UNC Football Prospects Seen Stronger Than Last Year
Chapel Hill August 31 The University of North Carolina Tar Heels begin 1937 practice with optimistic views of talent matching or exceeding 1936. Nine lettermen graduate including Buck Hutchins and Buck McCain, key losses that will test guards and tackles. Co captains Bershak and Burnette return with Dermid and Smith possible not to return. sophomores Maronic Adams and Watson back with Cernigle. Schedule features Fordham as a newcomer and a slate that includes South Carolina N C State Wake Forest Tulane Duke and Virginia with home and away games listed.
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Enterprise
Dick Buck
Buck McCain
John Trimpey
van Webb
Charlie McIver
Dick Dashiell
Wallie Dunham
Robbie Stewart
Jim Hutchins
Buck
Hutchins
Trimpey
McIver
Webb
Ray Wolf
Andy Bershak
Associated Press
Henry Bartos
Jeff Dermid
Ed Palmer
Bruce Smith
Pete Avery
Crowell Little
Tom Burnette
Art Dill
Dermid
Smith
Steve Maronic
Bob Adams
George Watson
Tony Cernigle
Virginia
Wake Forest
Duke
William and Mary
N. C
State
Ranger crushes Sopwith in dramatic America's Cup opener
Newport July 31 Ranger skippered by Harold Vanderbilt dominated the 30 mile first race off Newport to hand Thomas Sopwith's Endeavour a decisive 17 minute 5 second defeat. Ranger led from start to finish as the defender silenced the challenger and betting favored Vanderbilt to retain the mug.
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Alan Gould Newport
Thomas C. M. Sopwith
Endeavour
Harold Stirling
Mike) Vanderbilt
Ranger
Vanderbilt
Sir Thomas Lipton
Shamrock
Volunteer
Thistle
Sopwith
Newport
America
Thomas Lipton
Charley Barr
New York
Lawson Little Takes Lead In St Paul Open
Lawson Little former amateur king from San Francisco surged to a share of the lead at the St Paul Open with a 69 in the second round for a 140 total. Harry Cooper of Chicago masterfully rallied with an eagle on the 17th and a final 73 to reach 141, tying Little for second behind Sam Snead and Ed Brook also at 141 and 142 respectively as the field chased the midway scores.
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ST. Paul
Lawson Little
San Francisco
Harry Cooper
Chicago
Little
Keller
Cooper
Harry
Sam Snead
Slammer
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Ed Brook
Bartow
Fla
Snead
Local amateurs square off at City Lake park amphitheatre
August 9 card headlines Ed Tipton of Gaffney South Carolina against Dick Williams of Charlotte in a main bout. The program lists ten bouts with regional fighters Asheboro Clyde Shaw Ben Canipe Harris Moody Plow Boy Brown and Oscar Ellington among others in a Classic South era ring night.
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Ben Canipe
Clyde Shaw
Simon Pure
City Lake Park
Simon Pyres
Ed Tipton
Down
South Carolina
Gaffney
Dick Williams
Charlotte
Tipton
Charlie Hilliard
Greensboro
South
North Carolina
Boston
Williams
High Point
Asheboro
Canipe
the McCoy
Shaw
Billy Wilkerson
Plow Boy Brown
Concord
Harris Moody
Moody
Oscar Ellington
Red Kimsey
Ted Grayson
Thomasville
Kenneth Tate
Hoyle Burton
Billy Woodell
Red Smith
Ray McDowell
Donald Hill
Darrel Burchfield
Joe Helms
Albemarle
City Tennis Tourney Sets Open August 9
Entries pour in for the annual city wide tennis tournament sponsored by the Parks and Playground Commission. Last year 64 players entered with Poole Rogers Barrer and Armfield reaching the semis. Poole beat Rogers in finals for the third straight title though he may skip this year.
