Harvie Ward claims Tarboro praise and Teague award triumph
Frank Stranahan feared lightning and crowds, but Tarboro embraced Harvie Ward as co winner of the 1952 Teague Memorial. The event drew Carolina figures like Bob Fetzer and Eddie Cameron while Ward credited Lady Luck for his golf career and Lurlyne Greer lauded Hanes Hosiery teammates.
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Tarboro
Frank Stranahan
Harvie Ward
UNC
Lurlyne
Hanes
Ward
Cief
Greer
Stranahan
Lady Luck
East Carolina routs High Point 22 to 2 in NC college baseball
East Carolina powered to a 22 to 2 victory over High Point College as Bob Byrd won in six innings. Heath, Sanderson, and G Cline led ECU with multiple hits while Popp, Smith, and Goins failed to stem the bucs at offense.
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Greenville
High Point College
Purple Panthers
North State College
East Carolina
Rampagne
Panthers
HPC
Bob Davis
Bob Popp
Jimmy Smith
Lefty Goins
Pirates
Bucs
Jimmy Byrd
Kinston
Bob Penley
W. C. Sanderson
Cecil Heath
High Point
HOARE
Plath
Hudson
Ldsk
Sessee
Lnte Cheey
Shaffer
Poor D Nieces
Smith
P.sess
Goins
Peesooeel
East Caroling
ABR
Heath
Harrison
Boeper
Hayes
Sanderson
G. Cite
Webb
Britt
Hardee
J. Byrd
Pescoe
Sullivan
Pee
Hooper
G. Cline
Gay
Penley
Jones
Thompson
B. Cline
Morgan
Penley Lovelace
Popp
So—Goins
Ho—Popp
Byrd
LP -Popp
High Point Black Bison Girls and Boys Tennis Dominates Greensboro
High Point High School's Black Bison team swept Greensboro Purple Whirlies 5 0 as Craig Kester Joe Walser Jack Kester and Jerry Sowers won singles. Other matches ended due to darkness with HP leading in several close battles.
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High Point
Black Bison
Greensboro High
Emerywood Country Club
John Gerring
Greensboro
Jerry Doggett
Gerring
Doggett
High Point High School
Craig Kester
Joe Walser
Jack Kester
Jerry Sowers
Tom McMahan
Tom Mcelver
Ed Jordan
HPHS
Bob Lavietes
Walser
Joe LeBauer
Walter Lockett
George Artape
Sam LeBauer
Tom McIver
Three Fillies Nominated For Big 1953 Derby
Only three fillies were nominated for the Kentucky Derby this year. Grecian Queen owned by Mrs. Ben Whitaker of Dallas and Cerise Revie for Mrs. Ada L. Rice’s Chicago stable both posted strong wins Wednesday, moving closer to Louisville and the Rose Run. Cerise Reine had to withstand a challenge in her race.
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New York
Churchill Downs
Ben Whitaker
Dallas
Tex
Cerise Revie
Chicago
Ada L. Rice
Louisville
Bubbley wins Ashland Stakes as Derby hopeful
Calumet Farm's filly Bubbley dominates the stretch to win the $15,000 Ashland Stakes at Keeneland. Grecian Queen leads a strong field to victory in the $20,000 Prioress Stakes at Jamaica.
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Calumet Farm
Bubbley
Keeneland
Jamaica
Rupp Cleared in Suit Over Gambling Conspiracy
Federal Judge H Church Ford ruled Adolph Rupp's name should be stricken from a $573 257 suit alleging a conspiracy among Rupp gambler Ed Curd and racketeer Frank Costello to influence basketball game point spreads. The judge called the allegations false and without authority.
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Lexington
University of Kentucky
Adolph Rupp
Ed Curd
Frank Costello
H. Church Ford
Rupp
J. A. Edge
Lucille Chambley Bradberry
Athens
Bradberry
George Chambley
Edge
Asheville Tourists erupt for twelve in big inning
Asheville fans praised a big inning as the Tourists defeated Spartanburg 14 to 5 to reach a first place tie with the Charlotte Hornets in the Tri-State League pennant race. Asheville sent 12 runs across in the first inning and cruised to victory while Charlotte won its second straight game.
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United Press
Asheville
Tourists
Spartanburg
Charlotte Hornets
Charlotte
Hornets
Ward and Greer Win Teague Memorial Awards
Harvie Ward Jr a Tarboro native now in Atlanta and Lurlyne Greer of Winston Salem Hanes Hosiery earn the 1952 Teague Memorial Awards as outstanding Carolinas amateur athletes. Ward won the British Amateur golf title last spring and defends it next month at Hoylake England. Greer led Hanes to national AAU titles, scored 674 points last season, averaging 18.2 per game.
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Harvie Ward
Chapel
Lurlyne Greer
Hanes Hosiery
Harvie
Tarboro
N. C
Harvie Ward Jr
Teague
Hilma
Carolinas
Ward
Atlanta
Hoylake
England
Frank Stranahan
Augusta
Miss Greer
Hanes
Arkansas
Nashville
Derby hopeful Tiger Toi draws big classy crowd
Tiger Toi, one of 137 Kentucky Derby candidates, may race for $100000 at Churchill Downs with strong support from Jeffersonville kindergarten students. Owner Michael Fulkerson, son of trainer William Fulkerson, bought the colt for 1300 dollars and hopes Mr Corum keeps the gold cup full of suckers.
