Beckley Post-Herald from Beckley, West Virginia • Page 9

BECJKLEY POST-HERALD, BECKLEY, W. WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 11, 1956 Eleventh Annual Coalfield Track Meet Saturday Bluefield Threat 1 1 1 oeckley I me Wilson High School will be the scene of the; llta annual Coalfield Conference Track Meet Saturday afternoon as Beckley seeks to capture iis sec-j ond straigtit title. The annual event will begin a 22 n-oon for the junior high teams 1 while the senior high event? will start at 1 p. m. to Beckley's crovra will be Bluefieid, newcomer' to the conference, and Oak TT -i -n, AonL 10 j.ne Rec Denis were dethroned last year by a strong Beckley; -Derby team.

which likely will stand for all time, A field of approximately eight -aless the New York Jockey Club 1 teams will be entered in the its rales governing the ior high division. Besides Beckley. naming of Thoroughbreds, was there will be Bluefield. Oak Hill, established in the fourth ru Princeton, Mt Hope, and possibly of event on Mav 21, 1878. Shady and Sophia.

Bin- Among the six unplaced horses ton and Stoco are other confer- In that field was Earl of Beacon-j ence reams, but don't participate field, owned by A. Straus Co, in track. There are nineteen letters and Last year Beckley out-distanced spaces in that name, and no other field of seven teams to win the starter in the famous race at Ukely To Stand innmg Reniek Posts 8-9 Shows Set Triumph Against WilliamsburgNine RENICK, April 10 Dwayae' turned in a brilliant four Opening May 8 A dinner meeting of tfce Westr rgir.ia Horsemen's Association heW Iast Sunda in Charles-! jpaign jdefe Sheets, one the few returning UeUermen at Renick. held Williams-j burg in check ail the way, issuing! as foU three and a double, thej R'-P-ey, May only extra base hit of the Moandtjviile. (only extra base hit of the I Meanwhile, his mates were getting! eight hits themselves.

i C. Rupert Speedway Ready For Season Here is an aerial view of the Rupert Speedway, which will belatedly open its season of racing Eagles will be handicapped by the Thoroughbreds and wnose ap- i -loss of such players as Sam Cau- proval for all names must be ob-j dill. Rickie Thompson. Billy Hill, tained. The present limit allowed! Julian Trail, Norm Southern and is fourteen, and this includes both Paul Hutchinson as they pit forces letters and' spaces, as well as use 'against a rough Beaver outfit '-coached by Ai Howard.

Meet Director Jerome R. Van i Meter has sent out invitations to all of the teams in the conference and hopes to have as many ss seven teams entered Saturday. of the apostrophe. Available records fail to disclose a horse with a longer name ever Solomon's Seal, which was nominated for the 1523 Derby by James B. having been nominated for great race.

However. King VY Entries Closed, A Total Not Known Fred Schaus At Richwood Dinner Renick 001 331 x-- High. Porcclla. Sponauglc 2. BY THE MARBLES DIRECTOR RIOHWOOD.

April 10 KNS) -I Coach Ken Hunt and his Richwood High School Lumberjack Basket- Lewis 2. Ray. Bare. Kijjh. Ray.

I ball squad will be entertained byJMcNeel 2. Lewis RBI -i A Tinnc iSponawgle. Lexvis 2, Holbrook. JSay 2. tne jviciiwood Liens UUD a.

Brown Shcet5 28H Lewis, meeting on Thursday. April 19. Brown. Bare. Ellyson.

Williams- PRIXCETON. April 10 (HNS) A fish fry. with trout from its lown pools en Pigeon Creek will be itovvj) -held fee members of the Mercer S-J9. ribbon show, Anglers Ciub. their families and June 2-3, Class friends on Tuesday.

April 17 at the Huntingdon. June 7-9. Class A First Methodist Church. Price of Charleston. June 15-16.

Class A. dinner is $1.25 and tickets may White Sulphur Springs. July be secured in advance from club -s A. 'members or bought at the door. G.rafton.

