Morejon Retains CL Batting Lead
Morejon of High Point-Thomasville remains first in batting with a .345 average per Howe News Bureau figures. Al Viotto of Fayetteville is second with .326, followed by Bae La Monica of Greensboro at .320 and Dick McCarthy of Gro with .319. McCarthy leads with 148 base hits and Moreton has 215 total bases. Viotto tops runs with 91. La Monica has 30 stolen bases and shares 9 three-base hits with Jim McManus. Hal Holland leads homers with 25 and 100 RBIs. Rich of High Point-Thomasville owns 16 wins, while John Fitzgerald of Danville leads with 136 strikeouts.
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Daytona to Host $2.5 Million Auto Speedway in 1957
The piece notes plans for a $2.5 million speedway in Daytona Beach to be ready in 1957, aiming to rival Indianapolis and featuring AAA drivers in a July classic. It links NASCAR expansion, Bill France’s touring, and vast racing growth across the nation with related sports figures and events.
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Variety Marks Race Program In Greensboro
Greensboro announces a varied race program at the third of a mile track for Aug and Sept 1935 racing season. Key drivers include Lee Petty Buck Baker Jim Reed Bob Welborn as activities shift from Bowman Gray Stadium to Greensboro for sportsman amateur and NASCAR late model events.
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UNC 1924 undefeated basketball team history noted
In its 44 years of basketball, the University of North Carolina produced only one undefeated squad. The 1924 team finished with a 23 win, 0 loss record, marking a unique season in the program's early history.
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Buck Perry claims bass bite theory and Kerr Lake tips
The piece profiles Buck Perry of Hickory and his Buck’s Bait spoon device as a method to provoke bites from bass in Kerr Lake and other southern lakes. It outlines Perry’s depth strategy, lure color rules, and claims of high success and a guarantee to remove bass from any lake with them. A side note mentions a ringtail monkey that escaped from a Durham amusement park.
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I Was The Runner-Up Often In Major Tournaments
The speaker recalls eight runner-up finishes in major events and a famous playoff against Ben Hogan at the 1948 Western Open at Buffalo Country Club. He nicknamed Porky, reflects on near-misses, and recounts a pivotal chip attempt that led to a bogey and the loss. Barbara Romack dines with President Eisenhower and other era notes surface in the background.
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Greensboro Coach Named Secretary of Association
Julian Smith the baseball coach at Greensboro Senior High School was elected executive secretary of the North Carolina Coaches Association succeeding Bill Ludwig of Salisbury who was named president. Bob Jamison athletic director at Greensboro Senior High was reappointed as director of the association coaching clinic as the clinic concluded its seventh annual session with a record 351 coaches attending.
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Sandy Amoros Misplays Ground Ball in Photo Finish Narrow Call
In New York, Sandy Amoros of Brooklyn hit a grounder wide of first base. Ted Kluszewski of Cincinnati fielded the ball and rushed to the bag, narrowly beating Amoros by a half step in a scene observers called a costly photo finish in baseball history.
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Monkey in the fairgrounds cage vanishes after sale
Hayes was sold to an amusement park owner but escaped from the cage minutes later and has not been seen since. The escaped monkey may be wandering, possibly in a vegetable garden, and is known to bite.
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Baseball Q and A from fans about plays and records
An exchange of baseball Q and A covers a run at home with a fielder’s putout, third sacker Grady Hatton’s trade, Davey Williams age and tenure with the Giants, Zack Wheat’s Dodgers years, time-out rules on a pitch, resin bag use, and a single inning stolen base record by the 1915 Senators.
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Monroe club tops cotton states league pennant race
The Monroe Louisiana club captured the first pennant in organized baseball this year in the Class Cotton States League. The Yankee faction team won the first half of the split season schedule. Michigan State drew its largest home football crowd, 52,472, for the Notre Dame game in 1952.
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