WV To Face Oklahoma State In U Ky Invitational Hoop Tourney
West Virginia meets Oklahoma State and Kentucky faces Ohio State in the sixth annual UK Invitational Basketball Tournament in Lexington. The event, touted as the nation's most lucrative, last year paid nearly 12 000 dollars to each of four teams Kentucky West Virginia North Carolina and Minnesota. West Virginia won the 1957 tourney and finished atop the AP poll. UK beat WVU 77 76 in the first round before losing to eventual NCAA champions. Ohio State is described as an unknown but feared opponent in the field.
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Banks Tops Poll 3 Braves 2 Yanks On All Star Team
The 1958 AP all star selections named 3 Braves and 2 Yankees among 10 players. Hank Aaron Del Crandall Warren Spahn Mickey Mantle Bob Turley joined Stan Musial Nellie Fox Frank Thomas Ernie Banks and Willie Mays in the lineup. Banks led voting at shortstop with 160 votes.
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West Virginia High School Scores Across Several Games
In high school football West Virginia results show Charleston routing Huntington 46 to 0 while Clarksburg and Buckhannon tied 13 all. Peterstown defeated Pembroke, Virginia 20 to 2. Monongah won 33 to 12 over Barrackville. Mannington beat Clay Battelle 40 to 14. Huntington Douglass fell to Milton Logan 21 to 12. Bluefield over Northfork Elkhorn 7 to 0. Gary bested Northfork Elkhorn 7 to 0. College football note shows Youngstown 20 over Baldwin Wallace 19.
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A Vote for Ralph Cole Campaign Message
A vote for Ralph Cole will be a vote for better schools and higher teacher pay. It argues for taking politics out of the Raleigh County Board of Education and supports the progressive platform.
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JC's To Sponsor BC Hoop Games
The Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce will sponsor 10 Beckley College home basketball games at the Recreation Building. Coach Bill Bowman says the Blue Hawks show a promising team, with new players excelling in fundamentals after two weeks of practice and one scrimmage. He notes several standout players and that Bob Morris will be eligible in the second semester.
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Playoff Games Set For Nov 15 if Possible
Charleston AP reports West Virginia high school football playoffs may set games for Saturday November 15 with neutral fields used. Winfield may face Hamlin or Van in Class A, while Chapmanville looms in Class AA. State officials plan blind draws and alignments, as basketball finals prepare for Huntington.
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Baseball Oddities of 1958 Aces and Antics on Fields
Major and minor league tales from 1958 feature a manager ejecting a hitter, a batter doubled into a double play, a game postponed by elephants, and a homerun that led to an accidental outs. Other quirks include a delayed strike call, a base path misstep, a ball deflected by Gus Bell, and elephants invading a semipro field between circus shows.
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Ivy title winners Yale and Princeton share 1956 57 honors
Yale captured the first formal Ivy League football title in 1956 and also won the soccer crown that year. In 1957 Princeton won both the football and soccer titles.
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Beckley Invades Stonewall: Six Games On Card
Beckley invades Stonewall Jackson in a bid for an upset as six area high school games highlight the Friday slate. Marsh Fork hosts Shady Spring for the Raleigh County League title shot, with the winner possibly sealing or denying the crown. Beckley seeks first win over Stonewall in four tries while Gauley Bridge meets Oak Hill in a crucial New River Valley clash.
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Writers to Bowl St Louis in 1959 ABC tournament
A team of sports writers and sportscasters will be sponsored in the 1959 ABC tournament in St Louis by Max Stein a Belleville Illinois merchant and former ABC all events record holder. Stein bowled 2070 in 1937. the mark stood until 1957 when Jim Spalding of Louisville rolled 2088.
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Logans Beavers Lose Key Coalfield Conference Clash
BLUEFIELD The Logan Wildcats defeated Bluefield High 21 to 6 in a Coalfield Conference game. Logan took a 14-6 halftime lead and added a third-quarter TD on a double option fake before securing the win. Fred Colvard scored twice and booted three PATs while Ron Henderson added a 16-yard TD run. Bluefield’s Johnny Walker scored on a 2-yard run. Logan remains ineligible for the title with four games needed for crown and next faces Williamson. Bluefield drops to 4-4 with remaining Princeton and Oak Hill games.
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Fight results by the Associated Press
In Sacramento Wee Willie Morton stopped Damasco Collazo in eight rounds. In Philadelphia John Patrick Britt knocked out Jesse Palladhio in one round. In Los Angeles Joe Medel stopped Ross Padilla in seven rounds. All fighters listed with weights and hometowns.
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Marshall Faces Xavier Saturday In Homecoming
In Huntington Xavier of Cincinnati visits for Homecoming as Marshall and Xavier both sit around .500. Marshall 3-3, Xavier 3-4, with Xavier holding an 8-3 series edge since 1956. Marshall’s offense may open up as two quarterbacks, Maddox and Wagner, split time. Lathan is lost for the year to a leg fracture.
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