Tony Simeon Named Head Coach At Local High School
Charles F. Carroll announced Tony Simeon, longtime athletics director and multi-sport coach, will lead the football program in 1945. Homer McCoy moves to assistant coach for football and track as the Pointer squad begins practice within the month. Ten games loom with seven Western A Conference games on the schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Williams
Charles F. Carroll
High Point
Tony Simeon
Homer McCoy
Carroll
Simeon
June Scott
Tony Cernugel
Pointers
McCoy
Baseball Scoreboard Report Across Leagues
No major games in the American League. National League highlights include Brooklyn against Boston rained out and several night matches in the Eastern circuits. Minor leagues show Greensboro, Danville, and Raleigh producing notable scores and a slate of late games across Piedmont and Southern associations.
Four Man Team Holds 19th Bridge Banner
New Yorkers Schenken Hy mes Fry and T atner plus Os Jacoby of Dallas won the master four team championship in the contract bridge world tournament final session. They defeated the remaining team of Wal t von Zedtwitz Hazen Fishberg and Alvinth by a 390 to 1 margin in the six round event after opening with 32 teams.
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New York
P— Schenken
Edward Hymes
Samuel Fry, Jr
T. Atner
Os Jacoby
Dallas
Tex
Walt von Zedtwitz
Lee Hazen
Harry J. Fishbeig
Corp. Alvinth
Mulcahy Aims to Regain Weight Before Rejoining Phillies
In Boston on August 5 the former major league star Hugh Mulcahy, the first big leaguer to enlist, said he plans to regain some of his prewar 190 pounds before rejoining the Phillies pitching staff in about ten days.
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Hugh Mulcahy
Boston
Aug
Hughie Mulcahy
Armed Services
Phillies
NFL Teams Open Training Camps Across U S
Green Bay Packers begin training at Soldier Field with clashes set against college all stars and pro champs. Commissioner Layden met with defense transportation officials to limit travel as fall play nears. Redskins start at Georgetown Friday with others including Steelers Eagles Cardinals Bears Giants and more scheduling camps through August.
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Chicago
Green Bay
Elmer Layden
NFL
Office of Defense Transportation
Packers
Alltars
Soldier Field
Col. J. Monroe Johnson
Washington Redskins
Redskins
Georgetown University
Washington
Cleveland
Bowling Green
Ohio
Pittsburgh Steelers
Moorefield
Brookline
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia Eagles
West Chester State Teachers College
West Chester
Chicago Cardinals
Waukesha
Wis
Boston Yanks
St. John’s Prep
Danvers
Chicago Bears
Joseph’ S College
Collegeville
Detroit
Assumption College
Windsor
Ont
New York Giants
Bear Mountain
N. Y
Titan Hanover Favored in Hambletonian at Good Time Park
Titan Hanover leads a field of 19 in the Hambletonian three year old trotting classic at Good Time Park. The colt, trained by Harry Pownall and owned by E Roland Harriman and Major Elbridge Gerry, has not lost a race and is barred from wagering due to a probable minus place. Titan stands 1 to 4 to win with a $27,608.33 payout to Harriman and Gerry if victorious. 14 colts and 5 fillies race for a $51,046.96 purse under ideal fast-track conditions unless rain arrives.
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Orlo Robertson Goshen
N. Y
Hambletonian
Good Time Park
Titan Hanover
Greyhound
Rosalind
Volo Song
Marchioness
E. Roland Harriman
Elbridge Gerry
Titan
Harry Pownall
Shirley Hanover
New York State Racing Commission
New York State
Harriman
New York
Gerry
Ninth Air Force
W. N. Reynolds
Reyland
Karina
Kiwanis Defeats Rotary to Push Unbeaten Streak
Kiwanis 15 Rotary 2. Kiwanis advances to 14 wins 1 tie 0 losses after a 1 0 win at Willis Park. Embler fanned 12 with 2 walks Ridge 11 with 2 walks. Civitan forfeit over Exchange due to Anns short of players. Lions vs A B club and JayCees vs Co ops scheduled at Willis. Damages from woolen cloth noted at 20 million dollars in US.
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Wiwanis Club
Rotary Club
Willis Park
Kiwanis
Embler
Ridge
Civitan Club
Exchange Club
Ann
Kiwanis Club
King
Rotary
Ove
Hill
Lions
A. B
College
JayCees
Coops
Willis
Snavely and Cameron Eye November Classic Duels
Duke and North Carolina coaches Cameron and Snavely prepare for a high stakes rival showdown. Both bring rebuilding squads with V-12 cadets and veteran linemen, while Wade returns as athletic director. Each coach promises surprises despite early pessimism.
