Long Island University Blackbirds Led by Bee
Adams Millis plays Schoolfield Va tonite as three more teams enter the Carolinas A A U tourney. Harry Grayson profiles Clair Bee at Long Island University and the Blackbirds, noting their 43 game winning streak and star Irving Torgoff in a program that built a basketball powerhouse in Brooklyn.
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Yale
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Rider College of Trenton
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Blackbirds
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Art Hillhouse
Irving Torgoff
Adams-Millis Girls to Meet Schoolfield in Piedmont Race
Adams-Millis and Schoolfield Va clash in the Piedmont league title chase as part of a Y M C A doubleheader tonight. The feature game starts at 7 45 with Adams-Millis forward Martin and Sappenfield at the front, while Dawson centers and Intrieri and Cooper guard. The 6 45 opener pairs naka girls against Alleway.
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Crack Schoolfield
Naka Girls
Alleway
Greensboro Grapplers
Winston-Salem
Martin
Sappenfield
Dawson
Intrieri
Cooper
Thomasville Baseball Club Announces Contracts and Signings
Judge C W Gilliam head of the Thomasville Baseball Club, Inc. said contracts will be mailed next week hoping to sign the entire last year roster again. New pitcher Roy Boles of Jonesville joined the squad for the coming year.
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Judge C. W. Gilliam
Thomasville Baseball Club, Inc
Gilliam
Roy Boles
Jonesville
Totch
Boles
Guilford College
Mooresville
North Carolina League
C. W. Gilliam
R. M. Cooksey
H. L. Lambeth
D. A. Long, Jr
Greemont Mendenhall
J. G. Pennington
N. C. English
J. W. Hawthorne
License Revoked for Hit-and-Run Conviction
Clarence Parrish of 106 Chestnut Street Thomasville had his driving license revoked today after a hit-and-run conviction. Court action cites the conviction as basis for revocation.
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Clarence Parrish
Chestnut Street
Thomasville
Hammer of frozen mercury to drive nails at Exposition
A UC science display at the Golden Gate International Exposition on February 18 will feature a hammer driven by solidified mercury to demonstrate novel physics.
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University of California
Local Theatre Schedule With Today's Film Start Times
Center presents Sweethearts with showtimes at 1:03 3:06 5:00 7:09 and 9:00. Broadhurst shows Ghost Town Riders at 1:20 3:03 4:46 6:29 8:12 and 9:55. Paramount features Tough Kids at 2:05 4:04 6:03 8:02 and 10:01. Carolina presents Adventure In the Sahara at 1:10 2:48 4:1 5:44 7:21 and 9:45. Walto screens Public Cowboy No. 1 at 42:48 2:36 4:24 6:12 8:00 and 9:48.
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Paramount
Carolina
Sahara
Walto
Millrose Games Introduce New Oval and Star Lineup
John Wanamaker's Millrose A A stages its 32d indoor meet in New York with a banked 11 lap track. Frederick Schmertz oversees a massive production drawing top runners from Harvard Yale Princeton and international fields. The event features Mostert Munski Cunningham and the Wanamaker Mile spotlight with North Texas State twins tipped to challenge 4 10 indoors.
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Choc Sportsman
Bee mentors Blackbirds with shooting and blocking prowess
Clair Francis Bee trains his Blackbirds to shoot goals and master blocking and tackling. He prepares Bee’s teams for football by developing talent locally, making L. I. A. a challenging opponent on the gridiron.
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Clair Francis Bee
Blackbirds
Marsh Quintet Among Tho To List Entry
Three more teams joined the Carolinas A A U basketball tournament to run February 22 through February 29. Marsh Furniture of High Point Orange Crush five of Greensboro and Knights of Pythias of Charlotte registered for the junior division. Airco five of Charlotte is defending junior champion and first to enter three weeks ago. Senior men last year won by Unique of Winston Salem. senior women by Enka near Asheville. Junior titles went to Hanes women and Airco boys. Entry deadline is February 17 at midnight.
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Carolinas Association
Marsh Furniture
High Point
Orange Crush
Greensboro
Knights of Pythias
Charlotte
Airco Five
Winston-Salem
Enka
Asheville
Hanes
Airco
Raleigh's Red Terrors Lead NC State Past UNC Threat
Co Leaders of the Big Five, the Red Terror quint, aim to beat Duke as NC State faces defending Southern Conference champions in Durham Tuesday. The photograph lists Elwin Hamilton, Jim Rennie, Selby Jones, Bill Mann, P. G. Hill, Rollins Sevier, Raymond Payne, and others from North Carolina.
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Red Terror
University of North Carolina
Ray Sermon
North Carolina State
Duke University
Durham
Terrors
Elwin Hamilton
Godwin
N. J
Jim Rennie
Plainfield
Selby Jones
Belhaven
Bill Mann
New London
P. G. Hill
Rocky Mount
N. C
Rollins Sevier
Asheville
Raymond Payne
Kannapolis
Bettina vs Fox in Madison Square Garden Light Heavy Bout
Two fighters from modest origins, Melio Bettina and Tiger Jack Fox, clash tonight in Madison Square Garden for New York state light heavyweight title. The match comes as John Henry Lewis is stripped of the world crown by the state athletic commission, with plans for a potential Lewis vs Clark bout and the winner facing tonight’s victor.
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Melio Bettina
Tiger Jack Fox
Madison Square Garden
Fistiania
John Henry Lewis
State Athletic Commission
Fox
Mike Jacobs
Lewis
Dave Clark
Detroit
Bettina
Wake Forest Opens 106th Year as Kitchin Reviews Achievements
Wake Forest college marks its 106th year with a chapel review by President Dr. Thurman D. Kitchin. A Norwegian garden will display at the 1939 California World's Fair, and gate receipts are projected near $35,000 for tonight's boxing bout featuring Fox and Bettina. Fox, a cautious in-fighter, moves with guarded aggression and remains fairly difficult to hit. Bettina fights southpaw and endures punishment with steady work.
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Wake Forest College
Thurman D. Kitchin
Fox
Bettina
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