Mack-Drake Keglers Break All Records In 1946
West Virginia Wesleyan reached the state college basketball semi finals, with Alderson Broadus, Potomac State, Wesleyan, and Salem advancing. Becckley stunned by Salem 49 48 in a dramatic finish as Fairmont State fell earlier. Bobcats guard play highlighted by Chet Marshall and Dave Oldaker helped Wesleyan lead 29 7 at half, then hold off Fairmont.
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West Virginia State Tourney Salem
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WVU Squad Off To N I Tourney
West Virginia University basketball team departs by bus for New York for the Mountaineers fourth NIT appearance in six years. Clyde Green, recently ill, is joined by Fred Schaus, Bill Zirkel, Eddie Beard, Leland Byrd, Jimmy Walthall, Joe Duff, Bob Cartoli, Tom Levette, Bill Kraus, Bob Jackson and Ivan Repass as they transfer to a train in Greensburg for the trip and face Bradley of Peoria at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Belvedere in New York.
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Bob Car- Toli
Tom Levette
Bill Kraus
Bob Jackson
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Weirton Star Ineligible For Region 1 Tournament
The state board of appeals ruled Stan Oblochovich ineligible for campus play. The Weirton High guard, central to the Red Riders’ season, marks his 20th birthday anniversary and extends to his regional tournament appearance this weekend.
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Fights Last Night Feature Mixed Results Across Cities
In Oakland Earl Turner of Richmond outpointed Jackie Wilson of Los Angeles while T McKeesport’s Ery Sarlin defeated Colton Chaney of Indianapolis. Clarence Cotton King and Joey Peralta drew after carding 146 and 148 percent. A stray line notes farming’s ancient origin in Egypt circa 3000 B C.
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Jackie Wilson
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Hogan Favored In $10,000 Jacksonville Open
In Jacksonville Florida Ben Hogan the top money player from Hershey Pennsylvania led the field as the favored contender in the $10,000 Jacksonville Open the Florida winter season finale with Sam Snead absent on a South African tour. Newcomers Jackson Bradley Johnny Palmer and Lew Worsham were listed as challengers to push Hogan for the $2,000 first prize.
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Washington, D. C
College Basketball Scores From Roundup
Columbia defeated Harvard 69 to 51 while Yale fell to Trinity 53. Pennsylvania topped Maryland 80 to 54 and Princeton beat Rutgers 47 to 39. Boston College posted 60 while Brown collected 57 in another set of results.
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Hunter Kills Two Predators With One Strychnine Pellet
In a Cascade foothills training camp brief, predator hunter Mel Williams uses strychnine pellets on horses to bait coyotes and magpies. Coyotes die swiftly, their hides sold and carcasses reused as predator bait. Williams disputes cruelty claims, noting death is quick and productive for wildlife control. The piece mentions related baseball and boxing notes from spring camps and a title bout approved for Gilmore Field.
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Morgantown region braces for 32 teams in state playoffs
Charles R Lewis and Weirton assess Morgantown bound matchups as 32 teams prepare for eight regional events. Logan, Princeton, South Charleston, Charleston, Beckley and Huntington East loom as frontrunners with regional races shaping up around Clarksburg Victory Irving and Mountain Lions.
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MacPhail accuses Durocher Rickey Parrott of dereliction in Havana
New York Yankees president Larry MacPhail filed verbal charges with Commissioner Chandler accusing Dodgers manager Leo Durocher Branch Rickey and road secretary Harold Parrott of conduct detrimental to baseball. He cites remarks about two gamblers as guests at a Havana exhibition game and cites newspaper columns he says carried the charges.
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