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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1951
Page
4
Brooklyn reports signed deals for Peewee Reese and Rex Barney. Reese, 31, will earn about 308000 last year’s terms. Barney’s salary also around 12000. Reese is Dodgers field captain and Barney won 15 games in 1948 but struggled in 1950.
Walt Dropo will receive a plaque from the Boston chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America for outstanding rookie of the 1950 season. At the chapter dinner on February 1, Billy Goodman is named Boston's most valuable player and Eddie Collins is honored for long meritorious service to baseball.
Percy Bassett returns to the ring for the first time since the bout in which Sonny Boy West was fatally lured. He faces Ted Davis in a ten round lightweight fight in a benefit for West's widow Bassett, a top ranked lightweight by the NBA, hailing from Philadelphia.
Charleston West Virginia will have 185 days of horse racing this year including 62 days at Waterford Downs near Chester and 46 days for Charles Town and 61 tracing days at Wheeling Downs. Also softball league to organize for 1951 season with Jan 31 meeting at Pinecrest Sanitarium.
The Church Basketball League resumes with a four game program at 7 p.m. at the Recreation Building featuring Methodist Temple vs Christian, Baptist vs Episcopal, Mabscott vs Beth El, and Presbyterian vs Catholic. In City League action Pine Forest and Moose Club won, while Griffiths Quers split wins and losses. Junior Bowman scored 24 for Moose, Keatley added 21, and Pinecrest led by Worthington 17 and Dobbins 12.
Richard F. Nallin, 72, the umpire famed for the 1919 Chicago Cincinnati sellout series, underwent surgery for internal complications yesterday and is reported as “safe.” He retired in 1954 after 17 major league seasons and now operates a 225 acre dairy farm near Frederick, Maryland. Nallin began professional baseball circa 1890, umpired starting 1911, joined the American League in 1915, and finished in the International League in 1934. Pineville dedicates new high school gym Friday with Har ry Cook, former Pineville principal, as guest speaker after a 39-32 Minutemen win over Elkhorn.
North Carolina State and West Virginia share the lead with four league wins each as NCSU thumped George Washington 93-59 with Sammy Ranzino scoring 25. Richmond edged Hampden-Sydney 46-45 while Wake Forest fell to Tennessee 84-77, Furman lost to Newberry 63-60, and Duke dropped 85-76 to Pennsylvania.
Wesleyan and West Liberty sit atop the State Conference standings at 4-0. West Liberty edged Alderson-Broaddus 57-46 at Buckhannon, while Glenville State moved to 1-1 and Eyes Fairmont in a conference clash tonight.
Oak Hill High School opened its 1951 season with a troad game loss to Lookout 31 to 20. Coach Bill Moore joked about slow scoring as the Red Devils tried to implement a keep-away strategy after losing most of last year’s team to graduation. Only the fourth period produced points for either side.
Tonight Bramwell plays Glen Rogers and other district games including Mt. Hope Jr Mt. View at Glen White Jr. Oak Hill led by Harley Fraizer with seven. Generals top scorers. STOCO beat Shady Spring 69 to 48 while Mark Fork edged Trap Hill 39 35. Summersville toppled Ansted 70 54. Gauley Bridge beat Rainelle 54 36 and Renick defeated Hillsboro 53 33. Bobby Herndon led Gauley Bridge with 7 points. Shelor Mills win Red Club event.
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