Playoff Berth Race Tightens in Raleigh League Half
The Raleigh County Baseball League reaches its halfway mark as Hinton upset Amigo and Montcoal beat Stamford to surge into third place. Layland fell 5-4 to the Colts who extended their unbeaten run to 10. Waddell and Rogers doubled in key blows while Leach fanned 16 in a decisive win for Coal City.
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Coal City Colts
Raleigh County Baseball League
Hinton
Amigo
Montroal
Stamford
Colts
Layland
Fire Eaters
Jack
Guyandotte River
Bob Fix
Kay
Fix
Robert Truell
Buck Lowe
Redbirds
Truell
Rogers Brothers
Coal City
Waddell Brothers
Moody
Lewis
Fred Wills
Colt
Eugene
Leach
Laylanders
George Todorovich
Bill Turner
Junior Anderson
Anderson
Wheel’ Thomas
Turner
Delane McGraw
Montcoal
Stanaford
Maynard Daniels
Jimmy Salters
Talmadge Chetham
Salters
Daniels
Armcos
Cheetham
Monteoal
Junior Dillon
Vernon Massey
Willie Seco
Arlie Reed
Talmadge Cheetham
Dewey Romine
Buster Hardin
Phil Fitzpatrick
Romine
Larry Cassell
Stamaford
Fitzpatrick
Shorty Harrah
Twin Bills
Lawland
Marfork
Slab Fork
Hinton AB
Comer
Totals
Amigo AB H Oo A White Cf
Phillips
Lowe Ss
Hensley 1B
Chandler If
Maynor c
Beckelheimer Rf
Bailey
Truell P
Salters E
R—J. Rogers
E.bryant
RBI
J. Rogers
K. Rogers
Lowe
Hensley
Chandler
S—White
Dp Phillips
Bb—Fix
Black Knight Golfers Edge Bluefield in Nassau Match Play
Black Knight Country Club won its second interclub match of 1955 by defeating Bluefield Country Club 2 1 2 to 8 1 2 at Nassau match play. BK won nine of 11 two man teams, though the top duo Sweet Burger lost three points to Schorr and Cartwright. Schorr 72 led scoring, matching Black Knight par, while Keesee-Foresman and another Bluefield pair won their matches. Complete results feature multiple 3-0 and 2-1-2 finishes among BK teams and the Bluefield contenders.
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Black Knight Country Club
Bluefield Country Club
Nassau
C. B. Sweet
Jack Burger
Bluefield
I. C
Rockey
Black Knight
Ernest Keesee
George Foresman
Tom Shrewsbury
F. E. Smith
Little Loop Red Sox Giants Win In Postponed Games
In two delayed Little League affairs at Elks stadium the Giants beat the Dodgers 9 to 7 in overtime and the Red Sox routed the Tigers 10 to 1. Giants move into a tie for second in the NL with four wins four losses while the Dodgers suffer an eighth straight defeat. Red Sox rise to third in the AL, Tigers fall to cellar.
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American Yankees
Indians
Red Sox
Tigers
National Reds
Cardinals
Giants
Dodgers
Cardinals Mon Giants
Reds
Yankees
Orioles
Cubs
Senators
Braves
Oak Hill
Pinecrest
Army Engineers
Prosperity
Appalachian
Army
Ak Hill
Sports
Mullens
Rotary
Moose
Legion
Lions
Ono
Ruth
Red Cox
Thuardinals
Twin City
Ruth Braves
White Sox
Loo
Yankee
Oo Lai
Athletics
Mon Yanks
Mt Hope
Elks Stadium
Sox
Billy Smith
Williamsport
Tigers Red Sox
Vellie
Bibb
Smith
Mdws
Setliff
Ernst
Taylor
Haga
Mdvill
Crws
Cook
Hadly
Hrvey
Ayrs
Phops
Wiker
Criss
Mhny
Dawn
Mandeville
Harvey
Ayers
Caffee
Hindsley
Burford
Crews
Pack
Rbi Smith
Nashua and Swaps Slam for Possible $100,000 Duel
Inglewood Calif racing fans await word from the East on a Nashua versus Swaps match race at Hollywood Park this summer for 100000 winner take all. Nashua won the Belmont Stakes by nine lengths while Swaps set a world mile and sixteenth record and won the Kentucky Derby. Rex Ellsworth disclosed negotiations are underway with William Woodward Jr for a race at a mile and a quarter under Derby weights with Nashua’s date to be decided.
