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The Index-Journal from Greenwood, South Carolina • Page 6

The Index-Journal from Greenwood, South Carolina • Page 6

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The Index-Journali
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Greenwood, South Carolina
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iv I 1 yv; March 6. .1957 THE INDEX-10URNAL. QREENWOOP 1 1. 'ftunnersup'In City Bowling League Playoffs City Slickers Win Playoff Tournament Grady Wallace Has ACC Scoring Title 'I ri Average r-Te .1 i 1 The City BUckerg, previously winner of the City Bowling League regular neaton championship, last Bitrht added another trophy to their collection by defeating South Main (or the playoff title. They arc (left to right.

Ken Boone, Bobby Price, Marion Baker and Hugo Holsoihback. Clarence Lea Rush waa absent when photo was made. Undex-Journal Photo by Bodle McDowell). li City Slickers-Beat South Main For City Bowling League Title By BODIE McDOWELL The" City Slickers, regular season champions, took an easy 2-0 win over South Main Baptist Church last night to win In the Bowling League playoff title. The Slickers had total of 1524 pins for the two games while South Main compiled a total of 1329.

Eastern Golden Gloves Finals Will Be Held Tonight In NYC Bouth Main Baptist Church was beaten 3-0 for the City Bowling League playoffs title last night They are, kneeling (left to right) Ronnie Quattlebaum and W. X. Manley. Standing (left'to right) are Marvin Campbell. Jake Holbrooke, Johnny Albea and Fred Kilpetrlck.

(Index-Journal Photo by Charles HaraUJbn). IK laichw i nnnu i j. a afMat fnvDUitw i' zfj si I ef.L.sirttrtPI HlUllts a- -1 1 t.lFJCLwJ VT-vAN. With 31.0 OREENSBORO uB South Caro lina forward Orady Wallacs couki go scoreless aU the way through th rin.ii nf tha Atlantle Coast Conference basketbaU tournament and oUU win the 1957 ACC individual scoring crown on the basis of challenging figures aa the an nual champlonsmp tourney opens at Raleigh tomorrow afternoon. a iMr-cut is the Oamecock ace's domination of Individual scoring In the ACC this season, but were I.

iKAA avidMica of tne Mara Creek. product's excellence In point-producing. North Carolina's Lea Rosen- bluth. second to Wallace early season, Is averaging 37 Mint a-ame to Wallace's 31. and Rosenbluth's mark is better than his final 1959-66 figure which won the ACC crown (26.7).

Should nuith r.rniina, so to the finals and Wallace be completely shut out he still would wind up with an average of 37.o. innniini to final Tezular-sea- son figures compiled by the ACC Service Bureau, Wallace also has numb! the Individual rebound ing crown with an average of 15.3 a game. A distant second Is John Richter of North Carolina State at 13.6. Richter, however, aiso nas the field goal shooting title all wnnnad un with an accuracy mark of S3 per cent on 131 goals in 233 snots. Kosenoiuin is Bacona on 46.S per cent (310 of 443 shots).

Tn tha danertment of free throw shooting, the same mad scramble prevails, wita Norm csrouaa State'a Bob Belts the leader at 87.6 per cent (93 for 106). Jack Mur- dock of Wake Forest leader au season, has dropped to second at at Mnl vriftlt lumnlld Stab nle Wiggins third at 67.23 per eent its new FmFcii Vlth ttrt -B-BMBxex4w3Bwaw3 'IpjSllJJ NEW YORK tf) Ronnie Wash- enaky, a cool light heavyweight from Pittsburgh, has taken the play a a from New York's heavyweight prospect, Nat Plxon, In the Eastern Oolden Qloves championships. Rated the greatest 175 pound prospect to come from the Steel City alnce Billy Conn, the lS-year-old Washensky, a knockout victor last night, will give the experts an other look or, two at blm tonight the windup of the tournament ad Madison Square Oarden. Both the semifinals and flnsls will be held tonight. The eight winners and a num ber of alternate! will be ochos after the 16-bout ahow for the All- Eastern team which will meet the Chicago Western squad tn the Chi cago Stadium, March 30.

