Local baseball leagues shape up for season start
Sam Byrd runs with Wood’s pace as amateur and industrial leagues finalize lineups. Seven Amateur teams set May 3 opener including Globe Parlor and Carolina Container, while Oakdale plans no entry leaving four teams in the Industrial circuit. Highland weighs Paige-Dennis decision to stay amateur.
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Marse Grant
Highland
Globe Parlor
Slane Hosiery
Harriss-Covington
Pickett
Alma Hayworth
Triangle
Carolina Container
Paige- Dennis
Oakdale
Adams- Millis
Tomlinson
Marsh
Tom Jinson
Rip” Collins
Bits GF
Burke Koontz
Wilson
Coastal Plain
Bill Herring
Atlantic Christian
Burke
Hester
Pickett Pickett
Washington and Lee Defeat State Nine In Low-Scoring Tilt
Washington and Lee beat North Carolina State 3 to 4 in a Southern Conference baseball game. The Generals scored two runs in the seventh to clinch, with Owen and Ciesta contributing key hits and steals. A bench-clearing incident involving pitcher Gregorson and Ray Smith led to Gregorson's removal, then a later apology.
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Raleigh
Washington and Lee
N. C State
State
Generals
Owen
Ciesta
McKenna
Gilbert
Ciesti
Ciesla
Robert Gregorson
Ray Smith
N.C. State College
Gregorson
Smith
N. C
Singer
Constant
Brown
Fehley
C. Doak
O Carter
R. Doak
Wheeler
Wood
Eshelman
Keim
Li- Kon
Weater
Pearson
Hudson
Weather
Washington
N. C. State
Gregerson
Pearson II
Foxx’s First Homer Sparks Boston Win in Birmingham
In Birmingham on April 5 Boston Red Sox beat Cincinnati Reds 5 to 2 as Jimmy Foxx hit his first homer of the season into left field in the second inning. Boston pitchers Herb Nash and Charley Wagner allowed seven Reds hits, with a late Gleeson homer and Lombardi handling early work for Cincinnati.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jim Turner
Whitey Moore
Boston
Red Sox
Cincinnati Reds
Jimmy Foxx
Herb Nash
Charley Wagner
Reds
Jimmy Gleeson
Ernie Lombardi
Johnny Riddle
Cincy
Hash
Wagner
Peacock
Turner
Moore
Lombardi
Riddle
Cubs Rout White Sox In Arizona Spring Game 16 to 6
The Chicago Cubs hammered the Chicago White Sox 16 to 6 in Phoenix. Cubs piled 17 hits with six homers led by Bill Herman three times and Bill Nicholson twice. Ed Waitkus added a homer, while Luke Appling Skelter Webb and Bill Knickerbocker homered for the Sox. Novikoff went hitless in six at bats. Cubs inch to four wins in six against Sox this spring.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Chicago Cubs
White Sox
Bill Herman
Bill Nicholson
Ed Waitkus
Cubs
Luke Appling
Sketter Webb
Bill Knickerbocker
Cub
Lou Novikoff
Sox
Chicago
Olsen
Erickson
Todd
George
Hallett
Humphries
Dobernic
Turner
Strapping 210 Pounder Faces Army Deferment Doubt
A robust 210 pound man appears fit but a minor wrist injury could force deferment from army duty. The condition hints at potential medical ineligibility despite his overall strong physique.
Nova Seeks June Shot At Louis After Baer Wins
Lou Nova, fresh off a knockout of Max Baer, pushes for a June title clash with Joe Louis. He claims he’s done with lighter opposition and derides Billy Conn’s recent activity. Promoter Mike Jacobs weighs the summer schedule as Nova heads toward Florida for a rest after a record San Francisco Garden crowd of 22,114.
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Gayle Talbot
New York
Lou Nova
Max Baer
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
Baer
Pat Comiskey
Conn
Gunnar Barlund
Chicago
Barlund
Mike Jacobs
Mike
Pittsburgh Adonis
Louis
Nova
St. Louis
Tony Musto
Jacobs
Musto
Abe Simon
Florida
Donovan
Lou
Max
Garden
Henry Armstrong
Fritzie Zivic
Deacons Defeated Hanes Knitters In Overtime Runfest
Wake Forest beat Hanes Knitters 10 to 8 with 13 hits led by Tony Gallovich homer and four RBIs. Poe and Alexander homered for Hanes. Falkinburg earned the win over Crouch with Swaim finishing. Umpires Rickard and Amos. Time 2:00.
