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THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1959
VIEWS
8Y MAX BROWN
RADIO AND television representatives
g areas will be guests of Shenandoah
)n Sunda April 26, at a preview of the beau-
race track. The occasion is one that
to and genial Bob Leavitt, general
track and his Director of Publicity Bill Me-
to roll out yards of red carpet for the visitors.
TOWN AND Jefferson County lost a good
when Jas. R. (Jim) Marshall passed away.
SUl)porter of the Charles Town Legion
Jim had ah'eady purchased his season
all set for the opening of his favorite
sympathy is extended to the mem-
family...
OFFICIAL announcement now that the
" Waiters has been named to man tge the
Legion baseball club this season, you can
action at Legion Park the first warm Sun-
With his long years of diamond ex-
should make the local club a good man-
will provide not only a good solid brand of
much of it on the exciting and thrilling
FULL ACCORD with President Elvis Jacob
West Virginia University when following
contest last Saturday night he said,
quit . . . only the whistle stopped them."
II, convinced that the Cardiac Kids could
ugh again, given five seconds in which
y've cut it almost that fine in winning
OVer the last two seasons and against clubs
od as California... But so much for that
the curtain on a great season for a great
great team--our fighting Mountaineers! I !
WITH BOB LEAVITT this afternoon, he
Downs has been hiring and will
West Virginians wherever possible." The
t2. have "considerably better" than 85 percent
trom West Virginia, he added... ,
l)ZO, I IANAGER of Sheph'erdstown s-5, 10
them Store and for many years a strong
Charles Town Legion baseball team, has
season ticket, an annual custom for the
citizen for a number of years. John
misses a Legion game here and you'll find
base side of the grandstand rooting for
When the season opens here on May 3...
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S&-T£LEGhAPH reported .. in-
with the Big and what he thought
Cardinal Track,
Field Team Will
Be Inexperienced
Limited in numbers as well as
in size and experience the Shep-
herdstown High track and field
team is expected to improve over
last year, but still not near strong
enough to be any real threat, in
the annual Regional meet. That's
about the way Coaches Bill Os-
bourn and Nevin Strider summed
it up this week as they get thei
charges ready for a meet in Char-
les Town on April 3.
Coach Osbourn said most of the
boys who are working out with
the baseball team are also trying.
their hand at track.
As of early this week Coach Os-
bourn said he would have Lucas
running the mile, Iley Weller in
the half-mile; Jeff Shultz, Mickey
Sarra and Charlie Hunter in the
100 and 220-yard dashes; Jerry
Boyd in the pole vault; Kenny
Waldeck and Manny Knott in the
hurdles; Jesse Cullison in the high
jump; Dave Lucas in the broad
jump; Bill Handzo in the discus;
and Jim McCarty and Herbert
May in the shot put,
Coach Osbourn said that al-
though he has only one meet sche
duled to date, the Cardinals are ex
pected to participate in several
other of the smaller meets in the
section and area before going into
Regional competition.
County League Meeting
At RipNn March :11
rA very impo'tant meeting fo
all managers, players and others
interest, ed in tl~e Jefferson Coun-
ty Baseball League for the coming
season is scheduled for next Tues
day night, Maroh 31 at the Sani-
tary Lunch at Rippon. This will
be the final date to register your
team for league play and it is ur-
gent that all managers ~and others
attend this meeting. The meeting
is at 7:30 p.m. ,.
Top
The post-season playoffs in the
Jefferson County Independent
basketball league came ~to a close
SaC~urday night on the C har~
Town Ji~nior Hlth gymnasium
with the Moose Club scoring a
close 62-59 victory over the W. &
R. Sales cagers for the playoff
t
Charles Town High
Spring has arrived and so has
weather suitable for the section's
scholastic baseball and track
teams to forsake high school gym-
nasiums for the great ou¢doo,rs
and full-scale workouts in the dia-
monds. And every scholastic team
in the section is now hard at pre-
season drills since only two weeks
remain before the opening of base
ball season and less time than tha.t
before the first track action.
Although originally Coach Har-
ry Barker had not planned to send
his baseball charges into action
until April 10, the date has now
been moved to April 7 when the
Panthers will be playing host to
Shepherdstown High School on
the Legion park field.
Since the 1959 Panther baseball
schedule was announced two
weeks ago several other changes
have been made. For instance the
two games with Harpers Ferry
have been switched, wlth the Pan
thers and Tigers now set to play
in Charles Town on April 14 and
at Harpers Ferry April 30. The
Shepherdstown game was moved
up from May 11 to April 7 so as
not to interfere with the baseball
sectional tournament.
Coach Harry Barker said he has
20 boys on the baseball squad and
indications are now that this
year's team will be one of the
best in the section.
