Weighty weigh‑in and career notes from WWHS stars
Local sports item tracks Randy Broyles and Nick Rahal back in town after college stints at W and L and Syracuse. Nick weighed 190 and Randy 178 in pickup scales. Randy minds golf and college options include W and L or Naval Academy. Also covers Stan Huffman’s Burlington teams and an Eccles Admirals exhibition plan at Whitesville. Beckley Tennis Club courts ready for members after weather.
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John Otis
Buster) Smith
Randy Broyles
Nick Rahal
Woodrow Wilson
Syracuse
Nick
J. Otis
Randy
Naval Academy
Stan Huffman
WWHS
Marshall College
West Virginia
Beckley and
Hinton
Burlington, N. C
Stan
Ben Hogan
Ben
Eccles Admirals
Whitesville
BCRL
Clarence Hancock
Beckley Tennis Club
Ewart Ave
Hope Gas remains top in Guyan Softball League with ninth straight win
Hope Gas stayed in first place by edging Red Jacket 5-4 for its ninth straight win in the Guyan Softball League as Marianna routed Pineville 14-0, United Producers beat Baileysville 3-1, and Wyoming Lumber defeated Glover.
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Register
Pineville
Hope Gas
Red Jacket
Marianna
United Producers
Baileysville
Wyoming Lumber
Glover
Hope Gas Careee
Wyoming
Marianna Ee
Pineville Twin Bill
Hope
Out-of-Towners Win at Oak Hill in Softball Clash
Fayetteville beat the Princes of Syracuse 7-2 while Mt. Hope topped Lochgelly 10-6 in Oak Hill City Softball. The game featured miscues and varied batting, with a 1:23 duration as umpires Milam and Robertson oversaw the action. Major players included N Bays Marks and R Bays contributing RBIs and home runs, with Stone, Crouch, and Gunter among notable hits.
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Oak Hill
Register
Oak Hill City
Fayetteville
Princes of Syracuse
Mt. Hope
Lochgelly
Mr. Ho Lochgelly
Heaber
R. Bays
Stone Cf
Lewis
Rapp
Franklin
Olpiotron
Batts
Crouch
West
Seroe
Beveat.s Creak
N. Bays
Marks
Gawk
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Ae Hh
Milles
Hall
Irelend
Hannah
Mitchum
Gunter
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Sepko
Hope
Wyoming
Mall
Dixon
Brammer
Need Zee Sepko
Milam
Obertson
Hester
Springfield
Affalo
Syracuse
Fayetteville Soares
Baltimore
Abrne
Oronto Orl
Penigton
Canis Sey
LEAGU
Vies
Wis
Grand Rapids
Dayton
Nei
Saginaw
Uskegon
Woodrun Cf
Hmbrs
Marshall
Rogers
Charleston
Summersville
King Coal
Muskegon
Ai iv
Muskegoo
Marianna Pineville
Ba Rapids
Taler
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Coleman
Price
Dough
Bailey
Johnson City
Pulaski
Vis
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Smith
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Hayes
Bluefield
Davis
Elizabethton
En River
Circuit Statistician
Ilese
Thomas
Bristol
Mars
Att
Wilken
Tea Pet
Hammond
Thom Neota
Patters
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Layland
Elzabethton
Mathews A
Pulas
Pet
Punter
Efp
Kingsport
Eam Botting
Eure
Morgan
New River
Ainelle
Mary Frances
Bowers
Crichton Seer
Marianna
Richwood
Pineville Des Pewee
Welch
Springdale
Ora
Clintonville
Moose Club
Jean
Pat Garden
RBI Mankin Lumber
Lay
Mathews
Osborne
Crich
Ald Fox
Rainelle
Beil
Umm
Weese Brown
Elle Herold
Summ
Carter
Harmon
C Love
Ross
Wilt Rainelle
Keeney
Kainelle
Brooks Rain
Dames Rich Il Vv
Fitepatrick
Au Grimes
Rieh
Ib Nu Kessler
Mu Sutton Um
Barger Crich
McGunire
Spring Uu
McClung
Clint A
Johnson
Clint Hinkle
Cai
Odson
Daniels
Waselchall
Ee Co
Bodson
Austin
Waselchal
Ray
Anderson
Balks Guinn
Uinn
Ander
Wil Pitebranch
Kelly
Crum
Guinn
Sutyak
Plug
Maben
Sizemore
Cook
D. Ada’s
Malsey
Rudi’s
Halse
S. Rudi'l
Brooks
Lambert
Owithrow
Powers
Porter
Cuthbert
Woodcock to quit boxing after savage Savold defeat
London report of Bruce Woodcock losing in four rounds to Lee Savold at White City Stadium in front of a 50 000 crowd. Woodcock sustained a deep cut above the left eye and blood streamed from his nose and mouth leading to a stoppage by referee Andrew Smyth after the fourth round. Savold’s victory ends Woodcock’s British title bid and signals the end of his ring career.
