Becktley Faces Cuts As High School Athletics Reassess
Athletic cutbacks at Woodrow Wilson High School follow a push to reshape interscholastic play. A proposed Big Five football conference with Huntington schools is discussed alongside ball park weather driven baseball drop and Gazelle Relays withdrawal. Beckley ponders joining, while Parkersburg Charleston and Stonewall Jackson weigh scheduling and rivalries endure.
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Associated Press
Huntington East
Parkersburg
Charleston
Stonewall Jackson
Beckley
Portsmouth
Ohio
Ashland
van Meter
W. C. Boyer
Flying Eagles
Smith Medalist In North South Championship
Dave Smith the Gastonia dealer known as Big Dave won the North and South Amateur Tournament medal with a five under par 67, topping Bill Campbell by four strokes. Smith, 28, 6-5 240 pounds, matched the tournament qualifying record with a 3 2 4 2 3 score and tied several sub par rounds, while Campbell recovers from last December wax burns.
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Pinehurst
N. C
Dave Smith
Gastonia
N.C
Bill Campbell
Huntington
W. Va
Smith
Dave
Campbell
New York Eintracht Wins National Open Soccer Title
John Pine zich, graduate of Penn State, scored twice in the final five minutes as New York Eintracht defeated the Los Angeles Danes 2 0 to claim the National Open Soccer championship.
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Los Angeles
John Pinezich
Penn State College
New York Eintracht
Los Angeles Danes
Woodrow Wilson High Cuts Back Athletic Program
Beckley school signs 1955 curtailment end of basketball with West Fairmont and baseball. withdraws from Charleston Gazette Relays to balance finances. An independent meet called Wide Open Track Meet replaces public weekend meet with teams from Bluefield Princeton Oak Hill Mt. Hope Mullens and others invited with relaxed entry limits and scoring rules for the event.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
J. R. van Meter
C. G. Peregoy
West Fairmont High School
Charleston Gazette
West Fairmont
Flying Eagles
Woodrow Wilson
Polar Bears
Elkins
Parkersburg
Gazette
Charleston
Woodrow Wilson High
Bluefield
Princeton
Oak Hill
Mt. Hope
Mullens
Stoco
Sophia
Shady Spring
New York Rocky Castellani Sails Past Varona in Points
Rocky Castellani of New York defeated Chico Varona of Cuba by outpoint in a ten round bout. In another lightweight pairing Lulu Perez of Brooklyn outpointed Rudy Garcia of Los Angeles in ten rounds.
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Rocky Castellani
Cleveland
Chico Varona
Cuba
Brooklyn
Lulu Perez
Rudy Garcia
Los Angeles
Castallenis victory on network telecasts sets May plans
Rocky Castellani won a ten round decision over Chico Varona at St Nicholas Arena and eyed a May 23 bout at the same venue against Mila Savage or Paul Pender while Varona required stitches and was sidelined. Lulu Perez stopped Rudy Garcia at Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway Arena and celebrated his 22nd birthday with a unanimous decision.
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Paul Pender
Boston
Bobo Olson
San Francisco
Perez
Rudy Garcia
Los Angeles
Brooklyn
Eastern Parkway Arena
Lulu
Garcia
Defensive Dynamo Dons Lead Nation in Scoring Stop
San Francisco Dons boast the top AP defense at just over 50 points allowed per game led by 6-10 Bill Russell who anchors a man-to-man scheme. Coach Phil Woolpert emphasizes pride in preventing scoring as USF maintains a 1 ranking and NCAA title run. Russell dominates rebounding while KC Jones Perry Mullen and Buchanan apply pressure and switch roles as needed. Woolpert in fifth year at USF cites heavy workload and growing program success. University of Texas tops Cotton Bowl appearances. Longhorns appear five times in the New Year’s Day game.
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Phil Woolpert
Associated Press
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Dons
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Russell
Reb
USF
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Hal Perry
Jerry Mullen
Stan Buchanan
Perry
Jones
Mullen
Buchanan
St. Ignatius High School
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Raleigh County coaches form County Coaches Association
Beckley hosts a meeting where senior and junior high school coaches formed the Raleigh County County Coaches Association. Ross Irle was named president, J R Van Meter secretary treasurer, with aims to air board concerns and seek higher pay and recognition, pledging biannual meetings and resolutions to present to the Board of Education.
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Ross Irle
J. R. van Meter
Beckley
Beckley College
Board of Education
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Tony Leeber
Dale Covey
Nelson Bragg
van Meter
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Mark Twain
Lawrence Wiseman
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Raleigh
Larsen Suspended Over Genoa Ballboy Incident
Hitting a ball at a ballboy in Genoa, Art Larsen faces temporary suspension as USLTA withdraws permission for foreign play. The 30 year old lefty from San Leandro, Calif., was accused of striking the boy during a doubles match in Italy, prompting officials to seek a full air mail report before possible further penalties.
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Europe
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Genoa
Italy
Renville McMann
USLTA
International Play Committee
Larsen
Air Mail
Enrique Morea
Argentina
Hugh Stewart
Pasadena
Sidney Schwart
Brooklyn
Fausto Gardini
McMann
Florence
Gardnar Mulloy
Miami
Fla
The Disappearing Goalie of Plymouth Bay
Plymouth England. Goalkeeper George Cornelius leapt to block a shot in a sandlot game and vanished over a 70 foot cliff. Onlookers found him rising from wet sand at the bay edge with the ball in hand claiming he had bounced off the cliff and that no goal resulted. Hospital doctors reported only bruises and no serious injuries.
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England
George Cornelius
George
Plymouth Bay
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