July 14-15. Cla.s C. Alton Douglas, ciub secretary Logan. August 3-5, Class or yon for fishing at 6 a. m.

on Saturday, April 21. A membership in good standing entitles Class members and all dependents to without a license. Fish caught Class must be paid for at SI per pound. New club regulations place the Class i big limit at 12 trout per day per member or per family if depend- Petersburg. September 14.

Class jams are fishing with a member. I All fish caught over this number ribbon will be paid for at the rate of per pound. Two new shows are being held Douglas announces that a new superintendent, K. 0. been engaged and is burg.

I now living in the new house and TSu lf 0 OWS are divkiod int? classes I "the plant. Knuth has had AViulamsburg ooo ooo o--o based upon the amount of prizes to 20 years experience in hatchery The Timers couldn't get started i until the last half of the third in- joing when they scored a single irun. They they added three more I in each the fourth and fifth in- jnings and one more in the sixth to lend their scoring for the after-j 001 i A Renick's next encounter will bej 'B. Wheeling, September 6-9. Oak Hill.

August 10-11, Class B. Fair. August 21-24, September 1-2. Spr.agle Lewis Ib 2 1 6 0 Miller ss 3 1 1 1 Hoibrk cf 4 1 3 0 EHyson ib 3 1 5 0 Rav 2b 4 1 1 i' Hinkle 3 1 1 8 0 0 3 Brown rf 2 Salem. September 2 i 0 ycar for aic first tim? i hatchery i eGilkrsrt 3 0 ol at Graf ton and the other at Peters- JKnuth Following is how the events will Smith, did have the same length.

starting' at 13. in the junior In fact, there were an unusual division 'with approximately a number of horses with long names tlO-sniaute interval between made eligible for the 1923 running. midnigbt ni ht lh total number of schools can i Head basfcefibaU coach. event: 79-yard high hurdle, 100 yard 110 low hurdle, 220 yard dash, shot put, broad jump, pole Tault 440 spring relay- Starting at 1 p. m.

will be the following events: 120-yard high hurdle" trials for senior high, 100 yard dash trials ior senior high, 880-yard run finals for senior high, 880-yard run finals for junior high, 220-yard dash trials for senior high, 120-yard Mgh hurdle finals for senior high, 70-yard high hurdle finals ofr jun- high, 100-yard dasfc finals for junior high, 100-yard dash finals senior high, 180 low hurdle -trials for senior 110 low hurdle Mais for junior Mgh. 880 spring relay finals for senior high, shuttle hurdle relay finals for high, shuttle hurdle relay "finals for junior high, 440-yard dash finals for senior high, dash finals for junior high. "220-yard dash' finals jbr senior high, mile ran finals for senior high, 180 low hurdle finals for senior high, mile relay finals for senior' high. In the field events starting at 1 j). will be the pole senior high, discus throw for senior high, high jump for junior high; 2 p.

jump for senior high, jump for senior high, and shot put for senior high. All of those will be the finals. Oak Hill's Imps will be the defending junior high champion, hav- 1 which'was before the introduction of the present Jockey Club rule. The eligibies that spring included such as Dan E. 6'SiiUivan, Alice Blue Gown.

Boys Believe Me, Flowers of Love, ing taken the title Beckley last year. away trom WYNN 56TH HURLER 10--Early General Thatcher. The Derby starter with the shortest name has been Bit, which was third in 1940. Among the starters four-letter names have been Azra, Chip, Halt. Jeep.

Jock. Kiev, Mate, Mazo, Rube, Toro and Vito. BANNER UNDERGOING "COACH'S mm" not be checked until all the mail is in today and to-i Schaus of West Virginia Univer- isity will be the principal speaker for the occasion. Schaus, a former Mountaineer basketball great and professional star before assuming his present "position, will be making his first appearance before a Richwood audience. His appearance will mark a morrow.

The tola! has been raised to 171, one shy of last years record number of schools that decided cham- s. Lillybrook in Raleigh County-added to the total with its 1st to 6th entry and 7th-8th grades, while Gauley Bridge did the same in Fayette county. Three counties have set a record number' of school entries. Another old.mark and it is possible thfet still another could be set as Raleigh County had 58 entries up-to 6 last night in comparison to the 60 of a year ago. Green-brier County showed the biggest increase as it broke its MT.

