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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1950
Page
10
A profile of Ernie White highlighting a promising rise with the Cardinals from 1940 to 1942, including a 17-win season and a dominant six hit shutout in the World Series, followed by a downturn in 1943 and later brief Charleston visit during a Victory Awards dinner.
The State Sports Writers held its annual Victory Awards Dinner drawing 400 attendees. Box officials William H. Friesel and Notre Dame star Harry Stuhldreher spoke, praising officials, coaches, and youth, with Friesel recalling the famous Fifth Down incident and praising West Virginia figures.
Mark Workman 6 9 from West Virginia leads major college scoring with 28.7 points per game after a 44 point outburst against George Washington. Larry Imburgia of Cincinnati trails. Bill Mikey of Temple rises to 28.3 for runner up. Cincinnati leads team scoring at 86.4 per game. Temple 79.3. NYU and Arizona crack top five.
Chuck Baer resigned as University of Detroit football coach for personal reasons after five seasons. His teams went 6 3 1 in 1950, with 1949 a MVC championship season. Earl Dutch Clark, a former Detroit Lions star, named as his successor after joining as assistant last fall.
A roundup of college and university basketball results includes Baldwin-Wallace 90 over Mone 65, Harvard 46 over Denisonia, Arizona 41 over CONE 38, Navy 68 over North Carolina 45, Baylor 33 over Oklahoma, Grinnell 63 over Iawa Telers 60, S Dakota State 68 over Augustana 56, Cincinnati 84 over Xavier 74, Arkansas 46 over Alabama 4, Western Kentucky 70 over Wisconsin 73, Duke 69 over Colgate 54, and other listed pairings with mixed outcomes.
The East Nitro Independent Basketball team for boys up to 19 seeks away games. For information call Bob Harris at St Albans 1681 before 4 p.m. The article also cites notable figures Ira Errett Rodgers, Earle Neale, Rocca J. Gorman, Clifford Battles, and Fielding H. Yost as prominent coaching and athletic figures connected to West Virginia and Michigan.
The Harlem Globetrotters, facing the Philadelphia Spires at Morris Harvey College gym in Charleston, tout a 23 season tally of 8421 wins, 245 losses, and one tie. They tour Havana and Europe with standout teams like the New York Rens and Boston Whirlwinds opening the show. Tickets available at Sport Mart and Lynn Goshon Inc.
A bowling contest at 2 p m Sunday at Boulevard Recreation Center pits Al Wells and Dick Cochran of Charleston against Harry Price and T Jeffers of Huntington for a $400 prize. Ten of 20 games have been bowled with Huntington leading home alleys by 124 pins. Price and Jeffers top the field with 1 580 or 4 034, while individuals run Price 2 106, Jeffers 2 052, Wells 1 965 and Cochran 2 069.
CHS and East Bank meet DuPont and Catholic in Kanawha Valley Conference openers at 7:30. Charleston seeks first conference win after a 38-47 alumni victory. East Bank topped its alumni 62-45. Also on tonight’s schedule are alumni showcase games and a pregame rules clinic.
The Southern team led by Army All-America end Dan Feldberg is favored to beat the Gray team in Montgomery on Saturday weather permitting. Odds makers peg the South six points ahead though field conditions and raids could alter the outcome. Injuries limit some South stars but most Rebels, including Eddie Salem, are expected to play after kickoff at 6 p.m. CST.
In Wheeling last night a team of last year’s Northern West Virginia graduates defeated an eastern Ohio team 69 to 54. It was the fourth game in a Wheeling Lions Club sponsored series, leaving the West Virginians at 3-1 in the series. Don Reese of Wheeling Central Catholic led scorers with 18 points.
Arizona, Border Conference champions, erased an early 12 point deficit to beat CCNY 41 38 at Madison Square Garden. Senior Bob Honen sparked the Wildcats with 16 points in the first half before Jack Howell and Dave Schaff key late baskets to secure the upset win.
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