Twin Bill Leads Amigo Coal City In Raleigh County League
Amigo Redbirds Coal City Colts and Montcoal Armcos swept twins in Raleigh County League action. Leadoff hitters Eugene Leach and Charley Nunley starred for Coal City and Montcoal, while Amigo’s Robert Truell and Larry Cassell delivered key innings. Layland and Stanaford split, protests over eligibility surfaced, and standings show Amigo Coal City 3-0 atop the circuit with Layland Montcoal one game back.
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Amigo
Redbirds
Coal City
Colts
Montcoal
Armcos
Layland
Stamaford
Marfork
Robert “Lefty
Bill Turner
Stanaford
Bill Currier
Hinton
Marford
Sophiaoe
How They Stand Team WoL Pet GB Amigo 30 1,000 Coal City 30 1,000
Standings show Coal City and Amigo tied atop the league at 30 wins with equal percentages. Montcoal, Layland, Hinton, Stanaford, Sophia-Slab Fork, and Marfork follow with varying records. Sundays results: Coal City 8 Hinton 3 Amigo 44 Marfork 0 3.
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Amigo
Coal City
Layland
Montcoal Baie
Hinton Ly
Stanaford
Marfork
Shophia-Sf
Hinton
Montcoal
Sophia-Slab Fork
Hinton Coal Nine Defeats Montcoal In Doubleheader
Hinton and Coal City split a doubleheader with Leach earning the win in the first game over Garten. Iddings and Shull led Hinton with RBI efforts while Ballard, Cuthbert, and Leach supplied key hits. Second game went to Nunley as Monteval and Slab Fork fell short, Romine and Salters driving runs for Sophia.
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Abho Bie
McGraw
Stewart
Waddell
Parker
Hinton
D. McGraw
L. Waddell
Ballard
Cuthbert
Alderman
Thomas
Leach
Crush
Beach
A — Humphreys
Comer
Garten
Rbi
Iddings
Shull
Mills
Fix
Boyd
Booth
Pewers
W—Ballard
Low Fix
Sophia - Slab Fork
Montcoal Ab
Pegram Ss
Monteval
Massey
Dillon
Romine
Jarrell
de Raimo
Nunley
A — Pegram
Greer
Smith
Cassell
Cunley
Rbi Romine
J. Salters
Chandler
Montcoal
Slab Fork
BB — Nunley
Poling
SO — Nunley
Paar Underwood
Gibson
Lilly
Facts from Nature: Rattlesnakes, dragonflies, and more
The rattlesnake’s tail rattles grow with each shed, not indicating age. A rattle forms per skin shed. 1 to 3 sheds yearly depending on food. Some rattles break between sheds. Dragonflies have about 30 000 ommatidia in their eyes for wide vision. Ostrich noises resemble a lion’s roar at a distance. Polar bears swim long distances. Birds mostly sync wingbeats, swift beats wings alternately. Termites can live 30 years or more.
Coaches who produced Cotton Bowl bids in past classic
Two coaches aiming for a Southwest Conference title and Cotton Bowl bid first appeared in the New Year’s Day classic with visiting teams. Jess Neely of Rice brought his Clemson squad to the Bowl in 1940 while Paul Bear Bryant, then at Texas A&M, mentored Kentucky in the 1952 game.
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Dallas W
Jess Neely
Rice
Clemson
Paul
Bear) Bryant
Texas A & M
Kentucky
Stonewall Paces Track Qualifiers In State Meet Preview
The Generals of Stonewall Jackson lead the way with eight straight state titles and 24 individual qualifiers after a weekend regional sweep. Parkersburg Martinsburg Beckley Follansbee Elkins join as regional victors with Beckley and Morgantown each contributing several top qualifiers. The state finals will feature 300 entries, 61 relay teams and 239 individuals, with regional qualifiers expanding the field beyond prior years.
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Associated Press
Stonewall Jackson
Charleston
Parkersburg
Follawsbee
Beckley
Elkins
Martinsburg
Russ Parsons
Generals
Gazette
Stonewall
Follansbee
Dewey Ballangee
Panhandle
Nick Mumsey
Wheeling
Harmtington High
Huntington
Surprise win for Uncle Pierre in Virginia Gold Cup
In Warrenton Virginia Uncle Pierre a year old bay gelding owned by Cyrus Manierre of Middleburg won the 30th Virginia Gold Cup steeplechase over four miles and 26 timber fences. Demecles led early but fell at the 17th while Gliding Slide stumbled at the 22nd allowing Uncle Pierre to surge to victory by three lengths over Drift Wood and Farmers Joy finished 15 lengths back.
