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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1956
Page
31
The Evans Family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness sympathy and floral offerings amid the sickness and death of their mother Mrs Maggie Evans.
Cary Middlecoff, former dentist from Memphis, holds a two stroke edge at 208 after 54 holes of the Phoenix Open. Mike Souchak, Jim Tom Blair III, and Ken Venturi trail as Ted Kroll and Lionel Hebert sit three back at 211 while Littler and Wininger follow at 213.
The University of North Carolina will open a 26 game season on March 24 in Chapel Hill against Delaware. The Tar Heels travel to Florida for spring training and base in Tallahassee for games against Florida State Illinois and Notre Dame. They follow with a Dixie Classic in Durham April 4 6 and focus on ACC play the rest of the season. Coaches Bunn Hearn and Walter Rabb have 11 lettermen.
William Penn's Tigers improved to seven wins with a 93 to 36 victory over Reidsville. Mayfield powered the boards and Charlie Simmons led the scoring with 22 as Albert Green added 16 with a showy behind the back dribble in the final minutes.
Cincinnati and seven other National League clubs will hold 234 spring training games this year, the most in years. Most games are against major league foes with 177 vs AL teams and 48 intra-league contests, starting March 10.
Georgia athletic director Wally Butts announced the resignation of James D. Landrum and the appointment of Quinton Lumpkin as his successor. Landrum, 36, cited family commitments and travel as reasons. Lumpkin, 41, a former Georgia star, returns after serving as a varsity assistant since 1952.
The McCrary Eagles upset East Carolina 76 to 58 in Asheboro North Carolina. Forward Smith Langdon scored 31 points with most in the first half.
Two NC State reserves Dickman and Pond sparked a late-season surge as they combined for 11 points in a 99 54 victory over Virginia. Coach Everett Case praised the bench’s impact widening the team’s outlook for the ACC tournament. Dickman a 6 3 senior and Pond a 6 4 forward provided timely scoring and energy.
Sensa tional newcomers Leo Garibaldi and the brother tag team of Mad Man Doe and Mike Gallagher won sizzling wrestling victories at the Lexington YMCA. Garibaldi used his bombs away to defeat Babe Zaharias in ten minutes and again in eleven. Gallagher and partner defeated Jim LaRock and Angelo Martinelli with hammer locks and submissions.
Maryland opens with three first places and a share of a fourth as North Carolina star Jen Beatty shatters the two mile record with 9 36.5. Pitkethly of VMI, Stutka of Georgetown and Ashcraft of Davidson crack 10 minutes. Maryland wins the open distance medley and freshman mile relay as Virginia Tech and Duke chase early titles.
A rocking chair split and rolled on Doe in twelve minutes, followed by Mike using a hammer on Martinelli after eight minutes for the verdict. Reported next week a European flyer Andre Drappe and a giant Brazilian Hombre Montana will be here.
Harvey Cassill, Washington athletic director, arrived in Chicago amid rumors he would meet Joe Kuharich regarding the Huskies football coaching job. Kuharich, who led the 1955 Redskins to a strong NFL season, was reportedly in Chicago but unavailable for comment.
Our Betters ridden by Eddie Arcaro won the $57,600 Santa Margarita Handicap at Santa Anita Park beating Island Queen in a stretch duel. The filly owned by C. H. Jones and son surged from the back to win by about a length as Solid Rae finished third after a photo. Territory payouts: Our Betters paid $13.60 $7.60 $5.20. A crowd of 46,500 witnessed the event and Rex Ellsworth’s Terrang won the $20,000 added San Vicente Handicap with Willie Shoemaker aboard. Terrang paid $5.70 $3.30 $2.70. Fathers Risk and Bold Bazooka followed.
Switch On, a five year old chestnut gelding from Hasty House Farm, won the $66 500 McLennan Handicap at Hialeah Park beating Social Outcast by a head. Ridden by Robert Ussery, Switch On carried 115 pounds and paid 13 20 4 90 2 80. Time for the mile and an eighth was 1 49 2 5 on a fast track.
Greensboro Feb 4 A drawing to determine pairings for the North State Conference basketball tournament will be held in Greensboro on Sunday Feb 19 Earl Ruth of Catawba College is chairman Time of the drawing will be announced later The top teams head brackets by rule with ties decided by lot and playoff if needed The tournament opens Feb 22 at Lexington YMCA with two games East Carolina leads the conference at 11 1 Wake Forest notes two seniors Captain Lowell Lefty Davis and reserve Jim Campbell on the basketball squad.
Raleigh Feb 4 John Maglio a top clutch guard for NC State’s Wolfpack blends sleep and basketball into a standout season. The Bryn Mawr Pa sophomore shoots a high percentage and averages 13 points, pairing with Vic Moloder to form one of the county’s fastest guard duos. Maglio’s driving layup and adagio dancing shooting style fuel his late game heroics, despite occasional walking calls.
The children express gratitude to neighbors friends and relatives for acts of love and sympathy during the death of their father W. E. Presswood and for floral tributes.
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