Duke Blue Devils Eye Bowl Bid After Strong Conference Play
Duke coach Bill Murray leads a Duke squad with 27 victories and three ties in four years as the Blue Devils push toward a bowl bid after winning key conference games. Duke faces Wake Forest and North Carolina State in a season finale stretch as Athletic Director Eddie Cameron confirms Duke's bowl interest amid plans for the Orange Bowl.
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Salisbury
Don Sturkey
UNC Freshman Prelims Highlight Heels Home Nights
Chapel Hill news notes that all UNC nectar ball games will be held at Woollen Gym this season with freshmen preliminaries starting at 6 15 p m and varsity contests at 8 p m Fans will see UNC teams in back to back games on home court each evening.
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University of North Carolina
Woollen
North Carolina
Army Navy clash ends with Navy win in Philadelphia
More than 100,000 watched as Navy defeated Army 27 20 at Municipal Stadium. Army offered no alibis for the setback yet faced questions over kickoff strategy and a late pass call. Navy matched Army in ground yards and led at halftime 21 20 after two timely onside and short kicks.
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Middies
Municipal Stadium
Fights Last Night Weekend Fights Fight Card Notes
Reno Nevada report notes Baby Moe Mario 118 facing Alfredo Avila 114 in a Reno card. Names listed include Oakland and Denver connections with Frank Buford at 211 Oakland.
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Pro Basketball Results Roundup
Sunday results include Syracuse 79 New York 77 and Minneapolis 115 Boston 108. Fort Wayne 97 Minneapolis 81 on Saturday and Rochester 107 Boston 101 while Syracuse 8 New York 74. Only games scheduled.
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Bowl lineups near complete for major New Year's games
Eight teams led by Southern California and Georgia Tech headline the Rose Sugar Orange and Cotton Bowls with Duke earning a Orange Bowl bid against Nebraska. Notre Dame and Notre Dame Missouri clash headline national TV while several conference champs claim top spots and several regular-season finales wrap up.
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Nebraska
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Houston
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Orana
Football clash nearly erupts after tense finish
In a high tension finale between Tennessee and Van Vandecuin, a punt with 45 seconds left sparked a near riot as players collided and benches emptied. Police restrained the crowd and halted the melee with no reported penalties.
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Mincevich Named to Magazine All-America Team
Navy end Ron Beagle and Army halfback Tommy Bell headline 1954 Magazine All America selections. The Football Writers Association chose Bud Brooks Outland Award winner and named a full squad including Frank Mincevich of South Carolina at guard and Alan Ameche, Kurt Burris, and other top players from Oklahoma, UCLA, Ohio State, Notre Dame, California, Minnesota, Rice and more.
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Navy
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Army
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South
John B. Outland
Bud Brooks
Football Writers’ Assn. of America
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Oklahoma
Dean Seder
California
Bob McNamara
Minnesota
Dicky Moegle
Rice
College basketball results from several games
Quenans College defeated Lambuth in a high scoring contest. East Tenn played Tusculum with a decisive 58 to 95 score for Berea College. Carson-Newman trounced Georgetown with 74 to 33 as Villanova lost to a Kentucky opponent.
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Quenans College
Lambuthenn
East Tenn
Tusculum
Berea
Carson-Newman
College Football Scores From Arizona and Bethune-Cookman
Arizona defeated Wyoming 42 to 40 in a high scoring game. Bethune-Cookman crushed Lane 58 to 6 in another matchup.
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Popson Cops 1954 SC Scoring Crown for Furman
Furman back Johnny Popson tops the Southern Conference scoring list with a six point margin over West Virginia’s Freddy Wyant. Virginia Tech’s Dickie Beard is third with 59 points and Echmond’s George Riggs is fourth with 36. The Citadel has one game left against South Carolina. West Virginia clinched the conference title with a 14 10 win over Virginia.
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George Riggs
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Dick Miles
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Stan Knowles
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Clemson
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BC Stamps Holy Cross By 31-13
Boston's BC Eagles defeat Holy Cross 31 to 13 at Fenway Park before 40,642. Tom Magnarelli scored four touchdowns as BC dominated with a 97 yard drive ending in a 31 yard burst and a late 1 yard TD. Holy Cross offense stalled, BC defense pressured quarterback Ned Jephans and gave up one late score.
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Gault-O'Brien Bout Postponed to December 9
Spartanburg report states Pappy Gault and Johnny O'Brien bantamweight bout has been postponed to December 9 in West Palm Beach Florida. O'Brien, from Boston, sought extra healing time for a wound and a Spartanburg committee approved delay to allow recovery.
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Duke Dominates North Carolina As ACC Race Tightens
Duke routs North Carolina 47-12 securing the ACC title path as Pascal and Biel ski share the scoring lead with Prickett in reach. Clemson thumps Citadel 59-0 and Maryland crushes Missouri as conference teams jockey for Orange Bowl bids amid a near finish.
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Edmonton Upsets Montreal in Grey Cup Thriller
Edmonton Eskimos rally from nine down to beat the heavily favored Montreal Alouettes 26 to 25 at Varsity Stadium. Jack Parker of Mississippi State scooped an 85 yard lateral for the decisive touchdown with three minutes left as Bernie Faloney calls the plays for the Eskimos.
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Spooner Undergoes Knee Operation
Brooklyn November 27 Karl Spooner star pitcher undergoes knee operation at hospital after midseason injury. He is to remain in hospital about two weeks and will miss the Islanders upcoming series.
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Not Bad Not Bad At All Not Bad At All NEW YORK
A fragmented sports column notes jockey Eric Guerin rode winning horses in Belmont Stakes Hawthorne Gold Cup and Garden State Stakes to total earnings of 301 645. Willie Shoemaker Ray York and Johnny Longden also earned substantial prizes across several races.
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