Local high school hoops tilt and college schedule on tap
Handley and James Wood travel for league games tonight while Clarke County and Shenandoah also hit the road. The James Wood vs Handley JVs start at 6:30 with varsity games at 7. Shenandoah hosts Madison postponed to February 14, and a Hornets game against Alleghany is set for January 30.
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James Wood
Broadway
Jv’s
Loudoun County
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Clarke County
Central
Eagles
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Jvs
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Ron Kern
Dickie Longerbeam
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Shenandah
Douglas
Noah Laws
Shenandoah
Madison
Harrisonburg
Hornets
Allegany
Wesley
Criser
Front Royal
Bulldogs
Waynesboro
Rosenwald
Johnson-Williams
Clarke
Littler Opens Slim Lead With Six Birdies In San Francisco
Gene Littler shot six birdies on the way to a 65 and a two stroke lead after the first round of the San Francisco International Open at Harding Park. Marty Furgol and George 67 and 68 followed, with Gary Player among those at 70 in the $50,000 tournament.
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P. D. Eldred
SAN Francisco
Gene Littler
Harding Park Municipal
Ken Venturi
Harding Park
Tommy Jacobs
Littler
San Diego
Calif
Marty Furgol
Furgol
Doug Ford
Pacers Set $80,000 Purse For Little Brown Jug
The Little Brown Jug pacing classic for 3 year olds will carry a record $80,000 purse for the Delaware Delaware race next Sept. 20. Hank Thomson head of the Little Brown Jug Society announced the figure after listing 72 eligible starlets including 64 colts 2 geldings and 6 fillies. The former purse record was $76,000 in 1959 when Adios Butler won.
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Delaware, Ohio
Hank Thomson
Little Brown Jug Society
Adios Butler
Shoemaker Sets Pace With Four Wins at Santa Anita
ARCADIA Calif AP Bill Shoemaker dominated a Santa Anita program winning four races including the Santa Ynez Stakes riding Dont Linger a 3 year old filly bred in the U S He led Rex Ells worth to a 2% length victory over Jet Parade Also piloted Like Position in the second Respite in the fourth and Interlocutor in the sixth boosting his season line to 28 firsts 18 seconds and 8 thirds in 101 starts.
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Arcadia
Calif
Bill Shoemaker
Santa Anita
Rex Ellsworth
Jet Parade
Shoemaker’s Day
Maris Tops Ruth 61 Homers. Ruth Widow Praises Hitter
Roger Maris says Babe Ruth remains the greatest home run hitter after Maris’s 61 homers last season. Ruth’s widow Mrs. Claire Ruth presented him the Mel Webb Award at the Boston Baseball Writers dinner. Jackie Robinson and Bob Feller made public appearances as new Hall of Famers.
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Roger Maris
New York Yankees
Babe Ruth
Maris
Ruth
Boston Baseball Writers
Babe
Claire Ruth
Mel Webb
Brooklyn Dodgers
Robinson
Feller
Cleveland
Joe Cronin
Cronin
Georgia Tech to replace Alabama LSU with Florida series
Georgia Tech plans to end its football series with Alabama and LSU after 1964. Coach Bobby Dodd said a new Florida series will replace the rivalry, with games in Atlanta and Jacksonville on alternate years. Florida's Ray Graves said no final site decision has been made.
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Georgia Tech
Alabama
LSU
Bobby Dodd
Yellow Jackets
Florida
Tech
Gators
Jacksonville
Ray Graves
Dodd
Edwin D. Harrison
Syracuse Swimming Team Members Mostly From New York
Five members of the Syracuse University swimming team come from outside New York state. Thomas Watts, a junior, lives farthest away in St. Petersburg Florida.
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Syracuse University
New York State
Thomas Watts
St. Petersburg
Fla
West Virginia Faces William and Mary in Norfolk Showdown
West Virginia, 9-0 in the Southern Conference and 13-3 overall, meets William and Mary (4-10) in Norfolk. Coach Chambers urges focus for upcoming games, while Rod Thorn leads WVU with size and outside shooting as a conference title bid hangs on the result.
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Bill
West Virginia
Chambers
Mountaineer
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest
N.C. State
WVU
W&m
Norfolk
Indians
Sk Pelen
Rod Thorn & Co
Williamsburg
Thorn
Mountaineers
Morgantown
Denver Inks Replacement For Filebock
Denver names Jack Faulkner as head coach to replace Frank Filchock who was dismissed after a 7 win 20 loss 1 tie record. Faulkner, 35, spent 13 years with Sid Gillman and coached in San Diego and Los Angeles NFL organizations.
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Denver
Denver Broncos
Jack Faulkner
San Diego
Faulkner
Sid Gillman
Los Angeles Rams
University of Cincinnati
Temporary Park Suits The Colts
Houston Colts prepare for their 1962 NL debut at an $800000 temporary stadium with a 360 foot left field line 420 foot center and 360 foot right field distances. Paul Richards says the park will yield fewer home runs than others though plans call for a 32 000 seat temporary venue before moving to a $22 million domed stadium in 1962.
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Houston
Tex
Houston Colts
Paul Richards
Colts
Chicago Cubs
Kansas City
Richards
Athletics
Phillies pitcher Chris Short led NL in wild pitches in 1961
Chris Short of the Philadelphia Phillies threw 14 wild pitches in the 1961 season, the most in the National League. Sandy Koufax of the Dodgers followed with 12, illustrating a year of errant outings among top starters.
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Chris Short
Phillies
Sandy Koufax
Los Angeles
Moore Faces Deadline To Sign For Title Fight
Archie Moore must sign for a light heavyweight title bout by February 1 or risk suspension by the New York Athletic Commission. The middleweight crown dispute nears resolution as Paul Pender and Terry Downes agree to a return bout and a challenge to Gene Fullmer within 90 days. The bantamweight title was settled last week with Eder Jofre defeating Ireland's Johnny Caldwell. The site for the next bout remains undecided.
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New York
Archie Moore
New York Athletic Commission
Eder Jofre
Brazil
Ireland
Johnny Caldwell
Paul Pender
Terry Downes
Gene Fullmer
Downes
Pender
London
Boston
Brookline
Mass
New York Commission
Fullmer
West Jordan
Utah
Consistant Shooter Laquintano Keeps Cavaliers Hope Alive
Virginia senior guard Tony Laquintano from Philadelphia has a steady scoring record, averaging 19.8 points for 1960-61 and 19.3 points through 12 games this season. The Cincinnati Red led the National League last season in scoring runners from third base on sacrifice flies with 51.
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Charlottesville
Tony Laquintano
University of Virginia
Philadelphia
Cincinnati Red
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