Inaugural Baseball Openers Amid Snow and Cold
The American League and National League openers unfold with heavy fan interest. Washington beats Boston 1 0 in extra innings. Detroit hosts Cleveland. Chicago hosts St Louis. weather dampens crowds while stars like Ruth and Gomez headline the day. Opening NL play features Pirates at St Louis and Phillies at New York amid speculation on pennant favorites and rosters.
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Lefty” Gomez
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George Kell
Clyde Sukeforth
Waite Hoyt
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Harvey Hendrick
Hafey
Babe Han
Taylor Douthi
Andy High
Wally Gilbert
Ernest Lombardi
Hafey Traded From Cardinals to Reds in Major Move
Bridgeport game rescheduled for Friday. Charles Hafey, NL batting champ, traded from St. Louis Cardinals to Cincinnati Reds in deal involving Benny Frey. Hafey in Berkley California. Louisiana accelerates road beautification planting 36,159 trees along 350 miles this winter with 2,000,000 trees planned over 10 years.
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Cincinnati Reds
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Louisiana
High Point Swim Team Faces Greensboro at Y M C A Pool
High Point captain Carl Shelton leads the High Point swimmers to a season opener meet against Greensboro high at the Y M C A pool Wednesday at 7 30 PM. The program includes 100 free, 40 back, 40 free, 40 breast, 160 relay, 120 medley relay and lane diving with several Mid Atlantic competitors in the lineup.
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Carl Shelton
Greensboro High
Albert McAnally
Aibert Strock
Retten and
Jester
Whitley
Koontz
R. Clifton
W. Clifton
Holly
Kellam
Chet Smith
High Point “Y
State Tennis And Track Meet To Draw Many Local High Stars
Nearly 200 North Carolina high school stars will compete across two days at the University as Charlotte-led teams challenge for state titles in track and tennis. Charlotte, High Point, Winston-Salem and others field strong squads with finals slated for Friday afternoon.
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North Carolina
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Oakhurst
Mecklenburg County
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Mount Olive
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Raleigh
Dunn
Washington
Hickory
Monroe
Skidmore
Winston- Salem
Sizemore
Montgomery
Shipman
Evans
Sutton
David Caton
Ted Collins
John Stanberry
Jack Warris
Tommy Campbell
Jack Findley
Harry Henderson
Carolina
Menfield
Pointers Add New Pitcher Milton Armour for Preseason
Catawba Elmira games announce Milton Armour joins the Pointers roster from Ft. Worth to bolster the mound for a Friday 3 PM exhibition against Bridgeport. The club will also host Catawba and Elmira games at 3 PM this week. Manager Buddy Tanner notes Armour’s merit as he departs Texas.
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Ft. Worth
Pointers
Texas
Moundsmen
Bridgeport
Elmer Sensembach
Catawba
Elmira
Buddy Tanner
Texas Club
Armour
Vanderbilt Coach Named Head Mentor for Oklahoma Sooners
Lewis H. Hardage, longtime Vanderbilt assistant for a decade, will coach the Oklahoma Sooners next season. He succeeds Adrian Lindsey who resigned. Hardage played at Vanderbilt and Auburn and earned Walter Camp All American honors in 1912 and 1911.
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Grantland Rice
Cotton States League Adds Six Clubs For 1972 Season
The Cotton States League will launch the 1972 season May 3 as a six club circuit. Monroe, aided by a last minute pledge from the St Louis Cardinals, joins Baton Rouge Vicksburg Port Arthur Eldorado and Pinebluff in forming the lineup.
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Cotton States League
St. Louis Cardinals
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Vicksburg
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Texas
Eldorado and
Pinebluff, Ark
Scattered Sports Events On Tap For North Carolina Collegiates
Davidson golfers suffered a 10 to 8 defeat at Richmond while Guilford and Carolina freshmen faced Virginia and Augusta Military Academy. Davidson baseball meets Duke tomorrow as Guilford track faced William and Mary. Virginia visits Duke freshmen for matchups as the day’s top event is professional tennis.
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Spouses Switch With New Marital Bonds in Conn
In Poughkeepsie April 12, Mrs. Parrott and Mrs. Smith, once close friends, secretly arranged to swap spouses. Both women, who had Methan divorces from their husbands last week, wed their new partners in Sharon Connecticut at the Methodist parsonage.
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N. Y
Malcolm E. Parrott
G. Minard Smiths
Ferris Lane
Freshman Base Ball Fund Drive Raises Seventy Dollars
The Order of 30 and 3 at State College campus held a midnight show last week and collected seventy dollars toward a one hundred twenty five dollar goal for the freshman baseball team.
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State College Campus
Exhibition tennis and football cards across Triangle colleges
Exhibition at Chapel Hill features William Tilden II Albert Bure and Ramon Najuch among top players. Davidson tennis to face the University of Georgia at Athens while Charlotte High hosts the first year aggregation. Elon meets Guilford and Duke hosts Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute with Davidson first year ball players.
