The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 29, 1963, Page Page Six, Image 6
I had the privilege of attending the National Catholic
Invitational Basketball Tournament in Washington, D. C.
this past weekend and came away thoroughly convinced
that this tournament is the finest high school tournament
in the country.
For the second year in a row two teams from Wash
ington met in the championship game. This was unusual
because of the caliber of the teams participating in the
tournament. Representatives from as far South as New
Orleans and as far West as Chicago had gathered for
the three-day affair.
This tournament has had its share of basketball stars.
Tommy Kearns who was later the floor general for UNC
when they won the NCAA Title in 1957 was the outstanding
player in 1954, the first year the tournament was held.
York Larese, another UNC great, took the award the next
year in leading St. Ann's of New York City to the title.
Two players have won the outstanding player award
twice. Tom Stith who was later an All-American at St.
Bonaventure won the award in 1956 and 1957, and
George Leftwich who was a fine backcourt man for the
Villanova team which lost to Wake Forest in the NCAA
Eastern Regional Tournament last year, was named the
outstanding player in 1959 and 1960.
The tournament has provided excitement for Washing
ton area basketball fans the past ten years. Probably the
most exciting moment was in the final game of the 1960
tournament. John Carroll High School from Washington,
D. C. went into the game with a 48-game winning streak,
but St. Catherine's from Racine, Wisconsin was unimpressed
with the great Carroll team. It was a jump shot by George
Leftwich in the last five seconds that gave Carroll a one
point victory.
The finest performance by one individual came in
1961 when John Austin of DeMatha set a tournament
record of 93 points for the three games and a high game
of 41 points. Austin scored his 41 points in the champ
ionship game against Bishop Loughlin of New York
City. Austin hit a foul shot with one second left to put
the game into overtime. DeMatha won 71-68.
This year the Tournament Trophy was retired by De
Matha High School. They became the first team ever to
win the tournament three years in a row. DeMatha's vic
tory this year was a remarkable feat because the team did
not have one first-string player from last year's champs.
Defense was tb, story of this year's DeMatha team.
Picked as the favorite they had to battle by a spunky
group of players who played basketball as if it were
hockey and then a much taller team from Philadelphia.
In the title game the DeMatha team played head on
with a team that they had beaten twice before in the
season, but nevertheless a team that had shown tremen
dous strength in the tournament by scoring a total of
161 points in their first two games.
From the start it was evident that DeMatha had the
edge. Only St. John's All-American, Bob Lewis, could get
his shots off with any success. Lewis scored 12 .oints in the
first half, but was held to three field goals in the second
half, DeMatha had four men hitting in double figures and
won 74-60.
The National Catholic Invitational Tournament has
proved to be a preview of many future All-Americans.
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BY A. I. NARROW
Sports Writer
Although the U.S.C. track team
was defeated by Duke last Monday
afternoon at the Rex Enright Ath
letic Center, the team had some
brilliant individual performances.
Bruce Byrne won both the 100-yard
dash with a time of 9.8 seconds
and the 220-yard dash with a time
of 22.0 seconds. U.S.C. swept the
hundred with Stanford finishing
second and Hemmer third. Stanford
also placed second in the 220.
Addison, Collins and Atkinson Star a
The 440-yard run was won in
dashing style by sophomore Bland
Addison. After winning this event
with the excellent time of 49.8 sec
onds, he led off in the mile relay,
giving the Gamecocks a respectable
lead. Eddy Kenyon, Carolina's other
quarter miler, finished strongly in
second place behind Addison. He
also doubled up by running the
second leg of the mile relay.
Other individual w i n n e r s for
Carolina were basketballer Ronnie
Collins, who high-jumped 6 feet 2
inches. This was an excellent jump
by Ronnie as he has been unable to
practice very much because of his
basketball commitments. Wilburn,
who placed third in the high-jump,
added to his point total by heaving
the javelin 183.2 feet to secure an
other first for U.S.C. This heave,
the best he has ever done, was re
markable for so early in the sea
son.
Neil Atkinson starred in the 330
yard intermediate hurdles with the
excellent time of 319.5 seconds,
which won the event hands down.
Neil also ran well in the 120-yard
high hurdles, but was unfortunate
in hitting several thereby ruining
his chances of taking both events.
