Knoxville College - Focus Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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Playing hosT To KenTucky STaTe College. one oT The besT Teams in The counTry and aT ThaT Time conquerers of Virginia Union's Dream Team , The Bulldogs puT up a grand baTTIe, losing only by 4 poinTs. The score was 38-34. In a reTurn wiTh Morris Brown The Bulldogs venTured To ATIanTa where They dis- played a superb brand oT baske+balI and raised much commenT as To The possibiIiT of Their winning conference laurels. The Team as a whole worked wiTh The smooTl'i precision oT a clock, and K. C. came TorTh winner by The score 54-35. Swing Jordan and Sparky PresTon were The Top scorers of The evening wiTh I6 and I2 poinTs. In anoTher reTurn engagemenT, This Time on Their home courT. The Bulldogs Tumbled Iv1orrisTown in an exhibiTion oT baskeTbaII which was somewhaT lacking in uniTy. WiTh The scoring preTTy well disTribuTed among all members, The Bulldogs won 47-34. FrankTorT, KenTucky, The, home oT The KenTucky STaTe Thorobreds, was The nexT sTop on The K. C. parade. The K. C. quinTeT was compIeTeIy ouTplayed in This engagemenT. AT half Time The score sTood 27-IO in Tavor of KenTucky. KnoxviIIe's IO poinTs came as The resulfs oT IO Tree Throws. The second half Tound The K. C. ouTTiT awakening To ouTplay and ouTscore The KenTucky aggregaTion. However The early lead oT The Thorobreds was Too much and KenTucky Took The second oT The sea- son's encounTers 52-37. P Fisk UniversiTy Turnished The opposiTion in The nexT encounTer oT The Bulldogs. In a game TeaTured by The sharping oT Fisk's Ridley and K. C.'s SToop Jones The Bulldogs won ouT 48-35. Ridley wiTh I9 poinTs nosed ouT Jones by one poinT Tor Top scoring honors. 96

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