HOPE, April 1 Henry new mar ij. Danner, football and baskefeball coach at Mt. Hope high school has been in the Oak Hill hospital so shows a It had 18 in the race last" year. Wyoming- tied the 22 school total it had last year. Pocahontas broke its record with for the past week under observa- four entries this year.

Last spring tio" W'" a serious case of "coach's ulcers." Doctors in attendance of Mustang men-tor say they will be. able, to ad vise-the coach just serious his'condition is by sometime on Wednesday, NAMED AS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT IDAHO Other counties with this year's entries and its record in brackets, are: Bcone one (4). Fayette 16 (24), McDowell 14 (13), Mercer 11 (16), none (21, Summers five (10). LilJybroofc school in Raleigh county has been in the tournament twice before, Stewart den winning the school's honors jin 1953 while Charles Tzystuck, hailing from a family of athletes, CALDWELL, Idaho, April 10 represented the school last year. J.

E. (Babe) Brown, an Idaho Gauley Bridge enters for the athletic, coach for 28 years, se cond time. Joe Davis was its been named athletic director and elementary school champion a head basketball coach at College ago Donald Wade won of Idaho, President Tom E. Shear- junior high title. er announced today, TO BE HEARD FROM Brown, 55.

submitted his resignation as basketball and football i. AT i i coach at High Scn.ol si-, mulianeously with Shearer an- 1 Here 'are some schools whose entries may -be in the mail and nounoecnent. He will join the col- Wynn is the pitcher to win 200 or more games, ard Yandle, who resigned March His 17th victory last season his 201st. He has lost 161 times. Shearer said Brown also will be Wynn won his' first American levgue game in 1841 Washington Senators.

head baseball coach and assistant! the number of years they have competed in. former tournaments. Five years: Minden, Bramwell -Grade. -Hint-cm Central. Four years: Glen Ferris, Lay- U--Dixon and Dixon.

be awarded in trophies, money or! work, having been superintendent ribbons. Class shows have mini-j of the Federal. Fish Hatchery at mum pnr.es of $1.000: Class While Sulphur Springs for several minimum of an Clasts A. yeans. minimum of $3.000.

i He has succeeded in hatching The president appointed the fol-lmany times the trout this past lowing members of the grievance winter than in any previous years committee: Herbert Glenn, of his first output, which will Clarksburg, chairman; a ready for catching next.yesr, Gu-stey, of Wheeling: and Mrs. will number about seven times the Mabel Chapman, of Ripley. Named members of a horse show organization committee were Mrs. C. 0, Phillips, of Philippi, man; Marrs Wiseman; W.

I. Bore- SETH OPENS SEASON WITH 11-5 TRIUMPH WHTTESVILLE, April 10 man. of Parkcrstourg; L. L. Mc- man High of Seth, runner-up to Clung, of H.

R. Priest- highlight in the high school bas- i ketball season, that started with a JACKIE SHORT (Elk TRADE UNIONS TO April-10--A proposal that members of Canada's trade unions each contribute 10 cents a year toward the support of in.Canada was' made today to the Canadian Olympic association. Harry Price, chairman of the Canadian Olympic training plan, told the association's -annual meeting such a would;" pay half the cost'of Canadian participation in the Olympics this'year. the football coach. College cf Idho i land Grade, Layland Junior.

Rainis a member of the Northwest Con- efle Junior, Walnut Street of Ricli- ference wood, MiUtown, Zela, Glen Leigh, Shiloh, Marsh Fork Junior Bellepoint, Oceana Grade- Three years: Mt. View (Summers Bounty) Blue Jay, Edwight, Fitepatrick, Dixie, Swiss. Flat Top. Bramwell Junior Mt. Hope elementary, Kingston Grade, Whites- vffle Junior.

m. TAKES TABLE TENNIS 1ST. ROUND! TOKYO. April 10--Erwin Klein cf Hollywood' and the United States champion, Leah Neuberger of New York, won their first round match -in the mixed. doubles of toe world table, tennis championships.