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,arl Hendricks, Carolinas other
iurdler, finished well by taking a
econd in the 120-yard high hurdles
md a third in the 30-yard inter
nediate hurdles.
Distance Events
In the distance events, Carolina's
mnly point man was Alan Rose, who
>laced second in both the mile and
,wo-mile events. The winner of both
vents was Van Dyke of Duke who
s the current A.C.C. mile champion.
1 so outstanding for Duke was
resswein who threw the shot 56
eet 4 inches for a new A.C.C. rec
rd and Rex Enright Center record.
Although the U.S.C. trackmen
lid not win their first outdoor
neet, the prospects for a good sea
on are clearly evident.
Results:
440-yard relay-South Carolina
Byrne, Melton, Hemmer, Stan
ord); 43.2.
Mile run-1. Van Dyke, Duke;
Rose, South Carolina; 3. Blum
eldt, Duke; 4:24.2.
Shot put-1. Gesswein, Duke; 2.
Thristensen, S o u t h Carolina; 3.
"hurchill, Duke; 66 ft., 4 in. (New
1nright Athletic Center and At
antic Coast Conference all competi
ion outdoor record).
440-yard dash-1. Addison, South
Jarolina; 2. Kenyon, South Caro
ina; 3. Flowers, Duke; 49.8.
Pole vault-1. Waddell, Duke;
!. Brown, South Carolina; (No
,hird); 12 ft., 6 in.
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ack Team
High jump - 1. Collins, South
Carolina; 2. Barnes, Duke; 3. Wil
burn, South Carolina; 6 ft., 2 in.
100-yard dash-1. Byrne, South
Carolina; 2. Stanford, South Caro
lina; 3. Hemmer, South Carolina;
9.8.
Broad jump-.i. High, Duke; 2.
Wheeler, Duke; 3. Melton, South
Carolina; 22 ft., 6 in.
120-yard high hurdles-1. Fogle,
Duke; 2. Hendricks, South Caro
lina; 3. Jones, Duke; 14.9.
Javelin-1. Wilburn, South Caro
lina; 2. Furlong, Duke; 3. Clark,
Duke; 183.2 ft.
Discus - 1. Gesswein, Duke; 2.
Nies, South Carolina; 3. Hum
phreys, South Carolina; 153 ft.
880-yard run-1. Gray, Duke; 2.
Jacobson, Duke; 3. Van Dyke,
Duke; 1:59.3.
220-yard dash-1. Byrne, South
Carolina; 2. Stanford, South Caro
lina; 8. Kenyon, Duke; 22.0.
330-yard intermediate hurdles -
1. Atkinson, South Carolina; 2.
Hubbard, Duke; 3. Hendricks, South
Carolina; 39.5.
Two-mile run - 1. Van Dyke,
Duke; 2. Rose, South Carolina; 3.
Waite, Duke; 10:08.8.
Mile relay-1. Duke (Kirk, Jac
obson, Gray, Flowers); 3:24.7.
Hop, Step & Jump - 1. High,
Duke; 2. Wheeler, Duke; 3. Melton,
South Carolina; 41 ft., 2% in.
FINAL SCORE: Duke 76, South
Carolina 68.
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Elected
Captain
Robbie Stanford was elected cap
tain of the USC track team for the
1963 season. He has been a mem
ber of the Gamecock squad the past
two years and performed very well
in the sprint events.
The chunky little red head has
posted times of 9.8 in the 100-yard
dash and 21.6 in the 220-yard dash.
He is also the anchor man on the
440-yard relay team, and competes
in the broad jump.
Robbie graduated from Moultrie
High School where he was an out
standing football player as well as
a trackman. He entered PC on a
football scholarship, but transferred
to USC after one year.
His football heroics in high school
were equal to his performances on
the track. While a senior at Moul
trie, Robbie played in the Annual
Shrine Bowl Game. His 69-yard run
from scrimmage still stands as a
Bowl record.
Unable to play varsity football
at USC Robbie has starred in the
intramural football the past three
years. He was one of the big fac
tors in bringing the Intramural
Championship to Pika this past
year.
The congenial little guy who is
called "Red" by most of his friends
hopes to attend law school either
before or after serving as an offi
cer in the AFROTC Program.
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1963
All-Intramural
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