Beckley Little League selects 328 players for 20 teams
Parent's Night set for Tuesday at the Beckley Elks Lodge as 20 teams including Eastern Western and Central leagues announce their 328 selected boys from 531 registered. Replacements possible after season opens with 208 not chosen, and officers, managers, and parents invited to learn about Little League operations and community impact.
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Elks Lodge
Beckley
Bill File
John Saunders
Beckley Elks Lodge
Week's Practice Schedule By Day For Baseball Teams
A weekly practice timetable lists daily slots for teams at various diamonds and fields. The note states all times are 5 30 unless otherwise indicated and includes Parents Night at Elks Lodge at 8 pm on Tuesday. Teams include Cardinals Giants Dodgers Reds Yankees Red Sox Tigers Indians Braves Orioles Pirates Cubs.
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Dodgers
Reds
Yankees
Red Sox
Tigers
Indians
Elks Lodge
Braves
Orioles
Pirates
Cubs
Diamond
Mexico City Ernesto Figueroa Faces Ike Chestnut In Bout
Mexico City fighter Ernesto Figueroa and Ike Chestnut from New York meet in a boxing bout. Both listed at 129 14 pounds, signaling a featherweight clash with potential title implications. Chestnut seeks decisive win on foreign soil.
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Mexico City
Ernesto Figueroa
Mexico
Ike Chestnut
New York
Regional Track Qualifiers Set Across Six Sites
Six regional meets for high school track and field unfold this weekend in Charleston Huntington Wheeling Elkins Beckley Martinsburg drawing about 480 athletes for the state meet in Charleston on May 16. Top contenders include Dunbar versus Charleston in Charleston and Huntington while athletes chase state records by Keith Locke John Minichan Bill Hearst and others. Regional results determine qualification spots with varying cutoffs across sites.
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Associated Press
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Huntington
Wheeling
Elkins
Beckley
Martinsburg
Island Stadium
West Virginia
Dunbar
Huntington Pony Express
Huntington East
Parkersburg
Beckley and Elkins
Martins‘burg
Keith Locke
John Minichan
Bill
Catfish) Hearst
Wellsburg
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Tony Gordon
John Talbott
Phil Edwards
Morgantown
Bulldogs
Richard Harrison
Dunhbar
Gordon
Edwards
Talbott
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Gazette
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Weirton
Big Coal River II Starts 59 Season
Montcoal Dorothy and Naoma won opening games in the Big Coal River Little League Saturday. Mooney allowed only a bunt single in Montcoal's 5-0 win over Marfork. Naoma defeated Whitesville 5-1 as Scarbro pitched a two hitter and Dorothy had 10 hits to beat Sylvester 4-1. Next, Whitesville hosts Dorothy at 5 pm.
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Naoma
Mooney
Marfork
Whitesville
Scarbro
Sylvester
Bowles
Peters
Pauley
Edmonds
Notable boxing clash in Havana ends early
Havana sees a swift bout with Carlos Hernandez 134 pounds stopping Francisco Avispon Serrano 132 pounds in Venezuela style action. The fight highlighted Cuban and Venezuelan rivals in a brief exchange with Hernandez applying a decisive finish.
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Carlos Hernandez
Venezuela
Francisco Avispon Serrano
Cuba
Slumping Senators Drop 2 To Omaha
The Minneapolis Millers open a three game series against the Charleston Senators as Charleston’s slump continues. Omaha blasted Charleston for 18 runs in a doubleheader and the Senators sit last in the Eastern Division while the Millers are seen as top contenders. Chuck Harmon homered three times for Charleston in Omaha.
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Minneapolis
Betsy Rawls Wins Land of the Sky Open in Asheville
Betsy Rawls of Spartanburg wins the Land of the Sky Women's Open Golf in Asheville, finishing 54 holes at 215 to claim 997.50. She defeats Joyce Ziske who shoots 216 while Wiffi Smith and Louise Suggs place third and fourth with 220 and 221 respectively.
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Asheville
N. C
Betsy Rawls
Spartanburg
S. C
Betsy
Joyce Ziske
Waterford
Wis
Miss Rawls
Miss Ziske
Wiffi Smith
St. Clair
Mich
Louise Suggs
Eccles Names II Managers for Eccles Little League
Eccles Little League named two managers and assistants at a Sunday meeting at the Eccles Youth Center. Carl Herron leads the Yankees with Thomas Snuffer. Raymond Herron heads the Redlegs with Hubert Lawson and Ashley Clay. Eugene Holt captains the Indians with Bob Cormack. Fiftys boys registered Saturday and another signup is May 9 from 10 to 12. tryouts are May 8 at 5. President Tom Gilliam said the field is in good shape but banks need clearing and the Men’s Club will assist Tuesday at 9.
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Eccles Little League
Eccles Youth Center
Carl Herron
Yankees
Thomas Snuffer
Raymond Herron
Redlegs
Hubert Lawson
Ashley Clay
Eugene Holt
Indians
Bob Cormack
Youth Center
Eccles
Tom Gilliam
Gilliam
Sophia LI schedule announced by league president
Albert Veneri announced the Sophia Little League practice schedule with sessions at Truman Mine Supply on Monday at 5 30 Phillips Keystone on Tuesday at 5 30 Williams and Craven on Wednesday at 5 30 and Slabfork Odd Fellows on Thursday at 5 30.
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League
Albert Veneri
Truman Mine Supply
Phillips Keystone
Williams and Craven
Slabfork Odd Fellows
Boxing Notes Patterson Johansson Title Fight TV Plans
TelePrompter appears to clinch TV rights for the Floyd Patterson versus Ingemar Johansson heavyweight title bout set for June 25 at Yankee Stadium with promoter Bill Rosensohn. The closed circuit telecast will not be shown in homes. Ortega and Stitch meet in Syracuse, NBC 9 p.m. EST headliner, Ortiz held to a hairline loss in their prior NY clash.
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Louisville
Syracuse
N. Y
NBC
Ortega
New York
Gaspar
Hogan Hawkins Set for Colonial Playoff Duel
In Fort Worth Texas Ben Hogan and Fred Hawkins finish tied for first at 285 after 72 holes in the Colonial National Invitation. The 18 hole playoff begins at 1 30 p m with Hogan seeking $5 000 and Hawkins aiming for $3 000. Hogan led at the 11th and 14th holes before Hawkins tied late.
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Tex
Ben Hogan
Fred Hawkins
Hawkins
Hogan
Jack Fleck
el Paso
Ted Kroll
Sarasota
Fla
Kroll
Lionel Hebert
Lafayette
Hebert
Billy Maxwell
Odessa
Tammy Jacobs
Whittier
Calif
Pairings Made for West Virginia Little League Meet
West Virginia Little League pairings were set at a Charleston Elks Lodge meeting. District directors and State Director George Springer outlined first round games for Aug. 5 with four districts facing off. C A Beers of Charleston named state tournament director.
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Charleston
Elks Lodge
George Springer
C. A
Biddy” Beers
Ruffner
Follawsbee
Huntington
Hinton
Lagan
Beckley
Parksburg
Springer
Elks Stadium
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Kentucky
William File
John Taulconer
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