District 10 Sets Staunton Site for 1956 Tourney
District 10 principals vote to hold the 1956 basketball tournament March 2 and 3 at Robert E. Lee High School in Staunton. Charles E. Cooley becomes district chairman, Charles Miley secretary treasurer. committees to arrange events for Handley and Lee High.
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Strasburg High School
Robert E. Lee High School
Staunton
Charles E. Cooley
Harrisonburg High
James Duff
Warren County
Charles Miley
Clarke County High
Cooley
Shepherd
Shepherd College
Shepherdstown
W. Va
J. Frank Hillyard
Broadway
Lee High
Scotty Hamilton
Don Glick
Montevideo
Wayne E. King
Strasburg
Handley
Winchester
Garland R. Quarles
Quarles
W. C
Harrisonburg
Clarke County
Front Royal
Duff
Claude E. Warren
HHS
Hunter Maddox
Handley Grounds
Montevideo High
Madison College
Sam Snead Wins Miami Open in Record Finish
Sam Snead defeats Tommy Bolt in a playoff at Miami Open Golf after a dramatic two iron shot into an ant hill. Both finished 9 under with 201s, Snead breaking the course record and winning $2,200 to Bolt's $1,500.
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Sam Snead
Miami
Fla
Tommy Bolt
Bolt
Snead
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Chattanooga
Tenn
Miami Springs
Orts Sof Spun Bread Clinches First Half With Ebert's 357
Pearl Ebert leads Orts Sof Spun Bread to the first half crown in the Evening Star Ladies League scoring 148 in a game and 357 in the set. GAA No. 1 trails as Orts holds a seven game edge while multiple teams split two of three matches. Farmer & Merchants Bank and Bell Clothes Stores split, with Dot Rice and Miss Fraula among top scorers.
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Pearl Ebert
Orts Sof
GAA
Orts
Winchester Seat Cover Co
Louise Armstrong
Frances Brengle
Bell
Grace Bosserman
Mary Gail Fraula
Bankers
Dot Rice
Miss Fraula
Miss Bosserman
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Polly
Cab
Aikens Construction Co
Kitty Affleck
JoAnn Ewing
Aikens
Betty Ryan
Edith Strede
Mildred Cameron
Mrs. Strode
Evening Star Ladies
Bell Clothes Stores
Polly's Cab
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Ind
Lucille Giffin
Ebert
Mysterious calls probe bribes in NBA games
NBA president Maurice Podoloff said the league is checking a string of long distance calls offering bribes to coaches to lose games or fix scores. Al Cervi of the Syracuse Nationals and Bobby Wanzer of the Rochester Royals reported calls before games, with Charley Eckman of the Fort Wayne Pistons also receiving two. Podoloff called the calls crack pot attempts and said tracing them was difficult.
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Associated Press
Maurice Podoloff
National Basketball Assn
al Cervi
Syracuse Nationals
Bobby Wanzer
Rochester Royals
Charle Eckman
Fort Wayne Pistons
Podoloff
Flora Leads Virginia College Basketball Scorers
Washington and Lee's Dom Flora, a sophomore, tops the state's Big Six scoring after four games with 123 points. He scored 30 against Bridgewater, 27 vs Richmond, 32 vs West Virginia, and 34 against Marshall College, challenging Buzz Wilkinson's Virginia record.
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Richmond
Washington and Lee
Dom Flora
Buzz Wilkinson
Wilkinson
University of Virginia
Flora
Old Dominion
Bridgewater
West Virginia
Marshall College
Browns and Rams Set for NFL Championship Game
Cleveland Browns meet Los Angeles Rams on December 26 for the NFL title. The Rams clinched the Western Conference with a 31-17 win over Green Bay, while Ron Waller scored a trio of touchdowns in LA’s win before a 90,535 crowd.
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Cleveland Browns
Los Angeles Rams
Otto Graham and Company
Rams
Los Angeles
Green Bay
Maryland
Ron Waller
Chicago Cardinals
New York Giants
Detroit
Doak Walker
Lion Star
Baltimore
Alan Ameche
San Francisco
Colts
Vic Janowicz
Washington
Ron Henry Leads All State Virginia College Football Picks
Virginia Sports Writers and Sportscasters Association selects first All State college football team. Ron Henry of Hampden-Sydney headlines as Little Eight representative along with Walt Brodie of William and Mary. Other selections include Lusk and Locke at tackles, Porter and May at guard, Prater at center, and a backfield featuring Theodose, Beard, Bakhtiar, and Pajaczkowski.
