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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1952
Page
3
In Beckley West Virginia the Southeastern Conference announces Kentucky will face a one year suspension. The move followed inspection of misconduct within the league. Schools react as schedules and standings enter uncertainty amid the transfer and recruitment controversy.
Five top players including Art Larsen and Gardnar Mulloy head a Charleston exhibition at Edgewood Country Club next Sunday. Other entrants are Irv Dorfman Noel Brown and Tony Vincent as tickets go on sale via Charlie Wood.
Four team Intermediate League baseball state championship opens tonight at Woodrow Wilson High School with two Beckley clubs Mullens and Whitesville as foes. Double elimination means two games tonight and two more tomorrow with potential Friday game. Beckley No 1 is led by Tom Cumbow. No 2 team directed by Wright as tourney director.
A five under par 63 earned Gary Nixon of White Sulphur Springs medal honors in the Charleston Pro Am tournament. Pro Johnny Beckley and Raleigh County Amateur Kermit Hutchinson teamed for best ball, with final evening play and plans for next Monday at Hunting on Jon’s Spring Valley Country Club.
Samat by AP reports bouts with fighters Samat Araujo and Eddie Compo from New Haven and Brooklyn, with wins and losses listed. Notable bouts include Giovanelli stopping Takach in Brooklyn and Martinez defeating Foster in Phoenix.
Kentucky faces a 14 game fill request after the SEC imposed a one year basketball suspension for rule violations. The measure bars conference play but allows non conference games including St Louis Minnesota Notre Dame DePaul and Xavier. SEC also declared two football players Gene Donaldson and Chester Lukawski ineligible for further participation and fined Kentucky 500 each for improper aid and cash inducement.
West Virginia and Virginia Little League teams competed for a New Jersey regional berth in Danville Virginia. Beckley Virginia faced Bristol Virginia while Front Royal faced Clarksburg West Virginia and Huntington opposed Danville. Winners and a redraw loser advanced to semifinals with the title game set for Thursday.
Yale announces Jordan Olivar will serve as acting head football coach for the 1952 season following Herman Hickman’s resignation. Olivar, 37, previously coached at Villanova and Loyola and joins from New Haven, with a background in public relations and consulting for athletic staff.
Tickets for Perkowski Day at Crosley Field Cincinnati go on sale to honor Reds southpaw Harry Perkowski. Roy Lee Harmon announces Aug 24 doubleheader vs New York Giants with proceeds aiding an E Bond and admission plus rail fare. Tickets priced at 1.75 dollars, available at Harry's Men's Shop Beckley National Bank and WWNR Radio.
The State Sportswriters Association will consider a site and date for its 1982 Victory Awards dinner at a Friday meeting in Charleston. Beckley and Montgomery bid for the affair last January in Huntington. The State Sportscasters Association also holds an informal meeting that Friday as the North-South Football Game takes place.
Julius Boros defeated Cary Middlecoff in a dramatic world championship playoff to claim the $12,500 second money, boosting his 1953 earnings as Middlecoff earned $27,799 for the year after a four under par 63 finishing run.
Charleston reports South and North football squads held drills at Laidley Field as they prep for the 1952 lidlifter. About 20,000 are expected Friday. North players held mixed drills with GilBert Goodwin and Fred Wyant delivering passes while South backs Vinson and Maxwell vie for backfield spots. An injury threat looms for North guard David Hyre, while South shows variable intensity and backfield uncertainty.
Clint Courtney of the St. Louis Browns leads the American League as the top defensive catcher with a . 997 average and only one error in 375 chances. Yogi Berra follows at . 994 with three miscues in 435 chances. Mickey Vernon and Bobby Young also hold top-position safeties. In the NL, Grady Hatton and Willie Jones post strong fielding marks for Cincinnati and Philadelphia respectively.
The play closed with Boros two strokes ahead after a late stretch. Middlecoff two putted from 20 feet while Boros sank a seven foot birdie to go three under on the last holes, and both players parred the 17th and 18th to finish.
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