SC Basketball Opens Tuesday with 3 Games
Virginia Tech and Richmond start the Southern Conference season with three games this week. Wake Forest hosts Virginia Tech, Furman visits NC State, and Richmond hosts the Medical College of Virginia while seven teams move to the new ACC pattern.
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Clemson
Maryland
South Carolina
Duke
George Washington
West Virginia
Winston-Salem
Medical College of Virginia
Top Cage Teams Set For Action This Week
New York college basketball opens with Rio Grande at Madison Square Garden against Adelphi. Bevo Francis scored 64 in Buffalo after a 64 point average. St John’s meets Lafayette. Duquesne, Indiana, Kentucky, California start their campaigns with key early games. Hofstra upset Yale. Dayton, Western Kentucky also posted wins as the season begins.
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Golden Bears
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Caudle Faloney Tie For First As Top Scorers
Duke and Maryland share the lead in ACC scoring as Lloyd Caudle and Bernie Faloney tie for first with 54 points after Caudle's three touchdowns in Duke 35 North Carolina 20. Ralph Felton falls to third with 53 points and Ken Keller breaks into the top five with 37.
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Red) Smith
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Casey Stengel blasts anti Yankees at meeting
Casey Stengel, manager of the world champion New York Yankees, accused the American League of an anti Yankees sentiment and urged an investigation of club general managers. He argued the Yankees won five straight titles because rivals’ executives fail to do their jobs, underscoring tensions at the annual minor league meeting in Atlanta.
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Bob Duhl
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Bob Rush
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Bob Turley
Don Larsen
Oriole
Cleveland Indians
Clint Courtney
Vic Wertz
Washington
Johnny Groth
Turley
Ehlers
Casey Stengle
Pappy Lewis Tops WVU Recruiters in Sugar Bowl Build Up
West Virginia University coach Art Lewis, famed for scouring West Virginia and Ohio for talents, leads the Mountaineers to the Sugar Bowl against Georgia Tech. The feature traces his career from Washington and Lee to WVU, noting his recruiting prowess and mixed coaching record.
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Morgantown
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Draft Selections Slim At Minor League Meet
At Atlanta the 52nd annual minor league baseball convention opened with a light draft slate. Baltimore, with first pick, may select Forrest Jacobs or Jim Finegan while Royce Lint could be considered as a pitcher. Major executives gathered as trades and potential moves loomed, including Yankees pursuit of pitching and Stengel accusing AL managers of anti Yankee sentiment.
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St. Louis Browns
Orioles
Art Ehlers
Forrest Jacobs
St. Paul
Jim Finegan
Kansas City
Jacobs
Fort Worth
Finegan
Binghamton
Royce Lint
Portland
New York
Horace Stoneham
New York Giants
Bowl teams kept form as one platoon era opened
In the 1953 season, powerhouses remained on top and midpack teams fulfilled expectations across New Year’s Day bowls. Michigan State UCLA Oklahoma Maryland Rice Alabama Notre Dame West Virginia Georgia Tech and others played strong, with Maryland and Oklahoma meeting in the Orange Bowl after Maryland’s 42-7 warm-up win over Oklahoma State. Alabama earned the Cotton bid, Rice edged Texas for the SWC title despite Texas’ elimination, and several other major results included Notre Dame’s continued No. 1 perch and Georgia Tech’s upset by Notre Dame while Duke LSU and others posted key victories.
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Rose
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Cotton—Rice
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Boston College
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Ken Buck
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John Carson
Don Dohoney
Carlton Massey
Art Hunter
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Fa Meatows
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Mississippi
J. D. Rab For
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Milton Brohart
Washington
Ray Correll
Kentucky
Crawford Mims
J. D. Roberts
Matt Hazeltne
California
Jeremy Hugenbert
Alar Amoche
Wisconsin
Paul Cameron
J. ©. Caroine
Illnois
Bob Garrett
Stanford
Minnesota
David Johnson
John Latiner
Jackie Parker
Mountaineers
New Orleans
Weather Factor Cited As Deer Season Opens Today
Grantland Rice selection names 22-man All American team with two players per position. West Virginia prepares for Sugar Bowl, while deer season opens statewide at 6 am with 100,000 hunters expected. Regulations limit deer to one per hunter in three day span, plus shotgun slug use and no loaded guns in cars. A new 11,000 acre hunter tent area opens near Watoga State Park.
