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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1949
Page
8
Rice's Bill Tom scored 28 points to lead a 62 44 victory over Texas Christian as Rice edged closer to the Southwest Conference leaders Baylor and Arkansas. Julius Domins added 15 for TCU.
Charlie Fusari of Irvington New Jersey upset Rocky Castellani the 1948 Rookie Of The Year in a 10 round unanimous decision at Madison Square Garden. Fusari survived a first round knockdown and used furious body punching to gain a close victory over the favored challenger.
Hardin College defeated Southwestern 48 to 46 after five minutes of overtime. Substitute Pete Eastup sank the winning 30 foot shot at the final second as Maroons upset Laredo 37 34 in another playoff contest.
Austin High Maroons rally to even the series with a 37 34 win over Laredo Tigers as Joe Miles Richard McCoy and Joe Culver star. Flores leads Laredo with 13 points while Austin uses a slowed pace and strong defense to force a decisive third game at 8 15 p m. Tickets go on sale at 8 30 p m with 50 cent adults and 30 cent students for the 1 200 seat gym clash.
A digest of scattered game results listing numerous colleges by region with final scores. Notable outputs include Rice 62 over TCU 44, Henderson State 71 over Arizona State 61, Northwestern Louisiana 67 over Austin College 42, and Oregon State 52 over Washington State 47.
Harold Smith, a right handed pitcher from Austin who posted 14 wins and seven losses last year, signed his 1949 contract on Friday and becomes the sixth Pioneer to do so. He stands 6 feet 4 inches tall.
Center Ed Neu scored 24 points to lift St Edward's University to a 65 29 victory over St Thomas University of Houston. Neu tied the modern St Edwards scoring record with nine field goals and six free throws. Canino and Bezeski led Houston with seven points each as St Thomas never challenged, trailing 30 13 at halftime before St Eds emptied the bench in the second half.
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