Flying Eagles Triumph Over Mark Twain In Stotesbury Match
Beckley Flying Eagles defeat Mark Twain in a fast, crowded Stotesbury encounter. Strong defensive effort and balanced scoring highlighted by Sloboda Lilly and Saunders. Sturlesse led Beckley with eight points as the Eagles matched pace with the Authors throughout three periods.
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Beckley
Mark Twain
van Metermen
Gull
Oath
Regula
Placidi
Saunders
Hancock
Sloboda
Jess
Miller
Flying Eagles
Harless
Lilly
Marsgin
Teckley
Wile
Two Elks
A. Sloboda
Reemsnyder
Sturlesse
McQuade
Tolley and Calloway
Flying Eagles Handle Pineville in Lopsided Finish
Friday night the Flying Eagles defeated Pineville Minute Men 438 to 5. Coach Van Meter used 12 players, allotting regulars less than half the game as Beckley built a 17 5 first quarter lead and extended it to completion.
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Flying Eagles
Pineville
van Meter
Beckley
Colcord High Beats Shady In County League Opener
Colcord High boys defeated Shady Tigers 17 to 1 on Colcord floor to open Raleigh County league play. Colcord girls routed Shady 40 to 10 as Kinder led scoring with 14 points and Goggs dominated inside.
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Purple Hurricane Hoopsters
Colcord High School
Shady Tigers
Colcord
Shady Girls
Tigers
Kinder
Goggs
Pugh
Shady
Terry
Taleord
Smith
R. Elliot Cugltis
Manning G Martin
Phelps
Beckley Aces Defeat Helen in Killarney Showdown
Beckley Aces a youth team from the Public Speaking club coached by Cecil Lavy traveled to Killarney Friday and beat Kil larney 41 to 24. Oh Cook led with 17 points as Kil larney’s Richardson scored 13. Lavy seeks more games with local youth teams and invites contact.
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Beckley
Clu
Clay Crouse
Cecil Lavy
Killarney
Oh Cook
Avho
Richardson
Lavy
Beckley Aggrexation
Navy Basketball Team Rout Franklin and Marshall
Navy basketball overwhelmed Franklin and Marshall this afternoon in Annapolis. The Middies won by 17 points with Coughlin and Berries leading the scoring with 18 and 8 points respectively. Regulars rested for part of the game as Navy used three teams.
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Annapulis
Navy
Franklin and Marshall
Tiree
Td Navy
Coughlin, Yard
Rail Berries
Pirates Begin Training Camp Flight to Paso Robles
The Pittsburgh Pirates set February 19 as departure for Paso Robles California for their training camp with the first squad, followed by a second group a week later. Open workouts start March 2 as both groups converge in California and the team plans a lengthy barnstorming tour starting in March.
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Pittsburgh
Shin
Pittsburgh Pirates
Buccas
Paso Robles
Calif
Cubs
Giants
White Sox
Pirates
Mare
Wall
Frisca
State high school music contest violin winner to receive trophy
South Carolina motor vehicle records show funds for 1989 license fees received before December. Greenshare North Carolina hosts the annual state high school music contest with the violin event winner to receive a made violin trophy as the prize in April.
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South Carolina
Greenshare
N. Co
Wildcats and Kittens Rally to Beat Marsh Fork Bulldogs
Pax Wildcats and Pax Kittens defeated Marsh Fork 25 to 44 in a doubleheader on the Pax floor. Lafferty and Humphreys led Pax with strong defense and 10 points while C Webb and Marsh Forks Webb were standout players for the visitors. In the girls game Vivian Humphreys and Lora Pettry traded baskets with Pettry scoring 17 but Pax held on for the win as Marsh Fork pressed in the final minutes.