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Parks and Playground Com
Watooctank
Amindiwvem
Poole
Roogers
Barrer
Armfield
Rogers
Jimmie Poole
Hubert Barrier
van B. Stringfield
J. D. Rogers
George Armfield
Blair Park Courts
Jameson Defends Title at Biltmore Forest Golf Meet
Mrs Jane Cothran Jameson of Greenville S C defended her 15th annual Women's invitation title at Biltmore Forest by defeating Atlanta’s Dorothy Kirby seven up with six to play. Jameson built a six hole edge from the fourth through the eighth and closed out with steady play while Kirby shot 44 to the winner’s 39.
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Asheville
N. C
Jane Cothran Jameson
Greenville
S. C
Biltmore Forest
Atlanta
Dorothy Kirby
Jameson
Miss Kirby
Mrs. Jameson
Dormie
107 Dead Heats on U S Racetracks in 1936
New York report states that 107 dead heats occurred on American race tracks during 1936, highlighting a record level of close finishes in the season.
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New York
Local Softball Teams Eligible For State Meet
CHARLOTTE July 31 State Softball Commissioner Waderson announced tonight that the following High Point teams are eligible for the annual State Softball Championships part of the Amateur Softball Association of America's World Championships in Chicago where men's and women's winners will compete September 10 14 Merita Bakers Royal Arcanum M BE Church Church of God Coterien Junior Order Mann No 7 Enterprise 8 DPD Laundry Triangle
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Enterprise
Charlotte
Waderson
High Point
Red Sox of Kernersville Edge Adams-Millis 3 2
Kernersville hosts Adams-Millis Red Sox victory 3 to 2 behind Shelton pitching in Guilford Forsyth league play. Hinkle and Stamey each had two hits for the winners while Kiger and Broad Street collected two hits for the losers. Attendance reached 500 as Shelton earned the win and Stockton the hard luck loss.
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Kernersville
Adams-Millis Red Sox
High Point
Adams-Millis Plant
Shelton
Guilford- Forsyth
Hinkle
Stamey
Kiger
Broadstreet
Adams-Millis Adams
Millis Red Sox
Abrho
Abrho Hinkle
Weavil Ss
Hedrick
Nelson
Booker If
Weston
Atkins
Williard
P’gerald
B'street
Barrett
S’kton
Aycock
Clark
R. Adams-Millis
Ton
Shelton Weavil
C. Stockton
W. Stockton
Weavil
Stockton
Fitzgerald
Bennett
Wilmer Allison Defaults In Sea Bright Final
Wilmer Allison forfeited the Sea Bright bowl final to Bobby Riggs of Los Angeles due to a torn ligament in his back. The injury ended Allison's comeback run after earlier wins at Spring Lake and Longwood. Jadwiga Jedrzepowska and Dorothy Andrus won a leg in women's doubles with 6-2 6-1 over Marjorie Van Ryn and Carolin Babcock. Elwood Cocke and Martin Buxby captured men's doubles 6-4 10-8 6-3 over McDiarmid and Hendrix.
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Sea
Dorothy Andrus
New York
Marjorie G. van Ryn
Austin
Tex
Carolin Babcock
Los Angles
Elwood Cocke
Portland
Ore
Pacific Northwest Association
Martin Buxby
Miami
Fla
John McDiarmid
Chicago
Arthur Hendrix
Lakeland
Fia
W. O. W and Tomlinson Set for Industrial League Clash
W. O. W. of Thomasville, leaders of the Industrial league, meet second place Tomlinson Tuesday afternoon at Adams-Millis Park. Game starts at 4 o clock. Tomlinson faces Pickett Wednesday afternoon at the same venue.
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Thomasville
Tomlinson
Adams- Millis Park
Tomlinson Crew
Pickett
High Points Horseshoe Team Beats Lenoir 4 to 1 in Interleague
High Point ace Thomas won two of three against North Carolina champion Roberts as THP defeated Lenoir, 4 to 1, in a Wins ton Salem inter-league match. Hoover and Noah posted other results with Thomas topping Roberts 2 1 and King beating Noah 2 0. Woody Thomas led scorers with 99 while Roberts had 97.
