Local District 10 Opens With Home Games Friday
Handley James Wood and Clarke County host league games as Broadway leads the standings. James Wood battles Broadway while Warren County visits James Wood, Luray seeks its first win against the Judges. Handley and Clarke County also face Luray and Broadway in upcoming matchups.
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Berryville
Shawnee Bowmen plan fourteen new archery targets
The Shawnee Bowmen announce fourteen new targets for their field course and will discuss them at the first 1956 club meeting on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Patton's Dance Hall. Officers for the coming year will be installed and archery enthusiasts are invited.
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Douglas Bulldogs Open 1956 Basketball Schedule With Luray
Douglas High launches its 1956 basketball season with a two game home series against Luray. Girls play at 7 30 tonight with the Luray boys to follow. Bulldogs are 1 1 thus far and schedule changes list Martinsburg and Charles Town games re dated to new dates.
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Hopalong Cassady Named Nation's Top Male Athlete of 1955
Columbus Ohio Howard Hopalong Cassady a 150 pound sophomore turned star at Ohio State led AP year end voting with 257 points to finish first. Rocky Marciano finished second with near 100 fewer points. The list includes Johnny Podres Otto Graham Bill Russell Al Kaline Duke Snider Jim Swink Carmen Basilio and Ted Williams with varying first place votes.
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Durocher Victim Of Beverly Hills Holdup
Hollywood star Leo Lippy Durocher says he was robbed at his Beverly Hills home last night when a man with a pistol demanded money. He handed over $20, noting he would have given more if he had it. Durocher's wife Lily Day slept inside the house.
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Potts and Fox Lead JW Girls Bowling Second Round
Ruth Ann Potts rolled a 110 game and 201 set to lift James Wood girls past Cain Cleaners in the second half opener. Agnes Fox contributed a 109 game for Silver Diner with four spares, while Kathryn Williams and Mary Barnsley provided solid scores for Silver Diner and Lions respectively.
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Cavaliers Mountaineers Win In High Scoring Night
Richmond beat Furman 130-92 as 222 points lit the board with Walt Lysaght 30, Ken Daniel 24, Warren Mitchell 20 and Ed Harrison 18 leading Richmond. West Virginia crushed Washington and Lee 98-84, North Carolina thumped LSU 95-69, DePaul beat Illinois Normal 102-77, Vanderbilt edged William and Mary 89-80 in double OT, and Virginia defeated South Carolina 84-83 as Darrell Floyd scored 40 for Furman.
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Castellani Targets 10th Straight Win Against Fullmer
Cleveland fight tonight paces Rocky Castellani toward a title shot as he faces Gene Fullmer in a 10 round bout at Cleveland Arena. Castellani, 3rd ranked middleweight, has notched nine straight wins after a near upset of Sugar Ray Robinson last July. ABC telecasts at 10 p.m. EST.
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Bobo Olson
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Fullmer
Walloper
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ABC
Speeding motorcyclist slowed by gravel mishap
Galveston officer A E Mize clocked a motorcycle at forty in a thirty zone and signaled it to pull over. The rider toppled onto the rear bumper after the cycle veered into soft dirt beside the patrol car.
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VMI Reports on Athletics Revenue and Deficit
The Virginia Military Institute reports intercollegiate athletic revenues of 104 016 during 1954 55 while expenditures exceeded by 8 533. The figures were filed yesterday with the state budget office under a law requiring all state funded colleges to submit annual athletic finance reports.
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Virginia Military Institute
State Budget Office
VMI reports athletic scholarships totaling forty four students
The VMI report lists 44 students receiving athletic scholarships totaling 39,694 dollars. The Alumni Education Fund provided the largest share of the funds, 18,497 dollars.
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VMI
Alumni Education Fund
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