Cleveland Bison Face Thomasville Nine Monday in Twin City
Cleveland hosts Thomasville High School on the local diamond Monday at 4 oclock. The Bison boast two colorful moundmen and a strong lettermen lineup led by catcher Ferrer and veteran infielders Crowder Rothrock Kennedy Foxworth. Thomasville, with a seasoned crew, beat Cleveland last year and again looks to challenge as Reynolds High and others dot the schedule for the loop opener.
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Tony Simeon
Bison
Thomasville High School
Winlem
Simeon
Ferrer
Jack Ferree
John Crowder
Crowder
Jamestown
Harry Rothrock
Bill Kennedy
Kennedy
Mc Walker
Jim Foxworth
Walker
Foxworth
Thomasville
Tom
Twin City
Reynolds High School
Haines
Gray
Wildcats beat Catawba 83 to 43 in 1943 opener
Davidson's track team defeated Catawba 83 43 in the opening meet. Wall led in miles with 4 45.7 and Peters tied for pole vault with G Peters and Holland. Events include 100 yard dash 9.9 and discus 114 1 inches for Johnson.
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Davidson
Catawba
Wildcats
Wall
Brown
White
T. Peters
Vagiello
Johnson
Washburn
Conrad
Lequeur
B. A
W. Lacy
Smith
G. Peters
Holland
O'Hair
Port
Sequeur
Turnbull
Frederick
Baird
B. Lacy
Kelly
Grimsley
Nickels
Lanacelli
Pendleton
Lanpacelli
Pack Blasts Win Over N. C. Pre-Flighters By 12-6 Tally
N. C. State College Red Terrors slipped past Cloudbusters 12 to 6 in Raleigh as Herman Vernon pitched all nine for the home team. Katkaveck and Stanton led NC State with three hits apiece driving in three runs each. Cloudbusters used three pitchers. Conlin and Neimic collected two hits each for the visitors.
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N. C
Raleigh
N. C. State College
Baseball
Red Terrors
Cloudbusters
North Carolina Navy
Terrors
Lefty Simms
Conlin
Neimic
Marousek
N.C
Erross—Bonifant
Fleming
Fritz Singer
Wood
Stanton
Bonifant
Marchand
Maas
Zorn
Edwards
Vernon
Katkapeck
Gonzales
Katkaveck
Cardinals Break Routine With Trick Stuff
The St. Louis Cardinals practiced trick plays and pop fly drills for catchers and infielders in a Cairo exhibition. Morton Cooper hopes to become the first Cardinal pitcher to go nine innings, but Hy Southworth may limit him to five in the first game. Proceeds benefit the county tuberculosis society.
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Cairo
Ill
St. Louis Cardinals
Morton Cooper
Hy Southworth
The
County Tuberculosis Society
Mesner Stays With Reds After Two Weeks of Work
Sacramento shortstop Steve Mesner remains with the Cincinnati Reds as a utility infielder following two weeks of effort. Waived to Brooklyn by the Rhinelanders, he returns on a Judge Landis ruling prohibiting sale until a fair trial. Dodgers awaited the deadline as Mesner impressed Deacon McKechnie.
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NEA Service
Bloomington
Ind
Steve Mesner
Sacramento
Cincinnati Reds
Brooklyn
Rhinelanders
Mesner
Landis
Dodgers
Deacon William McKechnie
Pre-Flight Beats Duke in Track Meet at Durham
Carolina Pre-Flight defeated Duke 67.7 to 58.3 in track action. Star warnerdam cleared 13 ft 6 in and then won the 220 low hurdles as Duke’s ace Moffet Storer left injured. Warmerdam led a strong showing with several events featuring Pre-Flight, while Duke yielded to the windy day and the visitors’ pole vaulting prowess.
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Durham
Carolina
Duke
Blue Devils
Moffet Storer
Storer
Cornelius Warmerdam
Warmerdam
Goldman
Kenyon
Tieche
McClelland
Kir
Quarter—Seeman
Gallagher
Kimball
McLaughlin
Freeman
Moss
Mile—Palmer
Graham
Two Mile Palmer
Tieman
Rice
Craig
Turk
van Hollen
Underwood
Chapman
Gorman
McCormick
Byrd
Lannon
Javelin Panther
Barnum
McLeary
Shot—Gantt
Allee
Sewell Cries And Shouts Over His St. Louis Squad
Cape Girardeau Mo April 3 Spring training with the St Louis Browns is a bookkeeping idea of heaven with manager Luke Sewells crying towel account balanced against happiness Mike Chartak and Don Gut teridge, despite 1942 averages, hit above dreams while Chet Laabs and George McQuinn, key for power, slugging only slightly above average.
