Loughran Camera Title Bout Postponed to Thursday
Rain at Madison Square Garden postpones the heavyweight title fight between Primo Carnera and Tommy Loughran to Thursday night. Carnera, 258 pounds, favored 3 to 1, with an expected knockout, while Loughran, 185 pounds, would face tough odds as the show reshapes amid weather and gate concerns.
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Umpire Byron Teases Players With Verse And Wit
Longtime umpire known as Lord Byron roasted players with rhymes to defuse Heated disputes. He quipped that swung too late cut the center of the plate and urged batters to be bolder than leaning on the shoulder.
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Panther Athletes Awarded Sweaters
Five members of the High Point college basketball team were awarded new sweaters for meritorious service. The presentation occurred before the student body at chapel as a pep meeting preceded the final season game against Guilford College. Recipients named: Culler, Ronyecz, Williams, Diamont, and Elder.
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Gold Medal Finals Set For Thursday Night Tourney Action
The second annual Y M C A Gold Medal basketball finals move to tomorrow night at 6 30 PM at the association gymnasium after Monday’s storm canceled play. Dark Horses meet Highland for Class C, Salvation Army vs Greensboro Full Fashioned for Class B, and Erlanger vs Frazier Smith for Class A with R T Amos delivering the opening toss. Erlanger eyes a repeat title as Lexington and Frazier Smith bring strong clubs amid strong local interest and large crowds expected.
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Local YWCA Sextet Beats Greensboro
The High Point YWCA basketball team defeated the Greensboro YW sextet by a close score. Cecil starred for the locals while Martindale led the visitors in a hard fought bout.
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Carnera Loughran Heavyweight Title Bout Preview
Associated Press reports Primo Carnera of Italy versus Tommy Loughran of Philadelphia for the heavyweight championship in a 15 round decision bout at Miami Madison Square Garden stadium. Purse split Carnera 87 1 2 percent Loughran 12 1 2 percent. Main bout time set for 10 P M with referee Leo Shea and judges Roy Latham and Colin McLachlan. Preliminaries include Buck Everett Eddie Houghton Al White Johnny Miler and others. Estimated attendance 25000 and receipts 875.
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Charlotte Meets Durham For Title
Charlotte and Durham clash for the state high school championship in Chapel Hill with Charlotte seeking a fourth straight title after Western half supremacy. In Class B finals last night Dobson defeated Jonesboro 42 to 21, with Jonesboro the prior year’s champion.
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Handcuffs stolen from patrolman by prisoner
State Highway Patrolman J. P. Rhoad reported his handcuffs missing after a Negro prisoner escaped in the dark. The incident occurred near YORK, as details of the jail break surface.
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Conference Quintets Arriving In Raleigh For Big Tournament
Five of eight teams enter Southern Conference tourney squads expected to arrive in Raleigh for final prep before opening round. North Carolina schools stay home for drills. South Carolina star Henderson likely out with mumps, replaced by Nevergold. First round features Maryland vs Washington and Lee, Duke vs VMI, with UNC facing Virginia and NC State meeting South Carolina in later rounds.
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Dancing Games Return At Lenoir Rhyne College Fall
Hickory February 28 The Lenoir Rhyne college board of trustees rejected a February 8 reorganization plan and approved campus dancing under faculty supervision. No changes were made to athletics budgets standards or student policies for the coming year.
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Woman Fires Shotgun After Com Motion Kills Owl
Feb 28 report from Statesville describes Mrs W P Blackwelder of Bethany township firing on a com motion among her chickens. Hearing no answer she shot and killed a giant hoot owl that did not respond to her shout.
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W. P. Blackwelder
Bethany Township
Newspaper Staff Fights Sleet to Publish Amid Chaos
In a day of ice and power outages, the paper’s staff struggled to print as typewriters thawed and wires reeled. Reporters chased college hoops drama from South Carolina to Kentucky with Henderson and notable upsets shaping the Southeastern Conference outlook.
Doc Cramer Joins Athletics For Florida Camp
Roger Doc Cramer and nine Athletics players left Philadelphia by train for Fort Myers Florida training camp after agreeing on salary terms for 1934. He said he was not exactly satisfied but noted there is little choice, expressing tiredness of the snow and cold weather.
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Doc) Cramer
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Weather and Travel Notice For Local Baseball Team
The article notes bitter cold weather and players leaving without the writer. It states Vice President John D. emphasized no athletics players would join the trip south at the team's expense unless they signed or agreed to terms. Pitchers Dietrich Cas Schmidt Kohima Roy and catchers Madj Hayes along with Detore and Bernard Snyder are listed as traveling or remaining with the team in context.
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Tall centers loom in Southern Conference tourney lineup
Milan Zori of North Carolina State tops the field at 79 inches among centers in the Southern Conference basketball tournament. Duke sophomore Connie Mack Jr. is 77 inches, with North Carolina and South Carolina centers Ivan Grace and Jana Henderson at 76 inches. One taller NC State center exists but will not play. Bill is listed as junior reserve.
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