Gorgeous George to Meet Pretty Peruvian Saturday Night
Bluefield crowds will see Gorgeous George will battle the Pretty Peruvian Chito Lopez in a two out of three falls match at Bluefield Auditorium. George will be accompanied by his valet and manager Thomas Clark as Darnell Miller provides the square dance entertainment after the bout.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Auditorium
Thomas Clark
Chito Lopez
Toots Mondt
Gorgeous George
Darnell Miller
Gorgeous George Grants Bonded Assault Arrest in Charleston
Wrestler Gorgeous George Grant was arrested on a felonious assault charge after striking fan Ben McCallister with his trophy in Charleston. Grant posted a $1000 bond and must appear in municipal court next Thursday. McCallister required three stitches and was treated at a local hospital.
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Charleston
George” Grant
Grant
Houston St
Atlanta
Bob Crouse
Ben McCallister
South Charleston
Thomas Clark
George
McCallister
Crouse
Laeger Athens Game Postponed After Cartwright Family Death
Last night's game between Laeger and Athens was postponed to Thursday night due to the death of Pete Cartwrights father. Mr Cartwright was buried yesterday. Pete is a regular on the Cub Cage team.
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Athens
Pete Cartwright
Cartwright
Pete
Cub
Lightin Rod Leads Tigers Past Coaldiggers in 92 75 Win
Thorn scored a Princeton High School record 42 points breaking the previous mark as he and Spechik contributed to a 92 75 victory over Gary Coaldiggers at Princeton High. Rod fed Prince ton teammates for a dominant performance in front of the home crowd.
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Tigers
Gary
Rod’ Thorn
Princeton Tiger
Gary Coaldiggers
Princeton
Rod
Tigers Triumph In Tight County Showdown At Princeton
Princeton edges Mc Dowell Mountains 92 to 75 in a hard fought area matchup. Gary leads with 28 from Spechik and 23 from Chappel. Sayers adds 28 for Princeton as Thorn also shines. Princeton builds a 54 31 halftime cushion and cruises to a ten point win in their state tournament drive.
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McDowell Mountains
Gary
Tigers
Bus Brown
Princeton
Thorn
Sayers
Tiger
Willie Spechik
Fancy Don Chappel
Spechik
Goosenmen
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Nester
Ayers Ce
Phell
Wall
Lester
Hckmm
Gibson
WVU Fans Welcome Mountaineers After First Loss
More than 300 townspeople greeted West Virginia University's basketball Mountaineers at the Morgantown airport as they returned from their first defeat in 15 games, a 72-68 loss to Duke in Durham. Snow and sleet did not deter the turnout.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
Basketball
Mountaineers
Duke
Durham
N.C
WVU
Eagles Grab John Kersey WVII, Virginia Stars In Pro Draft
NFL draft coverage notes the Baltimore Colts using the first pick to select Ray Brown after deals, with Mississippi Sugar Bowl star Brown. League picks include Los Angeles Francisco Woideik and John Baker, New York Giants Dick Day, Bobby Conrad, and other college standouts chosen by Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, and Philadelphia teams amid the four day winter meeting.
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Philadelphia
Baltimore Colts
National Football League
Ray Brown
Mississippi
Baltimore
Chicago Cardinals
Brown
Colts
John Unitas
George Shaw
NFL
Tom Finn Inton
Sim
Green Bay
Greenville
Miss
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Ole Miss
Texas
Los Angeles
New York
Cleveland
Rams
Francis Woideik
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
John Baker
North Carolina College
Baker
Sive
Woideik
New York Giants
Dick Day
University of Washington
Bobby Conrad
Texas A & M
Browns
Farrell Funston
College of the Pacific
Jim Gibbons
Iowa
Paul Brown
Detroit
Elliott Schaubauch
William
Big Creek Downs Welch 55 47 Behind Perdue Scoring
Dennis Perdue led Big Creek with 12 points and five baskets as the No 2 Owls defeated Welch 55-47 at Welch. Ratcliff Harmon and Hampton each had 12 for Big Creek while Welch’s Perdue scored 12 with 12 free throws. Final score by quarters 13-25-12-5. Referees Luvich and Houchins.
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Owls
Welch
Ratcliff
Harmon
Hampton
Dennis Perdue
Percey
Creek
Big Welch
Luvich and
Houchins
Kramer In Dutch With Tennis Fans
Wellington Jan 28 Promoter Jack Kramer faces trouble with New Zealand tennis authorities over cutting the Pancho Gonzales Lew Hoad match to two of three sets instead of three of five as advertised. Kramer says the change saved time and reduced strain on players and spectators.
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Jack Kramer
New Zealand
Pancho Gonzales
Lew Hoad
New Zeland Lawn Tennis Assn
Kramer
Cage Results From Scholastic Basketball Show Scoring Blink
A long list of scholastic basketball results features St. Albans 58 over Barboursville 46 and Stonewall Jackson 72 over Dunbar 66. Other scores include Huntington Vinson 77 and Hurricane 63, Parkersburg 92 over Pt. Pleasant, and many overtime outcomes such as Beckley 72 at Mount Hope 55. The column lists numerous teams with final tallies across divisionals and regional matchups.
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Hunton Marshall
Ft. Gay
Beckley
Mount Hope
Gary
Beckley Stratton
Marsh Bork
Ravenswood
Qemeer
Parkersburg
Pt. Pleasant
Wheeling Central
Warwood
Bellaire St. John’s
Linsly Military
Fighting Garden Hi Team Upsets Grundy Wave
The Green Dragons of Garden defeated the Golden Wave 51 to 36 on Grundy’s court as two Grundy stars were sidelined. Kenneth Sizemore led Grundy with 16 points while Raymond Lester paced Garden with 17 as Garden built a 37 17 halftime margin.
