Region 3-AA opening night features Beckley Stratton
Beavers face Gary in the nightcap while Oceana meets Hinton in game two at Princeton regional action. Stratton 20-2, led by Isaiah Bailey, and Gary aim to challenge favored Oceana, with key players listed for both teams and start times around 7 and 8:45 p.m. in Fayetteville.
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Yankees Beat Nationals 4-3 in Exhibition Game
The New York Yankees under Johnny Keane edged the Washington Senators 4-3 in a spring training exhibition. Elston Howard and Mickey Mantle homered, with Mel Stottlemyre shutting down the last eight Nats across final three innings. Other notes mention Koufax, Aparicio, Kaat, and multiple intra-squad and camp developments.
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Columbia Broadcasting System
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Yankees
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Howard
Mantle
Tony Kubek
Yanks
Stottlemyre
Sharp Mel Stottlemyre
Jim Bouton
al Downing
Warren Spahns
Yogi Berras
Berra
Spahns
New York Mets
Sluggers Wanted as Astros Camp Opens in Cocoa
COCOA Florida UP I Luman Harris new Astros manager seeks .500 season not miracles. He aims to improve pitching and defense while pursuing a power hitter. Walt Bond shifts between first base and outfield. Bond hit .254 with 20 homers and 85 RBIs last season.
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UPI
Luman Harris
Houston Astros
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Houston
Astros
Colts
Jim Gentile
Kansas City Athletics
Kansas City
Athletics
Walt Bond
Gentile
Bond
Daisy as national flower urged in comical twist
A humorous remark advocates the Shasta daisy as the national flower and jokes that the motto would become Upsidaisy, reflecting playful sentiment without asserting official change.
Beckley Junior High coach honored on eve of tourney elimination
About 100 fans attended a dinner at the Elks Lodge honoring Coach Ross Irle as his Beckley Junior High team earned his 700th victory with the 36th career win. The event featured film of the milestone, tributes from players including Jack Beard and Bob Wooton, and gifts to assistants Ross Hutchens and Jim McNeish. Glen Fork prepares to clash with John McGraw tonight as the final elimination round nears for the upcoming Bluefield invitational.
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Beckley
Elks Lodge
Ross Irle
Bluefield
Irie
Jack Beard
Bob Wooton
Irle
Ross Hutchens
Jim McNeish
Fred Hurt
Beckley Junior High
Football Clinic At Montgomery WV Tech Offers High School Session
The fourth annual football clinic at West Virginia Tech in Montgomery runs Saturday 9 to 3 with speakers Perry Moss Dave Adkins Sammy LeRose and Robert Hosey. Attendance includes lunch for coaches and players with a program covering training offense defense and quarterback development.
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Leonard Nelson
Tech
LeRose
Hosey
Perry Ross
Sam Fernandez
Rockets
Mullens High names All-OpponentTeams led by Pineville star
Don Stover announced Mul lens High basketball All-Opponent teams drawn from five schools. First team features Dallas Blank enship Pineville Alonzo Murphy Logan Tom St Clair Princeton Paul McKinney Welch and John Burton Bluefield. Second team includes Tommy Evans and Larry Laxton Oceanana Gordon Jones Mullens Conley Roger Bartram Chapmanville and Robert Smyre Sto co.
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Mullens
Don Stover
Mullens High
Dallas Blankenship
Pineville
Alonzo Murphy
Logan
Tom St. Clair
Princeton
Paul McKinney
Welch
John Burton
Bluefield
Oce
Ana
Tommy Evans
Larry Laxton
Gordon Jones
Mullens Conley
Roger Bartram
Chapmanville
Robert Smyre
Stoco
Wilson signs Grambling halfback with Broncos
Nemiah Wilson of Grambling has signed as a free agent with the Denver Broncos of the American Football League.
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Grambling
UPI
Nemiah Wilson
Denver Broncos
American Football League
Royals to Host Cincinnati in Eastern Division Semifinals
Cincinnati Royals 5 percent games ahead of third place Philadelphia will host the first game of the NBA Eastern Division semifinal playoffs March 24 if they remain in second place.
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Royals
Cincinnati, Ohio
UPI
Cincinnati Royals
Philadelphia
National Basketball Association
Washington shows camouflaged microphone in Martini olive
In Washington, electronics experts demonstrated a Martini olive concealing a microphone, illustrating surveillance reach. The piece notes the growing sense that Big Brother watches and shares the experience of being eavesdropped.
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Washington
Big Brother
Pineville Elementary A and B teams defeat Baileysville
Pineville Elementary A team edged Baileysville 51 46 as Don Sizemore led with 18 points while Brendon Hatfield added 23 for the losers. The B squad extended its win streak to 14 with a 55 41 victory paced by Jerry Hill 22 points and C Bailey 14 for Baileysville.
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Baileysville
Don Sizemore
Brendon Hatfield
Jerry Hill
C. Bailey
A Pineville
Bame Pineville
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