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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1959
Page
6
Assists listed for Stratton Lester Ad daway Martin Tenson Edmunds Peterstown G Jones Lively and Smith. The fragment notes player contributions across teams with single and multiple assists, indicating a summarized box score style.
The Stonecoal Grade School Basketball Tournament semifinal winners advance to the finals at Stoce High gym Coal City Fireco meets Rho dell for the eighth grade title while Fireco faces Killarney for the sixth grade crown Semifinal rounds saw Fireco defeat Com City 15 4 led by Jack Shuck 15 points and Killarney top Stoce 44 7 Jim Garretson scored all points for Killarney Ronnie Richmond led Fireco 5th graders to a 22 victory over Bacontown Rhodell 38 27 topped Killarney 8th with Butch Bowman 14 points Fireco 6th 64 23 15 Coal City 33 6 Stoco 6th 60 01 7 Killarney 6th 20 3 14 Fireco 38 8 7 26 Bacontown 8th 10 1 3 22 Rhodell 8th 11 10 98 Killarney 8th 50 11 9 27
Wayne Reynolds of the men’s golf committee announced a snowbird tournament for members at Mack Knight Coin Club. It opens the 1050 mg season with a one percent hole medal play Callaway handicap system format. It will be the first such event at the local links in years.
Willie Mays may miss three to four weeks with a bone deep gash in his right leg after sliding into home during an exhibition against the Boston Red Sox in Scottsdale. He was injured when his shin hit catcher Sammy White’s shin guard, then scored from second before being taken to a hospital for stitches.
In Prague, the United States and Czechoslovakia meet with 2-1 records in the world amateur hockey championship as Finland and Sweden kickoff the event. Canada rests today but faces both teams in the following days after Russia defeated Czechs 4-3.
Mickey Mantle showed no lasting damage from a sore shoulder as he went through 11 innings in the Yankees 11 inning victory over the Baltimore Orioles in St Petersburg. Mantle had complained of shoulder pain after throwing to first base and rested two days. Some teammates attributed the pain to throwing knuckle balls.
West Virginia high school basketball action features Princeton and Beckley in a pivotal 8 pm matchup at Fayetteville Memorial Auditorium. The Tigers seek title odds against Beckley amid key injuries to Ragland and Harmon while Mullens Stratton Lookout Peterstown contests shape the regional outcomes for State Tournament berths.
Results list for regional high school basketball matchups with teams Washington Irving Weirton Richwood Martinsburg West Fairmont Elkins Princeton Beckley Huntington South Charleston New Martinsville Pt Pleasant and others, showing records and venues at Moundsville Morgantown Fayetteville Charleston and final Region 1 AA game.
Listings show multiple regionals with teams and records. Notable games include Parsons 19-1 facing Keyser 19-3 in N Area. Gassaway 17-5 vs Weston 19-6 in Region ?-AA at Weston. Rowlesburg 21-4 vs Piedmont 15-10 in N Area 2A at Petersburg. Sherrard 19-5? vs Fairview 18-6 in Area LA at Fairmont. Ansted 23-0 vs Liberty 20-4 in Beaver. other finals set for Morgantown Parkersburg Weston Princeton St Albans and Fairmont locations.
New York AP Sugar Ray Robinson weighs a potential last fight against Archie Moore in Yankee Stadium this September. Promoter Bill Rosensohn offered at least 600000 to be split between them, plus TV and other receipts. Robinson, 38, and Moore, 42, discuss 60 percent for each, with Moore seeking 44 percent as champion.
FAIRMONT AP Plans for next summer's American Legion junior baseball championship tournament were announced by state chairman Frank J. Seccuro. Eight leagues will compete with regular season ending July 27. The top eight records advance to four regionals to be completed by Aug 3, leading to a double elimination state tourney Aug 6-9 at Whitesville in Boone County. Whitesville Post 75 hosts. Weirton Post 10 is defending champion.
CHAMPAIGN Ill AP Ray Eliot resigns after 17 seasons as University of Illinois football coach effective after the 1959 season to become assistant athletic director to Doug Mills Eliot a 52 year old has built Illinois into two Big Ten titles and a share of another with a 78 70 10 record since 1942 He says he leaves with dignity and notes the program has finished in the second division since 1953 The top candidate to replace him is Chuck Studley a former lineman and captain on Eliot s 1951 Rose Bowl team.
Kansas City AP report says Bob Davis of Georgetown College Kentucky earned NAIA Coach Of The Year at the Hall of Fame luncheon. Georgetown upset in Kentucky playoffs and did not reach the first annual NAIA tournament. Georgetown was the only team to defeat Tennessee A&I State this season en route to an NAIA title bid.
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