Mountaineers Extend Win Streak in 67 43 Victory
Mountaineers claim their 12th straight win by 67 to 43 as Beckley and Mount Hope clubs endure a busy week. Stoco Indians brace for Virgil Sarrett coached invasion at Woodrow Wilson. Eagles seek bounce back after beating Greenbrier Military School 44 24. Schedule roundup covers Tue to Sat games across Beckley, Mount Hope, Bluefield, Mullens, Fayetteville, and more with multiple cross county matchups.
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Mountaineers
Beckley and
Mount Hope Co
Stoco Indians
Woodrow Wilson
Virgil Sarrett
Eagles
Greenber’ Military School
Mullens
Ross Irle
Central Lads
Greenbrier Military School
Central Court
Stoco
Beckley
Miuliens
Mt. Hope
Mark Twain
Pineville
Hinton
Fayetteville
Shady
Trap Hill
Summerlee
Oak
Hogan Leads Phoenix Open Halfway After 2 Rounds
Ben Hogan of Hershey Pennsylvania shot a three under par 68 to seize a one stroke lead at the Phoenix Open midway point. He totaled 134 after 36 holes, while Utah’s George Schneiter stood two back at 135 after a 68 yesterday and today. Walter Burkemo and Filsworth Vines faltered on the front nine, posting 75 and 74. Herman Keiser fired a 69 to reach 1 under par for the tournament.
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Associated Press
Phoenix
Ariz
Little Ben Hogan
Hershey
George Schneiter
Salt Lake City
Utah
Hogan
Schneiter
Walter Burkemo
Detroit
Filsworth Vines
Chicago
Burkemo
Vines
Herman Keiser
Akron,Jr
Fayette County Basketball Tournament Schedule Set
Fayette County high schools agree to move the Montgomery hosted Fayette County tournament to March 6 to 9 with 10 teams. W. K. Vandall will direct. officials C H VeGown Doug Duntington Greenlee Frank Arrest and Jack Johnson named for all tourney players. Admission set at 50 cents students 75 cents adults.
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Fayette
Montgomery
Vandals
Register
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Board of Education
E. W. Dunkley
Mount Hope High School
State Athletic Board
Frank Arrest
Meadow Bridge High School
Jack Johnson
John Harrah
Kingston
Alllourney
Fairmont Quarterback To Play Pro Football
Detroit Lions announce five servicemen under contract for 1946 including Bobby Cifers Stillman House Robert Pence James Montgomery and Joseph Stankevich all former college stars now in the army to join the locally based NFL entry any time as civilians before next season the team previously had eight players leaving for All-America pro conference.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Detroit Lions
Bobby Cifers
Tennessee
Stillman House
Robert Pence
Fairmont
W. Va
James Montgomery
Texas A. & M
Joseph Stankevich
St. Bonaventure
Army
College basketball results from Teel Scholastic
A summary of scores lists Hagerstown Martinsburg and Shepherds Town as winners over Berkeley Springs and Harper's Ferry, respectively, with West Virginia Tech and Davis and Elkins also posting wins. Notable upsets include Army defeating Rensselaer and Duke overcoming Wooster while Ohio State and Michigan showed strong showings in matchups against several rivals.
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Scholastic
We College
West Virginia
Alderson- Broaddus
Morris Harvey
West Va. Tech
Western Maryland
Mount St. Mary's
University of Maryland
Hampden-Sydney
Army
Rensselaer
Navy
Duke
Wooster
Kenyon
Ohio Wesleyan
Case
U.of Michigan
Ohio State
Dartmouth
Cornell
Davis and Elkins
West Va. Wesleyan
Georgia
Vanderbilt
Milligan
Carson-Newman
Tennessee
Georgia Tech
Syracuse
Villanova
Oberlin
Baldwin-Wallace
Stoco Indians rout Mullens Rebels 87 to 19 in gym game
Hope led Stoco with 14 points as the Indians built a big first-half lead and never relinquished it. Mullens was led by Clark with 11 points, while Mullens bench and substitutions sparred with Stoco in a blowout witnessed by a sellout crowd. Referee Clarence Shuffelbarger officiated.
