Extra Inning Battles Highlight Major League Play
Marathon games dominate the schedule with nine extra-inning contests in 11 days. Chicago White Sox edge Detroit 2 1 with Kreevich driving in the winning run. Cardinals rally past Pirates 6 5 after Padgett and Young contribute late hits. Reds explode for eight in the eighth to defeat Cubs 11 3 as Redman homers earlier.
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Ith
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Southern Coaches Turning Cold On Spring Football
A Southern football poll shows many coaches oppose spring practice or only continue it to rival peers. Some praise benefits like teamwork, while others fear wasted effort. Georgia and Sewanee oppose, Davidson and Richmond reluctant, yet SEC schools report heavy spring rosters and long sessions.
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South
Joneses
Wilbur C. Smith
Tulane
H. V. Redd
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Vanderbilt
Ray Morrison
SEC
Wallace Butts
Georgia
Davidson
Gene McEver
Phillies success stirs talk among coaches and players
In a busy sports roundup from New York on April 28, readers met comments on the Phillies impact, Dodgers as a first division club, derby dark horses Lightspur and Hash, Joe DiMaggio marriage rumors, Bridgeport softball plans, Feuster training Man O War, and various notes on baseball, boxing, and college sports including Towson Bethany Lincoln St Francis Wilberforce Wyomissing Tech in the Penn Relays.
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Phillies
Doc Prothro
Dodgers
Derby
Lightspur
Hash
Joe McCarthy
Joe DiMaggio
Bridgeport
Conn
Louis Feuster
Johnstown
Cliff Melton
Cliff
Towson
Bethany
Lincoln
St. Francis
Wilberforce
Wyomissing Tech
Penn
Sammy Angott
Louisville
Aldo Spoldi
Chicago
Milt Aaron
Broadway
Poole Takes Second In Prep School Meet
In Chattanooga Tennessee Tech High of Atlanta led the Southern Prep and High School Golf tournament with Luke Barnes atop the field by two strokes entering the final 18 holes. Grover Poole of Raleigh, H T Mills of Ramsay Tech Birmingham and Ashby Taylor of Richmond Academy Richmond were among close contenders with 147 and 150 cards respectively.
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Tenn
Tech High
Atlanta
Luke Barnes
Tech
Barnes
Grover Poole
Raleigh
Poole
H. T. Mills
Ramsay Tech
Birmingham
Ashby Taylor
Richmond
Academy
Big Five Teams In Stretch Drive
North Carolina beat Davidson 8 4 lifting the Tar Heels into contention with Duke for Big Five honors. Bud Hudson pitched well after an early barrage, while NC State Wake Forest game was rained out. Elon beat NC State 11 4, Guilford defeated Atlantic Christian 15 8, and Lenoir Rhyne topped Catawba 5 2 as Duke freshmen fell to Tar Babies 17 8.
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College Diamond Stars
North Carolina
Davidson
Tar Heels
Duke
Blue Devils
N. C. State
Wildcats
Catawba
Wake Forest
Randolph-Macon
Elon
Atlantic Christian
High Point
East Carolina
Norfolk Naval Base
Lenoir-Rhyne
Guilford
Lynchburg
A. A. U. Journey
Chapel Hill
War Brings Wide Unemployment in Japan
A Tokyo report states Japan has about 375000 unemployed amid the China war. Of these, 8300 former small factory and workshop operators lost work due to war conservation. Four thousand three hundred factory operators changed lines and 18100 workers shifted to munitions. Most idle workers came from textile factories and related industries.
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Japan
China
Tokyo
Individual Records Due For Fall In Penn Relays Today
The Penn Relays feature in Philadelphia stresses individual events led by sprint stars Wilbur Greer Mozel Ellerbe and Johnny Maher. Caps off with record bids in shot put with Francis Ryan Dan ny Taylor and Bill Watson among rivals. The one mile relay features Fordham New York University and Michigan with Woodruff and St Pierre pacing hopes for a Michigan sweep.
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Jerry Brondfield
NEA Service
Philadelphia
Wilbur Greer
Michigan State
Texas
Mozel Ellerbe
Tuskegee Institute
Johnny Maher
Villanova
Herb Weass
Columbia
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Ohio
Francis Ryan
Danny Taylor
Bill Watson
Michigan
Ryan
Watson
Nick Vukmanic
Penn State
Dick Granston
Donn Kinzle
Duke
W. E. Whaley
Washington and Lee
Elmer Gedeon
Blue Devil
Jack Keller
Ohio State
Fordham
Ralph St. Pierre
George, Leary
Frank Slater
Wesley Wallace
Dartmouth
Ram Brigade
Jimmy Herbert
Pittsburgh
Long John Woodruff
Penn Relays
Charley Hoyt
Wolverines
Yale
Page Hoover Meet In South Carolina Women’s Golf Semis
In Columbia on April 28 two NC stars faced SC contenders in the 18th Carolina Women’s golf tournament semi finals. Estelle Lawson Page of Chapel Hill, defending champion and 1937 national titlist, met Kathryn Hemphill of Columbia. Jane Cothran of Greenville faced Alliene Hoover of Thomasville as Page defeated Duckett and Hemphill beat Truluck.
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Columbia
North Carolina
Palmetto
Big Five Tennis Meet Continues in Raleigh
Remnants of a rain shortened first round linger at the Big Five tennis tournament at North Carolina State College as second round action begins. Players from North Carolina and Duke face each other in singles and doubles matchups with several second round results already reported.
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N. C. State College
Carlton Road
North Carolina
Fleetwood
N. C. State
Fuller
Boger
Baker
Neill
Meserole
Altman
Wilson Rood
Southern Association Scores and Schedule Update
Memphis beat New Orleans 2 1 and Birmingham routed Chattanooga 56 9. Little Rock defeated Birmingham 56? at Knoxville in two rain delayed games while Atlanta faced Nashville on wet grounds.
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Southern Association
Memphis
New Orleans
Little Rock
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Atlanta
Nashville
Michigan Star Smick to Earn Ninth Letter This Spring
On April 28 in Ann Arbor Dan ny Smick, a Michigan senior multi sport standout, will collect his ninth varsity letter by pitching baseball this season.
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Ann Arbor
Danny Smick
Michigan
Threesport
Derby Jury Splits On Johnstown For May 6
A dozen horsemen polled for the Associated Press split on the Kentucky Derby winner. Half favored Johnstown, son of Jamestown, to win at the Downs May 6 with others backing Challedon El Chico and Impound. The jurors voted without ride associations, giving candid predictions based on form.
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New York
Johnstown
Associated Press
William Woodward
Jamestown
Downs
Johnny Longden
Johnny
Sunny Jim Pfitzsimmons
Challedon
el Chico
Harry Richards
Impound
Powell Hit By Fan Orange While Catching Fly
New York April 28 Jake Powell caught a fly in Washington as a fan struck the Yankee outfielder on the head with an orange during the amusement of the crowd.
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New York
Jake Powell
Washington
Yankee
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