Chicago Edges Kansas City In Narrow ABA Tilt
Chicago edged Western Division leader Kansas City 108 107 as the American Basketball League race tightens. Cleveland rallied to beat San Francisco 100 98 while New York guard Jack Adams scored 87 points including the winning basket in the final second. Standings show Pittsburgh atop the division with New York, Chicago, and Cleveland within two and a half games as the season nears its wire.
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Pioneers Stop Welch 70-60 in Region 3-AAA Semis
East Bank Pioneers erased an early 17-9 deficit to beat Welch 70-60 in the Region 3-AAA semifinal. Onas Aliff led East Bank with 21 points, while Thomas Hill and Allen McCune added 15 each as Welch’s Larry Chatfield scored 23. Beckley and Princeton duel for a finals berth.
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Whitehead
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Harry St. Clair
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Steve Blame
Lanny Oblinger
Jim Smithburger
Don Roberts
Heenan Wilson
Mark Able
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Mid-East NCAA Play Starts
Mid-East NCAA Play begins in Akron with unbeaten Florida A and M facing Youngstown while Wittenberg meets Gannon. Florida A and M, 23-0, and Wittenberg, 18-4, seek finals to earn a quarter final spot in Evansville. Gannon barred by freshmen rule. two reserves out. two Pennsylvanians top scorers unavailable.
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Tickets On Sale For Beckley Princeton Basketball Clash
At Fayetteville Memorial Auditorium ticket sales begin at 6 30 pm for the Beckley versus Princeton boys basketball game. Woodrow Wilson High School principal C G Peregoy says 100 adult and 100 student tickets will be available.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Mt Hope Faces Lenore High in Regional Play Tonight
Mount Hope Mustangs coach Jack Shockey leads a quick but undersized team into Region 4-AA play at St Albans against Lenore. Height edge favors Lenore, illness worries star Robert Stanton but Mount Hope aims to break a 30 year state run drought with hustle and guard play from Anderson Spadaro Payne and Taylor.
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Bill Calloway
Charles Thomas
Bill Honaker
George Ross
Moore Faces Lightweight Cisco Andrade in Non-Title Bout
World featherweight champion Davey Moore moves up to lightweight to fight Cisco Andrade of Los Angeles in a 10 round non-title bout at Olympic Auditorium. Moore, 28, seeks to extend dominance over Mexican boxers as Andrade, 32, hopes to upset the division lead. If Moore wins big promoter George Parnassus may attempt a title clash with Joe Brown.
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Mazur Takes Lead In Pensacola Open
Peter Mazur of Tonawanda New York shoots a 63 to lead the Pensacola Open at the Pensacola Country Club in Florida. He holes seven mid irons within ten feet and adds three long putts, with a foes list including Tommy Bolt Arnold Palmer and Joe Campbell chasing with 66s as 61 pros and one amateur post 71 or better.
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UPI
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Crystal River
Arnold Palmer
Miami
Joe Campbell
Clarksville
Celtics Seek 60 Victory Total With Final Tests
Celtics resume drive toward NBA season record after a 108-102 win over the Chicago Packers. Bill Russell and Frank Ramsey each scored 27, while Walt Bellamy led the Packers with 31. Next games include Detroit away, Los Angeles at home, then Syracuse at home.
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National Basketball Association
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Syracuse Nationals
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Frank Ramsey
Walt Bellamy
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Patterson Liston heavyweight title fight contracts near
Contracts for the Floyd Patterson Sonny Liston title bout were being drawn up in New York with announcements unlikely before next week. Patterson plans to make the formal declaration, while Liston’s attorney Morton Witkin said the fighters are substantially matched for the June fight and that the site may be New York.
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UPI
Floyd Patterson
Sonny Liston
Patterson
Liston
Morton Witkin
Philadelphia
Floyd
Sonny
Witkin
Tom Bolan
Championship Sports, Inc
WVIAC Wrestling Tourney Starts Saturday in Fairmont
The first West Virginia conference wrestling tournament will be held Saturday in Fairmont with four teams competing Fairmont State West Liberty Davis and Elkins and Morris Harvey.
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UPI
West Virginia
Fairmont State
West Liberty
Davis & Elkins
Morris Harvey
Distant stars' light takes years to reach Earth
The text notes that Alpha Centauri is so far away that its light takes roughly four years to travel to Earth, illustrating the vastness of the cosmos and how celestial events are observed long after they occur.
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