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Preas
London
Bruce Woodcock
Fighting Woodcock
Doncaster
Yorkshire
Lee Savold
United States
White City Stadium
Savold
States
Woodcock
Jack Solomons
Cest
Ringsiders
Englewood, N. J
Lee
Purse guarantees signal Savold Louis bout talks
New York reports Lee Savold, newly crowned world heavyweight champ, has offers to fight Joe Louis or Ezzard Charles or Jersey Joe Walcott with purses of 350000, 175000, and 150000 respectively. Promoters unnamed, negotiations hinge on venue Jersey City baseball park in September and possible Louis affiliation with International Boxing Club. Louis has shown interest but has been inactive since 1949, touring Canada. Charles remains world titleholder pending Aug exam. Walcott fighting in Germany July 9.
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Associated Press
New York
Lee Savold
Britain
Europe
Joe Louis
Ezzard Charles
Jersey
Joe Walcott
Abe Greene
National Boxing Association
Greene
Jersey City
International Boxing Club
Louis
Canada
Savold
Charles
NBA
New York State
Walcott
Germany
Berlin
Conny Rux
Cologne
Hein Ten Hoff
Woodcock
Bruce
Bill Daly
London
Jack Solomons
Joey Maxim
Cleveland
Wakefield Homers as Oaks Rout Sacramento 6 2
Oakland and Dick Wakefield power past Sacramento with a decisive 6 2 win. Wakefield, a former Yankee, homered in the eighth after securing his first complete game in left field for Oakland. He previously resisted a $40,000 trade to Chicago and was sent to Oakland as partial payment for Jackie Jensen and Billy Martin.
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Wakefield
Oaks
Oakland
Calif
Dick Wakefield
New York Yankee
Sacramento
Chicago White Sox
Yankees
Jackie Jensen
Billy Martin
Raleigh club gains state charter as nonprofit
The Raleigh County Red and Gun Club is granted a state charter as a nonprofit organization. Incorporators include C. E. Lilly president of Beckley L. L Fleshman of Slab Fork and Dillard Walker of Raleigh per the West Virginia state secretary's office.
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GUN Club
Raleigh County
Red and Gun Club
C. E. Lilly
Beckley
L. L.fleshman
Slab Fork
Dillard Walker
Raleigh
W. Va
Pinecrest Nine Triumphs In Exhibition Over Fayette Countians
Pinecrest Nine defeated Fayette County 7-6 at Ballard Stadium after dulling a late rally by Mary Frances. The event followed a Church Softball League game where Prosperity First Baptist won 6-3, with players Shenke Brown Wilburn and Turner Wiseman noted among participants.
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Pinecrest
Fayette County
Mary Frances
Fayette Countians
Ballard Stadium
Prosperity
First Baptist
Ted Williams and Ralph Kiner Scheduled for Homer Derby
At Forbes Field on June 26, Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox and Ralph Kiner of the Pittsburgh Pirates will duel in a power hitting contest before an exhibition game between their clubs. Each round lasts a half hour with fast balls pitched to tee off for homers to benefit a child safety program.
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Fenway Park
Boston
Ted Williams
RF Belge
Detroit
Griffith Stadium
Washington
Sportsman's Park
St. Louis
Yankee Stadium
New York
Municipal Stadium
Cleveland
League Park
Comiskey Park
Chicago
Shibe Park
Philadelphia
Wrigley Field
Ebbets Field
Brooklyn
Forbes Field
Pittsburgh
Polo Grounds
Braves
Crosley Field
Cincinnati
Associated Press
Boston Red Sox
Ralph Kiner
Pirates
Red Sox
Williams
Kiner
Pittsburgh Sun- Telegraph
The
Western Pennsylvania Safety Council
Distortion Measured in Earth by Gravitational Pull
In Los Angeles UC physicist John T. Pettit reports using a gravimeter that the earth may vary up to four feet in its distance from the center due to the sun and moon.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
John T. Pettit
University of California
Earth
Edwight Edges Seth 6-5 To Claim Second Place
Edwight nipped Seth 6-5 to rise to 4-2 in the Big Coal River League, moving into second behind Seth. Edwight pitcher Totals show a 4-3 mark for Seth. key players include Prickaks Richards Lucey Rutled Lamb Cassell with Rutledge Dempsey Jarrell Enicky Pain and Smith contributing with hits as errors and base-on-balls are noted in a rough recap.
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Hy Register
Seth
Edwight
Theapore
Edwight Seth
Prickaks
Richards
Lucey
Rutled
Lamb
Cassell
Rutledge
Dempsey
Jarrell Enicky
P Pain
Ae Ree Ue Smith
Linkous
Bottman
Hofhnan Loftman
Dickens
Darby
Kubs Face Bullets in Ladies Night Playoff
Mullens reports Kopperston Kubs meet the Black Diamond League leaders Helen Bullets tonight at 8 in a playoff for a 3 3 opening tie. The event is billed as ladies night with free admission for all women. Last night Kopperston beat Detroit Clowns 8 1 in an exhibition after a Logan Coalers game was postponed.