Tne" Americans defeated the- Hong Kong team of Sih Su Chu I championships, Dennis: Kyle and Baguio" Wong, 22-20, and a Hutchinson 21-18 of- Cranberry in Distnct East Bank last year in the southern finals, got its diamond season under way here this afternoon long winning streak" but saw the against "Van and took the team fail in the later stages of the measure of the visitors. 11 to 5. Marsh Fork will be the next opponent for the Tide tomorrow aft- season. The one big light for the local team was the playing of Jay McKenzie. Newspaper reports have stated that Coach Schaus has shown an' interest in the senior guard and the report of his appearance here for the Lions banquet leads credence to that report.

CRADDOCK OPTIONED TO COLUMBDS OUTFIT KANSAS- CITY, April 10--Walter Craddock, rookie soutlipaw hurler up from Savannah, the league last year and resident of Pax. W. has been optioned out by the Kansas City Athletics. He goes to Columbus, 0.. in the International League, along with Pitcher Carl Duser and Shortstop George Wegersk.

The club also announced that it had sold Gus Keriazakos to Denver in the American At the-same time it announced that it had sent Pitchers Cloyd Boyer and Mike Kume, Outfielder Tom Saffell and Infield Jerry Schym- pinski to the Columbus training base at Leesburg, for assignment. ernoon. Coach C. W. Hoffman's team, held to only seven hits, capsized on five enemy errors during a six- run third inning and was never in doubt of the verdict.

Meanwhile, Seth's two pitchers- Thomas and Cameron--were holding Van to four singles, two by Smith." AI were singles. Thomas was given credit ror win. Yeager, first of two Van pitchers, sot the loss. ley. of Whit'esviUe; and Wesley Turner, of Kingwood.

was reported that there arc 80 adult members of the Association and 15 junior members. Miss Mary Katharine Barnes, of philippi, was voted an honorary member by the directors. Attending the dinner were Mr. and Mrs. Glenn L.

Post; I. Boreman, of Parkenaburg; L. McClung, of and Ford R. Morrow, of Ravenswood. vice presidents: Mrs.

Wray E. Springer, of Philippi, official recorder, secretary and treasurer Kenneth Gillespie. of White Sulphur Springs. B. L.

Potter, of Huntington; R. Seth ab Van ab While cf 4 2 0 0 C. Jarl cf 3 1 0 0 Totten ss 4 1 0 0 K. Jarl 2b 3 0 1 0 Dillon 35 2 3 1 0 Peters 3b 3 0 0 0 Cornell 4 2 2 0 Setzer ss 2 0 0 3 Stampr rf 4 1 2 0 Cook ss 1 0 0 0 Saddler Ib 3 1 1 1 Smith 3 1 2 1 Brown 2b 2 1 I 1 Shelton Ib 3 0 0 Peters 2b 0 0 0 0 Price rf 3 1 0 0 Bryson If 2 0 0 0 Skeens If 1 1 0 0 Pavne If 0 0 0 0 Jckson If 1 0 0 0 Bowon If Sinzmr If 1 0 0 0 Thomas 1 0 0 0 Yeager 1 0 0 1 Camron 0 0 0 0 Lmvilie 1 1 0 0 26 11 7 2 Totals 26 5 4 5 Totals Van Seth 000 050 206 012 0-- 5 X--H Priestley, of WhitesviUe; 0. Phillips, directors; C.

0. Phillips, of Philippi. and the following directors and their wives: Mr. and Mrs. F.

Allen, of Williamson: Dr. and Mrs. S. O. Fisher and.Mr.

and Mrs. Marrs arm daughter, Robin, Charleston: Mr. and Mrs. all J. Kessell, of Dun bar; Mr.

and Mrs. Hugh Linger, of Budchannon; Mr. and Mrs. S. E.

Stasis, of Ripley; and Mr. and Mrs. L. Thompson, of Oak Hill. Also attending were Mrs.

Robert usual output of the hatchery. ON TV SATURDAY NEW YO-RK. N. April 10-The New York Yankees an-d the Brooklyn Dodgers. World Series opponents last fall, will meet in the second "Game of the Week" of the year on Saturday.

The game will emanate from Bbbets field. starting at 1:55 with Dizzy Dean and Buddy Blattner atr the micorphones. In the event that the game cannot be played because of inclement weather, the White Sox-Cub game from Chicago will be substituted. SpLlman. of White Sulphur Springs: Mr.

and Mrs. G. G. Smith. Betty N.

