High Point Black Bison Ready for 1948 Season Highlights
High Point High School's Black Bison prepare to open drills under coach A J Simeon. The team returns six starters and seven lettermen with a potent T formation lineup led by Wheat Miller and Joe Mickey. Conference games begin September 17 with Gastonia at home and continue through November with a slate of rival fixtures.
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High Point High School
A. J
Tony) Simeon
Simeon
Wheat Miller
Miller
Gastonia
Ickey
Joe Mickey
Charles Bryant
Charlie Jones
Ronnie Key
Allen Smith
Bill Ellington
Bill Hunsucker
Richard Crowder
Williard Yarbord
Letterman
Grant
Yarborough
Truitt Grant
Ken Yarborough
Bill Saunders
Harold Allman
Saunders
Jim Allen
Tri City Races Highlight Top Drivers and Two Ladies
Promoter Bob Blair hosts a North Carolina race card at Tri City featuring Curtis Turner among the men and Lollie Paschal and Hazel Godwin driving against the field. A special match race between the Paschal sisters is planned as $1,500 in prize money draws a large crowd for the four-race program starting at 1 p.m. with main events at 3.
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Tri-City
Curtis Turner
Christiansburg
Bob Blair
North Carolina
Kim Paschal
Buck Baker
Shorty York
Johnny Grubb
Peewee Martin
Lollie Paschal
Hazel Godwin
Jim Paschal
Blair
Paschal
Olympic Games Close With Gala Pageantry
The 1948 London Olympics closed at Wembley as 80 000 fans saluted 16 days of competition. The United States led with 38 golds and 662 points to top Sweden and others as Britain hosted a haunting finale featuring Danny Boy and God Save the King.
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Gayle Talbot
Olympic Stadium
Wembley
Britain
Londonderry
Danny Boy
Sweden
England
Hillcrest, Hanes Win as Moors, Gann's Fall in Softball Tilt
Hillcrest of High Point edged Gann's of Durham 4-2 with Delphine Surratt’s relief work as Hanes toppled Goresville 9-0. Major Cola earned a forfeit win when Knight's Insurance failed to appear. National Carlton and Hillcrest remain undefeated with six teams alive heading to Thursday’s triple header.
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Bill Hackney
Hillcrest
High Point
Gann’s
Durham
Delphine Surratt
Hanes
Goresville
Major Cola
Knight's Insurance
Roxboro
Carlton Lassies
Charlotte
Helms
Gann
Ruby Helms
Dot Adams
Jewel Weisner
Surratt
Helen Wheeler
Mollie Abernathy
Virginia Kennedy
Pete” Brown
Betty McDonald
Wheeler
Keystone
Lois Rice
Mooresville
Gals
Winston
Nell Walker
Lucille Ball
Ruth Hinshaw
Hoisery
Walker
Hinshaw
Ennis Futch
Lucky Strike
National Carlton
Gann's
Top Carolina Golfers Seek Tourney Berths
Charlotte August 14. Top Carolinas amateurs vie Wednesday for eight spots in the national tournament August 30 at Memphis. Jimmy McNair of Aiken will compete along with Harvie Ward of Tarboro Charles Dudley of Greenville Emory Hall and Harold Hall of Columbia in the Charlotte Country Club event.
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Charlotte
Carolinas
Memphis
Tenn
Jimmy McNair
Aiken
S. C
Charlotte County
Harvie Ward
Tarbord
Charles B. Dudley
Greenville
Boatwright
Tata Ss
Emory
Harold "Hall
Columbia
Kannapolis Girls Softball Rally Defeats Mooresville 7 4
Frances Nesbitt leads Kannapolis, fouling back at the start as the green and white beat Mooresville 7 4. Dot Phillips prepares a failed return, with both teams exiting early contention for the Girls State softball crown.
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Frances Nesbitt
Kannapolis
Mooresville
Dot Phillips
Kan
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