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William Tilden
Albert Bure
Ramon Najuch
Davidson
University of Georgia At
Athens
Charlotte High School
Elon
Guilford
Duke
Durham High
Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute
Alan Smith Leads Field In Annual Dogwood Tourney
Alan Smith an Asheville youth led qualifiers with a 73 in the Dogwood Golf tournament at Sedgefield Country Club Greensboro. A record field of 110 players entered, with 83 advancing to the championship division and a first flight to follow.
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Alan Smith
Sedgefield Country Club
Greensboro
Asheville
Dogwood
Earl Stokes
Duke University
Louisville
Smith
Campbell seeks faster land speed record with new engine
London April 12. Sir Malcolm Campbell, who set a new world land speed mark of 253.968 mph in the Blue Bird, says speeds around 250 mph are not enough and he plans another attempt within a year with a more powerful engine.
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London
Malcolm Campbell
Southern Baseball Association Opens 1932 Season in Four Cities
Atlanta April 12. The Southern Baseball Association started the 1932 season drawing fans from four civic parks expected to host up to 70 000 spectators.
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Atlanta
Southern Baseball Association
Fights Last Night Across Cities
Benny Leonard of New York outpointed Buster Brown of Baltimore. Enzo Ferimonte of Italy outpointed Jack Kiernan of Long Branch. Jack Kilbourne of Australia knocked out Haakon Hansen of Norway. Sam Mandell of Rockford outpointed Eddie Foster of Boston, and Jack Moran of Chicago outpointed K O Miller of Jacksonville.
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Benny Leonard
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Enzo Ferimonte
Italy
Jack Kiernan
Long Branch
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Jack Kilbourne
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Haakon Hansen
Norway
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Fla
Sam Mandell
Rockford
Ill
Eddie Foster
Boston
Jack Moran
K. O. Miller
Jacksonville
Wilmington Pirates blank House of David in exhibition
Wilmington Pirates defeated the House of David 4-0 in an exhibition game as seven hits came in four and a half innings with Al Smith limiting the bearded team to three singles. A return match was set for today. Odie Strain’s scouting of rookies was interrupted by rain and the Louisburg College game was postponed.
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N. C
Wilmington Pirates
House of David
al Smith
Raleigh
Odie Strain
Louisburg College
Hornets loaf as rain delays arrival of players
Charlotte team under catcher Art Pond and manager Guy Lacy rests amid rain while awaiting additional players after the death of Lacy's brother.
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N. C
Art Pond
Guy Lacy
Tennessee
Hornets
Bulls Race to Winston-Salem for Bridgeport Game
The Bulls, reduced to 19 players, travel to Winston-Salem for a weather-delayed game with the Bridgeport Bears after a day of inactivity.
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BULLS
Durham
N. C
Winston-Salem
Bridgeport Bears
Bramham to donate cup for largest opening day attendance
W W Bramham Piedmont proxy announces a hefty loving cup prize for the team with the largest opening day turnout in Durham.
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N. C
G Bramham
Piedmont
Tourists Triumph 6 3 Over Hartford With Errors
Eleven errors marred the game as Asheville collected six miscues while beating Hartford 6 to 3 in the Eastern league clash.
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Asheville
N. C
Tourists
Hartford
Indoor workouts push Twins bears practice in rain
In Winston Salem rain forced indoor sessions for the Twin teams and their foster-daddies the Bridgeport Bears, substituting for the Bridgeport High Point game or event.
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Winston-Salem, N. C
Twins
Bridgeport Bears
Shortstop Wanted at Greensboro Patriot Camp
Greensboro Patriot camp seeks one first class shortstop. Steve Novak, recently released by Durham, arrived for a workout after awaiting sunny conditions to train.
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N. C
Patriot
Steven Novak
Durham
Tennis Stars Await Clearing Skies For Play To Commence
More than 60 players including the Davis Cup squad waited for clearing skies to begin the North and South tournament at Pinehurst. Seeded entrants listed include Hllswort Vines Frank K Shieldy John Van Ryn Philade phia Wilmer Allison Berkley Bell Gregory Mangin Gilbert Hall Bryan Grant with Duke Yale and UNC entries noted.
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Hllswort Vines
Pasadena
Cal
Frank K. Shieldy
York
John van Ryn
Philadephia
Wilmer Allison
Aust
Texas
Berkley Bell
New York
Gregory Mangin
Orange
Florida Increases Entries for Penn Relay Carnival
Philadelphia reports Florida adds entrants to the Penn Relay Carnival with new entries from Florida and other colleges. Nash Higgins, Florida coach, fields Josep Hall in the all around event and a one mile relay team, while Joseph Jenkins is listed in discus.
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Eut Blanks
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Nash Higgins
Florda
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