State Amateur Play Starts Post 70 Grabs Area Five Lead
Gary Edges 32 to take lead in Area 5 American Legion Junior Baseball League with a 9 to 2 win over Fayette District post. Post 70 earns its second win without a loss while Beckley Post 32 drops to 0-2. Norman allowed three hits for Post 70 amid nine safeties as Nabors and Norman drove key runs early. Beckelheimer and Cox held Gary to a two fifth inning burst, and Gary sealed by pinch hits in the 10th. Post 70 and Beckley Post 32 meet in a Woodrow Wilson Field doubleheader Thursday.
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Mathias Leads Decathlon Drive Toward Olympic Bid
Tulare's Bob Mathias dominates the 1952 decathlon, leading after last night with 4394 points, ahead of Milton Campbell and others. He excels in the 100 meters, broad jump, shot put, high jump, and 400 meters, with strong showings in early events and contender for the discus, hurdles, and pole vault as final events approach tonight.
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Stanford University
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Mathias
Milton Campbell
East
Plainfield
Bill Albans
Los Angeles Athletic Club
Floyd Simmons
Bill Miller
Navy
Arizona State
Tempe
Billy Anderson
Tim Cooke
U. S. Army
Flam Faces Czech Ace In All England Semis
Two young Australians, Flam of Beverly Hills and Sedgman, meet in the other semifinal at Wimbledon as American contenders seek the title. Doris Hart is out, Maureen Connolly advances, and Shirley Fry faces Louise Brough as the U S women reach their own semifinal lineup.
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Charles Whiting
Wimbledon
England
Herbold Frank Sedgman
Beverly Hills
Calif
Mervyn Rose
Jaroslav Drobny
U. S
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Doris Hart
Coral Gables
Fla
Pat Flam
Beckley Chamber Committee Launches Fieldhouse Plan
The Beckley Chamber of Commerce formed a committee led by O. D. Hall to study building an all purpose civic auditorium. The group aims to meet with investment bankers and draft a definite plan, with Fletcher Mann Elmer Davis Eugene Scott and E Van Dorsey on the panel. Chairman Ball said they will wait for the banker to convene a meeting.
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Memorial Building
O. D. Hall
G. A. Bentley
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Beckley
Fletcher Mann
Elmer Davis
Eugene Scott
E. van, Dorsey
Ball
Indians Trample Senators Twice In Charleston Doubleheader
The Indianapolis Indians swept both ends of a doubleheader from the Charleston Senators, winning 10-3 in game one behind Bill Norleski who limited Charleston to five hits. In game two Abernathy scattered eight hits as Indianapolis posted a 1-1 tie.
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Indianapolis
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Campbell Aims for Fourth Straight Amateur Title
West Virginia golf opens qualifying for 1952 championships at Greenbrier Hotel. Bill Campbell of Huntington seeks a fourth straight men’s title while Ann Cochran Boreman of Parkersburg defends her women’s crown in a field near 109 men and about 60 women. The event includes an inter-state match with Virginia players at Hot Springs.
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Greenbrier
Feminine Competitio
Hot Springs
West Virginia
Rolfe Likely Fired as Detroit Tigers Manager
DETROIT It appears Red Rolfe will be fired as manager of the Detroit Tigers with a decision on a replacement to be made at a Saturday vote by club president Walter Briggs after a board meeting. Briggs plans to recommend releasing Third Base Coach Dick Bartell and choosing a new manager for the rest of the 1952 season.
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Red Rolfe
Detroit Tigers
Rolfe
Walter
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Briggs
Dick Bartell
Indianapolis and Charleston Split Doubleheader Scoring
The first game ended 35 to 10 with Charleston rallying late as Norleski Montavio Houtt and Kerns led Indianapolis. In the second game Charleston lost 18 to 11 as Abernathy Troupe Powell and Grubb produced the scoring for the visitors.
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Abernathy
Troupe
Powell
Grubb
Police and Silver Brand win in Intermed Loop action
In Moose Intermediate League play at WWHS Police and Silver Brand both secure 7-6 victories. Silver Brand ties for third with Modern Furniture as Norman Southern drives in the winner in overtime. Harry's rallies early but falls short. Rose nets 14 strikeouts for Modern while Hedrick earns the win for Police with late support from Rose and Southern.
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First Half Title Stake In L L Game Tonight
The Beckley Little League first half championship is at stake as the Tigers face the Dodgers after a 5-3 win by V1-1 over the Cardinals. Mgr Per vis’s club sits at 5-3 versus the Tigers’ 6-2 record in tonight’s key matchup.
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Tigers
Dodgers
Cardinals
Elks Stadium
Mgr. C. D. Pervis
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