Midget Wrestlers Set For Two Bout Show At Bluefield
The program features Lord Littlebrook in a two out of three falls bout with Jackie of Dublin Ireland and Billy Parks versus Mike Poudosis in another best two of three falls match. Also on the card Wild Bill Danny meets Buddy Hack in the opening one fall 30 minute time limit match.
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Bluefield Auditorium
Mickey Barnes
Lord Littlebrook
The
Mu Antenne Nee Teed Alle
Ganbush Devwivy
Vases vi 1iDu Jackie
Dublin
Ireland
Jackie
Billy Parks
Canada
Mike Poudosis
University of Tennessee
Roughhouse
Mike
Parks
Purple Phantom
Wild Bill Danny
Buddy Hack
Lansing
Mich
Monongah Elizabeth Dominate Class B All-State Football
Monongah and Elizabeth high schools dominated the Class B all state selections released today. Key picks include Monongah’s John Koval and Dave Carlet alongside Elizabeth’s Kenneth Cheuvrent Dick Daniels and Carroll Bum Garner with several others named to the second team.
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Morgantown
Monongah
Elizabeth
John Koval
Dave Carlet
Kenneth Cheuvrent
Dick Daniels
Carroll Bumgarner
Fred Huffman
White Sulphur Springs
Don van Reenan
Marlinton
Mark Twain Opens With 62 49 Win Over Herndon Owls
Mark Twain edged Herndon 62 49 in the season opener at Herndon. The Authors led from start to finish, holding a 17 point edge at halftime. Bernard White scored 21 for Herndon and Bob Zomnas had 18 for Mark Twain.
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Mark Twain
Herndon
Owls
Oaks
Sernecy
Bernard White
Bob Zomnas
Carolina Tangles With Dukes Today
Carolina aims to upset old rival Duke in Durham as the 6 2 1 Blue Devils host the Tar Heels in NBC’s Final Game of the Week. Duke seeks a ACC title tie with Maryland after last year’s Orange Bowl win over Nebraska.
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Durham
N.C
North Carolina
Duke
Tar Heels
Methodist
Blue Devils
NCAA
NBC
George Barclay
Barclay
Maryland
Nebraska
Weather Favors West Virginia Deer Hunters
Weather kept deer hunters busy in West Virginia as ice and snow hit all deer counties. The Conservation Department logged 344 deer killed yesterday at about half the checking stations, with an estimated 450 total as未 yet reported. Hardy County led the bills with the most deer. Doe season opens with ducks in some counties, but hunter numbers show no big rise.
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West Virginia
Conservation Department
Basilio Defeats DeMarco In Savage Welterweight Bout
Basilio retained the welterweight title after a brutal 12 round battle with DeMarco. The Syracuse challenger withstood punishment and mounted a late rally before Basilio finished with punishing body blows.
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Zale
Rocky Graziano
Marciano
Jersey Joe Walcott
Basilio
Syracuse
DeMarco
Big Creek’s Gainer Named Area Coach of Year in Close Vote
Merrill Gainer of Big Creek High School edged Ernie Hicks of Richlands and A T Howard of Beaver in a three way finish for the Area scholastic football coach of the year. Gainer’s 9 0 Owls claimed the Area title and his eighth year at the helm produced four McDowell county titles and three Area crowns.
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Merrill Gainer
Big Creek
Big Creek High School
Gainer
Owls
Big Creekers
Bill Faggitt
West Virginia
Beckley
Ernie Hicks
Richlands High School
Ernie
A. T. Howard
Beaver
Hicks
Richlands
Howard
Bradley
Graham
Spraker
Grundy
Suba
Welch
Brown
Princeton
Owl
McDowell
West Virginia Tech tops Emory and Henry 113 to 103
West Virginia Tech defeated Emory and Henry 113 to 103 in the Tech Warm-Up Tournament opener. Basil Harless scored 23 for Tech as Ken Hammond led with 31 points, while Bill Bennett paced Emory and Henry with 24.
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West Va. Tech Licks
Emory Henry
Montgomery
W. Va
West Virginia Tech
Emory and Henry
Tech
Ken Hammond
Harless
Gordon McCune
Bill Bennett
Jack Cummings
Dave Cook
Trig Dotson
Ramblin Reds Rally Past Shenandoah 90 71
Bluefield College Ramblin Reds defeated Shenandoah College of Virginia 90 to 71 at Bluefield Auditorium. The game was close at halftime 35-34 before Bluefield pulled away in the fast second half led by Coach Harlan Lambert.
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Ramblin Reds
Shenandoah
Bluefield College
Ramblin’ Reds
Shenandoah College of Virginia
Bluefield Auditorium
Bluefield
Harlan Lambert
Fairview Juniors Defeat Bramwell Five 45-34
Jim Shanklin led Fairview Juniors with 22 points as they topped Bramwell Five 45-34 yesterday afternoon at Bramwell. The opener for both schools in the DOXA score.
