Browns into NFL title game as Lions Rams eye tie
Browns advance to a third straight NFL championship after a 37-34 loss to the Giants while the Eagles fall to the Redskins 27-21. Rams beat the Steelers 23-14 to close in on the Lions, who thumped Dallas 41-6 on Saturday, with the conference crown to be decided next Sunday in Detroit.
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Orlo Robertson
NEW York P
Cleveland Browns
Los Aangeles
Detroit
Browns
NFL
New York Giants
Philadelphia Eagles
Los Angeles’ ‘Coliseum
Lions
Rams
Dallas
Norm van Brocklin
Cleveland
Los Angeles
Gordon Saltau
San Francisco 49Ers
LaSalle and Seton Hall Set Pace On College Maples
LaSalle and Seton Hall chart busy weeks with multiple cross country games. LaSalle beat Dayton 73-64 in overtime and faces Arizona San Francisco and Stanford. Seton Hall hosts Louisville John Carroll and Western Kentucky at Madison Square Garden as Walter Dukes leads a strong scoring attack.
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LaSalle
Seton Hall
Beckley Little League Holds Annual Meeting Tonight
Beckley Little League meets at 7 45 p m at the Elks Club to review 1952 finances and nominate officers for 1953. The agenda includes proposed constitutional changes and setting boundary lines to conform to national population rules. Head managers may be chosen and teams assigned to expedite league operations.
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Beckley Little League
Elks Club
Rough Schedule Faces State Fives This Week
The week brings key games for West Virginia and rivals as 19 WVU squads play 22 games overall. West Virginia hosts William and Mary and Richmond in Southern Conference showdowns while Morris Harvey and Alderson Broaddus clash, and Marshall joins the NAIA tournament in Kansas City.
Lakers and Nationals Lead Pro Basketball Action
In Minneapolis the Lakers beat the Rochester Royals 95-77 with six players in double digits led by Slater Martin 17. Syracuse Nationals defeated Philadelphia Warriors 102-83 as five players reached double figures with Dolph Schayes scoring 20. Fort Wayne topped Indianapolis 86-71 as Larry Foust scored 27. Celtics beat Baltimore 93-73 and Knicks edged Hawks 74-69. No games tonight.
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Minneapolis
Lakers
Rochester Royals
Slater Martin
Bob Harrison
George Mikan
Pep Saul
Vern Mikkelson
Lew Hitch
Nationals
Philadelphia Warriors
Syracuse
Dolph Schayes
Wally Osterkorn
Red Rocaa
Billy Gabor
Paul Seymour
Nats
Larry Foust
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
Boston Celtics
Baltimore
Bob Cousy
New York Knicks
Milwaukee Hawks
Pro Hoop
Syracuse Pet
Teeta Wenn
Boston Ee
Tae Ase
Philadelphia
Rochester Sevens
Peereaee
Milwaukee
Tri K Basketball Club Drops First Contest
The Tri K Boys Club of Beckley College loses 50 48 to St Francis DeSales Church League at Beckley Junior High School gym. Caldwell scores 32 for Tri K while Coponiti Statzer lead Catholic with 18 and 17 points respectively.
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Tri-K
Beckley College
St. Francis de Sales Church
Beckley
James Trimpboli
Catholic
Julius Caldwell
Caldwell
Coponiti
Statzer
Tri- K
Sam Tassatino
James Crotty
Bill Dawson
Clyde Sutphin
Don Long
Vito Rizzi
Harold Statzer
Louie Tepina
Steve Peelish
Mike Volosky
Mike Coponiti
Nick Hajash
Steve Pachuta
Basketball Scores Roundup From Various Colleges
A chaotic list of college basketball scores across regions noting teams such as Rhode Island St Johns New York University Louisville Temple Niagara Seton Hall Penn Columbia Holy Cross Boston University Toledo Canisius Stevens Tech Miami Pittsburgh Penn State Connecticut Boston College Navy Yale Cornell Fordham Princeton Harvard Williams Quantico Marines Syracuse Middlebury Tufts Maine Vermont Albright Bucknell Villanova St Francis PA Geneva PA Carnegie Tech Westminster Bethany Waynesburg Alderson-Broaddus Morris Harvey Concord West Liberty Wesleyan Marietta NC State Morehead Florida Stetson George Washington Wash Lee William and Mary Virginia Georgetown Loyola American Richmond Clemson Auburn Randolph-Macon Catholic VMI Lynchburg Hamp-Sydney Virginia Medical High Point Elon Kings Tenn Carson-Newman East Tennessee Emory Howard Sewanee Fisk Morehouse Gallandet Frostburg McCrary Wake Forest Tennessee Tech Georgetown Murray Middle Tennessee Midwest Michigan Minnesota Nebraska Purdue Wabash Kansas State Indiana Ohio State St Louis Washington State Notre Dame Marquette Bradley Iowa State Missouri Western Reserve Oklahoma A&M Texas Tech Creighton Ohio Kent State Moorint Union Wittenberg Muskingum Otterbein John Carroll Youngstown Ohio Northern Heidelberg Wooster Kenyon Fenn Defiance Ashland SOUTHWEST Rice Kansas Oklahoma Arkansas Mississippi State FAR WEST Southern California Utah UCLA Washington California College of Pacific Oregon State Santa Clara