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Loussville
Tiger Toi
Churchill Downs
Jeffersonville
Indiana
Michael Fulkerson
William Fulkerson
Tiger
Gustoi
Late rally lifts Charlotte past Rock Hill 5 4 in ninth
Charlotte edged Rock Hill 5 4 after a dramatic ninth inning rally. Gastonia won a tense two day series finale against Anderson with a 4 3 score, while the Rockets needed 11 innings to beat Anderson 5 4.
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Lotte
Rock Hill
Gastonia
Anderson
Rebels
Rockets
Eighty Cars Entered for Classic 500 at Indianapolis
Indianapolis field reaches eighty entries for the 37th 500 mile race with 59 drivers named and 21 cars without drivers. Trials on May 16 17 23 and 24 will whittle the field to 33 starters. Offenhauser engines lead with 64 cars, plus two six cylinders ten eights and three Ferraris.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Chet Miller
Glendale
Calif
George Connor
Los Angeles
Ralph de Palma
Barney Oldfield
Meyer & Drake
Baseball Scores and Upcoming Games in Major League
Yesterday Brooklyn beat Pittsburgh 4 2 Philadelphia defeated New York 8 1 St Louis saw a 4 2 result as Cincinnati and Chicago split. Today Brooklyn faces New York Maglie 18 8 Milwaukee travels to Cincinnati Judson 0 1 Philadelphia meets Pittsburgh Pollet 7 16 Chicago visits St. Louis Presko 7 10 night. Tomorrow Brooklyn at New York Milwaukee at Cincinnati Philadelphia at Pittsburgh night games only.
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Brooklyn
Chicago
New York A
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
New York
St. Asacrace
Wkrain
Cincinnati-Chicago
Roe
Maglie
Antonelli
Judson
Crews
Pollet
Hacker
Presko
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Washington
Detroit Chicago
Detroit
Boston
St.is
St. Louis and Chicago Play Pair as Doubleheader
St. Louis with Brecheen and Little field visits Chicago where Pierce starts for the hosting club. Other matchups include Garcia for Cleveland at Wight or Houtteman for Detroit, Parnell facing Byrd, Sain and Ford meeting Porterfield and Marrero. Two games day and night plus four standalone games.
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Brecheen
Littlefield
Chicago
Pierce
Cleveland
Garcia
Depot
Wight
Houtteman
Boston
Parnell
Philadelphia
Byrd
New York
Sain
Ford
Washington
Porterfield
Marrero
Detroit
WHPE To Broadcast Major League Baseball Tilts
WHPE will air American League games for the 1953 season with seven afternoon broadcasts weekly. Station Manager Walter Hester announced the first broadcast occurred yesterday afternoon. Games will be on AM and FM until 4 p.m. each day, after which AM switches to another program while FM continues the game.
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WHPE
Walter Hester
Hester
College Baseball Scores From North Carolina State Duke and Others
North Carolina 5 Wake Forest 2. East Carolina 22 High Point 2. Lenoir Rhyne 7 Catawba 4. Duke 12 North Carolina State. Elon 4 Guilford 3 in 11 innings. The Citadel 5 Furman 2. Erskine 11 a 9. Clemson 19 Watford 2. TRACK Clemson 66 Davidson 65. TENNIS Presbyterian 9 Erskine 0. South Carolina 6 Furman 3. Duke 9 North Carolina State 0. Lacrosse North Carolina 8 Amherst 1.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Wake Forrest
East Carolina
High Point
Lenoir
Meyer Shines as Dodgers Top Pirates 4-2 in Tie for NL Lead
Russ Meyer kept Pittsburgh hitless into the seventh, struck out seven, and earned a 4-2 win for Brooklyn over the Pirates. Lindell homered for Pittsburgh, while Allie Reynolds earned the victory for New York. The Dodgers move into a first place tie with Milwaukee as rain washed out the St. Louis game.
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Ben Phlegar
Associated Press
Russ Meyer
Brooklyn Dodgers
Pittsburgh Pirates
Milwaukee Braves
Russ
Lindell
Pitching and batting feats mark early baseball action
Curt Simmons limited the New York Giants to five hits as Philadelphia routed New York 8 to 1. Carl Furillo homered and doubled for Brooklyn in a 4 to 2 win over Pittsburgh, aided by knuckleballer Johnny Lindell. Rival swap chatter fills the notes as Meyer moves among clubs in a multi-team deal.
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Associated Press
Curt Simmons
Philadelphia Phils
New York Giants
Carl Furillo
Brooklyn Dodgers
Johnny Lindell
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Dodgers
Torgeson
Phils
Adcock
Bridges
Pendleton
New York
Robin Roberts
Roberts
Giants
Tuesay
Bobby Shantz
Gault Loses To French Star Cohen In Paris Bout
Henry Pappy Gault of Spartanburg bantamweight loses a 10 round decision to Robert Cohen of Algeria at the Palais des Sports Paris. Gault weighed 120 pounds to Cohen's 119. crowd of 8000 boos between rounds as neither fighter was hurt. Gault landed more body blows but Cohen outworked him.
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Paris
Henry
Pappy) Gault
Spartanburg
S. C
Robert Cohen
Algeria
Palais Des Sports
Cohen
Gault
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