High Point Panthers End Season With 21st Win Over Elon
Hilliard Nance led the High Point Panthers to a 59 to 35 victory over Elon College, closing their regular season with 21 wins and a single setback. Nance scored 21, aided by Patterson with 10, as the Panthers dominated from the start, building a 30 to 6 halftime lead and sealing the best ever team record in the school's 18-year history.
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ED Kemp
College Purple Panthers
Fighting Christians
Elon College
Panthers
Elon
Joe” Nance
Burns
Yow
High Point
Panther
Hilliard Namce
Nance
Bill Patterson
Bill Keene
Iocals
Jerry Counihan
del Malfregeot
George Demimy
Mion
Hobson
Clayton
Govlins
Hiean
Evans
LaClayton
Hooper
Kentz
Rey Malfregpeat
Oyevius Ann
Goble
Stasulil
Keone
Patterson
Countian
Hartnett
Demmer
Rflannagan
McGinn
Flannagan
Tomancheck
Morris
Golf Tourney Is Called Off
RALEIGH February 21 1947 The annual championship tourna ment of the Women s Carolinas Golf Association to be played at Winston Salem in May is cancelled by the board of governors. President Mes istelie Lawson Page of Chapel Hill and secretary treasurer Mrs Frank Thompson of Raleigh announce the move noting Roosevelt s wish for sports but that individual expenses for the week would be better used elsewhere.
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Raleigh
Carolinas Golf Association
Winston-Salem
Association
Mes
Istelie Lawson Page
Chapel Hall
Frank Thompson
Page
Roosevelt
Thompson
Mangrum Leads Open Amid Slipstream of Little Snead
In New Orleans Mangrum led at halfway with a 138 total in the $5,000 Open as Lawson Little fired a 67 to press from second place. Sam Snead followed with 135, while Harbert and Picard struggled. The field also included Hogan, Demaret, and Heather as top contenders.
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Mortimer Kreeger
New Orleans
Lloyd Mangrum
Oak Park
Lawson Little
San Francisco
Sam Snead
Mangrum
Little
Lloyd
Ben Hogan
Klershey
Jimmy Demaret
Detroit
Mich
Hot Springs
Jack Grout
Pittston
Chick Harbert
Battle Creek
Henry Picard
Oklahoma City
E. J. Flattison
al Brosch
Farmingdale
N. C
Herman Keiser
Akron
Ohio
Chandler Harper
Portsmouth
Joe Brown
Des Moines
Clayton Heafner
Linville
Fred Haas
Herman Barron
White Plains
Jimmy Hines
Great Neck
L. L
Earl Stewart
Baton Rouge
Johnny Revolta
Evanston
Byron Nelson
Toledo
Buck White
Memphis
Tenn
Willie Goggin
Miami
Fla
Oley Crisman
Selma
Ala
UNC Co-Eds Bow In Tank in Dual Meet Loss to William and Mary
In Chapel Hill on February 21, UNC’s co-educational swimming team, newly organized, lost to William and Mary 35 to 31 in a tight dual meet. Despite diversions from Virginia and William and Mary dominating diving, UNC’s women posted solid showings in freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke, and medley events, led by Ann Monthan and Marty Rouse. Carolina claimed relay wins in the 150 and 200-meter events, with Polly Durham and Mary Elizabeth Nash among the rising performers for UNC.
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Chapel Hill
William and Mary
North Carolina
Virginia
Wilson
Edna Longworth
AnnaMlonthan
Marty Rouse
Carolina
Elsie Lyons
Ellen Wimberly
Justine Rodney
Willam and
Mary
June Hayleh
Ann Monthan
Deborah Lewis
Jean Taylor
Virginia Wisen
Willian
Fara
Williamn
Poly Durham
William
Ann Momihan
Mary Jane Lloyd
Mary Elizabeth Nash
Ellen Whaverly
Virginia Wilson
June Beyles
Polly Durham
Carolina Watson
Jean Lockridge
Dee Dumas
Justine Rodneyt
Washington names new UW football assistant coach
Seattle February 21 University of Washington completes its football coaching staff with the appointment of George Herbert Duggins from Purdue as an assistant to Head Coach Ralph Welch. Duggins age 29 played end at Purdue and for the 1934 Chicago Cardinals before earning a masters in physical education at Purdue in 1935 and serving as assistant coach at Louisiana Tech Huston, La until 1940.
