Ball club season opener stirs local chatter and fanfare
The Hi-Toms debut sparks strong reactions as Al Jarrett and Bill Foster draw praise and lively debate. Sports critics argue over pitching choices and the value of winning for gate receipts, while fans recall Rube e and Dan Boone in a nostalgia-tinged town sports moment.
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Jimmy Gruzdis
Bill Foster
Jimmy
Jarrett
Thomasville
Foster
Gruzdis
Hi-Toms Ball Club
Gruzidis
Hi-Toms
Wake Forest Triumphs 6 5 Over Duke in Ninth Inning
Wake Forest wins 6-5 at home as Duke suffers its fifth straight loss. Joe Fulghum and Paul Rick hit early homers to give Duke a 3-0 lead, then Wake Forest rallies with a three-run eighth to force extras before the ninth inning ends the game. Karakstis, Graham, and Sires star for Wake Forest in the conference win.
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Wake Forest
Art Hochy
E Today
Deaos
Graham
Gene Hooks
John Fal
Joe Fulghum
Paulick
Sidebeees
Ke Forest
Karakstis
Sires Holas
Mustian
Vander Chute
Batchelor
Olympia Wins Wood Memorial In Close Photo Finish
Olympia ridden by Eddie Arcaro edged clear in the final yards to win the $46,400 Wood Memorial at Jamaica by a neck over Palaes Tinian amid rain soaked mud and a crowd of 43,669 boosting Derby prospects two weeks before the race.
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New York
Fred W. Hooper
Olympia
Jamaica
Isidor Bieber
Eddie Arcaro
O'Leary Tops Wilmington Open After 54 Holes
Paul O'Leary, 20, from Bismarck NC, shot 71 to stay one stroke ahead at 205 after 54 holes in the Wilmington Open. Henry Ransom moved to second at 206, with Dick Metz and Bobby Locke tied for third at 207. Monti slipped to fifth after a 73 as wind and sun battled the previous day's rain.
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Wilmington
Paul O'Leary
Bismarck
N. C
Cape eFar
Henry Ransom
St. Andrews
Ill
Ransom
S. Dick Metz
Virginia Beach
Bobby Locke
Johannesburg
South Africa
Metz
Locke
Santa Monica
Calif
Appalachian State Tops Chatham Mills 12 11 after eighth inning
Stevens delivered a go ahead single in the eighth scoring a run to lift Appalachian State over Chatham Mills Elkin 12 to 11. Both teams batted well with six runs in the seventh inning. Mackie tallied three hits for Chatham while Oldfield had four for Appalachian State.
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Boone
Stevens
Appalachian State
Chatham
Elkin
Swift
Mackie
Oldfield
William and Mary Netters Sweep Seton Hall 9 0
The William and Mary tennis team defeated Seton Hall 9 0 in a clean sweep. It marked the 66th consecutive victory for William and Mary, one shy of the NC University national record of 67 straight wins.
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Orange
N. J
William and Mary
Seton Hall College Netsters
North Carolina University
High School Nine Set for Pair Of Road Baseball Tests
High Point High baseball team, after two losses to Reynolds of Winston-Salem, heads to Burlington Tuesday afternoon and then to Gastonia Friday night to face the Green Wave, defending champions. Rainouts with Lexington Burlington and two with Greensboro loom, with possible reschedules in two weeks. The local junior high team also schedules two afternoon games at High Point against Winston-Salem Gray High Juniors and Thomasville.
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High Point High
Reynolds
Winston-Salem
Carroll Bowen
Burlington
Bison
Gastonia
Green Wave
Lexington
Greensboro
Bowen
High Point
Gray High
Thomasville
Panther Netmen Triumph 8-1 Over Guilford College
High Point College tennis team routed Guilford 8-1 at Guilford College. Rieves won for Guilford, 6-2 6-2, while Panters dominated other matches with straight sets. The result foreshadows a Wake Forest visit as prep for a key matchup.
