Pinecrest A Hits Softball Final Bid at Bal lard Stadium
Pinecrest A teams faces Pinecrest B in a 7 15 p m district softball meet at Ballard Stadium to decide the opponent for Pinecrest A in tomorrow night’s championship. Pinecrest A advanced by routing State Lunch 10 2 after Sophia eliminated defending champion Prosperity 1 0 in a tight game. Sophia’s Ivan Pizzino pitched superbly as Prosperity managed six hits, three in the first inning, while Jack Lilly struggled. Buddy Worthington had the key hit that broke the game open.
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Mistaken Identity Catfish Tree Wins Big Catch
A fishing party hauled a 42 inch mud cat from Indian Creek, a New River tributary, weighing 35 pounds. Roy Acord of Corinne tackled the 42 inch fish after finding his net too small, with Buddy Fraley Otsego and Gilbert Acord Hotchkiss among the others. The catfish reportedly swallowed a smaller hooked fish, revealing the tale of the Ole Whopper.
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Beckley Champ To Play Huntington In State Tourney
The Beckley district softball champion will meet the Huntington runner-up at 10 p.m. Friday in a first round state tournament game at Clarksburg. The state tournament begins Thursday and concludes with semifinals and finals on Sunday.
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Bill Turner Sparks Early Inning Start For Pinecrest A
Bill Turner led off with a steal and scored on a Worthington two bagger as Pinecrest A built a four run first inning against State Lunch. Lilly shut Prosperity down for the next several innings while Pizzino finished Prosperity’s late threats with three quick grounders. The Oak Hill squad, led by Phil Fitzpatrick, erupted for five runs in the first and four more in the third as Johnny Shanks struggled to shut down Fayette Countians.
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Jim Farrow
Dickie Powers
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Ross Hutchens
Farrow
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Rapi
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Seco
Johnny Rogers
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Fayette
Charlie Kurzyna
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Smith
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Don Parkulo
Larry Coleman
Douglas Day
Jack Tyree
Rose
Parkulo
Reds
Jack Wikle
Don Belcher
Wikle
Belcher
Billy Karbonit
Beckley Babe Ruth Team Urged to Return Uniforms
All members of the Modern baseball team in the Beckley Babe Ruth League must turn in their uniforms to manager Woodrow Bales at 45 Prince St. as soon as possible.
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State Net Meet Gets Under Way
The 42nd West Virginia Closed Tennis Tournament opened at Oglebay Park with eight men and four women seeded in singles. Top seed among men is Harrison Straley of Princeton, while defending champion Buck Atherton of Charleston is in the Army. Frances White of Huntington leads the women, with Dot Boll of Wheeling second and Lettie Ewing third aiming to reclaim the title. Matches slated today include first round and early second round men’s singles.
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U S Retains Wightman Cup After 6 1 Victory
The United States clinched the Wightman Cup with a 6-1 sweep to retain the trophy for another year in Rye New York. Louise Brough extended her Cup streak to nine by defeating Angela Mortimer. Doris Hart beat Shirley Bloomer to start a new run after Mortimer ended Hart’s twelve straight Cup wins.
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Senators Rally Bid Falls Short In Minneapolis
The Charleston Senators visit Minneapolis for the second game of a three game set after leading 8-3 late last night. The Millers erased the deficit with an eight run eighth inning and edged Charleston 11-10.
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Reds and Yanks Capture Crowns In Beckley II
New champions crown the Beckley Little League with the Yankees beating the Red Sox 9 to 2 and the Reds defeating the Cardinals 6 to 1. Eight teams enter Shaughnessy playoffs at Elks Stadium tonight, with winners advancing to a three game series for the Beckley title next week.
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Marsh Fork Bulldogs Schedule Out For Season Opener Sep 9
Marsh Fork High School Bulldogs released a nine game 1950 football schedule. The team travels for a two week camp near Hinton before opening September 9 at Seth. Home games are at Lions Park Whitesville with 730 p.m. kickoff. Returning regulars include Scott and Bob Peterson, Johnny Johnson, Raymond, Ralph Crider and Jim Sellards.
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Charleston Appy Eyes Appalachian Softball Opener
Charleston opens the 14th Appalachian Electric Power Company Softball Tournament Friday at 3 30 p m on Ballard Field facing defending champion Philip Sporn plant. Vernon Kirk will start for Charleston after steering the Elk Kanawha League champions to 23 of 26 wins with a no hitter against Beckley. Frank Martin backs him on the mound as Charleston brings speed and a knuckle ball attack into the tourney opener against teams from Huntington Roanoke and Welch.
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Clarksburg 9 to Face Omaha in BA Tourney
West Virginia Clarksburg Americans meet Omaha Nebraska in Babe Ruth League world series for 13 to 15 year olds at Dish Field in Austin Texas. Game time is 7 30 p m EST. The winner advances to face Stamford or Terra Haute from an earlier scheduled game. Eight teams compete in the single elimination tourney.
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Australian doubles clinch Davis Cup spot at Forest Hills
Australia seized a 3-0 lead in the American Zone finals at Forest Hills New York by defeating Italy in doubles 7 5 13 11 7 5. Rex Hartwig and Lew Hoad defeated Orlando Sirola and Nicola Pietrangeli. In Brookline Massachusetts Tony Trabert and Vic Seixas won the doubles for the United States in the National Doubles tournament 6 0 6 3 6 3.
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