North Carolina Rated Nation's No 1 Court Team
New York United Press Board ranks North Carolina as the top college basketball team for the 1957-58 season opener with 325 points and 19 first-place votes. Kansas is second with 283 points, Kentucky third, and Bradley fourth. San Francisco, Kansas State, Michigan State, and St. Louis also receive first-place votes. Temple is eighth and UCLA ninth.
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5840 Deer Retrieved In Six Day Hunting Season
Charleston officials announced the six day deer season yielded 5840 tagged deer, more than the 1950 twelve day bucks only season, with 5480 legal kills and 18156 total deer shot last year. Handley predicted about 6000. illegal kills totaling 190 were tagged and final counts were pending.
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Sports roundup highlights from college to pro news
A collage of sports notes covers Duke backfield youth future, Clemson basketballs all stars from out of state, Oklahoma State’s 51-player final game, Rocky Graziano’s film work, and All American football minutes. It also mentions Navy bowl plans, boxing cards, Mantle and Martin deer hunting, Yonkers two rich race rates, top jockeys Hartack and Shoemaker, Frank McGuire’s NC coaching deal, Major League bonus players, Sam Williams’ senior year, Indiana rushing woes, Freddie Mills column, Yale boxing links, Barry Wynn with White Sox, and Bear Bryant’s return to Alabama as coach.
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Western Half Of Pro League Is Exciting
The Western half of the National Football League features a thrilling finish as three teams the 49ers Colts and Lions chase first place entering the final week. Giants tumble after loss to Pittsburgh while Detroit and Cleveland shape Eastern outcomes with strong quarterback depth and high scoring matchups ahead.
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Maryland Stuns Kentucky in Capital City Showdown
Unranked Maryland crushed third-ranked Kentucky 71 62 to snap a three-game win streak while Kentucky dropped to 3 1 after a string of tight wins. Al Bunge led Maryland with 16 points and dominated the boards against John Cox.
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Golf wisdom on ball position and common sense
A brief remark on the role of practical thinking in golf. The statement compares placing the ball above the I to pressing it into the turf as one of many chances to apply common sense in the game.
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Sooner Player Signs Major League Basketball Star
Norman Okla 7 high scoring forward Don Schwall of the University of Oklahoma basketball signed to a major league baseball contract. Schwall 20 year old junior from Ypsilanti Michigan said he received substantial offers from the Pittsburgh Pirates Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox.
Ballarin Paris Dominates Scortichini in Tight Ten
Ballarin Paris outpointed Italo Scortichini in a ten round bout last night despite a gashed left brow and damaged nose. The likely next step is a match with European middleweight champion Charles Humez early next year. A separate note from an Oklahoma assistant coach says Schwall will sign today or Wednesday for 50,000 with the Pittsburgh club, according to Kansas City Athletics and Detroit Tigers reports.
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Sports Writers Honor West Virginia Elite At 13th Victory Dinner
Wheeling hosted the 13th Victory Awards Dinner by the State Sportswriters Assoc recognizing 1957 top teams coaches and athletes. Lee Patton was inducted into the West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame posthumously. Jim Bargelow received the Kennedy Award. Parkersburg High School scored a prominent night with the award.
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British Empire featherweight title clash ends in stoppage
UNITED PRESS reports Frankie Ruff and Ippolito from New York and Percy Lewis from Nottingham faced a British Empire featherweight title bout in 1938. Lewis stopped Charlie Hill in Scotland after a 124 3 4 to 13 round stoppage as Arthur King from Toronto outpointed Yama Baha.
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College Basketball Scattered Results From Various Colleges
A roundup of recent NCAA and other college games shows East St. Francis over Duquesne 65 64 and Maryland over at Kentucky 71 62. Other notable scores include Texas A M 71 Memphis State 68 and Georgetown 76 Loyola College 51.
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