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PAGEtWASHINGTON DAILY NEWS, WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARYfti«mt«v4n*rm09mm5maw*ppjMW1961*Basketball Tonight-tThe most amazing cue ball artist we have ever seen, appeared at the Mecca Pool Hall yesterday for two exhibitions of cue ball magic and turns about the table with one of Washington's best shots.Leon Yonders of Baltimore, Md.,came to this city Sunday afternoon spent the night in the Louise hotel, and at 2 o'clock sharp yesterday afternoon entered the Mecca Pool hall carrying his favorite cue stick and cue balls.In. an exhibition of 100-ball run Washington's Bach Sellers defeated the distinguished visitor by acounit of 100-75.But the good natured Yonderstook it in stride and congratulated his victor for a fine exhibition of pool.Yonders makes the impossible possible; that is, instead of playingthe game in a conventional style he plays with the cue stick benind his mack.. He is the only player in the game that plays baskwards. He calls himself 100 Years Too Early and if you could have seen the way in whichP. S* Jonm at Parmele, Belhaveti at Roper. Farm Life at Bath. Aurora at Hobticken.Coach Bellamy's Quint Drops First Game•«Of Season, 58*56, To Darden High Gagers*named Ponzi.’the game one of our greatest sports. Yonkers said too many people .have beenYellow Jacket .Sextetthat.mislead who didn't understand the sport.'That remark made by 'the Baltimore artist is certainly true. Pool, like any other game of sport, can and Is just as clean as. sittingin your own home playing a game of bridge.It has been true many times i that pool has 'been kicked and 1 knocked around just because someone next door heard that. a certain youngster was down, at the local pool hall, in any city, associating with bad company.Such nonsense and. scuttlebut has ruined many a decent pool hall. Aid a gentleman by the name- of 'Leon Yonders will 'vouch for it.But getting back to our artist friend, he never uses a bridge or controlled the ! sits on a table, Everything heCaptures Filth Straight,-18, From Wilson Team,BOX SCORES(Boys)ball you would understand why,,His record of 180 balls backwards is tops. The present fort-ward record of 309 straight runs is held by two men, Ervin Crane and Willie Moscami, the man who claims to be champ of the 1950 pool artists. . 'Yonders has defeated five world champious frontwrd style. The 4 9-year-old a rtist del ea ted thegreat Ralph Greertleaf back in 1919. Greenleaf was 18 times champ. Yonders paid him a high tribute by calling him the greatest and most amazing champ ever to hold a. cue stick in his hand.does, every shot he makes must from strict cont.ro! of the ball at times. *far as tasting defeat from young Sellers, that is what, makes the game great. A mis-cue, a .rolling table, a speck of dirt, .and numerous other incidentals • can. mess, up any shot.Yonders gave the crowd an a-mzing exhibition of cue ball artistry. The Mecca Pool hall went a lot of trouble to bring such man. to Washington. Just last eek another great name, Jimmy Caras, visited the same place.Yonders loves the game... loves the impassible shotsone of the wildest and mosttalked, about games of the 1950-51 basketball, season last night, Barden High, of Wilson turned back P. S. Jones* quint after two hectic overtime periods, 58-56'.In the first game of the ached- uled twin bill last night in, the P. S. Jones' gym. Coach Marcel Season's Yellow Jacket sextet, squad defeated a game but outclassed Wilson team, by the .score of 41.-18 thus protecting its- five- I game winning streak without a single setback.In the tilt between the two quint squads, Coaqh Bellamy's. Yellow Jackets were- sporting a 17-point lead at the close of the third period but fell apart, the last quarter as Darden High closed, the gap to end the regulation ball game at 51,-ail..Two overtime periods were played. In. the first, each team scored five points to send the game into another period. High .school rules gave the game to the team making the first basket. Darden Highstruck, first and that was the ball game, 58-56, handing P. S. Jones its first setback in five games thisseason.Much controversy arose- whenthe visiting scorer’s 'book did not talley with P. S. Jones’ record.. According to Coach Bellamy, the officials stated that the visitingP. S* JonesLittle, f .. Rogers, f . Gorham, c .Small, g Buck, g •Hill, f . ♦Morgan, c ♦Daniels, g♦Askew, f ♦M. Little, f -•Downing, f .. Daniels, g* *• • .# * «* * ** a* * *« .a • « * «i* »a*lt;s53 94 2 2 0' 0 0 0FFMPTP02£01030* m »• « j! *0000t120010ftft0ftft4 10 4 80 185111194T0ftftftft00* *-« ii i mTotals (•) Substitutes..25 6 5 17 58captured Its fifth straight victory without a setback last night, in the P. S. Jones’ gym at the expense of Darden High of Wilson by a 41.-18 count.Mrs., Beasonu’s lassies, after a low scoring first quarter, 8-5,turned on speed, and basket accuracy to run up a 10 point, 18-8,lead at half time.The Yellow Jackets found the range at the start of the third period and swished in. eight points while holding the visitors to one field goal for two points as P.. S.. Jones held a third period, 28-10, lead over Darden. High.Not satisfied with 'the .score. Coach Season's lassies swished, to 15 points in the final period, while the Y el tow Jacket guards were1•!Piiw—Yellow Jackets Win Fifth Without S«!n (lFRONT ROW, left to right: Rosa Latham, Margaret Randolph, Velma SmithBiacWedge, Velma. King, and Emma Ebron. Back row, left to right; 'Coach 1 Johnson, Neva Boyd, Martha Little, Annie Leary, Hattie ■ Ore, Christine Evans Shirley Flowers.mmChristian, EpiscopaliSquads Emit VictorsNewly Organized ChurciiBasketball League Getsholdin icr Dip visitors to ftic’tit notntsUnderway In WashingtonDavis.Eplscopal-BaptistThe Episcopal-Baptist contestwas even closer than 'the Christian-Methodist contest. 'The six 'boys who saw .action for the Episcopal church garnished 14 'points, to turning back 'the batting six from the Baptist .group. • The losers were defeated by a score of 14-!2..Doc Kugler with six, points paced Episcopal’s scoring followed byrecently cooperatu Waterhou ■pal ehurc The vai churches morning
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Washington, North Carolina, US
Tue, Jan 23, 1951
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