Coach Barker has 14 boys on
this year's squad who were either
regulars on the last year's team,
or who saw some experier~ce and
among these are three pitchers.
Coach Barker said he also has sev
eral other good pitching prospects
among newcomers ~to the squad
this season, particularly Buddy
Hindman, Harold Gray and
Woody Oden. Back from last
year's mound staff are: Billy Ben-
tz, Larry Burns and Dick Poston.
Burns also can play as utility in-
:fielder or outfielder.
Also back this year after a year
layoff because of ineligibility will
be big Milton Cooper as a regular
:outfielder and also as a relief pit-
cher.
As things ,are now working out
Barker said it looks as though
Frankie Ranalli ,and Larry Burns
will be the outfielders along with
i Mil,ton Cooper, who can also work
i ln as a relief pltchel~.
Other outfielders on the squar
are: Charles Ware, Calvin Flem-
Ing, Charles Jackson.
• At the infield ,posts it looks as
though Sam Snow will be at third
base; Danny Eismon at first base
!Jerry Frye at second base and
Paul Coffman at shortstop: This
championship, would give the,Pax~thers a ,veteran
Ra, mey with 16 points, Wiltshlre infield.
"What do you think of Jerry West now with 15 and Myers with 14 teamed Other uti~lity infielders are: Bill
seen him?" u.p to lead the Moosemen to ,the Santmier; Dick Wil~on and Jim,
tough man. Everybody knows that." victory and the title. John Bow- mie Coulter. :
O you think he's the second best player ers turned in a terrific scoring el- Coulter is also beingl groom~d
fort to keep the W. & R. Salesmen as a first string catcher; wit'h Bob'
in the game all the way as he roll by Gardner and Colin .D~lnbari
"might be the first, baby." ed in 27 points. Mike Pittinger also fighting it Gilt for this post.
tare you made a firm decision about next had I1 for the W. & R. boys.
Las~ Thursday evening the ' ' "
school or the Globe Trotters?" Moosemen took a 2-1 lead in the
now I am planning on going to school, series by beating the W. & R.
gs can happen. Ii's a funny world." boys by a 65-.46 score.
S Abe Saperstein (of the Globe 'Irot- [tot CharlievictoryHlnein thisled gamethe Moosemenwith 25
YOU?)' " Ipoints while GOre contributed 12
don't want me, man. He's got Wilt." land Ramey wi,th 11. Bowers had [,
]11 for ?,he W. & R. team, while [,|
,i, '2~ ..... l Bill Hine and Mike Pittinger each
-]B Turn To 2-B ~ad 10. ' Head .Coe~ch Bill Osbourn and
his a~slstant Nevln Strider, like
all other scholastic coaChes and
their• assistants in the section have
• been busy the past week trying ,to
is the time
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Trackmen
To Open On
Field April 3
whip both a baseball and track
team into shape. And lack of time
is the major obstacle in their ,path
as they have only about two weeks
left in which to accomplish their
task.
Not all of the attention is being
focused on baseball at the Charles
Town Legion field these after-
noons as Coach Richard Harmison
has a group of some 43 boys who
are working out daily in connec-
tion with getting a Panther track
team ready for another successful
season in this outdoor sport.
With 11 members of last year's
regional championship team tack
this year Coach Harmison has a
formidable nucleus around ,which
to build his 1959 team. Although
having lost some valuable men
through graduation, Coach Har-
raison still feels he has enough
strength in both the track and
field events to be a real contender
for the regional crown again this
year.
With less than two weeks for
practice remaining before opening
of the season on April 3 Coach
Harmison has been giving his
squad as much practice as he can.
The Panthers will open Friday,
April 3 on the Legion field when
they play host to Musselman and
Shepherdstown High's track teams
in a meet to get underway at 3:30.
April 9 the Panthers will travel
to Berkeley Springs for a duel
meet at 3:30.
April 11-Charles Town will go to
Winchester, Va. to participate in
a three-team meet in Handley
bowl; and on April 16 the Pan-
thers will be at Randolph Macon
Academy for a dual meet.
Biggest Meet
On April 18 the biggest track
meet to be held in Charles Town
in years will take place on the Leg
ion field when six teams will par
ticipate in an invitational meet.
The visiting teevms will be James
Wood High of Winchester; Ber-
keley Springs, Musselman, Shep-
herdstown and Hedgesville Hig'h
Schools.
April 25 the Panthers will travel
to St. James (Md.) for the annual
invitational meet a,t 1:30 and on
May 9 it will be the big Regional
show at Cobourn stadium in Mar-
tinsburg. This meet will get under
way at 1:15,
May 12, Charles Town will tra-
vel to Frosburg, Md., to partici-
pate in a meet at 8 p. m. and then
on May 16 it will be on to Char-
leston for the West Virginia
Schoolboy Track and Field com-
petitions.
