WVU Meets Wake Forest For Baseball Best In 3 Series
West Virginia hosts Wake Forest in a best of three NCAA District 3 semifinal at Hawley Field starting Saturday at 2:30 p.m. Heise of WVU will face Lefty Davis of Wake Forest in the opener, with Wake Forest arriving Friday to practice. The other semifinal pairs Alabama and Rollins in a separate district clash.
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Wake‘Forest
Alabama
Rolins
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Loyola
Walter Rabb
University of North Carolina
Rollins
Shinnston High Places Costelac Tackle For North South Classic
Shinnston High School lineman Bob Costelac 6 2 212 pounds has been named to the North squad for the 22nd North South football game at Laidley Field Charleston on Aug 13 Coach Jack Moore announced the North roster grows to 25 with Costelac joining end Sam Hilton tackle Roland T Raines and guard Charles Greatheart among prior picks Spencer star Halfback Lonefi How 169 pounds 5 10 also selected Other named North players include Tackles from Keyser Shinston Parkersburg and Martinsburg and backs from Parsons Sistersville and more The South selections include John Bowles Ronald Steele and Dick Hawkins among others in a star studded lineup co sponsored by The Grafton Sentinel and 20 WV daily papers
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Grafton, Sentinel
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Parkersburg
Teddy Kershner
Martinsburg
Paul Shreves
Sistersville
St. Albans
Sammy le Rose
Johnson Testimony Reveals Fight Collapse and Suspension
Harold Johnson testified before the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission in Philadelphia about his May 6 bout with Julio Medera in which he collapsed at the end of the second round. The fight led to a 90 day boxing suspension in the state. Johnson said Louis Saccaroma visited before the fight, a narcotics convict, but Saccaroma did not give a so called good luck orange.
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West MV Bowl adds two more players to West squad
Milford special Joe Michael announced the addition of Cassel Evans and Carlis Bennett to the West team for the Monongahela Valley Senior Bowl game at Clark on July 29. Evans, 5-11 182, from Doddridge. Bennett, 5-11 195 from Upshur, bring West to six players. Bennetts past honors include 1958 All-State honorable mention and All-Big Ten. Evans earned 1954 All-State honorable mention and Tri-Valley all star. The two join other West selections for the Northern West Virginia summer gridiron classic at Hite Stadium in Clarksville.
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Elkins
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Tutwiler Seeks Fourth Elks Golf Title
Hinton W Va. Tutwiler a state amateur champion from Charleston, pursues his fourth West Virginia Elks title against four former champions. He won the 64 hole medal tourney three years in a row from 1951, skipped last year when Dick Foutche prevailed. More than 100 entries expected, including Jack Burder Beckley Earl Jones and Gay Carper. The event began in 1947 with Jimmy De Brucque winning first prize. After an 18 hole Saturday qualifier the final standings unfold over Sunday and Monday.
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Minor League Scores In Southern and American Leagues
Baseball results list Mobile 5 Atlanta 2 Birmingham 9 Memphis 6 Little Rock 5 Nashville 3. American Association games Indianapolis 9 Toledo 3 Minneapolis 9 Toledo 3 Minneapolis 6 Denver 5 St Paul 3 Omaha 2 Louisville 8 Charleston 1. A note mentions Roman chariots carrying homing pigeons to war zones for relief legions.
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Sputterings From Central Prose Sports Review
Sports notes on Dick Donovan’s spring work ethic with the White Sox, a Willie Pep Gil Cadilli gate at Olympia, Hambletonian favorite Scott Frost owned by Sol Camp of Shafter California, Scott Frost’s mile test record, Bob Avila to be honored by Cleveland BPA, Indiana University’s 70th football season, the shortest major leaguer debate with Pompeyo Davatitty and Ernie Cravett, Ted Williams home/road hitting splits, Jim Galliday’s sprinting feats, Jim Hearn’s sixth win timing, Summer Tan and the Preakness, Bud Smith boxing background and Ford Frick’s petty betting inquiry in St. Louis.
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Northwestern
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Summer Tan
Wallace
Bud) Smith
Cincinnati
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Boston
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West Virginia high school tourney advances top nines
Monongah blanked Philippi 3 0 behind Frankie DeMoss three hit pitching and key hits, while St Marys beat Hundred 6 5 in the Region 3 2 finals. State meet opens Monday in Parkersburg with games between Weirton Gauley Bridge and Monongah Bluefield. Night action features Martinsburg St Marys and East Banks Matewan. Parkersburg defends outside. DeMoss struck out 12 and hit a two run homer. Morris Smith fanned 14 in St Marys win.
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Gauley Bridge
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Bridgeport
Bernie Wingle
Morris Smith
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Indians release 200-game winner in upheaval
Questions and scattered notes point to a Central Press sports page. It asks which 200-game winner was released by the Indians and traces players including Emory Bubba Church, Eddie Yost, and Ted Williams. A messy clipping cites Valued names and a shoulder injury sidelining Williams, with Benouvmont and Antiqauomy references in the margin.
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Central Press
Indians
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Bubba) Church
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Ted ‘Williams
Benoumont
Former Champ Won’t Be Actor in Movie About Life
Rocky Graziano, former middleweight boxing champion, said he will not play himself in a film about his life. He quoted a TV director who warned that acting could cost him his job, signaling his decision to decline the acting role.
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Rocky Graziano
Rocky
Night baseball marks 20th anniversary at Cubs Cardinals game
In Chicago at Wrigley Field the Cubs meet the Cardinals as night baseball enters its 20th year. Cincinnati does not host a night game on the anniversary, while Crosley Field in Cincinnati first lit under President Roosevelt’s push, starting a new era.
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Hat stolen at Maine Chiefs of Police meeting
FBI agent Raymond G. Ross reported a hat was stolen while attending a Maine Chiefs of Police Association meeting in Bangor Maine. No suspects named and no further details released.
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Raymond’g. Ross
FBI
Maine Chiefs of Police Association
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