Opening Day Baseball Faces Weather and Pennant Pressure
Major league baseball launches amid hopeful forecasts and large crowds. New York Yankees face Boston Red Sox as Cubs host Cardinals. five NL clubs plus Pirates, Dodgers, Phillies appear strong contenders with Giants close behind if pitching holds. Attendance around 200000 anticipated.
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Herbert W. Barker
Associated Press
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Detroit
Washington
St. Louis
Chicago
Cincinnati
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Baseball Openings Preview Brightens Major League Season
World champion Yankees lead the American League with Washington and the Athletics as top challengers. Injuries thin veteran stars for opening day. Ruth ready in right for New York while Cuyler, Hornsby, and Jackson sit out. Cubs Warneke faces Cardinals Dean as Pirates add Lindstrom. Giants debut four newcomers. Senators vs Athletics opening clash features Gomez and Barneshaw as Yankees seek repeat title.
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Nati Reds
Yankees
Washington
Athletics
Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago White Sox
St. Louis Browns
Red Sox
Babe Ruth
New York Yankees
Thomasses
Kiki Cuyler
Cubs
Travis Jackson
Giants
Rogers Hornsby
Cardinals
Chicago
Lon Warneke
Jerome
Dizzy) Dean
Cuyler
Floyd
Babe
Brooklyn
Phillies
Austin Moore
Flint Rhem
Heydier
Hank Lieber
George Davis
Gus Mancuso
Blondy Ryan
Freddy Fitzsimmons
Boston
Huck Betts
Senators
Philadelphia Athletics
Roosevelt
Alvin Crowder
Bob Grove
George Barneshaw
Vernon
Letty) Gomez
Ivy Paul Andrews
White Sox
al Simmons
Mule Haas
Jimmy Dykes
Ed Durham
Browne
Bumps Hadley
Clint Brown
Indians
Tom Bridges
Tigers
Will Harridge
Example of How Not To Bat From Wagner and Cobb
Cincinnati reports Honus Wagner and Ty Cobb offered as two great examples of how not to bat. Wagner, the famed shortstop, spoke at the event noting the books on baseball as references. Cobb, aged 35 years, was cited by Wagner in praising the tone of the discussion.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
Wagner
Willie Keeler
Clarence Beaumont
Pirate
Fred Clark
Pittsburgh
Jimmy LaJoie
Fred Tenny
John Killing
Christy Mathewson
Cobb and Wagne
Cincinnati
Honus Wagner
State 10 Play Cadets Today
Charlotte April 12 The NC State Wolfpack added to its Virginia raid by beating Washington and Lee 7 4 at Lexington after routing Virginia Poly 6 0 Monday in Blacksburg Rain washed out the Virginia North Carolina clash in Charlottesville Duke schedules a visit to the Gobblers in Durham while NC State heads to Charlottesville and then Raleigh Davidson and Elon prepare for a Piedmont league date and a Winston Salem clash
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North Carolina State
Virginia
Lexington
Davidson
Elon
North Carolina Wolfpack
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Virginia Poly
Blacksburg
Corbett McLarnin Fight for Welterweight Crown Near
After three weeks of promotions the Young Corbett Jimmy McLarnin welterweight title bout was close to signing. Promoter Jack Doyle secured managers agreement and planned a 10 round fight at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles on May 20.
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Los Angeles
Corbett
Jimmy McLarnin
Jack Doyle
Wrigley Field
Warren Jr Takes Strollers Purse in Derby Prep
Warren Jr a Kentucky Derby nominee for Calumet Farm won the Strollers purse over the Futurity course, defeating Red Whisk by four lengths. The victory paid $35.80 on a $2 wager as Warren Jr. showed fast work after Calumet’s shift to thoroughbred racing following William Monroe Wright’s death.
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Warren, Jr
Calumet Farm
Kentucky
C. Co. van Meters Red Whisk
William Monroe Wright
Warren Wright
Calumet
International Loop Opens Season Today
The International Baseball League kicks off its Golden Jubilee year with a hockey playoff style opener. Toronto Maple Leafs visit the Orioles in Baltimore while the Rochester Red Wings meet the Senators in Albany. Newark and Jersey City openings postponed a day to avoid the major league opener in New York.
