First Methodist to Face Christian in Church League Final
First Methodist edged Johnstown Baptist 39-38 after a clock defect caused a late score and foul in yesterday's semifinals. Christian upset Methodist Temple 46-42 to reach tonight's title clash at 7 30 p m in the church gym. Kiwanis officers to award trophies after the game.
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Methodist
Christian
First Methodist
Johnstown Baptist
Methodist Temple
League
Board of Governors
Johnstown
Gene Dickerson
Bill Yates
Frank Alley
Cotton Welch
Russell Shannon
Pace Christian
John Huffman
Kiwanis Club
T Lopez
Harper
Tabor c
Dickerson
Yates G
Johnstown Baptist Wiseman
Ox Ft
Alleye
Ers
Welch G
Suttons
Lares
Christian R Shannon
Patterson F
McGraw c
Walker
M. Gilley
Richardson S
LaFon
Methodist TE Daniels
Jim Huffman
Wright
Ralsten G
Erratic Putter Sparks Snead Ford Furgol Playoff
Greensboro Open playoff pits Doug Ford and Marty Furgol against each other after both posted 283s to lead. Sam Snead and Bill Nary followed one stroke back at 284 while Ford and Furgol chase $2,000 top prize. Snead’s erratic putter plagued him as he finished strong with a 73 71.
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Starmount Forest Country Club
Bill Nary
Reno
Nev
Sam Snead
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Nary
Snead
Ford
Earl Stewart
Furgol
Houston
Ford Ad
Julius Boros
Lakers Push 2-1 Lead In NBA Final
Minneapolis Lakers held a 2-1 edge over injury hit Syracuse in the finals. George Mikan scored 30 points and pulled with 11 field goals and 8 free throws to pace an 81-67 win. Syracuse stars Dolph Schayes Earl Lloyd were limited by injuries as Bob Lavoy led Syracuse with 18. The series resumes in Minneapolis Thursday with a fifth game set for Syracuse Saturday.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Minneapolis Lakers
George Mikan
Mikan
Lakers
Nationals
Big George
Johnny Kundla
Minneapolis
George King
Nats
Dolph Schayes
Earl Lloyd
Wally Osterkorn
Bob Lavoy
Vern Mikkelsen
Slater Martin
Check and Chek Lead State Pin Tournament
Doyle Check of Charleston won the all events title at the 15th West Virginia State Bowling Assn tournament with 1860 pins. P Chek of Weirton was second at 1836. Buckeye Potato Chips of Fairmont led team honors with 2944 actual and 3100 handicap pins. Check and W Byard of Charleston won doubles with 1220 pins. Second were N Williams and T Clifton of Clarksburg at 1108. D Yoho of Weirton had 661 and H Smith of Clarksburg 645 as top singles.
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Fairmont
Doyle Check
Charleston
P. Chek
Weirton
Buckeye Potato Chips
Check
W. Byard
Babe Ruth Loop Cards Meeting Set for April 13
The Babe Ruth League schedules its next meeting for Tuesday night April 13 at 7 30 PM at the Moose Lodge. President Johnny Wright says much work lies ahead as the league plans tryout dates for graduates from two Little Leagues and opening dates. Registration timing will follow managers and sponsors of eight clubs gathering.
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Moose Lodge
Johnny Wright
Wright
Mullens to Show State Tourney Films Thursday
Mullens High School will host a public screening Thursday night at 7 30 showing three State Tournament basketball games against Huntington East Stonewall Jackson and Beckley. Admission 25 or 50 cents will cover filming costs totaling about 130 per game. Spring sports practice has not yet begun due to field readiness delays.
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Mullens
Mullens High School
Huntington East
Stonewall Jackson
Beckley
Lewis D'Antoni
Mullens High
Oxford Crew Triumph in 100th Boat Race
Oxford rowed best as Thames roughness rose in the 100th renewal of the boat race against Cambridge. The English spectacle drew a large crowd as Oxford handed Cambridge an unexpected setback in London on April 3.
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London
Oxford
Thames
Cambridge
England
Babe Zaharias quits golf, then reconsiders after two events
Babe Zaharias narrowly loses the Carrollton Womens Open to Louise Suggs and initially declares retirement. She later says a six week rest will precede two more tournaments, then plans to resume full competition and continue as LPGA director and president. The 38 year old Beaumont native finished third in Carrollton, earning 490 dollars, with Suggs claiming 875 dollars.
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Carrollton
Babe Zaharias
Louise Sugges
Bob Siegrist
WGST
Atlanta
New Orleans
Beaumont
Tex
Furman Bisher
The
Atlanta Constitution
Mrs. Zaharias
Bisher
Tampa
Fla
Zaharias
Ladies Professional Golf Assn
Suggs
Patty Berg
St. Andrews
Associated Press
Stonewall Jackson retains title at invitational meet
Stonewall Jackson, led by Marty Pushkin of Huntington and strong showings from Parkersburg and Huntington Central, dominates the Stonewall Jackson Invitational scoring 81 9 10 points. Parkersburg and Huntington finish strong while Charleston and others claim multiple events as regional teams prep for Beckley and Wheeling meets.
