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Newspaper
Richmond Collegian
Location
Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1948
Page
5
Lews Views proposes cutting varsity game coverage from sports pages to free space for intramural reports. The plan cites space limits and aim to boost campus sports coverage through stronger columns and library access. Don Fendler hailed as Man of the Year for reviving intramurals postwar decline.
The Westhampton notes a surge of girls watching Intramural games to boost cleaner play and better understanding of basketball. It urges further attendance at winter and spring contests, praises floor improvements, and warns against wearing nail-empered leather shoes on the new floor.
Don Fendler announced the intramural basketball schedule for 1948 49 with two eight team leagues. Catbird teams from Bill Long and the Wickers compete alongside fraternities Band and Baptist Student Union, plus the Law School. Top teams in each league will duel for the school championship.
Spiders drop a 68 49 Southern Conference game to George Washington as Art Haines and Mel Niff lead with 15 points each. They win 54 45 against Maryland led by Elmo Stephenson 18 points. A 59 57 loss to the Quantico Marines ends the sequence with Stephenson again top scorer at 15 as Suttenfield Haines and Dorsey add 13 11 10.
Richmond's Spiders aim for a second straight conference win against Clemson at Blues Armory. Clemson boasts a perfect conference record after beating Wofford and edging Wake Forest, while Richmond seeks improvement after a loss to George Washington and a win over Maryland.
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