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New York
International Baseball League
Toronto Maple Leafs
Orioles
Baltimore
Rochester Red Wings
Senators
Albany
Newark
Jersey City
Opening Day Facts In Nutshell
Baseball opening day returns with key matchups across leagues. American League games feature Andrews, Grove, Brown, and Durham with crowds of 12,000 to 40,000 under varying skies. National League games include Swift, Johnson, Warneke, and Moore amid showers and cool to fair weather.
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New York
Andrews
Gomez
Phila
Washington
Grove
Crowder
Cleveland
Detroit
Brown
Bridges
Chicago
St. Louis
Durham
Hadley
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Swift
Johnson
Dean
Warneke
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Clark
Moore
Fitzsimmons
Hetts
High Point Golfers Down Greensboro Outfit 16 to 2
High Point glf team beat Greensboro Greensboro Outfit 16 to 2 at Country Club course. Ed Moffitt, Charles Diffendal, Jack Garrett, Fred Sappenfield, and E Remmey posted multiple wins with spread details. Sappenfield and Garrett led with several points while Zauer and Brantley trailed in the individual matchups.
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High Point High School
Greensboro High
Ed Moffitt
High Point
RK. Baker
Charles Diffendal
Big Field Out To Capture High Point's Track Crown
CHAPEL HILL April 12 Large and select fields form for the state high school championships in tennis and track this week. Entries for the 21st track meet Friday include High Point 1932 champions and entrants from Charlotte Westfield Winston-Salem Goldsboro Raleigh Rockingham Salisbury Ayden Durham. The 18th tennis tournament on Thursday and Friday features Washington Winston-Salem Chapel Hill Hickory Wilmington Plymouth Raleigh Henderson and High Point. Several strong teams and stars are listed, with John Respess of Washington the only returning semi finalist from last year.
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Washington
Hickory
Wilmington
Plymouth
Henderson
John Respess
Washington High
Respess
Charles Gurganus
Byron Abels
High Point High
Quakers Rally Past Locals in 7th Inning Baseball Thriller
Guilford College edged High Point 9 to 4 as seven Quaker runs crossed in the seventh inning at Willis Park. Oris Nelson pitched the full game for Guilford allowing seven hits while Martin and Finch homered for the Quakers and Bryant plated a run for High Point.
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Amateur Loop To Be Formed Friday
An organization meeting of the High Point Amateur League will be held Friday night at 8 oclock at the M C A. Bill Bailey announced the plan and urged teams to send representatives to enter the six or eight club circuit.
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High Point Amateur League
Bill Bailey
Yankees Open Season On Remarkable Streaks
New York April 12 AP The world champions opened the season with a 211 game shutout drought record unbeaten since August 2 1981. Lou Gehrig aims to break Everett Scott 1807 consecutive games played as his own streak climbs to 1197.
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New York
New York Yankees
Lou Gehrig
Walloping
Everett Scott
Gehrig
Scott
High Point Defeats Spencer In Baseball Battle
High Point High School beat Spencer High 6 to 4 after a tight game at Spencer Field. Weston led the offense with a double and a homer in four plate appearances while DeLappe added two hits. Garner pitched well before fatigue prompted a change to Culler. Tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. High Point visits Reid of Lexington.
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High Point High School
Spencer
Reid High
Lexington
Bisons
Garner
Culler
Weston
DeLappe
Adrhoa
Smith
Weisner
Gaddis
C Weston
Connor
Eres Harris
Seer Garner
Esse
Poole
Steeeses
Brandt
F. Browne
P Cree
H. Browne
Browne
Mallon Sold to Toronto From Philadelphia Ball Club
April 12 report says Les Mallon former regular second baseman for the Philadelphia National League team last season has been sold outright to Toronto of the International League.
Deese Dies From Auto Wreck Injuries In Lumberton
Clarence Deese aged 23 died in Lumberton from injuries received in a Saturday automobile wreck.
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Clarence Deese
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