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Harnett's Hnrb Thomas i
Takes Second At Beach
' By OSCAK mUT
(United Press Sports Writer)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (W
One hour after he won the national
stock ear championship by wing
ing home on a prayer, burly Mar
shall Teague was beck pumping
gw et his service station and look
ing completely unlike a man who
just had spent two hours In a roar- j
tog bedlam. I
Not long before, the former B-29
flight engineer had been hurling
his Hudson Hornet around the
four-mile beach-road course at an
average of 84.65 miles an hour.
That means he had threaded his
way through 62 other cars, two
feet-deep sand ruts and torturous
carves at top speed of 110 miles
an hour for the hour and 46 min
utes It took him to cover the 160
miles.
It was his second straight tri
umph to this annual event over
Daytona's famed speedway, but
Teague wsa busy wiping wind
shields, checking oil and inflating
tires for the trade. As the slow-'
talking, fast-driving Floridan ex
plained: ■*
“This Is my business.”
KACEB FOB FUN
The other, those perilous, pul
sating hours on the course, had
been for fun. Because the big man
who started driving to 1845 counts
the speedway as strictly “for
laughs" and a sideline to which
despite his success there isn't
much financial returns.
"Last year I won five good
races and financially made very
little," <l)6 explained. “But I sure
like to go along for the ride.”
His ride this time was a breeze,
for he won going away by a full
minute and 21 seconds over Herb
Thomas of Olivia, N. C. But it was
a ride he almost didn't take—and
almost didn't finish.
Last fall Teague went to Mexico
and drove to the 2,100-mlle Trans-
Mexico race. He finished sixth. But
he was suspended from NASCAR,
which sanctions United States
events, for competing in what was
ruled an outlaw race. Teague de
i bated for a while Whether to pay I
a «575 fine but finally shelled out.'
So he again became eligible for!
. the big Daytona event, only to al-
I most to lose it whan he had it
- viapped up. The race was to have
I been over 200 miles, which means
• a pit stop for all at those speeds.!
’ 1 But the 100 mils marl the race'
; was shortened to ISO miles because
• a ristog tide was inundating the
i beach side of the racing oval.
■ “The salt sand had shorted my
I gas guage and I didn’t know exact-1
l ly how much fuel I had left,” he
t explained. “I knew it was getting
low though, but decided I'd try to
i go all the way. The last 10 laps 1
. I ran a bit slower and took the 1
1 , turns in high gear to stretch the
• gas.”
ij JUST ENOUGH GAS
It was a good thing he did, too,
' I because less than 100 yards after
l he crossed the finish line, Teague
I sat the* helplessly while his car
■ spurtted to a atop. But by then
- he didn't care. He had received
;. the checkered flag they wave at
the happy winner.
;] “The cars take a lot of punlsh
■ ment in a race like this,” Teague
■ asserted. “Just ISO miles at those
speeds and through those bumps
and Jams Is equal to 25,000 miles
on the highway as far as tearing
a car apart.”
Yet, while the big pian checked
the battery water for. an impatient
tourist, you knew it took much more
than iron machines. To win one
like this it takes iron men, too
grltty guys like Marshall Teague.
Dr. Midcilecoff Gives
Rain Credit For Win
EL PASO, Tex. (IT. Dr. Cary
1 Middlecoff gave the rains credit
1 today for his victory in the SIO,OOO
1 El Paso Open Golf Tournament
1 which ended here yesterday.
“This rain helps my putting
game,” the Memphis dentist said.
1 Before teeing off for the final round
1 yesterday, he commented, 'I hope
> it rains all day.”
> Middlecoff’s two-under-par gave
> him a 72-hole total of 268 and the
i $2,000 first prize.
The rains made fast greens heavy,
Middlecoff said. He, as well as other
pros, could shoot for the pins with
assurance the ball would stick in
stead of running through.
“When I sank my putt for a
birdie on 15, I knew I was in,” be
said. He Jokingly thanked his fel
t the Houston Open Feb. 20.
i expects to rejoin touring golfers for
1 Sanford P/pys Were Tomorrow Night,
Duquesne, St. Bonavegftire Clash
Tonight In Baffin Os Undefeated
'By NORMAN MILLER
(United Press Sports Writer)
NEW YORK —l» Duqoesne
; and St. Bvnaventnre clash tonight
.to a meeting of the nation’s two
| remaining undefeated major col
lege basketball teams.
I The Dukes ruled a alight favor
*l ito to preserve their spotless rec
! ord because the showdown will be
staged on their “home” court at
.Pittsburgh Gardens.
Coach Eddie Melvin of the Bon-
I nies, who played for Duqbesne as
ia collegian, maintains that “dead”
spots on the Garden court offer
a handicap to visiting teams.
I Each team has Won 16 staight
1 ; games. Duquensne will have a
1 , height advantage, 1 unished chief
ly by si-foot-seven sophomore oen
-1 ter Jim Tucker and six-foot-six
forward Dick Ricketts. The meth
odical Dukes also are ranked one
1 of the nation’s best defensive
’ teams.
