Pointers Open 1925 Season With a Victory
April 23 report highlights Washington Senator Walter Johnson guiding a 10 to 1 win over the New York Yankees. The piece cites Joe Bush’s first win for St Louis, Eddie Collins managing the White Sox, and several other MLB results including Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia games with notable hits and errors.
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Sherod Smith
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Red Sox
Rube Walberg
Ernie Wache
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Johnny Morrison
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Mott Shines as Pointers Win Opener at Winston-Salem
Duck Smith's Pointers beat the Twins 3 2 in opening league game at Winston Salem. Woody Mott pitched a fine game for High Point, Swampy Thrasher made a great catch, and Red Irby led the Twins with three hits including a double. Billy Sunday threw the first ball to open the season.
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Lewis
Moore
L. Smith
J. Smith
Thrasher
Clemmons
Henderson
Phipps
Mott
Irby
Rowe
Denault
Ammons
Teague
Harris
Johnson
Chisholm
Lane
Douglas
Carroll
Twins
J Ammons
Smith
High Point
Matt
Morgan
Walsh
Duck Smith
Fighting Pointers
Winston- Salem
Pointers
Salisbury-Spencer
Welch Park
Woody Mott
Alabama
Swampy Thrasher
Red Irby
Billy Sunday
No Passion Play Held in Oberammergau in 1928
The Oberammergau Passion Play will not occur in 1928 as previously reported. The next production is set for 1930, with the ten year interval resumed thereafter after the 1922 delay caused by Germany’s postwar instability.
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Germany
Davidson Scabbard and Blade chapter elects officers and four students
Davidson April 23. The local Scabbard and Blade chapter, a national military honorary fraternity, elected Cap. R. D. Daugherty, an ROTC officer at Davidson, and four students to membership. The students named are B. U. Ratchford of Gastonia, N C, G. W. Smith of Abbeville, S C, D. G. Wilson of Atlanta, Ga, and A. &. Jones of Salisbury, N C.
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Scabbard and Blade
Cap
R. D. Daugherty
B. U. Ratchford
Gastonia
N. C
G. W. Smith
Abbeville
S. C
D. G. Wilson
Atlanta
A. &. Jones
Salisbury
N.C
Oldest Counties Formed In Colonial North Carolina
Chowan and Perquimans counties were formed in 1672 making them among the oldest in the United States. The early colonial counties are highlighted for their long histories and continued regional significance.
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Chowan
Perquimans
United States
Bunn Hearn Returns To the Wilson Club
Bunn Hearn rejoined the Wilson team in the Virginia league after being purchased from the New York Giants. The 34 year old left handed pitcher batter has four years in semi pro baseball and 15 years in professional baseball with big league experience. Former Bugs manager, known as Old Stuff, is married and regarded as one of the great pitchers.
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Bunn Hearn
New York Giants
Boston Nationals
Hearn
Old Stuffff
The
Bugs
Roth in Lineup Beebe Roth Returns as Star First Baseman
Wilson reports Roth, Beebe’s first baseman, back for the season after a standout prior year with 26 stolen bases, .290 batting average, and .990 fielding. Described as a hard hitter and top fielder in the Virginia league, at age 30 and married. Right handed in throwing and batting.
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Wilson
Virginia Baseball Teams Hit Northern Trip This Weekend
Virginia varsity and first year squads depart for a sequence of away games starting Friday with Washington and Lee and Virginia Military Institute. The varsity may miss Bill Dietrick due to a fractured ankle, boosting Hushion at short or Darlington as infield options. Virginia aims for more wins after a 9 to 2 victory over the Cadets, faces Navy Plebs at Annapolis and Princeton freshmen, with a schedule that includes Maryland Columbia Williams and a Raleigh NC State trip to end the season.
