Beaver Beavers Run Past Northfork For 42 Point Win
Beaver high school beat Northfork 42 to 22 on Northfork court to improve to 11-3. Wally Wallingford led Beaver with seven points, while Nicewander added seven and Northfork’s Anderson scored 13. Beavers dominated early with a 13-6 first quarter and widened the gap to 32-18 by the end of the third period.
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Sterling Periance
Tommy Wallingford
Tommy
Nicewander
Beavers
Arrington
Northfork
Mullens
Princeton Tigers
Ciasboom
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Contes
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Stafford
Tous Ievanes Edekeesss
Northfork Johnson
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F Anderson
Walker
Pennington
Ovons
Martin
Arry
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Tilton
Beckley Flying Eagles
Wele High School
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Bazzare
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Tee Seeee
Welch Anew Ree Ae
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John Gott
Bill Johnson Stars for W V U and More Local Sports Gossip
Ex Princeton star Bill Johnson tops Tri State as Pitts burgh Press selects Player of the Week for the region after W V U beat W and J and Carnegie Tech with 15 and 16 points. Moundsville rides a ten game streak as the hot Ohio Valley club. Sam Gray, Welch manager and former pitcher, dies last year. Rumors float of Honus Wagner at Pirates shortstop and his long contract habit. Joe Louis stays calm on furlough amid his wife's theater tour plans.
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Princeton
Pittsburgh Press
Tri-State
Johnson
Carnegie Tech
Moundsville
Ohio Valley
Mounds
McDowell County
Sam Gray
Welch Mountain State
Honus Wagner
Pittsburgh Pirates
Wagner
Pirates
Connie Mack
Joe Louis
Joe
Postwar sports notes and local development hints
A collage of sports lore mentions swimming records notes by swimmers like Alan Ford and Gloria Callen and various athletes turning to arts and broadcasting. It also reports civic tycoons buying a central city tract planning a vast auditorium to host conventions boxing and athletics, signaling stadium expansion after the war.
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Alan Ford
Balboa
Panama Canal Zone
Yale
Charley Daniels
Eleanor Holm
Gloria Callen
Barney Ross
Marine Corps
Mickey Walker
Mickey
Whistler
the Waldorf
Syracuse
John D. Wilson
Joseph Petrofesa
Princeton Tigers Defeat Mullens 45 to 35 in Rough Encounter
Princeton high school edged Mullens 45 to 35 on county seat court. Ball led Princeton with ten baskets as Mullens’ Rezzonico and Farmer each scored twelve. crowd watched a gritty game with a late surge by Mullens in spots.
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County Seat Court
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Patton
Olood
Princeton
Ball
Rezzonico
Farmer
Rebels
Walthall
Brown
Mann
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Donovan
Draper
Ballard
Martin
Tony Lotito
Co Favorites For Wanamaker Are Pair Who Were Chasers
Co favorites Gil Dodds and Bill Hulse, famed chasers, lead the Wanamaker mile field at Madison Square Garden. Dodds aims for about 4 08, while Hulse recently won two minor winter starts and holds the outdoor 4 06 record. Other contenders include Don Burnham Ross Hume Dick Hall Rudy Simms and Jim Herbert meets top rivals Ufer Fulton Nowicki Grohsberger in a star packed Millrose program backed by various exhibitions.
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New York
Gil Dodds
Bill Hulse
Madison Square Garden
Dodds
Il Lap Garden
Leslie MacMitchell
Earl Mitchell
Greg Rice
Hulse
aMitchell
New York University
Sweden
Gunder Haegg
Don Burnham
Ross Hume
Michigan
Dick Hall
Princeton
Rudy Simms
NYU
Bill Vessie
Mel Sheppard
Jim Herbert
Bob Ufer
John Fulton
Joe Nowicki
Rochester
Charles Grohsberger
Dartmouth
Tousler In Charge Of Colored Ticket Sale At Beaver Gym
A Beaver High School charity event reserves downstairs left bleacher seats for colored fans for Army Day in Sports. J. C. Tousler, Genoa High School coach, handles advance ticket sale at fifty cents for adults and twenty five cents for students.
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West Virginia Business College
Pocahontas Business Club
Beaver Gymnasium
Gibson
Thomas
Hodges
Concord Air Cadets
Ashford Hospital
White Sulphur Springs
Lambert Arrington
Lee Patton
Kate Ella Lineberry
Woodlawn
Betty Thomas
Winding Gulf
W .Va
Dolly DeHeart
Radford
Jessie Deskins
Panther
W. Va
Earnestine Farmer
Mullens
West Va
Attelene Hodge
Bland
Evelyn Ballard
Pocahontas
Louisier
Pulaski
Lessie Cassell
Vesta
Ruth Palmer
Hinton
Anniser
Pauline Schust
Filbert
Jean Selvey
Helen Gibson
Bluefield
Myrtle Elis
Justice
Billie Snodgrass
Jonesville
Nunnally
Beaver High School
Big Army
J. C. Tousler
Genoa High School
Tousler
Mark Twain Player Registers 62 Points in Big High School Game
Chester Pate, 17, of Mark Twain High School scored 62 of 105 points as Mark Twain defeated Sophia High School at Stotesbury near Beckley. Pate’s 282 season total averages 28 points per game through nine wins in 10 contests.