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Seattle
University of Washington
George Herbert Duggins
Purdue
Ralph “Pest” Welch
Duggins
Chicago Cardinals
Pune
Louisiana Tech
Huston
Women in Defense Work Nod to Local Golf Tournaments
The board urged holding local golf tournaments amid many women in defense work who cannot spare tournament time. The plan promises low cost with no travel or hotel expenses, as seen in the previous Greensbovo event where Mrs Page defended her title last year.
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Page
Greensbovo
Finals Reach In Dixie Pro Net Tourney
In Tampa on February 2, the first annual Dixie pro tennis championship reached both singles and doubles finals at Davis Island. Top seed Waste Sabin of Portland defeated Wesley Van Horn of Los Angeles 6 1 6 4 9 7, while Bruce Bares of Houston outplayed Dick Sheen of Los Angeles 8 6 6 1 6 3.
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Fla
Davis Island
Waste Sabin
Portland
Wesley van Horn
Los Angeles
Bruce Bares
Houston
Dick Sheen
Barnes
Sabin
Casey Stengel analyzes NL prospects with frank flair
The Braves manager from Boston offers bold, humorous previews of each National League club. He cites Brooklyn, St Louis, Cincinnati, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and New York with mixed forecasts, and details Braves strengths and gaps including Lombardi and rookies while noting first base and second base concerns.
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Los Angeles
Genteman
Boston
Brooklyn
St. Louis Cardinals
Casey Stengel
Cincinnati
New York
Braves
Florida
Stengel
Stiole
Wyatt
Higbe
St. Louis
Gus Mancuso
Mize
Werber
Mel Ott
Lombardi
Chicago
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Vaughan
Ernie Lombardi
Max West
Chet Ross
Buddy Hassett
Yankees
Bama Rowell
Army
Casey
Devil Quartet Sets New Mark in Duke Swim Meet
Duke this afternoon beat William and Mary 53 to 22 in the Duke pool as its 400-yard relay team set a Southern Conference record at 3:50.2. The quartet Read Brooks Marshall Schuman, with Venable substituting Read, helped Duke win all nine events, with Marshall tying a pool record in the 100-yard freestyle and Schuman taking the 320-yard freestyle. William and Mary’s Bob Conkey led scoring with six points as Duke prepares for its March 3 clash with North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
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Durham
Duke
Blue Devil
Willart
Mary
Bayard Read
Bil Brooks
Bill Marshall
Gene Schuman
Woody Venable
Read
Blue Devils
William and Mary
Jack Persons
Marshall
Schuman
Bob Conkey
Indians
North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Duke Hale
Jones
Ally
Conkey
WilHam
Beamer
Weinberg
Wiliam
Swanson
Heath
Holland
Willian
Egar
Acore
Galt
Willan
Ingalls
Ostrow
Farish
Johnson
Sheperd
Fredman
Market Wise wins McLennan handicap at Hialeah racing meet
Louis Tufano's Market Wise dodged earlier ratings to win the $10,000 McLennan handicap at Hialeah Park. Gramps nabbed second by a half length, Qur Boots fourth, with Market Wise clocking 1:04.3 for the mile and an eighth. Crowd size was down from last year but still large, with Market Wise now totaling $110,990 in earnings.
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Miami
Fla
Louis Tufano
Hialeah Park
Tufano
John Way Whitney
Gramps
Edward
Moore
War Relic
Qur Boots
Dit
Ponty
Royal Man
Red Dock
Old Market Wise
McLennan
Widener
Wendell Eads
Market Wise
Get Off
Qur Bools
Market
Bears Defeat A C C 53 41 in Hickory basketball clash
Lenoir Rhyne beat Atlantic Christian College 53 to 41 to sweep the no game series. Mashburn scored 12 to reach 212 for the season as Hickory led early and held on. Mississippi College dropped football and basketball for wartime.
