Building a Park and Dreaming of a Baseball Future
The piece argues for securing a local baseball park and franchise in the Tri-State league. It notes city efforts to study sites for a city softball park with Jaycees involvement and Junior Chamber plans, aiming to save a lighted field before summer ends despite early season delays. It laments lack of a nearby team and compares local prospects to Brooklyn.
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High Point
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Ted Williams Signs Nearly 75000 Contract For Next Season
Ted Williams credit nearing seventy five thousand dollars for the upcoming season after he signed the contract. He flew to Florida Everglades to fish and prepare with a focus on improving his hitting which critics say could end his short reign as a slugger.
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Ted
Williams
Florida Everglades
Tomlinson to Meet Mayodan Tomlinson at Home Court
Tomlinson of High Point prepares for a senior high gym doubleheader tonight with girls at 7 30 p m and the men following. The teams host Mayodan Y with the girls last week winning 41 27 while the furniture men fell 77 34 to the Knitters.capacity crowd expected.
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Tomlinson
High Point
Enos Slaughter Signs Big Raise With Cardinals for 1947
Enos Slaughter agreed to a two year contract with the St Louis Cardinals, securing a substantial raise after his star dash to the plate helped defeat the Red Sox in the World Series. The deal announced in Boston comes as Slaughter returns to attend the annual meeting.
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Boston
Enos Slaughter
Red Sox
College basketball results from Associated Press rundown
Fairmont State 71 Davis and Elkins 47. Upsala 64 John Marshall 52. John Carroll 44 Gannon 38. Ohio Wesleyan 70 Muskingum 65. Eastern Kentucky Teachers 73 Centre 40. Kentucky Wesleyan 70 Union Kentucky 56. Murray State 66 Morehead State 46. East Tennessee State 67 Hiwassee 58. College of Charleston 58 Erskine 46. Kentucky 48 Alabama 37. NC State 60 North Carolina 47. Davidson 52 South Carolina 50. Duke 69 William and Mary 45. George Washington 52 Richmond 44. Tennessee 63 Auburn 27.
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Fairmont State
Davis and Elkins
Upsala
John Marshall
John Carroll
Gannon
Ohio Wesleyan
Muskingum
Eastern Kentucky Teachers
Centre College
Kentucky Wesleyan
Union (Ky) College
Murray State
Morehead
East Tennessee State
Hiwassee
Kentucky
Alabama
North Carolina
Davidson
South Carolina
Duke
William & Mary
George Washington
Richmond
Tennessee
Auburn
Boston Writers Dinner Update on Slaughter Contract
Slaughter told a reporter during the Boston baseball writers dinner that he has agreed to a two year contract with Mr. Breadon and received a swell raise. He emphasized that he is content with the treatment he has received from the team.
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Boston Baseball Writers
Slaughter
Duke Eyes Washington and Lee as Conference Race Heats Up
Duke star Ed Koffenberger scored 21 as the Blue Devils beat William and Mary 69 45 to snap a two week layoff and move to fifth place in the Southern conference slate. Washington and Lee hosts Duke in Lynchburg tonight as NC State and George Washington also play.
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Ed Koffenberger
Duke
Bluevils
Lynchburg
Washington and Lee
William and Mary
W & M Indians
Raleigh
N. C. State
George Washington
Richmond
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
Hampden-Sydney
Furman
Wofford
Maryland
Georgetown
South Carolina
Presbyterian
Columbia
Blue Devils
Koffenberger
Wiliam and Mary
Virginia
Davidson
Wildcats
North Carolina
Phants
New York University
Panthers
Chapel Hill
N. C
Violets
Chandler Pays Visit to Ruth Chandler Pays Visit to Ruth
Babe Ruth remains in fair and unchanged condition at a French hospital after a visit from baseball commissioner A B Chandler. The visit followed Ruth's month long post surgery recovery as he was moved to tears by the commissioner’s prayer and words of encouragement.
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New York
Babe Ruth
French Hospital
A. B. Chandler
Babe
Baseball
Chandler
Ruth
Bison of High Point Travel to Battle Salisbury Yellowjackets
Still smarting from the Greensboro scrap the Bison depart for Salisbury to face the Yellowjackets at Asheville Friday. Coach Simeon drills the team on overtime mistakes and the lineup features Hunsucker Hartley Crowder Cooper and Crowder as scoring threats against the winless Salisbury troupe.
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Greensboro
Bison
High Point High School
Salisbury
Asheville Maroons
Simeon
Tonigght
Bill Ray Hunsucker
Bill Hartley
Yellowjackets
Richard Crowder
Nelvin Cooper
Whirlies
Jamestown Boxers Triumph Over Winston YMCA
Jamestown high school boxing team beat Winston YMCA 5 to 2 in Winston-Salem. Eddie Malcolm defeated Bo Munday by T K O in the second round. Ray nx stopped Randall Barnes in the first round. James Kimsey and Joe Loftin earned decisions for Jamestown.
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Winston-Salem
Jamestown High School
Winston Y.M.C.A
Jamestown
Burlington
Eddie Malcolm
Winston
Bo Munday
James‘town
Bob Woods
Gerald Hughes
Milton Pappas
Ray Nx
Randall Barnes
Billy Harvey
Dodgers See Major Contract Worries End
Brooklyn stars Pete Reiser Kirby Higbe and Dixie Walker reach terms with Branch Rickey as Walker gains a substantial raise despite an endorsement clause. Walker plans spring in Birmingham while awaiting further cash, saying he is happy about the 1947 income near 24000 dollars. The clause requires club permission for outside deals provoking player reaction and debate. Jackie Robinson remains with Havana for now and will join the Dodgers March 25 in a plan for the Panama tour and later action.