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Westward Ho
la Salle
Philadelphia
Explorers
Dayton
Flyers
Arizona
San Francisco
Santa Clara
Stanford
Seton Hall
South Orange
N. J
Setonians
Kings
Pirates
Louisville
John Carroll
Western Kentucky
Madison Square Garden
Walter Dukes
North Carolina State
Wolfpack
George Washington
Texas Tech
N. C. State
Eastern Kentucky
Bob Speight
Frank McGuire
North Carolina
St. John's
Brooklyn
Tar Heels
Raleigh
Louisiana State University
Kentucky
Alabama
Ilinois
Michigan
Kansas State
Wildcats
Drake
Indiana
East Lansing
Mich
Notre Dame
Michigan State
Kansas
SMU
Lawrence
Fighting Irish
Loyola of Chicago
East
UCLA
Far West
Brigham Young
Cougars
Washington State
Groton State
Pacific Coast
California
Washington
Associated Press
Kansas City
West Virginia
West Virginia State
West Virginia University
Maryland
William and Mary
Richmond
Marshall
Xavier
Washington University
St. Louis
Big Green
Walt Walowac
Washburn University of
Morris Harvey
Alderson-Broaddus
Waynesburg
Pikeville
Beckley
Williamson
Emory and Henry
Concord
Montgomery
Shepherd
Washington of St. Louis
Mountain State
Ashland
Virginia Union
Davis and Elkins
Fairmont
Salem
Bluefield
West Virginia Tech
Glenville
Potomac
Frostburg
Washington and Jefferson
Naia Journey
WVU
Morris Convey
Kansasity
Bethany
A-B
Tech
West Liberty
Wesleyan
Rhode Island
St. Johns
New York Univ
LaFayette
Temple
Niagara
Lemoyne
Penn
Delaware
Columbia
Rutgers
Holy Cross
Boston Univ
Toledo
Canisius
Stevens Tech
MIST
Miami
Pittsburgh
Penn State
Wash. & Jeff
Connecticut
Boston College
Navy
Yale
Cornell
Colgate
Fordham
Princeton
Harvard
Brown
Williams
Hamilton
Quantico Marines
Syracuse
Middlebury
Tufts
Maine
Vermont
Albright
Bucknell
Villanova
St. Francis
Geneva
Carnegie Tech
Westminster
Marietta
Auburn
Birmingham Southern
Randolph-Macon
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VMI
Lynchburg
Hamp-Sydney
Virginia Medical
High Point
Elon
Tenn
Carson-Newman
East Tenessee
Howard
Sewanee
Fisk Tenn
Morehouse
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Georgetown
Murray
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Midwest Town
Minnesota
Nebraska
Purdue
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Butler
Ohio State
Marquette
Bradley
Iowa State
Missouri
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Cincinnati
Western Reserve
Oklahoma A&m
Creighton
Ohio Univ
Kent State
Moorint Union
Wittenberg
Muskingum
Otterhein
Youngstown
Ohio Northern
Heidelberg
Wooster
Albion
Kenyon
Fenn
Defiance
Southwest Rice
Oklahoma
Methodist
Arkansas
Mississippi State
Utah
U.C.L.A
College of Pacific
Oregon State
Eagles and Eaglets to Appear in Beckley Benefit Night
Beckley fans will see Central Junior High School Eaglets and Woodrow Wilson High School Flying Eagles in a benefit program at the Recreation Building. The Eaglets scrimmage at 7 15 p m while the Flying Eagles intrasquad session follows at 7 35 p m. A main event features the Beard ed Beauties versus Pinecrest Club at 8 p m with noted players and comedians. Net proceeds support high school stadium dressing rooms.
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Beckley
Ross Irle
Central
Eaglets
Woodrow Wilson High School
Flying Eagles
House of David Quintet
Pinecrest
Bill Collier
Eagle‘s
State
High School Athletic Association
Bobby Roth
Johnny Rogers
Shady Spring
Jimmy Farmer
Red Dobbins
Julius Caldwell
Buddy Worthington
Arlie Kidwell
Bearded Davids
Moose’’ Gordon
Daniel Boone
McDaniel
Norm Cox
Ross Lebeck
University of Washington
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
National Guardsmen Wallop Montgomery Team
National Guardsmen of Beckley defeated Co. A of Montgomery at the local Armory yesterday afternoon, rolling up a 111 to 52 victory. Lilly, Tanner and Dacal each scored 20 or more points for the winners.