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Pax Wildcats
Wildkittens
Marsh Fork Bull Dogs
Pax Boys
Pay Girls
Lassies
Marsh Fork
Wildcats
Lafferty
HH. Humphreys
C. Webb
Marsh Fork Loan
Vivian Humphreys
Pax
Lora Pettry
Marsh Fork Lassies
Tf. Humphreys
Acordd McKinney
Wo Webb
Mimphreys
C. Webb Lively
Jarrell TY
Wy Webb
G&g
Keferee
Davin
Herbert Jaques Heads United States Golf Association
Herbert Jaques of Boston was chosen to lead the USGA succeeding his father in a brief annual session. The 1903 national amateur championship will be at Kenwood Country Club Cincinnati with dates TBA. The national open is set for Glenview Illinois June 8 and 9. Women’s event goes to Exmoor Country Club Wighkind Park Maryland August 28 to September 2. Public Links moves to Eastmoreland Municipal Portland Oregon August 1 to August a.
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Associated Press
New York
Herbert Jaques
Boston
United States Golf Association
Kenwood Country Club
Cincinnati
Glenview
Exmoor Country Club
Wighkind Park
Eastmoreland Municipal Course
Portland
Oregon
Landis Slashes Own Salary by Big Amount
Kenesaw M Landis commissioner of baseball cuts salary from 65000 to 10000 for 1943 44 after earlier reductions. He had received 15000 for 1932 and is now 25000 under the level since 1926 term. Landis left the federal bench in 1922 to devote full time to the commissionership after the Black Sox scandal.
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New York
Kenesaw M. Landis
Landis
Chicago
Mullens Rebels overpower Seth High in district action
Mullens Rebels overwhelm Seth High 85 51 as Reid and D Antoni lead with 21 points each. Bluefield and Mount Hope had fallen to Mullens earlier in the week. Beavers edge Bluefield 43 37 with Billy Reed scoring 25 and Johnny Fortune 17 in a close contest.
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Seth High
Mullens
Bath
Mount Hope
Bluefield
Rebels
Sherman Tide
Big Guns
Blue
Gray
Reid
D’antoni
Gore
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D'antoni
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Dooley
Blizzard
Price
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Irle
Beckley
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Nellaire
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Sutton
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Coalton
Elkins
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Smithfield
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Matoaka
Spanishburg
Bellaire
Follawshee
Central Catholic
Bethany
Mount Pleasant
Adena
Carnegie Tech Topples West Virginia In Conference Opener
Morgantown Jan 7 Carnegie Tech defeated West Virginia 32 to 28 in a dramatic debut in the new intercollegiate conference. At halftime the game was tied 5-5. in the second half Forward Smith scored six field goals as Tartans pulled away. Mountaineers star Cap Sortet led WVU with 10 points.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
W. Va
Carnegie Tech
West Virginia
Sun
Tartyns
Smith
Cap
Sortet
Mountaineers
Three Tie For Golf Tourney Lead At Los Angeles Open
At Wilshire Country Club in Los Angeles, Craig Wood of Deal New Jersey Clarence Habbs of Waco Fox and Erwin Goddard tied for the lead in the Los Angeles open with rounds of 69 two under par. Wood opened with 34-35 to lead early, Goddard followed with 36-33, and Byron Nelson stood fourth with 45-35-70.
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Associated Press
Wilshire Country Club
Los Angeles
Craig Wood
Deal
Clarence "Habbs
Waco
Fox
Erwin Goddard
Asadena
Calif
Wood
San Francisco
Pasadena
Goodard
Byron Nelson
Fort Worth
Tex
Record Broke in New York by Ed Siegel
Jan 7 New York Ed Siegel former New York schoolboy broke Bob McAllister in door world record with 7.13 sec time at event. spectators report swift finish and official timing near instant.
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Associated Tree
New York
Ed Siegel
Ought
Bob McAllister
College Basketball Scores From the Season Run Across the Nation
A wide array of college and high school basketball results reported with scores for teams from Franklin and Marshall Navy Johns Hopkins Princeton Lehigh Swarthmore Wesleyan North Carolina Davidson Purdue Minnesota Chicago Loyola Toledo St Johns Hiram Oberlin Denison Western Reserve and more. Notable notes include a player becoming a new father after the season and an arrest for selling glasses to a non reader.
