Shanklin Is Appointed Assistant Coach at Woodrow Wilson High
William Shanklin, former Stoco Indians head coach and Woodrow Wilson alumnus, chosen to fill the assistant coaching slot after Kenneth Hunt resignation. Raleigh County education superintendent E Van Dorsey announced the Beckley native will join Woodrow Wilson staff as he moves from Stoco and Shady Spring roles, with decisions on additional athletic vacancies pending.
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William Shanklin
Stoco Indians
Laster
Woodrow Wilson
Shady Spring
Woodrow Wilson High School
E. van Dorsey
Raleigh County Board of Education
Beckley
Flying Eagle Institution
Kenneth Hunt
Shanklin
Concord College
Athens
Shady Spring High School
Raleigh
Hilltop School
van Meter
Hunt
Roy Stephens
Stoco High School
Lego i
Stonecoat School
Killarney
Blue Jay
van Dorsey
Mountaineers Begin Week Of Practice For 1937 Season
Morgantown announces that over 50 candidates for the Mountaineer varsity will report Monday September 6 for two daily sessions under Coach Marshall Glenn with assistants Ira Rodgers Frank Anthony and Gary Hill. Seventeen seniors and juniors expected, plus last year’s undefeated freshmen vying for berths. Freshmen candidates total 20 or more with several likely to push for varsity spots. Four games scheduled for the plebes with one pending, including Potomac State and Carnegie Tech Freshmen, Pitt Freshmen, and Duquesne Freshmen at home.
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Morgantown
Mountaineer
Marshall Glenn
Ira Rodgers
Frank Anthony
Gary Hill
Mountaineers
Potomac State
Carnegie Tech
Pitt
Duquesne
Salem Tigers Begin Two A Day Practices This Fall
Salem College’s football Tigers will start training Monday with two-a-day drills for an eight game schedule opening September 25 in Huntington against Marshall. Veteran coach Ed Davis is aided by George Barclay, All American guard at UNC in 1934, and by backfield mentor C Sam Kistler as 35 players report for the first workout.
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Associated Press
Salem
W. Va
Salem College
Tigers
Marshall
Huntington
Ed Davis
George Barclay
University of North Carolina
Barclay
Dick Williams
Har-Brack
Chicago Bears
Davis
C. Sam Kistler
Morris Harvey
West Liberty
New Martinsville
Waynesburg
Davis Elkins
Elkins
Fairmont
West Virginia Wesleyan
Buckhannon
Concord
Princeton
Batting leaders hold steady as Pace Slumps Persist
NL leaders Ducky Medwick and Paul Waner both went 1 for 4 dropping to 392 and .375 respectively while Charley Gehringer led AL with 1 for 5 and Lou Gehrig went 0 for 3. Both dropped two points as standings show Medwick Gehringer Waner atop the lists with thin margins.
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Ducky Medwick
Cardinals
Paul Waner
Pirates
Charley Gehringer
Tigers
Lou Gehrig
Snead Trails in Hershey Tourney
Ralph Guldahl tied for the Hershey Open lead with a 67, matching the 67 course record and edging past Amgram who missed a final putt for a new record. Henry Picard, defending champ, stood third at 70, with a pack including Hogan and Sarazen close behind at 71–72.
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Associated Press
Hershey
Ralph Guldahl
Chicago
Ray Mangrum
Dayton
Ohio
Henry Picard
Francis Ford
Charleston
S. C
Charles Schneider
Sam Byrd
Philadelphia
Ben Hogan
Fort Worth
Tex
Wilfy Cox
Washington, D. C
Gene Sarazen
Brookfield Center
Conn
Frank Kringle
Linden
N. J
Sam Snead
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Johnny Revolta
Milwaukee
Amgram
Guldahl
Jimmy Hines
Bryan Nelson
al Heron
Reading
Andy Gibson
Baltimore
Sam Parks Jr
Pittsburgh
Ted Luther
Girard
Leo Walper
Ed Dudley
al Brosch
New York
Garden City
L. L
Glens Falls
N. Y
East Lynn Bessom Powers Junior World Series Bid
Ray Bessom, a burly East Lynn Mass. star, pitched and batted the nine to a 5-0 win over New Orleans in the American Legion Little World Series. It was his second win of the series and 27th of the season, leaving East Lynn one victory from the junior world title while New Orleans trails, three wins away from a second crown.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Ray Bessom
East Lynn
Mass
American Legion
Easterners
Bessom
Crescent City Club
Opal Hill Sets 66 World Record in Golf
Opal Hill shot a 66 during a state women’s tournament at Indian Hills Country Club. Al Collins, Kansas City pro, said the U S G A wired that the score is the lowest 18 hole mark by a woman on record. Her round included a hole in one on the 157 yard third hole plus two eagles, six birdies and nine pars.
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Kansas City
Opal S. Hill
United States Golf Association
al Collins
U. S
Indian Hills Country Club
West Virginia horseshoe title to be defended at fair
Carl Anderson of Parkersburg aims to retain the state horseshoe pitching championship during the September 6 to 12 West Virginia Great Fair. Last year he edged Ralph Maddox of Charleston for the $50 prize at Four-H Fairgrounds. The tournament, under Robert Harvey’s supervision, adopts National League rules and runs daily with finals on September 12.
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Charleston
W. Va
Lean
Carl Anderson
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Anderson
Ralph Maddox
Maddox
Scot
Robert Harvey
Harvey
National League of Horseshoe
Syracuse Star Eliminates State Woman From Meet
Virginia Guilfoil of Syracuse edges Ann Hoblitzell of Parkersburg 3 and 1 to reach the Mason-Dixon golf semi finals at White Sulphur Springs. Mary Morrison and Dorothy Traung join Guilfoil and Wall as other contenders with brisk play and dramatic holes fueling the.eventful day.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Hershey, Pa
Dorothy Traung
San Francisco
Bernice Wall
Oshkosh
Wis
Miss Guilfoil
Mary Fine
Scranton
Pennsylvania Dark Horse
Helen Hicks
Betty Meckley
Washington
Mary Morrison
Sally Elson
Columbus
Miss Morrison
Virginia Guilfoil
Miss Traung
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Nears JR
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Ben Blue
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Louis Armstrong
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