Tokyo Olympic Hospitality Impresses Millis and Wife
Millis and his wife enjoyed Tokyo hospitality during the 1940 Olympic preparations. They praised polite Japanese hosts and meals in the village while noting access limitations for non athletes. Millis described modern venues near the outdoor stadium and observed that boxing had easy seats while swimming and track were hard to view. He remarked on clocked ceremonies and high ticket prices on the black market.
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Pic Donna de Varona
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United States
Dogfight Tournament Set At Blair Park
Blair Park hosts a Dogfight golf meet with 22 four man teams in a unique format from Point Golf Association. Teams compete for top scores on first nine holes second nine holes or the full round. Participants include Joe Turner Roger Watson Jack Ridge Herold Solomon Aaron Rice Bill McCain Joel Pendry Jim Stephenson Bob Smith Guy Hedrick Jim McGinney Kent Barneycastle Jack Harold Lea L A Parker and others.
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Texas Uses Field Goals To Slip Past Rice 6 3
Texas breaks a 12 year Houston jinx with two field goals by David Conway to defeat Rice 6 3 before 73 000. Rice outplays early but Conway's 37 yard third period kick proves decisive.
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Wake Forest Grids Maryland in Saturday Scores
Saturday football results show Wake Forest defeating Maryland 21 to 17. Other notable scores include Virginia Military 35 Davidson 0 and Alabama 17 Florida 14 with many regional games across the state and conference schedules.
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UNC Romps South Carolina 24-0 As Willard, Black Dominate
The Tar Heels shut out the Gamecocks 24-0 behind Willard's strong ground game and Black's passing and rushing. UNC tallied 446 total yards while limiting South Carolina to 213, evening its conference record to 2-2.
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Spiders Halt East Carolina Win Streak 22-20
Richmond defeats East Carolina 22-20 to snap the Pirates 14 game win streak. Ronnie Smith accounted for a Richmond touchdown and a pass, Kenny Stoudt ran and scored, while a first quarter safety by the Spiders proved decisive. Alexander sparked ECC with a 34 yard interception return and a fourth quarter rushing TD. Attendance 13,000.
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Alexander
Cline
Ken Krimm
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John Hilton
Bob Solomon
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Jerry Tolley
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Rom Smith Seremich
Sroust
Razorbacks Run To Sixth Straight Win Over Wichita State
Arkansas, ranked fourth, blanked Wichita State 17 0 to stay unbeaten at 6 0. Quarterback Fred Marshall led two first half scoring drives with a five yard pass to Jim Lindsay for the opening TD after an 89 yard 10 play march. Wichita State crossed midfield only four times.
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Little Rock
Ark
Fred Marshall
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Jim Lindsay
Texas Tech Edges SMU 12–0 in Rain Soaked Conference Game
Texas Tech shut out SMU 12 to 0 in a Saturday night conference clash. Heavy rain and hail slowed play as about 36 000 spectators sheltered under the stands during the stormy contest.
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Methodist
Blanked in clash with stronger opponent
After a hard fight the team admitted a tougher foe prevailed. Coach Bass cited injuries to Ragin and Rosen and noted three consecutive tough tests Nebraska Florida and Carolina left players bruised and slowed. He praised Willard as the best back his squad faced this year.
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Catamounts Hold Off Bears in NC Football Tilt
Western Carolina defeats Lenoir Rhyne 21 14 to even its record at 3 3 and 2 2 in the league. Fullback James Seay scores the Cats first TD and Jim Williams hits Roger Cox on a key 17 yard play. Brown 53 yard run early and Vivian plunge late keep LRHU within reach. Attendance 7500.
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Tom Brown
van Slayton
James Seay
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Bear
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Dave Elder
Eric Vivian
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Stayton
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Vanderbilt Battles Mississippi To 7-7 Tie In Sec Thriller
Vanderbilt, the underdog, held Ole Miss to a 7-7 tie as Dave Waller directed a second quarter scoring drive for a Commodores team that kept the Rebels scoreless until late. Mississippi tied it late after two failed field goals.
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Penn Dumps Dudley 24-8 For First Conference Win
William Penn defeated Dudley 24-8 at Albion Millis Stadium to claim its first Western Conference victory. Key moments included an 80 yard drive led by Lan Shaw, a 16 yard TD pass from Vernon Walker, and a 50 yard pass to Byrd. Penn hosts Gastonia Highland in Homecoming Friday at 8 p.m.
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