Coalfield Conference Wins as Mount Hope Tops Shady Spring
Mount Hope rallied to defeat Shady Spring 72-58 in a Coalfield Conference game with Sam Warwick scoring 20 and Joe Rylant and Ron Callahan 14 each. Hinton beat Stoco. Kingston dumped Clear Fork 73 45. Pax Wildcats fell to Seth 81 67.
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Mount Hope
Ngnst
Tigers
Shady Spring
Hinton
Stoco
Kingston
Clear Fork
Pax Wildcats
Seth
Beaver
Mustangs
Nets
Glen O'Neal
Sam Warwick
Shady
Joe Rylant
Ron Callahan
Coalfield
Sophia
Stoco High
Clear Fork Panthers
Ansted
Mountaineers
Raleigh Countia
Ken Franklin
Rudy Toney
Vic
Ray Bailey
Moe Johnson
Terry Powers
Atholl Halstead
Spring Mount Hope
Warden and
Phillips
Grandmother and Rookie Lead In Pin Tourney Finish
In Omaha at the All-Star Bowling Tournament the tall Kansas City rookie Bob Chase and veteran Marion Ladewig from Grand Rapids led the field on the eve of final rounds. Chase posted a 961 five game series and sits atop, with Welu and Smith in pursuit. Final rounds decide the champion by Petersen points after 16 rounds.
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Omaha
Bob Chase
Kansas City
Marion Ladewig
Grand Rapids
Mich
Chase
Billy Welu
St. Louis
Carmen Salvino
Billy Bunetta
Chicago
Wayne Zahn
Milwaukee
Welu
Harry Smith
Smith
Petersen
Beckley Elks Little League Set to Start April 19
Beckley Elks Little League outlines 19 April registration for players 12 and under with tryouts on April 18 and team selection May 1. Western, Central, Eastern and Minor divisions expand, minor leagues restructured to four-team loops, managers to oversee minor and major picks. Pres. Emmett Pugh pushes broader participation, while umpire association efforts and a Sheriff Blake Hall of Fame collection are noted.
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Beckley Elks Little League
All Boys
Pres
Emmett Pugh
Pres. Pugh
The
Elks Lodge
Sheriff
Blake
Raleigh County Amateur Umpires Association
Springer
Babe Ruth
Warren Williams
Basilio to Fight Jordan for Welterweight Title
Carmen Basilio plans a welterweight title bout against Jordan of Los Angeles on June 10 in Syracuse after moving down from middleweight. Promoter Norm Rothschild announced the match as Basilio seeks to regain the title he won from Ray Robinson and relinquished in the 160 pound class. Robinson faces Paul Pender in Boston next Friday.
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New York
Carmen Basilio
Ray Robinson
Basilio
Sugar Ray
Jordan
Los Angeles
Syracuse
Norm Rothschild
Gene Fullmer
National Boxing Assn
Massachusetts
Joey Giardello
Philadelphia
Robinson
Paul Pender
Boston
WV high school and college hoops results roundup
West Virginia high school scores feature Hinton over Stoco 56 36 Alderson 72 White Sulphur Springs 59 and many others across teams such as Kingston Clear Fork Smoot Williamsburg and Ravenswood In college action West Virginia Wesleyan edged Morris Harvey 102 98 overtime plus Salem 98 Davis & Elkins Also NCAA and NBA results include Seton Hall 76 Yeshiva 30 and Syracuse 119 St Louis 112 with several Friday Saturday hockey and basketball schedules listed.
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W. Va
Associated Press
Hinton
Stoco
Alderson
White Sulphur Springs
Noun Hope
Shady Spring
Kingston
Clear Fork
Seth
Pax
Smoot
Williamsburg
Bridge
Ronceverte Revert
Crichton
Huntington
St. Joseph's
Buffalo of Wayne
Wayne
Rowlesburg
Bayard
Terra Alta
Grafton
Clarksburg
Washington Irving
Shinnston
Roose
west-Wilson
Notre Dame
Fairview
Salem
Lost Creek
West Union
Walton
Franklin
Harman
Ravenswood
Wahama
Logan
Williamson
Washington
Buffalo
Putnam
South Charleston
St. Albans
Dunber
Sissonville
East Bank
Charleston Catholic
W. Va. Wesleyan
Morris Harvey
Davis & Elkins
Clemson Beats Furman In Double Overtime 87 85
Clemson edges Furman 87 85 in two overtimes as Walt Gibbons scores 26 and Choppy Patterson 23 for Clemson while Dag Wilson leads Furman with 33. Other action includes Seton Hall 76 50 over Yeshiva and Utah 112 81 over New Mexico.
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Florida
Clemson
Furman
Eastern Ky
Middle Tenn
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Tampa
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Carolina
Guilford
Midwest
Southeast Missouri
Ft. Leonard Wood
Southern Ill
Eastern Ill
Hanover
Centre
Utah
New Mexico
Ariz. St. Col
St. Michael's
New Mex
West
East New Mex
Southwest
Texas
Eastern Kentucky
Middle Tennessee
Walt Gibbons
Gibbons
Choppy Patterson
Dag Wilson
Seton Hall
Long Island U
Yeshiva
Art Hicks
Montana
Denver
Skyline
East Tennessee
Ohio Valley
Legion Stadium Converted Into Bowling Alley
Hollywood AP reports Hollywood Legion Stadium once home to Jess Willard Hank Armstrong and Harry Greb will be rebuilt as a 44 lane bowling alley by May. Box office glory faded with television as patrons dwindled, aiding the decision by Legion Post 43 to convert the historic arena built in 1920 by Theodore Roberts.
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Hollywood
Hollywood Legion Stadium
Jess Willard
Hank Armstrong
Harry Greb
Lupe Valez
Lee Maxfield
Hollywood Legion Post 43
Maxfield
Theodore Roberts
Rudolph Valentino
Clara Bow
Charlie Chaplin
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Mt. Hope
Russell Williams
John Holley
Paul Seleton
Doug Burnside
Chas, Kimbrough
Eddie Beverly Beldon Lafferty
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Denny Estep
Rodney Lambert
R. Williams
Dale Stover
Rt Flowers
R. Henderson
Gary Church
Dwight Dunbar
Larry Edmonds
Bob Jarrell
Jerry Lawrence
Carlton Cook
Richard Bryant
Iston
Seth Atholl Halstead
Johnny Doland
Archie Carden
Curt Moody
Charlie Styars
Dale Williams
Doug Collier
Bobby Bairs
Larry Brady
Gabe Stover
William Woolwine
Kent Tyree
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Roger Williams
Kenny Hubbard
Robert Stanton
Coalfield Conference
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Seves
Auto Parts
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Second St
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Main Street
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