UNC and Terps Sweep Relays at VMI Meet
Maryland and North Carolina dominated the Virginia Military Institute winter relays in Lexington. Both schools earned four firsts and tied for another, with Jim Beatty of UNC shattering the two mile record in 9:36.5 and Charley Yarborough of UNC winning the Class of 41 pole vault at 13 ft 3 in. Maryland captured firsts in the shot put 48 ft 4.5 in and other events while sharing the high jump title with UNC and Duke and William and Mary in a five way deadlock.
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Lexington
Maryland
North Carolina
Virginia Military Institute
Jim Beatty
Garrie Bray Jr
Beaty
Charley Yarborough
Ed Cooke
North Area
Duke
William and Mary
UNC Gets Rest for Tar Heels, Jan 19 to Feb 4
The University of North Carolina basketball team will take a 17 day break from games starting January 19 after January 18 contest against NC State and before February 4 meeting with Duke due to fall semester exams.
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UNC
Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Tar Heels
Duke
Amen completes Deac staff with two new assistants
Wake Forest coach Paul Amen plans to finalize his football coaching staff this week soon after naming two more assistants. Wesley Elmer Barbour 35 and Kenneth E. Wable 28 join Billy Hildebrand as the new hires. Wable hails from Massillon Ohio and played at Muskingum College. Barbour is a former Wake Forest blocker trophy winner who led Durham High as head coach for two seasons.
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Wake Forest
N.C
Paul Amen
Billy Hildebrand
Amen
Wesley Elmer Barbour
Kenneth E. Wable
Wable
Massillon
Ohio
van Wert
Muskingum College
New Concord
Barbour
Durham High
Major League spring training schedules set for 177 games
Chicago reports the American League will play 177 exhibitions against National League teams this spring, with Cleveland leading at 36 contests including 20 vs the Giants. Yankees 35, Boston 34, Chicago 33, Baltimore and Kansas City 32, Detroit 31, Washington 30. Base locations include Baltimore Daytona Beach Scottsdale Cleveland Tucson and others in Florida and Arizona.
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Cleveland
New York Giants
New York Yankees
Boston
Chicago
Baltimore
Kansas City
Detroit
Washington
Daytona Beach
Fla
Scottsdale
Arizona
Tucson
Florida
Sarasota
Tampa
Lakeland
New York
St. Petersburg
West Palm Beach
Orlando
College basketball results from various campuses and arenas
Scores span a broad list including St Bonaventure 79 Memphis State 67 Syracuse 82 Pitt 79 Temple 103 St Francis Pa 68 Villanova 61 Fordham 57 Canisius 90 Georgetown DC 67 La Salle 63 overtime Penn State 67 Boston alt 64 Columbia 77 Princeton 69 Dartmouth 83 Niagara 81 NC State 105 Clemson 88 Kentucky 109 William & Mary 93 Duke 64 UNC 59 Alabama 93 Georgia Tech 60 South Carolina 121 The Citadel Louisville 116 Kentucky Wesleyan 87 LSU 78 Navy 61 Tennessee 69 West Virginia 86 Davidson 73 Virginia Tech 76 Virginia 64 Ohio State 100 Indiana Detroit 61 Oklahoma A&M 51 Iowa State 79 Kansas 63 Iowa 98 Wichita 86 Kansas State 82 Colorado 51 Purdue 75 Minnesota 0 Missouri 77 Oklahoma 72 Wisconsin 79 Northwestern 55 Michigan 81 Washington Mo 66 Brandeis 71 Louis 73 Tulsa 66 Braden 89 Army 54 Loyola Chicago 71 Notre Dame Drake 66 Marquette 63 Nebraska 72 caemerss State 59 Arkansas Texas 8 Baylor 73 Rice 70 Lamar Tech 48 Houston 105 Texas A&M 74 New Mexico A&M 60 Texas Western 58 Arizona State Tempe postponed heavy snows UCLA 82 Brigham Young Denver 65 Southern California 87 Grenea 1 Wyoming 59 Utah Calif 69 State 46 Colorado A&M 96 Jana 16 Utah State 75 New Mexico 62
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St. Bonaventure
Memphis State
Syracuse
Pitt
Temple
St. Francis
Villanova
Fordham
Canisius
Eine College
Georgetown
la Salle
Penn State
Boston
Alt
Columbia
Princeton
Pennsylvania
Cornell
Dartmouth
Niagara
Corde
South
North Carolina State
Clemson
Kentucky
Wiliam & Mary
Mississippi
Dayton
Loyola
New Orleans
Virginia Tech
Virginia
Midwest
Ohio State
Indiana
Detroit
Oklahoma
A&m
Iowa State
Kansas
Iowa
Wichita
Kansas State
Colorado
Purdue
Minnesota
Missouri
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Michigan
Washington
Texas
Baylor
Rice
Lamar Tech
Houston
New Mexico A&m
Texas Western
Arizona State
Tempe
West Texas
Far West
UCLA
Brigham Young
Denver
Southern California
Grenea
Wyoming
Utah
California
State
Colorado A&m
Jana
Utah State
New Mexico
Open April 4 Letter Clubs Sell Tickets for Dixie Classic
The four host Dixie Classic baseball teams Wake Forest Duke N C State and North Carolina will sell advance tickets for the April 4 first round games through their letter clubs with a school commission. The festival moves to Durham for the later rounds at Durham Athletic Park and Duke Baseball Park featuring Michigan Colgate Amherst and Loyola as guests with possible rematch rematch between Wake Forest and Colgate. First round pairings: Duke Colgate Wake Forest Loyola N C State Amherst and North Carolina Michigan.