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Register
Mullens
Stoco High School Indians
Mullens Rebels
Hope
Virgil Sarrett
Clark
Rebels
Stoco
Pos
Smith & F York
Whittaker
Warden Hope
Cc Anderson
Thomas
Finney Rogers
Burton
Markowitz
Martin
Clarence Shufflebarger
War Frozen Welterweight Championship On Line Next Friday Night
The wartime welterweight title bout features Freddie The Red Cochrane defending against Marty Servo in a 15 round clash at Madison Square Garden. Servo, a Coast Guard veteran and cousin of Lew Ambers, is slight favorite. Cochrane won the crown from Fritzie Zivic in 1941 and aims for a first defense against Lew Ambers in a scheduled May 24 showdown if victorious.
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Sid Feder
Associated Press
New York
Fritzie Zivic
Freddie
Red
Lew Ambers
New Jersey
Marty
Schenectady
N. Y
Uncle Sam
Ray Robinson
Stringbean Ray
King of the Westers
Cochrane
Servo
Madison Square Garden
Zivic
Navy
Garden
Rocky Graziano
Rockabye Rocky
Manila Dodgers win shutout in Tropical World series
The Manila Dodgers defeated the Marianas 11 to 0 in the first game of the Tropical World series. Kirby Highe pitched and managed, limiting the Marianas to five hits as Manila, featuring former major leaguers Early Wynn Jake Lamanna Zig Emery Joe Garagiola Max Macon and Lefty Peterson, looked set to sweep the series.
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Associated Press
Manila
Kirby Highe
Manila Dodgers
Marianas
Brooklyn
Early Winn
Senators
Jake Lamanna
Zig Emery
Howell To Coach Crimson Tidemen
University of Alabama announces Millard Dixie Howell will serve as backfield coach and head basketball coach. Howell, a former Crimson Tide star, recently left the navy as a lieutenant commander.
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Atlanyaa
Frank Shemas
University of Alabama
Millard
Dixie
Howell
Crimson Tide
Navy
Glenville Coach Rohrbough Resigns to Join Veterans Administration
Lt. Cmdr. A F Rohrbough, after nearly two decades directing Glenville State College athletics to state and national honors, resigns to become athletics director for a Veterans Administration region based in Richmond. He led Glenville since 1926, earning 11 WV basketball titles and multiple football and basketball successes, with recent duty in the Navy ending this month.
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Associated Press
Glenville
A. F. Rohrbough
Glenville State College
Veterans Administration
Richmond
West Virginia
West Virginia University
Clenville
Kansas City
37 States to Represent at Amateur Softball Conference
Associated Press reports 37 state commissioners will attend the 1946 Amateur Softball convention in New York February 1 to 3. The meeting will consider rule changes to boost scoring, plus amendments to the association constitution. Regional sites for 12 journeys leading to the national meet will be chosen.
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Associated Press
New York
The
Amateur Softball Association
Girl Cagers Aid Polio Drive With Church Play
The second half church league opens with a girls basketball benefit for the March of Dimes. Woodrow Wilson high seniors will perform in a 7 pm game featuring Methodist Temple versus Episcopal and Presbyterian versus Christians, followed by men’s matches.
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Church League
Methodist Temple
Episcopal
Presbyterian
Pawine Alderman
First Baptist
First Methodist
Mabscott Baptist
WWHS
Imogene Combs
Norma Lambert
Belly Jo Garenettle
Rachel Stump
de Ann Uhl
Ann Buedette
Mary Louise Klaus
Lois Fillmer
Joyce Albert
Margaret Olson
Alice Annn Reed
Pauline Areola
Vivian Mayo
Margaret Johnson
Merle Biggs
Eva Bland
B. Fillmer
Christian
Most Methodist
Catholic
Presbyterians Episcopal
Catho
Lic
Mahscott Baptist
Headpin Eli and Nell Leave Beckley Bowing Scene
Eli and Nell Harris depart Beckley to Dallas after guiding Elite alleys since 1938. The local bowling scene bids farewell as Curtis Johnson posts a 269 high game and other bowlers notch personal bests. Several players move to universities while major and minor leagues list upcoming matchups and standings.