North State box scores highlight weeks at bat and runs
Box score highlights show E Mills Knight Harrington Mays Bartholomew Westfall Mauney with 2 HRs by Small and Foxworth. Edwards Weekley Paszek Small 2 and 4 by Foxworth Gates Bartholomew 2B shows Westfall Harrington and HRs by Small Foxworth. Landis Concord abr habric Russell Owens Graham Glover Deese Walters Gowan Anderson Chapman Harington Boger Harwood Roberts Kacenski Palmer Landwehr Brown LaBorde Hallarin Boger etc. Groundouts and double plays noted with multiple pitchers. final tallies and errors listed.
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E—Mills
Knight
Harrington
Mays
Bartholomew
Westfall
Mauney
RBI
Edwards
Weekley
Paszek
Small
Foxworth
Gates
Caniglia
Douglas
Bob
Landis
Concord
Habric Russell
L Owens
Graham
Billie
Conwell
Torrey
Walters
McLaug
Deese
Glover
Gowan
M Anderson
Chapman
Boger
Harwood
Roberts
Kacenski
Palmer
Landwehr
Brown
LaBorde
Hallarin
Tetela
Ercecesesses
Owens
Anderson
McLaughlin
Russell
LaBord
Laudwehr
Robinson
LaBorde Pb-Boger
Palmier LP
U—Richardson
R. Hawkins
Mooresville
Lexington
Salisbury
Olvester
Iénight
Williams
Talbert
Her'maki
O'Douglas
Milner
Mills
Gruzdis
Barnes
Helms
Bolton
Wall
Stewart If
Pelezarski
Hill
Sothwo
Schut
Hi-Toms
E—Gruzdis
Sides
Pelczarski
Harrington Brown
Southworth
Schuttenberg
Shives and
Rocks
Hi Toms Top Lexington 9-5 Behind Gruzdis Power
Thomasville High Point Hi-Toms beat Lexington 9-5 as manager Jimmy Gruzdis belted a three run homer to rally the visitors from a 5-4 deficit in the eighth inning. Pete Williams Lou Owens and Vann Harrington contributed key extra-base hits as Hi-Toms push to a tie for first in Finch Field action.
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Enterprise
Lexington
Thomasville
High Point
Hi- Toms
Jimmy Gruzdis
Athletics
Gruzdis
Hi-Toms
Joe Pelezarski
Lynn Southworth Hurs
Ron Schuettenberg
Pete Williams
Vann Harrington
Bobby Brown
Lou Owens
A’s
Harrington
Williams
Brown
Finch Field Gang
Schuettenberg
Statesville Owls
Golf and Tennis Action Set For Tomorrow
Local college and high school golf and tennis teams resume play tomorrow with several matchups. The Panther tennis squad, led by Coach Arthur Paschal, seeks a 26th straight win as it faces Wake Forest, while Panthers golf heads to Guilford to meet the Quakers in Greensboro. The prep golf squad also plays Greensboro High against the Whirlies. Tennis action starts around 1 30 p m tomorrow.
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High Point
Panther
Wake Forest
Guilford
Quakers
Greensboro
Greensboro Whirlies
Arthur Paschal
Deacs
College Baseball Scores From The Region
Guilford 8 over High Point 10 and Carolina 6 beat Wake Forest 6 to 5. Wien 3 blanked Catawba 0. Lenoir Rhyne 6 over Western Carolina 2. Howard 8 defeated N C A and T 5. Duke Frosh 7 Wake Forest Frosh 1. Atlantic Christian 6 over Norfolk Navy Virginia Tech at Pulaski cancelled due to wet grounds. William & Mary 5 over Washington & Lee 4. Randolph Macon 11 Roanoke 9. Appalachian 12 over Chatham Mills 11.
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Guilford
High Point
T. State
Carolina
Wake Forest
Duke
Wien
Catawba
Lenoir-Rhyne
Western Carolina
Howard
Duke Frosh
Virginia Tech
Pulaski
William & Mary
Washington & Lee
Richmond
Virginia
Randolph Macon
Roanoke
College
Chatham Mills
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Irons
Sedgefield Kennels
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the Enterprise
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Glaesner
Panthers
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