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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1951
Page
25
In Long Beach Fred Delano notes oilman and sportsman Pauley in town to address the Advertising Club. He discusses Los Angeles Rams and NCAA pros televising games next fall, with Bert Bell shaping the pro schedule amid owner disagreements and league debates on five weekly TV telecasts.
A scrambled OCR page tallies scores and team names across multiple colleges. It lists players, venues, and results with numerous figures and universities such as Texas, Iowa, and Wisconsin, reflecting a wide round of intercollegiate basketball results and rosters.
Don Gehrmann clocked 4:07.9 indoors at the Boston AA Hunter Classic to win his 37th straight mile, edging Fred Wilt amid a packed 12,521 crowd. Horace Ashenfelter attempted to help Wilt, but Gehrmann surged late to secure the win.
Poly High beat Avalon 71 51 as Art Henriksen and Al Krause sparked a decisive third quarter. Henriksen led Poly with 28 points while Avalon’s Bee quintet fell 71 25 in the preliminary.
Bradley Braves overcome a 16 point first half deficit to beat Stanford 61 58 at the Cow Palace. Gene Melchoirre hit the game clinching field goal as Charley Grover drained a late cut shot with 17 seconds left, in front of 10,298 fans.
The listing shows scores for multiple colleges and teams, including Shippersburg, Wilson, Alderson Broaddus, Baltimore, Mt. Airy, St. Francis, Indiana, California, Edinboro, Johnson C Smith, Presbyterian, Wofford, Fairmont, and West Liberty. Results span several matchups with varied point totals and team names intermingled in a compact sports round-up.
Owensboro Ky Feb 34 The University of Kentucky top ranked basketball team crushed Mississippi University 86 39 on a late scoring spree. Kentucky poured in 54 points in the second half to pull away from a 32 17 halftime lead. Bobby Watson of Owensboro and Frank Ramsey of Madisonville each scored 20 as Kentucky extended its road trip dominance and improved to 18 1 overall and 10 0 in the SEC.
Kansas State College presses forward in screening applicants for head football coach with Doug Kenna of the Army coaching staff in attendance. The athletic council also interviewed Gomer Jones of Oklahoma for athletic director and coach roles following Ralph Graham's resignation, with Moon Mullins and a possible McCrady reinstatement among discussed options.
Harbor J C led from start to finish against Orange Coast, 77 to 62, in non conference play on the losers’ court. Jaysee Harbor scored key buckets and Bob Fresenius added 20 points from his guard position as Harbor JC pulled away in the second half.
Kansas State kept its Big Seven record clean by routing Colorado 64 5. It was K State s fifth conference win and Colorado s fourth league loss after two earlier victories.
Don McEwen of Michigan ran 4 11.1 mile to set a world indoor dirt track record in the distance medley relay at Lansing. Michigan's 10 08.9 beat the old 10 10.3 mark, with Michigan State second and Purdue third as Notre Dame and Michigan Normal trailed. Kansas State won the broad jump.
UCLA overcame a height disadvantage and a halftime deficit to beat Pepperdine 75 to 60, snapping the Waves 13-game win streak. Dick Ridgway led UCLA with 25 points while Pepperdine’s Ken Milo scored 18. The Bruins pulled away in the second half as Pepperdine’s Hugh Faulkner watched from the bench with fouls. Lineups and scoring details are noted.
ASHINGTON Feb 3 The Southern Conference voted to return to World War II eligibility rules due to dwindling student numbers from military service. The decision, announced by President Max Farrington after a mail vote of 17 members, makes freshmen eligible if NCAA acts but the president doubted such action. The 17-member league includes colleges in Maryland West Virginia DC Virginia North and South Carolina.
Northern California stars beat Southern California 64 to 63 in the second North South high school all star game. Dick Carver of Fairfax LA was named outstanding player with 20 points. He hit 12 in the third quarter to spark a brief lead as Bob Alameida rotated players for the North and Frank Lubin coached the South.
Notre Dame's basketball team opened with a quick 7-0 run and built a large early lead to defeat Marquette 82-56 in South Bend. Dan Bagley, Leroy Lestie, and Johnny Neumayr led scoring with 15, 17, and 14 points respectively as the Irish posted their second-highest total this season.
Portland's Pilots unleashed a strong attack to defeat Gonzaga 75 to 57. Warren Brown led with 17 points on seven field goals and three free throws as Portland pulled away in the late minutes, Bulldogs from Spokane never threatened.
Southern California’s Trojans beat the San Francisco Dons 45-38 at home. Led 23-20 at halftime, USC surged late as Tom Riach and Bruce Bennett scored in the final minutes to seal the victory. Bob Kolf added an early layup to narrow the gap as San Francisco briefly led 38-37 on a Hickey shot.
Ray Count Miss won the mile and sixteenth Mid City Handicap at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans by a head over Lit He Flower with Bluwa W. third. Jockey Ab Poppara rode the winner in 1:48 for the $8000 feature, paying $22.50, $5.20, and $3. Blue W. paid $4.60 and Little Flower paid $3.
Denver Bears president Bob How sam announced the Western League club will train this spring in Austin Texas instead of Myrtle Beach South Carolina. The move aims to better prepare the team for the coming season.
Recreation Commission league action fills the week with triple headers at Poly High Jordan High Stephens Jr High and Hughes Jr High kicking off at 7 15 p m Headline Thursday games feature top Triple A League matches at Poly and other courts across the city including Jordan Stephens and Hughes junior venues through the week
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