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Monogram
S. Curtis Perry
Wake Forest
Duke
N. C. State
North Carolina
Perry
Durham Athletic Park
Jas
Michigan Wolverines
Colgate
Red Raiders
Lord Jeffs
Amherst College
Wolfpack
Omaha
Deacs
Demon Deacons
Dixie
Loyola
Amherst
Michigan
Major League Owners Mull Pay Caps If Minimum Rises
MLB owners consider restricting player pay if the $6000 minimum climbs toward $7200. Commissioner Ford Frick rejects talk of universal maximums though leagues set committees to review salary structure with 16 players' reps. Meetings to follow season start, with key figures like Feller and Roberts seeking exact terms.
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New York
Ford Frick
Ural
John Galbreath
Pittsburgh
Dick Meyer
St. Louis
Joe Cairnes
Milwaukee
Tom Yawkey
Boston
Walter
Spike) Briggs
Detroit
Hank Greenberg
Cleveland
Frick
Bobby Feller
Robin Roberts
Feller
Roberts
Tampa
Mail Orders Open for ACC Tourney Tickets in Raleigh
In Raleigh NC mail orders for Atlantic Coast Conference basketball tournament tickets at William Neal Reynolds Coliseum begin Monday. Season books covering all three days go on sale through Feb 25, with limited four per order. prices are 9 and 6 dollars. Individual game tickets cost 2.50 and 2 dollars.
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Raleigh
N. C
William Neal Reynolds
Duke Spring Football Drills Start Delayed by Rain
Durham Duke University begins early spring football practice on Tuesday after weekend rain. Coach Bill Murray says drills will finish by March 10 allowing players to join other spring sports.
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Durham
Duke University
Blue Devils
Bill Murray
Not Much Crowd For Olympics
Cortina d Ampezzo Italy hosted eleven days of winter sports drawing an estimated 170000 to 200000 spectators. Tickets cost 30 to 3500 lire with heated seats at finish line. Total staging cost about 8.2 million dollars, funded mainly by the Italian Olympic Committee from a weekly soccer pool.
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Cortina D'Ampezzo
Italy
Cortina
Italian Olympic Committee
Gonzales Extends Dominance Over Trabert In Rochester Match
Pancho Gonzales defeated Tony Trabert 6 4 8 10 to 64 64 and now leads 24–7 in the series. Rex Hartwig rallied to beat Pancho Segura 10–8 while Hartwig and Trabert beat Gonzales and Segura 8–5. The tour stops next in Toronto with more pro matches.
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Rochester
N.Y
Pancho Gonzales
Tony Trabert
War Memorial
Gonzales
Trabert
Rex Hartwig
Pancho Segura
Segura
Hart
Hartwig
Toronto
Pro Basketball Scores From Saturday Night Card
Rochester beat Minneapolis 121 to 109 and St Louis defeated Philadelphia 105 to 93 Syracuse won 90 to 83 over New York with Fort Wayne 85 to 114 loss to Boston New York topped Syracuse 94 to 103 and St Louis 98 to 94 over Fort Wayne The piece notes Calumet Farm gelding earns 817475 but still races in paddock.
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Rochester
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Syracuse
Fort Wayne
Boston
New York
Awaiting Decision Bouts At St Nick Still Staged
The Associated Press reports pending a final ruling by Julius Helfand the New York State Athletic Commission the Monday night program at St Nicholas Arena proceeds. Courchesne of Holyoke faces Giuet Berrios of Puerto Rico in a featherweight rematch while other bouts including Wallace Smith and plans for March 5 reworkings are noted alongside Logart vs Fuentes for a likely title tilt.
