High Schoolers Defeat Thomasville Nine 11 To 6
Atlanta sport notes report a high school team beat Thomasville 11 to 6 in a baseball game. Nelson still leads the iron lung golf event in Atlanta with a 45 hole score of 166 and a 54 hole total of 198 aided by a 65 final round. Sam Byrd stands at 205 after a 66 on day three, while Joe Kirkwood sits third at 209 after a 68.
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Atlanta
Byron Nelson
Nelson
Sam Byrd
Byrd
Texas
Craig Wood
Joe Kirkwood
Toi
Sammy Snead
Joe Zarhardt
Norristown
Jay) McSpaden
Sanford
Toledo
Sammy Byrn
Radford
Philadelphia
Hot
Tony Penna
Dayton
Harold McSpaden
Orville White
Winston-Salem
N. C
Bobby Cruickshank
Richmond
Jimmy Hines
Chicago
Elmer Reed
a—Ed Furgol
Hinsdale
Harris
Greenville
G. C
Hopper And J Thomas Stand Out In Fourth Win For Local Squad
Hopper and J Thomas starred as High Point Black Bison defeated Thomasville High School 15 runs on 11 hits after spotting two runs in the first. Reid pitched five frames for the win, with Jim Thomas closing and fanning six. Hooper led the local bats with a double and two singles.
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Hopper
J. Thomas
Speedy Reid
Jim Thomas
Abie Thomas
Bison
Dee
Young Thomas
Siace
Donald Hooper
Ward
Tommies
McLain
Chair City Five
Lefty Myers
Myers
Inters
Asheboro
Ainst . Wabotim
Thomasville Nine
Lappe
McGhee
Reid
Hooper
Lloyd
Jarrett
Bailey
Reese
Delappe
Cramer
Hedrick
Huber
Kennedy
Ingram
Thomasville
S. McLain
Thomas
Harrington
McEver Signs To Help Coach VPI Backfield
Gene McEver former Tennessee star back named coach of the Virginia Tech backfield. He will report July 1 to assist H M McEver and joins Monks Younger's staff to prepare for an eight game schedule. The Gobblers plan for 17 year olds entering college July 2 and face seven Southern Conference foes plus Virginia and North Carolina State among others.
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Blacksburg
Gene McEver
Tennessee
Virginia Tech
W. L. (Monk) Younger
VPI
McEver
Davidson College
H. M. McEver
Gobblers
McEver Brothers
North Carolina
Jimmy Kitts
Navy
Tex
Tilson
UPI
Tech
University of Virginia
Roanoke
William and Mary
Richmond
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina State
Raleigh
N. C
Clemson
S. C
VMI
Many States Represented In Thomasville Baseball Camp
Thomasville hosts a Brooklyn Dodgers camp led by Matthews with 53 players, drawing talent from 21 states including New York with 18 and North Carolina with five. Teams from Thomasville Burlington Olean and Newport News join a Montreal player and a lone runner from Zanesville Ohio in the roster.
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Wid Matthews
Thomasville
Brooklyn Dodgers
Burlington
Newport News
Olean
Edward V. Mitchell
Tnny South
Chamber of Commerce
Thomanville
Matthews
Montreal
Zanesville
New York
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Virginia
Iowa
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Georgia
Tennessee
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Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
Texas
Louisiana
Florida
District of Columbia
Russell Hartie
N. Y
William Harvey
Bronxville
Frank Subb
Shenandoah
Leroy McGahan
Placeville
Calif
Jacksonville
Fla
Renny Moore
John Kimmel
Washington
D. C
Noah Delano
Albemarle
Hyde Park
Mass
James Duncan Burlington
Richmond
Walter Wakefield, Jr
Egypt
Charles Rountree
Central Falls
N. C
George Brady
P. Delmar Nance
McLeansville
G. C
Paul Wheeley Graham
Joseph Nigro
Buffalo
George Jolly
Chattanooga
Tenn
Harry Amacher
Portland
Ore
Frank Tyler
Lewis Osborne
Shreveport
Norwood Ozark
Duke Nine To Begin Second Training Phase
Duke's baseball team cuts from 50 to 30 players as Coach Jack Coombs starts the second training phase ahead of the April 21 opening game with Cherry Point. The squad includes six football players, three veterans, and many freshmen amid ongoing position battles and early intra-squad games.
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Duke
Durham
Jack Coombs
Cherry Point
George Clark
Wilson
Tom Davis
al DiRogatis
Newark
N. J
John Crowder
High Point
Ed Sharkey
Davis
Roy Talcott
Lefty
Lee Griffeth
Everette Morgan
Salisbury
George
Donald
Russell
Hamden
Conn
Frank Little
Albemarle
Bob Ploska
Irvington
Marshall Spears
Ken Brown
Washington, D., C
Navy
Annapolis
Tin mine tunnels toll on child workers in China
A report highlights tin mines in China with tunnels as narrow as 80 inches that only children can crawl through. It notes the peril to young laborers and the harsh conditions faced underground.
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China
Duke Names winter sport awardees at Duke University
The Athletic Council of Duke University awarded participants in winter sports with honors. Swimming honorees include Bill Adams and Rick Bronson among others. Basketball recipients include Joe Brand and Gordon Carver. Wrestling awards list Buford Beck and Mike Kusturis among several athletes.
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Durham
Athletic Council of
Duke University
Bill Adams
Atlantic Beach
Fla
Rick Bronson
Coral Gables
Fred Henninghausen
Baltimore
Atlanta
Hoyle Wilson
Charlotte
Leonard Devore
Cincinnati
Joe Brand
Louisville
George Brunner
West New York
N. J
Dan Buckley
New York City
Gordon Carver
John Crowder
High Point
Ted Green
Harrisburg
Ed Keffenberger
Wilmington
Qui Lewis
Aes
Bill Sapp
Augusta
Ken
John Steele
Broadway
Dick VanScheik
Columbus
Warren Pope
Bordentown
Buford Beck
Elizabeth
Til
Mike Kusturis
Canonsburg
Richard Miller
Glenside
Ben Pumpian
Sioux City
Jack Woodall
Professional Football Clubs Swap Draftees
New York April 7. Boston of the National Football League traded end William Ianicelli formerly of Catawba and Franklin & Marshall now in the Marines to the Pittsburgh Steelers for Alex Wizbicki Holy Cross back now in the army. Both were obtained in the pro grid draft yesterday Wizbicki going to the Steelers on the eighteenth call and Ianicelli to the Yanks on the twenty fourth.
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New York
Boston
National Football League
William Ianicelli
Catawba
Franklin & Marshall College
Marines
Pittsburgh Steelers
Alex Wizbicki
Holy Cross
Wizgicki
Steelers
Ianicelli
Yanks
Gene Sarazen Warns Golfers Against Rushing Return
Gene Sarazen says golf should not rush back on a large scale if V E day arrives soon. He urges professionals to focus on rehabilitation centers, noting golf benefits war veterans as a morale aid and a path to fresh air and distraction. He spoke before a round with Bob Hannegan and Senator Tydings.
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Busham
Washington
Gene Sarazen
Bob Hannegan
National Democratic
Tydings
D-Md
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W. T. Deaton
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