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Virginia Military Institute
Dietrick
Hushion
Virginia
Short
Dietrich
Wrenn
Neale
Darlington
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Cadets
Washington
Les
Maryland
Navy
Columbia
Williams
North Carolina
State
Raleigh
North Carolina University
Chapel Hill
Greensboro
O'Brien quit title tour to face Hudkins on coast
Tommy O'Brien of Milwaukee left the New York State Athletic Commission lightweight championship tourney after injuring his hand. He heads to the Pacific coast for a bout with Ace Hudkins near Los Angeles at the old Ascot track. Before leaving he helped contenders by eliminating George Chaney of Baltimore.
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Tommy O'Brien
Milwaukee
Pacific Coast
Ace Hudkins
Joe Benjamin
Ascot
Los Angeles
O’brien
New York State Athletic Commission
George
K. O.) Chaney
Baltimore
Pennsylvania relay carnival draws entrants from around the world
Philadelphia reports the upcoming relay carnival with over 2500 students from 523 colleges and universities set to compete tomorrow and Saturday. British figures Lord Burghley and A. E. Porritt arrived in New York, joining entrants from England New Zealand and Cuba.
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Porritt
Oxford
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New York
High Point Prelim Baseball Versus Asheboro
The High Point high school team opens state wide championship play at Welch field against Asheboro tomorrow at 4 pm in a crucial preliminary, with Irving Ingram and Carl Fuqua likely to pitch. A win advances them toward the Trinity Greensboro and Spencer Winston-Salem-Yadkinville winners, as the western and eastern division finals approach at Chapel Hill.
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Welch Field
Trinity-Greensboro
Jack Boylin
Irving Ingram
Carl Fuqua
Boylin
Aout
Salisbury
Chapel Hill
High Point
Tar Heel Roosers Organizing For Virginia Game
Carolina cheer leader L V Huggins plans elaborate Tar Heel rooting sections for the third Carolina Virginia baseball game at Cone Park in Greens boro on May 16. He returns from Easter duties at Greensboro College and North Carolina College for Women where he staged pop meetings with Miss Eunice Goodwin and Miss Estelle Mendenhall to coordinate sectioned cheers, mascots, colors and friendly rivalry between the two Greensboro schools.
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L. V. Huggins
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Greensboro
Huggins
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Cone Park
Grensboro
Eunice Goodwin
Elizabeth City
Estelle Mendenhall
Greensporo
North Carolina College
Abie's Irish Rose to Play at American Theatre
Anne Nichols comedy Abie’s Irish Rose plays at the American Theatre Wednesday April 29 with strong advance sales and capacity crowds expected. The lively response follows a nationwide box office record run and a cast that previously appeared in Cincinnati Pittsburgh Washington Memphis and Nashville.
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Anne Nich
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Washington
Memphis
Nashville
Openers Set as Salisbury-Spencer Debuts in Piedmont Clash
Eddie Frenick or Tommy Buswell expected to start for Salisbury-Spencer in their first Piedmont loop game against the Pointers at Welch Park. Manager Duck Smith may rotate pitchers with Woody Mott also in the staff, while Bob Maitland could be sent to the hill for today’s opener. Preparations aimed to host a large crowd.
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Colonials
Salisbury-Spencer
Danville
Piedmont Loop
Bob Maitland
O’rourke
Maitland
Pointer Hurling Corps
Eddie Frenick
Tommy Buswell
Duck Smith
Woody Mott
High Point College to Host Lenoir Rhyne Saturday at 3:30
High Point College plans a midseason exhibition baseball game against Lenoir Rhyne at Welch Field this Saturday at 3:30. Coach Brown aims to boost local turnout as the team prepares with solid practice and possible lineup choices for the mound.
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High Point College
Welch Field
Hickory
Guilford College
Mars
Greensboro
Wake’ Forest
Winston-Salem
High Point
Shane
Frank Wood
McDowell
Carl Wood
Hedrick
Ambassador Houghton Arrives in Plymouth Aboard George Washington
Alanson B. Houghton, newly named American ambassador to Great Britain, reached Plymouth England aboard the steamship George Washington on TM day. He was welcomed by the Plymouth mayor and Lord Astor, marking his official arrival.
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Plymouth
Alanson B. Houghton
Great Britain
George Washington
Lord Astor
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