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New York State Athletic Commiasion
St. Nicholas Arena
Courchesne
Holyoke
Mass
Gieut Berrios
Puerto Rico
Helfand
Tex Sullivan
Willie Gilzenberg
Courchesne-Berrios
Navy
New England
Johnny O'Brien
Otheatch
Ivision
DuMont
Dog Smugglers and Poachers Change View of Canine Roles
Researchers of canine history note dogs beyond helpers, recounting Civil War messages from Confederate agents, water-dogs carrying contraband to shores, and customs evasion on borders. British poachers bred lurchers, with Airedale and Bedlington linked to early lurcher use, while gamekeepers developed what became the Bull-Mastiff to counter poaching.
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England
Airedale
Bedlington
Conference ADs Meet To Prep ACC Tournament
Atlantic Coast Conference athletic directors met with Commissioner Jim Weaver in Greensboro to prepare for the March 14 basketball tournament and arrange spring sports events. The session was postponed from Feb 2 due to Weaver’s NCAA TV committee duties in New York.
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Greensborop
Jim Weaver
Weaver
New York
Ncaa Television Committee
Lettermen Back On Carolina Nine
At Chapel Hill North Carolina coaches Bunn Hearn and Walter Rabb will use 11 lettermen when UNC opens a 26 game baseball schedule March 24 at home against Delaware. The Tar Heels then travel to Florida for spring training and face Florida State Illinois and Notre Dame in late March at Tallahassee. They finished last season eight of their final nine games and 12 12.
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N.C
Bunn Hearn
Walter Rabb
University of North Carolina
Delaware
Tar Heels
Florida
Florida State
Illinois
Notre Dame
Tallahassee
Fla
Traffic And Work Halted By Suspected Electrical Fault
Boston report says traffic rerouted for about a mile and 300 workers stopped work for over an hour after a humming sound was detected. A sack containing a harmless battery and scattered wool bags were moved outside. detective Earl L. Laird found the apparatus appeared to short circuit.
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Boston
Earl L. Laird
Lice Ballistics Squad
Oyster Queen Cannot Stand Raw Oysters Crowns Cast
Dorothy Wiesni 18 was named queen of the St. Casimir Church oyster roast in Baltimore. The contest committee balked when she was asked to swallow a raw oyster, but she kept the crown despite saying she cannot stand them.
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Baltimore
Dorothy Wiesni
St. Casimir Church
Wake Forest Announces Four Final Home Games
Wake Forest lists the remaining four home basketball games for 1955-56 with Virginia, Clemson, South Carolina, and Maryland as the final slate at home. The Deacons will host Virginia on February 2, Clemson on February 3, South Carolina on February 10, and Maryland on February 20.
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Wake Forest
Virginia
Clemson
South Carolina
Maryland
Notice of dissolution of Toot & Tell Drive In partnership
The partnership of Grover Garland and Neese Williard Jr doing business as Toot & Tell Drive In at 3198 Wrenn Street High Point NC is dissolved. Grover Garland will no longer be responsible for debts and obligations of the firm as of January 23 1956 with signatures and address included.
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Tell Drive-In
Grover Garland
Neese Williard, Jr
Wrenn Street
High Point
N. C
Chestnut Street
Nashua Sells For Record Sum And Sire Prospect Looms
Miami columnist Gayle Talbot reports Nashua, purchased for over a million by a syndicate, may earn back the investment at 10 000 dollars per live foal. The colt resumes racing at Hialeah under groom Al Robertson and trainer Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons, with high expectations Nashua could become a distinguished sire like Nasrullah.
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Miami
Florida
Nashua
Hialeah
al Robertson
Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons
Nasrullah
Notice of Summons by Publication in High Point Court
Dennie Staton sues for absolute divorce from Henry W. Staton in High Point Municipal Court. Defendant must appear by March 5, 1956, to answer or demur. Case filed January 14, 1954. M W Nash Clerk. J W Morgan Attorney for Plaintiff. Date lines January 17 24 31 1956.
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North Carolina
Guilford County
High Point
Dennie Staton
Henry W. Staton
M. W. Nash
City of
J. W. Morgan
Daniels
Graham Daniels, Jr
Municipal Court
Notice of Sale of Land Under Power of Sale in Guilford NC
Public auction in High Point Guilford County North Carolina to satisfy indebtedness secured by a deed of trust dated November 3 1953. Lilla Joyce Myers and John D Myers mortgagors, Thos W Sprinkle trustee will sell Lot Nos 9 and part of BR A Sheriff property described by survey by Robert P Guarino at 412 Wright Building High Point NC. Ten percent cash earnest money due at sale with balance on deed delivery. Sale subject to taxes assessments and prior liens.
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Lilla Joyce Myers
John D. Myers
Thos. W. Sprinkle
Register of Deeds
Guilford County
North Carolina
West Green and
South Main Streets
High Point
High Point Town
North Caro
BR. A
Office of the Register of Deeds
N. Y
Robert P. Guarino
Ania
Migg
Sprinkle
Sprinkle & Coffield
Wright
N. OC
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