Casper Clings To Slender Lead In Las Vegas Tourney
Young Billy Casper holds a one stroke lead in the Tour nament of Champions after a 71 for 206 total. Tom Bolt and Stan Leonard are one back with 69 and 71 respectively, as Frank Stranahan sits three behind after a 72 in the Desert Inn layout.
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Casper
Las Vegas
Bob Myers
Nev
Young Billy
Tommy Bolt
Stan Leonard
Frank Stranahan
Desert Inn Country Club
NBC
Bolt
Vancouver
B.C
Stranahan
Gardner Dickinson
Panama City Beach
Fla
Paul Harney
ACC Spring Meet Set
ACC officials from eight schools gather in Greensboro for the spring meeting presided by R. R. Ritchie Clemson College president. The agenda includes a breakfast for athletic directors and faculty chairmen, followed by separate sessions and pre convention meetings starting Wednesday with multiple committees and coaches groups active through Thursday.
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Greensboro
Atlantic Coast Conference
ACC
R. R. Ritchie
Clemson College
ACC Sports Writers Assn
Final Day Set For First Round In Spring Handicap Golf
Blair Park golf pro Chuck Alexander reminded that today is the final day of the first round in the High Point Golf Association Spring Handicap. He noted the second round starts Monday and runs through next Sunday while praising the course condition after late yesterday’s work.
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Blair Park
Chuck Alexander
High Point Golf Association
Alexander
Short Fires 18 K's In 1-0 Hi-Toms Victory
Chris Short struck out 18 over seven perfect innings before allowing two hits as High Point Thomasville edged Wilson 1-0. Billy Ford scored on Charlie Selphs double in the fifth for the decisive run while Short flirted with the Carolina League strikeout record. The Hi-Toms open a four game home stand at Finch Field hosting Durham Bulls then Danville Giants and Greensboro Little Yankees in ensuing games.
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Wilson
Chris Short
Hi-Toms
Carolina League
High Point
Thomasville Crew
Wilson Tobacconists
Fred Valentine
Wayne Coleman
Short
Charlie Timm
Raleigh
Martinsville
Harvey Haddix
Winston-Salem
John Fitzgerald
Danville
Hi-Tom Southpaw
Billy Ford
Charlie Selph
Toms’ Erect
Harry Guckert
Hltoms
Durham Bulls
Finch Field
Danville Giants
Greensboro
Little Yankees
Gate City
Memorial Stadium
Chapman Wins North and South Amateur Title
Dick Chapman defeated Herb Durham 11 to 10 at Pinehurst to claim his first North and South amateur golf championship after 58 years of event history. Chapman, 47, led from the second hole and finished with a strong performance including 16 pars and two birdies while Durham, 33, captured only two holes.
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Pinehurst
N. C
Dick Chapman
Herb Durham
Allan Lord
Nathaniel Moore
Chapman
Durham
Dallas, Tex
Eloise
Allas
Texas
Silky Sullivan Narrowly Beats Belleau Chief in Stepping Stone
Silky Sullivan, California dark horse, reels from 32 lengths back to win the Stepping Stone Purse at Churchill Downs amid wet, cold conditions. Belleau Chief edges Gone Fishin to place, with Lincoln Road third as Tim Tam Derby prep action shocks jockey Bill Hartack who breaks a leg in a starting gate mishap.
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Louisville
Lora Birr
Belleau
Churchill Downs
Silky Sullivan
Bill Hartack
Tim Tam
Silky
California
Belleau Chief
Biscayne Bay
Lincoln Road
Llangollen Farm
Sunny Blue Farm
Ada L. Rice
Mrs. A. Bellardi
T. S. Harkins
Gene Fishin
Golden Gate Fields
Hartack Aims to Ride Tim Tam Despite Broken Leg
Jockey Willie Hartack, badly hurt in a track accident at Churchill Downs, hopes to ride Calumet Farm's Tim Tam in the Kentucky Derby if doctors approve. Track surgeon Dr. George Dwyer and Dr. Alexander Kaye will decide after Hartack’s X rays and a cast from knee to toe.
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Paul Beck
Louisville
Willie Hartack
Tim Tam
Hartack
Quail Egg
Churchill Downs
Calumet Farm
Alexander Kaye
Jockey’s Guild
New York
George Dwyer
Har
Tack
Dwyer
Japs Keep Southern Tag Title At Lexington YMCA Show
Japanese wrestlers Mr. Moto and Duke Mokuka retained the Southern tag team championship by defeating Leo and Chick Gari baldi with Mokuka applying a claw after 13 minutes. Leo won a round with a bombs away move at 8 minutes, Moto answered with a judo chop at 14. Gary Guerrero beat Buddy Lee in 19 minutes, Tanner Todd pinned Johnny Walker in 22 minutes, and next week features girl wrestlers.
