Landy denies miracle mile with foot cut claim
Australian miler John Landy says reports of running the Miracle Mile at the British Empire Games with a four stitch cut are completely and utterly silly. Dr Ken Young notes a nasty gash was doctored on Landy’s foot while Bannister and editors dispute the claim. Bannister won the race in 3 58.8 with Landy second in 3 59.6 amid denial of the alibi.
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Vancouver
B.C
John Landy
Australia
Landy
Roger Bannister
England
Ken Young
University of British Columbia Health Service
Bannister
Andy O'Brien
The
Montreal Star
Jack Sullivan
Canadian Press
O'Brien
Star
Montreal
Sandy
Sullivan
Empire Village
Jim Eve
International Matches Take Tam Spotlight
The Tam O Shanter event opens with eight foreign pros facing eight Americans in 18 hole alternate shot play. The two day meet leads to the $165000 world finale at Tam with prize money and exhibition contracts, while women and mixed events run concurrently. Eleven pairings feature top names such as Barber Littler Thomson Van Donck De Vicenzo Mangrum Ulrich Faulkner and Oliver Riegel.
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Chicago
Tam O’shanter
George S. May
Tam
Jerry Barber
la Canada
Calif
Barber
Gene Littler
Palm Springs
Peter Thomson
Melbourne
Australia
Flory van Donck
Brussels
Belgium
Antonio Cerda
Buenos Aires
Roberto de Vicenzo
Pete Cooper
Tampa
Bob Toski
Livingston
Norman von Nida
Sydney
Max Faulkner
London
Lloyd Mangrum
Wally Ulrich
Austin
Mina
Mario Gonzales
Rio de Janeiro
Alfonso Angelini
Turin
Italy
Porky Oliver
Skee Riegel
Ithan
Phillips Named Head Coach At Oceana High School
Phillips replaces Andy Botney as Oceana High School football head coach after Botney resigns for a junior high post in Miami Beach. Mullens native Phillips led Oceana basketball last season and begins football duties with 10 am uniform distribution Saturday and 9 am first practice next Monday. Schedule opens at home vs Glen Rogers on Sept 3 with a slate of games through November 12.
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Oceana
Richard
Dicky) Phillips
Oceana High School
Andy Botney
Miami Beach
Fla
Phillips
Mullens
Botney
Wyming County
Matewan
Pineville
Man
West Virginia High Schools May Add Class AA For Football
The Board of Appeals of the State High School Athletics Assn will meet in Charleston Saturday to consider creating a new Class AA for larger schools. The change would include at least 16 schools with over 300 male students and allow about 20 more with 225 or more to choose stay in Class A or move up. Practice would begin next Monday with games allowed 15 days after start and once school is in session.
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West Virginia
W. R. Fugitt
Board of Appeals of
State High School Athletics Assn
Board of Appeals
Charleston
Fugitt
Forty Players and Twelve Coaches Named to Hall of Fame
New Brunswick New Jersey announces the first football hall of fame election in three years. Forty players and twelve coaches are named, to be enshrined at Rutgers University campus, honoring vast careers and schools from Penn State to Harvard. The honors court, led by Bill Cunningham, reviewed thousands of candidates, with players needing ten years post graduation and coaches five years retired.
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New Brunswick
N. J
National Football Hall of Fame
Rutgers University
Princeton
Bill Cunningham
Boston
United States
Hall of Fame
Richard C. Harlow
Penn State
Colgate
Western Maryland
Harvard
Robert A. Higgins
W. Va
Bulldogs Start Drills Monday at Montcoal Marsh Fork
MONTCOAL Marhs Fork High School will begin football practice next Monday under Coach Virgil Carr aiming for about 40 candidates, including 12 lettermen from last year. Two-a-day sessions start Aug 16, cut to one after Aug 26. season opens Sept 10 against Baileysville with nine games planned, including Van’s Sept 17 home opener. Key returnees include Larry Cassell and Stotz Jarrell among others.
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Montcoal
Marsh Fork High School
Virgil Carr
Bulldogs
Wyoming County
Baileysville Rough Riders
Van
Nationals Draw 1st Blood in BA All-Star Series
Nationals take an 8 to 5 win in game one of a Babe Ruth league all star series at Woodrow Wilson play ers. Larry Furrow led with three hits as Furrow, Crews and Mollish anchored the offense. Hur t and Mahoney combined for 11 walks as American pitchers struggled. Second game set for Wednesday at 8 after a Warren Williams junior league tournament game.