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High Point
Horseshoe
Lenoir
Winston-Salem
Thomas
Roberts
North Carolina
Hoover
THP
A. Malby
H. Malby
Andrews Thomas
Noah
King
Y Tankmen To Swim In S C Inter-State Meet
Under coach Dick Meisky ten selected Y swim mers will compete in the annual inter-state meet in Sumpter South Carolina on Saturday August 7. Meisky plans a midget relay a junior relay and two senior relays. Team members will be announced Tuesday.
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Dick Meisky
Sumpter
8. C
Meisky
Sootball Doubleheader at City Lake Today
The Beginners, a newly formed local softball team, will meet Burlington in a doubleheader at City Lake Park this afternoon starting at 3:30.
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Burlington Outfit
City Lake Park
Rain Halts Most Local Baseball Games Saturday
A drenching 45 minute rain delay halted nearly all league games with two exceptions. Snow Lumber forfeit Highland Mill after the rain interrupted a 3 to lead in the third inning. Adams-Millis No. 1 outslugged Logan Porter 18 to 16 in Commercial B play as Sales of Adams-Millis collected five hits.
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Snow Lumber
Highland Mill
Highland
Snow
Adams-Millis No
Logan Porter
Adams-Millis
Wilson
Smith
Webb
Brewers
Brown
Grissom
Adams
Millis
L. P
Jackson
Yesterday's baseball scores from major league games
Chicago defeated Philadelphia 2 to 0 and Boston routed Detroit 12 to 1. New York beat St. Louis 6 to 9 and Washington won over Cleveland 3 to 0.
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Chicago
New York
Pittsburgh
Boston
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Seerte
Broocklyn
Ale
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
City Hall Team Defeats Woodrow Opponent 7 5 1 6 2 6
Puscell (City Hall) beat Wm Frazier (Woodrow) 7 5, 1 6, 2 6. Cooper and Edwards (Howell) defeated Hartley and Hartley (Y) 6 0, 6 1. Howell Sr. won by forfeit over City.
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Puscell
City Hall
Wm. Frazier
Woodrow
Cooper and Edwards
Howell
Hartley
Howell Sr
City
Three Way Tie in Emerywood Golf Contest
John Diffendal Bill Snow and J W Poole finished in a three way tie for the match play against par title at Emerywood country club Saturday afternoon. The tie will be played off later. More than forty entries competed for the trophy with a prize to the runner up. The club to hold an approaching contest Sunday at 5 o clock.
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John Diffendal
Bill Snow
J. W. Poole
Emerywood Country Club
Walter Hagen Sheds 22 Pounds in World Tour Balance
New York dated July 31 reports Walter Hagen completed a world tour losing 22 pounds. The golfer devoted travel time to rest and recuperation while continuing exhibition appearances and public engagements during the trip.
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New York
Walter Hagen
World
Home Team Defeats Hemp 6 to 3 in Inter League Play
Asheboro wins 6 3 at home as Hemp outhits 14 13. Bottoms and Shoffner each collect three hits with Hudspeth adding a similar mark for the winners. Bossong's Shoffner hits, Sheffner homers, Brooms and Wentz contribute two base hits. Umpires Maus Clark.
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Asheboro
Hemp
Hartsee
Bottoms
Hudspeth
Sheffner
Bossong
Henderson Pryg Win Tandem at Mid-Atlantic Tennis Tourney
Archie Henderson of C Hill and George Pryor of Keny College won the men's doubles crown at the twelfth Mid-Atlantic tennis tournament by defeating Teddy Bu of Charlotte and W B Ma of Lakeland Fla 8-6 8-6. Burwell will contest the men's singles crown tomorrow. Bill Rawlings of Winston Salem won the junior singles with a 7-5 6-3 victory over J Henderson of Chapel Hill.
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Charlotte
Archie Henderson
C Hill
George Pryor
Keny College
Bill Rawlings
Winst Salem
J Henderson
Chapel Hill
Henderson
Rawlins
Winston-Salem
Mo Hendrix
Carl Dixon
W. B. Marcum
la Fla
J Dulin
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