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Tivis Baldridge
Kenneth Sizemore
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Raymond Lester
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Tazewell Bulldogs top Pocahontas 77 to 61 in home win
Emory and Henry crushed Concord 109 to 42 as Hughes led with 26 points. In Tazewell, the Bulldogs defeated the Pocahontas Indians 77 to 61, seizing control after a tied halftime and holding the edge through the second half.
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Park Central Rips Excelsior Lions 70 52
Park Central racked up its 12th win of the season by defeating Excelsior 70 to 52. Harry Johnson and Larry Huff led Park Central with 16 and 22 points as Donelly Cloud and Eddie Berger topped Excelsior with 15 each. Referees Brammer and Sarver.
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Roanoke College Faces Lynchburg in Virginia Little Eight Test
Roanoke College enters a pivotal Little Eight clash versus Lynchburg after a 62-61 win over Bridgewater that keeps them 4-1 in the conference. Hampden-Sydney leads the circuit at 8-0 as Roanoke and Lynchburg chase a possible spoiler role. No Southern Conference games are on tomorrow’s slate.
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Lynchburg College
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Salem
Hampden-Sydney
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Hornets
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Hokuf Steps Down as Lafayette Head Football Coach
Lafayette College in Easton Pa announces the resignation of Head Football Coach Steve M Hokuf 47 who will pursue an administrative athletics or teacher education role with faculty rank and tenure chances The Board of Trustees accepted his resignation at the meeting on January 28.
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Lafayette College Board of Trustees
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European Champion Challenges Floyd Patterson for Title Fight
Sweden’s Ingemar Johansson challenged world heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson to a title bout in Stockholm on January 2. Patterson’s manager rejected the challenge, setting up a potential showdown to determine the world champion.
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Sweden
Ingemar Johansson
Floyd Patterson
Montcalm routs Rocky Gap 72 45 on Virginia court
Montcalm rolled to a 72 45 victory over Rocky Gap on their court. The Generals led 18 11 after one and 39 22 at halftime as four Montcalm players surpassed ten points, led by Vadis Hedrick with 18. Rocky Gap top scorers were David Hamblin with 12 and Jim Webb with 10.
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Saltville Shakers Triumph Over Glade Springs 53 38
Saltville Shakers earned their third win of the season on Glade Springs home court behind Jerry Willis 22 points and John Branson 14. Lester and Johnson led Glade Springs with 12 each as Saltville outscored the hosts in all but the second frame.
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Northfork-Elkhorn Blue Demons Edge Pineville In OT
The Blue Demons beat Pineville 53-51 in overtime at Northfork thanks to Robert Thomas scoring late. Pineville’s Jerry Lilly led with 20 points while Tilly had 11 for the Minutemen as NE notches its sixth win and prepares to meet the Graham G-Men in Virginia.
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Robert Thomas
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Pineville Minutemen
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Thomas Tilly
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Bramwell Millionaires Beat McComas 70 to 62
Bramwell Millionaires overcome a 10 point first quarter deficit to edge McComas Leaders 70 62 at Bramwell gym. Cox led Bramwell with 23 points while Gross added 19. Camarsic scored 25 for McComas, Sparks 15, Daile 11.
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Alan Wiley
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Cox
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Clintwood Star Sutherland Reaches 1500 Points In Win
Clintwood 6-2 senior center Kelly Sutherland scored 19 points to push his career total to 1,507 as Clintwood beat Pound 69 51 in Group II District 8 action. He trails only Bucky Keller of Newport News among active Virginia scorers.
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Kelly Sutherland
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Sutherland
Bucky Keller
Newport News
Keller
College basketball ranking standings with Duke losses noted
The article lists the top college basketball teams with first place votes and points. West Virginia leads with 73 votes and 1008 points, followed by Kansas and Cincinnati, while Duke is noted as having five losses to West Virginia’s coach Schaus in six meetings.
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Mullens Rebels Rout Stoco Indians 77 64
Mullens Rebels led by Felix Glover defeated the Stoco Indians 77 to 64 at Stoco. Ronnie Rash topped Stoco with 26 points while Tim McClain 19 and Gene Miller 17 paced Mullens. The Rebels opened a big early lead and stretched a 10 point run late to seal the win.
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Tim McClain
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Tigers and Giants Complete Big Trade
Detroit announces the deal with San Francisco sending Gale Harris and Ossie Virgil to the Tigers in exchange for Jim Finigan and cash. Harris and Virgil had waivers cleared in New York. cash above 20,000 is cited, estimated at 25,000. Harris hit .240 with nine homers in 90 games last year. Virgil batted .235 in 96 games. Virgil to report to Detroit farm club in Charleston West Virginia. Finigan batted .270 in 64 games last season.
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San Francisco Giants
Gale Harris
Ossie Virgil
Tigers
Jim Finigan
Cash
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Giants
Harris
Virgil
American Assn
Charleston
W. Va
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Kansas City Athletics
AA Attorney May Seek Court Action in Pension Meeting Row
In New York on January 28 attorney J Norman Lewis for American Association baseball players representatives threatened court action unless league president Edward Doherty agrees to meet. Lewis, recently hired, says Doherty broke two promised meetings and warns he will seek legal remedies to compel the AA to negotiate a pension plan.
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Edward Doherty
J. Norman Lewis
Doherty
Colorado Springs
Lewis
Furman Routs Presbyterian 108 95 for First Since 1955
Furman defeated Presbyterian 108 to 95 in Greenville. Steve Ross surged with 38 points and 31 rebounds, the highs of his Furman career, as the Paladins broke a long-standing winless run against the Blue Hose.
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Presbyterian
Steve Ross
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