Emulation and Race in Local Golden Gloves Finals
The Sec tional Golden Gloves Tournament at the Recreation Building showcases how national heroes inspire youth across races. White and colored boxers mix in the arena, with 13 whites among 24 fighters and five white wins in 12 white versus colored bouts. Notable prospects include Don Newman, Davey Thompson, and Charles Hylton with potential to rise, as next bouts on Feb 5 promise more talent.
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Babe Ruth
Red” Grange
Joe Louis
Jack Dempseys
Brown
Ezzard Charles
Jersey Joe Walcott
Sugar Ray Robinson
Rocky Marciano
American Legion Post
Don Newman
Affinity
Charles Hylton
Sprague
Davey Thompson
Sophia
Newman
Thompson
Young Hylton
Gordon Hylton
Stydahar Named Head Coach of Chicago Cardinals
Joe Stydahar accepts a three year deal as head coach of the Chicago Cardinals after being hired by Walter Wolfner. The 40 year old former Bears tackle succeeds Joe Kuharich whose firing followed a dispute over assistants. Kuharich’s two year term paid about 14000 annually.
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Chicago
Joe Stydahar
Chicago Cardinals
Stydahar
Bears
Walter Wolfner
Cards
Joe Kuharich
Studahar
Los Angeles Rams
Kuharich
Woltner
Eagle Matmen Meet Roanoke Here Saturday
Woodrow Wilson High School will host Jefferson Senior High of Roanoke Va at 7 20 p m Saturday night. The Flying Eagle grapplers seek revenge for a 210 23 setback at Roanoke. Ten matches feature a heavyweight showdown Beckley 233 pound Dick Allen vs Roanoke 281 pound Gerald Wiley.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Jefferson Senior High
Roanoke
Vic Peelish
Flying Eagle Grapplers
Peelish
Beckley
Dick Allen
Gerald Wiley
Allen
Wiley
Tigers Here Tonight Riders Win 13th County
Beckley hosts Princeton and stratton area matchups as the Raleigh County League and Coalfield Conference push toward key showdowns. Princeton seeks revenge after a 70 68 loss in January as Flying Eagles lead Coalfield with 5 0 while Beckley eyes a swing of wins to tighten the race.
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Beckley
Coalfield
Beckley Junior High
Tiger Cubs
Princeton
Ross Irle
Eaglest
Woodrow Wilson High School
Flying Eagles
Stratton High
Murray fTeffries
Garnet Yellowjackets
Charleston
Surveyor
Stotesbury
Sophia Blue Hawks
Trap Hill
Stoco
Hawks
Sophia
Wildcat
Joco
Mark Twain
Stolesbury
Indians
Wildcats
Mullens
Mt. Hope
Hinton
Oak Hill
Montgomery
Fayetteville
Lookout
Rainelle
Gauley Bridge
Richwood
Wyoming County
Baileysville
Chattaroy
Glen Rogers
Pineville
Oceana
Northfork
Talcott
Shady Spring
Ansted
Crichton
Seth
Marsh Fork
Conley
Mt. Hope DiBois
Tigers
Dwayne Wingler
Wingler
Johnny Lares
Pete Culberto
Bill Collier
Don Warden
Jim “Red” Brookman
Dog Price
Joe Hunnicutt
Ronnie Stearts
Willis Elmore
Hawks Face Bevo At Huntington Tonight
Beckley seeks revenge on Bevo Francis as Huntington hosts a clash with 25 0 Rio Grande featuring the prolific scorer. A-B aims to stay in front of Salem in the conference race with a two game swing at Shepherd and a looming Potomac rematch.
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Associated Press
Alderson-Broaddus
Shepherd
Rams
Salem
Beckley
Rio Grande
Bevo Francis
Huntington
Pax
Redmen
Francis
West Virginia Wesleyan
Morris Harvey
Potomac
West Virginia University
West Virginia State
Wilberforce
Glenville Los
Marietta
West Liberty
California
Virginia State
Bluefield State
Saigh's Baseball Future Tied to Frick and Giles
Saigh signals possible sale of Cardinal holdings with Frick and Warren Giles weighing the move. Bill Walsingham Jr. expresses interest in purchasing if Saigh disposes, while Saigh defends himself after a tax evasion conviction and a 15 month sentence.
