Parker Sepkowski Set For Centennial Playoff
Glenn Parker and Dick Sepkowski will contest a head to head rolloff for the Raleigh Register Centennial Handicap Bowling championship at Sky Lanes and Bowl Wick with ambos. Parker posted a 729 series handicap to reach the playoff while Sepkowski had 705 at Bowl Wick. Mrs Caponiti captures women's pin championship with a 624 total and Mrs Kessinger runnerup at Sky Lanes. All proceeds go to the Raleigh County Centennial Fund.
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Donald Meadows
Glenn Parker
Dick Sepkowski
Sky Lanes
Gail Caponiti
Nellie Kessinger
Parker
Sepkowski
Bow] Wick
ABC
Wick
Charles Hodel
Caponiti
Kessinger
Pauline S. Holden
Kes Singer
Holden
WIBC
Bowl Wick
Raleigh County Centennial Fund
Women's City Bowling Championship Opens at Oak Hill Beckley
The 13th annual Woman's City Championship bowling tournament starts Saturday at Hopkins Sky Lanes with team competition. First shift at 6 p.m. Second shift to follow. Sunday moves to Bowl Wick Lanes for doubles and singles from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Forty four teams and one hundred sixty four bowlers entered.
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Oak Hill
Beckley
Hopkins Sky
Golf Greats Lead 40,000 Dollar New Orleans Invite
Gary Player Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus head a strong field at the Greater New Orleans Invitational. Lakewood Country Club hosts the four day event with Paris 72 and defending champ Bo Wininger from 1962. Early scoring shows Player 71 Palmer 72 Nicklaus 75 as bursitis hinders Nicklaus.
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New Orleans
UPI
Gary Player
Arnold Palmer
Jack Nicklaus
Lakewood Country Club
Mississippi River
Paris
Palmer
Player
Nicklaus
Bo Wininger
City Park
Lakewood
Phil Rodgers
Bill Maxwell
Palmera
Beatty To Miss New York Kaycee Track Championship
Miler Jim Beatty and several top European athletes will miss the New York Knights of Columbus Kaycee track championships at Madison Square Garden. Russian jumpers Valery Brumel and Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Finnish vaulter Pentti Nikula, and French distance runner Michel Bernard are among those absent, but more than 15,000 fans are expected for the 44th annual meet.
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New York
UPI
Jim Beatty
Civets and Midgets Split Civitan League Night at Bowl Wick
The Civets and Midgets split two of three games in Civitan League action at Bowl Wick. Bill Klein led men with 544 and a 196 game. Mary Hall topped women with 193 and 496. Citizens gain by beating Patriots twice as Cappellari’s 213 517 tops league. Claxtons fall behind as Fourney and Christian post solid scores. Sky Lanes Mixed sees Grady Whitlock Ford tied for first after beating J C Penney Co. Raleigh General Hospital results incomplete.
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Bill Darby
Cal Lilly
Sisk
Massinople
G. Caponiti
George Williams
Betty Fazio
Fe Bill Shumate
Harold Klein
Gladys Stiles
Adrian Barker
Becky Reed
Tom Maynor
Ganda Sharp
Don Murdock
Betty Martina
Harvey King
Dot Turbyfill
Jack Pedro
Blance Howen
Irby Hutchens
Rita Farmer
Ed Ragland
E. J. Wilson
Scott Ballard
Dave Finley
Beulah Perry J. Rollison
Eunice Long
A. Garabarino
Lou Manning
Cc. Blackburn
Ann Karbonit
Cc. Johnson
F. Torrico
Charles Karbonit
