High Point leads North State scoring race with Moran second
Bob Tate of Western Carolina tops the North State conference scoring with 138 points in 10 games. Ted Moran of High Point ranks second with 130 points after three games, as Appalachian, Catawba, and Western Carolina push for standings in the tight race.
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Leslie Wey
Tex Craven
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Bob McGinn
Elon
Atlantic Christian
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Guilford
Wanish Leads Southern Conference Scorers
University of Maryland guard Bill Wanish tops the Southern Conference point list with 113 in eight games, edging George Washington captain Bill Cantwell who has 112. The week features four league games and notable clashes including Clemson versus South Carolina and Furman versus The Citadel.
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Bob Goldsmith
Washington and Lee
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Virginia Military Institute
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DuPont Independents
NYU Heads Major List With 11 Wins
NYU faces Colgate at Madison Square Garden as college basketball focus shifts to sectional races. Other unbeatens include Duquesne, York University, Columbia, LaSalle, Rhode Island State, and Fordham. key clashes loom with Temple, Holy Cross, and Coast Guard as the season progresses.
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Rhode Island
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Brown
Coast Guard
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Columbia
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Princeton
Tulane
Kentucky
Wildcats
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North Carolina
North Carolina State
State
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Roanoke
Shippenseburg
Betty Jameson Wins Tampa Golf Tourney
Betty Jameson won the $3,000 Tampa Women's Open at Palma Cela course with 307, four strokes ahead of Louise Suggs. National Open champion Jameson posted rounds of 77 and 78 to reach 151 midway, while Misa Suggs led amateurs with 156 and a 74 to cap the meet.
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Baseball Queens Drive 24 District Tours to State Meet
Ray Dumont plans a pre game show and a baseball queen at each of 24 Kansas district tournaments with portraits by Virgil Barnes. The district winners go to the state tournament in Wichita to select four state queens and a national tourney follow up.
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Larry MacPhail
Yankee Stadium
Ray
Dumont
Kansas
Virgil Barnes
New York Giant
Wichita
Kas
Atlantic City
Robinson Seeks Raise In Salary
Jackie Robinson Brooklyn's rookie of the year waits until early February to learn his 1948 pay. He planned a salary talk with Branch Rickey in Chicago but returns to Los Angeles, missing a chance to discuss terms. Rickey suggested an increase but did not specify a amount.
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Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn
Perha
Branch Rickey
Dodgers
Robinson
Los Angeles
Rickey
Kramer Breaks Riggs Spell in Barnstorming Tennis
In Baltimore on January 19, Jack Kramer halted Bobiggs four game winning streak with a 7-9 6-4 9-7 victory. He trails Riggs eight to seven in their pro tour. Kramer then teamed with Pancho Segura to beat Riggs and Dinny Pails 6-4 as Segura defeated Pails 6-1 6-2 in a prior match.
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Jack Kramer
Bobiggs
Kramer
Riggs
Pancho Segura
Dinny Pails
Segura
Pails
Harrison Wins Richmond Open with 15-Under-Par Rounds
Harrison, from Little Rock, captures the $10,000 Richmond Open title with a 72-hole 273 after opening with a 65. He pockets $2,000. prize money payments are delayed in cash to avoid litigation over the full purse.
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PGA
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Ariz
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Reen
Ozarks
Bing Crosby
Los Angeles
Lloyd Mangrum
American Association Boosts Players Bonus Fund
The American Association increases the players bonus fund to about $30,000 for the season, a 50 percent rise from 1947. Directors, meeting in winter, approved the hike funded by a 1 percent contribution from admissions of 40 cents or more, with last year already using one cent from admissions.
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Chicago
American Association
Minor Baseball League
Appalachian Grapplers topple YMCA in local match
Appalachian State Teachers College wrestlers defeated High Point YMCA 22 to 10 at the local Y gym. Wayne York 155 won by pin. Fred Bragg in unlimited class won. Aubrey Grimes narrowly lost at 175. Other bouts saw multiple Alabama style wins with Jens en and Davey pins and Griffth, Sellers taking decisions.
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High Point Ymca
Wayne York
Pler
McLean
Appalachian
Fred Bragg
Aubrey Grimes
Harris
Kitts Resigns as VPI Head Football Coach
Jimmy Kitts submitted his resignation as head football coach of Virginia Tech at Blacksburg after a tenure starting in 1941. The athletic council planned to meet to consider a replacement, with one year remaining on his three year contract.
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VPI
Blacksburg
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
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Jimmy) Kitts
Kitts
Athletic Council
US Amateur Hockey Team Aims to Improve in Week Contests
Prague reports the United States Amateur Hockey association team, upset in its European debut, will show improvement in two preparatory matches this week, coach Johnny Garrison said.
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United States’ Amateur Hockey Association
Johnny Garrison
Final Bowl Tilt Winds Up As Dad West Wins 34-20
West defeats East 34 to 20 in a post season football game at Gilmore Stadium. Attendance reaches 3,083 of 18,500 capacity. Michigan ends with Lenny Ford and Bob Mann, while Bobby Layne and Max Bumgardner starred for Texas in bowls. Ferraro of USC holds standout moment by grabbing Mann on one key play. Layne threw 27 passes with 9 incomplete and totaled 201 yards.
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Gilmore Stadium
Ichigan
Lenny Ford
Bob Mann
Texas
Bobby Layne
Max Bumgardner
John Ferraro
Southern California
Michigan
Mann
Voha
Bobby la
San Felipe Stakes Nominations Highlight 50,000 Race
Arcadia California January 19. Three year old colts and geldings total around twenty four nominated for the San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita to be run Saturday over seven furlongs.
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Calif
Santa Anita Park
Conference Basketball Scores Across Multiple Matches
A packed slate of results shows Salem over Davis & Elkins 75 to 44. West Liberty 67 over WV Tech 63. St Bonaventure 64 over Baltimore 32. Penn State 47 over Carnegie Tech 39. Cornell 58 over Yale 54. Other scores include Rutgers 63 over Navy 58. Connecticut 52 over American 48. Columbia 64 over Army 46. Temple 61 over North Carolina 51.
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Delaware
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Gettysburg
Muhlenberg
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Shaw
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High Point
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Furman
College of Charleston
Randolph Macon
Apprentice School
Catholic Univ
Bridgewater
South Carolina
Geo. Wash
Maryland
Va. Military
W. Va
Skier James Henrisken Dies After Jumping Accident
James Henrisken aged 34 of Eau Claire Wisconsin member of the 1936 U S Olympic ski team died in a Chicago hospital from injuries suffered during the Norge Ski club’s 42nd annual jumping tournament held yesterday.
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Chicago
James Henrisken
Eau Claire
Wis
U. S
Norge
Pontine Marshes’ Mosquitoes Said to Hastened Rome Fall
Ancient authorities linked the formation of the Pontine marshes near Rome and the spread of malaria mosquitoes to a factor in the decline of the Roman Empire, suggesting environmental change influenced historical events.
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