Pretty Peruvian Will Meet Bearded Russian in Bluefield
Nichols Zolotoff the Bearded Russian joins the Bluefield card Saturday night to face Chito Lopez in a two out of three falls bout. The event features Gorgeous George Grant Gypsy Joe and Marvin Atomic Mercer in a wrestling night built around hair and bravado with Mercer defending his junior heavyweight title.
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Nichols Zolotoff
Bluefield Auditorium
Giant Russki
Chito Lopez
Lopez
Bluefield
Georg Grant
George Grant
Gypsy Joe
No Place
No Man
Bad Boy
George
Mountaineer
Columbia, S. C
Marvin
Atomic) Mercer
Thomas Clark
Skullduggery
Gorgeous George
Toots Mondt
Atomic
Graham G-Men Face Strong Logan Wildcats In Tazewell
Graham G-Men travel to Tazewell to meet Logan Wildcats in a key 17 game area basketball card. Beaver’s two game win streak is on the line as Reep starts Majiotti Young Eaton Stanley and Jewell for the guards and forwards.
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Beaver
Logan Wildcats
Graham G-Men
Tazewell
Tiff Kiser
Bulldogs
Reep
Ceredo-Kenova
Virginia
Graham High
Graham
Logan
Repass
Ray Majiotti
Ronnie Young
Larry Eaton
Jerry Stanley
Bobby Jewell
Cubs
Princeton
Eastern Parkway To Reopen On Feb 15
Brooklyn boxing club Eastern Parkway reopens on February 15 after a three year hiatus with non televised shows. Promoter Emil Lence will stage two six rounders and five four rounders and plans bi monthly Saturday nights. Julius Helfand of the New York State Athletic Commission will assist.
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Brooklyn
Eastern Parkway Boxing Club
Julius Helfand
New York State Athletic Commission
Helfand
Emil Lence
Lence
Ted Williams Signs 18th Red Sox Contract For 135000
Ted Williams signed his 18th Boston Red Sox contract worth an estimated 135000 for 1958. He spoke at length with general manager Joe Cronin about his health ankle and form and said he plans to play as long as possible while remaining fair to reporters and fans.
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Boston
Ted Williams
Boston Red Sox
Williams
Joe Cronin
Sox
Cronin
Ted
Tio
Virginia coaches search narrows to Wise and Smith
Charlottesville officials interview two more candidates for UVA head football coach as Ben Martin’s successor search continues. Carl Wise of Georgia Tech and Burt Smith of Michigan State meet with athletic leaders while others like Bill Leckenby and Harrison Nesbit are among potential contenders.
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Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Carl Wise
Georgia Tech
Washington and Lee
Burt Smith
Michigan State
Ben Martin
Air Force Academy
Wise
Athletic Council
Gus Tebell
Carl
Virginia
Bill Leckenby
Lehigh University
Harrison Nesbit
Martin
John McKenna
Virginia Military Institute
Marvin Bass
South Carolina
Richard Voris
West Point
King College
Bristol
Bobby Dodd
Art
Park Central Herd Battles Byrd Prillerman High Tonight
The Park Central Thundering Herd meet Byrd Prillerman High in Park Central Gym at 8. Byrd has three losses and nine wins this season. Coach Willis worries a long layoff could hurt the Herd against Prillerman tonight.
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Park Central ‘Thundering Herd
Byrd Prillerman High
Park Central
Byrd
Prillerman
Herd
Willis
Richlands Blue Tornado Edge Pocahontas 63-62
Richlands Blue Tornado held off Pocahontas 63 to 62 after a 22-5 third quarter surge. Bobbittee scored 19 for Richlands and Sheets 18 for the Tribe, as Bucchi led Pocahontas with 21 in a hard fought Tazewell County rivalry.
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Richlands
Pocahontas
Blue Tornado
Lucas
Big Red Bobbittee
Richlanders
Tazewell County
Tribe
Blues
Lucasmen
Richard Bucchi
Bobbittee
Tornado
Jack Sheets
Richlands Pocahontas
Hess
Danko
McGee
Bucchi G
Massie
Harris
Pocahontas Tys
Hawks
Wholesale Changes Made In Lopes Bout
Syracuse New York February 6 wholesale changes marked the events leading to tomorrow nights nationally televised ten round lightweight bout between Joe Lopes and Damasco Collazo The bout was moved from Madison Square Garden New York to War Memorial Auditorium and Collazo replaced Paolo Rosi Lopes shifted from underdog to favorite The fight will be broadcast by NBC radio and TV at 10 p m
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N.Y
Joe Lopes
Damasco Collazo
New York City
Madison Square Garden
War Memorial Auditorium
International Boxing Club
Collazo
Lopes
Paolo Rosi
Fayetteville Hi Keeps Rival Mullens Win Close 74 68
The Fayetteville Pirates defeated Mullens Rebels 74 to 68 as all five starters hit double figures. Fletcher Arritt led with 23 points, John Allen added 19, while Mullens’ Gene Miller scored 33 in a high scoring night.
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Pirates
Fletcher Arritt
John Allen
Fayette Crew
Rebels
Tittle
Gene Miller
Mullens
Fayetteville Mullens Feft Bess F
M’lain
Brown
Allen
Gover c
K Anitt
Miller G
S’psong
Wilcox
OL Oo
Adam Cent
Lubish and McGinnis
Bramwell Cage Band Edges Montcalm Five
Vadis Hedrick scored 33 for Bramwell but fouled out late as the Bramwell Millionaires beat Montcalm Generals 88 62 at Bramwell. Ron Cox led Bramwell with 28 as other starters also reached double figures. Bramwell improves to 5 8 while Montcalm goes to 9 6.
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Bramwell Millionaires
Hedrick
Montcalm Generals
Bramwell
Ron Cox
Montcalm
Millionaires
Generals
Rocky Gap
Herndon
Pettit Returns to Action After Hand Injury
St Louis Hawks star Bob Pettit, sidelined six weeks by a broken finger, will have a cast removed and may return to face Detroit in an NBA doubleheader in Philadelphia. He has averaged 20.7 points since the injury, down from 27.0 before.
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Bob Pettit
National Basketball Assn
St. Louis Hawks
Pettit
Detroit
Hawks
NBA
Philadelphia
George Yardley
Techmen sprint to four game win streak at Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech basketball, once nicknamed slowpokes, has surged to a four game winning streak averaging 83.3 points. Key players Gilbert Ayersman Smith Mills Blake and Penn push a faster tempo as Duke Rice and Kuhn adapt to the running attack.
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Virginia Tech
Pony Express
Davidson
Techmen
Arene
Chuck Noe
Georgia Tech
Gobblers
Noe
Earl
Gilbert
Tech
Bob
Duke Rice
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