SPEED AND RESERVES
But the rough-and-ready Bonnies,
> led by Bobby Bassone, Bill Ken
■; ville And Leo Corkey, are deep
; I in bench strength and are rated
the speedier team. St. Bonavsnture
| has beaten edch of its opponents
! by at least nine points.
St. Bonaventure ran its winning
1 streak to 16 by beating Cincinnati,
1 67 to 55, Saturday. Duquesne has
’ been idle since it beat Niagara
last Wednesday.
Kentucky, ranked the nation’s
> No. 1 team last week by the United
1 Press Board of Coaches, clinched
the Southeasten Conference title
and an automatic bid to the NCAA
tournament by beating Georgia
Tech', 83 to 42. Saturday. It was
Kentucky’s 14th straight victory,
Its 10th to a row to conference
play, Its 18th to 21 games for the
season, and its 107th straight tri
umph on its home court.
lowa upset ITtinois, 73 to ft, to
1 gain a tie for Big 10 Conference
lead to the only surprise develop
ment among conference leaders
during the weekend.
UPSET IN MIDWEST
The Hawkeyes and mini now are
tied for first place with 0-1 rec
, ords. Illinois plays host to Mlchi
; gan State tonight while lows en
-1 tertains Michigan.
In other games involving con
! ference leaders, Washington ran
. its Pacific Coast Conference north
. em division record to 10-2 by
l low competitors "for not playing
! better golf.”
Middlecoff left last night for his
home to Memphis to begin a ser
* les of treatments for hay fever. He
%U: DUNN, N. a
beating Oregon State. 54 to Os;
r Kanaka State made it stx to a row
in the Big Sevan by edging Mis
souri, 55 to 52; Cornell scored its
i fifth staight try League triumph
tar beating Yale, 71-61: Texas took
owr , first place from idle Texas
OMmttan to the Southwest by beat
. tog Southern Methodist, 9ft to 40,
i and Wyoming scored its eighth vlc
; tory to nine Skyline games by wal
loping New Mexico, 04 to 40.
DePaul came from behind to the
, last five minutes to upset Okla
■ home AdtM, S 3 to SO, as Hank
. m-ooached team suffered its third
straight defeat for the first time;
• St. lotos trounced Notre Dame, 00
i to tt, and St. John’s of BrooUyn
. ran Its record to 17-2 by beating
. Niagara. 50 to SO, to other major
. games.
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1 Basketball Game
: l» Armory Wed.
i Night Far Polio
i A basketball team composed of
former Dunn High cagers will battle
; the local National Guard team on
, Wednesday night at the armory
t in * benefit game for the “March
k of Dimes.”
The game will start at 8:00, pro
; vidtof no girls game can be ar-
I ranged with the Guardettes, and
1 the admission prices will be only 10
. and 20 cents.
High school girls ’teams are being
, contacted for a possible prelimto
. ary game.
CAMPBELL WINS
Campbell College cagers handed
Edwards Military Institute a 90-51
1 defeat on Saturday night. The re
* serves played most of the game
' and three of the reserves shared
1 storing honors with the regulars
who played only about a third of
the time.
Jimmy Blake, Don Mikles, and
■ Paul Davis played outstanding
. games for the winners as did Bam
. Frazier and Smith Langdon of the
starter*. Jimmy Blake scored 2
. points tin the second period, and
i 0m FTazler made 11 points the
. opening quarter.
Lineups will follow tomorrow.
FIGHT RESULTS
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Foyle Wagner Os Lexington Named To
First String Prep All-American Team
Tom Uaaery Os Baleigh
Chosen For Fifth Team
OKLAHOMA CITY, (W
Five Southern high school foot
ball players were named Sunday
to the sth annual national All-Star
i team selected by the Wigwam
Wisemen of America.
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Snow Fall Welcomed
OLSO —(lf) Threats to boycott
the Roedleiva and NorefjeU sla
lom courses, sites of Olympic ski
competition, were silenced today
undeg a blanget of snow.
Both courses were expected to
be pronounced to top shape after
volunteers spread the newly-fallen
snow tomorrow.
with a possible “boycott” of the
tracks as contestants complained
the lack of snow laid bare icy
streaks which would be extremely
dangerous for slalom competition.
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They are Foyie Wagner. Lexing
ton, N. C., a tackle; Joe TumtoeUo,
Brookhaven, Mite., an end; Leon
Flettrich, New Orleans, oenter;
and Bart Starr. Montgomery, Ala.,
i and Ralph Robinson, Memphis,
Tenn., backs.
Dally newspapers and radio, and
television stations submitted nom
inations on which the selections
were based.
SEVEN TEAMS SELECTED
First, second, third, fourth, fifth,
sixth and seventh All-Star teams
were chosen from nominees from
all parts of the country. In addition,
a squad was selected for each state
including the players chosen on the
first seven teams and others given
honoable mention.
On Aug. 27, an All-Star game will
be played in Memphis, Tenn., be
tween two squads selected from
those players named on the first
seven teams, and honorable men-
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tion Hat z~::
Tptn Ussery of Raleigh was named
to a tackle spot on the,**flft»
team.
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