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Warrenton
Pierre
Cyrus Manierre
Middleburg
Demecles
George W. Offutt III
Gliding Slide
Juan M. Ceballos
Uncle Pierre
Harper Wins At Fort Worth and Leads Vardon Ratings
Harper claimed the Vardon Trophy lead after winning the Colonial National Invitation in Fort Worth with a 276 total and 69.64 stroke average. He earned $5,000 for first, eight strokes ahead of Don Finsterwald, while Mike Souchack remained top in money with $14,648. Harper then headed to Norfolk for the Virginia State Open.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Chandler Harper
PGA
Harper
Don Finsterwald
Bedford Heights
Chattanooga
Ray O'Brien
Mike Souchack
Durham
N. C
Golf Tour
Hot Springs
Ark
Norfolk
That State
Trabert Wins Southern California Tennis Title
Tony Trabert of Cincinnati defeated Gil Shea of Los Angeles in straight sets 6-1 6-1 7-5 to claim the 69th annual Southern California Tennis tournament crown. It was Trabert's 10th straight victory and his next stops include the French championships and Wimbledon. Beverly Fleitz of Belmont Shore defended her women's singles title, beating Louise Brough 7-5 6-4.
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Los Angeles
Tony Trabert
Cincinnati
Southern California
Gil Shea
Trabert
Europe
Paris
England
Beverly Baker Fleitz
Belmont Shore
Calif
Louise Brough
Beverly Hills
Black Knight Beats Hinton 40 8 in Nassau match play
Black Knight Country Club swept most of its opening Nassau match at home beating Willlow Wood CC of Hinton 40 to 8. Eleven Beckley two-man teams won three points. within the results C B Sweet and Jack Burger beat Ray Sawyers and Steve Alaki 3-0 and George Moss with Dr C Cottrill defeated Julian Fredeking and Walter Kazlnsky 3-0.
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Black Knight Country Club
Willow Wood Country Club
Hinton
Nassau
Beckley
Carl Copeland
Shag” Patton
F. H. Smith
A. A. “Buck” Ross
J. Norman Wilson
Harold Hulme
Austin Caperton Jr
W. L. McBride
Jack Burger
Paris Sutphin
C. B. Sweet
D. Ray Sawyers
Steve Alaki
Ray Carper
Hoppy Reed
D. J. P. Lacy
Joe Coponiti
Earl Bailey
D. James Berry
Melvin Tolle
French Toney
Harry Ellis
D. C. E. Lacy
Demetrius Apostolon
James Thompson
Tony Massinople
Bob Ferguson
Ray Lang
D. Austin Caperton Jr
Tom Shrewsbury
Nash Campbell
D. Frank Craw
Jimmy Adams
J. G. Terry
Paul Heslip
Tom Snead
C. C. Cassinelli
F. D. Morton
D. Herb Vass
Neil Starkey
C. A. Massinople
O. G. Collison
D. I. D. Christian
Fred Hart
Shag’ Patton
D. F. E. Smith
A. A. Ross
S. W. Woodyard
F. F. Frasher
D. Dan Northern
Clay McDaniel
Cars Prep For 500 Qualifier
About a million dollars of specially built race cars were on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway grounds today with 46 of 57 entries in place for the 500 mile race May 30. Weekend arrivals included two likely contenders for track record and pole position in the first elimination session. The Novi Special delivered for Troy Ruttman of Houston, youngest Indy winner at 22 in 1952, is the only front drive car. Bill Vukovich, winner of the last two 500s, tested the Lindsey Hopkins Special new to him. The Dean Van Lines car driven by Jimmy Bryan arrived. it is a Kuzma with an Offenhauser engine. High winds kept Bryan and Ruttman from track time Sunday. Jack McGrath and Sam Hanks, both close to 140 mph in practice, race Kurtis-Krafts built for the 2½ mile course. Veterans Paul Russo and Tony Bettenhausen turned 137 mph despite wind.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Bryan
Ruttman
Jack McGrath
Inglewood
Calif
Sam Hanks
Burbank
Kurtis-Krafts
Paul Russo
Fort Worth
Tex
Tony Bettenhausen
Tinley Park
McKeesport Coach Campbell to Lecture at WVU Summer Course
McKeesport High School basketball coach P C Campbell will be a visiting lecturer for West Virginia University's summer concentrated course in athletics. WVU Dean Ray O Duncan announced basketball sessions are set for July 5 to 9. Campbell's teams carry a 25 year record of 431 wins and 109 losses.
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Morgantown
C. P. Campbell
McKeesport
West Virginia University
Ray O. Duncan
WVU School of Physical Education and
Campbell
Sowell Emerging as Top Middle Distancer at Pitt
Arnie Sowell, a 20 year old Pitt standout, is rapidly becoming one of track history’s premier middle distance runners. In a meet featuring Pitt Army and Ohio State he clocked an unofficial 45.4 for a 440 yard anchor, won the 440 in 48.2 amid a busy program, and helped Pitt set a 3:15 mile relay record despite finishing second to Ohio State.
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Arnie Sowell
Pitt Flash
Pitt
Army
Ohio State
Mead Burnett
Lowell
Herb McKenley
Berkeley
Calif
Arnie
Panthers
Pitt Stadium
Mal Whitfield
Don Gehrmann
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Lowe
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Stagg Dist. CO
Frankfort, KY
Black Knight
Sowell
Beckley Industrial Shing & Landl
Ellie
Richmond
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