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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1964
Page
10
Smith Shore defeated Carolina Glass 43 to 34 to clinch the City Basketball Tournament at City Lake. Richard Cross led the winners with 20 points as the team built a 26 13 halftime margin and held off a late Carolina rally.
The 27th Santa Anita Derby worth 132400 crowns the weekend’s major race as Hill Rise, owned by George Pope Jr., leads the field with Don Pierce to ride after a five race win streak. Wil Rad, with Bill Hartack, is expected as top challenger from post 1 against Hill Rise from post 8.
Mickey Mantle, baseball’s top earner, seeks to play 150 games this season and reach 500 homers before retirement. In 13 majors with the Yankees, he has 419 homers. Achieving 150 games yearly has been as hard as maintaining a .300 average, with only four 150-game seasons and two aided by pinch hits due to injuries.
Detroit veteran Frank Lary signed his 10th full season Monday and awaits a return to major league level after arm troubles slowed him last year. He trains in Lakeland, Florida as Yankees and other teams eye his comeback, with a career 28-13 mark against the Yankees shaping the context of his hopes.
New York defeated Boston 4 to 2 and Chicago beat Detroit 4 to 2 in Thursday results. Scheduled Saturday NHL games include New York at Montreal Chicago at Toronto and Detroit at Boston.
Bobby Hull of the Chicago Black Hawks scored his 37th goal of the year as Chicago moved into a first place tie with the idle Canadiens by defeating the Detroit Red Wings 4 2 Thursday night.
Earl Ruth, athletic director and former cage coach at Catawba College, noted Light joins a select group of players. The losers' club will scout two new members tonight but no volunteers are available. Light appears unsettled as he contemplates inclusion.
Tulane hosts Louisiana State in New Orleans for its last 1964 season game aiming to set a historic all time one season mark. A loss would drop the Green Wave to 0-23, the worst single season in college basketball history.
In Greensboro tonight the AJ Jaybirds meet Northeast Guilford in the Guilford County girls final at 8:30 after a 7:00 boys consolation between Gibsonville and Allen Jay. Jaybirds, 11-3 in the regular season, beat Gibsonville and Sumner to reach the final. Northeast Guilford, 12-12, beat Guilford and Northwest to reach the final.
In Miami Beach AP reporter Will Grimsley writes Cassius Clay confirms five year membership in Black Muslims, says religion guides his beliefs and stance on race. He rejects integration pressure while praising Muhammad and declaring God aided his upset victory over Sonny Liston.
SPARTANBURG, S. C. AP Wofford defeated Erskine 76 55 to earn an independent berth in the District 26 NAIA basketball playoffs on March 23 The fourth team for the district tournament at Due West D C will be decided by the Carolinas Conference tournament in Lexington N C
A note explains applying a dab of white paint to the front sight of a rifle or shotgun to create a visible aiming point in dawn or dusk conditions. The tip emphasizes practical use for improving sight alignment in low light shooting.
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