Locals Capture 14 Of First Places At Woodrow Wilson Meet
Beckley Flying Eagles dominate the Invitational Track Meet at Woodrow Wilson Field, collecting 14 of 16 possible firsts and amassing 194 points led by Daniels 4 47 mile time and McNeish Glen Rogers standout jumpers. Glen Rogers, Pax, Shady Spring, Ansted and others split the rest as Beckley prepares for next Saturday’s quadrangular against Oak Hill Greenbrier Military and East Bank.
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Autpican Association Hits City Eleven Nine
The Autpican Association reports Columbus eight to nine in a close game as Visas City advances with an 11 to 4 margin over Minneapolis. Toledo posts 310 in Louisville as the season opener is postponed.
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Standin Standins Standin Standins Baseball Scores
National League results show Pittsburgh 12 over St Louis 5 and Philadelphia 3 over Brooklyn 1. New York 11 over Boston 5. Cincinnati 5 over Chicago 3. American League games include Boston 7 over New York 2 and Washington 10 over Philadelphia 3. St Louis 6 over Cleveland 3. Detroit 8 over Chicago 6. X Ten iprings.
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Penn University Is Again Winner
The University of Pennsylvania varsity crew defeated Princeton and Columbia to retain the Childs Cup on the Harlem River in a mile and three quarters race. The regatta included a rare dead heat in the junior varsity contest between Columbia and Princeton, with Penn finishing behind. Columbia won the lightweight race, while Princeton led in the freshmen competition, defeating Penn and Columbia. The Tigers posted an 8:30 time for the freshmen race.
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Columbia
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Grove Shows In Old Time Form
Boston star lefty Bob Grove fire for the Red Sox game against the Yankees, delivering a 7-2 win. He notched his second win over New York and his third straight victory, as Boston chased Monte Pearson and Pat Malone. Myril Hoag provided the key eighth inning homer with Red Rolfe on base, ending Grove’s bid for a repeat.
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Browns End Indians Streak In 9-6 Victory
St. Louis Browns defeated the Cleveland Indians 9 to 6 to pull even for first in the American League alongside Boston. Mahaffey pitched well for St. Louis, allowing six hits, while Trosky blasted his fifth homer for Cleveland. The Indians stranded nine runners as Cleveland batters scattered and failed to capitalize with men on base.
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Senators halt losing streak in 10 3 win over Phillies
Washington ends four game skid by routing Philadelphia 10 to 3 as Reynolds and Finney homer. Four runs in fifth inning followed by three more in eighth via walks, hits, and errors. A’s managed only one hit through five frames.
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iSports Writers Gather In Week End Meeting
The Associated Press reports in Charleston West Virginia that sports writers met at White Sulphur Springs for a weekend discussion. President Frank Knight vowed to return with a new personal golf record after the gathering.
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Central Cagers Win Tourney
Central No 1 team claimed the fifth annual Grades school tourney title with a 32 15 victory over Institute. Litle Moose Adamos scored 13 and Bakalis 11 for Central while Cook and Lewis led Institute. referees and all tournament selections noted. standings show Central dominant from early rounds to final.
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Seeded Boxers Announced for State Boxing Tourney
Director Arthur E. Rezzonico extended entries to the state scholastic boxing tournament to next Friday and Saturday. Sixteen of twenty four will be seeded with four favored positions per weight class, listing boxers by weight and origin. Referees named Willis Gurmioc Will Holroyd Toney Pagiing and Jake Sevier. bouts begin at 9 a m Friday.
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Arthur E. Rezzonico
Barbera
Mount Hope
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Logan
Tyree
Pax
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Gauley Bridge
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Huntington
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Walpin Beaten by Farley Hill in baseball clash
The Farley Hill team defeated McAlpin 15 to 5 as McAlpin fields weakened by missing players due to a shack meeting Beckley. Gibson struck out 15 McAlpin batters for Farley Hill while Litte fanned 12 for McAlpin. Both sides had 12 errors, and the game featured 11 hits each.
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Beckley Softball League Restructures With Ten Teams
The Beckley Softball League completed a reorganization on Friday night creating a ten team slate for a 36 game season starting the week of May 4. New teams Beckley Hardware Beckley Music and the Sportsmen's club join replacing the Rattlers Kester Cleaners and Huntington Top.
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Tigers Win Game Over White Sox in Ninth Inning Thriller
Marvin Owen Jr delivered a tiebreaking bases loaded single in the tenth to lift the Detroit Tigers to an 8-6 victory over the Chicago White Sox before 5,000 fans. Gehringer drove in two, Bonura and Piet homered, and the game featured miscues and solid pitching from Phillips for Detroit and Lyons for Chicago.
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Westerners Win In Penn Relays
In Philadelphia on April 23 the Westerners achieved a record setting victory at the 42nd Penn Relays. The team dominated the event, marking their most successful invasion of the carnival. The report notes George Lilly, a first baseman trained with the Washington Senators in Biloxi, Mississippi, during the spring of 1929.
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Cardinals Use Five Pitchers In Cubs Victory
The Associated Press reports Cincinnati defeated Chicago 5 to 0 as five Cardinals pitchers combined to shut out the Cubs. Eugene Schott, 22, a Cincinnati sandlot grad in his second Red season, tossed well in his first appearance of the day. Visitors Mrs. R. G. Ellis and her sons Orville and Billy called on Beckley Monday.
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Eugene Schott
Cincinnati
Chicago Cubs
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Beckley
Van Meter Elected To Head Conference
Jerome R. Van Meter, coach at Woodrow Wilson high school, was elected president of the Southern West Virginia High School conference at a meeting of coaches and principals at Big Creek high school in War. The next meeting will be in Beckley on September 5. The rotating system names the coach-to-beat Bluefield as vice president and War principal Dean as secretary and treasurer. The conference deferred the Princeton status pending a state supreme court ruling.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Southern West Virginia High School
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Parkersburg High Wins Triangular Track Meet in Huntington
Parkersburg High School’s track and field team dominated the annual triangular meet in Huntington West Virginia, defeating rival Charleston and local team Huntington. Parkersburg totaled 79 25 points, outscoring both rivals combined under coach Eddie Buckle.
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