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Nats
Howard Hurt
Rudd Mahoney
Larry Furrow
Ron Crews
Tony Mollish
Furrow
Rick Crews
Tony Pauletto
Danny Williams
Sam Minton
Warren Williams
Raleigh County League Protest Meeting Called
Raleigh County Baseball League president Bob Wills announced a special meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Raleigh Register offices to consider a protest from Sofia Slab Fork manager Joe Chandler. The protest concerns a second game of a doubleheader Sunday where Mullens Moose won 10-5 and also took game one 4-3, narrowing the Slab Forkers’ lead. Umpires association and league officials are summoned to attend.
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Raleigh Register
Raleigh County Baseball League
Bob Wills
Joe Chandler
Sophia Slab Fork
Mullens Moose
Mullens
Slab Forkers
Umpires’ Association
Romy Hampton
Harless Stover
Slab Fork
Harry Withrow
Ray Crawford
Wills
Fayetteville Upsets A's 2-1 in district softball tourney
Fayetteville American Legion defeated Pinecrest A 2-1 in an errorless opener to enter the district softball semifinals at Ballard Stadium. Sophia blanked Oak Hill State Lunch 5-4 to reach the round of four. Tonight Fayetteville meets Little Beaver Park and Sophia faces Pinecrest in nightcap with semifinals set.
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Fayetteville
American Legion
Pinecrest
Sophia
State Lunch
Oak Hill
Little Beaver Park
Sam Williams
Joe Farrish
Phil Fitzpatrick
Pete Withrow
Darrell Woodrum
Johnny Rogers
Withrow
Jack Shockey
Lester Myers
Harry Marshall
Fitzpatrick
Herb Zickafoose
Kendall Rice
Rogers
al White
See
Team Sure To Bow Out Tonight In WW Playoff
The Warren Williams Junior League double elimination tournament continues tonight at the WWHL diamond with two games scheduled. American Legion Post 32, after a 9-2 win over Home Insurance, meets Crab Orchard at 5:45 in the opening game. both teams have one loss. Beckley College and Holyfield are also listed in the playoff field.
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Warren Williams
American Legion Post
Crab Orchard
Beckley College
Holyfield
Schedule for Crab Orchard and Beckley College games
Tonight two games set with times 5.45 and 5. The schedule names Crab Orchard versus Post and Beckley College versus Holyfield Candy. Wednesday features the winner of game one against the loser of game two at 5.30. Thursday pits the winner of game two against the winner of game three with no time. Friday if needed will be at 5.30.
Candy and Legionnaires clash in tight night game
Candy with a 2-0 start meets the Legionnaires in the second game as Frank Smith earns the win after seven Home Insurance hits. Bednash drove in a fourth inning run for Home Insurance to make it 2-1, then Primo Molinari sparked a two run rally in the same inning to seal a 4-1 victory for the Legionnaires.
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Frank Smith
Bowers
Bednash
Mgr
Cotton White
Legionnaires
Primo Molinari
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Sophia High to Issue Football Equipment Thursday
Sophia High grid coach Bob Douglas announced that equipment distribution begins Thursday morning for lettermen at 9 and non-letter men at 1 30, with two daily sessions through Aug 16 to school opening. The team, led by backfield veterans and seven linemen, aims to improve on last year’s 5 5 record. Schedule features Sept 11 against Clear Fork and a home opener versus Pineville, with Lookout Oct 1 and a full slate through Nov 12.
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Blue Hawks
Mark Twain
John Herald
Sophia
Hubert Leslie
Mickey Shumate
Lawrence Allen
Norman Stone
Ters
Primo Molinari
Larry Souder
Jerry Bays
Buddy Cole
Robert Chamberlain
David Acord
Douglas Polk
Sophia High
Nuttall High of
Lookout
Beckley Jayvees
Clear Fork
Raleigh
Colcord
Hawks
Mt. Hope
Shady Spring
Pineville High schedules 1954 football with 730 start
Pineville High School released a 10 game football slate for 1954 with all home games at 730 pm to help players return home earlier and assist visiting teams. Coach Ray Cook will assemble the squad next Monday at 9 am. The schedule includes two home games against McDowell County foes Big Creek of War and Gary, plus trips to Mullens Sophia Baileysville Man Glen Rogers Laeger Welch and Oceana and a Sept 24 home date vs Mullens.
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Pineville
Pineville High School
Jess Houck
Ray Cook
McDowell County
Big Creek of War
Gary
Raleigh County
Wyoming County
Mullens
Big Creek
Sophia
Baileysville
Man
Glen Rogers
Laeger
Welch
Oceana
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