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Mullens
Helen Bullets
Kopperston Kubs
Kopperston
Detroit Clowns
Logan Coalers
London cabbies name best drivers outside cabs
The Green Badge Journal poll shows London cabbies rate ambulance men and police as the best drivers outside cabs. They also deem women and drivers of post office and laundry trucks as the worst.
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Assoc
London London
The
Green Badge Journal
Moose Protests Loss To Harry's. BC Wins
Beckley College defeated the Eagles Club 7-2 to stay third in City Softball League. Harry's Men's Shop rallied from behind to beat Moose 8-7 in eight innings, but a protest over a dead-ball ruling may trigger a league meeting this week. McGinnis pitched well for Harry's. Scarborough 3 RBIs for Harry's and Hancock among Moose leaders.
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Moose
Harry
Beckley College
Eagles Club
Harry’s Men’s Shop
Clothiers
Bos Poh
THULE
Madazet Vununy Wig
Vilt
Moose Club
Lawrence Wiseman
Johnny Hancock
Hancock
Wiseman
Wright
League
Harry's
R—Scarborough
Brock
McGinnis
Wier
Fegge
Gillespie
Mills
Ormandy
White
Wilburn
E—Scarborough
Eaton
Ferge
Scarborough
Collins
Trent
Lassic
Thurmond Tops Lanchers 19-11 in City Softball League
Thurmond overcame a 7-1 deficit to beat State Lunch 19-11. Tackett opened with a grand slam, as Thurmond scored 17 runs in the fifth and sixth frames. J. Tackett drove in five, with multiple players contributing in a high scoring offensive night.
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Register
MT. Hope
Tackett
Thurmond
State Lunch
Thurmond State Lunch Brhe
Simpkins
Clark
Stevens
Liptrap
John
Morgan
Nicely
Lamast
Harkins
Ashley Cf
McCu
Serseoss
McGuffin
Campbell
Wood
Carte
Curcyna
Cruise
P. Johnson
Lamaster Harkins
Johnson
Lamaster
McCune
Mie
Careyna
Carter
Itcher McCune
Pires Wills
Arga
Bright
Farley
Women Shape Yugoslav Future in New Assembly
In Belgrade elections 32 of the 620 member Yugoslav assembly are women. The women join the government councils and influence the policy direction as Yugoslavia expands its legislative body.
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Associated Press
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
New Assembly
Congress
United States
Black Sox and Gulf Juniors Register in Junior League action
The Tams Junior Black Sox edged Helen 5-3 on three-hit pitching from Bob Kelly, while Gulf blanked Maben 7-0 in County Junior League play. Black Sox sit atop the standings at 3-0.
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Tams Junior Black Sox
Helen
Bob Kelly
Gulf
Maben
Black Sox
Tams Jen
iWasel
Ray
Aoz i
Daniels
Walker
Sea Branch
Wyco
Schofi
oMilam
Baker Lf
Delamere
Kidd
Casey
Milam Cf
Austin'c
Grose
Guinn
B. Crump
Anderson
Torrieo
J. Lester
McGraw
Grimm
B “Rudisil
Awaiker
E — Owyer
Halsey
Brooks
Powers
Bams Rudisil
R. Rudisil
Grianie Lambert
O — Grimm
Lambert
Tams Black Sox
Mullens
Winding Gulf
Crab Orchard
Serae Ma Peer
Affinity
Helén
Stiff clash set in Massachusetts Handicap at Suffolk
Brandywine Stable's Cochise is to face A. G. Vanderbilt's Loser Weeper and B F Whitaker's My Request in the $25,000-added Massachusetts Handicap at Suffolk Downs. Cochise carries 120 pounds with jockey Eddie Arcaro aboard for the key race.
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Associated Press
Boston
Brandywine Stable
A. G. Vanderbilt
B. F. Whitaker
Massachusetts
Suffolk Downs
Eddie Arcaro
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Pugh
Tues
Warner
Ireland
v/Hall
Sheer
Army
Arnold Galiffa
Donora
West Point
N. Y
U. S. Military Academy
Shenke
Brown
Ted
Kubs Vs
Bullets
Mracae
Gibson's
Gibson Distillers, Inc
Beckley C
Eaette
Shace
Scott
Woods
Farmer
Scott Chrstian
Worley
Kent
Wilbur
McNeish
Andrews
Kennedy
Bays
Payness
Herrow
McGines
Farrow
Beckle Olle
B. Scott
Bemeco Eee
I ' Pinecrest Teewee
Beckley Ve
Appalachian
Easles
Lanchers
Gulf Juniors Register
Waselchalk
Helen Senet
Lukty Maid
Eei
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