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Brooklyn
Pete Reiser
Kirby Higbe
Dixie Walker
Branch Rickey
Brooklyn Dodgers
Mahatma
Montague Street
Cookie Lavageto
Birmingham
Ala
Rickey
Walker
Dixie
Dodger
Flat_bush
Yoo
Jackie Robinson
Havana
Brooks
Panama
Dodgers
Graziano To Meet Commission Today
New York February 4 Rocky Graziano is to appear before the State Athletic Commission at 1 p.m. EST to explain why he did not report a $100 bribe offer tied to a fixed fight that never happened. Commission chairman Col. Eddie Eagan said Robinson is also summoned to recount a tale of a $25,000 withdrawal bid related to a cancelled Graziano Servo bout.
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New York
State Athletic Mission
Welterman
Robinson
Eddie Eagan
Commission
Ee Cne
Marty Servo
Pe Robinson-Servo
Servo
Graziano
Eagen
Rocky
Ruben Shank
Denver
Madison Square Garden
Frank S. Hogan
St. Louis Cardials Pitcher Brecheen Meets AL Leader at Party
In New York Sam Breadon introduced pitcher Harry Brecheen to American League president William Harridge during a weekend party. The report notes Graziano shed 10 pounds after returning from Florida and resuming sparring with the district attorney's office.
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Gayle Talbot
Hugh Fullerton, Jr
New York
Sam Breadon
St. Louis Cardinals
Harry
Cat) Brecheen
Willaim Harridge
American League
Rocky Graziano
Florida
District Attorney's Office
Oregon coach pushes for national college baseball playoff
Howard Hobson, coach of Oregon’s basketball and baseball teams, urges a national playoff for college nines this year. He believes it is now or never and says his district would be glad to select a winner to enter the playoff.
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Howard Hobson
Univ. of Oregon
Homerun Inflation and Dodgers Boarding School Notes
A narrative mix covers Hank Greenberg benefiting from a shorter left field wall with a 279 foot Polo Grounds target. Dodgers plan to house and train 700 minor leaguers at Pensacola in March with multiple diamonds for dawn play at an air training station. Freddie Corcoran considers shifting public relations duties from golf to manage starting times for large money tournaments.
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Pittsburgh
Hank Greenberg
Hank
Polo Grounds
Dodgers
Pensaola
Rickey
Freddie Corcoran
Freddie
Fairgrove Adjusts Schedule for Cage Games
Fairgrove high school will play Pilot high school at Pilot tonight in a cage game. Fairgrove will meet Trinit high school at High Point College on February 21.
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Fairgrove
Thomasville
Fairgrove High School
Pilot High School
Pilot
Trinit High School
High Point Colle
Koffenberger Rated Finest Tarheel Cager
Duke star Ed ward L. Big Hook Koffenberger earns praise as the best all round player in North Carolina. He averages 13.5 points a game and set Duke’s scoring record with 317 points, while excelling in defense rebounding playmaking and other sports at Duke University.
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Durham
N. C
Tobacco Country
Duke University
Edward L
Big Hook
Koffenberger
Duke
North Carolina
George Glamack
Horace
Bones) McKinney
Bill Werber
Bivins and Sheppard Set for 10 Round Bout in Philadelphia
Jimmy Bivins and Curtis Sheppard, Negro contenders for Joe Louis' heavyweight title, are matched for a 10 round bout at the Philadelphia Arena on Feb 17. Sheppard, known as the Hatchetman, is based in Philadelphia with much of his action in Pittsburgh and Baltimore, while Bivins is from Cleveland.
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Philadelphia
Jimmy Bivins
Curtis Sheppard
Joe Louis
Philadelphia Arena
Sheppard
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Bivins
Cleveland
Jack Dempsey
Louis
Army
Cates Tops Scorers As Elon Faces High Point Rivalry
Elon Christians led by Rodney Cates, the North State Conference scoring leader with 260 points, visit High Point College to challenge the Purple Panthers. A victory would lift Elon toward third place while High Point aims for second behind Appalachian Mountaineers.
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Harrison Gymnasium
Elon Christians
Rodney Cates
High Point College Purple Panthers
Cates
Burlington
Bill Sheets
High Point
Elon
Panthers
Christians
Sun Point Quint
Ralph James
Crew
Flacke Stewart
Appalachian Mountaineers
Apps
Virgil Yow
Boone
Appalachian Dandies
Eastern Intercollegiate Boxing Title Tourney Planned
Six schools including Penn State Army Syracuse Virginia Western Maryland and Coast Guard Academy have entered the Eastern intercollegiate boxing association title tournament set for March 7 and 8 in State College Pennsylvania.
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State College
Penn State
Army
Syracuse
Virginia
Western Maryland
Coast Guard Academy
Executor's Notice for George L Hodgin Estate
Executor Wachovia Bank and Trust Company invites claims against the Hodgin estate of Jamestown Township Guilford County North Carolina. Claims must be presented at Wachovia Bank Building High Point NC by February 1948 or be barred. Payment to the Trust Department is requested. dated February 4 1947.
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George L. Reynolds
Guilford County
North Carolina
Pearle R. Honeycutt
Woodrow Avenue
High Point
N. C
Roberson, Haworth & Reese, Attys
George L. Hodgin
Jamestown Township
Trust Department of Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Wachovia Bank
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
City of High Point Bids On Biltmore Hotel Changes
Sealed proposals addressed to the City Council will be opened February 11 1947 for labor and materials to construct a marquee and an entrance and basement stairway at the Biltmore Hotel per Voorhees Everhart plans. Bids on standard forms must include a 2 percent bid bond. Specifications available from architects. Mayor E N Phillips City Manager Roy S Braden Purchasing Agent V Wilson. 2/4
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High Point
N. C
Biltmore Hotel
Voorhees && Everhart
Biltmore
N.c
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