Betty Daniels
Ed Hannah
Betsy White
Ivan Lowery
Alicia Mohler
E. Merrick
Mildred Gunnee
Rose Martina
John M. Daniel
M. McRoberts
Nash Campbell
Dario Solari
Gerry Hutchens
Jerry Ellison
Nancy Brigualio
Charles Walker
Edith Gorsica
W. D. Holliday
Phillis Rose
B. C. Sisk
Lois McLean
Frank Dearing
Mary Williams
Helen Tilson
Sky Lanes
Elizabeth Setliff
Helen Troutman
Minnie Hill
G. Parker
Sarah Wolman
Danny Tilson
P. Barker
Bunce Tilson
Betty McCorkle
Tony Milano
Jerry Williams
Arnold Wyant
Edith Bailey
Laura Torrico
C. F. Walker
Sue Sisk
Bob Cher
Ann Hunt
K. Kambouris
Larry Trump
Eugene Mills
Jerry Lilly
Boots Wyont
Wilson Tate
Thresa Edwards
Bill Shumate
Mick Radford
D. Sepkowski
David Finley
A. B. Wyant
E. Borrer
Wayne McClure
R. Schumacher
Don Young
Bill Rutherford
C. Summerfield
O. C. Kiser
Oscar Kirby
Danny Saks
Eugene O'Neal
Lewis Turbyfill
S. F
B.C. Sisk
Sam Caseino
Charles McNeil
Johnny Blevins
Herbert Buckley
Dix Manning Im. Kay
Pete Thornley
L. Farley
Mike Guerino
Walter Cooper
Remus McVey
O. E. Jessup
Bill Childress
Mason Hall
George Springer
Co. Bowling
J. H. Campbell
Bill Martin
Carl Perry
Bob Johnson
Ernest Spencer
Sam Shawver
Sam Thompson
C. Karbonit, Sr
Eddie Johnson
Jack Rorrer
Toney Marino
Jack Grimmett
G. McKinney
E. M. All
O. Kidd
Louis Cernava
Bil Bowman
C. Tankersley
George Wagner
R. Robinson
Bill Gearhart
Shelby Stump
Cather Riser
H. Southern
Hoppy Reed
Glen Parker
L. Turbyfill
Dave Anderson
Richard West
Ronald Troutman
Frank Rose
Jim Allen
Bill Klein
Douglas Walter
C. Bowling
Albert Staggs
Tom Radford
F. Dearing
R. Newsome
James Ransom
A. Galabarino
Kenneth Adkins
Civets
Bowl Wick
Mary Hall
O. D. Hall
Phil Payne
Civers
Nellie Kessinger
Patriots
Citizens
John Gorman
Theresa Edwards
Amerigo Cappellari
Rosalie Anderson
Cappellari
Builders
Claxtons
J. D. Christian
Dot Turbufill
Dot
Paul Fourney
Millie Christian
Bill Nace
Grady Whitlock
Ford
J. C. Penney Co
Sophia
D.F.C. Raleigh General Hospital
Freda
Beauticians
Raleigh County Bank
Beaula Perry
Gladys Wood
Sandra Barnett
Chester L. Smith
White Cross Pharmacy
Peggy Grimmett
Bank of Raleigh
Loma Hart
Mary Kleiman
Bowling Night Lane Battles Highlight League Action
The BOLiY TIM MASSEY team faltered losing twice to Harvey Cabinet Co. but held second. Homeseekers Land swept Rase Super Market to stay close in third. Clara Dodson helped Grady Whitlock Ford as J C Penney Co. faced a key match.
Briggs Hopes To Give Himself Big Birthday Present
Doyle Briggs leads the PBA all charity classic with a 34 point edge after the first 12 games. He posted the tournament’s high six game series, a 1,383, then added a 1,225 in the night session to top the standings and chase a $4,000 first prize. Don Ellis, also of Houston, moved to second behind Briggs as the field prepares two more six game blocks today and tonight to determine the top sixteen for match play. Switzerland minted a pure nickel coin in 1881.
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Houston
UPI
Doyle Briggs
Professional Bowlers Association
Briggs
Houstonian
Don Ellis
Ellis
Andy Marzich
Flying Eagles Seek Revenge Against Huntington East
Beckley Flying Eagles, 11 8, close regular season tonight at 8 p m in a key Mountain State basketball clash with Huntington East. East led by Joe Dawson and Lyndon Waugh, Beckley counters with Buddy Gravely and soph Fred Lewis as both squads juggle injuries and tournament prep.
