Raiders Visit James Wood in Big Downtown Showdown
James Wood hosts Loudoun County in a first league test for both teams. Loudoun relies on Walter Britton John Edmondson and Speedy Field to support a strong guards rotation while James Wood features Ronnie Kern and an improving lineup led by Billy Pugh Grainville Kern and others.
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Handley
Harrisonburg
Central
Clarke Cova Cy
Berryville
Eagles
Don Warner
Shenandoan College
Potomac State
Hornets
Tri- State
Shenandoah
Douglas
West Luray
Bulldogs
James Wood
Colonels
Loudoun County
Raiders
Blacksburg
Sprmg
Loudoun
Walter Britton
John Edmondson
Speedy Field
Ronnie Kern
Strasburg
Stonewall Jackson
Kern
Billy Pugh
Grainville Kern
Pugh
Fullmer and Paret Poised for 15 Round World Middleweight Bout
Rugged Gene Fullmer and challenger Kid Paret are favored to slug through 15 rounds for Fullmer's NAB A title defense at the Las Vegas Convention Center Saturday night. The Cuban challenger holds the Welterweight title, while Fullmer seeks his seventh defense since 1969.
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Bob Myers Las Begas
Nev
Concensus Today
Gene Fullmer
Paret
Fullmer
West Jordan
Utah
Cuba
Las Vegas Convention Center
ABC
National Boxing Association
Carmen Basilio
San Francisco
Nevada State Athletic Commission
NBA
Gene
Mary Jen
Manuel Alfaro
Sugar Ray Robinson
Ashby Anger Star in City League Action
In a City League doubleheader at the National Guard Armory TACs swept both sides 55-13 over the Nurses and 78-47 in the men’s game. Joyce Ashby led the girls with 22 points and a season high 10 field goals, while Donnie Unger exploded for 37 points in the men’s contest.
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Ashby
National Guard Armory
Tacs
Aces
Zuckerman
TAC
FE Ed. Burch
Joyce Ashby
Phyl Shull
Cheryl Corrigan
Sherry Ensogna
Helen Lake
Sally Hupp
Candy Horn
Donnie Unger
Keeler Boys
Dickie
Ronnie
Charlie Adams
Ree Line
West Coast
Kern
Rambana
Pauls TV
Community Food
Bell
Shenandoah College
Patterson Named Fighter of The Month
Floyd Patterson the heavy weight champion was named Fighter of the Month by Ring magazine for his fourth round knockout of unbeaten Tom McNeely Jr in Toronto last Monday night. McNeely dropped from the top ten and the heavyweight rankings shuffled after upsets by Zora Folley and George Logan altering the list.
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New York
Floyd Patterson
Ring Magazine Today
Tom McNeely Jr
Toronto
McNeely
Zora Folley
Henry Cooper
George Logan
Alejandro Lavorante
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Hickok Belts & Gifts
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Shenandoah Bottled Gas CO
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