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Fairview
Bramwell
Fairview Juniors High
Jim Shanklin
Shanklin
West Virginia Opens With Tough Assignment Against Carnegie Tech
West Virginia University begins the 1955-56 season at home in the Southern Conference opener against Carnegie Tech at Mountaineer Field House with tip-off at 8 p.m. Coach Fred Schaus leans on sophomores led by Rod Hundley, Willie Bergines, Paul Witting, and Clayce Kishbaugh as he notes the early handicap of facing an experienced Tartans squad.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
Mountaineer
Carnegie Tech
WVU
Alderson-Broaddus
Fred Schaus
Mountaineers
Pete White
Frankie Spadafore
Hot Rod Heads
Rodney
Hot Rod) Hundley
Hundley
Tartans
Willie Bergines
Paul Witting
Clayce Kishbaugh
Schaus
NCAA
Tech
Mel Cratsley
Youngstown
Jim Boyd
Frank Mocker
Alan Frank
Dick Feiler
Wayne Nathanson
West Virginia
Rod Hundley
Clayce Kisbaugh
Don Vincent
Foot-Sore Minor Leagues End Conference in Columbus
The National Association of Minor Leagues closed its annual convention in Columbus Ohio with bids heard for the 1955 meeting sites in Mexico City Omaha Colorado Springs Jacksonville Rochester and Louisville. President George Trautman urged cooperation with the majors and the group eyed a TV Game of the Week plan and $1500000 for minor league relief while backing a ban on commercial radio TV broadcasts beyond a club home territory.
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Columbus
Ohio
Chicago
Mexico City
Omaha
Colorado Springs
Jacksonville
Rochester
Louisville
George Trautman
Trautman
Chattaroy Sinks Matoaka in Season Opener 72 60
Chattaroy defeated Matoaka 72 to 60 on Matoaka's floor to open the season. Ritchie starred with 32 points for Chattaroy while Matoaka's Siebert Lush led with 18 points. The box score lists Henaby Hurst Dikins Lusk Alien Combs Richie and others in the scoring mix. Ellsworth Vines named golf pro at Inwood Country Club in Cedarhurst New York.
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Chattaroy
Matoaka
Ritchie
Siebert Lush
Vines
Cedarhurst
N.Y
Ellsworth Vines
Inwood Country Club
Burkes Garden Boys Dominate Council In 86 37 Victory
Burkes Garden high school beat Council Buchanan County 86 to 37 on their home court. Girls team won 61 49 behind Boyd 24 points and Tiller 13. Ernesteen McCann 22 and Frances Felty 19 led Burke's Garden in scoring. Referees were Ivan Felty and Dulaney Snapp. Also noted the Kansas City Athletics sold catcher Jim Robertson to Seattle of the Pacific Coast League.
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Burkes Garden
Council
Buchanan Co
Boyd
Tiller
Ernesteen McCann
Frances Felty
Burke's Garden Council
M.H
Davis
Perrys
Kitts
Hale
Limb
Owens
J.go
Thom's
Kansas City
Kansas City Athletics
Jim Robertson
Seattle
Sugar Ray Robinson Arrives for Chicago Middleweight Title Fight
Sugar Ray Robinson and Carl Olson finally reach Chicago for the postponed 180 pound title bout set for next week at Chicago Stadium. Robinson arrives with a large entourage amid confidence, while promoters tout telecast as the event nears.
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Chicago
Greenwood Lake
N. Y
Sugar Ray Robinson
Carl
Bobo) Olson
Robinson
England
Randy Turpin
Riccardo King
Sugar Ray
Olson
Browns Clinch Crown If They Beat Steelers Tomorrow
The Cleveland Browns can clinch their sixth straight divisional title in the NFL if they defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers while Washington loses to the New York Giants. Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Rams also chase Western Division glory with tight battles shaping up across remaining games.
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Associated Press
Cleveland Browns
Washington
Paul Brown
Redskins
Browns
New York Giants
Cleveland
Pittsburgh Steelers
Los Angeles Rams
Chicago Bears
Baltimore Colts
Bears
Los Angeles
Chicago Cardinals
Baltimore
Detroit
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Pittsburgh
Giants
Lions
Cardinals
Green Bay Packers
Philadelphia Eagles
Packers
San Francisco
Garden High Boys Triumph Over Whitewood 39-32
Garden High School beats Whitewood 39-32 in a hard fought boys game at Garden. Whitewood girls defeat Garden girls 59-51. Graham to play at Garden next Tuesday night.