Washensky, showing poise under fire, flattened Ed Bowls of Buffa lo of the second round with a serlea -of atralght-to-the- button blows. He wlu meet Ed Andrews of Lowell, In his semifinal Dixon, a 31-year-old, alz foot, ISO-pound truck loader, had been hailed as an even better prospect than Floyd Patterson, who gradu ated from the gloves to the world heavyweight title. But- Dixon was lucky to even get the decision last night over Waban (Tugboat) Thomas, a chunky, 38-year-old, 330 pound service station attendant from Charlotte. Tugboat, flailing away With his short arms, carried the fight to Dixon in the first round and dropped the brawny New Yorker with a swinging left and right to the Jaw In the second. Dixon staggered Tugboat with two ahort rights to the Jaw tn the final round and give the underdog a solid blaaUng In a desperate drive for a knockout Dixon's last round rally esught the eyes of the Judges.

The ver- A single miss can' alter this Tank South Carolina leads team offense at 63.7 points a game and Maryland tops -team defense at 60.3 points game. Both apparently have season honore secured. South Carolina also leads team rebounding with 61 a game. But. North Carolina's average margin over its 34 victims Is No.

1 In both points (14.8) and rebounds (11.1). In shooting efficiency. North Carolina. State is tops from the floor, 43.8 per cent and Wake Forest la the leader from the foul line, 74 per cent. SCORINO LEADERS Player, school Wallace, B.C.

Rosenbluth, N.O. Buch, Va. Yockel, Clemson Wlllams, W.P. Newcome, Duke Hardy, Va Richter, N.C. State Perlcola, B.C.

Murdock. W.P. Pta. 29 80S 24 649 180 21' 458 23 368 23 367 24 378 21 359 26 396 2 394 Afg. 31.0 27.0 20.0 19.9 160 15.9 U.T 15.6 15.3 13 Uaoalestei1 College of St Paul has a new 6400,000 flekthouse for basketball, trade and football games.

It also will used for baseball practice. Paul Rlcbarda, who madhts mark as a catcher, broke In as a third baseman and shortstop with Pittsfield, In the Eastern League in 1926. Ex-Yankee wttfleader CbarHe Keller, now a PYederiok. breeder of hamees horses, he named Ave M67 foeai for a I960 futurity raee to be aveM at Tweaeere, N. Y.

Ugz diet, wis greeted by a mixture of boos and scheer. from the crowd of 1.96V'' Pour boxers, on the Charlotte team lost decisions last night and three drew bye in quarterfinal bouts. The results! Bantamweight Msxle uavls lost decision to Don Morrison of Jacksonville, welterweight Wayne Klker lost a decisions, to James' Chavls of Pittsburgh; middleweight Billy Home loat a deci sion to Tom Brown of Newark. N.J.; and heavyweight Wabsn Thomaa lost a decision to Nat Dixon of New York. Flyweight Charles.

Kennett, lightweight Colsn Austin, and light heavyweight Jerry Skeen drew byes. The semifinal pairings include: Flyweights Al Pell, New York, vs. Antonio Castanon, Puerto Ri co; Robert Lefebvre. Lowell, vs. Charles Kennett, Charlotte.

Lightweights Vincent Shomo, New York, vs. Jimmy. Biggs, Washington: Billy Copelsnd, Buf falo, vs. Colan Austin, Charlotte. Light heavyweights Ronnie Washensky, Pittsburgh, -vs.

Ed Andrews. Lowell: James Hargett, New York, vs. Jerry Skeen, Char- lotte. Patton Will Coach Up-State Griddert COLUMBIA UTI Coaching per- sonnel for the annual coaches clinic football game here Aug. have been completed.

Bob Fatten of Anderson High School wiU be the head coach for the up-state team. Patton wlu be assisted by Jim AUred of Westminster and H. C. tames of Oreat FaUs. The lower state' team win be coached by John McKlseick of head coach; L.

