Duke fans push for alert coverage of football season
Ted Mann distributes a full set of pictures of Duke players to keep the program in the public eye while awaiting news. North Carolina coach Carl Snavely faces questions about his team as he eyes a strong season, and Bob Collier earns critique for umpiring and leadership of the league.
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Local Mermen Win In Meet At High Point YMCA
The High Point YMCA junior swimming team won the Interstate Championship with 47 percent of points. Graham Ray and Corney Smith led with double victories in the 100 and 220 free and the 100 back and 120 individual medley. Senior swimmers like Glover Bedford and Bobby Walton also placed, while Milton Cecil of UNC topped the juniors in several events.
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Milton Cecil
University of North Carolina
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Tle
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O’kelly
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Allen Jay Birds grid drills begin Tuesday with 1950 season
Allen Jay grid practice opens Tuesday afternoon August 15 at 4 with a 1 p m session for the 1950 Jay Birds of the North Piedmont and Guilford County conferences. Marvin Summey new coach with S Dean Harpe as assistant faces big loss from 1949 squad.
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Ransom Opens Six-Under Lead in Tom O'Shanter Pro
Texan Henry Ransom surged to six under par after a 54 hole 210 at the Tom O'Shanter pro golf meet held on the Tam course. Detroiter Chick Harbert and Chandler Harper trailed at 213 and 214 as 10,000 spectators watched the world championship continue.
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Dallas
Ransom
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Challence
Chandler Harper
Portsmouth Va
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Junior Links Tourney Opens Tomorrow in Ames
A record field of more than 2900 youths starts Monday in the National Junior Golf tournament in Ames Iowa. The fifth annual event has 214 entries with potential late additions and will be played at Iowa State College’s 6000-yard course with a 71 par. Match play begins Wednesday reducing the field to 32 and the tournament runs two rounds daily until the 36-hole championship on Saturday.
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National Junior Chamber of Commerce
Iowa State College
Simeon Outlines High Point Bison Football Plan for 1950
High Point High School coach Simeon expresses optimism about a fast backfield and a potentially weak line as the Bison prepare for a 10 game schedule in the Western Conference. He notes only one starter returning, co captain Larry Rhodes, and highlights key players Weatherford Bean Wood Wright Hassell Falls Current Lain Sorrell Farmer Jarrett. Training begins Tuesday at 7:30 am with drills twice daily until school opens.
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City Lake
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Bison
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Ned Weatherford
Weatherford
Alfred Bean
Tommy Wood
Bill Wright
Frank Hassell
Ronnie Falls
Ronnie Current
Bobby Lain
Sonny Sorrell
Doug Farmer
Jimmy Jarrett
Reidsville
Lexington
Durham
Hanes Hosiery Girls Win 1 0 in 17 Innings
In one of North Carolina's longest girls softball games, Hanes Hosiery of Winston-Salem defeated Washington Columbinettes 1-0 at Jamestown. Eunice Futch pitched 10 innings with 16 strikeouts and executed a eighth inning bunt squeeze for the winning run in the seventeenth frame.
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Hanes
Eunice Futch
Choo Choo Justice Named Most Valuable All Star
Chicago August 12 AP Charlie Choo Choo Justice shifty sprinter who sparked the college football all stars to a 17 to 7 win over the Philadelphia Eagles was named the most valuable all star. He outdistanced Eddie LeBaron by a two to one margin in voting by reporters who covered the game at Soldier Field. Justice had a 47 yard run and scored twice while gaining 133 yards in nine attempts. He will receive the Chicago Tribune silver trophy next year. LeBaron is headed for Marine training and may have played his last.
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Choo Choo) Justice
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College of Pacific
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Notre Dame
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Purdue
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Holy Cross
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Southern
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Minnesota
Pat Harder
Wisconsin
Glenn Dobbs
Tulsa
Charles Trippi
Georgia
Elroy Hirsch
Buddy Young
Illinois
Jay Rhodemyre
Kentucky
Jap American Beats Ace In Tank Event In Osaka Exhibition
A Japanese American swimmer from Hawaii edged Japan’s ace Hironoshin Furuhashi by one stroke to win 800 meters in 9 40 2, smashing the world record by 14 4 seconds in Osaka. Teammate John Marshall from Yale and Yasuo Tanaka of Japan also beat the old mark in the two day exhibition meet.
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Honolulu
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Yasuo Tanaka
Australia
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Yale
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U. S
Mathieson Easy Winner Jarrett Set For Landis
Thomasville High Point Hi Toms beat Hickory 15 2 at Finch Field to close within two games of league leader Salisbury. Bob Mathieson earned his 15th win with 9 strikeouts after going 3 at bats with a run driven in. Al Jarrett to start vs Landis Spinners in 2:30 pm tilt. Hi Toms to travel to Landis tomorrow, rubber game Tuesday at home.
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Pageant at Finch Field during Hi-Toms game
High Point Thomasville Junior Chamber plans a beauty pageant at Finch Field on Tuesday night August 22 at 7 30 p m during the Hi Toms game against Statesville. Contestants aged 17 to 25 from High Point or Thomasville can enter with prizes including 100 dollars and other awards.
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Ex-Champ Comes Back Ex-Champ Comes Back
Luke Rumiley of Lexington, a former champion, won the Carolina AAU singles horseshoe title in Winston-Salem. He dethroned four-year defending champ James Garrison of Cramerton in an eight man round robin and beat Sid Welch and J. H. Hester in the pitch off to seal the win. Frank Garrison and James Garrison retained the doubles crown for Cramerton. Twenty three top Carolinas pitchers competed in the meet sponsored by the Winston-Salem recreation department.
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Lexington
Rumsey
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Cramerton
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Carolinas
Hester
Kiner Powers Pirates Attendance Pace at Forbes Field
Ralph Kiner drives the Pirates to a high attendance pace at Forbes Field as he chases his 200th major league home run. The club sits in the NL cellar yet draws near a million gate receipts this season, with 25 home games left to boost turnout and surpass a seven figure total.
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