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Ralph L. Howland
Durham
Carl Snavely
Eddie Cameron
Duke University
University of North Carolina
Pen Oant
Snavely
Tar Heels
Cornell
Cameron
Duke
Wallace Wade
Wade
Blue Devils
North Carolina
Tennessee
Georgia Tech
Virginia Tech
Ennsylvania
Cherry Point Marines
William and Mary
Wake Forest
Virginia
South Carolina
Camp Lejeune
George Clark
Larue
Clark
Sports Roundup from the Aleutians and War Front Figures
In a San Francisco dispatch, servicemen’s corner highlights names like Bartelma Kostka Schroeder Sturgis Maass Beaumont Sykes Strachan Burke and Ward among navy sportsmen in the Aleutians and Manila. Prediction favors USC Trojans for the 1946 Rose Bowl with Cravath's returning lettermen and Callanan.
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Newland
Hugh Fulverton
San Francisco
Aleutians
Ve Bartelma
University of Minnesota
Stan Kostka
Minnesota
North Dakota
One-Legged Challenge for $50,000 in 1898 California
An 1898 San Francisco newspaper reports Paddy Murphy challenges any other one legged man in California to a fight for a purse of fifty thousand dollars. The note is contrasted with 1927 earnings where Gene Tunney earned nine hundred ninety thousand four hundred forty five dollars defending his title versus Jack Dempsey.
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Paddy Murphy
San Francisco
California
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Hillcrest Throwing Edges Thomas Mills In Playoff Opener
Hillcrest won 3 to 2 over Thomas Mills in a pitchers duel that saw Hillcrest score in the fourth inning after 10 hits and one error by Hillcrest while Thomas Mills had six hits and two errors. The two teams meet again this afternoon in a best of three series with a possible third game. A large crowd attended the opening day delayed by rain.
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Hillcrest
Thomas Mills
Browns
Thomas
Rhe Hillcrest
Brown
Surratt
Pierce
Concord Falls 4 2 To Dodgers Nine In State League Play
Thomasville Tommies edged Concord 4 2 as Forbes led Dodgers with three singles and Cooke held Concord to five hits. Tommies broke a 2 2 deadlock in the eighth inning while Concord stranded 13 baserunners. Other state games included Salisbury routing Landis 10 0 and Statesville beating Lexington 6 4.
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Brooklyn
Thomasville Tommies
Concord
Thomasville
Con
Weavers
Tommies
Cooke
Tommie
Forbes
Dodgers
Mooresville Owls
Hicko Parmas
Salisbury
Landis
Statesville
Lexington
ABRHA
DePramk
Leonard
Tupnep
Eamdopeo
Schold
Eagaebak
Pitas
Camanam
Ion Ori
Berger
Dassiecassieee
Ccqnes
Luberto
Lehman
Lienesch
Luberton
Stvanic
Callahan
Shold
Lasorda
Smith
So— Cooke
Ridenhour
Vickers
Ehlers Named Promotional Director for Minor League Baseball
Arthur H. Ehlers of Itlmore Maryland appointed promotional director of the national Minor League Baseball association. President Bramham notified by the executive committee. Ehlers will aid suspended leagues to resume activity and help form new circuits ready to operate when conditions permit. A World War I veteran, he has over 20 years in baseball and since 1941 led the Inter-State league, a Class B circuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Arthur H. Ehlers
Itlmore
Minor League Baseball Association
W. G. Bramham
Ehlers
Nats and Cubs Open East Road Swing In Interleague Start
The Nationals and Cubs begin an intersectional series as they chase division leaders. Chicago's big four pitching depth grows with Hank Borowy as they start a doubleheader in Boston while St Louis clings to a six‑game edge over the Cardinals in the stretch drive.
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Jack Hand
Washington
Detroit
Cubs
Tigers
Bruins
Bengals
Atlantic Seaboard
Charley Grimm
St. Louis Cardinals
Hank Borowy
Boston
St. Louis
Baseball prospects spark pennant race as injuries loom
Billy Southworth presses for a quick surge with Whitey Kurowski and Ted Wilks back in St. Louis for arm treatments ahead of a New York series under night lights. The Dodgers and Giants shuffle farm talent while Brooklyn struggles on the mound. Washington, Detroit, Cleveland, and Chicago vie for distance. Larry MacPhail meets Joe McCarthy in Buffalo as New York eyes a late run.
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Billy Southworth
Whitey Kurowski
Ted Wilks
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Dodgers
New York Giants
Pittsburgh
Chicago
St. Louis Browns
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
Ossie Bluege
Tigers
Hal Newhouser
al Benton
Dizzy Trout
Yankees
Larry MacPhail
Buffalo
Joe McCarthy
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Walt Schroeder
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Larry Beaumont
University of Kansas
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Elmira
Joe Louis
Don Strachan
Paul Burke
Syracuse University
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Bud) Ward
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