Woodcock of Macedonia, and HI fa ble Ayoub of North Charleston. properly balanced on your right leg. your upper arms must be close to your body, your, left arm must be in the proper swing plane and your wrists must 'be. free from In sharp contrast to this lineup of essentials most players make aome'of the following er- rors: leave too much weight on the left leg in the backswlng, move the arms and hands away from the body, loosen the fingers, or tighten the grip so that the proper wrist freedom and action are not bad. Such errors are prompted by efforts to ateer or Jab the club at the ball.

They are not likely follow attempts to produce a true swinging action. A big part this (a keeping the body in the proper heel and toe balance with the midsection at ease so that the hips shift properly from side to aide. Give thought to thenc things as you repeat the exercise illus. tisted above. Then you Can 'do it in your Inc.

I I 111 II I If II" II II I I I II I 1 I I I s- III li li li II r. I II I I I ii I I it I II I it V1 1 L- i I Thi city Slickers eliminated The Index -Journal 3-0 in the ami-, finals last week to advance to the finals with South Main. The SUckers lost the first line to South Mala Monday night but came back atrong Ho win two straight lines and total pins for the three Una aeL loss waa South Main's first the playoffs and mored the playoffs' to the final games as the City Slickers had previously lost one match in the double elimination playoff. South Main trailed the Slickers by pins after the first line last night as the SUckers hit 771 to their 675. The Slickers continued hitting in the second match to get a 75M54 win.

Marion Baker of the Slickers had the best eight as she had a SOJ and 157 for a 1M average in the two lines. Donnio Quattlebaum tried to keep the South Main keglera tn the match but could not take up the slack, Quattlebaum had a 158-183 fo take high pin honors ior we Bspuau. Jim Horns of the Pasteurizing Plant entry will receive the trophy for the high line of the season for his 210. which he bowled in the second match of the season. Marlon Baker will be recipient of the Individual high set trophy as ahs had three game set of SM pins.

Baker, the only lady bowler lit the league, bowls with the City SUckers. rrv The City SUckers. winners of regular season and playoff titles, had a high team set of 3381 pins to win the high team set trophy. The Individual and team trophies wiU be presented to the winners on Tuesday night at a banquet at the Grill Cafe. cm suncnti TOTAL PINS Rolsomback 13S Baker.

301 Price 100 167 157 127 131 166 Boone 185 Rush 151 soim main T71 131 67 156 1U 141 Kflpatrlek: 13S 136 163 Holbrooke Quattlebaum Boyd Albea 116 111 Campbell 671 664 DonsHaveChance For Tourney Bid For 3rd In Row i By JOHJf CHANTJLEE The Aaaaclated Preaa The University of San NCAA basketball champlona for the last two yeara, bad a chanca today to try for aa unprecedented third, straight as the last of the major college tournament contenders were Joining the line up. Ptanclsoo trimmed St Mary's 63-41 last night to capture the California Baaketball Assn. title, while It. Louis University and Lafayette Joined the NCAA tourney field without firing abot. The Kanwa Jayhawks also can quaUfy by defeating Kansas State tonight In a Big Seven battle Mnnhattam Kan.

Should Kansas Stat, pull an upset, Kansas still could 'clinch honors by beating Colorado Saturday. Wichita handed, the Missouri Taller Conference title to the St Louis BlUikens last night by down ing second-place Bradley W-Bl on a 33-polnt scoring rampage by little Joe Stevens. Lafayette was chosen by a Middle Atlantic Conference committee over Temple because of Its better over-all record (23-J). A ahort time later the National Invitation Tournament named Tempi (lt-7 as the 10th team In the scramble beginning March 16 at Madison Squars aar-Jen. Yale can clinch a tie In the Tvy League by defeating Penn tonight and win the crown by defeating impotent Harvard Saturday.

Utah, runner up to Brlgham Young- In the Skyline Conference, and Bradley appear favorites to Ml th last two spots in the National Invitation, but Duquenne end St. Joseph's (Pa.) are still In tiie running. Brown's 157-pound wrestler, a sophomore from Lock Haven, hs an appropriate name. Louis Winner. Aa freshman last i'ear as won aU eight bouu.

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