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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1957
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR notes reference areas and figures around yield, tonnage, and global movement. Mentions last figures, world totals rising, and curtain of trade impact. No clear entities or dates clearly identifiable from the readable text.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a finance line item totaling 145.42 and another 33.17, with a mention of retirement at the year’s end and a reference to Massachusetts. Details are unclear but suggest routine accounting entries and imminent staff change.
Ohio State the top team by the United Press meets Oregon in the Rose Bowl. Navy faces Rice in the Cotton Bowl while Mississippi tackles Texas in the Sugar Bowl and Oklahoma meets Duke in the Orange Bowl. Minor bowls feature Drake vs Louisville Sun Bowl East Texas State vs Mississippi Southern Tangerine Bowl and Prairie View vs Texas Southern Prairie View Bowl.
Orinda California reports that Frankly, a manager expects ten more wins in 1958. He cites Camilo Pascual resting this winter, Sievers back in left field after leading the league with 42 homers, and a need for a center fielder possibly Harry Simpson. He notes Pascual as a potential 15 to 20 game winner after an 8-17 season cut short by a sore arm. The club targets relief help and possible shifts at third, shortstop, and first base with Malkmus, Plews, Bolling, and Runnels in the mix.
In Dallas Texas Slater Martin at 32 showed his pro form scoring 20 points as he led the St. Louis Hawks to a 105 98 victory over the Minneapolis Lakers in his first pro game in Dallas.
Larry Boardman, Marlboro Conn, defeats Peter Schmidt of New York at St Nicholas Arena finishing at 1 03 of the sixth round. Boardman ends a three fight skid by abandoning fancy boxing for a slam bang style amid a savage brawl in a 1958 lightweight showcase.
Kansas leads the United Press college basketball ratings for the second straight week with Kansas State second and North Carolina rising to third after a Dixie Classic win. West Virginia slips to fourth while Maryland and Cincinnati move into the top ten. Temple debuts as the only newcomer in the top 16. Utah falls to 12th.
United Press college basketball ratings list through December 28 with first place votes and records in parentheses. Kansas leads with 9-0, followed by Kansas State 9-0 and North Carolina 8-1, then West Virginia 8-0 and San Francisco 9-1, with Michigan State and Maryland close behind and many others ranked or listed with scattered records and points.
Wilt Chamberlain led Kansas to a 79-65 victory over Kansas State in Kansas City claiming the Big Fight tournament title and extending Kansas’s unbeaten streak to 10 games. Chamberlain scored 38 and grabbed 18 as Kansas set a tournament record with 103 points in three games.
London reports Hogan Bassey world featherweight champion agreed to meet Belgian bantamweight king Pierre Cossemyns in a non title bout at Liverpool on January 23. Giants sign tackle Youse from Minnesota for 1958 NFL season. Off duty clerk Watts misses train derailment near White Pigeon Michigan. one dead, five injured. The Thousand Buddhas caves near Tau Huan China have served as shrines for over 1,500 years.
Archie Moore world light heavyweight champion starts training in Sao Paulo for the January 10 non title fight with Brazilian Luiz Inacio. In related note, Phoenix bills itself as the swimming pool capital of the world with 3.0 percent of pools despite housing less than 0.3 percent of the population.
EW York notes Willie Marshall of Hershey leads the American Hockey League with 64 points, 22 goals, and 32 assists after a quiet week. Providence rookie Bill Sweeney is second with 56 points, while Dane Fisher of Hershey is third with 44. Cleveland’s Johnny Bower tops goalies with a 2.12 average over 33 games. Eddie Shack of Providence increases penalty minutes to 98 after five minor penalties last week.
Grafton High School Bearcats courtmen travel to Morgantown for a road game against the Mohigans of Morgantown High. Coach Rand McKinney’s proteges aim for their second win after last Friday’s 57-50 victory at Riverside gym over Bridgeport. Morgantown, 4-0, is the favorite. Grafton, with similar appearances but three losses, hopes to improve despite inexperience and height disadvantages.
St Louis native Bob Burda, a 19-year-old outfielder, was signed by the St Louis Cardinals for a substantial bonus and assigned to the York, Pennsylvania club of the Class A Eastern League today.
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