North State tourney opener sparks with Guilford High Point clash
Bill Currie notes Guilford College and High Point face off in the first round as upsets color the North State conference race. He recalls past stars and the drama of postwar play, with Appalachian and High Point contenders eyed for an unlikely rally. Elon Christians join the wake of the tournament start with a 2 o'clock clash.
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Pirates Eye Musial plus Key NC College Tourney Games
Pittsburgh financiers pursue Stan Musial as they push to land the Cardinals star amid trade talk. In college action, High Point faces Guilford while Appalachian State battles Lenoir Rhyne and Catawba plays Western Carolina as the conference tournament opens.
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Payoff Week Looms In Major College Basketball Title Races
Payoff week in college basketball features title chances across the Big Nine Big Six Pacific Coast Southwestern Mason-Dixon and Eastern conferences. Notre Dame faces NYU at Madison Square Garden with Notre Dame favored. Kentucky andTexas bids loom in SEC and Southwest races as independents Duquesne Navy and others chase post season bids.
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Koffenberger Leads Southern Scoring Race Amid Losses
Duke forward Koffenberger vaulted to first in the cotton and tobacco league scoring with 210 points, passing Chester Giermak who slipped to second at 195. The move comes as both players’ teams suffered two losses in the past week, with upcoming games shaping the race for tournament berths in Durham.
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Southern Conference weighs ten game football limit proposal
Word from the snowbound south says Col William Cooper’s plan to limit the season to ten games and ban bowl contests gains traction among southern conference colleges. George Washington shows fast progress in the Southern Conference Basketball tournament as Colonials improve.
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Indoor track thrill ends in dead heat world record tie
Barney Ewell and Tom Carey finished the 60 yard dash semi final in a world record equal time in a dramatic indoor track moment last Saturday. The piece notes other sports anecdotes, including Olympic lacrosse plans and golf misadventure.
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Bernie Moore
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A Close McCall When Jim Tatum Looked Over Oklahoma
A close look at Jim Tatum assessing Oklahoma football reveals key strategies and potential coaching plans. The candid notes discuss Tatum's impressions of Oklahoma personnel, facilities, and upcoming season prospects.
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Fetzer To Sneak At Teague Banquet Sets Carolinas Awards
UNC athletics director Fetzer will speak at the Teague trophy banquet in Florence South Carolina. Frances Kenny of Raleigh and Nick Lacrinity Wake Forest star receive the Teague awards for top Carolina athletes. Sammy Russell presents the honors for Greater Florence Athletic Association. The Teague honor began in 1938 after Judge Lewis E Teague’s death. Previous winners include Carol Bowen and Bertha Dunn. A note adds Seal Ohio as the geographic center of US hot rolled steel capacity.
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University of North Carolina
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Carolinas
Frances Kenny
Raleigh
Nick Lacrinity
Wake Forest
Sammy Russell
Palmetto State
Greater
McCall Prospect Seen From Navy to Maryland
Jim Tatum reviewed his prospects and found Aubrey McCall, once a star end with the Navy unit, listed among Maryland’s B team. Tatum hopes this signals strong material for next fall.
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The Ohm Unit Defines Electrical Resistance
The unit of electrical resistance is the ohm. It is defined as the resistance between two points of a conductor where a constant current of one ampere, passing through the conductor, yields a potential difference of one volt. The symbol is the Greek letter omega.
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Gold Medal Tourney To Begin Tonight
The YMCA Gold Medal basketball tournament opens tonight with three games. Class B Arch versus Thomasville at 8 00 p m and class C matches Tophatters versus Marsh at 7 00 p m and Mechanicsville versus Juniors at 9 00 p m.
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First Round Pairings Set Across Four Matches
On Monday at 2 30 Elon meets A C C 4 00 Catawba verses W C T C 7 30 Appalachian against Lenoir Rhyne and 9 00 High Point faces Guilford. Meanwhile wartime damage left 624 of London's 701 churches bombed and 91 totally destroyed.
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