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Winston-Salem
Wake Forest
Hanes
ABR
H O A Fletcher
Prinim
Vivian
Gallovich
Reid
Hoyle
Edwards, If
O Polanski
Bationis
O Everly, c
Falkinburg
Tharnish
Hanes AB Kk H
W. Wagener
Boles
Alxander
H. Wagner
Autry
Phelps
Poe
B. Carter
Bell
Swaim
Patterson
G. Carter
Crouch
Sizemore
Ith
Swarm
Hanes Knitters
Fletcher
Tharnih
Alexander
Polanski
Hoste
Tharnish Poe
Rickard and
Amos
Lisk Shuts Down Lenoir Rhyne In Catawba Win
Lefty Lisk pitchers four hit game as Catawba blanks Lenoir Rhyne 4 to 0 in North State Conference action. Georgiana's two run double Blair's single and Ferebee's two bagger highlight fifth inning rally. Freck Poole belts a homer after Deese's double in the eighth.
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Salisbury
Lisk
Catawba
Lenoir-Rhyne
Georgiana
Blair
Ferebee
Bain Sisk
Freck Poole
Deese
Willet
Rudisill
Hamrick
Baker
Rf Bost
Washam
x-Hopkins
F. Barger
Mabry
Sisk
Wilkins
R. Poole
J. Poole
B. Barger
Silk
Waham
Hamil
Ha- Ton
New Female Grapplers at Local Arena Promised Fun
Promoter Sergeant McMahon brings Elvira Snodgrass from Tennessee to headline a two out of three falls match against Ann Lavern at the South Hamilton Street Arena next Friday night. Lavern, from Columbus Ohio, clashes with Snodgrass noted for barefoot work and hillbilly flair. Opening bout features Black Secret vs Ed Virog, with a White Battle Royal to follow at 8:30 p.m.
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Sergeant McMahon
Elvira Snodgrass
Smoky Mountains
Tennessee
Miss Snodgrass
Ann Lavern
South Hamilton Street Arena
Elvira
Laverne
Columbus
Ohio
Hill-Billy Snodgrass
Variety
Black Secret
Ed Virog
Barto Hill
Virog
Roy Graham
Ex Baseball Star 3 Strokes Back In Augusta Masters
Samuel Dewey Byrd, a Georgia native and former Babe Ruth substitute, posted a 68 in the third round to reach 211, four under par, three strokes behind leader Craig Wood at the Augusta Masters. Wood shot 71 to stand at 208 as revival efforts continued with Byrd gaining ground amid a windy, tough course. Byrd, who turned to golf in 1936 after stints with the Yankees and Reds, had four birdies and 14 pars to anchor his surge while other contenders faltered slightly.
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Bill Boni
Augusta
Samuel Dewey Byrd
Alabama
Babe Ruth
Craig Wood
Augusta National
Wood
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Demaret
Byrd
Gene Sarazen
Byron Nelson
Lawson Little
Willie Goggin
White Plains
Goggin
Jimmy Demaret
Noroton
Conn
Ben Hogan
Vic Ghezzi
Deal
N. J
Dick Chapman
Clayton Heafner
Linville
N. C
Yankees
Cincinnati Reds
Sandlot Season To Start May 4 In Nationwide Opening
Wichita dispatch reports Dr E T Williams a Greenbrier Ark physician, 60, named by the National Semi pro Baseball Congress as the leader in sandlot baseball. He will throw the first ball at one of about 40,000 semi pro games starting at 3 p.m. CST on May 4 to inaugurate the season. Williams has managed Greenbrier town teams since 1906 except 1938.
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Wichita
Kas
E. T. Williams
Greenbrier
Ark
National
Williams
Dr. Williams
Dunlap to Defend Crown in Amateur Play at Pinehurst
George T. Dunlap Jr. will defend his title in the 41st North and South Amateur at Pinehurst starting Tuesday. He faces a strong field including national amateur champion Dick Chapman and runner-up W B McCullough. Dunlap has captured the crown six times and has played less golf this season but has been practicing recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinehurst
N. C
George T. Dunlap, Jr
Dick Chapman
W.B. McCullough
Dunlap
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Sam Byrd
Adams-Millis
McCrary Eagles
Asheboro
Eagles
Bill Snotherly
Hosiery Makers
Wolfpack
Foxx
Irs
P.S
Telon
Rochester
Michaels
Nova Howling
Comiskey
Deacons
Gabe Genovese
Gabe
Joe
Tony Gallovich
Homer
Catawba AB
Winkins
Ewe Davis
Eee Blair
Miliss Snodgrass
Hill-Billy
Craig
Bulia
Horace
Red” Benton
Bunn Hearn
University of North Carolina
Bienton
Arkansas
General Motors
Ceoye Wa
Detroit
Oldsmobile
Highland Motors
High Point, N. C
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