Home Insurance Opens Connie Mack Regional Versus Knox
Connie Mack regional opens with Home Insurance clashing Knox Boys Club in Newport Tennessee. A doubleheader sends Home Insurance against Knoxville while Dy ersburg faces Daytona Beach and Danville meets Newport. The winner advances toward the first Connie Mack World Series in St Joseph Missouri.
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Knox Boys Club
Newport
Tenn
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Dyersburg
Daytona Beach
Fla
Danville
Webb
St. Joseph
Blue Eaglets Open Grid Season at Home
Beckley junior high football opens 1959 schedule hosting Mullens Little Rebels Sept 10 Coach Ross Irle names Aug 19 equipment distribution Aug 24 first practice two daily sessions through Aug 31 Co captains Eric Lilly and Charles Munson urge birth certificates for all players Last season undefeated and schedule includes Oak Hill Stoco Logan Mount Hope Shady Spring Hinton and Bluefield with three home games in late season.
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Mullens
Little Rebels
Ross Irle
Eric Lilly
Charles Munson
Blue Eaglets
Ihe
Junior High
Woodrow Wilson Stadium
Blue Eagle
Oak Hill
Stoco
Logan
Bluefield
Republic Steel Rally Edges Phillips Keystone 10–8
Republic Steel came from behind to beat Phillips Keystone 10 8 in Slab Fork District Babe Ruth League play. Republic Steel scored two runs in the fifth and sixth to surge into second place as Pres. Jack Murdock noted a postponed Home Hall game and a doubleheader for Stotesbury Saturday starting at 1 pm against Slab Fork. Final: Republic Steel 4 runs Phillips Keystone 8. Maynor and Akers pitched. Wood and IOWIS hit.
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Charleston and Kenova clash for State II title
South Charleston faces Kenova in the finals of the State Little League Tournament at Beckley after both teams won semifinal games. South Charleston routed Logan 15 to 5 led by Bill Moseley with six RBIs including two home runs and a double. Kenova beat Fairmont 14 to 4 with 16 hits including homers by John Frazier J McCoy and Hicks. The Beckley tourney winner advances to the Southern Regional in Norfolk Virginia.
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Bill Moseley
Logan
Kenova
Fairmont
Moseley
John Frazier
J. McCoy
Hicks
Beckley
Norfolk
Charleston
Edwards and
Field
Pritchard
Adkins
Sabo
Hopeck
Serene
Kinzer
L—Pritchard
Black Knight Tennis Tourney Opens Aug 15
The 1959 Black Knight Tennis Tourney opens August 15 with 14 men, 11 women, and eight mixed doubles teams. First round results announced by chair Mrs. John L. Phillips. second rounds follow the 15th. Byes awarded to Ned Ragland Jr and Izzy Wein.
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Phillips
Ned Ragland, Jr
Izzy Wein
Loretta Bays
Blossom Lynch
Mary Martha Merritt
Peggy Parker
Edna Mae Phillips
George Daniels
Roy Cunningham
D. Charles Merritt
Gene Harvey
Berk Lynch
Bob Brown
John Phillips
Will Sprague
John McKay
Austin Caperton, Jr
Bob Parker
Emerson Smith
Reds Edge Braves 16 14 In Stratford Park Little League
Reds defeat Braves 16 to 14 at Stam ford Park with John Harris hitting a lone homer for Reds while Braves’ McDaniel two hits and McCloskey Scarborough each homer. Braves and Yankees tie for first at 8-5 as league standings stay tight. Also note water wheel powers George Huebner’s ranch generator on Mill Creek in Wisconsin.
