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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1950
Page
6
Raleigh's verett Case praises Ranzino as a natural scorer with a quick push shot. He notes Dickey as Dixie Classic MVP, and credits guard trio Bubas Harand and Dickey for leadership. Case discusses height issues, late-season tests, and upcoming stars Lovington Goss and a 1952 talent hunt.
High Point Black Bison beat Asheville Maroon Devils 83 to 48 as Jack Powell scores 23 points to pace the local conference clash. Ken Yarborough adds early scoring support while Powell dominates from all areas of the floor.
North Carolina aims to keep its score close in a Southern Conference game at Chapel Hill against North Carolina State. The Tar Heels face long odds, having lost four straight regular-season meetings by at least 24 points.
Allen Jay high school cage teams beat Sumner 43 32 and 50 25 led by Hazel Mills with 22 points. Jones and Hedrick scored 14 and 12 for Allen Jay as the boys and Mills paced the girls with 22 in the nightcap. Next, Allen Jay meets Oak Hill at 6 45 p m in the twin hill feature.
Tony Lavelli scored 40 points against Princeton on February 5, 1949, matching the Ivy League single game scoring record. The performance stands as a historic Ivy League scoring mark in college basketball.
Baylor University named George Sauer as head football coach and athletic director with a five year contract at the annual banquet. Sauer, a former Kansas and Navy coach, expressed optimism that hard work would yield a champion Bears team and said he would unify the program amid recent leadership turmoil. The signing followed support from D. X. Bible, former Texas coach and Sauer’s Nebraska mentor, as the university aimed to steady its football era.
Hanes Hosiery guard Jackie Swaim Fagg wins the 1949 Lewis E Teague memorial trophy as the Carolinas AAU honors best amateur woman athlete. The award announced by W F Bailey names Fagg the women’s winner, with the ceremony February 20 in Winston Salem. The men’s winner will be revealed tomorrow in Sunday papers. Fagg leads Hanes with 112 points in ten games and holds the nation’s women’s foul shooting title.
In Chicago a potential welterweight title bout between Ike Williams and Sugar Ray Robinson is being pursued by International Boxing Club president James D. Norris who vows to sign the pair. The Chicago Stadium event followed a Moore Williams win over Johnny Bratton, with Bratton suffering a likely jaw fracture and hospital treatment after Williams halted the bout in the eighth round.
Long Beach open enters the second round with Jack Harden of El Paso leading after a 62, tying course records and extending a three shot edge over Bob Hamilton of Landover. Sam Snead two off the pace in a crowded field of 144 at Lakewood Country Club, with Cary Middlecoff and others close behind.
High Point College Purple Panthers host Lenoir-Rhyne Mountain Bears in Harrison gym at 8 tonight. Panthers boast 13-1 overall and lead the North State standings while aiming to extend their unbeaten conference mark and fend off a strong Lenoir-Rhyne defense led by Kantorski and Sellari. Captain Williard Neighbors and guards Wells and Waiz pace a balanced attack with Sueta, Hunt, Draper, Joyce, and Cartwright in reserve roles.
UNC will delay filling two football coaching vacancies after the resignations of Marvin Bass and Crowell Little. Director R A Fetzer and Head Coach Carl Snavely said successors will be chosen to best fit the program, with tentative fills before off season practice in February. The Carolina staff currently includes Jim Gill, Russ Murphy, George Radman, Walt Pupa and Jim Camp.
Jamestown and Trinity high schools stage a county basketball night with girls teams at 7:30 and boys at 8:30. The rivals, among the league’s fiercest, are expected to draw a capacity crowd at Trinity for the doubleheader.
UNC will be represented at the Philadelphia Inquirer track meet by five athletes led by Bob Morrow who ran second in the high hurdles at the Washington Evening Star games. The one mile relay team includes Laddie Terrell Percy Flowers Gordon Hamrick and Clarence McLain with Coach Joe Hilton traveling due to illness sidelining No Ranson.
The varsity game will be broadcast on radio station WHPE-FM in High Point beginning at 7 55 P M local time.
CHAPEL HILL Jan 21 The North Carolina Tar Heels host North Carolina State in a late game seen as a tough test for UNC despite a recent four game winning streak. NC State led by Dick Dickey and Sammy Ranzino aims to extend a series edge as Hugo Rappler misses due to pneumonia. State freshmen face Carolina in a 6:30 p.m. prelim and tickets are limited at the door.
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