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Lexington
Mr. Moto
Duke Keomuka
Leo
Chick Garibaldi
Lexington Ymca
Keomuka
Chick
Moto
Lee
Gary Guerrero
Buddy Lee
Tinker Todd
Johnny Walker
ECC Rips HPC Nine By 13-2 In North State Baseball
East Carolina Pirates hammered 11 hits off three High Point College pitchers for a 13-2 conference win. Errors cost HPC as ECC broke the game open with three runs in the third and added four in the eighth and two in the ninth. Willard Formyduval and Bobby Gurley led HPC with two hits apiece.
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East Carolina
Pirates
High Point College
Bucs
HPC
Bill Huegele
Jim Ward
Bob Burney
Huegele
Panthers
Ward
Jim Shelley
Easteners
Willard Formyduval
Bobby Gurley
RBI
Formyduval
Gurley
Giants Rip Raleighs Caps 12-4 in Danville sweep
Danville beat Raleigh 12-4 to complete a two game sweep. Hal Holland powered the attack with two home runs and a single as Danville totaled 22 hits in the win. The barrage built on 18 hits from the previous night, giving 40 hits over the series.
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Danville
Raleigh
Little Giants
Hal Holland
Red Birds Whitewash Burlington 3-0 in Winston-Salem
San ders pitched a seven hit shutout as Winston-Salem defeated Burlington 3-0 before 1,111 fans. He walked none, struck out four, and received stellar defense including two double plays and a running catch by Bobby Yea. The Red Birds had 12 hits and left 13 runners aboard.
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Winston-Salem
al Sanders
Burlington Indians
Sanders
Red Birds
Bobby Yea
Bob Roman
Burlington
Ken Kraynak
John Winston
Jim Hickmans
Winston
Ron Kabbes
Ralbion
Abrhrbi
Whiteko
Wolfe
Yetsko
Bala'ichef
Hodadon
Mayhew
Williams
Duam Robarge
Mueller
Hickmanns
Tasker
Romen
Malynee
Holdener
Kabbes
Luc
Cisco
Palka
Menink
Bauer
Brzenk
Raleigh
Elliott
Cross
Troy
Danville
Meledge
Gatta
B—Collins
Hamill Pedrazzini
Po-A-Raleigh
Kopp
Hamill
Robbins
Col
Viesevnessse
Winston-Salem Revenewers
Durham
Misley
Pedrazzini
Hr—Holland
Hendricks
Winston Jantze
Vea
Jaynak
Napoleon
Winston-Sajem
Bbston-Galem
Gatsa
X-Hodsdon Yetskoiw
Irby
Brien- Clace
Winston «Williamsou
Sb—Tasker
Wood
U—Pryor
Feimster
Shives
Goetz
Schorrbusch
Butler
Bulls Nose Out Li'l Yanks 2-1 in Durham Tilt
Paul Garza worked through occasional trouble to earn a 2-1 victory for Durham over Greensboro’s Yankees at Memorial Stadium. Gatza retired bases loaded twice and outdueled John Kopp, who took the loss after nine scattered hits. Cross’s sixth inning RBI single provided the decisive run as Mendyk scored earlier in a key rally.
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Greensboro
N. C
Paul Garza
Yankees
Durham
Memorial Stadium
Bulls
Yanks
Gatza
John Kopp
Kopp
Garza
Little Yanks
Jim Cross
Dennis Mendyk
Michigan State
Cross
Stint Leads as Wilson, Guckert Duel in Tight Game
In a pitcher battle, Wilson limits the opposition while Guckert takes the loss as the game features a late scoring sequence. Key batters include Curry, Ripken, and Lee contributing singles and doubles. Short earns the win in relief with 1.1 innings, and the teams combine for a low-scoring clash.
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Wilson Abeb Olarteery
Sera al
Seiph
Harrington
Cur Curry
H-Toms
Wilson
Graham
Guckert
U—Roy
Crawford
Standings Update From The Hi-Toms Circuit
Sunday games feature Durham at Mil Toms Greensboro at Danville Wilson at Burlington Winston Salem at Raleigh and Winston Salem leading with 5 and Danville at 12 in the standings Johnson notes tight race across the league with multiple pairings set for the day
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Hi-Toms
Wilson
Winston-Salem
Burlington
Durham
Greensboro
Danville
Raleigh
Mil-Toms
High Point HPC Relays Set At Albion Stadium Friday Night
The first annual High Point College Relays will be held at Albion Millis Stadium Friday at 7 PM with night events and a daytime slate including javelin discus shot put and broad jump at 2 PM. Invited teams from North Carolina and Virginia include eight North State Conference schools Pfeiffer Newberry Emory and Henry and Roanoke College with East Carolina and Roanoke as top contenders.
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High Point College
High Point
Albion Millis Stadium
Mercury Athletic Club
North Carolina
Virginia
High Point High
Gil Hertz
HPC
Pfeiffer
Newberry
Emory and Henry
Wasington & Lee
Washington and Lee
Hertz
Roanoke College
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