Patrone Leads WVU To All Tournament Honors In Richmond
West Virginia captures its fifth Southern Conference title with a victory over The Citadel. Jerry West stars with 27 points and 19 rebounds in the final, while reserve Lee Patrone scores 56 across three games and earns All Tournament honors. The Mountaineers secure a week of rest before the NCAA regional at Madison Square Garden.
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Richmond
West Virginia
Waterloo
Madison Square Garden
New York City
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Mountaineers
NYU
Fred Schaus
Schaus
Citadel
Arena
Davidson
William and Mary
Jerry West
Lee Patrone
Magnificent West
Patrone
West
Jeff Cohen
Roy Lange
Art Musselman
Bulldogs
Mounties
Dick Jones
New York
Cadets Defeat St Francis For 3rd Prep Crown
Greenbrier Military School wins its third Eastern Prep title with a 110-91 final over St. Francis of Spring Grove Pa in Staunton Va. Tom Carpenter led Greenbrier with 22 points as Joe Ebert Bill Hardin and Paul Py boosted the attack. Jerry Roy Carlos Morrison and Jim McCormick added 41 from the trio while Bill Hoffman paced St Francis with 30.
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Lewisburg
Greenbrier Military School
St. Francis
Spring Grove
Staunton
Greenbrier
Fork Union Military Academy
Saints
6Th Fork Union
Massanutten
Bill Hoffman
Iwas
al Morgan
Hardin
Hughes
Joe Ebert
Buddy Bales
Tom Carpenter
Bill Hardin
Paul Hughes
Jerry Roy
Bob Hamlin
Carlos Morrison
Jim McCormick
John Monareh
Charles Carey
Paul Borsa
Robert Knight
Pat Pinto
William Moritz
Weekend Fights By The Associated Press
Mexico City Raul Macias outpointed Ernesto Parra in a 10 round lightweight bout. In Johannesburg Mike Holt out pointed Jerry Luedee in a 10 round welterweight contest. In Hollywood Roberto Garcia knocked out Jimmy Moser in a 10 round lightweight bout.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Raul
Aaton) Macias
Mexico
Ernesto Parra
Johannesburg
South Africa
Mike Holt
Jerry Luedee
New Haven
Coaches Feud After 104A Track Incident
Penn State coach Chick Werner accuses Manhattan's George Eastment of bad taste after IC4A meet. Manhattan wins 21-20-17-36 to take title at Madison Square Garden amid a disputed 60-yard high hurdles result involving Henry White and Mike Herman. Werner seeks IC4A commissioner Asa Bushnell review, while Ron Delany dominates the indoor mile in 4:07.1.
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Chick Werner
Manhattan
George Eastment
Jaspers
Werner
Madison Square Garden
Eastment
Henry White
Dan Ferris
White
Mike Herman
New York University
Herman
Ferris
Asa Bushnell
Ic4a
Ron Delany
Istvan Rozsavolgyi
Phil Coleman
Bill Dellinger
West Virginia and Notre Dame reach AA finals in tense crowds
High school basketball finals deliver close victories as Wheeling Central edges Clarksburg Notre Dame 63 61 for Class AA while MecMechen Bishop Donahue defeats Follawsbee St Anthony’s 45 39 in Class A. College results feature Kentucky Tennessee Georgia Tech Georgia Auburn LSU and more across conferences with notable scores including Stanford over Southern Cal 85 74 and Duke lopsided at North Carolina 42 72. Also results from NBA style college tournaments and early schedule notes.
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Lane urges AL clubs to gang up on Yankees in 1958
Cleveland GM Frank Lane calls for a league wide effort to throw only top pitchers against New York to deny them another pennant. He targets Dodgers Giants and Whitey Ford era mindset, cites 1951 Dodgers vs. Giants as blueprint for unified action. Lane departs for Indians camp after fiery interview in St. Petersburg Florida.
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Associated Press
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Frank Lane
Cleveland Indians
New York Yankees
Lane
Yankees
Indians
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Ariz
Bob Turley
Ryne Duren
Duren
Yankee
Whitey Ford
Marshall at Toledo Tonight in Key MAC Clash
Marshall College visits Toledo for the first of two Mid American Conference games this week as the Big Green seek a 500 season. Toledo sits sixth in the seven team league and has been strong at home, with only one home setback to a conference rival. Marshall carries an 11-11 overall record and 5-5 in league play, and a loss would require a win over Miami Thursday to avoid dropping below .500.
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SC Tourney May Stay In Richmond
The Southern Conference Ways and Means Committee recommended returning the conference basketball championship to Richmond in 1960. Other cities like Greenville, Washington DC, and Charleston West Virginia showed interest as the tournament has been held at the Richmond Arena.
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Richmond
College Basketball Roundup: AZ Quintets Fill Tourney Field
College basketball moves toward week’s end with 42 teams needed for major post season brackets. NCAA fields 19 spots, NIT four, small college eight, and NAIA two. several conferences and teams remain in contention for bids as selections hinge on this week’s results.
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NAIA
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NBC To End Dixie Baseball Segregation
The National Baseball Congress announced that its segregated Dixie tournaments for Negro teams will end in 1981 Ray Dumont president said Negro teams will be allowed to compete in all congress sanctioned tournaments starting that year in Wichita Kansas AP report
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Wichita, Kan
National Baseball Congress
Ray Dumont
Warren Williams Junior Baseball League Special Meeting Tonight
The Warren Williams Junior Baseball League will hold a special meeting at 7 30 p m tonight at the Beck ley Newspaper Library to discuss league policies and problems. The committee headed by George Springer includes Bob Wills Bob Rodrick Gene Morehouse Gary Dent and Chairman Paul Hutchinson. President Jim Webb is to ensure attendance of league officers and managers.
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Beckley
George Springer
Paul Hutchinson
Recreation Levy
Warren Williams
Gene Morehouse
WJLS
Gary Dent
WWNR
Jim Webb
Major league holdouts lead spring drills in 1959
Roy Sievers Bob Cerv Albie Pearson and five Braves held out as 21 players refuse to sign. Eight clubs reported all present while Senators Braves and others top the holdout list. San Francisco St Louis Philadelphia and Los Angeles each have one unsigned. Sievers last year earned an estimated 38000 dollars in Washington, Pearson is AL Rookie of the Year, while Conley Adcock McMahon Del Rice and Casey Wise also remain unsigned.
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Roy Sievers
Bob Cerv
Albie Pearson
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Washington Senators
Braves
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Baltimore
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Los Angeles
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Washington
Pearson
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Cerv
Parke Carroll
Joe Adcock
Don McMahon
del Rice
Casey Wise
Gene Conley
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