Beckley Blue Eaglets to face Clear Fork Panthers for Raleigh County junior title
Beckley Blue Eaglets meet Clear Fork Panthers tonight at Beckley Recreation Building for the Raleigh County Junior High Basketball Tournament grand championship at 8. Mt View faces Sophia at 6:30 for third place. In last night finals, Clear Fork Cubs edged Mt View 30-29 for Class B title while Beckley beat Sophia 54-26 for Class A.
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Princeton Caps Two Statistical Crowns In D.C.
Princeton tops the Coalfield Conference in scoring and margin of victory despite Beckley 11 0 record. Jimmie Woodie led Sophia with 13 points while Jerry Sutphin and Ronnie Taylor contributed for Beckley and Blue Eagle defense and rebounding.
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Wyoming County Opens Section L1-AAA Tournament Spark
Seth meets Madison tonight on Madison's court in the Section L1-AAA opener. The winner challenges the Flying Eagles for the title Saturday at Montgomery, with Woodrow Wilson staff eyeing the victors for Region 3 action next week in Fayetteville.
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Raleigh County Jr. Tourney Summaries
Harness sulkies are balanced so delicately that a 250 pound driver is no more drag on a strater or pacer than a 110 pound reinsman.
Valdes Powell Boxing Showdown Broadcast Tonight
Nino Valdes faces Charley Powell in a 10 round heavyweight bout in Miami Beach. Valdes seeks to defend his status as world champion while Powell aims to derail the favored challenger in a nationally televised ABC telecast at 10 p.m. Eastern. Powell carries a 14-0 record with 14 knockouts and is viewed as a serious upset threat by several boxing figures.
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Jimmy Walls
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Roy Harris
ABC
Six State Boxers In N Y Semis For Golden Gloves
Tony Madigan the Australian strong boy advances to the semifinals at Madison Square Garden, drawing Taylor Perry of Huntington West Virginia who earned a bye after a quarterfinal win. Madigan knocked out Bill Hollis of Pittsburgh in the quarters, lifting New York hopes as eight locals advance, with Lloyd Weeks Vincent Shomo Kenneth Suhovsky and Oscar Fields among winners. West Virginia contenders include Gene Young Ernest Taylor Ottie Adkins Melvin Fulgham and Carol Gooderham, while North Dakota adds 6-6 Dave Hanson to the freshman squad.
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Pittsburgh
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Alan Shangan
Lowell Mass
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Kenneth Suhovsky
Oscar Fields
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Herndon Upsets 3 Times Champ Oceana 39 to 38
Herndon shocks three-time champion Oceana 39 to 38 to reach the Wyoming County junior high basketball final. Fael Rinehart 13 and David McKinney 10 pace Herndon as Bill Perry leads Oceana with 15. Baileysville defeats Conley 46-32 in the nightcap.
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Hoad Defeats Gonzales in Montreal Tennis Show
Australian star Lew Hoad defeated Pancho Gonzales 63 64 in a feature match of Jack Kramer’s touring show in Montreal before 6,501. Hoad teaming with Ashley Cooper beat Gonzales and Mal Anderson in doubles 8-5 while Cooper beat Anderson 9-7 6-4 in the second singles. The tour moves next to Philadelphia.
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Baseball's New Clown Prince Is Making The Big Leagues
Max Patkin, age 36, is making the big leagues at 38 by touring basketball arenas during intermissions and performing baseball inspired impressions. Dubbed the new clown prince of baseball, he recalls Connie Mack calling him the funniest man he had seen and plans to refine routines for next summer.
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Willie Shoe Maker Wins Multiple Futurities Than Ever
New York AP reports jockey Willie Shoe Maker added to his record haul by capturing the Pimlico Futurity aboard Intentionally becoming the first rider to win five futurities in a single year. He also won the Belmont Futurity with Intentionally defeating First Landing in that colt’s only defeat. Shoe also took Restless Wind at Arlington and Washington Park Futurities and Tomy Lee in the Del Mar Futurity. In 1928 Albert Johnson won two futurities in one day when the Pimlico Futurity split into two sections and Johnson won in each race.
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Tommy Tibbs Beats Cantibe in Honolulu Bout
In Honolulu Tommy Tibbs won by outpoint over Larry Cantibe in a professional boxing match. Tibbs improved to 132 percent while Cantibe stood at 136 percent. the bout took place in Honolulu and lasted eight rounds.
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Light weight boxing results from multiple cities
The Associated Press reports winners in light weight bouts across several cities. Henry Hank scored a points victory over Jimmy Beecham in Toledo. Lauro Salas outpointed Collier Cox in Fresno. Manuel Elias defeated Cesar Sanchez in Phoenix. Joey Lopes outpointed Art Ramponi in Richmond.
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Monterrey
Mexico
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Cesar Sanchez
Los Angeles
Richmond
Joey Lopes
Sacramento
Art Ramponi
New York W Vertex Wins Idlewild Handicap at Jamaica
Four year old chestnut colt New York W Vertex with questionable legs held on to win the Idlewild Handicap at Jamaica. He overtook favored Bardstown near the stretch to finish five lengths ahead as Calumet Farm's Barnes Town ran with bandages on all four legs. The one mile and an eighth race clocked 1.49 1-5 on a fast track, fastest Jamaica season mark.
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