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Hickory
Lenoir-Rhyne
Atlantic Christian College Tonight
Mashburn
Lenoir- Rhyne
Atlantic Christianly
Bryant
Thamax
Colombo
Watts
Lassiter
McCall
Mion
Willett
Bost
X Ray
Dugan
Lenoir Rhyne
Atlantic Christian
Gilbert
Stafford
Kelly
Cook
East
Yourist LaRue To Be Matched At South Hamilton Arena
Promoter J R Steele announced Abe Yourist a 231 pound Brooklyn star will clash with Jack LaRue Philadelphia in the main one hour time limit event at South Hamilton Arena Thursday night. Both wrestlers draw fans for their scientific grappling though they can switch to rough play if pushed out of bounds. Steele hopes for a strong gate and hinted at a future arena move while promising another major announcement.
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Hamilton Arena
J. R. Steele
Abe Yourist
Brooklyn
Jack LaRue
Philadelphia
Tourist
LaRue
Steele
Cruickshank and Wehrle Invited to Masters Play
Bobby Cruickshank of Richmond and Wilford Wehrle of Chicago received April 9 to 12 Masters invitations after U S Open and U S Amateur champions vote. The two already join existing invitees as the field grows to six. Two more pros will earn spots based on winter circuit scoring records.
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Augusta
Bobby Cruickshank
Richmond
Wee Scot
Wilford Wehrle
Chicago
Wehrle
U. S
Sam Snead
St. Augustine
Fla
Cruickshank
Mrs Dickinson Chosen President of W C Alumnae
Mrs John Dickinson of Philadelphia Pa will lead the general Alumnae Association of the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina for 1942 43. She is the youngest daughter of founder Dr Charles Duncan Melver and will take office at the alumnae homecoming in June during the college 50th anniversary celebration. Her husband is chief counsel of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Greensboro
John Dickinson
Philadelphia
Woman's College of the University Oforth Carolina
Charles Duncan Melver
Wofford Bows To Davidson on February 21
Davidson opened with the lead and maintained it to defeat Wofford College 19 to 14 at Davidson. The game kept the host ahead through the first half and into the final period as Davidson claimed the victory.
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Wofford
Davidson
Wofford College
Derby Leader Vows Derby Aid as War Effort Rises
Louisville head Curtis Winn says Kentucky Derby will be among the best in history and will help the war effort. Churchill Downs plans a 50000 donation to the Red Cross, with racing to boost morale. Winn recalls wartime actions in 1917 18, including Laurel match races and turning the plant into a hospital. He outlines readiness to cooperate if needed.
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J. Winn
United States
Churchill Downs
Chicago
England
Kentucky
National Red Cross
Laurel
Red Cross
Worsk
Pack Assured Of Berth In Loop Tourney
North Carolina State clinched a Southern Conference tournament berth by defeating Wake Forest 44 to 38. The Red Terrors trailed at halftime 21-17 but surged in the final period to take control and win behind strong defense and key scorers.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
N. C State
Red Terrors
Wakeforest
Demon Deacons
Terrors
Wak Forest
Wake Forest
Bonds
Berger
Hinerman
Cline
Dowtin
Veitch
Koteskh
Fizeching
Northc
Carolina State
T Mock
Stevens
McKinney
Tabscott
Carvalho
Abmond
Fees
Carolina
Weirccy Bonds
Koteski
North Carolina State
MecKuiney
Almond
Hawn
Lenalr Rhyne
Am Knight
Durham
Cardinals In Good Shape For Spring Training
Cardinals report on battery and infield status as they begin negotiations for 194? contracts. Branch Rickey lists pitchers Beazley Cooper Hut chinson Jurisich Howar Krnst Sherman Mut ger Howard Polter Shou Warneke catchers Mancuso Cooper. Other pitchers Surkont White Gumbert La nier plus catcher O'Dea. Some players still under negotiation and a report on infielders and outfielders coming next week.
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Louis
Cardinals
St. Petersburg
Fla
Mondty
Branch Rickey
Lub
Jetr Beazley
Sires Cooper
Iva Hutchinson
Jurisich
Howar Krnst
Bill Sherman
George Mut Ger
Howard Polter
Clyde Shou
Lon Warneke
G Mancuso
Walker Cooper
Will Sig
Matthew Surkont
Ernie White
Harry Gumbert
Max Lanier
Ken O'Dea
Harry Breecher
Murry Dickson
Henry Nowak
New Orleans Jast
Rickey
Cng An
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