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Beckley
Flying Eagles
Huntington East
Fayetteville
East Bank
Marsh Fork
Elkview
Stratton
Park Central
Glen Rogers
Herndon
Mullens
Jarea
Sophia J
Clear Fork
Mark Twain
Highlanders
Joe Dawson
Buddy Gravely
Gravely
Billy Karbonit
Fred Lewis
Lawrence Wiseman
Mike Jackson
Jerry Gallaher
Rudy Coleman
Huntington
Bluefield
Parkersburg
Pony Express
Lyndon Waugh
Sam Kaiser
Bill Blevins
David Kiger
Lewis
Ron Lilly
Floyd Vecellio
Hall of Fame pitcher Eppa Rixey dies at 72
Eppa Rixey, elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame a month earlier, died of a heart attack at 72 in Terrace Park Ohio. The lefty earned 266 career wins from 1912 to 1933, mostly with Cincinnati Reds, and held the mark for most wins by a left hander until 1959. He retired at 42 and ran an insurance agency in Tremont Ohio after baseball.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
UPI
Eppa Rixey
Baseball Hall of Fame
Rixey
Terrace Park
Christ Hospital
University of Virginia
Philadelphia Phillies
Cincinnati
Reds
Warren Spahn
Milwaukee Braves
Ma‘Tremont
Ohio
Hall of Fame
Cooperstown
N.Y
Peepers Corner Warns on Sky High Sports Salaries
The piece critiques 1963 Yankee contracts for Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris as harmful to education and youth. It argues promoters drive up pay, undermining values, and proposes government regulation or voluntary restraint to rebalance sports economics. It also praises Blue Hawks conduct at the WVIAC Tournament and Coach Joe Cook’s reflections on scholarship interest.
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Mickey Mantle
Roger Maris
New York Yankees
Mantle
Maris
Yankee
America
Self
United States
Marshall Wins Over St. Francis
Marshall University defeated St. Francis, Pa., College 81-71 as Phil Carter and Dick Wildt led with 20 and 14 points respectively and 20 and 12 rebounds. Treacy and Francis added 13 and 12 points. Marshall closes season vs Western Michigan. Sandy Williams led St. Francis with 21 points.
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Wildt
Bill Treacy
Bill Francis
Carter
Marshall
Western Michigan
Treacy
Sandy Williams
St. Francis
Jay Fredrich
Everett Jenkins
Big Green
Pennsylvania
Mareshall
Cassius Clay Relativity Theory Stuns Boxing Panel
Cassius Clay dazzles lawmakers with his theory of relativity as he campaigns against boxing decline. He predicts regaining past glory when he fights Doug Jones at Madison Square Garden on March 13, compares himself to Einstein, and vows to influence boxing for a decade before passing the title to Rudolph Valentino Clay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassius Clay
Theory of Relativity
New York
Clay
Legislative’ Committee
State Capitol
Albany
Albert Einstein
Sclons
Wonder Boy
Sonny Liston
Rudolph Valentino Clay
Kennedys
Jones
Cassius Marcellus Clay
Louisville
Pennsylvania
Justice of the Peace
Rozelle To Report On Probe Within 30 Days
Detroit Lions stockholders heard at the annual meeting that NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle would announce the probe results into gambling within 30 days. President William Clay Ford said Rozelle advised of the pending announcement and noted the Lions posted a $115,000 profit for the past season, similar to 1961 despite higher TV and attendance revenue. General manager Edwin J. Aerts added the final audit was not yet complete, so exact figures were unavailable.
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Detroit
UPI
Detroit Lions
National Football League
Pete Rozelle
NFL
William Clay Ford
Rozelle
Lions
Ford
Edwin J. Aerts Lions
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Mrs. Caponiti
Rosalie Bibb
Virginia Cooper June Reed
Mary Callihan
W. Kessinger
Opal Ballard
Kitty Tate
Bertie Walker
T. Thompson
Emma _ Brich
Margie Hunter
Frances Riffe
Glady Stiles
Betty Fourney
F. Campbell
Ann Karbonit, Sr
Arlene Woodie
Blanche
Lilly
Nancy Briguglo
Ruth Kidd
Billy Tate
Jeanette Long Lll
Betty Daniel
Alice McGann
Bette Lou Evans
Alice O'Neal
Cleo Crewey
M. Christian
L Alfreda Edgell
Boots Wyant
Clara Dodson
Beatty
Etre Tkheh
Universal
Choice AM
S. Kanawha St
Civitan League
Boliy
Tim Massey
Jack Klaus
Harvey Cabinet Co
Homeseekers Land
Rase Super Market
A. H. Staggs
Nita Dew
Jim Hamilton
Hamilton
Raleigh General Hospital
Kitty Klaus
Klaus
Blanche Lilly
Bob Johnston
Homeseekers
Raso Super Market
Carolyn Kingley
Jo Ann Sawyers
Frank Raso
W. Walters
Beckley Loan Company
Neville St
Switzerland
Peepers’ Corner
Blue Hawks
Joe Cook
Charleston Civic Center
Hawks
Cook
Stratton High School
Davis & Elkins
Beckley College
Bill McCormick
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
NEA
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