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Inglewood
Calif
Hollywood
Nashua
California
America
New York
Swaps
Rex C. Ellsworth
Hollywood Park
William Woodward Jr
Maureen Connolly Honeymooning With Norman Brinker
Former tennis queen Maureen Connolly, 20, honeymooned at Warner Springs, Calif., with groom Norman Brinker, 24, after their San Diego wedding Saturday. They plan to attend Wimbledon and return to Europe, with the All England Championships in view and defenses of her title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner Springs
Calif
Maureen Connolly
Tutwiler Third In Sunnehanna Golf Event
Memphis State College senior Hillman Robbins Jr won the Sunnehanna Amateur by three under par 67 for 280 total, beating former champion Don Cherry by one stroke while Ed Tutwiler finished third at 282. A field of 32 played the 6,737 yard Sunnehanna Country Club course amid intermittent rain and 11 state amateur champions participated.
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Johnstown
Hillman Robbins Jr
Memphis
Tenn
State College
Sunnehanna
Don Cherry
Wichita Falls
Tex
Robbins
Ed Tutwiler
Charleston
W. Va
Tutwiler
West Virginia
Cherry
Sunnehanna Country Club
New Babe Ruth Park Twin Bill Is Rained Out
Rain halted the introductory Babe Ruth Park doubleheader yesterday with field lighting and electrical work still pending. Harry Lewin reported progress on lights and the equipment house, while a costly transformer and a delayed switch box remain issues. Meanwhile the Woodrow Wilson field hosts eight clubs over the next two nights with eight teams slated to play if weather cooperates. Ben Hogan becomes the first former U S Open champion to file entry for the 1955 event in San Francisco.
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Harry Lewin
Lewin
Baltimore
Harry
Pres
John Wright
Woodrow Wilson Field
Keatley’s
Black Knight
Harry’s
King
Ben Hogan
San Francisco
Boxing Notes 3 Bouts Set for Week Between Title Fights
The Associated Press reports a busy week between title bouts. Archie Moore faces Bob Olson on June 22 while Carmen Basilio and Tony DeMarco rest. Non-title bantam champ Little Aaton Macias meets Billy Peacock in a 10 rounder, aiming for his 15th straight win. Ralph Jones fights Ernie Durando at Madison Square Garden, with both coming off losses.
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Associated Press
Archie Moore
Bob Olson
Carmen Basilio
Tony DeMarco
Little Aaton Macias
Mighty Mouse
National Boxing Association
Billy Peacock
Los Angeles
Abc-Radio-Tv
Macias
Chamrern Songkitrat
Thailand
Ralph
Tiger) Jones
Yonkers
N.Y
Ernie Durando
Wild Slugger
Bayonne
N.J
Madison Square Garden
Jones
Eduardo Lausse
Durando
Kid Gavilan
Jones-Durando
the Garden
Vince Martinez
Chico Varona
Syracuse
Floyd Patterson
Archie McBride
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Holyfield Candy
Beckley College
Crab Orchard
Warren Williams
Beckley
Mills
Oo Thomas
Layvland
L. Waddell
M. Waddell
Wills
Todorovich
E Thomas
Crouch
McGraw
Rogar
Waddell
Cuthbert Leach
BB — Todorovich
SO — Todorovich
U — Crawford
Sparacing
Montcoal AB
Massey Dillon
Gogus
Jarrell
Hardin
K. Salters
Cassell
Stan
Ford AB
Harrah
Farrow
Cheetham Freeman
Reed
T._Cheetham
Dad's
Sophia-Slab Fork Grounds
WL i Pet
Layland Stanaford
Sophia-Sf
Harry Ellis
Ned Payne III
Bob Wills
W. L. McBride
Joe Luchini
C. Cassinelli
Clay McDaniel
Fil Frasher
Schorr - Cartwright
Sweet Burger
Ray Carper
Tony Massinople
Bob Brooks
H. C. Lazenby
Ellis Payne
Mort Wagner
Fred Blue
Wills - McBride
Francis Haynes
Dick Mcc Quail
Dr. M. M. Ralston
C. E.sebert
Charles St
Little Loop Red Sox
Thosn
Minton
Rbutte
Hilron
Hffstle
Moye
Mrgan
MecBde
Aldrin
Wdsall
Lwson
Davis
Wilex
Offie
Elsa
Meade
Gabmee Vce
Nscconpeens
Thompson
McBride
Widensall
Morgan
Surbaugh
Halloran
Huffstutler
Irle
Shumate
Alerman
Dvis
Little Mo
R—Romine
Massey
E—Goggs
Dillon
Seco
S—Dillon
T. Cheetham
Bb—Daniels
SO Daniels
J. Salters
Isaac Logart
Cuba
Ludwig Lightburn
British Honduras
St. Nicholas Arena
Logart
Lightburn
Virgil Akins
Dumont TV
Beckley Industrial Saving & Loan CO
Amoco
Oa Oll Company
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