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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1955
Page
8
Buchanan's steady rise shakes District 5 as the Bucaneers win their fourth straight 62 58 over undefeated Clifton Forge. Harrisonburg Clarke County Staunton and Montevideo chase top spots with Clifton Forge looming in key clashes.
Furman surged to the top of major college basketball scoring averages with a 99.2 mark over 10 games through Tuesday aided by a 154-67 rout of The Citadel and a 102-85 win over Erskine. North Carolina State helped boost the Wolfpack into the top five, while Connecticut and Marshall trailed in the national tally.
New York Sandy Saddler will defend his featherweight title against Red Top Davis on February 25 at Madison Square Garden. Saddler, 137-12-2, 151 fights, last title defense came after Willie Pep quit in 1951. Davis, 58-47-2, aged 31, has 107 career bouts and 97 knockouts.
The Winchester Basketball Club plays its first game Sunday at 3 pm in the National Guard Armory. The exhibition match features Berryville scorers Bob Ridenour and Doug Cochran against Winchester stars Tommy Duff and Bob Pence. Berryville sits second in the Northern Virginia Basketball League after a third of its schedule.
The Douglas Bulldogs play Lucy Simms High School of Harrisonburg at home in a Tri-State League game. Winchester leads the division after a 92 to 5 season opener over Luray, while Douglas rotates two units under Coach Edwin Barksdale. Top scorers include James Prather Beverley Gaskins Michael Ford James Stephenson and Jimmy Lewis. A girls game starts at 8 with the varsity at 9.
The Department of Defense states the 92nd Division was considered an all Negro division. In World War I most of the division took part in the Meuse Argonne operation and held St Die and Marbache sectors in Lorraine. In World War II units fought in Italy in 1944 and 1945.
Bev Bailey posted a night high 142 with four spares and a strike as Miller & Anderson won three straight B League games from Safeway Stores Tuesday night to claim undisputed first place in the second half. Glaize Drops to Second after two wins against Clearbrook Woolen Co. and Bell Clothes edged Bayliss & Patterson in a rolloff for an end. Team scores show Glaize & Bro. 578 leading Clearbrook 575 and Bayliss 572 in the set.
San Francisco, ranked fifth, held Santa Clara to 44 points as Kenny Sears led Santa Clara with 17 in a 54-44 victory that boosts the Dons toward an at large NCAA berth. LaSalle, George Washington, Cincinnati, Louisville, and Marquette also posted notable results in top-20 action.
About 8 percent of men and half a percent of women are color blind to some degree per the Better Vision Institute. Many remedies have been tried including tinted glasses and watching red and green lights, vitamins, Cobra venom injections, and more, but none have succeeded.
Bridgewater Eagles and Hampden-Sydney Tigers both sit 3-0 in Little Seven play after easy wins last night. Bridgewater defeated Randolph-Macon 98-82 as Larry Pence led with 27 points. Hampden-Sydney beat Lynchburg 78-67 with Johnny Richards scoring 22 in 17 first-half minutes. Roanoke remains nearby at 2-0, while Washington and Lee beat Virginia Tech 88-63 and George Washington toppled William and Mary 89-65.
At the January meeting of the Winchester Association of the Stock Insurance Agents Earl L. Mason of Earl L. Mason Insurance Agency was elected president for 1955 succeeding Thornton Bryarly. Other officers named were Marvin E. Gore Jr vice president and John L. Glaize secretary treasurer. Proposed activities include a safe driving program with driver training for high school students and a study of fire inspection for Winchester merchants choosing to participate.
Rocky Castellani defeated Holly Mims by unanimous decision in a 12 round middleweight bout before 5 348 at Cleveland arena. Mims entourage burst into the winner's room claiming a robbery as Castellani outboxed him and scored an eighth round knockdown to earn a possible title rematch.
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