Carolina spring game shows grit and lessons for 1953 Tar Heels
Ken Yarborough captains the blue team to a 20-14 tie with the White squad as UNC opens spring workouts at Kenan Stadium. Coach Barclay notes progress but says players need more shape and depth. Marshall Newman injures a thumb while Hardy Henry’s Thomasville squad eyes Mills Home talent for fall. Duke’s Bill Murray warns of a tougher rematch in November.
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Chapel Hill
Ken Yarborough
Carolina
Yarborough
UNC
Kenan Stadium
Tar Heels
George Barclay
George
NCAA
T.H.S
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Thomasville High
Mills Home
Blues
Barclay
George Norris
Frank McGuire
Duke
Bill Murray
Browns Sweep Tigers in 11-Inning Opener 8-7
St Louis Browns capitalize on Detroit fielding errors to win 8-7 in 11 innings in the opener and 3-2 in the nightcap. Bob Elliott and Neil Berry score the winning runs as Detroit miscues pace the sweep at Detroit. Marlin Stuart gains the opener win, Duane Pillette the nightcap victory.
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Detroit
St. Louis Browns
Detroit Tigers
Jim Delsing
Bob Nieman
Bob Elliott
Johnny Bucha
Ray Herbert
Neil Berry
Marlin Stuart
St. Louis
Art Houtteman
Duane Pillette
Bob Cain
Dick Marlowe
Browns
John Groth
Bobby Young
Jim Dyck
Pillette
Harvey Kuenn
Owen Friend
Nieman
Marlowe
Hank Edwards
Bill Hunter
Dick Kokos
Berry
Kokos
Tigers
Vic Wertz
Houtteman
Stuart
Virgil Trucks
ECC Rolls Over Panthers 7-2 in Baseball Clash
East Carolina College Pirates beat High Point College 7 to 2 as Goins yielded nine hits but pitched well through eight innings. Heath homered for ECC, Jones tripled, Cline doubled, while HPC hitters Lisk Hudson Morgan each had two safeties but grouping runs failed to mount a rally.
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High Point College
Purple Panthers
East Carolina College Pirates
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Pirates
Jimmy Goins
Singletons
Goins
East Carolina
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HPC
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Jones
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Cole
Abrhore
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Hooper
Gay
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High Point Red Sox Open Season With Lenoir Exhibition
The High Point Red Sox meet the Lenoir Aces in an exhibition at Finch Field at 2 30 p m The game is the Sox first home test of the season featuring Earl Hope Ben Moore Brown and Alvin Halley in the infield with Lefty Loftin on the mound and Dawkins or Graham catching. Connecticut slow to adopt first amendments to the Constitution dates noted.
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High Point Red Sox
Finch Field
Lenoir Aces
Sox
Earl Hope
Ben Moore
Brown
Alvin Halley
James
Lefty
McCrary Eagles Crush Hi-Toms In Spring Exhibition
McCrary Eagles rout Hi-Toms 15 to 3 in Asheboro behind four hit pitching by Rick Causey Sy Faircloth and Hurley Hicks. Earl Ellis piling up two triples and two doubles in six trips, driving in five runs. Hi-Toms stumble with 12 hits and seven walks in six innings by Brock and four more by Beeson.
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Steve Hayworth
Asheboro
McCrary Eagles
High Point-Thomasville
Rick Causey
Sy Faircloth
Hurley Hicks
Eagles
Leon Brock
Bob Beeson
Gusto
Faircloth
Earl Lail
Charley Robbins
Charley Toler
Lail
Robbins
Toler
Earl Ellis
Greensboro Patriot
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Fanning
Eveson
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Ken Turner
Don Bally
Bob Burkhardt
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Hobson
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Lybrand
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Hicks
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Barton
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Turner
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Wee
Campbell
Burkhardt
Baily
K.dee
Rhore
Raines
Eeee
York
Allen
J. York
Pierce
Rain Delays Six Big League Openers Across NL AL
Snow and rain halted the National League schedule and postponed six games. The Braves at St Louis, Cubs at Cincinnati, Phillies at Pittsburgh, Dodgers at Giants, and Yankees at Philadelphia were all postponed. The Red Sox at Washington night game was also called due to cold weather.
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St. Louis Cardinals
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Redlegs
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Giants
Philadelphia
New York Yankees
A’s
Boston Red Sox
Senators
Washington
National League Standings and Tomorrow's Schedule
Philadelphia faces New York as Roberts and Jansen start for their teams. Brooklyn visits Pittsburgh while Erskine and Dickson pace their pitchers. Milwaukee travels to St Louis with Spahn, and Chicago plays Cincinnati in two. Tomorrow's games include Brooklyn at Pittsburgh, Milwaukee at St Louis, Philadelphia at New York.
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Philadelphia
Roberts
New York
Jansen
Brooklyn
Erskine
Pittsburgh
Dickson
Milwaukee
Spahn
St. Louis
Staley
Chicago
Rush
Minner
Cincinnati
Wehmeier
Perkowski
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Chicago St. Louis
Today’s MLB Doubleheaders and Standings Notes
Today features New York vs Philadelphia with Reynolds and Blackwell in action, and Boston at Washington. Also St. Louis at Detroit and Cleveland at Chicago with listed pitchers Lemon Garcia Reardon Fornieles and others, though no games scheduled.
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Reynolds
Blackwell
Philadelphia
Kellner
Shantz
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Freeman
Washington
Masterson
St. Louis
Trucks
Detroit
Newhouser
Garver
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Lemon
Garcia
Chicago
Reardon
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G.B. Tener
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Ccesse
Need Extra Blades Vayda Has Plenty at UNC
Chapel Hill April 18 memo to the first floor Cobb Dormitory asks for razor blades from Jerry Vayda in Room 115. The Tar Heel player received a year’s supply from Pal Razor Blade Co for his late bucket in the Tar Heels 70 69 win over N C State last season.
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Cobb
University of North Carolina
Jerry Vayda
Pal Razor Blade Co
N. C
Tar Heels
Wolfpack
Vayda
Native Dancer Clinches Gotham Stakes in Derby Build-Up
Native Dancer dominated the Gotham Stakes at Jamaica for a $30,000 first division win lighted by a late surge from jockey Eric Guerin. Magic Lamp ran second and Sickle's Sound third as the crowd of 38,201 watched the legendary colt stretch his winning streak to 10 straight. The victory added $24,500 to his earnings, boosting career totals to $254,995 as a three-year-old.
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Jamaica
Sickle
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Vanderbilt
Magic Lamp
Sickle’s Sound
White Sox edge Indians 7 6 in marathon with 26 walks
The Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 7 to 6 in an exhausting 3 hour 22 minute game marked by 26 walks. Ferris Fain reached home on a Minoso sacrifice and a collision at the plate, with Rocky Krsnich driving in the winning run after Jim Hegan muffed Al Rosen's throw.
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Detroit Tigers
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Indians
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Minnie Minoso
Minoso
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Gastonia Blasts Bison By 9 To 0
Gastonia’s Green Wave routed High Point High School 9 to 0 in Western Conference play. Pitching ace Roger Sheppard struck out 12 and allowed only one hit until the second inning, while Gastonia’s 12-hit offense scored seven runs in the first two frames. High Point’s defense and early errors doomed the Bison, who suffer their sixth straight loss and remain winless this season.
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Green Wave
Roger Sheppard
High Point High School
Bison
Joe Huff
Spencer
Harold Spencer
Sheppard
Buddy Boyd
HPHS
Harold Bull
Winston-Salem Reynolds
Jim Hayworth
High Point
Boyden High
Salisbury
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