Panthers Launch Ten Day Virginia Road Trip Schedule
High Point College Panthers begin a ten day trek through Virginia facing Hamden Sidney Richmond Randolph Macon Union Theological Seminary Virginia Medical College Park Place Methodists William and Mary and Guilford College in a demanding slate. Coach Boylin leadership aims to build a strong record with battles against top college and Y teams.
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Virginia
Purple Panthers
Old Dominion
Panthers
Farmville
Hamden-Sidney College
Hamden
Sidney
Richmond
Richmond Blues
Ashland
Randolph Macon
Union Theological Seminary
Virginia Medical College
Norfolk
Park Place
Methodists
William and Mary Quint
Williamsburg
Old Hunting Grounds
Guilford College
High Point Eyes Piedmont League Return and Franchises
The piece notes High Point may pursue reentry to the Piedmont League or acquire a farm team arrangement. It discusses potential franchise moves to Salisbury or Danville, financial strains on clubs, and local figures like Doc Tucker and Felix Hayman exploring options with Charlotte and Chattanooga leagues to revive baseball in High Point.
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Furniture City
Chamber of Commerce
Danville
Sisbury
High Point
Felix Hayman
Bud Moore
Charlotte
Bud
Sarge Klerndon
Piedmont Loop
Salisbury
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Budd
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Hayman
Moore
Charlotte Moguls
Strang Nicklin
Chattanooga
Rod Higgins
Asheville Tourists
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Bob
Cincinnatii Reds
Hall
Doc
Tucker
Gie
Frank Sizemore
Sizemore
Chattamooga
Welch Park
Doc’ Tucker
Mr. Sizemore
TOSSERS READY FOR WHITE OAK BATTLE
The Y basket tossers prepare for a tough home game against White Oak Greensboro next Monday night in the first of two scheduled meetings. The Y squad, made up of former college stars, has trained hard for a strong showing as they seek to hit their stride and challenge any amateur team in the region.
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Gossers
Davidson
Duke
Elon
Boylin
Peterson
Method
Gleason
Minnesota
Carl Peterson
Aroud
White Oak
Greensboro
Navy edged NYU 27 to 21 at Annapolis
Army defeated Lehigh 31 to 22 at West Point in a college basketball outing. Navy posted a 27 21 win over New York University in Annapolis, while Army beat Lehigh 31 22 at West Point.
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Navy
New York University
West Point
Army
Lehigh
Of Course He Can't Black
A humorous snippet notes a quip about reading a wife like a book and a line about not being able to shut her up, attributed to Answers.
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Black
White
Hall Caine's The Eternal City to Open at Broadway
Sir Hall Caine writes The Eternal City a First National picture produced by George Fitzmaurice. The feature debuts next week at the Broadway theater with Barbara La Marr Lionel Barrymore Bert Lytell Richard Bennett and Montagu Love in the cast. Caine approved rights and locale filming in Italy with adaptations by Ouida Bergere. The production is praised for its beauty and powerful drama on screen.
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George Fitzmaurice
Barbara la Marr
Lionel Barrymore
Bert Lytell
Richard Bennett
Montagu Love
Fitzmaurice
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Ouida Bergere
Nevers suffers torn back ligament in All-Stars game
Ernie Nevers former Stanford star suffers a torn ligament in his back in the second period of the Jacksonville All-Stars versus New York Giants game. Nevers leaves in the third, Giants win 10 to 0 as McBride of Syracuse scores late and adds a kick.
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Fla
Ernie Nevers
Leland Stanford
Jacksonville All-Stars
New York Giants
Giants
Nevers
McBride
Syracuse
John Herndon Baseball Psalm Of Life Verse
Poetic verse urges baseball players Cobb and Ruth to live up to 359 and leave Spikeprints on the base line. It muses on pitching, home, and mother, urging players to swing, bunt, drag, and clout as they chase success.
Charlie Car Considered Change Of Coaching Base
EPORTS from Winston Salem indicate Charlie Car, famed Piedmont league manager, may relocate operations. He has led the Greensboro club for five seasons and often guided them near the top standings. Last year he left Winston Salem to a late pennant run but lost the championship series to Durham Bulls.
Wintery recollections of snowbound woods and feasts
A writer recalls old timers speaking of heavy snows that turned Main Street to mud and sent locals into the woods to return with a dozen fat rabbits in an hour, a tale contrasting harsh primeval forests with modern cafes and a stove hot with rabbit stew.
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Marne
Rabbit hunting in old style tails off with changing methods
The article describes simple rabbit hunting methods once common in rural areas. Hunters tracked rabbits to their dens then used sticks, sacks, or even guns to catch them. It notes that larger snows kept these practices away for decades and such days are now gone.
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Bunny
Snowy joke on Spartanburg manager Mike Kelly
The tale recalls Spartanburg Sally league boss Mike Kelly after a midwinter trip. He slept dreaming of a sunny south when a cold snowstorm hit, and he muttered that sunny South would lie about a Pennsylvania snow.
North Carolina Bar Plans 1926 Annual Meeting at Wrightsville Beach
The executive committee of the North Carolina Bar Association decided to hold the next annual meeting on June 30 to July 2, 1926 with Wrightsville Beach tentatively chosen as the meeting site.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Bar Association
Wrightsville Beach
Erwin Named to NC College Board of Trustees
Governor McLean announces W. A. Erwin of Durham appointed to the board of trustees for the North Carolina College for Negroes at Durham, to replace resigned W. J. Brogden.
Major Leaguers Adjourn Meeting Over Scheduling Dispute
National and American League joint schedule committee adjourned after six days without agreement on 1926 playing dates. President Heydler and AL President Johnson led the talks as Landis backed an earlier closing. weather and Sunday game conflicts fueled the split with NL owners opposing September 26 closing.
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New York
American Baseball League
John A. Heydler
National
Barney Dreyfuss
Pittsburgh
Johnson
National League
K. Landis
Landis
Dreyfuss
Governor McLean to Sign $23 Million State Renewal Notes
Governor A. W. McLean and State Treasurer B. R. Lacy plan to travel to New York around January 20 to sign a renewed $23,000,000 note issue. The governor and council adopted a resolution authorizing the renewal at today’s meeting. Certificates are being engraved promptly.
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Raleigh
A. W. McLean
B. R. Lacy
New York
Council of State
Trans-Mississippi golf tourney set for June in St Louis
The 1926 tournament of the Trans-Mississippi Golf Association will be held the week of June 21 at the Algonquin Club in St. Louis, announced association president Henry Mackall tonight.
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Minneaplis
Minn
Algonquin Club
St. Louis
Henry Mackall
Association
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