Beckley Hosts Huntington East in Top High School Card
Beckley Flying Eagles, 11-3 after a 65-56 win at Mullens, host Huntington East as part of a 12 game area slate. Also featuring Princeton at Oceana, Montgomery at Mount Hope, and Unsetd Highlanders at Rainelle with several conference clashes and potential upsets in Coalfield, New River Valley, Fayette County, and Raleigh County leagues.
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Beckley
Flying Eagles
Mullens
Huntington East Highlanders
Princeton
Montgomery
Ansted
Coalfield
New River Valley
Mount Hope
Hoop Slate Opens With Mountain State Showdowns
Today's schedule features Beckley hosting Logan at Bluefield while Oak Hill visits Hinton and Princeton meets Oceana. Mount Hope travels to Montgomery, Mark Twain to Sophia, and a slate of college games includes Bluefield State at West Virginia State and Shepherd at Potomac with Concord at Pikeville, Ky.
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Montgomery
Mark Twain
Sophia
Bluefield State
W. Va
German bobsledder sets new record at St Moritz
West Germany's Franz Schelle shattered his own mark on the St Moritz bobsled track during official training for the four man world championships. He clocked 1:17.56 to beat his previous record of 1:18.12 set in a trial run. The championships begin this weekend.
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ST. Moritz
Switzerland
West Germany
Franz Schelle
Schelle
Eagles May Lose CC Despite Best Record
Beckley’s Flying Eagles sit atop the Coalfield Conference with the best record yet face a tricky route to the title due to the league’s point rating system. They beat Mullens 65 56 in Mullens as Princeton already closed its season 8 0, leaving Beckley to chase an unlikely turnaround.
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Flying Eagles
Princeton Tigers
United Press International
Oceana
Oceana Indians
Tigers
Indians
Don Weir
Rod Thorn
Princeton
Beckley
Coalfield
Eagles
Mullens Rebels
Mullens
Mount Hope
Oak Hill
Bluefield
Woodpile
Mercer County
Shady Spring
Stoco
Hinton
Beaver
Sophia
Shady Spill
Logan
Rebels
Glenn ‘Bug’ Smith
Rod Harmon
Buzzy Ragland
Sam Cohn
Bill Barnard
Beckley College Opens Northern Road Swing in Basketball
Beckley College Blue Hawks start a two game northern trip with a visit to Davis and Elkins tonight then play Salem College on Saturday. They return home to face Sue Bennett Junior College Monday before the State Conference tourney at Buckhannon where a win or two could lift Beckley to 10th. Tex Williams, Ron Manning, Pete Culberto, Robert Morris and Bob Backus are in the starting lineup for both Elkins and Salem trips.
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Beckley College
Blue Hawks
Davis & Elkins
Salem College
Sue Bennett Junior College of
London
Bill Bowman
Buckhannon
Beckley
Shepherd State College
Wilcox
Senators
Recreation Building
Bowman
Hawks
Salem
Bethany
Tex Williams
Ron Manning
Pete Culberto
Robert Morris
Bob Backus
Elkins
Kayes Feature GG Title Bouts Rapp Gray Named Champs
The Sectional Golden Gloves crowned 16 champions and a team winner after three nights at the Recreation Building. Open and novice divisions named champions led by Tommy Rapp of Skelton and Skippy Gray of Fayetteville with Beckley and Truax Traer earning multiple titles. Open eight champions join Beckley in the Tri-State Regional Tournament Feb 18 21 at Huntington.
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Tommy Rapp
Skelton
Skippy Gray
Fayetteville
Rapp
Gray
Truax- Traer
Eunice
John Mayo
Mount Rope
Edward Premo
Mabscott
Jerry Lester
Beckley
Levi Logan
Mead
Chick Scarbro
Bernard
Bulldog” Sims
Hinton
Sam Warwick
Mount Hope
Gary Pettry
Truax-Traer
Charles Holsten
June Taylor
Charles Sensabugh
Lawrence Newsom
Huntington
Henry Morton
Newson
Alex Combs
Fitzy Fitzpatrick
Oak Hill
Scarbro
Price Carr
Chick'’ Scarbro
Charlies Sensabaugh
George Christian
Harold Wade
Warwick
Carr
Countian
Truax-Tracr
Eunice Boys
Daniel Vid
Wildman
Barefoot
Moe
Ergo
Truax-Traer Boys
Pitt AD Sees Likely New National Football Conference
Pitt Athletic Director Tom Hamilton said at a Wednesday luncheon in Oakland that it is quite likely a new national college football conference will be formed. He declined to estimate timing and named interested teams including Pitt, Penn State, Army, Navy, Notre Dame, Syracuse, USC, UCLA, California, Washington, the Air Force Academy and possibly Stanford.
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Pittsburgh
Tom Hamilton
University of Pittsburgh
Hamiton
Oakland Chamber of Commerce
Pitt
Penn State
Army
Navy
Notre Dame
Syracuse
Southern California
UCLA
California
Washington
Air Force Academy
Stanford
Elliott Expects To Lose Some Races
Australian distance great Herb Elliott said he expects to lose a few races in 1958 as he trains toward the 1960 Olympic Games. He spoke after receiving the Helms Foundation world trophy at a dinner in his honor and will depart for Australia on Friday.
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Los Angeles
Herb Elliott
Australia
Elliott
Helms Foundation
Plumbers Edge Hillsdale In OT Thriller
TALCOTT Franks Plumbing Beckley edged Hillsdale Independent 101 to 97 in overtime. Bill Jackson scored 49 points to lead all scorers and spark the Plumbers to victory.
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Talcott — Franks
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Beckley Ice & Feed CO
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Truax Traer
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al MeeGan
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