Softball and boxing highlights at district playoffs today
District Six playoff action opens at 2 p m with Coach Red Martins Bluefield junior team chasing a best two of three win over Welch with Olis Dickens to start if needed. Later, the Register Horseshoe tourney runs 5 to 7 p m at WWHS with Oak Hill coach Bud Jennings and Mt Hope entrants drawing interest. Also, a boxing card at Madison Square Garden features Ray Robinson vs Joe Curcio as a tune up for a welterweight title bid.
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Oak Hill
W.L
Bud" Jennings
Mt. Hope
Ralph Haught
Fred Frisk
Mike Vickers
Gilmer Ayers
Eccles-and-Glenn
Ashworth
Charlie Placidi
Paul Bowers
Helen
Buck Carney
Jack Allen
Stotesbury
Allen
Carney
Jack
Robinson
Associated Press
New York
Ray Robinson
Joe Curcio
Newark
Madison Square Garden
Harlan Walloper
Marty Servo
Beckley Boxing Show Promises Big Cards For Charity
The Beckley Woodrow Wilson Stadium hosts an eight bout all star boxing card sponsored by B Nai B Rith Lodge to aid local and national charities. Promoter Cooper White calls it the biggest show in Beckley history with top fights including Cotton White versus Wildman Moron in the main event and Johnny Overchuck versus Buck Diehl. Proceeds go to Emergency Relief charities. Ringside seats are 3 dollars, general admission bleachers are one dollar less.
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Woodrow Wilson‘Stadium
Cooper White
Beckley
Woodrow Wilson Stadium
White
B'Nai B’rith Lodge
Joe Dutton
Cotfone White
Diehl
Beckley Lad
Luther Harriston
Clevon Murray
Bob Clark
Johnny Proton
Pratan
Lee Meador
Merchants League Carlson
Shomo Aera
Harris
BIW Printing VY
Lively Benewes
U. Underwood
J. Underwood
Becauiny Steep
Johnny Osborne
High- Humphrey
William Clark
G. Lively
Eckley
Noah Satango
Tofais
Bernard “Kid” Ruffin
General Stores
Beckley Hatcher
Tony Salango
Oof Akers
Beckley Sanders
Feazell
Clay Eeennese Highco
Catton" White
Tols
Wildman
Morton
Spies
L. Warden Ween
J. Warden
John Dalton
John Mason
McGray
Clarence Cousins
Robinson
Lee Harris
James Shepherd
Carl Reynolds
Woodrow Wilson Field
Aittle Coca Cola
Shrewsbury
Mullins
G. Wise
D. Wise
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Standings and results from major leagues and leagues
American League results include Boston 3 Detroit 2 and New York 9 Cleveland 1. AL standings show Boston leading with 23 wins, New York 32, Detroit 33, Washington 37, St. Louis 41, Cleveland 42, Chicago 44, Philadelphia 52. Today’s AL games Chicago at Washington, St. Louis at Philadelphia, Detroit at Boston. National League results have New York 13 St. Louis 3 and Brooklyn 0 Chicago 1, with NL standings led by Brooklyn 48 27, St. Louis 53 32, Chicago 40 33, Cincinnati 36 11, Boston 34 41, New York 34 46, Philadelphia 31 39, Pittsburgh 29 45. Appalachian League scores include Pulaski 12 Elizabethton 3 and Welch 11 Johnson City 7.
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Chicago Cubs
Johnny Schmitz
Brooklyn Dodgers
Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Giants
Red Birds
Harry Breeden
Giants
Johnny Mize
Court martial sentences for Pvt Dwaller in assault case
Private Clarence E. Dwaller of Amherst West Virginia was found guilty on two assault charges. He received a dishonorable discharge and ten years imprisonment for attacking several Japanese soldiers with a knife and unlawfully entering Japanese dwellings. The Eighth Army will review the sentence.
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Kyoto
Clarence E. Dwaller
Amherst
West Virginia
Eighth Army
Yankees Beat Feller Sets Record Pace In 9 1 Victory
Yankees defeated the Cleveland Indians 9-1 at Yankee Stadium as Bob Feller, allowed five earned runs in five innings, tied or pursued pitching marks but fell short on rest with his third start in five days. Spud Chandler earned his 13th win, while Johnny Mize homered for the Giants in a separate nine-run rally.
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Yanks
Indians
Waddell
Spud Chandler
Tribe
Germain and Otto Vie For College Title in Ohio
In Jenkin town near Columbus Ohio Dorothy Germain of Beaver College meets Phyllis Otto of Northwestern University in the National Women's Collegiate Tournament final. Earlier Germain and Paston clinched the team title for Beaver as Nancy McIntosh of Huntington West Virginia won the tournament’s first flight medalist honors with a 74.
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Columbus
Pennsylvania
Jenkintown
College Land
Dorothy Germain
Beaver College
Phyllis Otto
Northwestern University
Miss Germain
Dorothy Paston
Nancy McIntosh
Huntington
W. Va
Nament
Miss Gerlwith
Schedule Drawn For Second Half In Softball Loop
Managers of the City Softball League meet in Raleigh to limit the second half to one round of games to avoid conflicts with a state tournament and football practice. The schedule lists matchups from July 13 to Aug 14 including Beaver, Glen White, Bemeco, Universal, and others, with team name changes noted for Glen White.
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Raleigh Register News Room
Soe
Beaver
Beckley Hardware
Bemeco
Universal Supply
Universal
Glen White
Elis
Moose
Richmond Cleaners
Bemeca
Hardware
Elks
Richmond
Ellis
Fred Rutledge
Oana Likely To Make Dallas Nines In Texas League
Dallas Rebels president George Scepps said Hank Oana has a good chance to make the team after signing a Texas League contract with a bonus if he stays until August 20. Oana has 15 wins midway through the season and could become the sixth pitcher in league history to reach 30 wins. Tomorrow’s schedule lists NL games in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Brooklyn, and Chicago, and AL games in Chicago, Washington, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Detroit, and Boston.
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George Scepps
Rebels
Hank Oana
Hank
Oana
American Legion Juniors Face Bluefield for District Crown
Beckley juniors seek the District Six title with Otis Dickens on the mound after an 8-1 win over Bluefield last week. If Beckley wins at 2 pm today they clinch the district cup. a loss would force a second game at 4 pm to decide state tournament entry. Roy Elkins weighs a possible two out of three series with Williamson Huntington.
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Red” Martin
Bluefield
Welch
Qlis Dickens
Johnny Coleman
Bluefield Junior Legionnaires
Otis Dickens
Beckley American Legion
Red”. Martin
Bluefielders
Roy Elkins
Beckley
Hines Leads KC Golf Bid With 66 First Round
Jimmy Hines of Chicago, in his sixteenth year of golf, fired a 6 under par 66 at Hillcrest to lead the $20,000 Kansas City Invitational. Harold McSpaden, Johnny Bulla, and Young Jackson Braeley trailed two strokes back after opening rounds of 68 as the field contends with golf greats Ben Hogan Byron Nelson Lloyd Mangrum and Sammy Snead for the crown.
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Jimmy Hines
Chicago
Hines
Hillcrest Country Club
Ben Hogan
Byron Nelson
Lloyd Mangrum
Sammy Snead
Harold
Jug) McSpaden
Sanford
Kansas City
Johnny Bulla
Young Jackson Braeley
Long Beach
Cal
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Morgantown
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