West Virginia Fans Hope For Lineup Shakeup vs Richmond
Coach Fred Schaus plans a lineup change for West Virginia as they face Richmond to rebound from a 75-72 loss at Charleston. The 25th straight home win and 40th conference win rest on correcting Richmonds zone defense, with Lee Patrone a likely starter.
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Moore Recaps Durelle Knockout In Title Bout Film
Archie Moore reviews a video of his 11th round knockout of Yvon Durelle in Montreal. He describes the fight’s first half as rough and the second half as great, noting a disputed knockdown and a dramatic finish. The Associated Press reports on his reaction and commentary.
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Yvon Durelle
Montreal
Archie
Durelle
Jack Sharkey
Moore
Cincinnati Maintains 1 2 3 Standings In AP Poll
Cincinnati Kentucky and Kansas State kept the top three spots in the AP ranking after wins last week. Cincinnati edged Kentucky by one first place vote and 28 points, 40 firsts and 938 points to 39 and 910 for Kentucky. Kansas State stood third with 741 points after beating California and San Francisco. West Virginia dropped to seventh after a loss to Virginia. Northwestern moved to sixth, Xavier ninth, North Carolina 10th.
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Hugh Fullerton JR
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Geoffrion Sets NHL Scoring Pace for Canadiens
Bernie Geoffrion of Montreal seized the NHL scoring lead last week with 17 goals and 22 assists for 30 points after a productive run that included a hat trick. Andy Bathgate trails with 28 points on 19 goals and 9 assists, while Gordie Howe sits three points back. Jacques Plante strengthens his goalkeeping lead with four shutouts and a 2.25 GAA across 26 games, with Terry Sawchuk second in GAA at 2.47 after allowing nine goals in three games.
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Sawchuk
WVU Grid Squad Names Fairbanks As Captain
WVU football team named Terry Fairbanks senior end as honorary captain for the past season. Fairbanks, 6-1 200 pounds from Parsons, is the third player in succession to receive the honor.
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WVU
Beckley Jaycees Outline Pre game for BC Salem tilt
Eddie Canterbury of the Beckley Jaycees announced a triple header for the Beckley College Salem State Conference basketball game at the Recreation Building. A short preliminary game against a Civitan club will precede the 8 pm college clash, with halftime entertainment by Beard Dancing School. Tickets are at Jaycee members or at the door. Beckley aims to rebound against Salem before Christmas and resumes January 9 hosting Davis Elkins with high scorer Doug Wilcox.
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Kentucky Survives Close Call In Basketball Roundup
Kentucky escaped a late scare to beat Maryland 58-56 in overtime at Lexington for their sixth straight win. Kansas State lost 77-68 to BYU at Provo after star Bob Boozer left with knee injuries. Maryland's Charlie McNeil led scorers with 21 as Kentucky's Johnny Cox and Dick Parsons paced the victory. Several other top teams played, including Mississippi State, Illinois, Wisconsin, Purdue, Seattle Seahawks? No, Seahawks.
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Dick Parsons
Charlie McNeil
Cox
Le Baron Wins Passing Title in NFL 1958
Washington Redskins quarterback Eddie Le Baron clinched the NFL passing title by yards per attempt with an unofficial 9.41 average on 79 completions in 145 attempts. He led off with a 164 yard day including a 71 yard score to Bill Anderson in a 20 0 win over Philadelphia. Le Baron expects this to be his final pro season to pursue a law career at George Washington Law School.
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Redskins
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College of the Pacific
George Washington Law School
College Basketball Scores Across West Virginia and East Coast
West Virginia Tech topped Salem 117 to 78, West Liberty beat Alderson-Broadus 82 to 79, and West Virginia State won 87 to 77 over Beckley. Steubenville fell to Wheeling 95 to 46. Greenbrier Military 57 defeated Washington & Lee Jayvees 39. Connecticut beat Massachusetts 71 to 67 while Kentucky 5 edged Maryland 56 in overtime. Mississippi State 98 defeated Arkansas State 71, and Mississippi 81 beat Southeast Missouri 76. Duke 68 topped South Carolina 61, William & Mary 82 beat VMI 69, Davidson 98 defeated Washington & Lee 1. Xavier New Orleans 67 over Fisk 80, Vanderbilt 80 beat Hardin-Simmons 60, Rice 60 against Tulane 51. LSU 52 lost to Texas 47. Purdue 78 over Col. of Pacific 62, Illinois 68 over Iowa State 46, Nebraska 54 defeated Texas Tech 46, Marquette 79 over Drake 63, Wisconsin 68 beat Missouri 60, New Mexico A&M 62 over Centenary, Brigham Young 77 beat Kansas State. Monday NBA results listed with no games scheduled on Tuesday. planned games Boston vs Syracuse and Cincinnati vs New York.
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Cadets Rally To Fifth Straight Win Over W&L Freshmen
Lewisburg’s Greenbrier Military School edged Washington and Lee University Freshmen 57-39 in Lexington. The Brigadiers slowed the Cadets to 29 first half points and 28 second half, dropping Greenbrier’s scoring average from 100.75 to 92. Four players hit double figures led by Jerry Roy and Carlos Morrison with 13 each, while Deale topped Greenbrier with 11. Greenbrier resumes after Christmas on Jan 10 against the Concord Jayvees at Athens.
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Army Wins Seventh Lambert Trophy For Eastern Football
West Point reports Amy named its seventh Lambert Trophy emblematic of eastern major college football supremacy as Brig. Gen. Gerald Counts accepts the trophy in New York. Army, 8-0-1 in 1958, is represented by Capt. Pete Dawkins, All-America halfback, with Navy having won the award last year.
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Jackets Hand Hawks 87 77 Blowout at Institute
Beckley College’s West Virginia State Jackets defeated the Blue Hawks 87 to 77 at Institute. Tex Williams led Beckley with 27 points, John Anderson paced the Jackets with 28, while Beckley pulled away after a 66-60 second half tallied by the Jackets.
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Boxing results from multiple bouts across cities and nations
A string of boxing outcomes lists fighters by city and country with percentages and scores. Manila Perez defeated Ursa in a world flyweight contest while Greene stopped Saxton in Providence. Persley outpointed Lightburn in Red Cross Louisiana and Ellis outpointed Dunas in Ottawa. Pender stopped Adams in Boston. Calhoun outpointed Jones in Cleveland. Paret outpointed Zalazar in New York. Scholz edged Bellerin in Paris and Johnson halted Watkins in Philadelphia.
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Titer) Jones
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Harold Johnson
Ruby Watkins
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