Midget Football League growth urged in county
Beckley Optimist Club sponsors Beckley Midget Football League open to city under 12 players weighing under 112 pounds. Games at Woodrow Wilson field Tuesday and Thursday. Writer urges surrounding towns to form leagues to build future high school teams, notes lack of junior highs hinders athletically. Also covers Jerry Edmonds winning Warren Williams and Babe Ruth batting titles with .469 and .415 averages, and mentions Shady Spring upset of Princeton and new Greenbrier Military basketball coach Sam Caudill.
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Woodrow Wilson
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Sophia
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Stratton
Jerry Edmonds
Edmonds
Frank Barksdale
Warren Williams League
Babe Ruth League
Babe Ruth
Barksdale
Jerry
Trap Hill
Senators Establish 4 New Batting Records
In Charleston, four batting records were set by the Senators this season despite a sixth place finish. John Schaive led with 170 hits and a .314 average, surpassing 1958 marks. Zorro Versalles tied the triples record with 12, and Hilario Valdespino set 10 home runs while amassing 591 plate appearances. Valdespino also moved to second in all time Senator total bases with 241, 19 behind Luke Easter.
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Greer predicts strong Lakers season with West and Baylor
Hal Greer, former Marshall star now with Syracuse, says the Lakers will be tough this year led by Jerry West and coach Fred Schaus, with Elgin Baylor and Rod Handley. He targets a 16 point per game scoring average, noting his rookie year struggled with defense and adjusting to pro play.
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Olympic Track Stars Break Five World Records in Rome
Rome AP reports track and field stars set five world records and tied four, with 29 Olympic marks tied. German, American and Italian teams vie for medals as the Rome Games conclude, while world records fuel Tokyo prospects for 1964.
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Livio Berutti
Chargers Edge Texans 21-20 On Field Goal
Bootin Ben Agajanian returns to form as Chargers kicker, delivering a 21-20 win over the Dallas Texans on the AFL opening weekend. Kemp and Ferguson helped erase a 20-7 deficit with a late TD drive, while George Blanda starred for Houston with four TD passes and a rushing TD in Houston’s exhibition.
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Jack Kemp
Howie Ferguson
George Blanda
Johnny Carson
Houston
Darrell Harper
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al Dorow
Titans
Open Season on Savannah Squirrels
Savannah police battle a squirrel problem as three girls aged 2 to 12 were bitten in recent days. An aggressive rodent bit and scratched two children before police killed one. The father of the third victim used a club on another animal.
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Savannah
Anderson challenges Vlasov for global weightlifting duel
In Toccoa Georgia Paul Anderson, once billed as the world’s strongest man, issued a worldwide challenge to Yuri Vlasov who set the 1960 Rome Olympic record by lifting 1,184 pounds across three lifts, surpassing Anderson’s 1,129 pounds.
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Pitt Lineman Regis Coustillac Out With Thumb Injury
Regis Coustillac of Youngstown Ohio a top candidate at left guard for the University of Pittsburgh will be out for several weeks after breaking his left thumb in Saturday scrimmage.
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Shorty) Moss
Huntington
Roger Holdinsky
Moundsville
Eli Kosanovich
Weirton
John Marra
Ken Herock
Munhall
Dick Struck
Bill Winter
Glenn Bowman
Pete Tolley
Charley Lanasa
200 Hopefuls Open Am Golf Tournament
ST LOUIS AP Seven foreign champions inject a strong flavor into the 60th National Amateur Golf tournament opening a gruelling match play schedule today with 200 hopefuls. Jack Nicklaus, the 20 year old Ohio State pharmacy student, trails top contenders including Bruce Devlin of Australia in a field highlighting world class amateurs as they bid for the title.
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Jack Nicklaus
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Bruce Devlin
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Ardmore
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Dey
New York
Bill Stewart
Fraser Meets Laver Today For Tennis Crown
Neale Fraser faces Rod Laver in the U S Amateur Championship at Forest Hills seeking to erase a 1960 blot in a match viewed as a clash of two Aussies. Laver arrives undefeated this summer while rain postponed the final and delayed the women’s singles match between Maria Bueno and Darlene Hard.
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West Virginia Faces Rutgers Opponent Title Trial Title
Dale Evans has inside track at quarterback as West Virginia prepares for their season opener against Maryland. Coach Gene Corum voiced concern over the passing attack and the need for a take-charge playmaker among sophomores. With 45 sophomores on a 74 man squad, Corum emphasized unit-based substitutions and injuries affecting two linebackers and a cornerback position.
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Newell Tales Team As Most Explosive In Olympic Win
Rome AP United States dominated Brazil 90-63 to finish an eight game Olympic basketball sweep. Coach Pete Newell praised his explosive roster led by Jerry Lucas who scored 25 and Oscar Robertson who added 12. The Yanks totaled 815 points to 476 allowed across the tournament.
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Jerry Lucas
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Sanders Leads Utah Open Golf Final Round Hope
Doug Sanders of Miami Beach led the Utah Open into the final round with a 7-under-par 64 for 195 after 54 holes. Sanders, 29, boosted by a short backswing, has played 26 tourneys this year without a win, with two runner-ups and 10th in money. Bill Collins of Crystal River was two behind at 197, while Don Finsterwald Tequesta and Art Wall Jr. Pocono Manor were at 198.
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Doug Sanders
Miami Beach
Fla
Sanders
Bill Collins
Crystal River
Don Finsterwald
Tequesta, Fla
Art Wall Jr
Pocono Manor
Bluth and Weber Set National Doubles Record
Ray Bluth and Dick Weber of St. Louis set a qualifying record in the National Men's Doubles Bowling Tournament, posting 10,234 after 48 games to lead eight finals teams. They topped Billy Welu and Harry Smith by 85 pins, with Carmen Salvino and Bill Bunetta third.
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Dick Weber
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Carmen Salvino
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Carl Richard
Steve Nagy
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N.J
Olympic Medal Standings Finalized in Rome 1960
Rome AP reports final medal tally from the 1960 Rome Games concluded Sunday. United States led with top gold count, followed by the Soviet Union and Italy. Overall nations earned medals across athletics, swimming, fencing, and weightlifting events.
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Eternal City
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Fritz Thiedemann
Germany
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Conn
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N.J
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Westport
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Soviets
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Coalfield Conference Officials Meet Tonite
The Southern Coalfield Conference will hold its meeting tonight at 7 30 at Beckley Junior High School in room 4. Officials are requested to bring along part one of the examination.
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Southern Coalfield Conference
Beckley Junior High School
Officials Meet Tuesday At Mullens Moose Home
The Black Diamond Official Assn will hold a weekly meeting at 7 30 Tuesday night in the Mullens Moose Home. All coaches and officials are invited to attend.
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Black Diamond
Deaf Man Perfects Smallest Hearing Aid
Beckley West Virginia report describes a compact ear level hearing aid by a long deaf user. The device uses four transistors for low cost and weighs about a quarter ounce. It transmits speech radio and television directly to the ear with no cords. Contact Robert R. Elmore in Beckley for information.
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Beckley
W. Va
Robert R. Elmore
I First Avenue
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