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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1962
Page
21
Chuck McKinley of St. Ann Missouri defeated Rod Laver 6-0 6-4 6-4 at the national indoor championship to reach the final against Whitney Reed of Alameda California. Reed edged Manuel Santana in a separate semifinal 9-7 6-0 6-4 6-4.
Milwaukee driver Augie Pabst remained in good condition in a Daytona Beach hospital after a practice crash at Daytona International Speedway. Doctors diagnosed two broken vertebrae a broken right shoulder and a broken left hand from the Maserati mishap that sent him over the guard rail.
Duke regains first place in the ACC by overwhelming Virginia 101 75 in Durham. Jeff Mullins scores 26 and Art Heyman 25 after recovering from an ankle sprain as Duke shoots 64 percent. Virginia's Gene Engel leads with 30 points, but Duke dominates with balanced scoring and a 55 34 halftime margin.
The United States Basketball Writers Association Awards Committee will meet Wednesday in Salt Lake City hosted by Sports Editor Hack Miller of the Deseret News. The 700 member group will approve collegiate all district and all American balloting. Committee member Smith Barrier of the Greensboro Daily News also serves.
The AAU and NCAA meet to resolve control over amateur athletics and international competition. Tug Wilson leads the push for cooperation while Louis J. Fisher heads the AAU delegation seeking fair representation on sports committees. The talks aim to avert federal intervention and harmonize governance.
Lenoir Rhyne defeated Catawba 83 73 in Salisbury to stay atop the Carolinas Conference standings. The Bears hit 27 of 29 free throws and led 37 28 at the half, with Burton scoring 23 and Pope 28 for Catawba’s high point total.
Pete Lovely of Seattle led the final 30 of 35 laps to win the 55 mile Lurani Trophy race for formula junior cars in Daytona Beach Florida. He averaged 77.531 mph on the 1.66 mile course as Floyd Raskovi and Char lie Kolb finished second and third. Nineteen starters, 14 finishers. no accidents. The event was sanctioned by the FIA and SCCA.
Western Carolina Baseball League plans a Sunday meeting in Salisbury to finalize plans for a Class D circuit. President John Moss says four of five teams have posted guarantees and a sixth team will come from one of two cities. the league will operate without working agreements with major league clubs. Holdover clubs include Salisbury Lexington Statesville Shelby and Newton Conover. Belmont to be replaced by the new sixth team.
Greensboro AP The Carolinas Conference will draw pairings for the Lexington tournament February 21 24 at a February 18 meeting chaired by Dr Earl Ruth of Catawba College The top seed heads the upper bracket and second seed the lower bracket Eight berths are claimed by Lenoir Rhyne East Carolina Appalachian Elon High Point Western Carolina Catawba and Pfeiffer Atlantic Christian Guilford are out Newberry did not meet game requirements Commissioner Hinshaw said ECU vs Guilford on February 19 will not affect tournament standings
Freshman guard Joe Keith hit a 25 foot jumper with two seconds left to give High Point College a 69-67 victory over Appalachian. Keith and Phil Garrison each scored 13 for HPC while Barry Smith led the bench with 14. Appalachian's Wayne Duncan topped scorers with 17 as the Mountaineers rallied from 14 down but fell short and kept HPC in fifth place in the league standings.
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