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Tto honor historic*I lt;*a in here Krh. 20The historic 1942 basketball teamthat won the National Invitation Tournament championship for WestVirginia will be honored at a specialprogram here Feb. 20The ceremonv will be held atHBgf-halltime ot the WVT game with Notre Dame, which is to be televised over a regional networkAppropriate mementos will be presented to tin- five living membersof the 1942 champions and their coach tvu hard Dyke) Raese 0Mhieit\ b\ Director ol Ubieties Robert(Red) Brown The surviving players areFloyd Scott\ Hamilton, originally from ('.ration now director otathletics at Marietta (Ohio) Collegelit was the- first Mountaineersbasketball player to make the Ml Vmenca team He starred here for three years, and captained the 194ateam.Hudy Baric. originally at Ben wood now teaching in the school system atPenns Prove \ i He captained the*1942 team arid won the NTT most valuable player award He also coached the Mountaineer team ot 194.1 to a 14 7 record before serving a - anAnns Officer in World War 11 He ledvthe 1942 team in scoringRichard Kesling originally ol Shinnston now personnel director of the Owens Illinois plant in FairmontHe earned his letter in 194’ 47 and was the \o 2 scorer for the NITchampions.Lou Kalmar, originally of Pursglove an executive with the forestry division ot Continental Pan in\! lanta v la He won ocer s in 1940and 1942W alter Hollins now a tunei d directot in his old home town ofKenova He earned a fetter as »reserve in 1942The fifth starter on that team,Roger (Shorty 1 Hicks died in actionwith an Vnnv unit in France m 1944His home vvas in MoundsvtUe The two other reserves on theDon Raese of Davis andt VIM Kl'DV HARK’team,: ■■■■■■Pi■HBHiPeor ge Rickey ot North Ber gen N ! also were killed in military set v iceThe Mountaineers ot 1942 finishedthe regulai season w ith u 1( I • s ordand received a bid to the NTT as the last of its eight entries They scored a stunning »8 19 upsetin overtime over the first-seededLong Island team regarded as probably the best in the country Ihey an prised m tin eauTutoU bybeating I’aledo :•! 49 aiui woo (hechampionship witlr a ttuilbnj F i victors ovei Western Keniueks thatwas tie. ided b\ two foul hot ill lhlt;closing seconds1 In \oi i e 1 hint' game to tun ing Ml \inet lea Vustm i or i with lt;iu ottlit* nation's top teams is expts toil to till the('ohseum
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Sunday Dominion-Post
Morgantown, West Virginia, US
Sun, Feb 07, 1971
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