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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1960
Page
7
Beckley College faces Salem in a WWC tilt as Miller scores 20 to pace Beckley and Weikle adds key late baskets. Franklin leads for Oak Hill with 18 points, Sumpter adds 12 with 9 rebounds, and a high-scoring, back-and-forth first game ends with Beckley overcoming Oak Hill 73-63.
Coach Joe Cook plans a smaller experienced Beckley College lineup for tonight at the Beckley Recreation Building to face Salem. Beckley, 5 games in, has beaten National Business of Virginia and Bluefield State but lost to Davis Elkins Wheeling and Rio Grande. Wiseman may miss due to ankle injury. Shenandoah game postponed to Jan 9.
Park Drug edged Smokehouse 80 to 74 as Tony Lusk poured in 31 points and Gilbert added 23 in the second half surge for the winner. In the nightcap L & B defeated Combined Insurance 47 to 27 for their first win of the season and Insurance’ s debut. Luis Aparicio of the Chicago White Sox is listed as a co owner of Rapinos in Venezuela’s Occidental League.
Los Angeles faces Green Bay in a crucial Western showdown as the Rams, boasting tough defense and key players like Ollie Matson, prepare to disrupt the Packers running game led by Hornung and Taylor. A Green Bay win seals the division. a loss could spark a playoff scramble involving Baltimore, San Francisco, Detroit, and Green Bay.
Washington and Los Angeles executives meet to select 28 players from a 120 person pool for new American League rosters. Each team pays 75 000 dollars per player, with at least 4.2 million changing hands. First choices decided by coin flip. eight teams field 15 eligible players each. no more than seven from one club. Gil McDougald expected as first choice by Doherty, though retirement alters plans.
The Boston Celtics lost to the New York Knicks 117-115, their second straight defeat and fifth in seven games. Knicks player-coach Carl Braun tossed a long pass to set up the winning shot in the final seconds. Boston sits 12 games behind Philadelphia in the Eastern Division.
Senate boxing probes summoned Frankie Carbo from his prison cell for questioning about his grip on boxing as an underworld czar. Carbo, jailed in New York for illegal undercover ties to big fights, was linked to International Boxing Clubs and gang wars with figures like Waxey Gordon and Bugsy Siegel. Sonny Liston testified he never knew underworld figures cut in on his earnings and would oppose them if proven true.
Wesleyan hosts Glenville State as the Western Division leader seeks win number two in league play. Glenville State is 2-1 in conference and fell 91-87 to Salem in its last game while Wesleyan sits 1-0 in the circuit. Nearby college action includes Fairmont, Salem, Concord, Bethany, Potomac State, and Bluefield State in slated intraleague matchups. Concord beat Salem in OT 100-100 with three 20-point scorers each side, and Bethany edged Wheeling 83-82 as Joe Kurey scored 25. West Liberty routed Marietta 88-69 in nonleague action.
Tuesday results show Philadelphia 110 over Detroit 108 and New York 117 over Boston 115 while Syracuse beat Cincinnati 107 to 105. Wednesday features Philadelphia at Detroit and St. Louis at Los Angeles, plus New York at Cincinnati. Thursday’s schedule has Syracuse versus Boston in Providence.
BEVERLY ELKINS AP A power failure hit the Beverly area causing Newburg and Beverly to halt their basketball game with Newburg leading 40 36 and three minutes left in the third period. Officials sought a replay authorization from Gordon Eisman of the State Secondary School Activities Commission while a Monongahela Power Co. official cited a feeder line breakdown serving Beverly and Coalton.
Floyd Patterson wins the Edward J. Neil Memorial Plaque as Fighter of the Year from boxing writers. Ned Brown, veteran sports writer, receives the James J. Walker award for meritorious service to boxing. The article notes Brown’s long career and other special awards and officers re-elected in boxing circles.
Tri County scoring leader Arnold Sizemore of Owls has 102 points from three games, averaging 34. He scored 40 in the opener against the Stoco Indians, leading Pete McKinney of Sophia by 38 points. McKinney has 64 points in three games, averaging 21. Billy Cochran of Shady Spring holds third with 60 points, averaging 15. Other top scorers include Terry Cook Glen Rogers 57, Basil McKinney Herndon 55, Frank Bailey Shady 50, Robert Stanton Mount Hope 46, Dale Adkins Shady 45, James Stewart Oceana 45, Stanley Fox Ansted 44. Coaches should report scoring column errors to The Register Sports Staff.
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