Although he could use more
men in almost every fetid of corn-
)etltlon, Coach Harminson says
his weakest fielu0 this year will
be in the distance runs since Nor-
man Propst, the Panther's star
in the distance events last season
did not come back to school this
year.
TRYING FOR EVENTS
As the drills are being car-
ried on now Coach Harminson has
ten boys trying for the 100 and
200-yard dashes; 11 for the 440-
yard dash 13 for .the 880- yard
dash 10 for the mile run 13 for
the shot pUt; five for the hurdles:
six for the high jump and broad
jtl,mp, fo~tr for the pole vaults and
three for the disuss.
Those trying for the 100- and
220-yard dashes are: John Doyle,
Milton Cooper, Paul Coffman,
Tom' Wilt, Jerry Frye, Larry
Burns, Milton Cook, Nickie Palu-
mbo, Bill Glaize.and Harold Gray.
Trying for ,the 440-yard dash
are: F rankle Ranalli, Bobby
Spinks, Dick Dailey, Donald Ott,
Dick Wilson, Kennan Dunn,
Woodie eden, Jimmie Coulter,
Danny Eismon, Charlie Jackson
and Harold Gray.
For the mile run Coach Harmi-
son has Bill Griffith, David Burns,
Bob Skinner, Norman White, Her
bert Dinges, Charles Langdon, E1
Coach Osbourn said while his mer Roderiek, Ray Beahm, IVin-
Crack team will be small and some cent Perricone and John Martin.
what liimted bo~h in potential For the 880-yard dash it's Bob-
land numbers, his baseball team by Spinks, Dick Dailey, Woodie
should be comparable with any in Galen, Bob Skinner, Bill Grifflth,
section. Cha>rles Langdon, Jim Lemen,
In baseball CoaCh Osbourn will Charles Jackson, Norman Beahm,
such stars as Jerry Derr, Richard McCauley, Bill Chicchir-
Bill Handzo. Jeff S'hultz, Dave Lu- ichi, John Martin and Tim Wit,t.
cos, K~rk Myers and Charles Hun- For the hurdles-Paul Coffman,
ter ,back from last year's team. Bill Glaize, Tom Stocks, Nickie
Others back who saw llmlted ser- Palumbo and Milton Cooper. The
vice last season are: Jesse Culllson sho~ put Jim Lemen, Harold Gray,
Mlckey Sarra, Lynwood Strider, Gary Kisner, David VanMetre,
Dickie Welsh, Ranny Knott and Bob Smith, John Skinner, Danny
Harry VanMetre. Eismon, Bill Chiochirichi, Leo Kis
Lost ~o CoaCh Osbourn this sea ner, Donald Whittington, Richard
son will be such stars as John McCauley, Roger Dailey, Jim Eb-
Shackelford, Martin Weller and ersole. This same group of 'boys
BOb Watson. plus Nickie Palumbo and Tom
Coach Osbourn said ,he will have ~ Stocks are trying for the discus
two good catchers in a newcomer throw also.
Wade Kidwiler and veteran Kirk In the hi[~h Jump comlaetition
Myers. i will be John Doyle, Paul Coffman,
i Woodie Oden, Norman Beahm,
At first base Jesse Cullison who
saw some servicd¢last season, Dick [Bob Spinks and Jim,mie Coulter.
ie Richardson and genny Waldeck Nlckie Palumbo, Tom Wilt, Don
newcomers; ut second ,base Dave ald Ott and Dickie Wilson will be
Lucas, a veteran ~t this post and ,the pole vaulters and Milton Coop
Eugene Whl~tington and Bucky er, Bill Olaize, Milton Cook~ Har-
Geary. At shortstop Dlckie Welsh old Gray, Jerry Frye and Charles
and Lynwood Strider are battling Langdon will be the broad jump-
for ~he post. The third :base ,post ers.
will go again to Charlie HUnter;
while the outfielders will be Jeff To Meet March26 At
Shul, tz, Bill Handzo, Miekey 'Sarra,
Ronnie Renders0n and Harry Van
Metre. Higho Organi
SO far Coach Osbourn S~tys he Jr. T_
ze,
has only two pi hers ]:),err and
Manny Knott. County Softball League
The Cardinals will play only a
five ga, me schedule, opening on
Tuesday, April 7 at Charles Town. An effort will be made Thursday
April 10 the Cardinals will play evening, ~March 26 ,to organize a
host to Hedgesville; and on April county sofeball league at a meet
21 Harpers Ferry will be the guests ing of interested persons set for
the Charles Town Junior High
of the Cardlna~s.
April 24 the Cardinals will play School at 80. m.
their final ho~e g~me, being ,host All persoms ln
