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Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1953

Page

3

Unbeaten Sophia Falls as Shady Spring Eyes Title Fight

Raleigh County action shows Sophia dropping from the unbeaten list after an eligibility dispute. Shady Spring Tigers may be named league champions pending winter meeting. Trail of games postponed amid snow, with Trap Hill rising in the standings.

BOB Wills Register Sophia, Mullens Glen Rogers Ocean Baileysville Pineville Victory Road Trap Hill High Raleigh County Shady Spring High School Tigers Sophia Blue Ee Hawks Blue Hawks Sophia Fullack Hubert Leslie Tiger Glen Compton G. Curtis Turner Clear Fork High School State High School Athletic Association W. R. Fugitt The Athletic Association Turner Leslie Beckley Compton John Saunders Fugitt Princeton Stratton High Lincoln Hinton Stoco Coal City Trap “Fll Clear Fork Trappe Ritene Fall

West Virginia Racing Commission Sets 1953 Dates

The West Virginia State Racing Commission opened a two day meeting and set 1953 racing dates for three tracks. The Downs seeks authority to start spring and fall meetings at 150 pm under lights. 111 days of racing in 1952 were cut to 78 due to litigation over federal income taxes. last year’s summer and fall meetings posted substantial mutuel totals.

Charleston State Racing Commission West Virginia Downs Commission Ocean Matlens Indians Rebell Lee Blanken Ship Dick Gallagher Oceana Blankenship Gallagher Vernon Hurt Rebels Wheeling Downs Teddy Lusk Baileysville Rough Riders William G Bigledge Pineville Welch Arter J Fin Belcher Niemens Bob Twaddle Norton Casrbury Glen Ramsey Mt. Hope Shady Spring Richie Grayley Shady Mr.Hope Byrd Prillerman DuBois R Staples Sophia Athens Beckley Resoto Hinton Bobcat Rittens

John B Campbell Jr Harries Racing Roles at Hialeah

John B Campbell Jr served as racing secretary at Hialeah's 1925 opening and has held the post of steward since 1932, marking a long tenure in Florida racing administration.

John B. Campbell, Jr Hialeah

WV area high school basketball scores recap latest results

A dense roundup of high school and college basketball scores across West Virginia and nearby colleges. Notable turnouts include Charleston 100 over Huntington 62, Parkersburg 63 Spencer 60, Wheeling 66 over Lrish Military 1, and Morgantown 61 facing Fairmont East 43, with several overtime and close finishes across multiple districts.

Bluefield Gary McComas Spanishburg Kimball Park Central Wheeling Lrish Military Bellaire Moundsville Wheeling McKinley Shadys Q Weirton Wellsburg New Martinsville Sistervil Follawshee Bethany New Cumberland Sherrard South Charleston Dunbar Mt. Hope Shady Spring Trap Hill Clear Fork Stock Sophia Lewisburg Marlinton Byrd-Prillerman DuBois Clarksburg Victory Westo Lost Creek Salem Sand Fork Gassaway Charleston Huntington Barboursville Huntington FE Milton St. Joseph's Hurricane Charleston Reds Buffalo of Wayne Winfield Parsons Tygart’s Valley Davis Circleville Grafton Washington Irving Elkins Buckhannon Morgantown Fairmont East

New Crop Outlet Found For Farm Poles in Indiana

SHOALS Ind. Norval Bledsoens sold 2 000 sassafras tree poles from his farm. Poles were Slacout 4 inches in diameter and 8 31 to 12 feet long. A steel company bought them for use in its puddling operations.

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