NC Tar Heels face uncertain season despite standout names
KIDMORE SAYS CAROLINA BASKETBALL PROSPECTS MEDIOCRE A JUNIORS 10 AM BACKBONE N. G. QUINT PEL HILL Dec. 19 The University of North Carolina basketball prospects are mediocre, Head Coach Wal idmore said as the team departed for Christmas. He listed several veterans and reserves, noting no single good on the squad and uncertainty over how the season will unfold. The Tar Heels resume December 28 after holidays and plan practice ahead of a January 7 game with Wake Forest, aiming for several exhibition games prior to the Deacon clash.
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Pel Hill
North Carolina
Walidmore
Andy Bershak
Ellis
Foy Grubb
Oscar Petreneury Wright
Brad Smith
Stoopack
Pete
Phil Gross
Bill McCachren
Wen
Tar Heels
Deacon
Clark All Star Back From 1928 Packers Tribute
York December 19 Clark Colorado college star named to the fifth all star NFL team for 1928. Nine league coaches honor Curley Lambeau led champions Green Bay Packers with selections across positions. Chicago Bears and New York Giants also receive mentions in second team designations.
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York
Clark
Colorado
Bay Packers
Curley Lambeau
Green Bay
Boston
UT Bay
Detroit
Chicago Bears
New York
Chicago Cards
Pastor Kayoes ry Impellittiere in Seventh Round
York dispatch notes former New York heavyweight Ray Impellitteri’s win over a rival in seven rounds at Madison Square Garden. The bout boosted his prestige and suggested a possible title shot or January matchup with Joe. Also mentions college football notes on Hiram and Carlson Mefort contract rumors.
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Pastor Kayoes
Ry Impellittiere
Madison Square
New
M. O
Hiram Col
Carlson J
Cry
Mefort
Ia” Mefort
Locals Triumph Led by Culler Cooper and Thomas
Culler Cooper and Thomas spearhead a 39 to 25 victory for the locals over Broadus. Culler and Blow led scorers in a tight Queen City game with strong late scoring runs.
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Culler
Cooper, Thomas
Broadus Culler
Blow
A. Triangles
Queen City
Three Games For Girls Tonight At Salvation Army Gym
Basketball fans witness three games at Salvation Army gymnasium led by Allen Jay versus Adams Millis Harriss Covington versus Trinity and Sherrod Shirt versus Salvation Army. Standings show Harriss Covington and Sherrod Shirt tied atop with one win each. Adams Millis, Trinity, Salvation Army close behind. High Point Y and Charlotte Y recap includes scoring details and notable players Broadus Culler Cooper Spencer Bass and others across a tense contest with late offense by High Point.
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Salvation Army
Allen Jay High School
Adame Millis
Harriss-Covington
Trinity
Sherrod
Harris-Covington
Allen Jay
Adams Millis
Harriss Covington
Allen Jap
Triangles
Winston-Salem
High Pointers
Charlotte
High Point
Charlott’e
Broadus Culler
High Point College
Cooper
Spencer
Freddie Bass
Dave McCachren
Roth
Plummer
Stephen
Bass
Thomas
Culler
Fort
D. Mereng
Farlow
Levi
Hoover
Nelson
Harris
Sloan
Heiser
McCall
Miller
Fights Last Night by Associated Press
New York fighter Bob Pastor knocked out Ray Impellit tere in Cold Springs New York. John Anderson defeated Leo Bruce in Pittsburgh. A note observes woodpeckers lay eggs on dust and woodchips without carrying nesting material.
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Associated Press
New York
Bob Pastor
Ray Impellittere
Cold Springs
N. Y
John Anderson
Sweden
Leo
Giants to Set Up Chain Of Minor League Ball Clubs
New York Giants plan a large scale chain of minor league teams to cultivate major league talent. Horace Stoneham, Giants president, aims to purchase Albany club and move it to Jersey City. Yankees consent clears transfer as Giants target three class D clubs and several class C and A teams.
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Giants
New York
New York Giants
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Yankees
Cincinnati Reds
Boston Red Sox
Horace Stoneham
Bany
Carolina Power and Light files new rate reductions
Carolina Power and Light Company announced rate reductions in Raleigh and Columbia to save about 730000 annually for 35 North Carolina and 11 South Carolina counties. The cuts take effect January 26 1937 and remove the inducement rate, benefiting 16000 commercial and 65000 residential NC users with larger cuts for business customers.
