West Virginia allows Christmas tournaments as one game
West Virginia high school basketball teams may hold Christmas tournaments without increasing their 20 game limit. The West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission voted 52 to 50 to count holiday competition as one game, enabling 19 regular season games plus holidays. The panel also extended athlete age eligibility to those who turn 19 on or after Sept 1.
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White Sulphur Springs
West Virginia
West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission
The
Activities Commission
Board of Appeals
Ben Dunman
Mullens
Martinsburg
Zeising
North View
Harrison County
Sophia
Hinton
Jonathan Lowe
Huntington
John Saunders
Shady Spring High School
Gordon Eisman
Secondary Principals Commission
Huntington High School
Pony Express
Huntington School
Maxie
Shady
Tigers
Beckley
Kenny Ward
Howard Hurt
Held to Mayo Clinic for precautionary exam
Cleveland shortstop Woodie Held travels to Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota for a routine checkup as a precautionary measure. Held had surgery to remove an infected mole from his left shoulder blade on March 13 and should be able to resume training in about a week according to a doctor.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Cleveland
Woodie Held
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Frank Lane
Killebrew Hits First homer After Training Stint
Harmon Killebrew belted his first home run after ten spring training games. Driving in two runs as part of a five run Washington rally, the homer helped beat the Los Angeles club 9 to 7.
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Orlando
Fla
Goring
Harmon Killebrew
Killebrew
Washington
Los Angeles
Mantle and Burdette Holdouts See Mixed Spring Action
Mantle ailing knee limit and Burdette debut after signing as both struggle in Florida exhibitions. Mantle goes 0 for 4 as Cardinals top Mets 10 3 while Burdette yields three runs in a ninth inning rally in a 9 7 Braves win. Red Schoendienst shines at second base as Daryl Spencer homers three times in St Petersburg. Other games include Killebrew homer for Washington and Drysdale pitching woes for Los Angeles.
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Mickey Mantle
Lew Burdette
Florida
Mantle
New York
St. Louis Cardinals
St. Petersburg
Burdette
St. Louis
Daryl Spencer
Washington
Los Angeles
Don Drysdale
Killebrew
Drysdale
Arizona
Boston Red Sox
San Francisco Giants
Scottsdale
Chicago Cubs
Sammy White Still Retired
Sammy White remains retired from baseball and is unsure where to send retirement papers. The vote on voiding Cleveland trade hinges on Frick receiving White’s paperwork. White spoke with Frank Lane and Joe Cronin and said the retirement is final despite questions about proper procedure.
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Boston
Sammy White
White
Ford Frick
Cleveland
Jim Marshall
Russ Nixon
George Page
Joe Cronin
Scottsdale, Ariz
Lane
Town and Country, Oakwood win quarterfinals in Talcott tourney
Town and Country defeated Sandstone 123 to 74 to reach the semifinals while Oakwood beat Rainelle 82 to 73. Earl Gilbert scored 31 points to tie the single game record, and H Skiles and Elbert McMillian also matched the 31 point mark. Oakwood and Town and Country advance to face each other Friday with Hilldale meeting Warren Esso in the other semifinal.
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Sandstone
Oakwood Auto
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Warren
Esso
Earl Gilbert
Beckley
Bill Skiles
Elbert McMillian
Oakwoods
Town Country
Oakwood Auto Ham Brown
Shockey
Tony Lusk
Mickus
Ron Stenner
Warden
Riffe
Jim Butta
Cerrito
Manuel Lopez
Tench
Casey
George Gwinn
McMillian Estep
Buck Eckle
Wallace
Dick Adkins
New Pro Basketball League May Start in 1960
Abe Saperstein, owner of the Harlem Globetrotters and part owner of the Philadelphia Warriors, says a 1960-41 starting date for a new pro basketball league may be possible. He has conferred with representatives from nine cities including Washington D C Cleveland Honolulu Portland Buffalo Chicago and an unnamed Southwest city.
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Chicago
Abe Saperstein
Saperstein
Harman Globetrotters
Philadelphia Warriors
National Basketball Assn
Washington, D. C
Cleveland
Honolulu
Portland
Ore
Buffalo
Celtics Win Eastern Title in Six Games
The Boston Celtics defeat the 76ers 119 117 to clinch the NBA Eastern Division finals in six games. The Celtics built on a balanced attack led by Bill Russell with 25 points and Tom Heinsohn 22, while Philadelphia’s Bill Sharman added 10 points. In the West, St Louis forced a seventh game by beating the Lakers 117 86 as Bob Pettit and Clyde Lovellette each scored 29 points to stay alive.
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Boston Celtics
Assn
Minneapolis Lakers
St. Louis
Celtics
Philadelphia
Lakers
Boston
Syracuse
Tom Heinsohn
Bill Sharman
Heinsohn
Wilt Chamberlain
Paul Arizin
Warriors
Guy Rodgers
Bill Russell
Rodgers
Warrior
Willie Saulsberry
Chamberlain
Bob Pettit
Clyde Lovellette
Cliff Hagan
Elgin Baylor
Pettit
Smallest Field Set For Steeplechase at Aintree
The Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree will have the smallest field in 25 years with 27 horses to start the four mile race. The event, run Saturday, features 30 obstacles and a TV audience in Britain and Europe for the first time since 1897. Merryman II and Team Spirit share 8-1 betting favoritism.
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Aintree
England
Britain
U. S
Team Spirit
Kulbaga Leads in Bowling Championship Standings
Paul Kulbaga a 32 year old Cleveland department store employee surged to first in both singles and all events at the ABC championship as 12 standings shifts occurred He helped Buddy Simon Sign of Cleveland take second in open team while posting 676 in doubles and 726 in singles to boost his overall performance.
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Toledo
Ohio
American Bowling Congress
Paul Kulbaga
Cleveland
Kulbaga
Buddy Simon
Shady Spring to move to Triple A next school year
Shady Spring High School will move to Triple A after the next school year as 120 incoming senior boys push enrollment about 40 over the Double A limit. Coach Al Harper faces tougher play with no strong junior high feeder system, while organizer efforts in grade school may help future teams.
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Noel
Babe) Riffe
Shady Spring High School
Riffe
Tigers
al Harper
Shady Area
Shady
Rufe
Pitt Begins QB Search as Spring Drills Open
Coach John Michelosen started Pitt's quarterback hunt as spring drills opened at Pitt Stadium. Ivan Toncic finished his varsity career last season, leaving a vacancy for the Panthers in a session held with about 70 players practicing in snow flurries.
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Pittsburgh
John Michelosen
Pitt
Michelosen
Ivan Toncic
Pitt Stadium
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