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West Virginia
Russ Parsons
Stonewall Jackson Generals
Parkersburg
Huntington Central
Charleston
Stonewall
Huntington
Generals
Wheeling
Wellsburg
Follawsbee
Moundsgill
Benwood Union
Triadelphia
Warwood
Linsly
St. Clairsville
Ohio
Toronto
Pittsburgh
Stonewall Jackson
South Point
Dunbar
DuPont
Chesapeake
Beckley
Marty Pushkin
Pushkin
John Perry
Perry
Weekend Fights By The Associated Press
Washington Cisco Andrade won on points over Percy Bassett in a light welterweight bout in Philadelphia. Jake LaMotta stopped Kid McCoy in Augusta to claim a middleweight victory.
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Washington
Cisco Andrade
Los Angeles
Percy Bassett
Philadelphia
Charlotte
N. C
Jake LaMotta
New York
Kid) McCoy
Augusta
Jaycees to Fete Local Hoopers with King as Speaker
Eddie King, Mor ris Harvey College coach and new athletic director, will headline Beckley Jr Chamber banquet honoring Woodrow Wilson High School Beckley Junior High School and Beckley College teams at 7 p.m. at Moose Lodge. Wilson claimed its fourth straight state title, Junior High’s Blue Eaglets went undefeated, and Beckley College posted a 14 14 season while reaching the state conference semi finals. Jerome Van Meter wraps 25 years as Woodrow Wilson coach with a nod to the players who saved a 11 9 season. King, famed for Golden Eagles bowl success, will be praised. banquet features film of Flying Eagles vs Mullens Rebels. tickets available at multiple local outlets or at door.
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Eddie King
Morris Harvey College
Beckley
Moose Lodge
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley Junior High School
Beckley College
Woodrow Wilson
Blue Eaglets
Irle
South Kanawha Street
Buckhannon
West Virginia Tech
Woodrow Ilson
Jerome van Meter
King
George King
Golden Eagles
Morris Harvey
Tangerine
Burley
North Carolina
Flying Eagles
Mullens Rebels
Keatley's
Sports Center
Beckley Hardware
Thompson's Drug
Harlem Globetrotter Junius Kellogg Injured In Auto Crash
Junius Kellogg six foot eight a Harlem Globetrotters B team member lay near death after a highway accident near Pine Bluff Arkansas. He suffered a severed spinal column and neck dislocation with scant hope of recovery. Fellow player Boyd Buie also injured but in good condition. Kellogg once starred for Manhattan College and helped ignite investigation into fixed college games involving gamblers.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Junius Kellogg
Harlem Globetrotters
Kellogg
Manhattan
Portsmouth
Boyd Buie
Tour Globetrotters
New York
Frank Hogan
Hogan
Selvy Sweeps Hoop Honors
NEW YORK April 3 Fur man Frank Selvy swept major college basketball scoring records in official NCAA service data. The Corbin Kentucky star set 244 major marks across single game season two seasons and career in field goals free throws and total points. He finished with 427 goals 355 fouls and 1209 points 41.7 average and became only the second player to win the national scoring title twice. Selvy totaled 2538 career points the highest in any college competition. He also led in rebounds and free throw percentage while posting a 78 game 43 percent field goal rate and 77 percent free throws. Bob Pettit Buzz Wilkinson Art Quimby topped other categories. Selvy also set a one game standard of 100 points and exceeded 50 points in seven games.
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New York
Furman
Frank Selvy
N.C.A.A. Service Bureau
Corbin
Walter Dukes
Seton Hall
Temple
Bill Milvy
Selvy
George Mikan
Seattle
Johnny O'Brien
L.S.A
Bob Pettit
Virginia
Buzz Wilkinson
Connecticut
Art Quimby
Charlie Slack
Marshall
LaSalle
Tom Gola
Camp Training 1 7 Yesterday's Baseball Results
Yesterday's results list multiple exhibition games with scores. Boston A beat Atlanta SA 3 2. Chicago N defeated Baltimore A 10 2. Chicago A beat St Louis N 8 5. Cleveland A topped New York N 8 4. New York A defeated Savannah SAL 11 9. Pittsburgh N beat Philadelphia A 2 0. Milwaukee N defeated Brooklyn N 18 14. Birmingham SA lost to Philadelphia N 2 1. Toledo AA beat Cincinnati N 9 8. B' 8.