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Whitewood
Garden High
Garden
Whitewood Girls
Garden Girls
Graham
C.mullins
Stacy
Stanl
Hess
Kinkle
R Cole
Coxton
Steele
M'll'ns
Lundy
F. Cole
Buress
Burnette and Felty
Argentina Enters 7th Winter Olympic Games
Argentina joined the seventh winter Olympics just before the deadline as 33 nations enter. The Soviet Union fields a 145 man team for its first attempt at the winter championships, while Bolivia sends a single participant. Norway and the United States are also noted among entrants.
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Cortina D’ampezzo
Italy
Argentina
Soviet
Russia
Bolivia
Norway
Oslo
United States
College basketball results recap with numerous scores
Across the college scene several games end with notable scores such as George Washington 101 over Wake Forest 16, Hampden Sydney 70 over Lynchburg, Marquette 88 over Akron 90 and a range of others including Maryland State 93 and Virginia Tech 3.
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Maryland State
Virginia
Hampden-Sydney
Lynchburg
George Washington
Wake
Miami Ohio
Kent State
West Liber Pa
Thiel ‘Ee
Mount St Marys
Uwate
Papait
N. C. Toch
Hampton
Ayetiev Rs
Ha Institute
Coast Guard
Norwich
Wwr
Scranton
Wolford
Catawba
Furman
Davidson
Presbyterian
College of Charleston
Norfolk
Chowan N.C
W. Va. Tech
Emory
Henry
Marquette
St. Norbert
Akron
Ppperdine
Washington St. Louis
South Dakota
West Liberty
Manhattan
Loyola Faenerie
Airleigh Dickinson
Graham Hoopers Look Good Defeating Grundy 80-52
The Graham High School G-Men opened their basketball season with an 80-52 win over Grundy at Virginia Side court. Buford Devor Curtis Lee and Ron Quesenberry starred as Graham led 13-2 early and never relinquished the lead, signaling a strong campaign ahead. The team travels next to Garden and then hosts Bristol on Friday night, Dec 16.
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Graham High School
Virginia
Burrhead Bradley
Graham
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Curtis Lee
Ron Quesenberry
Gman
Virginia Siders
Garden
Bristol
Georgia Tech urged to quit Sugar Bowl over segregation
Gov. Marvin Griffin asked the Georgia Board of Regents to bar Georgia Tech from the Sugar Bowl for New Orleans games with no racial segregation. Regents opposed with cautions about contracts while debates on broader anti integration terms stirred among leaders and Tech officials.
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Sugar Bowl
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Marvin Griffin
Georgia University System Board of Regents
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New Orleans
David Rice
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Robert O. Arnold
Covington
Yellow Jackets
Pittsburgh
Bobby Grier
Arnold
University System of Georgia
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Melton
Mobile
Ala
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Board of Regents
Athletic Corporation
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van Leer
Bobby Dodd
Dodd
Sugar Bowl Assn
Georgia
Maryland Coach Jim Tatum Wins ACC Coach Of The Year
Maryland's Jim Tatum edges NC State's Earle Edwards to win the ACC football coach of the year award with 165 points to Edwards's 130. This marks Tatum's second such honor in the conference's three-year history.
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Raleigh
N. C
Maryland
Jim Tatum
North Carolina State
Earle Edwards
Big Jim
Edwards
Northfork Elkhorn opens season with win over Tazewell 72–55
The Northfork Elkhorn Blue Demons defeated the Tazewell Bulldogs 72 to 55 at Tazewell in the season opener for both teams. Pennington scored 40 for Northfork Elkhorn, while Fred Trail contributed 16 for Tazewell.
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Tazewell
Northfork - Elkhorn
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Fred Trail
Northfork Seft Feft
Snider
Blackw'll
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Mars
P’ington
Palmer
Jones
Trail
Haluski
Johnson
Watson
Nington
Puckett
Hughes
King
Brown
Gibson
Sh'emate
Young
Bese
Richlands' Tornado Beats Cleveland 59 40 in Opener
Richlands' Blue Tornado defeated Cleveland High 59 to 40 in the opening cage game. Senior Doug Hess scored 25 points to pace the Tornado offense while Ted Campbell led Cleveland with 23. The Tornado pulled away in the second half.
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Richlands
Cleveland
Doug Hess
Ted Campbell
Blue Grass Officials Invite Players For Clinic At Appalachian
Members of the Blue Grass basketball officials association will hold a clinic at Appalachian Auditorium tonight at 7 30. A visiting interpreter will attend and Sir Willum Duggitt executive secretary of the state association will be present. Lambert Arrington secretary stressed that players coaches and fans are invited to the clinic and rules meeting.
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Blue Grass Basketball Officials Association
Appalachian Auditorium
Sir Willum Duggitt
State Association
Lambert Arrington
The
Blue Grass Ass'n
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