City budget talks focus on softball park ahead of May election
High Point city leaders begin budget planning as May 6 elections loom. Reece Snider pushes for a fully equipped softball park with lights grandstand and fence, while Braden weighs policy and future department needs. Voters and candidates are urged to consider park needs amid ongoing budget debates.
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Braden
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Baseball to Honor Ruth Across Minor Leagues Sunday
The minor leagues will pause to honor Babe Ruth on a day set aside by Commissioner A B Chandler. All 52 NLPA circuits will host all league programs. Ruth’s lone minor league homer came in 1914 for the Baltimore Orioles. ten percent of Bluefield gate receipts will go to Ruth for charity.
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Babe
Panthers Meet Catawba Indians In Home Game Today
High Point college's Purple Panther baseball team hosts the Catawba Indians at 2 30 this afternoon after a 6 1 loss to Elon Christians. Yesterday's line score shows High Point with a run in the first inning and the Indians tallying six early, strong innings. Summer and Gailes, Roberts, Price, and Cross contributed to the pitching and batting effort.
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Catawba Indians
Panthers
Elon Christians
Christians
Indians
High Point
Roberts, Price, and Cross
Devil Deacon Tilt Tops Four Loop Games
Duke Wake Forest baseball headlines a busy North Carolina college sports day as Duke and Wake Forest compete, with UNC and others reporting wins. Vinnie DiLorenzo starred for UNC in a 5-2 conference win over Davidson, while Wake Forest beat NC State 8-4 and Lenoir-Rhyne toppled Western Carolina. Catawba beat Guilford 6-3, Elon beat High Point 6-1, and Duke tennis downed NC State 9-0 amid track and golf wins for NC State and Wake Forest.
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High Point
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N. C. State
Charlie Ost
Lenoir Rayne
Lenoir Rhynes
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Guilford
Bill Greene
Jimmy Phillips
Elon
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State
High Point Bison sweep golf and tennis in Burlington tri meet
High Point wins both golf and tennis against Burlington teams in a three-sport meet held in Burlington. Shackleford stars in both tennis and a strong golf showing. Langley, a freshman, fires a 75 to lead golf.
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Harker
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White
Martin
Trollinger
Saunders
Dillard
Barnwell
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Gagleman
Halker
Greene
Sartin
Billy Aldridge
Aaron Rice
Tema
Langley
Tad Walden
Ray Hamlet
Henry Harrisons
Bobby Padgett
Earl Writenberg
Crosby Happy Over Purchase Of Greenberg
Detroit April 23 Bing Crosby stockholder in the Pittsburgh Pirates praised the Hank Greenberg acquisition saying the slugger is a great team player and the club will have their money back in another month. He noted the whole team is hustling but refused to forecast a pennant.
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Detroit
Bing Crosby
Pittsburgh Pirates
Hank Greenberg
Bing
Hank
Pirates
Hi Toms Prepare For Opening With Lexington Dians
Hi Toms of the North State league prep for the 1947 season at Finch Field facing Lexington Indians one week away. Manager George Pratt aims to mold a rookie laden squad to contend against four independents and three farm clubs amid salary and experience gaps. Bill Skeen may return east for another Class D season with a possible Hi Toms assignment. Training under Howie Haak continues from 11 a.m. to dark.
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Hi-Toms
Dodgers
Bill Skeen
Thomasville
California
West Coast
Skeen
Howie Haak
Haak
Pitching and Batting Highlights From Yesterday
Bob Feller and Hal Gregg pitched one hitters in wins for the Indians and Dodgers. Charlie Keller fueled the Yankees with a four RBI performance including a home run to beat the Red Sox 5 4.
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Indians
Hal Gregg
Dodgers
Feller
St. Louis Browns
Gregg
Philadelphia
Charlie Keller
Yankees
Boston
Trinity Bulldogs defeat Jamestown Tigers 4-2 in baseball
Trinity High School Bulldogs won their sixth straight baseball game and second in class B conference, beating Jamestown High 4-2 behind Swiggett who held the Tigers to three hits. Trinity meets Summerfield in a conference game at home this afternoon. box score includes RBI by Swiggett Albertson and Lohr, 2B hits by Albertson Swiggett Harvey, and notes on errors and pitching.
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Lohr
Harvey
Jamestown
Collins, Lawrence
Feller Fires Ninth One Hit In Major League Game
Bobby Feller, 28, Indians ace, pitched a one hitter gunning down the St. Louis Browns 5-0 at Cleveland. He has two no hitters and nine one hitters in six full seasons and two partial, with 348 strikeouts last year.
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Cleveland Indians
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Iowa
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Dutch) Leonard
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Boxing card results from a regional bout listing
A list of boxing bouts with several pairings and decisions. Detroit vs Baltimore, Balti more fighter outpointed in a 10 round bout. Paulie Jackson from Reading beat Walter Lewis in ten. Henry Jordan from New York defeated Irish Mickey Doyle in ten. Lee Sala from Donora faced Joe Legon in Havana in a ten round contest.
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Cleveland
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Reading
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Havanna
Youngstown
Henry Jordan
New York
Mickey Doyle
Tampa
Lee Sala
Donora
Joe Legon
Havana
Williams Hits 296-Foot Sign at Yankee Stadium
New York April 23 Ted Williams clears the 296 foot right field marker in Yankee Stadium and concedes shift trouble. He notes a shift against him in right field but explains his late game power aims for a homer to left. He references Stirnweis and his hitting strategy under pressure.
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Ted Williams
Yankee Stadium
Stirnweiss
Xenon Gas Shown To Have Narcotic Effect On Men
Experimental work demonstrates that the rare gas xenon can induce narcotic effects in men. Researchers report observable sedation and altered consciousness following exposure under controlled conditions.
Burlington Blasts High Point 8-0 in baseball tilt
Burlington Bulldog bats explode for eight runs aided by ten hits and eight High Point errors. Jim Pickler spins a near no hit effort over nine innings while Slick Campbell suffers the loss amid sloppy defense. Next game slated in High Point Friday afternoon.
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High Point
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