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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1959
Page
7
Sylvia Stamford Teel Jr. High clash today at 1 PM in Recreation Building as sixth grade semifinals start. Lincoln to face Crescent at 2 PM for sixth grade semis. In eighth grade, Sylvia and Stanaford vie in opener at 8 PM, Teel and Junior High No.1 meet at 4 PM, with both divisions advancing toward Saturday finals.
The Charleston Senators prepare for a doubleheader with the Buffalo Bisons in Lakeland Florida as rainouts and spring training scrimmage disruptions tighten the roster. Manager Bill Adair plans to start Ron Nischwitz and Wyman Carey with Bob Bruce possibly in action, while lineup decisions for the April 12 opener against Omaha remain unsettled.
Preliminaries at the Texas Relays spark record potentials in six events led by Olympic champion Bobby Morrow who faces Ira Murchison as 17 titles and 1,265 athletes contest a two day track carnival with stars Ollan Cassell Bill Wood and Sid Garton among entrants and records poised in sprints jumps and poles.
WVU rifle program earns two honors as George Pignatello of Newark New Jersey and George Liptak of Clarksburg join nine on the All Southern Conference rifle squad. Elkview native Ralph Bunten selected captain of the second team.
Today Sixth graders host Institute versus Crab Orchard at 1 PM and Lincoln faces Crescent at 2 PM. Eighth graders match Sylvia against Stamaford at 3 PM and Teel meets Junior High North at 4 PM. Saturday pits winners from games 1 and 2 at 10 AM and winners of games 2 and 4 at 11 AM.
Stamford led 27 9 at halftime then poured in 32 second half points to beat Piney View while Jim Davis and Larry Pittman led Teel in a rout of Hollywood Davis grabbed 16 rebounds and Pittman scored 12 to propel Teel. Earlier Jim McNish benched starters as Junior High routed Mt Tabor 34 5 with Buddy Gravely scoring 11 in a dominant display.
Roy Lee Harmon, member of the House of Delegates, spoke at the Raleigh County Red and Gun Club meeting in the courthouse Thursday night about new conservation laws. He described the litterbug law banning trash dumping on highways and a similar rule against dumping into rivers and creeks, praising public shifts toward resource protection and noting past ridicule of pollution controls.
Pan-Am Basketball Trials in Louisville featured All-Stars, as Bartlesville beat Wichita 89 to 83 and Armed Forces defeated Wichita 73 to 89. Biddy Basketball Tournament results show Bedford beating Huntington 43 to 25 in a quarterfinal. NHL semifinals saw Toronto top Boston 4 to 1 and Montreal defeat Chicago 4 to 2, with Toronto leading 3-2 and Montreal leading Chicago to face off Friday.
West Virginia and Jerry West rate among leaders in six statistical departments this season per the National Collegiate Athletic Bureau. Team offense places second with 8.8 points per game, West tops 44 points in a single game vs Tennessee, and West hits 51.8 percent from the field. The team also records 29 victories and 29 games. The season includes a national record for shots taken and made, and the article notes a friendlier conservation program atmosphere.
Power boy of Reds by Aln Maver figure or novel of the v7 winters moos7 debated deals.
WEST PALM BEACH FL AP Harry Craft, Kansas City Athletics manager, aims for 77 wins in 1959 to reach a .500 record last reached in 1952. He cites pitching depth and bench strength, with Kent Hadley at first, Hal Smith at third, and outfield of Cerv, Maris, and Tuttle. He notes Frank House and Harry Chili behind the plate and a competitive, position-flexible roster.
The Chicago Cubs capped a 12-year streak in the NL's second division and face doubts about overnight pitching strength. Ernie Banks leads a lineup with long-ball threats Walt Moryn Dale Long Bobby Thomson and Lee Walls. Manager Scheffing cites a young pitching corps led by Moe Drabowsky Dave Hillman and Dick Drott as potential but unproven.
Olympic tickets for Rome 1960 will cost 48 cents to 9.60 dollars with prices varying by event and seating. Cheapest seats apply to some rowing events while first class locations for opening ceremonies boxing finals and closing events command the highest prices. At least one event per sport will offer popular seating at 80 cents. Harvard batterymates Gerry Emmett and John Davis are key Crimson squash team members.
Case Stengel faces a rare pitching surplus as the Yankees showcase top hill performances from Sturdivant Shantz Ditmar Larsen Turley Coates and Ford. Skowron’s back issue looms over the lineup with a week until the season opener.
Citrus Circuit records show Shantz Ditmar Larsen Turley and Ford among Yankees hurlers in early spring exhibitions. Stengel praises rookie Coates as a bright light while Ford wins against St Louis. Other games note Red Sox Indians Phils and White Sox wins. several rainouts and key homers by Bell Robinson Landis Malzone and Sullivan.
In St Albans West Virginia AP report former WVU players meet a squad from Morris Harvey and West Virginia Tech in the semifinals of the Sportsman Tournament tonight. The other semifinal features ex Kentucky players versus ex Morehead Ohio.
Jacksonville votes to shut two municipal golf courses rather than desegregate under a federal court injunction. City commission ordered the closures effective Tuesday, the injunction date, after allowing Negroes to play one day each week.
Exhibitions in multiple cities show Chicago (A) 6 edging Cincinnati 5 while Philadelphia 8 beat Baltimore 6 and New York 2 defeated St. Louis 1. Cleveland 4 toppled Chicago (N) 2 as Boston 4 won over San Francisco 2. Several games were canceled by rain or scheduled for various Florida and sunbelt venues with matchups including Milwaukee Washington and others.
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