Dan Boone homers as High Point tops Kinston in seven innings
High Point Piedmont la mers beat Kinston club 9 to 3 in an Easter Monday exhibition. Dan Boone belted a fourth inning homer over center field and added a triple, with Cleveland Stewart and Wiley Boone collecting two hits each. Jerry Jackson struck out four and pitched seven innings in poor weather, while the crowd endured cold wind and rain.
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Kinston Club
Kinston
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Dan Boone
League Park
Dan
Cleveland
Stewart
Wiley Boone
Ford
Jerry Jackson
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Hyson
Lee
Shipp
Lynch
Eddie Held Clinches North South Qualifier Medal
Eddie Held of New York, a former trans Mississippi champion, earned the qualifying medal in the north and south amateur golf tournament with a 36 hole 147. He edged Princeton freshman Eugene Homan who posted 148 as George Voigt and others contended in the early rounds.
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Pinehurst
Eddie Held
New York
Held
Eugene Homan
Princeton
George Voigt
Washington
Homans
Donald Parson
Youngstown
Robert L. Wintringer
Steubenville
KE. E. Giles, Jr
Pittsburgh
Eric Stranahan
Toledo
Boxing Bouts Tonight At High Point Club
The High Point Athletic club hosts a weekly boxing exhibition tonight at 8:15 in the club hall on East Washington Street across from Wilson Motor. A Negro heavyweight title bout ends the card as Willie Fellows fights "Black Cat" Lala in a 10 round championship match.
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High Point Athletic Club
Omlock
East Washington Street
Wilson Motor Company
South
Willie Fellows
Birmingham
Lala
The Nut Cracker Nasty Old Commission Critique
A criticalUntitled column condemns a boxing commission and its suspicions about fighters motives. It cites Mr William Muldoon and Mr Rickard as examples, arguing that money is primary for boxers while public acclaim is sought.
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New York
William Muldoon
Rickard
High Point Falls to Elon In Easter Classic Baseball
Elon defeats High Point 12 to 2 at Memorial Stadium Greensboro before about 300 fans. Lefty Briggs seven innings for Elon blunts High Point’s batting while Yow and Hedrick struggle on the mound. McFadden and Blosser shine for High Point as errors mount. box score notes several hits and mistakes in a ragged fielding display.
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Hedrick
Briggs
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Purple Panthers
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Perdué Sbi
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Smith
Wewier
Es Shepherd
Ciaee Seo Ee
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Vo Miortess
RY Murrow
Local Names Appearing in Odd Restatement
A fragmented OCR line lists individuals including Richard Wilson of Southern Pines and George Appel Jr of Upper Montclair New Jersey with further mentions of George T. Dunlap Jr Princeton and Ross Somerville London Canada J T Hunter North Adams Mass and Voigt, leaving many entries unclear.
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Southern Pines
George Appel, Jr
Upper Montclair
N. J
George T. Dunlap, Jr
Princeton
N. FE
Edgerton
Raleigh
Ross Somerville
London
Canada
J. T. Hunter
North Adams
Mass
Voigt
Huggins Dismissive On Shocker Return
New York April 10. Boss Huggins of the Yankees showed indifference to Urban Shocker’s plan to return to the game. He said he had not counted on Shocker this year and other young pitchers are available. Shocker, who won 18 games last season, had left spring training to focus on his radio shop in St Louis. He was granted reinstatement by Commissioner Landis.
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Urban Shocker
Diamond
Huggins
The
Yanks
Shocker
Tandis
Yankees
St. Louis
German swimmer Kemmerich breaks 32 hour world record
Hamburg reports Otto Kemmerich, German professional swimmer, shattered the world duration swimming record of 32 hours, previously held by Mrs Lotta Schoemmel of New York. At 8:14 a.m. he had swum 31 hours 14 minutes and showed signs of continuing toward a 50 hour goal.
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Hamburg
Germany
Otto Kemmerich
Tolay
Lot‘a Schoemme
New York
Atiami Beach
Fla
Kemmerich
African finch reputed to know about 300 words
A report notes that the African finch is said to possess a vocabulary of approximately 300 words. This claim highlights the bird’s surprising vocal abilities and suggests a richer communication repertoire than previously recognized.
Life Expectancy in New York Surges Over Century
The average lifespan of New York citizens has risen dramatically from about 30 years to nearly 60 years over the last hundred years, reflecting major shifts in health and living conditions.
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New York
Automobile Worker Output Surges After War Effort Shift
The article notes that each automobile worker now produces more than three times as much as before the war effort, reflecting heightened productivity and retooling of factories to support war needs.
Spinners Visit Greenville in Rained-Out Exhibition Clash
Boone and the Pointers postponed by heavy rains at Welch Park. Greenville Spinners arrive with Frank Walker and key players ready to open two-game series. Tillie Walker, once a 39 homer man, headlines a strong Sally League class B squad ahead of a game against the Pointers and later Toronto Canadians.
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S. C
South Carolina
Welch Park
Frank Walker
Walker
Maver
Brewer
Rodriguez
Spiers
Stack
Price
Tillie Walker
Martin
Chilton
Veargin
Garrison
Ormand
Wicker
Frank
Dan
Kinston
Asheville
League Park
Toronto Canadians
Columbia
High Point College
Fire Causes Small Damage at Park Grandstand
A blaze blamed on cigarettes left by spectators during the High Point Kinston game burned a 15 by 6 feet section of the walkway in League Park’s grandstand and spread to boxes. Damages totaled under 20 dollars and were repaired in 10 days. A second Welchfield fire in two days involved the center field fence from a brush heap ignited by nearby boys.
Grant Gillis Starred in Three Sports at Alabama
Grant Gillis, rookie shortstop with the Washington Senators, was a three-sport star at the University of Alabama. He played football and baseball three seasons and basketball two seasons.
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Grant Gillis
Washington Senators
University of Alabama
Coolidge to Lead Opening Day for Washington Senators
President Coolidge planned to attend the opening of the 1928 major league season at American League Park with Washington and Boston games scheduled. The Senators open against Boston with a revamped lineup as rain and cold weather threaten the ceremony and day’s events.
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Washington
Coolidge
Boston
Senators
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