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Stratton’s John Christian Named On All-State 11 By The Associated Press .WILLIAMSON — Conley of Mul lens was awarded the state Negro schoolboy football title Saturday at a regular meeting here of the West Virginia High School Athletic Un ion. The Conley eleven, once beaten and once tied, was credited with 23.01 points to nose out Charles ton Garnet, rated at 22.05. Conley defeated Garnet 13-12 in the first game of the 1951 season for both schools for Garnet's only loss. Here is the All-State Negro team also selected Saturday Ends — Bill Barnes, Garnet, and Robert Parks, Aracama of Logan; Tackles — Ben Lewis, Buffalo of Accoville, and Robert Parks, Mount Hope DuBois; guards—Oliv er, Kimball, and George Owens, Excelsior; center—Thomas Cham pion, DuBois. Backs—John Cristian of Beckley Stratton, named the team captain; Melvin MacAllister, Kimball; Bob Willis, Garnet, and Robert Holy field, Clarksburg Kelly-Miller. Knute Burrough of Buffalo of Ac coville was named as the Athletic Union's president in annual ballot ing. Other new officers: James Brooks, DuBois, vice president; Robert Harris, Byrd- Prillerman High School of Amigo, secretary; C. T. Hairston, Clifftop, treasurer; A. T. Hamlin, West Vir ginia State College, statistical sec retary; Marion Meadows, Washington High School of London, commis sioner; Maceo Nelson, Garnet, au ditor; Douglas Anderson, Morgan town Monongalia, chief arbitrator; James Daniels, Elkins, senior high school member-at-large; Thomas Bandy, Rand, junior high member-at-large; John Mac key, Excelsior, board of appeals chairman; Thomas E. Ash, Jr, Mount Hope, chairman of public ity; H. E. Belmar, Fairmont Dun bar, president of northern region; Henry Winfield, Kimball, south ern region president; E. G. Craw ford, Lincoln High School of Hin ton, eastern region president, and Floyd Meadows, Lakin, western region president. The Union honored these veter an coaches: Z. L. Davis, who has been at Huntington Douglass for 35 years; John Markey, Excelsior, 22 years, and James Hairston, Elkhorn, and George Scott, DuBois, each with 20 years of service. Seven members of a 10-man hunting expedition into Ran dolph County pose behind the five deer they bagged during the three-day trip. Left to right, kneeling, are Dennis Daniel, Cody Daniel (who brought down an eight-point buck), and J. E. Daniel (whose 15-point 250-pound buck topped ‘em all), all of Glen Daniel. Standing, Linburg Daniel, of Glen Daniel, L. L. Lilly, Beckley, Crockett Manning, Glen Daniel, and Virgil Phipps, Beckley. Lilly and Manning bagged does, Phipps got a spike back. Other members of the party not shown in the picture were George Honaker, of Saxon, Raymond Murdock, Rock Creek, and Charles Clemmons, Beckley. (Register Photo)
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Beckley Sunday Register
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Sun, Dec 09, 1951
Page 11
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