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Magazine Today
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Charleston
West Virginia
Conservation Department
Watoga State Park
Pocahontas County
Kermit McKeever
State Parks Division
Mapp Wins Southern Conference Scoring Honor
Richmond Virginia Military Institute star Tay Mapp topped the Southern Conference scoring with 78 points in the 1953 football season. He closed his career with three TDs in VMI’s 13 0 victory over Virginia Tech. Bill Bowman of William and Mary had 44 points and a 66 yard TD pass helped Boston University hillside.
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Conference Standings Bastern Conference Report
A brief note states there are no whale ships flying the American flag today per the National Geographic Society. The remark appears in a terse standings context with no specific dates or events attached.
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Browns Wrap Up Divisional Title With 27-16 Win
Cleveland clinches fourth straight NFL divisional crown by beating the winless Chicago Cardinals 27-16. Otto Graham connects on three passes for 55 yards and Ray Renfro scores on a 27 yard play after a pass interference. Tommy James adds a 37 yard return after a Cardinal fumble to seal the victory.
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All Southeastern Teams Announced
Auburn, Kentucky, and Georgia Tech each place two players on the 1953 All Southeastern football team as chosen by AP ballots from over 100 writers, sportscasters, and SEC coaches. First and second teams list players from LSU, Georgia, Miss. State, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Ga. Tech, Auburn, Kentucky.
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Kentucky
Georgia Tech
Associated Press
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Georgia
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Larry Morris
Ga. Tech
Ray Correll
Frank D'Agostino
Jim Pyburn
Jackie Parker
Corky Tharp
Alabama
Steve Meilinger
Glenn Turner
Roger Rotroff
Tennessee
Bob Fisher
Joe D'Agostino
Florida
Ralph Carrigan
George Atkins
Bob Sherman
Joe Tuminello
Zeke R Bratkowski
Leon Hardeman
Jimmy Wade
Ralph Paolone
Lakers and Knicks Pulling Ahead In NBA Race
The Minneapolis Lakers extended a seven game win streak by beating the Boston Celtics 95-82 to move to 11-4 in the Western Division. The New YorkKnickerbockers beat Rochester 69-64, improving to 13-8 in the Eastern Division. Fort Wayne Pistons took second in the West with 83-69 over Philadelphia Warriors. Syracuse Nationals crushed Baltimore Bullets 101-82. George Mikan scored 28 for the Lakers, Vern Mikkelsen 22.
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National Basketball Association
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Syracuse Nationals
Baltimore Bullets
George Mikan
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Boston
Vern Mikkelsen
Open House Set At Montgomery
Montgomery West Virginia Tech basketball previews 1953 season with an open house game at Montgomery high school gym on Tuesday December 1 at 8 p m. Coach Hugh Bosely introduces the team and discusses rules changes before a Charleston independent team. all squad to play fan appraisal of prospects with no admission charge. Joe Morecraft of Charleston handles the opposing squad.
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East Cage Scores From Associated Press
East Dayton beat Canisius 79 to 63 and Hofstra defeated Yale 80 to 78. St Bonaventure lost to Syracuse 88 to 68 as CCNY topped Hunter 97 to 64. Western Kentucky prevailed 86 to 74 over Kentucky Wesleyan with New Orleans routing Howard 86 to 69. Belmont Abbey and Bellarmine posted wins while Loyola, Murray and several other teams posted scores in this regional roundup.
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Loyola
Howard
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