Little League Title Tilt Set For Today At Elks Stadium
All star teams aged 12 or under from the Charleston Midwestern and Huntington No 4 leagues meet at 5 30 p m at Elks Stadium to decide the West Virginia championship. Huntington beat Upper Kanawha Valley Montgomery 4 1 and Charleston defeated Follaws bee 5 2 in two tight games. The winner advances to Falls Church Virginia Friday to face the state champion and then to Lakewood New Jersey for regional play toward the World Series in Williamsport Pennsylvania. Peter Strigle and Bill Alen lead the action.
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Charleston
Huntington
Elks Stadium
West Virginia
Upper Kanawha Valley
Montgomery
Follawsbee
Local LL Playoffs Night Looms At Elks Stadium
Tonight the Local Little League hosts activity at Elks Stadium after the state championship game between Huntington No. 4 and Midwestern Charleston. Indians beat Tigers 8 1 in first round action as Strigle struck out 13 for Huntington.
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Elks Stadium
Huntington
Charleston
Yankees
Red Sox
Yanks
Laurels
Indians
Tigers
Butch Crews
Indiana
Cards
Giants
Dodgers
Reds
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Sosen
Edards
Hinsey
Welkle
Davies
Charro
Morgan
Crews
Busch
Floyd
Mnony
D Meg
Thson
Zerick
Soutrn
Chamarro
Shultz
Wyont
Sorensen
Intestinal operation on Babe Zaharias successful
Galveston doctors at John Sealy Hospital reported a three hour operation to bypass a blocked large intestine during the night. Babe Zaharias, famed athlete, is fighting cancer with a second procedure in three weeks and remained under medical care after the surgery.
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Galveston
Tex
John Sealy Hospital
George Zaharias
Zacharias
Beckley Levy Vote Urges Support for City Recreation Plan
Beckley voters face a key decision on a $145000 recreation levy for three years. About $100000 funds the new two acre city park and facilities, with roughly $14000 allocated to Babe Ruth League development and $30000 to other playgrounds and fields. The article stresses the city’s fragile recreation program impacts industry and growth and urges residents to vote yes for the levy to improve parks, baseball, tennis and playgrounds.
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Beckley
Oakwood Avenue
Old City Park
Endarger Vail
United States
PCC Faces Secret Deliberations on Athletic Misdeeds
In Portland the Pacific Coast Conference faculty brain trust meets behind closed doors to review self-examination reports on athletic misdeeds. President Moore and spokesman Seaborg hint California may lead the alphabetical review as presidents assess penalties already imposed on UCLA Washington USC and California.
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Ore.l
Pacific Coast Conference
Emmett Moore
Washingon State
Glenn Seaborg
California
Seaborg
California, University of
UCLA
Washington
Southern California
Wilkinson and Minter Win B K Swimming Laurels
Colette Minter, 16, and Wilkinson, 15, shared top honors at the second annual swimming and diving championships at Black Knight Country Club. Minter won two girls events and the one-meter diving title, while Wilkinson swept three senior boys events. Steve Bibb claimed the one-meter diving honor for boys.
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Colette Minter
Phy
Kirk Canterbury
Colie
Minter
Hull Street
Billy
Grant Slack
Wilkinson
W. E. Wilkinson
Beckley
Black Knight Country Club
Colette
Steve Bibb
Cochamps
Joe Lachini Jr
Pamela Harless
George Sheets
Eisenhower Signs Bill for West Virginia Fish Hatchery
President Eisenhower signed a bill creating a federal fish hatchery in West Virginia to stock national forest streams. The Bowden Spring area near Elkins is suggested as the site with an estimated project cost of 600000 dollars.
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Washington
West Virginia
Eisenhower
Senate Commerce Committee
Bowden Spring
Elkins
State Lunch earns state softball berth at Beckley district
State Lunch of Oak Hill defeated Prosperity 7 to 1 in the Beckley District Championship at Ballard Stadium to clinch a state tournament spot. District Commissioner Bob Wills expects 12 to 14 teams for the Aug 16–19 event at Ballard Stadium. Sonny Parsons pitched a near no hitter until a seventh inning rally by Lusk Dixon and Stoner sparked the Lunchmen’s win.
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Prosperity
Ballard Stadium
Fayette County
Bob Wills
Sonny" Parsons
Tony Lusk
Lusk
Parsons
Tom Dixon
Bob Cernuto
Oallers
Dixon
Luther Stoner
Cernuto
Jim Farrow
Don Warden
Frank Bowman
Lelan Richmond
Pete Crouch
Bob Painter
Skibo
Woodrum
Richmond
Homer Legg
Bryson
Lester Myers
George Todorovich
Gene Wiseman
Legg
Post 70, College Chalk Jr. Wins in Junior League
In the Warren Williams Junior League double elimination at the high school diamond Beckley College pulled a 5-3 win over Home Insurance to stay unbeaten while Holyfield Candy bowed out with a 92 defeat by Post 70. Tonight two games determine who leaves the tournament and who faces Post 70 tomorrow.
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Holyfield Candy
Beckley College
Umbeaten
Lear Iiwe
Sports Center
Post
Kandy
Legionnaires
Sutton
Broadnax
Holyfield
Abbbon
Thoson
Farrar
Smith
Brose
Lewis
Meadows
Scott
J. Scott
Kincannon
Grose
RBI
Gray
Swann
Thompson
Broadnaz
W. Scott
Cole
Broadnay
Calhoun Edges Cotton In Chicago Bout
Rory Calhoun outpointed Charlie Cotton at St Nicholas Arena in a split decision that left Calhoun dissatisfied with the performance. Judges and referee ruled in favor of Calhoun as Cotton pressed but could not topple the lighter opponent. The bout featured Calhoun’s heavy right and tactical pressure as Cotton fought to keep distance.
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Cotton
Charlie Cotton
Bill Brown
International Boxing
Calhoun
St.Nicholas Arena
Spider Webb
Chicago
Chicago Stadium
White Plains
N.Y
Joe Agnello
Artie Schwartz
Davey Feld
Wein Beaten In Jaycee Tourney
OAK HILL West Virginia four entrants were eliminated on opening day in the National Jaycee Junior Tennis Championships. In the junior division Jackie Kennedy of Albuquerque defeated Myron Gesser Wheeling 7 5 6 1. Hy Saunders Salt Lake City beat Don Mercer Wheeling 6 0 6 0. In the boys division John Brown Pittsburgh beat Fred Kebmeyer Charleston 6 3 6 3. James Beste Baton Rouge defeated Alan Wein Beckley 8 6 6 0.
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Jack Kennedy
Albuquerque
N. M
Myron Gesser
Wheeling
Hy Saunders
Salt Lake City
Don Mercer
John Brown
Pittsburgh
Fred Kebmeyer
Charleston
James Beste
Baton Rouge
Alan Wein
Beckley
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