Duke Arkansas Clash Draws Beckley Eyes In Cotton Bowl
Duke arrives in San Antonio then heads to Dallas for the Cotton Bowl against Arkansas with Beckley’s Walt Rappold starring as Duke’s quarterback. Rappold notes Duke’s passing attack and a speedy Razorbacks backfield, while Duke’s weight edge could shape the game. Also previews a March 20 heavyweight title bout Patterson vs Johansson and Liston’s bid for a title shot.
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Mount Hope Triumphs In Fayette County Tourney Action
Mount Hope posted a 58-44 win over Ansted as Howard Griffith and Ernest Lee led the Mustangs with 14 points each. Fayetteville outlasted Gauley Bridge 57-54 with Lee and Stanton grabbing 12 and 11 points, while Gauley Bridge’s Johnny Webb led scorers with 18. Mount Hope and Fayetteville advance to the championship. Ansted meets Gauley Bridge in the consolation.
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Fairview
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Griffithsville
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Coon Hunter Survives 550 Foot Fall in Smoky Mountains
Maryville hunter Bill Everett 45 stepped off a 400 foot cliff above Calderwood Lake while chasing hounds. He tumbled 400 feet then 150 more to a second ledge, was saved by fellow hunters and rescued by boat, treated for cuts and bruises before hospital release. Also scores listed: De Paul 71 Miami 70 and St Louis 74 SMU 50.
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Ohio
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Pietrangeli Defeats Fraser in Davis Cup Final Match
Nicola Pietrangeli defeated a hobbling Neale Fraser 11-9 6-3 1-6 6-2 in the final singles, giving Italy a 4-1 setback as Australia clinched ninth challenge round victory in 11 years. Fraser's knee will need surgery, described by an Australian columnist as Fraser's secret gamble.
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Australia
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Orlando Sirola
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Roy Emerson
West Virginia Tech Meets Lawrence Tech in Rochester Invite
West Virginia Tech faced Lawrence Tech of Detroit in the second game of the Rochester Invitational opening round. Indiana Tech played Lowell Tech in the tournament opener. Two more games were set for tonight with Illinois vs Pratt and Rochester vs Newark College of Engineering.
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Indiana Tech
Lowell Tech
Illinois
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State to hold nine meetings on game and fish rules
Charleston UPI The State Conservation Commission will exceed the required six regional meetings by three, convening nine start ing Jan 9 in Clarksburg. Subsequent sessions are in Morgantown Wheeling Parkersburg Charleston Beckley Elkins Petersburg and Martinsburg with venues at county courthouses except Elkins at the YMCA. Outdoorsmen may propose hunting and fishing season regulations for 1961.
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UPI
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Morgantown
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Beckley
Elkins
Petersburg
Martinsburg
YMCA
Injuries and bad breaks hampered New York Giants says Sam Huff
West Virginia star Sam Huff blamed a string of injuries and bad breaks for the New York Giants third place finish in the Eastern Division. He cited key players including Frank Gifford Charley Conerly Alex Webster Jim Katcavage and Dick Nolan who spent more time recovering than playing. Huff noted Gifford concussion and Conerly out several games and said the team must rebuild with youth while Conerly nears retirement. He predicts aging rivals Philadelphia and Cleveland will shape the East next season. Huff plans three more years in the league before retirement.
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Frank Gifford
Charley Conerly
Alex Webster
Jim Katcavage
Dick Nolan
Connerly
Gifford
Philadelphia Eagles
Jim Lee Howell
Conerly
Philadel
Eagles
Browns
Green Bay Packers
Eetefeterbees
van Brocklin
West Virginia High School Basketball Scores and Tourneys
A compact roundup of West Virginia high school results from United Press International including Weirton defeating Parkersburg 63 40 and Notre Dame 45 Shinnston 41. The report also lists scores from other state teams and tournament matchups across regions and venues in New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and beyond.
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United Press International High School
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Parkersburg
Triadelphia
Linsly Military
Wheeling Central
Warwood
Madonna
Burgettstown
Grafton
Monongah
Clarksburg
Notre Dame
Shinnston
Buckhannon
West Milford
Weston
Jane Lew
Philippi
Bridgeport
Roosevelt Wilson
Lost Creek
Tri-County Scoring Race Led by Sizemore and Pugh Holds
Last week added 24 names to Tri County score list now at 65 members. Arnold Sizemore increased lead from 159 to 179 in a game versus Matoaka with 20 points for the week, averaging 30 over six games. Rudolph Pugh stayed second with 114 points in four contests, while Pete McKinney rose to third with 110 after 23 points last week for Sophia. Robert Stanton moved to No 4 with 95, up from 16th with 55 prior week. Howard Griffith has 49 and Teddy Spadaro 21, as Jim Woodie nears 90 points for Sophia. Stoco’s Stanley Wyce has 86 in four games, the Mount Hope squad’s top scorer for the season.
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Conley
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Pete McKinney
Sophia
Pugh
Robert Stanton
Mount Hope Mustangs
Stanton
Mount Hope Cagers
Howard Griffith
Nets
Teddy Spadaro
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Woodie
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Denmark
Stoco
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Ken Wheeler
Terry Cook
Basil McKinney
Herndon
Gary Utt
MNAME
Arnold Sizemore
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Mt Hope
Sophia Stanley Wyco
Basil McKinney Herndon
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Frank Bailey
Larry Sumter
Oak Hill
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Oceana
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Mark Twain
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Baileysville
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Roger Blackw
Donald Humphrey
Stanley Cook
Willie Williams
Rudolph Hoston
Byrd-Prillerman Stratton
Samuel McVey
Ronald Stratton
Bill Robinette
Mullens
Brown shines as Shrine Game star and NFL suitor
Illinois fullback Bill Brown earned MVP honors in the North-South Shrine All-Star game after scoring three touchdowns in the Orange Bowl victory. The 211-pound, 5'11" back rushed 27 times for 129 yards, breaking two records, and drew pro offers from the New York Titans and Vancouver Lions as he contemplates a pro future and graduation with his bride Karen.
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Miami, Fla
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University of Illinois
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Maryland
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Bowdry Defeats Pastrano In Miami Beach Fight
Jesse Bowdry of St. Louis out pointed Willie Pastrano of Miami in a ten round welterweight bout held in Miami Beach. Bowdry was listed at 182 pounds and Pastrano at 180 pounds.
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UPI
Jesse Bowdry
St. Louis
Willie Pastrano
Miami
Fla
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