Beckley Eagles win regional baseball title over Shady Spring
Beckley pounded three Shady Spring pitchers and rallied for 11 runs to beat the Tigers 11 to 4 at Warren Williams Field, capturing Section 4 Region 5. Key moments included back to back homers by J W McNeish and Elbert Smith in the third inning and 10 Beckley hits overall. Manning earned his fourth win as Beckley advances to face Summersville for the crown.
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Beckley Flying Eagles
Tigers
Warren Williams
Beckley
Fred Lewis
Woodrow Wilson
Buddy Hutchens
Lewis
Flying Eagles
Jack Richmond
Larry Lilly
Jeff Robinson
Dennis Elliot
Shady
J. W. McNeish
Elbert Smith
Bobby Short
Richard Culberto
Freddy Lewis
Culberto
Willie Joe Chandler
Ron Kyle
Richmond
Hutchens
McNeish
Ebert Smith
Kyle
Smith
Manning
Shady Spring
Wiseman
Danny Calvert
Lilly
Calberto
Griffith
Summersville Grizzlies
Lawrence Wiseman
Summersville
Bob Backus
Calvert
Skelton Cf
Lilly P
Lewis Sf
Elliott
Foster
Greene
Lowery
Jacobs
Mang
Skelton
Green
Culierto
RBI
Robinson
Whittington
Spa Grand Prix won by Willy Mairesse in Ferrari 250 LM
Belgium driver Willy Mairesse won the Spa Grand Prix driving a Ferrari 250 LM at 126.29 mph over 315.22 miles in 2:29:45.7. Bob Bondurant led the Ford Cobras in GT class with 36 laps at 123.75 mph in 2:32:49.8 as the field dominated Grand Touring racing.
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Francorchamps
Belgium
UPI
Willy Mairesse
Spa
Bob Bondurant
United States
Rudolph and McCallister Lead Memphis Open Tie
Rudolph and McCallister shot five under par 65 to share the opening round lead at the Memphis Open on the Colonial Country Club course. Nicklaus, at 67, trails by two, with Boros Blancas and Archer at 66 and 67 respectively as a crowded field pursues a $9,000 first prize after 72 holes.
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Memphis, Tenn
UPI
Mason Rudolph
Bob McCallister
Rudolph
McCallister
Colonial Country Club
Jack Nicklaus
Nicklaus
Julius Boros
Homero Blancas
George Archer
Dave Marr
Ken Nagle
Jack McGowan
Professional Golf Association
Memphis State University
Gardner Dickinson
Charles Sifford
Randy Glover
Billy Maxwell
Jay Hebert
Tom Aaron
Art Wall
Bob Verney
Bert Yancey
John Gross
Tommy Jacobs Miller Barber
Charles Coody
Junior Leaguers To Hold Meeting 1965 Beckley plans
The Warren Williams Junior league will hold its organizational meeting for 1965 in the Beckley newspaper library next Thursday at 7 30 PM announced Pres. Ernie Jacobs. Six sponsors return with posts for 32 and Duncan Catron teams plus a new manager for Post 70. The slate likely opens June 14 with four nights a week and a finish by August 15, limiting games due to late start.
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Warren Williams
Beckley
Ernie Jacobs
Post 32
Duncan Catron
Post 70
Tommy Elkin
Tom
Frank Serge
Dias Floral
Beckley Babe Ruth
Sophia
Pres. Jacobs
Jacobs
Stover's Capture Softball Victory
Stover Appliance beats Cash Market 6 to 1 in Sophia Softball League action. Stover tallied five runs in the third inning while Cash Market scored single runs in the first and none thereafter until the rain halted play after six innings. Pitching and fielding details noted with Bowman, Smith, Mills earning FE and Basham and Basham hitting 2B and 3B.
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Poe
Young
Pate
Honaker
Bowman
Webb
Hall
Birchfield
Barr
Stover
Smith
Mills
B. Combs
L. Combs
Tabor
Basham
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Menning
Joe Gorsica
Larence Pantoplus
Wet Ay Halsey
Ohn Caponiti
Meadows
Earehart Rambler
High Ind
Mairesse
George Corey
Pat Fragile
Paul Bowles
Flama
Bobby Thomas
Dix Manning
Arnold Wyant
Omar Kidd
John Caponiti
Max Martin
Roger Sharp
Earl Harmon
L. Frere
Enmo
Glenmore
Riverside
Moterio
Om Ad
Peru
Nol
Sol Sleton
Eli Word “ Nehes
Qn Tire Sale
Rodger Ward
Universal Corporation
S. Kanawha Ph
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