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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1954
Page
2
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Frank Selvy of Furman leads major college basketball in scoring with an average of 38.1 points per game through Tuesday. He trails a major career mark and is pursued by players from LSU, Oklahoma City, Villanova, and Oklahoma A&M as he nears two straight scoring titles and several career records.
Two basketball games are scheduled for the High School gymnasium. At 7 30 the total girls independent team will play Cale with the men’s independents meeting a visiting five in the second contest.
New York reports a wave of contract signings for the 1954 season with 13 players including Carl Simmons of Philadelphia and Sherman Lollar of Chicago White Sox agreeing to terms. Simmons won 16 games last year and Lollar, top defensive catcher in the AL, batted 287. Others to sign include Bubba Church Howie Pallet and Del Wilber. A line on auto crashes notes drivers becoming drowsy on long straight roads.
In Miami Beach Char ley Norkus an unranked fighter from Lovellette Kansas defeated Danny Nardico in a violent light heavyweight contest. Norkus earned a technical knockout at 2 15 of the ninth after Nardico was battered to the canvas six times. Both fighters bled heavily and the bout featured eight knockdowns, ending a scheduled 200 round match early in a match billed as one of South Florida’s bloodiest fights.
New Yorks Rebbit Maranville Bill Dickey and Bill Terry are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown with DiMaggio missing by one year. Voting totals reached 252 ballots with 75 percent needed. changes limited eligibility to players active within the last 25 years but out for five years. Plaques will be dedicated in August during the exhibition game at Doubleday Field.
John Landy, Australian miler, failed to break the world mile record at Olympic Park twilight meet. He clocked 4:02.3 amid a 25,000 crowd, with Arne Anderson’s 4:01.5 noted as the second fastest. Geoff Warren placed second and Less Perry third.
Norkus, 197 pounds, suffered his 11th defeat in 62 professional fights in Tampa Florida after Nar delo dominated with powerful blows. Nardleo had been clarifying a for a ile fight with heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano.
Ed Diddle, 58, Western Kentucky coach, celebrated his 900th career win as the Hilltoppers beat Tennessee Tech 62-51. WKU sits No. 4 in the AP poll with a 17 game streak while Duquesne and other games provided solid showings. Bi Hannon and Mark Einstein each scored 25 for Army in a 71-04 win. Villanova faltered.
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