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Navy
Johns Hopkins
Arms
Princeton
Lehigh
Swarthmore
Wesleyan
North Carolina
Davidson
Purdue
Minnesota
Chicago Loyola
Toledo
St Johns US
Hiram
Oberlin
Denison
Western Reserve
Red Devils Fall In Openers In Aerial Defensive Duel
Oak Hill and East Bank square off in a classic defensive battle with East Bank edging Oak Hill 12 to 11. Oak Hill junior teams also played, while Pax Wildcats beat Gauley Bridge 26 to 19 in Midland Trail league action. Layland junior high dominates Shady Spring 62 to 5 with Wise man scoring 21.
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Oak Hill Red Devils
East Bank
Osk Til
Oak Hill
Oak Will
Duncan
Cooper Windsor
Slack 'Grablick
Keeney Latham
Beaver
Blake
Warden
Grigg
Scott
James
Kincaid
J. Keeny
Crisis Prail
Pax Wildcats
Ganley Bridge
Harvey
Pax
Gawley Bridge
Pay Pas
Gauley
L. Lively
Dotson
H. Woodwine
Wilson
Evins
Matheny
D. Berry
Colman
Pax Seeeeereeee
JG Gauley
Pax Lee Lively
IL Humphries
J. T. Laffring
McKinney
Humphries
Cauley
Johnson
Oliver
Wappold
Arritt
Wiseman
Lay-land
Shady Spring
Riday
Layland
Shady Spys
Wiseman - Mault
Paghieri
Fourney
C. McDaniels
Browning Wells
Lilly Armstrong
Clark
Harris
My Shady—-Thompson
Roseans
Armour’s sub par spree excites Pinehurst golf scene
Tom Armour the Black Scot, in Pinehurst for rest, posts 13 sub par rounds in two weeks and ties Turnesa’s two course record. He shoots 69 to finish with two under par, plans more practice in Florida before the U S Open and British Open seasons.
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Associated Press
Pinehurst
N. C
Tommy Armour
Armour
Joe Turnesa
Elmsford
N.Y
Turnesa
Florida
Cleveland Indians Announce Training Schedule
The Cleveland Indians reveal their training season schedule with two games before the American League opener. Most games are against the Southern Association, including the New Orleans Pelicans. Training starts in New Orleans March 1 for pitchers and catchers, with other players reporting March 6.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Cleveland Indians
New Orleans Pelicans
Indians
New Orleans
The
Pelicans
Washington
Biloxi
Miss
Birmingham
Southern Association
Cincinnati Nationals
Cincinnati
Marsh Fork Bull Dogs Ties Collins High In League Game
Marsh Fork Bull Dogs, leaders in Raleigh County Nish school league, hosted Collins High. Collins is in second place after a legue game at Mont Coal YM. G. A. For Wednesday night. Marsh Fork had defeated Shady and Stoco in conference play while Collins’ only win came against Colcord. Toss Tele of Beckley refereed.
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Marsh Fork Bull Dogs
Raleigh County
Collins High Outfit
Montcoal
Local sprint title decided at indoor track meet
A sprinter won the 60 meter dash in seven seconds at the American spring series held at the Knights of Columbus indoor track and field venue, the Cohanbus counter.
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Onds
Cohanbus Couner
Knights of Columbus
Dames
Red Sox Acquire Two Players In January Shuffle
President Bob Ovinn of the Red Sox announced signings of Bernie Friberg from the Phillies and Mervin Shillyear, a catcher with Detroit Tigers. Friberg, a second base candidate, was released by Philadelphia after one season. Shillyear, right handed hitter, hit .
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Weston
Bob Ovinn
Red Sox
Bernie Friberg
Jala
Phillies
Mervin
Detroit Tiger
Louisville
American Association
Friberg
Cubs
Gainess
Bob Quinn
Sox
al van Cimp
Shea
Lester Junior High Tops Rhodell In Low-Scoring Win
Lester Junior High forced Rhodell to miss every field goal and won 12 to 3 on their floor Friday night. NJ Overbyes led the offense, Richardson and O’Neil starred on defense for the winners, while Rhodell’s holes remained off balance. In the opener, Lester girls defeated Rhodell 24 to 13 led by Bowling’s hot shooting.
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Lester Junior Igh School
Rhodell Junior High
Lester
Rhodell
Classhc Trail
NJ Overbyes
Richardson
O'Neil
Lester Girls
Mhodell Girly
Jean
McConnelley
Sis
Rhoglell
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