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Cape Girardeau, Mo
St. Louis Browns
Luke Sewell
Mike Chartak
Don Gutteridge
Chet Laabs
George McQuinn
Sewell
Wakefield Four Hits In Tigers Exhibition Win Over Cubs
Dick Wakefield slams a homer and three singles driving in six as the Detroit Tigers rout the Chicago Cubs 12 to 7 in Evansville exhibition play. Wakefield, a rookie and former Michigan standout, helps pace 21 Tigers hits while Hal Newhouser Virgil Trucks and Hal Manders hold Cubs to eight hits. Tigers win behind Trucks in the mound victory.
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Evansville
Ind
Dick Wakefield
Detroit Tigers
Chicago Cubs
Wakefield
Michigan
Virgil
Fire
Trucks
Hal Manders
Cubs
Chicago
Nat
Detroit
Amer
Derringer
Warneke
Fleming
Hernandez New Houser
Manders
Richards
Parsons
Red Sox limited to two hits by Dodgers in spring loss
Brooklyn gains 5 to 1 victory at Ebbets Field as Whitlow Wyatt Kirby Higbe and Max Macon shine three innings each. Tom McBride doubles and Al Simmons singles to score Boston's lone run. Tex Hughson starts for Boston with Olson Brown and Ryba on the mound amid weather and heavy usage of players.
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Brooklyn
Boston Red Sox
Brooklyn Dodgers
Ebbets Field
Whitlow Wyatt
Kirby Higbe
Max Macon
Dodgers
Higbe
Boston
Tom McBride
al Simmons
Tex Hughson
Sox
Lefty
al Olsen
Norman Brown
Mike Ryba
Ryba
American
Hughson
Olson
N. Brown
Patree
Conroy
Wyatt
Highe
Macon
Moore
Owen
Rudy York Reports For Tigers Camp In Top Shape
Rudy York arrives for Detroit Tigers training ten pounds lighter and ready for a big year. Manager Steve ONeill praises his batting and fielding, noting York set a league fielding record and is focused on avoiding a letdown after a .285 season and near miss on 100 RBIs.
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Evansville
Ind
Rudy York
Detroit Tigers
York
Steve O'Neill
Rudy
O'Neill
Atlanta
Rasslin
Diving judge slips into pool at national swim meet
In New York on April 3 during the National AAU swimming championships at the New York Athletic Club, diving judge Water Cleaver fell into the pool fully clothed while straightening a lane marker. Cleaver notes his birth certificate lists Water as his given name.
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New York
DeMille
New York Athletic Club
Water Cleaver
Cleaver
UNC Netters Edge Davidson In Season Opener
UNC clinched the match by winning four of five singles as Harold Haass rallied past Jack Byrd 6-3 9-7 to lead a 4-3 victory over Davidson. Other results: Archer over Markham 8-6 6-3. Hendrix over Sutton 5-7 6-3 6-0. Cahall over Robinson 6-2 6-2.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Tar Heels
Carolina
Harold Haass
Jack Byrd
Maas
Haass
UNC
Byrd
Archer
Davidson
Markham
Hendrix
Sutton
Morris
Schmidt
Cahall
Robinson
Athletics Swap Tales As Mercury Slumps In Wilmington
The Philadelphia Athletics passed a day in the clubhouse as temperatures fell to 28 degrees in Wilmington. After a talk with Connie Mack the players were given the rest of the day off. The A's open a five game series with the Phillies tomorrow, weather permitting.
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Wilmington
Ded
Philadelphia Athletics
Connie Mack
A's
Phillies
Calvert And Reynolds Rise From Wilkes Barre Farm System
Cleveland teams view rookie hurlers Paul Calvert of Montreal and Allie Reynolds of Oklahoma as a strong pair. Calvert, 24, survived a long arm ailment and won 17 games for Wilkes-Barre with 103 strikeouts in 207 innings. Reynolds, 26, transitioned from football and track to baseball, after signing with Cleveland in 1939. He led the Eastern League with 193 strikeouts and 11 shutouts while compiling an 18 win season and a 1.56 ERA for Wilkes-Barre.
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Muncie
Ind
Cleveland
Paul Calvert
Montreal
Canada
Allie
Reynolds
Oklahoma
Calvert
University of Montreal
Oklahoma Aggies
Wilkes- Barre
Aggies
Springfield
Cedar Rapids
Wilkes-Barre
Montreal Y.M.C.A
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
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