Leo Byrd and Marshall Greeted in Huntington Letters
Readers in Huntington and Beckley debate Leo Byrd choosing Marshall College over West Virginia University. Correspondents praise his hometown ties, question WVU supremacy, compare programs, and urge fair treatment. others defend Byrd and note sports as secondary to education.
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Huntington
Cabell County
Leo Byrd
Marshall
Frey
Marshall College
WVU
Bob Orders
Bobby Moss
Dubby Morris
Dwayne Wingler
West Virginia
Wills
Walt Walowac
Sid King
Jules Rivlin
W.v.u
Mark Workman
Rod Hundley
Power
Fayetteville
Carnegie Tech
University of Virginia
West
Beckley
Bob
West Virginia U
Byrd
Mullens Little League Race Tightens After Tight Contest
In Mullens the Lions and Legion traded blows as Rotary led the standings. Moose defeated Rotary 7-3 to trim the Rotary lead to one game while Lions moved two back, with Legion two games behind. Individual batting figures show Wiley and D McKinney driving runs for Lions, and Couragin plus Stump as key Moose contributors.
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Mullens
Legion
Lions
Moose
Rotary
Pritchett
Smith
Raines
Elliott
Wiley
Shelton
M’kney
Singleton
Presley
Thmpson
Jourich
Miller
Tibbs
Adams
Elkins
Maddox
Runion
Shannon
Belcher
Jenkins
Rampooa
Thompson
Beckley Americans win section title after two wins at Lewin Park
Beckley American League All-Stars, managed by Tom McQuade, captured Section 3 Babe Ruth League baseball with two straight wins over Man and Beckley National League. Mahoney starred with 16 strikeouts in the 11 inning championship and the team advances to the State Championship at Parkersburg, facing Follawsbee on Saturday with a potential final Sunday.
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Lewin Park
Tom McQuade
Parkersburg
Follawsbee
Clarkeburg
Huntington Central
Man
Frank Shrewsbury
Mahoney
Logan
Rapold
Ee Thompson
Beckley
Parker
Wikle
Lon
George Thompson
Bryner
Jimmy Freeman
Meadows
Duke James
Rickey Dennis
Bruno Della Mea
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Stump Comp ton Wiley Farley 2 J Stump 3 2B C Stump Robinette Johnson Kliber Compton Farley Runion Wiley. BB J Stump 2 C Stump 3 SO J Stump 2 C Stump 6 J Stump. L C Stump.
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Tolliver
Robinett
Gearhart
Mkinney
Ashley
C. Stmp
Clifford Cf
Worley
Runion
Johnson
Stmp
Yates
Wiley
M'Clure
Farley
Klaiber
Compton
Halsey
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Moose
RBI
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C. Stump
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Cardinals Break National LI Tie
The Cardinals beat the Giants 3 0 to move to first in the National Little League at Elks Stadium. Quintier allowed two hits and earned the win as Cards pull ahead. Dodgers edge Reds 10 9 to tie Giants for second, with all four teams missing All Stars.
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Elks Stadium
Johnny Quintier
Dodgers
Reds
Chaveston
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Wilcox
James Cf
Aldmn
Sudrth
Manple
Webb
Christian
Karbonit
Quintier
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Via
Alderman
RBI
Gwinn
Lawson
Horvath
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Huffstuttler
Thios
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HO — Huffstuttler
W — Quintier
L — Huffstuttler
U — Irle
Colin
Fink
Pinecrest Bees Reach Intercity Tourney Finals
In a 2-1 thriller at Ballard Stadium Pinecrest B edged Pinecrest A in nine innings to advance to the Intercity Softball League finals. Cotton White lined a bunt single with one out in the top half of the ninth scoring Max Baer after bases were loaded via walks and a sacrifice, continuing a string of three straight extra inning wins for the Bees over the A’s.
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Max Baer
Pinecrest B
Pinecrest A
Ballard Stadium
Bees
Baer
Louie McManus
Phil Fitzpatrick
Eddie Pence
White
Pinecrest
Willie Joe Chandler
Fitzpatrick
Jimmy Farmer
Joe Farrish
Robert Scott
A’s
Denny Maddox
Pence
Oak Hill
Sports Center
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Rogers
Farmer
Chandler
Maddox
RBI
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Fitzatrick
Mearns
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Porter
Adams
Celtics Sign Davis from Marietta College
Boston signs Mark Davis a 6 foot 170 pound guard from Cairo West Virginia who played four years at Marietta College. He scored 1649 points in college and shot 45.5 percent from the floor and 76.8 percent from the free throw line last season.
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Boston
Mark
Buzzy) Davis
Marietta
Ohio
Boston Celtics
National Basketball Association
Davis
Cairo
W. Va
Battles Headed to Football Hall of Fame from Small Colleges
Clifford Franklyn Battles, Buckhannon native and five-sport star at West Virginia Wesleyan, named to football Hall of Fame as first small college honoree. He starred in 1930s with Wesleyan and later the Boston Redskins, leading the league in yards in 1933 and 1937. Shared stories recount his campus tree-running and back conversion under coach Cecil B. Ross. Other inductees and Hall of Fame coaches noted.
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West Virginia Wesleyan
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Gip
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Washington, D.C
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Cebe
Cliff
Ross
Houlgate
Salem
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Duquesne
Washington and
Jefferson
Bobcats
Elmer Layden
Washington
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Pacific
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