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Boston
Atlanta
Chicago
Baltimore
St. Louis
Cleveland
New York
Savannah
Sal
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
Brooklyn
Birmingham
Toledo
Cincinnati
Agganis Makes Red Sox Lineup as First Baseman Hope
Harry Agganis, the Golden Greek from Boston University, joins the Boston Red Sox with a path to starting at first base against right-handers. At 23, he is hitting .323 against major league pitching in spring exhibitions and drove in two runs in a 3-2 win over Atlanta.
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Harry Agganis
Boston University
National Football League
Boston Red Sox
Lou Boudreau
Boudreau
Harry
Louisville
Red Sox
Agganis
Atlanta
Asia
Bob Friend
Pittsburgh Pirate
Philadelphia A’s
Friend
A’s
New York Yankees
Savannah
Ed Lopat
Yanks
Philadelphia Phillies
Jack Urban
Birmingham Barons
Milwaukee Braves
Brooklyn Dodgers
Bob Buhl
Braves
Billy Lees
Brooks
Eddie Mathews
Chicago White Sox
Institute-Crab Orchard Open Grade School Play
The 24th annual Town District grade school basketball tourney opened at Recreation building with Institute defending champion vs Crab Orchard. Six schools compete across eighth and sixth grade divisions with new three minute quarters to rest players. Other matchups include Cranberry vs Teel and Central vs Hollywood as steady action continues through nearly two weeks with semifinals and multiple crossovers.
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Institute
Crab Orchard
Teel
Central
Hollywood
Trotters Endure Tough Challenge From College All Stars
In Chicago the Harlem Globetrotters split two games with top college players on a 22 game nationwide tour. The afternoon contest ended 84 61 with the Globe trotters ahead by as many as 35 points, while the night game finished 78 76 on Walter Dukes late hook shot. Goose Tatum sat out the second game due to dysentery.
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Chicago
Harlem Globetrotters
Globetrotters
Abe Saperstein
World Travelers
Trotters
Frank Selvy
Frank Hagan
Goose Tatum
Satchel Paige
Walter Duke
Tatum
Chess Champ Dethroned in Ninth Game in Moscow
London reports challenger Vassili Smyslov defeated world champion Mikhail Botvinnik in the ninth game of their world championship series in Moscow today. Botvinnik acknowledged defeat at the 25th move, according to Moscow radio.
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London
Vassili Smyslov
Mikhail Botvinnik
Moscow
Botvinnik
Pineville hosts 18-team Gold Medal Basketball Tourney
The Pineville High Gym hosts a week long Pineville Gold Medal Basketball Tournament starting Monday with Pineville American Legion and Conley Globetrotters opening. Marshall, Johnstown Baptist Beckley, and 16 other teams compete nightly through Sunday’s 2:30 pm final, with multiple doubleheaders and a full weekly schedule.
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Pineville
Pineville American Legion
Conley Globe Trotters
Marshall
Johnstown Baptist Church
Beckley
Walter Walowae
Carl York
Wilkinson
Dr. Wilkinson
University of Virginia
N. C. State
Clemson
Virginia
al Morgan
Greenbrier Military School
Concord College
Athens Mt. Lions
Bill Warden
Bob Mickis
Denver Lowe
Mullens
Franklin Smith
Kermit
Ed Beach
Leland Byrd
West Virginia University
Hinton Esses
Tony Colabro
Lewis Oil Company
Welch
Conley Globetrotters
Johnstown Baptist of
Jackie Robinson Nearing End Of Dodger Era
The Brooklyn Dodgers face a looming farewell as Jackie Robinson battles a nagging knee injury and hints at retirement. President Walter O'Malley and executives fear a possible decline in dominance of the National League as Robinson, at 35, contemplates stepping away after a storied 20-year career beginning in the Negro leagues and continuing since 1947 with the Dodgers. Teammate Buzz Bavasi downplays worry and cites options like Don Thompson and Dick Williams to replace him if needed.
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New York
Brooklyn Dodgers
Walter O'Malley
Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn
Robinson
Jackie
Branch Rickey
Dodgers
Florida
Buzz Bavasi
Don Thompson
Dick Williams
Tiger Favored Tonight in Brooklyn Bout
New York boxing card at Eastern Parkways Arena pits Ralph Tiger Jones from Yonkers against Wildcat Billy McNeece of New York. Jones a No 4 rated contender after KO of Bobby Dykes last month is a 3 1 favorite. Ten rounder telecast by Dumont at 10 p m EST.
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Brooklyn
Eastern Parkway
Ralph
Tiger) Jones
Yonkers
N. Y
Bobby Dykes
Billy McNeece
Jones
Dumont
Navy Cager Ineligible Ends Don Lange at Annapolis
Annapolis Md April 3 The Naval Academy announced that Don Lange its top scorer is no longer eligible for intercollegiate competition A freshman year at the Chicago branch of the University of Illinois in 1947 48 cut Lange's basketball days short He has one year remaining before graduation.
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The
Naval Academy
Don Lange
Chicago
University of Illinois
Lange
Academy
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