O'Neill, Jeanjjny- i. jTlvt-- dy and H. W. Engstorm, all of Charleston; Mr. and Mrs.

William 0. Crandall, of Collodcn: G. Meadows and Si Meadows, of Logan; Walter Windsor and Leo Calandras. of Point Pleasant; Mr. and Mrs.

Robert Hanshaw, of St. Albans; (Mr. and Mrs. M. 7 ney and C.

C. Skidmore. of Salem; Dr. and Mrs. F.

K. McClure, of Clarksburg; Mks Jeanne Morrow, of Ravneswood; Woody Hanshaw, Willie Amos, and Jimmy Cucn- mngs, Mary Philippi. all of Milton; and Miss Katharine Barnes, of "In Arizona, we shoot any man who doesn't order Bourbon" NORMAN DINGESS (Teel) hear from some of these schools by: mail today or tomorrow. THE DISTRICT CHAMPS Though only two of last years" District champs are defending FIVE DERBY ENTRIES HAVE RUN DISTANCE LOUISVILLE, April IQ-Five the 169 candidates for the 1956 candidates for the 1356 Kentucky Derby ran in two-furlong races early in their two-year-old seasons last year. They were' Tommy's Jet, Skeptical Kid.

Samrosgen, Judge Ray and -I Dare. The longest distance at which any of the Derby horses raced was one and one-sixteenth miles. The Director surely expects to Jackie Short (above) and Nor' man Dingess are qualiiied for Zone tournament play in the Southeast- ern West Virginia Marbles tourn-! Seniors Clean Up Honors In Richwood Hoop Events RICmVOOD, April 10 (RNS) i to Coach Blankenship. The Senior class teams won the Six girls played in the honors in the Inter-class basket- tournament. Two from the bail tournament, which was held and-Freshman classes, and one in the Richwood High School gymnasium, on the weekend.

Durin? the final session held Monday, the Senior Bus boys de- fcom the Junior and Sophomore. The Senior town team defeated the Freshman bus, and Sophomore town team, before taking the Jun- feated'the Junior Town team, 4Sjior bus team in the a to 28 Half-time score favored-the score of 33-29. This group ot gins Seniors. Tne Senior repeated honors from last 'year. i i 4-AiiTrt coached bv Jerry -Blankenship, hadjHonors for earlier, 'defeated the Sophomore went to this group, wiJi Jay Me- ment under the special ruling a qualifies last year's champions.

Short will be playing in Zone Two under the auspices of the Kopperston Lions club in May and DIngess in Zone 14 preliminaries sponsored by the Beckley Elks Lodge. there are two othes District champions still eligible by the age -ruling." are Stanley Harold of Muddlety and Boyd Armstrong of Teel, now at Beckley Junior High. Neither one of these boys will play in their sdiool tournaments'. Both are eligible to compete in Zone tournaments. WINNING SCHOOLS It is quite an amazing discoyery to find that 17 schools have provided District champions to the Southeastern West Virginia Marbles tournament over the past six years, starting with Shirley "Windy" Allen in 1950.

He hailed jinson and Armstrong could meet from Fair View Elementary. I again in District One at Beckley. resenting Collins in 1951 when he gained the semifinals of the. big tournament and the following year as a student from Stoco Junior High. It's not necessary to say that fellows like Herold, Kyle, Hutchinson and Armstrong, will all be trying for that second trip to the New Jersey seaside resort.

Oddly enough, they are paired off in the same districts. Hercld and Kyle are in- District Four, finals to be played in Richwood, while Hutch- This is the second consecutr year this team has won. Included on the roster are David Haga, Stroup Joan CottrilL The foul-shooting award for girls Only four schools, have won the honors twice. Allen repeated in 1S51, the year he won the Na- a student iew in Raleigh County has had two District champs, Arthur Aliff, in 1952 and Kenneth in ...1955, while CarTravis "Spod" Carter, Ralph! was won by Drema Hayhurst, Kenneu, in mo, j35i ImSwood. and BSb Freshman bus.