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Carolina Power and Light Company
Raleigh
Columbia
S. C
North Carolina
South Carolina
Stanley Winborne
L. V. Sutton
South Carolina Public Service Commission
Davidson 10 Play 23 Games During Indoor Season
Davidson announces a 23 game 1936-37 basketball schedule under Coach Flake Laird with 13 Southern Conference opponents. Notable dates include Dec 19 The Unique Furniture Makers, Dec 21 Charlotte YMCA, Jan 6 Duke, Jan 9 North Carolina, Jan 12 Graves Thread Gastonia, and Feb 27 Erskine. If in top eight, they will play in the Southern Conference tournament in Raleigh March 4–6.
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Davidson
Wildcats
Flake Laird
Winston-Salem
Charlotte Y. M. C. A
Duke
North Carolina
Charlotte
Wake Forest
Citadel
College of Charleston
South Carolina
Columbia
Catawba
Salisbury
Lenoir-Rhyne
Erskine
Raleigh
Greensboro Downs Thomasville In Wrestling Meet
Greensboro high school defeated Thomasville 21 and a half to 4 and a half at the gym. Brother Faison pinned his opponent in 50 seconds of the second period. Leo Byron won in overtime in the 115 pound class and several others secured time or decision wins for Greensboro.
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Greensboro
Tom Jenrette
Thomasville High
Brother Faison
Leo Byron
Jenkins
Beck
Thomasville
Perrin
Melver
Smith
Byrum
Barham
Loftin
Faison
Gray
McCrary To Battle Elon Five Tonight
Elon College faces McCrary mill team in Asheboro at 8 p m in the gym. McCrary has an impressive early record and a fast tilt is expected. Stuart Flythe former North Carolina State star and Stork Swing former Wake Forest standout will start for McCrary.
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Ashepboro
Elon College
McCrary Mill
Asheboro
McCrary
Stuart Flythe
North Carolina State College
Stork” Swing
Wake Forest College
Detroit Coach Says Auburn Is Favorite in NYD Clash
Detroit coach Charles E. Dorais said his Titans faced Villanova and Auburn last season and believes the teams are nearly evenly matched in the New Year’s Day game in Havana. He gave Auburn the edge, noting Villanova’s driving power but Auburn’s versatile attack.
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Detroit
Charles E. Dorais
University of Detroit Titans
Villanova
Auburn
Havana
Dorais
First Election Account: Washington's Presidential Selection
A historical notice recounts the United States first election and Washington’s selection as president as printed on an early newspaper page. The piece reflects period tone and emphasizes the foundational political moment.
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United States
Washington
Gehrig and DiMaggio Form Veteran Rookie Duo
Chicago dispatch notes the 1936 American League season featured rookie Joe DiMaggio and veteran Lou Gehrig delivering record setting performances. DiMaggio helped the Yankees set 12 marks and drive in 100 plus runs, while tying or setting series and game putout records. Gehrig surpassed 400 total bases for the fifth time and notched 100 RBIs for the eleventh straight year, matching Al Simmons.
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Chicago
Joe DiMaggio
New York Yankees
Lou Gehrig
DiMaggio
Yankees
Gehrig
Tony Lazzeri
Bill Dickey
George Selkirk
Red Rolfe
al Simmons
State Faculty Probes Athletics at N C State College
Meeting behind closed doors, the faculty council continued its inquiry into the athletic situation at North Carolina State College. Leaders of a student committee, which urged letting head football coach Hank Anderson’s contract lapse, appeared before the council yesterday.
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Raleigh
N. C. State College
Hank Anderson
Large Number School Children Are Given Health Examinations
Greensboro December 19 Dr R M Buie county health officer revealed 1746 Guilford county school children were examined at annual clinics in the western half of the county bringing the school year total to 3199. Examinations occurred in 47 rural schools across the county.
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Greensboro
R. M. Buie
Guilford County Health Department
Beer Tax Revenue Shows Rise In North Carolina
Raleigh reports Revenue Commissioner A J Maxwell estimated the beer tax will yield about 1 million dollars in the current fiscal year, up from 624,607.81 in the prior year. Five months into the year produced 453,709.81 dollars. He credited higher consumption and stronger alcohol content in 1935.
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Raleigh
Revenue
A. J. Maxwell
North Carolina
Trial by Fire: Judge Frees Man on Disorder Charge
In Chicago Judge B Hermes doubts James Loos claims of acting fame. Loos supposedly proves it by lighting a cigarette and vanishing it in his mouth and applying the hot tip to his eyelid. The judge touches the cigarette, exclaims Ouch, and discharged him.
