Y's Men and Arabs win in District Softball opener
In the Men's District Softball tournament at Harvell Park, the Y's Men's Club defeated Thomas Car 8-0, while Ahab's Arabs upset National Upholstery 4-2 in first round games. Donnie Hunt pitched the Y's Men to victory with nine strikeouts in six innings, and Kent Barneycastle and Barney Gradman powered the offense with homers and a big inside-the-park shot. Brookshire earned the Arabs' win over Dawkins with four hits allowed for National Upholstery. One more district game is on the schedule Monday evening with Carolina Glass vs Mitchell's Esso at 6:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Hodges
High Point
Furniture City
Y’s
Thomas Car
Ahab
Harvell Park
Donnie Hunt
Thomas
Southern Motors
Hunt
Stoker
Tommy Weaver
Kent Barneycastle
Barney Gradman
Barneycastle
Harwell
Gradman
Ahab's
Ray Brookshire
National
Brookshire
Lyndon Dawkins
Carolina Glass
Mitchell
Esso
Marshall
Dixon
R. Mabe
Kings
McCullock
Gsones
Smith
Bennett
Pope
Farlow
Proctor
Mabe
Galloway
Dawkins
B. Hunt
Ramirez
Brookshirep
Justa
Justa S
St. Petersburg
Fla
Monday Night Softball Schedules At Harvell Park
Five games set across two fields in the combined men's District and Women's State softball tournaments at Harvell Park. Field 1 features Carolina Glass against Mitchells Esso, Lloyds Esso versus Rampon Products, and White Oaks versus Valdese in mixed divisions. Field 2 hosts Hooper Moore versus Draper Y in Class B slow pitch and Hillsboro facing Happy Homes in Class B slow pitch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvell Park
Carolina Glass
High Point
Mitchell’s
Esso
Lloyd’s Esso
Rampon Products
Asheboro
White Oaks
Carrboro
Valdese
Hooper Moore
Reidsville
Draper
Hillsboro
Happy Homes
Ters
Lloyd's Esso
Snow
Draper Ywca
Happy
Smith Opens Five Stroke Lead In Eastern Amateur
Charlie Smith of Gastonia North Carolina surged to a five stroke lead at the halfway point of the Eastern Amateur at Elizabeth Manor Golf and Country Club in Portsmouth Virginia. He posted a five under par 135 with 68 Saturday building on Friday's 67 as Ed Justa of Rocky Mount fired a 67 to sit at 140. Defending champion Deane Beman stood at 141 after a 71 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Charlie Smith
Gastonia
N. C
Smith
Elizabeth Manor
Deane Beman
Bethesda
Beman
Robert Greenwood
Cookeville
Tenn
Wright Garrett
Danville
Pat Foy Brady
Reidsville
Horace Ervin
Kinston
Dave Smith
Charlie
del Reman
Deane
Silver Spring
Piedmont Classic Basketball Tourney Set for Salisbury
Catawba College and Pfeiffer College host a new holiday tournament December 28 and 29 in Salisbury North Carolina. The Piedmont Classic will feature Mercer University and Maryville Tennessee as visiting teams, with annual event plans announced.
AFL Expansion Has Em Guessing
New Orleans circles AFL expansion as Dallas Texans potential transfer center. Rumors swirl after Boston meeting and reports from Chicago claim New Orleans could gain a franchise via transfer rather than expansion. Olympic officials and David Dixon loom as key figures amid ticket drives and Aug. 18 Oilers Patriots game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Thomas
NEW Orleans
Dallas Texans
Pro Football Loop
Boston
Atlanta
AFL
Chicago
Cro Duplantier
National Football League
Dallas
Hunt
Texans
Oakland Raiders
Cowboys
David Dixon
Boston Patriots
City Park
No-Hitters and Jinxes Mark a Star-Studded Baseball Run
A retrospective look at pitchers whose careers were shaped by rare no hitters and lingering injuries. Bobo, Wilson, Larsen, Maglie, Parnell, Keegan, Wilhelm, Bunning, Spahn, and Burdette ride a grim arc from triumph to decline across the 1945–1961 span, with no-hitters, injuries, and midcareer waivers defining their journeys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobo
Jim Wilson
Red Sox
Louisville
Braves
Wilson
White Sox
Sam Jones
Larsen
Erskine
Maglie
Parnell
Dodgers
Keegan
Wilhelm
Bunning
Spahn
Burdette
White Oak Tops Bakertown 42 in Women's Fast Pitch
White Oak of Carrboro defeated Bakertown Grocery of High Point 42 in a women's fast pitch division game at the North Carolina Women's Softball Tournament. Janet Burgess of Bakertown held Batertown to two hits but walked five and hit two, as White Oak built a 2-0 lead and added runs in the third and sixth innings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Hoffman
White Oak
Carrboro
Bakertown Grocery
High Point
N. C
Bakertown
Ruth Clemmer
Phyllis Wright
Brenda Jo Thomas
Jo Ann Lloyd
Janet Burgess
Bruton Smith Ends Tie to New Asheville Speedway
Bruton Smith of Charlotte severed ties with the New Asheville Speedway after Friday’s races and returned to Charlotte to focus on preparing nearby Concord Speedway for an expanded racing program later this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville, N. C
Bruton Smith
Charlotte
Asheville Speedway
Concord Speedway
Also Mentioned on This Page
Burris Stoker
Harold O'Kelly
Bi Allen
Warren
O’kelley
Hodge
Rickard
Hunt, P
Weaver
Hicks
Brewer
Gurley
Thomas Cf
DeLapp
Cecil Rf
Oatrum
Miller Rf
Stoker pIlb
Thomas Carr
Bradman
Jean Blackwell
Ann Cross
Betty Hash
Becky London
Laurie Shop
Art Richardson
Glenn
Lloyd
Clary
Tripp
J. Harriss
Hogan
G. Harris
Gilliam
Hester
Clemmer
Burgess
Fields
Tuttle
Brown
L. Smith
Wright
Thomas If
Bakertown Groc
Madison Brookside
Comer
Chilton
Roberts
Setliff
Shilton
Rector
Stevens
Stone
Kallam
Bailey
Amos
Wray
Case
Moore
Joyner
Bently
Knoles
Breeze
Perdue
Caldwell
Brookside
Madison
Laurie
London
Overman
Rockingham Aes Beauty Finance
Orr
Shutt
Myers
Hamiet
Hollifield
Lutz
Cox
Sentre
Rockingham
Centre
Hamlet
Harrison
Joyce
Etroin
Kendal
Kendall
Kennedy Oil CO
Courtesy
White Oak Tops
Rockingham Finance
Life
Doris Sykes
Janet Dobson
Hazel Schoolfield
Mary Overman
Gloria Wheeler
Glenda Riley
Ben Case
Bettie Kallam
Dana Amos
Brokside
Shirley Comer
Suzie Chilton
Patsy Wray
Centre Beauty Shop
Joanne Cox
Juanita Martin
Shirley Dunlap
Judy Kirkman
Ruby Harrison
Juanita Cox
Beauty Shop Club
Gov
Go-Forth
P.W
Nash
Main ST
Hank Walker
English ST
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!