Minnesota Captures 1960 National College Football Title
Minnesota wins the national title in the final AP poll of 1960 edging Mississippi by narrow margins. Iowa finishes third as voting among 48 AP boards places the Gophers at 433 points to 411 for Mississippi and 407 for Iowa.
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Beckley
W. Va
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Mississippi
Iowa
Hugh Fullerton JR
Associated Press
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Yale
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New Mexico State
Florida
Syracuse
Purdue
Oregon
Tennessee
Michigan
Warmath proud as Gophers crowned 1960 national champions
AP reports Minnesota coach Murray Warmath radiated pride as his team earned the 1960 national college football title. Warmath, away in Buffalo, praised his players for overcoming past setbacks and delivering a season of rise from bottom to top. Players Salem and Brius echoed relief and belief in their triumph.
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Minneapolis
Murray Warmath
Buffalo
N.Y
Minnesota
Warmath
Associated Press
East
Washington
Slab Fork Opens Tourney With Big Victory
Slab Fork routed Affinity 54 to 25 in the Slab Fork Grade School Tourney opener at Sophia High School. Butch Stokes led Slab Fork with 21 points, firing 10 field goals and 1–2 from the line, while F. Wills paced the losers with 12 of their 25. Other results: Bacontown 22 Fireco 17, Sophia 39 Soak Creek 30, Crab Orchard 39 Midway 24, with Ronnie Green scoring 13 for Sophia and Fitzwater 10 for Bacontown. Tournament sponsored by Slab Fork District Babe Ruth League.
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Sophia High
Bacontown
Fireco
Sophia
Soak Creek
Crab Orchard
Butch Stokes
Slab Fork Grade
Nets
F. Wills
Wills
Fitzwater
Aires
Ronnie Green
Midway
Firecorah
Sports Writers Appoint Executive Committee
Charleston AP report notes Huntington Advertiser editor Ernie Salvatore and Fairmont Times editor Bill Evans join Earle Wittpenn on the West Virginia Sports Writers Association Executive Committee. Evans remains, Salvatore is past president, Wittpenn named Victory Awards Dinner chair for Jan 16 in Weirton.
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Charleston
Ernie Salvatore
The
Huntington Advertiser
Bill Evans
Fairmont Times
Earle Wittpenn
West Eo Sports Writers Associaton
Evans
Salvatore
Wittpenn
Weirton
Association
Jerry Gould
United Press International
State Well Represented In Professional Athletics
West Virginia sports writers face a rich field in naming the state’s pro athlete of the year for 1960. Jerry West, a WVU All-American now with the Los Angeles Lakers, leads a list that includes Hot Rod Handley, Fred Schaus, Hal Greer, Sam Snead, Bill Mazeroski, Lew Burdette, Sam Jones, Dick Robinette, and numerous WVU alumni across the NFL, NBA, MLB, and other leagues, highlighting a broad representation of Mountain State talent in major pro circuits.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Jerry West
Mountain State West
WVU
U.S
Rome
Los Angeles Lakers
Lakers
Rod Handley
Fred Schaus
Hal Greer
Marshall
Syracuse Nats
Sam Snead
Pittsburgh
Bill Mazeroski
Wheeling
Lew Burdette
Nitro
Milwaukee
Monongah
Sam
Toothpick) Jones
San Francisco
Dick Robinette
Charleston
Beckley
AL Plans To Re Affirm Its Original Decision
The American League plans to expand to 10 teams in 1961 with a Los Angeles franchise, amid expected NL resistance to inter league play. Cleveland VP Nate Dolin and White Sox VP Hank Greenberg push a showdown with Walter O Malley, insisting no wavering on LA entry and seeking a base in Washington as a future eight or ten team option.
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Los Angeles
Cleveland
Nate Dolin
Hank
O'Malley
Dolin
Mullens High School Hosts Evening Clinic Co Sponsored by WV Associations
Mullens High School principal Lewis D Antoni will introduce tonight's guest speaker at the official clinic held in the school gym. Co sponsored by the Black Diamond Officials Association and the West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission, the meeting invites officials coaches players fans and principals to attend as the area’s only clinic this year. All officials must attend at least one clinic annually.
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Lewis D’antoni
Mullens High School
Black Diamond Officials Association
West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission
Nunez Wins Decision In New York Bout At St. Nicholas Arena
Obdulio Nunez of Puerto Rico 159 beat Bobby Pena of Mexico 158 by unanimous decision in a 10 round feature at St. Nicholas Arena. Pena was cut over the scalp in the sixth round and required 6 stitches after the fight. Judges had Nunez ahead on two cards and even on another. Nunez improves to 17 wins in 19 pro fights while Pena drops to 49-5-2.
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New York
Mullens Banquet Honors Mullens Football Ties
WVU coach Gene Corum addressed 175 Mullens players coaches and townspeople at the Moose Lodge banquet praising Willie Akers and Mullens basketball legacy. He noted many sophomores earned letters and praised new recruits Fred Calvert and Bunkey Brooks while planning WVU’s 1961 schedule and stressing education and teamwork over win totals.
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West Virginia University
Mullens
Moose Lodge
Fred Calvert
Logan
Brooks
Bunkey Brooks
Bluefield
Corum
WVU
Illinois
Oregon
Maryland
Vanderbilt
Army
Indiana
Mountaineer
Man Killed On Turkey Hunt Hunter Charged
FRANKLIN AP Clarence G Moats 24 of Moatsville to be arraigned today on negligence in the death of his 58 year old cousin Brison A Moats The elder Moats was killed near his home about 12 miles south while turkey hunting Sunday Prosecuting Attorney George Sponangle says negligent shooting is a misdemeanor with a year in jail and five years hunting privileges revocation Moats held in Pendleton County jail awaiting arraignment Bond set at 1000 Sponangle will present the charge to the Pendleton County grand jury December 12.
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Clarence G. Moats
Moatsville
Brison A. Moats
Moats
Here
George Sponangle
Pendleton County
Justice of Peace
D. H. Moyers
Sponangle
Grand Jury
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