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Beckley
W. Va
West Virginia
Chester Pate
Mark Twain High School
Sophia High School
Sophia
Mark Twain
Stotesbury
Pate
Scholastic Basketball Scores From West Virginia Districts
St Albans led 68 to 36 over South Charleston while Stonewall Jackson beat Huntington East 41 to 29 and other high school results across the state included Kingston edging Pax 44 to 43 and Mark Twain routing Sophia 105 to 14. Multiple games feature wide margins and mixed outcomes across towns including Morgantown, Wheeling, Buckhannon, and Wellsburg.
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Stonewall Jackson
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Huntington East
Weirton
Madison
Ceredo Renova
Montgomery
Ansted
Kingston
Pax
Ronceverte
Crichton
Richwood
Webster Springs
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Mount Hope
Guyan Valley
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Williamson
Logan
Sharples
Seth
Huntington Vinson
Wayne
Washington Irving
Shinnston
Victory
Buckhannon
Grafton
Roosevelt Wilson
Weston
West Fairmont
Reader
Pine Grove
West Milford
Lumberport
Mannington
Monongan
Pineville
Trap Hil
Mark Twain
Sophia
Mason Town
Terra Alta
Tunnelton
Newburg
Rowlesbore
Bruceton
Arthurdale
Fellows
Central
Winfield
Harpers Ferry
McComas High Defeats Oakvale 25 21 In Close Game
McComas High School beat Oakvale 25 to 21 in a hard fought victory at McComas. Arnold led Oakvale with nine points while Brady and Hurst topped McComas with seven and six points respectively.
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McComas
Oakvale
Arnold
Brady
Hurst
College Basketball Scores From Various Games
Pikeville Teachers beat West Virginia Tech 39 to 27. La Salle downed Haverford 56 to 42. Usrnus 52 defeated Swarthmore 47. Purdue won 59 to 49 against Yager State. East Bank 45 over Oak Hill 24. Elkview 48 over Washington District 23. Siesonville 44 over Ripley 16. Athletics suffered 105 losses last season marking eighth straight year with 100 plus defeats.
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Pikeville
W. Va
Policeman Henry Helf Receives Induction Notice
Austin Texas February 4 Henry Helf a city policeman and St Louis Browns catcher has been ordered to report for induction into the armed forces to be processed in the draft system.
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Austin
Tex
Henry Helf
St. Louis Browns
Armed Forces
Revolta Grabs Early Lead At Phoenix Open
Johnny Revolta of Evanston shot five under par to take a two stroke lead after the first round of the Phoenix Open in Phoenix Arizona. Barney Clark and Les Kennedy matched 66s while Hardy McSpaden slipped to three over. Craig Wood finished at 69 for fourth.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Johnny Revolta
Evanston
Barney Clark
Denver
Les Kennedy
Saylesville
R. I
Revolta
Hardy
Jug) McSpaden
Philadelphia
Craig Wood
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Free Agent Scare Looming For The Baseball Magnates
Baseball's post war talks open in New York with Major and Minor leagues discussing player shortages and potential free agent declarations. Landis and Bramhan lead meetings as schedules, reorganization, and possible waiver rule changes loom.
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New York
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
New York Baseball Writers
National League
Big Boys
International League
Landis
William G. Bramhan
Boston Braves
Casey Stengel
Frank Davis Dies En Route To Hospital
Raleigh North Carolina February 4 Frank T Dixie Davis 51 of Oxford North Carolina and Virgilina Virginia former major league pitcher died today in an ambulance en route to a hospital He spent 20 years in organized baseball including seven with the St Louis Browns Davis had been in the tobacco business in Oxford for years
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Raleigh
N. C
Frank T
Dixie) Davis
Oxford
Virgilina
St. Louis Browns
Davis
Johnson and Ketchel bout panels spark fall-inference tale
In a colorful account from Whitney Martin of New York on February 4, stories about Jack Johnson and Ketchel suggest Johnson staged the knockdown sequence to win. Denver Jack O Keefe, once Johnson’s sparring partner, claims the bout was manipulated with prearranged tactics and that Ketchel never actually knocked Johnson down.
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Jacobs Beach
Jack Johnson
Johnson
Stanley Ketchel
Ketchel
O'Keefe
George Little
Seal Rock House
San Francisco
Harmles
Sailor
John
Son
Kaye
O’keefe
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