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Co. F. National Guard
Beckley
Co. A
Montgomery
Lilly
Tanner
Dacal
Tha Cenra
West Virginia Basketball Team Has One Senior Captain
Of 15 Mountaineer basketball players 12 are West Virginia natives. Like football captain Paul Bischoff, basketball carries only one senior in Captain Jim Sottile who serves as senior class president while Bischoff leads the student body.
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West Virginia
Paul Bischoff
Mountaineers
Jim Sottile
Bischoff
Sottile
Hawks Prepare for 3-Game Swing in Three Days
Beckley College Blue Hawks, 1 win in 4 on the season, open a three game span in Williamson against Pikeville Junior College tonight. They meet again Tuesday in Pikeville then host Concord College Wednesday at Beckley Recreation Building before a long break until Jan. 5.
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Bowman
Beckley College Blue Hawks
Hawks
Williamson
Pikeville
Beckley
Concord College Mountain Lions
Recreation Building
Blue Hawks
West Virginia Wesleyan
Buckhannon
Burke Wins Miami Open in Sudden Death Playoff
Burke, ex Marine from Houston, defeated Dick Mayer of St. Petersburg in a 72 hole tight finish at 273 seven under par. Burke earned 2000 for first and raised 1952 season winnings to 21003. Mayer missed a clutch birdie in the fifth extra hole to end runner up.
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Miami
Fla
Jack Burke
Houston
Tex
Burke
Dick Mayer
St. Petersiburg
Mayer
Army Tank Corps
Doug Ford
Harrison
N. Y
Ford
Bolt
Jim Ferrier
San Francisco
Ferrier
Sportsmanship Council Organizes and Adopts Rating Plan
The Southeastern Sportsmanship Council formed at Beckley Recreation Building adopts a five county plan to award an Area Sportsmanship Championship. Gene Morehouse named executive secretary as schools in Fayette Mercer Raleigh Summers and Wyoming Counties prepare to rate players fans coaches and officials beginning January 12.
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Southeastern Sportsmanship Council
Fayette
Mercer
Raleigh
Summers
Wyoming
Gene Morehouse
Post-Herald
Raleigh Register
Beckley
Trap Hill
Oak Hill
Fayette County
Hinton
Oceana
West Virginia
Morehouse
Furman's Selvy Tops SC Scoring Pace This Season
Furman University sophomore Frank Selvy leads the Southern Conference scoring race with a 26.7 point average through three league games. The 6-foot-3 forward from Corbin Kentucky has 80 points on 30 field goals and 20 free throws. Virginia Military’s Bill Ralph and Wake Forest sophomores Jackie Williams and Dickie Hemric follow in the standings as North Carolina holds a 4-0 conference mark. The schedule lists key matchups this week including Maryland at Virginia Military and Furman visiting Manhattan.
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Frank Selvy
Furman University
Selvy
Furman
Corbin
Ashind Duke
Dick Stoat
West Virginia
Mark Workman
Virginia Military
Bill Ralph
Wake Forest
Jackie Williams
Dickie Hemric
Williams
Hemric
Maryland
Deacons
Changes in Area Hoop Schedules Announced
Changes in several high school basketball schedules were announced. Princeton will host Hinton tonight instead of Tuesday. Clear Fork adds four games including Colcora on Dec 19 and Matewan at Clear Fork on Feb 7. Greenville plays Alderson on Dec 16 and Jan 19 at Alderson.
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Don Gibson
Clear Fork
Burch
Colcora
Matewan
Greenville High
Alderson High
Indians
Greenville
Rufus Houchins
Greenies
Alderson
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Dan Towler
Giants
Eddie Price
Charley Conerly
Polo Grounds
New Yorkers
Chicago Bears
Chicago Cardinals
George Bianda
Feld
Chuck Hunsinger
National Basketball Association
Tri-K Basketball Club
National Guardsmen
Wallop Montgomery
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Floyd
Sutphin
C. Tanner
Smith
Manning
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Jeffries
Bailey
Logan
Crisp
Kitchen
Chicago Cards
Ali Dallas
Mullens Lars
Smartwear Shop
Mullens Jewelers
Wyoming Theatre
I Moosehaven
Mooseheart
Tommy Jo's
B. Rinehart
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Porterfield
Higgins
Mullens
Gordon
Connor Wi
Humphrey
Sellington
Gillispie
Ellis
McCoy
Nealie
Hogg
Burcham
Campbell
Frank Mooseheart
Smiley
Rinehart
Bing
Smartwear Peck
Sanford
Bolling
Ayers
Mullins
Emmett Blevens Co
Brook St
Louisville 2
Calvert
Dad
Calvert Reserve
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House of David
Sportsmanship Council
S.C
Robert Moore
Colonials
Washington and Lee
Rich
Mond
South Carolina
McCrary Eagles
Lexington
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Virginia
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Duke
Clemson
Presbyterian
Washton and Lee
Lenoir Rhyne
Roanoke Virginia Military
Manhattan
le Keys Law
Enith
Quality TV
Mountbatten
Zenith
Beckley Music & Electric Company
Beckley Music
Zenith Television
Colin McLuckey
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