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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1981

Page

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CFA Approves NBC Pact. Split With NCAA Likely

Atlanta AP report says CFA gave initial approval to an NBC TV contract totaling 180 million dollars, with 33 in favor, 20 against, five abstentions, and three not voting due to credentials. Members have until Sept 10 to reconsider, faced potential NCAA sanctions and possible lawsuits. NBC and CFA tout rival plans for four seasons starting 1982.

CFA NBC ABC CBS NCAA Committee On David Cawood Cawood

Beavers Dominate Grid-O-Rama Opener With 29-8 Victory

Bluefield Beavers intercepted twice and blocked a punt to take a 22-0 lead and roll past Cave Spring 29-8 at Mitchell Stadium in the Fifth Annual Grid-O-Rama. Greenbrier East topped Graham 15-8 as Marc Miller shined with a 100+ rushing yards and a late score.

John Chmara Bluefield Beavers Mitchell Stadium Cave Spring Virginia Aaa Knights Greenbrier East Graham Spartan Marc Miller Bluefield Keesling Chmara Mark Overfelt Nate O’dell Brooke Emery Beaver Joey Lee O'Dell Louis Rucker O’dell Overfelt Tim Deskins Jeff Beckett Mark Keesling Eddie Buford Kevin Cruise

Baseball and softball tourneys dominate September schedule

Today's games feature Houston at Philadelphia and Los Angeles at St Louis among the key MLB matchups with 2:15 to 8:05 p.m. lines. A Peterstown Jaycees hosted women’s double elimination slow-pitch softball tourney runs September 12-13 with no entry fee and first eight teams. contact numbers 753-4763 and 753-4829. In Johnson City, Bluefield beat the Cardinals 11-4 as Rooney and Alexander combined on the win, Rooney also appearing at the plate with 15 hits by the Bird bullpen.

Houston Niekro Philadelphia Ruthven San Francisco Blue Chicago Bird Montreal Burris Lea Atlanta Bedrosian Montefusco New York Leach Cincinnati Pastore San Diego Peterstown The Jaycees Little League Junior Peery Mike Hines Johnson City Tenn Bluefield Baby Birds Cardinals Jim Rooney Skien Tom Alexander Ron Cardieri Rocky Cusak Dave Falcone Birds Bristol Bowen Field Rooney Alexander R. JC. Travers Roger Maris New York Yankees Ken McBride Los Angeles Angels Maris Babe Ruth Pittsburgh Carson Bigbee Associated Press Detroit Toronto Milwaukee Baltimore Boston Cleveland WEST Oakland Seattle Texas Kansas City California Minnesota Honeycutt Petty Err Reuschel Burnsay Clancy McGregor Langford Lerch Witt Ojeda Beattie St. Louis Paintsville Bethton Los Angeles Eee Cy San Diego Kingsport Censes City Elizabethton Pita Sa Die

Graham G-Men Beaten Tigers CS In 0-0 Tie

In a 0-0 Grid-O-Rama opener at Mitchell Stadium, Princeton Tigers fail to score against Cave Spring Knights as defense dominates. Mo Kinzer nearly breaks through late. cave Spring stalls all drives with key stops and Tim Fulton, Nate O'Dell, and Brooke Emery shine on defense and offense. Pulaski County then defeats Tazewell 14-3, with Stansbury and Hess contributing for the Bulldogs.

Buford Tim Fulton Beavers Carl Wilson Keesling Sterling Graham Spartans Eddie Neel Tazewell County Glynn Carlock Neel Fred Cook Mike Hanna Cemeterius Rush Miller Eddie Hall Rams Wendell Tyler Tim Compton Princeton Tigers Cave Spring Tiger Jack Pack Princeton Tigers Bulldogs Stansbury Rick Hess Noel Pulaski Bulldog Terry Finley Pat Boylan Joe Blankenship Finley Billy Myers Chris Kinzer Tom Mills Tazewell Cougar Boylaw Kinzer Mount View Gary Stansbury Golden Knight Jimmy King Rick Noel Hess Pat McDowell County Knights Ken Saunders Narrows Sissonville Joel Hicks Cougars Pulaski County

Giles Spartans and Pocahontas shine at Ernie Hicks Jamboree

Giles Spartans in the A game beat Richlands 35 0 while B team lost 22 0 to Pocahontas Indians. Giles star Greg Mance rushed 114 yards and scored while Leon King opened scoring. Narrows defeated Richlands 20 6 and Narrows beat Honaker 27 18 in other mini games. Pocahontas and Honaker played to a scoreless tie in the final session.

Richlands Giles Spartans Ernie Hicks Steve Ragsdale Spartans Pocahontas Ragsdale Richlands Blue Tornado Giles Greg Mance Leon King King Bobby Munsey Kip Meadows Mance Munsey Jerry Harman Pocahontas Indians Pacy Indians Black Diamond Bobby Dillon William Thompson Tommy French Herbie Asbury Narrows Tornado Green Wave Sandy Rogers Stacy Billes Billos Tim Robertson Mike Burton Robertson Hogaheegee Honaker Bill Patteson

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