Two Share Coach Of Year Title Fizer Underwood Named
Logan Virginia Morgantown and Huntington East coaches Homer Fizer and Spike Underwood share the 1946 outstanding coach of the year honor after a tie vote by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association Secretary Charley Hut ton said Fizer led University High to an eight game football season in his first year as head coach Underwood directed Huntington East to eight wins and one loss a year after serving as line coach and successor to H C Lantz at Huntington East
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West Union
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Marshall College
Cleveland
Cincinnati
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H. C
Lantz
Marshall
All Star Football Tilt Planned at Bluefield
Bluefield officials announced an all star football game between West Virginia and Virginia selections to be held likely late next August depending on municipal stadium reconstruction. Bill Leskovar, 1946 outstanding amateur athlete from West Fairmont, has accepted an invitation to play.
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Associated Press
Bluefield
Stubby Currence
Bluefield Amateur Athletic Association
West Virginia
Blue-Gray Squads Arrive For Annual Game
More than four full teams of football players began arriving in Montgomery for the Blue-Gray game. The North and South each bring 24 players plus coaches, check-in tonight and start practice Saturday with double workouts daily until game day.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Ula
Raleigh Register Golden Gloves Entry Blank Request
The Raleigh Register advertises a Golden Gloves tournament in Beckley West Virginia. The event spans January 15 16 and 22 at the Memorial Building with entries signed and dated by the participant including address age and race.
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Bob Wills
Raleigh Register
Beckley
W. Va
Memorial Building
WVU Forms Five Member Committee to Study Athletics
West Virginia University president Irvin Stewart created a five member committee to study all phases of intercollegiate athletics. Members include Robert H. C. Kay and James M. Guther from the alumni group, Dean G. Olt Romney, J. O. Knapp, and Joseph P. Condry with two board of governors representatives Douglas Bowers and William G. Thompson to observe but not join in final recommendations.
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Associated Press
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Irvin Stewart
West Virginia University
Alumni Association
Stewart
Robert H. C. Kay
Charleston
James M. Guther
Clarksburg
G. Olt Romney
Agriculturalit
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Joseph P. Condry
Douglas Bowers
Beckley
William G. Thomp
Montgomery
Illinois Squad Heads to Pasadena Bowl for UCLA Showdown
Chamapaign Illinois 44 man football squad departs tonight for Pasadena to play UCLA in the Rose Bowl on January 1 Coach Ray Ellis named the travel group and kept players sharp with drills in cold 20 degree weather They will stop in New Orleans for two hours on Saturday and arrive in Pasadena Monday morning Also noted is a wartime malaria rate statistic of 19 per thousand per year for overall Army and 49 per thousand for overseas troops.
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Associated Press
Champaign
Ill
Robinson Faces Tammy Bell For Welterweight Title Tonight
Sugar Ray Robinson, the uncrowned champion, meets Tammy Bell in a 15 round welterweight title bid at Madison Square Garden. Robinson, a 1 to 4 favorite, seeks recognition by the New York commission and NBA after five years of waiting. An estimated 15 000 fans are expected for a $90 000 gate in Youngstown’s Bell era.
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Associated Press
New York
Sugar Ray Robinson
Tammy Bell
Youngstown
Ohio
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Bell
New York Commission
National Boxing Association
Madison Square Garden
Robinson
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