Classic won its fourth straight ACC encounter Monday night by defeating Clemson 77 62 superior rebounding abil ity accounted for a 72 36 victory over Bucknell and' lorida State marched over South Carolina 93 75 Maryland soundly routed Yale 103 80 The Demon Deacons jumped to a quick lead over the Tigers and held an 18 ixint advantage at half time 38 20 Clemson narrow ed the margin to 12 points after five minutes of the second half but never came as close again our men hit in the double figures for Wake orest in the triumph Billy Packer led with 18 points He was followed by Dave Budd with 17 Len Chappell with 16 and George Ritchie with 14 Duke rode oxer the quintet from Lewisburg Pa scoring al most at will The Blue Devils scored 41 points in the second half and held the Bisons to only 14 John rye led scoring with 12 points while Howard Hurt got 1 1 and Doug Kistler and Carroll Youngkin sank 10 each Maryland took its lead in the first 25 seconds of the game holding Yale to only five points in the first 11 minutes of play The Torps led at halftime 40 32 Yale narrowed the margin to one point in the first half just lie fore the big Maryland scoring spurt SU led South Carolina at one stage by 23 points and held the advantage at halftime 43 31 The defeat was the seventh loss for the Gamecocks against four wins Case Suspends Three Af State RALEIGH Three North Carolina State basketball players including two regular starters were under an indefinite suspen sion today for disciplinary rea sons Coach Everett Case refused to elaborate on the suspensions an nounced Monday or indicate when the suspensions would be lifted Case said Wolfpack captain Dan Englehardt George innegan and Anton Muehlbauer were suspend ed Englehardt a senior from Seymour Ind and Muehlbauer a sophomore from Brooklyn were starters for the Wolf pack team innegan a sopho more from Rye was a leading reserve is a basketball matter and is not connected with the academic Case told newsmen The Wolfpack was left with only three backcourt men after the suspension of the three guards Case said he planned to move forward Dan Wherry to a guard position He said he would alternate Wherry Denny Lutz Jon Sim beck and Bob McCann in the game against Virginia Two Deadlock or Top Series Carlos Vernon and rank Rob bins shared honors last night for individual high three game series in the Kewaunee Technical urni ture Bowling League Vernon and Robbins tossed iden tical 476 series as the Guessers captured a 3 0 win in a 2202 2045 pinfail over the Quin Bills and rolled a 783 team high single Syl vester Elder tossed a 187 single for the Guessers The Woodchucks tripped the Squares 3 0 on an 1367 1607 pin fall and a 641 team high single as Gayle Thomas led the way Tho mas rolled a 422 series and his 156 single was tops The Angles grabbed a 2 1 deci sion over the Tripplets who cop ped pinfall 1924 1857 and had a 673 team high single in the night's tightest action John Simmons of the Tripplets rolled a 406 series and 156 single game Ar iMiO wJjMi "A'1' MB' 1 Hr JI wall WI xjKxHnll8t' ryrntitr Ifw pfe" Zi PACKER PUNCH Wake orest's Billy Packer recently voted the most valuable player award in the Dixie Classic drove in for two points on this play last night as the Deacons downed Clemson in an ACC tilt at Winston Salem Packer drives past Clemson's Don Carver (55) and Ed Krajack (52) (UPI Telephoto) California Gets By United Press International It took California's Golden Bears only 48 hours to wipe out the memory of one of their sad dest basketball defeats The second ranked Bears did a slow bum when Southern Califor nia snapped their 25 gamc vic tory streak last Saturday night but they started a new string by Hounds THS Clash Tonight Statesville's Greyhounds and Troutman's Bobcats enter into their second non conference dou bleheader tonight at Barium Springs' Johnston Gymnasium to start 1960 cage activity for both clubs The Greyhounds took a twin bill sweep over the Bobcats in the first game of the season for either club in early December as Statesville's girls recorded a 42 36 win and the Greyhound quintet picked up a 42 35 deci sion Troutman has since shaken the poor start and both clubs shown improvement while the