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Eli
Nell
Dallas
Texas
Nell Harris
Beckley
Gentry Signs With Detroit Tigers After Holdout in 1945
Ruffus Gentry, Detroit righthander, ends season-long holdout and signs with eight other Tiger players for 1946. The deal brings 16 Tigers under contract, including Barney McCosky, Eddie Mayo, Paul Richards, Stubby Querrnier, Ed Mierkowicz, Vic Wertz, John Mueller, Hal Manders, and veterans Wakefield, Cullenbine, Evers, Trucks, Caster, Kretlow, Swift. Hank Greenberg has not yet replied about 1946 terms.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Ruffus Gentry
Detroit Tiger
Daisy Staton
N. C. Gentry
Carolina
Gentry
Jack Zeller
George M. Trautman
Tiger
Barney McCosky
Tigers
Navy
Eddie Mayo
Paul Richards
Frank
Stubby) Quermire
Ed Mierkowicz
Vic Wertz
John ‘Mueller
Hal Manders
Dick Wakefield
Roy Cullenbine
Walter (Hoot) Evers
Virgil
Hire) Trucks
George Caster
Louis Kretlow
Bob Swift
Trautman
Hank Greenberg
Rudy York
Boston Red Sox
Mountaineers oust Alderson-Broaddus to stay undefeated
West Virginia's 12 game win streak remains intact as the Mountaineers beat Alderson-Broaddus 43 to 37 at Mountaineer Fieldhouse in front of over 5,000. Leading scorers were Hobby Carroll with 20, Peluez 25 overall for A B, and Lavette 12 with Byrd 14 for WVU.
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West Virginia University
Alderson-Broaddus College
Philippi
W. Way
Alderson-Broaddus
Mountaineer
Moundsville
Floatz Pelaez
Hobby Carroll
West Virginia
Wheeling
Tom Lavette
Long Island
Lofty
Leland Byrd
Matoaka
Howard Beverly
South Charleston
Athens
Peluez
Pineville
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Hurst
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of Goddard
Hill
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G Klinginsmith
Ib A Wilkinson
Whitt
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Pine
Jgville
Cheatwood
Goode
Laverte
Wilson
Byrd
G Green
G Miller
Chaff
C Ljiecee
Shreve
Beverly
Gweeee
Chair
Alderson- Broaddus- Peluez
Wilmoth
W. H. Rhodes
W Cc. Hil
Pineville Surges Past Athens in Final Seconds
Minuteman Joe Hill sparked Pineville with six points in the last half as Pineville edged Athens 43 to 42 in the final 40 seconds. Goddard added a corner trey for Pineville giving them the one point margin to seal the win as the crowd roared.
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Register
Pineville
Joe Hill
Athens
Goddard
Hill
First Mitt Meet Billed This Week In Huntington
Entries for The Advertiser Tri-State Golden Gloves tournament open as workouts begin. Most entrants are novices in the eight weight classes. Open contenders aim for the New York Daily News Tournament of Champions with expenses paid. First Charleston event starts this week. no past champions from 1942 editions have entered yet. Official blanks available by writing Golden Gloves The Advertiser Huntington W Va.
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Huntington
Advertiser
Tina
New York Daily News
Charleston
Golden Gloves
W. Va
Charlotte Plans 46 Golf Tourney
Charlotte outlines preliminary plans for its third annual golf tournament to be held March 28 to 31. Formerly the Charlotte Open, this year the Myers Park Club Open will cap a $10,000 war bond event with top professionals likely to compete. Byron Nelson topped the 1945 tournament, following Dutch Harrison’s 1944 win.
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Associated Press
Charlotte
N.C
Myers Park
Spont
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Byron Nelson
E. J
Harrison
Presbyterian Episcopal clash over Methodist lineup
On March 4 First Methodist faces Mabscott Baptist while Presbyterian meets Episcopal. Catholic competes with First Baptist as Christian faces Methodist Temple. On March 11 Episcopal meets Mabscott Baptist Catholic clashes Christian and Methodist Temple vs First Baptist with Presbyterian again as participant.
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Presbyterian
Episcopal
First Methodist
Mar
Mabscott Baptist
Catholic
First Baptist
Christian
Methodist Temple
Christian Methodist Temple
Pittsburgh Signs Brown From Cardinals
Pittsburgh signs infielder Jimmy Brown from the St. Louis Cardinals after his Army discharge in October. Brown is currently training at a baseball school in Orlando Florida as the club finalizes the deal.
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Pittsburgil
Brown
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Jimmy Brown
St. Louis Cardins
Orlando
Fla
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