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Braves
New Stamford Park
John Harris
Charles McDaniel
Mike McCloskey
Kent Scarborough
Yankees
Dwayne Goins
Larry Rogar
McCloskey
Scarborough
McDaniel
Harris
Gresham
Wis
George Huebner
Midwest
Mill Creek
Round Table Aims to Boost Bankroll in Arlington Mile
Round Table may chase a $50,000 added Equipoise Mile at Arlington Park Saturday, needing a muddy track and no scratches to extend earnings near 112 million. Trainer Travis Kerr awaits track conditions and field size as rivals Bardstown On-and-On Bet ter Bee and Terra Firma vie for speed in the feature. Also on the card is the $100,000 Sapling for 2-year-olds, with 12 Eastern juveniles including Irish Lancer Vital Force Bally Ache and Farm to Market in six furlongs.
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Associated Press
Round Table
Arlington Park
Travis Kerr
Kerr
Calumet Farm
Bardstown
Better Bee
Terra Firma
Vital Force
Farm To Market
Youth Baseball League Notes Highlights Games and matchups
Warren Williams reports show Schiff's Shoes facing Post 32 with Post 32 meeting Home Insurance to finish a game. Slab Fork Babe Ruth hosts Hiome-Hall at 5 30. Eccles Little League lines Redlegs vs Indians at 5 30. Mullens Little League No 1 Chevrolet vs Rotary Moose vs Lions Legion vs Methodist. Beckley Babe Ruth Bays Buick against Modern in playoff opener. RTE 41 Little League Tigers vs Yankees at 5 30. Big Coal Babe Ruth Whitesville visits Montcoal.
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Beckley Teams Win Exhibition Games In Becktown
The Beckley Dodgers beat Fayetteville Reds 2 to 1 in a low hit game at Elks stadium with Fayetteville pitcher Booker issuing six walks. The Beckley Pirates edged Eccles 12 to 9 after an 8 5 deficit, Omaha McNeish went 4 for 4 and Billy File added three hits as Eccles tied the game in the seventh before Pittsburgh?
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Dodgers
Pirates
Fayetteville
Eccles
Elks Stadium
Fayetteville Reds
Jimmy Hughart
Lewis
McNeish
Billy File
Bill Wagner
Welch and Parkersburg win in state Junior Baseball tourney
Welch beat Wheeling 2-1 with a two run ninth inning highlighted by Jerry Jones and Hiawatha Spraggins, and Charlie Brooks key single. Parkersburg toppled Clarkburg 5-3 as Allen drove in three, Criss added two hits for Clarkburg. Parkersburg built early 4-1 lead. Clarkburg rallied in ninth but fell short.
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Clarksburg
Wheeling
American Legion
Welch
Parkersburg
Clarkeburg
Jim Teeters
Jerry Jones
Hiawatha Spraggins
Hiawatha Spragzin
Hanlin
Brooks
Jones
Jackson
Wojtowicz
Mollohan
Farris
Wood Countians
Jim Gaskins
Clashburg
Harrison County
Gaskins
Indians Romp Cardinals For Mullens BA Title
Mullens Indians clinched the league title by beating the Cardinals 83 in the opener as the Giants hung on 11 6 over the Red Sox. Runyon held Cardinals to two hits and Halsey walked nine Indians while five first inning runs set the tone. Robinette and Humrey led the Giants with 11 runs allowed in the first three frames, and Klaiber, Courington, Houck, and Robinette contributed key hits and RBIs.
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Sandy
Bondl
Courington
WVU Penn State Game To Be Televised Locally
WVU and Penn State plan a regional telecast of the October 31 football game here but stations in Pennsylvania and West Virginia will be barred from carrying it. Athletic Director Robert N Brown and Castleman Chesley of Whitford Pa say Chesley is organizing a 27 station network across 10 southern states. The game will mark the first live telecast here.
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Penn State
Pennsylvania
WVU
Robert N. Brown
Castleman Chesley
Whitford
Chesley
Foota
Johansson Ready For Sept 22 Return Bout In NYC
World Heavyweight Champion Ingemar Johansson says he is ready to fight Floyd Patterson in a rematch scheduled for Sept 22 at Yankee Stadium in New York. He spoke in Paris amid a murky promotion saga involving promoter Rosensohn and Patterson manager Cus D Amato, while New York DA questioning and legal wrangling continue.
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Truman Gibson
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