Unbeatens clash as Beckley hosts Charleston and Shady Spring at Clear Fork
Beckley hosts Charleston and Shady Spring visits Clear Fork in two top tri county boy’s games on an attractive 13 game docket. Charleston rides a four win streak led by Chris Smith while Beckley aims to topple the state powerhouse.
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Tony Simpson
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Harry Crispie
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Tom Jones
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Conley
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Wilt Chamberlain Dominates Scoring As College Hoops Slows
Wilt Chamberlain of Kansas leads major college scoring with a 34.0 point average and 306 points in nine games through last Saturday, while Grady Wallace and Chet Forte trail. Team scoring has fallen, with Ohio and Morehead State posting around 90 points per game, and several season leaders listed in field goal and free throw categories.
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Grady Wallace
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Columbia
Little Chet Forte
Chamberlain
Morey
Ikes
Bob Pattit
Robin Freeman
Frank Selvy
Darrell Floyd
Willy 67
Ohio University
Morehead
State
Jack Schwabe
Texas A & M
Eric Back
Western
Kentucky
Louisville
Charlie Tyra
Manhattan Yeads
Oklahoma A & M
Harvard
Non Profit Status For Colonels Out
Louisville baseball club shifts from a planned nonprofit foundation to a for profit entity. The Falls City Professional Baseball Foundation Inc becomes Louisville Colonels Inc, stock will be sold, and the team will seek private funding after receivership and a $25,000 bid by the American Association.
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Louisville, Ky
Louisville “Baseball Club
T Georganization .Com
Falls City Professional Baseball Foundation, Inc
Louisville Colonels, Inc
American Assn
Louisville
Philip Ardery
U. S. Treasury
Beckley Wrestlers Face Big Reds Here Saturday
Beckley high school meets Parkersburg High School in a 10-match wrestling dual at Beckley’s gym Saturday night led by captain Rudd Mahoney and seniors Leonard Hicks George Thompson Bobby Wills Johnny Spinelli Harald Meade and Gene Wiseman and includes a future schedule with Shady Spring Sophia Sioco Hinton and a Coalfield Conference tourney admission 25 cents students 50 cents adults.
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Parkersburg High School
Deach
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Ray West
West
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Mahoney
Sophia
Sioco
Hinton
Parkersburg
Big Reds
Wilfest
William Fleming High
Roanoke
Huntington Group near to buying Huntington Hornets shares
A Huntington promoter group led by Dick Deutsch reported they are within about 10 820 dollars of the 35 000 needed to buy the Huntington Hornets hockey team from Fort Wayne owners. The plan calls for 2 438 shares at 10 dollars each in Huntington Hornet Corp with an option held by Deutsch to purchase the club. Evansville also explored a purchase to move the franchise. the team was moved from Grand Rapids last year.
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Dick Deutsch
Huntington Hornets
International Hockey League
Fort Wayne
Ind
Deutsch
Huntington
Huntington Hornet Corp
Evansville
Grand Rapids
Mich
Bardstown Top Weighted For Rich Widener Race
Miami reporters note Bardstown installed at 126 pounds for the Widener mile and a quarter at Hialeah on February 23. The Calumet Farms horse carries two pounds more than Needles, the 1956 champion with earnings of 440000 from key races including the Kentucky Derby Belmont Flamingo and Florida Derby. <|>
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Bardstown
Hialeah
Calumet Farms
Needles
Paul Waner in Sarasota Critical Condition
Paul Waner, 53, hospitalized in Sarasota with pneumonia since Sunday, remains in critical condition. The Pirates legend spent 14 major league seasons and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1950.
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Sarasota
Fiat Baty
Waner
Pittsburgh Pirates
Israel Hoops Team Opens U S Tour in Madison Square Garden
Israel's national basketball team begins a United States tour in Madison Square Garden on February 2 after missing Olympic play due to regional hostilities. Schedule includes Boston, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Los Angeles, and San Francisco with possible additions. Co sponsors are Hearst Newspapers and the U S Committee for Sports in Israel led by Col. Harry D. Henshel.
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U. S
New York
Israel
Near East
United States
Madison Square Garden
Boston
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Hearst Newspapers
U. S. Committee For Sports In
Harry D. Henshel
Five Scholars Win Gridiron Honors Three Years in Row
Five senior college players, Brad Bomba Indiana Pat Levenhagen Wisconsin Jimmy Swink Texas Christian Charles Rader Tennessee Wade Mitchell Georgia Tech, are named to The American Peoples Encyclopedia national honor team for three consecutive years. All maintain B averages, earning national and all conference honors while studying pre med commerce geology chemistry and textile engineering.
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Uique
American People Encyclopedia
Brad Bomba
Indiana
Big Ten
Pat Laverthagen
Wisconsin
Jimmy Swink
Texas Christian
Charles Rader
Tennessee
Wade Mitchell
Georgia Tech
American Peoples Encylopedia
Bomba
Levenhagen
Swink
Rader
Mitchell
Fight Fix Court Action Postponed
Los Angeles welterweight Art Aragon and ex gambler Mickey Cohen appeared before the County Grand Jury in a probe of an alleged fixed fight involving Aragon and Dick Goldstein in San Antonio Texas. Cohen testified about threats against him and a confrontation with a policeman in the corridor. The grand jury postponed action pending more witnesses from San Antonio.
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Art’ Aragon
Mickey Cohen
Aragon
Dick Goldstein
San Antonio
Tex
Cohen
Hix
Goldstein
William‘ Foreman
William B. McKesson
Boyer Signs Doubling Salary With Cardinals
Ken Boyer agreed to a 1957 contract with the St. Louis Cardinals for about 17000 boosting from 9000. General Manager Frank Lane praised his potential after a strong 1956 season where he hit 396 with 15 homers and 93 RBIs despite fading after four bright months.
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Ken Boyer
Cardinals
Boyer
Frank Lane
Cardinal
jMantle
Dayton 5 Faces 1st Bad Season Under Blackburn
Dayton's 5-6 start follows a decade with Coach Tommy Blackburn posting a .782 win rate. Losses mount after top players departed. Duquesne beat Dayton 79-71 in Dayton as both squads struggle. Other top teams win or pull upsets in a slate of early season college basketball action.
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Dayton
Blackburn
Tech Ready For Return to Action
West Virginia Tech's Golden Bears prepare for their first conference game after a Christmas tourney, holding a convocation to honor the 13-man squad and staff. Coach Weal Bassi expects a hard battle at Alderson Broaddus, with Tech bringing a 9-1 conference mark into the matchup.
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West Virginia Tech
Golden Bears
Bears
Parris Island
Philippi
Charleston Lions face Beckley in Raleigh County hoops clash
Tonight's schedule features Charleston at Beckley with the Lions aiming to extend their 4-0 run. Beckley, eyeing a rebound after a 61-74 loss to Alumni, will rely on Buddy Bales, Earl Gilbert, Manning, and Youngland to halt Charleston's balanced scoring attack led by Smith who poured 35 points.
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Jerry Smith
Dean Blake
Jack Harkins
Charleston
Tim Tierney
Lions
Beckley
Oak Hill
Istoca
Charles
Buddy” Bales
Earl
Gilbert
Ronnie Manning
Robert
Young
Wally Rappold
Paul Grygiel
Jim Lyons
Bill Shannon
Shady Springs
Clear Fork
Shady
Kenny Ward
Sammy Gross
Roger Cochran
Tex Williams
Claude
Buddy
Paul Stover
Gordon Lilly
Panthers
Stoco
Trap Hill
Surveyor
Princeton
Byrd Pitterman
Skein
Hinton
Lincoln
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