Beckley Quints, Mullens, Stoco, Trap Hill Win
Beckley and Mullens lead a slate of 14 season wins as Beckley’s Flying Eagles top Beaver 76 13 and Mullens blunt Mt Hope 62, while Stoco dominates Clear Fork 66 25 and Trap Hill stops Baileysville 65 56.
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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1952
Page
4
Beckley and Mullens lead a slate of 14 season wins as Beckley’s Flying Eagles top Beaver 76 13 and Mullens blunt Mt Hope 62, while Stoco dominates Clear Fork 66 25 and Trap Hill stops Baileysville 65 56.
The Associated Press reports three eastern powers Duquesne St Bonaventure and St John s of Brooklyn earned NIT berths for the 12 team event opening March 8 with a triple header. Remaining berths eyed Kentucky Seton Hall Duke Holy Cross Penn State St Louis LaSalle Texas and others. Alabama’s A B Wells set a 1916 free throw record with 104 makes.
Fragmentary text mentions scholastic hoops and boosts to American hopes, with stray words suggesting box scores and winter sports, but the readable portions imply a school sports roundup lacking coherent facts or names.
Oslo reports attractive U S women skaters may revive the team shrouded in scoring drought. Andrea Mead Lawrence, 19, from Rutland Vermont, seeks gold in Roedkleiva slalom and giant slalom events. Tenley Albright leads in school figures while Jeanette Altwegg dominates. Dick Button leads U S men in figure skating as Canada Austria and Norway trade victories.
The Southeastern Conference will require its 1952 athletes to sign sworn affidavits stating they have not received any extra compensation for their athletic abilities. Commissioner Bernie Moore announced the rule approved at the December annual meeting. Effective next football season, affidavits become a condition of eligibility for all athletes ending after January 1 of this year. Scholarships for room, board, and laundry remain allowed, but no aid beyond established school sources.
University of Tampa officials seek a successor to Frank Sinkwich, who resigned effective March 1 to enter the furniture business in Tampa. The ex Georgia All-America halfback coached here two years, his teams winning HH games, with seven losses and one tie, before stepping down amid alumni pressure.
New York report on the college basketball scandal centers on Walter Hirsch, Kentucky captain of the 1950-51 team, who pledged to testify after previously refusing. Dist Atty Hogan says Hirsch, along with Dale Barnstable and James Line, faced bribe offers to fix games in 1949 50, with prior indictments against Barnstable and others.
Three berths in the Southern Conference tournament were decided as Clemson, West Virginia, and North Carolina State secured spots. Clemson won at Wake Forest 85-84 in overtime, led by 18 points from Marvin Robinson and John Snede, while Wake Forest’s Dickie Hemric scored 37. Furman, George Washington, Duke, and Maryland also contending for remaining spots as Roanoke games and regional results shape the final field.
Veteran hockey referee Ken NIGET, aged 53, jokes that rinks feel flooded with glue as he continues officiating in Detroit area college and amateur games. Associated press box results list Virgil Akins stopping Joe Gilmer, Cesar Brion outpointing Joe Kahut, and other bouts with tied city and state details.
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