Gore family runs auto racing empire at Old Dominion Speedway
Alan Maver details the Gore clan at Manassas Virginia's Old Dominion Speedway where seven brothers five wives and both parents promote supervise and race stock cars and midget autos each Saturday drawing crowds over 1600. Wally Gore the driver leads the racing effort while Al Gore built the 38 mile track and expanded facilities with help from family.
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Furman Star Floyd Tumbles in Southern Conference Scoring Lead
Furman forward Darrell Floyd remained the nation’s leading scorer with 419 points in 12 conference games, holding a slim margin over West Virginia’s Rod Hundley. The update notes Floyd’s slight slip but highlights Furman hosting Erskine and two league games on the schedule, including Citadel at Washington & Lee and Virginia Tech visiting William & Mary, with W&L chasing a conference tournament berth.
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Virginia Tech Thinclads Cup Southern Title
Virginia Tech clinched the Southern Conference indoor track title with 41 points, ahead of runner-up William & Mary at Lexington. VMI, the defending champ, was third with 20. Mason-Dixon meet saw Roanoke College dominate with 60 plus points. no records fell in the Southern meet. Sophomore Dave Tork of West Virginia near the pole vault record. two double winners emerged in the Mason-Dixon.
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Raleigh County Junior High Basketball Tournament Bracket Set
The Raleigh County Junior High Tourney runs March 5 to 8 with 11 teams. Opening day has Mt View vs Marsh Fork, Lester vs Trap Hill, and Sophia vs Stoco. Officials named are Eddie McGinnis and Charles Moody. trophies awarded to winners, runners-up, and best cheer squad.
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Pope Pius XII Urges Fair Play in Sports
Pope Pius XII told members of the Oran Algiers sporting society in Vatican City that the desire to win does not justify bitterness or dangerous methods. He called athletes to recall the biblical precept not to return evil for evil and to remain calm.
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Sunday and Saturday college scores across the nation
A sprawling tally of Sunday and Saturday college basketball results features Dayton over Xavier by 85 to .75, St Josephs over St Francis Brooklyn 80 to 76, Canisius over Holy Cross 71 to 60, Seton Hall over Villanova 80 to 63, Niagara over Scranton 87 to 63, and numerous other games with scores listed for teams such as Temple Lafayette Dartmouth Columbia Cornell Yale Penn Princeton La Salle Muhlenberg Colgate Penn State NYU Fordham St Johns Hofstra St Francis Pa John Carroll Connecticut Rhode Island Manhattan CCNY Gettysburg Bucknell West Virginia Wesleyan Fairmont West Virginia Tech over Concord, Trinity, Bowdoin, Wash & Jefferson, Bethany, Shepherd, Bridgewater, Davis and Elkins, Alderson Broaddus, Glenville, West Liberty, Bluefield, South Maryland, N C State, Alabama, Tulane, Auburn, LSU, Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech, Mississippi, George Washington, Army, Duke, Georgetown, Hampden-Sydney, Johns Hopkins, Lynchburg, Towson, Newport News, Richmond, Hampton, Howard, Baltimore U, American U, Loyola Baltimore, Susquehanna, Maryland State, Midwest DePaul, Kentucky, Wichita, Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Indiana, Purdue, Baylor, Texas Christian, Southern Methodist, Houston, UCLA, Oregon State, Washington, Utah, Cal, Brigham Young, Air Force Academy, Colorado, Peach, and more with numerous overtime notes noted across the board.
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Niagara Joins NIT Field With 17-5 Record
Niagara with a 17-5 mark after beating Scranton last Saturday was invited to the National Invitation Tournament at Madison Square Garden starting March 17. Niagara becomes the eighth of 12 teams named with Marquette Dayton Louisville Duquesne St. Francis of Brooklyn Seton Hall and Xavier already picked. Remaining selections will come from a group including St. Joseph's Philadelphia Saint Louis Houston Utah Oklahoma and others.
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Kretlow Wins National Baseball Players Golf Title
Miami based pitcher Lou Kretlow of the Kansas City Athletics captured the National Baseball Players Golf Tournament in a tight finish over defending champ Alvin Dark of the New York Giants. Kretlow sealed victory with a three foot putt on 17 to edge Dark 2 and 1 after semifinal pairings featured Giants and A s teammates.
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Hawks and Knicks Fade In Race for NBA Spots
The St Louis Hawks and New York Knickerbockers each suffered damaging losing streaks as playoff hopes dim. The Hawks dropped sixth in a row, 89 83 to Fort Wayne, while the Knicks fell to 118 89 Syracuse to sit last in the East. The Lakers beat Rochester 100 93 and the Celtics edged Philadelphia 120 118.
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Nashua Narrowly Edges Social Outcast in Gulfstream
Nashua, the famed champion, wins the $50,000-or-more Gulfstream Handicap by a head over Park Social Outcast, with Sailor and Find close behind in a photo finish. The race, run over a mile and a quarter, features a late burst by Social Outcast as Nashua fights off the Vanderbilt duo Find and Find.
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Weekend Fight Ends in Knockout in Hollywood
Billy Evans of Los Angeles stopped Tommy Bain of Syracuse after four rounds in a weekend boxing card at Hollywood. Evans weighed 129 pounds and Bain 128 pounds.
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