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Richmond
Little Eight
Virginia Sports Writers and
Alsn
Ron Henry
Hampden-Sydney
Association
Henry
Walt Brodie
William and Mary
LL Commissioner Carl Stotz Gets Confidence Vote
In Pittsburgh a group of about 60 field representatives backed Little League founder Carl Stotz after he was deposed following his $300000 breach of contract suit against the national organization. The vote of confidence came during a two day meeting convened by Stotz.
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Pittsburgh
Little League
Carl Stotz
National Baseball Organization
Stotz
Holup Floyd Leads Southern Conference Scoring Pace
George Washington center Joe Holup led the SC scoring race with 36 points in a single conference appearance. Darrell Floyd of Furman averaged 34.3 points over three games, followed by Dom Flora of Washington & Lee and Rod Hundley of West Virginia. Furman defeated Virginia Tech 85-68 to move to 2-1 in the conference as West Virginia led 2-0 and George Washington at 1-0. Davidson moved into a tie for fourth after beating The Citadel 93-64. Non conference actions included Richmond over Virginia 74-72 and East Tennessee State routing Virginia Military 104-58.
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Associated Press
Joe Holup
George Washington
Colonial
Darrell Floyd
Furman
Holup
Washington & le
Dom Flora
West Virginia
Rod Hundley
Floyd
Virginia Tech
Davidson
Washington & Lee
Citadel
Richmond
Virginia
William & Mary
Hampden- Sydney
Marshall College
Virginia Military
East Tennessee State
Kentucky and Illinois Fall in Surprising Weekend Setbacks
No 2 Kentucky lost at home to Temple 73-61 and No 8 Illinois fell 74-73 to Missouri. North Carolina State beat Eastern Kentucky 83-74, while Utah 93-63 over Arizona and Alabama 82-55 in the Birmingham Classic. Duquesne won the Steel Bowl 71-49 over Pittsburgh. Dayton and BYU also won.
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Associated Press
Hick
Kentucky
Illinois Duquesne
Pittsburgh
North Carolina State
Utah
Alabama
Dayton
Brigham Young
Illinois
Wildcats
Temple
Missouri
N.C. State
Eastern Kentucky
Arizona
Valparaiso
Toledo
Grigham Young
Oregon
Olson's Troubles Continue to Climb in Court
San Francisco reports the trial of a 500000 breach of contract suit against Bobo Olson and manager Sid Flaherty opens before Federal Judge Oliver Carter. Herbert Campos of Honolulu claims Olson owes one third of all purses from July 1951 to July 15 1959 under a 1949 contract. Olson visited his estranged wife Dolores and their four children yesterday at their Hillsborough home amid a divorce filing seeking 2000 monthly support and 200000 property division.
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San Francisco
Bobo” Olson
Sid Flaherty
Oliver Carter
Herbert Campos
Honolulu
Olson
Bobo
Dolores
Hillsborough
Peninsula
Tulane Included In 9-Game VPI Football Schedule
Virginia Tech lists a nine game slate with Tulane set for September 22 in New Orleans. Other games include North Carolina State at Norfolk Florida State at Florida State and Clemson at Clemson. A social security Q A irrelevant to the sports item follows.
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Tulane
Blacksburg
Virginia Tech
New Orleans
Frank Moseley
Tech
North Carolina State
Norfolk
Florida State
William and Mary
Richmond
Virginia
Roanoke
Clemson
Wake Forest
Virginia Military Institute
Perez Rosi Bout Tonight at St Nicholas Arena
Lulu Perez, formerly top fatherweight and now a lightweight, competes with Italy's Paolo Rosi in a ten round DuMont TV bout at New York's St Nicholas Arena. Perez carries a 33 7 1 record while Rosi stands 19 3 0.
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Lulu Perez
Italy
Paolo Rosi
DuMont TV
New York
St. Nicholas Arena
Perez
Rosi
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Sportsmanship
James Wood
Shenandoah Valley
Howard R. Richardson
Virginia High School League
Fruit-Of-The-Loom
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Workingman’s
N. Loudoun St
People’s Restaurant
S. Loudoun St
Revere
Sam Little
Paul Revere
Cleveland
John R. Dunning
Columbia University
Evening Star Ladies Bowling League
Carling
Dixie Beverage CO
fearLin
NBA
W &L’s
Skins
Steelers
Browns
Shoecenter
Boots
St. Loudoun St
Pine Motor CO
Dodge
Plymouth
Parr
Chevrolet
Loudoun St
Cord
Goodflyear
Buncutter Tire CO
S. Braddock St
Seco
American Finance Corp
Donald Gindlesberger
E. Main ST
Richard R. Lineburg
E. Boscawen ST
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