Grey hounds are riding along with a pair of unbeaten clubs in four starts Tipoff time has been set for 7 pm Other games tonight find Cel este Henkel and Central clash ing in a non conference tilt at Central while Hiddenite goes to St Stephens of Catawba County ASTClips East Carolina By United Press International Coach Jack McComas of Atlan tic Christian College will le counting heavily on starters Dick Knox and Ernie Oden tonight to push the Bulldogs ahead of Lynchburg in a non conference game The two returning lettermen have contributed greatly to ACCs 9 4 record this season McComas said he had hardly expected a500 season Guilford will host Pfeiffer to night in the only other game scheduled in the North State Con ference lineup Newberry's slow starting but deadly free throwing Indians wlupped Lenoir Rhyne Monday night 85 79 Appalachian paced by freshman Wayne Proffitt who dumped in 20 points coasted to an easy 75 65 victory over East Carolina Lenoir Rhyne doubled Newber accuracy during the first half but multiple fouls and sharp free throwing almost handed the game to the Indians A layup by fresh man Joe Derketsch and a free throw by Charlie Gallagher in the closing seconds wound up the vic tory for Newberry Appalachian and ECC swapp'd baskets in the first two minutes of the game but (he Mountain eers took a two point lead and moved out to hold an 11 point advantage over ECC for most of lha game trampling the Trojans GO 45 Mon day night on the same Los An geles court Darrall Imhoff the hero of Cal ifornia's victory over West Virgin ia in last NCAA champion ship game missed most of tha second half because of an injury and wound up with only four points However he still man aged to grab 12 rebounds as tha defensive minded Bears limited Southern Cal's stalling five to 13 points Bill McClintock picked up the scoring slack for Imhoff as ho totaled 16 points four more than teammate Tandy Gillis Chris Ap pel who played a key role in Saturday's upset led USC with 17 Sophs Run Wild Three slick sophomores ran wild night in Uie Big Ten Confer ence Jerry Lucas scored 30 points as fifth ranked Ohio State opened its title hid with a run away 97 73 victory over Illinois A 27 point barrage by newcomer Bill Cacciatore carried Northwest ern to a 61 57 upset over Indiana and Iowa turned back Wisconsin 71 6 behind Don rec ord breaking free throw shooting Lucas and Larry Siegfried total ed 37 points between them in tha first half as Ohio State hustled to a 51 36 advantage When the Illini fell farther behind in second half Coach Harry Comb es cleared his bench in disgust Siegfried wound up with 26 points while Govoncr Vaughn led Illinois with 16 Cacciatore a 5 11 guard who was promoted to a starting berth only last week scored nine straight points midway in the second half to give Northwestern a 50 44 lead The Wildcats hung on gamely the rest of the way to hand Indiana its second straight upset defeat Breaks ield House Record Nelson canned only four field goals but he broke the Wisconsin ield House single game records for free throw attempts (20) and successful free throws (14) as Iowa rebounded from its week end upset by Minnesota Marty Gharrity another soph led Wis consin with 17 points including 14 in the second half Sixth ranked Utah rallied in second half to down Montana 78 62 Kansas State opened defense of its Big Eight Confer ence championship with an easy 69 37 victory over Colorado anil Hth ranked Wake orest downed Clemson 77 G2 for its fourth straight Atlantic Coast Conference triumph Al Bunge set a school record of 43 points in sparking Maryland to a 103 80 triumph over touring Yale Duke rolled to a 72 36 vic tory over Bucknell Jeff Cohen's 22 points helped William Mary down Davidson 72 64 David ed or totaled 28 points and 28 re bounds as lorida State ripped South Carolina 93 75 Houston out lasted 68 62 tis Gary Phil lips tallied 24 points and a last minute field goal by Kent Miller earned UCLA a 55 54 squeaker over Washington Pro Tennis Tour SAN RANCISCO UPI Jack Kramer's annual professional ten nis tour of the United this year featuring Pancho Gonzales Ken Rosewall Alex Olmedo Tony Trabert and Pancho will start Thursday Jan 28 at San rancisco Cow.