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New York
Fred Saigh
Cardinal
Baseball Future Today
Saigh
Ford
Firck
National League Press
Warren Giles
Ross Baseball
St. Louis
Frick and
Giles
Bill Walsingham Jr
The
Cardinals
Walsingham
Sam Breadon
Bob Hannegan
Roy W. Harper
Harrison's 64 Tops af Tucson
Harrison, the Arkansas traveler now out of Ardmore Oklahoma, shot 64 to lead the Tucson Open after the first round. Veterans including Turnesa Palmer Bolt and Iverson Martin trailed by two strokes, with Mangrum eight back at El Rio Golf and Country Club.
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Tucson
Ariz
Dutch Harrison
Ardmore
Okla
Harrison
el Rio
Jim .Turnesa
Briarcliff
John Palmer
Charlotte
Tommy Bolt
Maplewood
N. C
Victor
Iverson Martin
W. J
Henry Williams Jr
Reading
Chandler Harper
Portsmouth
John Bulla
Pittsburgh
Lloyd Mangrum
Niles, Il
Jockey Dies After Spill at Sunshine Park
Edward Danhauer a 24 year old New Orleans jockey died after his horse White Boots broke a leg and fell on him at Sunshine Park in Oldsmar Florida He suffered a broken neck skull fractures and a broken arm and died in a Dunedin hospital without regaining consciousness The incident occurred during the fifth race as ten horses bunched on the backstretch of the six furlongs race
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Oldsmar
Fla
Edward Danhauer
New Orleans
Sunshine Park
Danhauser
Dunedin Without
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Baileysville Tops Laeger 58 to 40 in NRWC action
Baileysville extended its winning streak to 13 with a 58 40 victory over Laeger. Gauley Bridge beat Summersville 70 52 to rival for third in the New River Valley Conference, while Glen Rogers logged a 72 54 win over Bramwell in tri county basketball. Don Adams and Ted Lusk led Baileysville with double figures. Howard Taylor and Don Dye paced Gauley Bridge scoring.
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Bramwell
Baileysville
Saeger
Gauley Bridge
Summersville
Charleston
Dunbar
Concord Training
Gary
Clarksburg
West Union
Hunt
Douglass
Aracama
Vinson
Buffalo
Wayne
Fairmont St. Peter's
Monongah Karrackville
Smithfield
Davis
Thomas
Ben
St. Mary's
Tof
Bridgeport
Salem
Kelly
Fordham
Columbia
Brown
South Carolina
Furman
Tulane
Tennessee
Murray
Rollins
Presbyterian
Newberry
Guilford
Lenoir Rhyne
Bluefield
Mars Hill
Denver
Colorado A & M
Rough Riders
Taeger
Don Adams
Paul Mitchell
Ted Lusk
Gauley
Howard Taylor
Don Dye
Aubrey Crites
Marion Brown
Lusk
Adams
Mitchell c
Green
Jim Short
Shields
Joe Short
Bannister
Gilleys
Hatfields
Aeger
Lowe
Little
Hooker
Hammes
Hens
Payne G
Sottile
Red Holmes
Smiths
Wolfe
Crites
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Johnson
Holmes
Pt. Baughans
Willie
Gentry
Bailey
Lambs
Buntings
Acords
McKeehan
Brooks
Taraockory
Epperson
Quesenberry
Boltzer
Berries
Spalding
Hawks
Sikes
Lee Kayes Chapman Dies After Fight Night Collapse
Huntington West Virginia boxing notes report manager George Nichols urging Charley Lee to KO the opponent. Lee collapsed minutes after the match and died about three hours later from a stroke. Lee stopped Hosea Chapman in the delayed fourth round in a bout that was eight rounds. The main event ended in a 16 round draw between Harold Jones and Alfredo La Grotta with no knockdowns.
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Huntington
W. Va
George Nichols
Charley Lee
Lee
Cincinnati
Kayoed Hosea Chapman
Nichols
Harold
Baby Face) Jones
Detroit
Alfredo la Grotta
Jones
la Gralta
Sottile Passes 300 Ups Average to 20.1
Morgantown special reports Captain Jim Sottile of the West Virginia Mountaineers raises his scoring average to 20.1 and reaches 302 points after a 25 point game against Virginia Tech. He moves into eighth on the season list and nears Fred Schaus's 442 career record.
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Morgantown
Jim Sottile
West Virginia Mountaineers
Sottile
Virginia Tech
Fred Schaus
Ald
Matt Warkman
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