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Chicago
Co. B. Hermes
James Loos
Loos
Wake Forest Names Captain Hoots Mumford From Ayden NC
Wake Forest selects A. M. Hoots Mumford of Ayden NC as the 1987 team captain. Despite a 165 pound frame he was a standout center in the Southern Conference last season and earned unanimous captaincy. Mumford joins Golden Bough Society and serves as Baptist Student Body vice president while preparing for Wake Forest medical school next fall. He belongs to Chi Eta Tau fraternity and an honors wall.
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Wake Forest
A. M
Mumford
Ayden
N. C
Golden Bough Society
Chi Eta Tau
Duke Awards Letters To 65 Participants In Fall Sports
Sixty five Duke athletes across varsity and freshman football, cross country, cheerleaders and managers earned monograms and numerals for the fall season. Major awards went to 24 varsity football managers, the student manager, and head cheerleaders, with eight cross country runners and several assistants also honored. Freshman numerals were awarded to twenty seven first year gridsters.
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Duke
Durham
Duke University
H. C. Ris
J. §. Grahl
G. R. Sparks
Philip Small
Harry Welch
John Woody
Frank Beard
Fines Shape Quiet Wrestling Show with Clean Grudge Match
Wrestlers Hogue and Rosy Ryan faced sanctions that calmed the program as Luttrall edged Hogue in two of three falls. Ivan Vaduroff lost to Rosy Ryan in straight falls, while a Salvation Army donation plan was announced with no show next Friday for Christmas.
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Slick” Shepherd
Wrestling Commission
Preacher Hogue
Rosy Ryan
Cowboy Luttrall
Luttrall
Hogue
Preacher
Ivan Vaduroff
Ryan
Salvation Army
Public Library Decorated for Holiday Season
Library staff decorated a reading room corner and juvenile shelves for Christmas. Moffitt Furniture supplied items to create a living room motif. A manger scene, star, lighted tree, mantel, snow covered house with Santa sleigh, and miniature figures adorn the display with cotton snow as background.
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Public Library
Moffitt Furniture Company
Christ
Santa Claus
Pitt Panthers Drill in New Mexico Before Rose Bowl
A small group of Pitt fans watched Pittsburgh University practice in Albuquerque New Mexico as Coach Jock Sutherland prepares to face Washington on New Year’s Day. The lineup included Daddie Matisi Glassford Adams Lezouski Daniell Hoffman Chickerneo Goldberg Stebbins Greene. The Eskimos of Smith Sound Greenland are noted as the northernmost people.
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Albuquerque
Pittsburgh University
Jock Sutherland
Washington
Averell Daniell
Fabian Hoffman
John Chickerneo
Marshall Goldberg
Harold Stebbins
Arnold Greene
Corcoran Named PGA Manager in PGA Change
Fred Corcoran of Boston will replace Robert E. Harlow as manager of the Professional Golfers Association tournament bureau despite players requesting Harlow retain his post. Harlow was dismissed and threatened to form a rival group. PGA president George R. Jacobus said Harlow may continue outside work but the association needs a full time manager.
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Sarasota
Fifa
Fred Corcoran
Boston
Robert E. Harlow
Professional Golfers Association
Harlow
George R. Jacobus
PGA
Corcoran
Jacobus
Association
Dizzy Dean Defends Role With Cardinals After Trade Talk
In Bradenton Florida Jerome Dizzy Dean says he is not an if in the Cardinals plans and expresses surprise at Branch Rickey calling him the team’s if. The general manager suggested a satisfied Dizzy would help win the pennant, but Dean says he never felt dissatisfied and insists it is no if.
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Bradenton
Fla
Jerome Herman
Dizzy
Dean
St. Louis
Cardinals
Branch Rickey
Len Warneke
Raleigh Eyes Baseball Park to Welcome Major League Farm Team
Raleigh officials of the Junior Chamber of Commerce said they would raise funds to build a baseball park and attract a Piedmont League farm club. Dan Hill of Asheville, Piedmont League president, noted a major league club is interested if Raleigh provides a park and allows Sunday games. Hill would return before January 5 to announce the club. Raleigh left the Piedmont League in 1932, when Sunday games were once permitted.
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Raleigh
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Dan Hill
Asheville
Hill
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