(16-25). She aiso Harold Poindexter lce was placed on the All-Tournament sent.ed Pineville Junior High Baker, John' Smallwood, Barber. Eight teams of boys were entered in the intramural event, with a tms and town each of Frame, Elame Jackson andi Juay QiJtU. I fc v--- -the four classes in 'high school The Junior boys, were coached by John Stewart. Players were Eugene D'Ambrosio, Eddie Doss, Douglas' Comstock, Jerry I Nelson and Harold Mustoe.

Named to the all-toumament team of boys were Carl Travis, Senior bus: David Haga, Senior bus; Tom Sholes, Sophomore has; Jerry Nelson, Junior town; Jerry Mullens, Junior bus; Eddie Doss, Junior town; "Spud" Carter, Senior bus; Douglas Cctnstock, Junior town. Carter won the Foul-shooting award, 19 out of 25. The Senior Bus boys were named as' "Best- Coached." Team, wp. honors go- at the nationals as a district champ. Poindexter also went to Asbury JonTors included Elizabeth Wyoming Elementary, as last year Seniors winning placed on the mythical group, were a Cunningham and Margaret Johnson.

Barbara Back and Hazel are named from the Sophomore team. Edwin Pratt served as Director 01 the Tournament. Officials were Mrs. Dorene Morris, Ralph Johnson, "Catty" Moss, Allen Porter and Carl Travis. Best Cheer-leading award was won by the Sophomores, with Evelyn Hunt, Betsy Deitz and Gaye Johnson, wearing the red and white for their class.

Best cheering sec-, tion was, the Junior class, whose cheer-leaders were Garnett bob- set a record of winning three straight district titles, Teel is the other double winner. It had Ronald Calvert as the District One champion in 1952 and two years later saw Boyd Armstrong win the honors and mafce the trip to" Asbury rest of the district champions have come from Collins Grade, Muddlety, Stoco Junior, Morton Reaves, Cranberry, Nettie, Mullens Grade, Tannery, Central of Beckley, Sophia, Soak Creek and Oceana. Jimmy Lilly, a national finalist lett. Betty Cornell, Patty; In 3552, twice went on the and Polly Facemire. a District champion, first rep- TRIALS STARTING LAFAYETTE, April 10 ZVIidwestern wrestlers from colleges, high AAIr and independent groups will start two days of competition at Purdue University Friday in district Olympic trials.

CHAMPS BY MAY 9 Now that entries have closed for the mibs tournament, as well as the composition event, schools have until May 9 to find a champion in the former and until May 5 to judge a composition winner. Registration blanks for both the marbles and composition winners will be sent, in the mails sometime next- week. Principals or directors are asked to hold on to these so they'll be able to file the official figures on their champions when the tournaments have been settled. In the meanwhile the Director has the problem of setting up the Zone tournaments with the many organizations that back marbles in the different counties. A Zone chairmen will be written, this weekend asking that they choose one or three-dates that will-be sent them for Zone event.

It is likely that District One and Two finals will be held at the Becldey Recreation building on Wednesday, May 30, which is Decoration The others may be set up for RONCEVERTEW1L BE CLASS A SCHOOL RONCEVBRTE. April 10 (HNS) Green-brier High School will definitely become a Class high schcol next semester in athletics, according to Principal Domenick What affect this will have on Greenbriee Valley Conference athletics is not clear at this time. To become a Class school there must be 115 boys, or more in the tap three grades. Coaches say that no other area school, is "likely" to reach this required figure 'in the next few years. CHARLESTON, April 10--Rain, sleet, and snow put a cold conclusion and postponement to the stock car races scheduled for Skyline Raceway Sunday, April 8, with 50 racers on hand, and still more rolling in.

Cars "showed up from five states one as far south as Chattanooga, Tennessee, another as far 'north as Toledo, Ohio. The season's opener has been rescheduled for April 15 at 2:00 p.m., with time trials beginning 30 minutes sooner. successive Saturdays. In any event, the District champions will leave Beckley on June 15 for the trip to the national and the three-day excursion into New York City, Out West, hospitality without bourbon is like a handshake without warmth. Now this memorable drink is fast moving East.

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