Blue Hawks Entertain Concord Tonight In WVIAC Tilt
Cincinnati's Bearcats and California's Bears lead the latest AP poll with West Virginia third and Bradley fourth. Ohio State moves to fifth as Utah falls to seventh. Texas A&M and Villanova enter the top ten with perfect records, while Illinois and Wake Forest drop out.
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Kansas State Tops Tulane 68 42. Kentucky Surges in SEC
Kansas State defeated Oklahoma State Ced Price led with 15 points as Kansas State beat Oklahoma State 81-75 in a Big Eight matchup while Kentucky, led by Sid Cohen with 26, rebounded by routing Tulane 68-42 to tighten SEC standings. Georgia Tech dominated Mississippi 99-76, and West Virginia continued a long SEC winning streak with a 74-? victory. Other top games included Illinois beating Purdue 81-75 and Ohio State setting a scoring record in a 109-88 win over Delaware without Jerry Lucas.
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Frick Keating To Hold Talks On 3rd League
Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick heads to Washington to discuss the Continental Baseball League with Senator Kenneth Keating. Frick wants to explain MLB stance and offer concessions while insisting players join a pension plan and that the minor leagues are protected.
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Twyman Tops NBA Scoring Race Over Wilt Chamberlain
Cincinnati star Jack Twyman leads Philadelphia rookie Wilt Chamberlain in total points in the latest NBA scoring tally after eight more games. Chamberlain maintains a higher per game average, with 37.2 to Twyman’s 31.4, and has raised his pace to 42 points per game in his last ten outings.
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Bobcat Shot At Glen Daniels Farm At 60 Yards
I Howard Phillips of Beckley fired his 12 gauge at a bobcat he mistook for a rabbit on January 2 at W B Oliver Farm Glen Daniels. He aimed from sixty yards and found the animal was a thirteen pound female bobcat measuring thirty inches long and thirteen inches high. His grandchildren Philip and Jo Ellen Lawson appear with the animal in the photo.
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Phillies Trade Ashburn for Dark and Two Cubs Players
The Philadelphia Phillies acquire infielder Al Dark and two Cubs players in exchange for center fielder Richie Ashburn. Dark and Ashburn had poor 1959 seasons, but both clubs expect benefits. Cubs gain Ashburn to bolster centerfield. Phillies receive Dark Buzhardt and Woods to shore up their infield and bullpen.
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Cubs
WVU Freshmen Set Scoring Record in 124-37 Win
West Virginia's unbeaten freshmen scorers led a record fieldhouse outburst as the Little Mountaineers defeated Davis & Elkins Jayvees 124-37 for their ninth win. Jim McCormick and Rod Thorn each tallied 21 points, with Yambor 19, Schneider 15, and Wolfe 11. Jayvees' Jim Cook led with 9. WVU led 68-11 at halftime and played the starters 22 minutes.
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Lew Fonseca Matrix of Baseball Films
Chicago AP report details Lew Fonseca’s vast film library covering baseball. From a 1932 Sox era four reel debut to three million feet of footage, he funds, directs, distributes World Series and instructional cinema, and runs a Hall of Fame project for Cooperstown.
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Richmond May Not Qualify For SC Tourney
Richmond Spiders face a desperate bid to reach the Southern Conference tournament as they sit 1-5 in league play with seven conference games left. Coach Les Hooker calls for wins, noting GW and other rivals as tough tests while Davidson lingers near the cellar. Roy Quinn scored 20 for VMI as Davidson suffers a ninth straight defeat. The Citadel and Furman move toward fourth place, and Keller misses a game for Tech due to fatigue.
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Beckley College Seeks Sth Victory Against Concord Lions
Beckley Blue Hawks host Concord College Mountain Lions in Western division State Conference play at Beckley Recreation Building at 8 pm. Beckley aims to win two of three games this week to stay third in the standings. key players include Vernon Hart Ron Manning and Bob Morris with coaches Joe Cook and Buck Jamison guiding the teams.
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Twelve Area High School Basketball Games Tonight
Top 12 game slate features three 7 0 teams at home with Mullens visiting Princeton in Coalfield play. Richwood Oceana Pineville host foes while Beckley seeks DC lead as Mullens and Princeton clash. Multiple Raleigh and Wyoming County showdowns dot the schedule across the region.
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Johansson seeks facts before Patterson rematch decision
Heavyweight champion Ingemar Johansson arrives in New York and asks for full details from the New York attorney general and athletic commission ahead of any Patterson rematch in June. He criticizes the silence around his escrowed purse as officials and promoter Roy Cohn’s eight man group navigate approvals. He plans talks with authorities before meeting the promoter group again.
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Sports Illustrated Magazine
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Rosensohn Enterprises
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Boxing Commission
Kenville Placed On Inactive List
Detroit Pistons place Bill Kenville on inactive reserve for the rest of the NBA season. The veteran backcourt man from St Bonaventure has missed most of the campaign due to injury.
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Elliott cleared for U S trip to mile meets
Herb Elliott world mile record holder 3:54.5 with approval from New York AAU to travel for Los Angeles meet January 22 and Millrose Games January 30. Australian AAU must approve the trip. regarded as routine.
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Commission Has Yet To Act On Rematch Plan
The commission has not taken action yet and no rematch contract is on file. Ancillary rights held by Floyd Patterson Enterprises and the first fight’s turnover to a closed circuit TV firm pose a stumbling block. If the same terms appear in a rematch deal, promoters may face commission approval trouble.
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Local college and high school football schedule update
The schedule lists Mullens at Princeton, Mount Hope at Richwood, Baileysville at Saeger Lookout, Gauley Bridge at Trap Hill, Hinton at Marsh Fork, Pax at Welch, Northfork at Pineville, Mark Twain at Stratton, Gary District at Conley, Clear Fork at Glen Rogers, Man at Madison Colleges Concord at Beckley, Bluefield State at A-B, Fairmont at C. & E. and West Liberty at Glenville with game times around 8 p.m.
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Is An Example Being Made Of Billy Cannont
Louisiana State star Billy Cannon says the Rams seek to enforce a contract claiming he agreed to NFL terms. He notes other players signed with AFL clubs and says he only bound himself to the Houston Oilers after the Sugar Bowl. The Rams filed suit in Los Angeles to prove the contract valid.
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