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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Hampton Institute's experienced basketball team, led by Coach Buck Neilson, prepares for a challenging 21-game season in the CIAA, starting December 8 against Bluefield State, with key players like Alan Walker and freshmen like Nat Deering.
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HAMPTON, Va. - An experienced team against a tough schedule - that's the outlook for Hampton Institute's Pirates on the basketball court this year. Coach Herman N. (Buck) Neilson's charges, who open against Bluefield State College here Saturday night, December 8, will play 21 games, 16 of them in the CIAA.
Four men seem likely starters for the opener - Alan Walker, who averaged 14 points a game last year; hustling Hal Adams and Leroy Hedgepeth; and Arthur Holmes, who has played three years and is the only senior. Fighting it out for the fifth berth are several others who saw action last year Larry Williams, Hammond Knox, Bily Evans, Charles Edwards, John Watkins, Gilbert "Trees" Raiford, and James Douglas. Three likely-looking freshmen include Nat Deering, Knoxville, Tenn.; Don Ellis, Portsmouth, Ohio; and Morgan Edwards, Petersburg, Va.
The pirates' other pre-Christmas holiday games are Elizabeth City's Teachers, here December 10; Fort Eustis, at Fort Eustis, Va on December 12; and West Virginia's powerful outfit, at Hampton on December 17.
The remainder of the schedule follows:
January - 4, Elizabeth City there; 7 - St. Paul at Lawrenceville, Va; 8 - N C. College at Durham; 10 - Ft Eustis at Hampton; 12 - Virginia Union at Richmond; 14 - Howard at Washington; 17 -- Morgan at Hampton; 22 North Carolina College at Hampton
February - 1. A and T College at Greensboro; 9 A and T at Hampton; 13, Virginia Union at Hampton; 16. St Paul at Hampton; 19. Virginia State at Petersburg; 22. Richmond Royals (independent) at Richmond; 23. Morgan State at Baltimore; 23, Virginia State at Hampton.
March 1 - Howard at Hampton.
All of the games except those with Elizabeth City, Ft Eustis, and the Royals are conference contests.
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December 8
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Hampton Institute's Pirates basketball team, coached by Herman N. (Buck) Neilson, features experienced players like Alan Walker, Hal Adams, Leroy Hedgepeth, and senior Arthur Holmes, with competition for spots from last year's players and promising freshmen. They face a tough schedule of 21 games, 16 in the CIAA, starting against Bluefield State College on December 8.