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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1946
Page
5
Sunday Register notes Beckley boxing card headlined by McGorman and Clark I returning to top the local fight lineup. The piece also surveys postwar football season, highlighting Notre Dame, Army, Navy, Delaware, and Muhlenberg with coach profiles and team trajectories.
The article details first round bowling results from Trap Hill High School, with Jay Tris from Palace Theater posting a 224, and a 492 series by a boy’s team. It notes girls league entries, captains, and junior high schedules, plus league leaders in Major and Merchants divisions and notable individual performances.
The Virginia boxing squad outlines its lineup around two brothers and several starters. Key figures include Miragliatti and Warkech as standout light and heavyweights, with Poeath from Raifis as the lone heavyweight contender.
The West Virginia racing authority ordered the suspension of a Charles Town jockey after findings of misconduct during a race meet. The commission voted to revoke the jockey license and remove the rider from further competition pending appeal or further action.
Promoter Waite schedules a six bout card at the Memorial Building featuring Johnny McGorman and Wild Bill Clark in the main events. The show includes Harriston versus Cousins and Clayton versus Willis with several local fighters from Beckley Mount Hope and Shady Spring. Clark seeks another win toward the Golden Gloves while McGorman aims to temper the Beckleyan rivalry with McGorman.
Amas Stagg, 84, resigns as football coach at College of the Pacific and takes an advisory role with his son at Susquehanna University. He plans to focus on athletics in his new position and aims to begin spring practice with the team.
Notre Dame tackle Rainey Connor wins the Outland Trophy as the best interior lineman in college football. Connor, a 225 pound tackle at Notre Dame, is praised by Eda Krause as one of the greatest tackles ever seen. The award was established by Dr Johnny H. Outland of Kansas City and honors the 1897 All-America tackle for the Quakers.
Associated Press reports that the New York Giants can secure the Eastern Division title and a playoff berth with a win over Washington in their home game. Washington must win to stay alive, while other NFL games carry less significance as the season nears its end.
The Associated Press reports the Philadelphia Phillies acquired pitcher Dutch Leonard from Washington and outfielder Gene Woodling from Cleveland in exchange for catcher Al Lopez amid winter meetings. A pension plan committee, with funding details, was also formed as owners and Commissioner Chandler concluded sessions.
West Virginia predicts a record fur season with commercial harvests planned for mink and muskrats through February 15, 1947. The mink season began December 2 with a trapping season opening, and raccoons possums and skunks run November 1 to January 31. The 1944-43 fur take was valued at $148,1337.03. The Conservation Commission expanded predator control by adding four experts to train sportsmen, farmers, and 4-H members in trapping, boosting public interest.
Six All Conference and two Little All America players have accepted bids to join Penn State Temple Dickinson College and others in the eighth annual Blue-Gray game on December 26. The list includes many All-Nine Southern and Southeastern stars with two players from each major squad. Complete rosters name Penn State, Temple, Indiana Duke Mississippi State and others with tackles guards backs and centers from top colleges.
Walter Johnson, 59, famed baseball star nicknamed "Big Train," was reported in grave condition after a sudden turn for the worse at Georgetown Hospital. He had four relapses and remained unconscious since yesterday, with labored breathing and slight improvement today per hospital officials.
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