Wake Forest Star Tops S C Scorers in Early SoCon Race
Wake Forest sophomore guard Herb Cline led the Southern Conference scoring with 107 points in seven games. Davidson captain Jim Cowan followed with 90, and Clemson center Banks McFadden had 78 in five games. The race features other top scorers including Connie Mac Berry and Wake Forest teammates Convrey and Barnes as the circuit enters a lighter schedule before exams.
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Richmond
Herb Cline
Wake Forest
Jim Cowan
Davidson
Banks McFadden
Clemson
Cline
Jim Waller
Waller
Connie Mac Berry
North Carolina
Pos. Ga. Gis
W. F
Cowan
David
M'Pfadden
Clem
Buchanan
Glamack
N. Co
Convery
Price
Duke
Martn
Furman
Dewitt
Margid
Barnes
Durham Tops South Region Hoops?
Durham leads in North Carolina college basketball with strong showings against Carolina freshmen and Asheville, while High Point and Charlotte contest for Western and Eastern Conference titles. Elon and Catawba note strong Panther form ahead of February clashes as teams push toward conference crowns.
Top Basketball Teams Shine In Town Rivalries
The town hosts two strong basketball programs with potential league titles. At the high school level Tony Simeon leads a balanced attack with defenders and ball hawks like Lewis Hayworth. Bill Keene emerges as a college star under Coach Yow, boosting reserves and North State hopes as freshmen Humphrey and Zuras add scoring. The Panthers rotate 14 players with seamless rhythm, and High Point’s late surge is led by a reserve corps.
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Tony Simeon
Asheville
Mountain Writers
Simeon
Lewis Hayworth
Bill Keene
Yow
Hugh Hampton
Tennis Humphrey
Pax
W. Va
George Zuras
Washington, D. C
Panther
Panthers
High Point
Ruth quits chance to manage again in baseball
Babe Ruth says he has given up hope of returning to baseball as a manager. Now settled in New York with comfortable annuities, he details his quiet life, hobbies, and weight concerns, noting he was once a flamboyant star who earned large salaries and sometimes squandered fortunes.
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Judson Bailey
New York
Babe Ruth
Ruth
New York Yankees
Landis
Burt Whitman
Boston Herald
Charley Gelbert
Charley
Detroit
Fred Haney
Browns
Laurel High School Teachers Lose to Varsity 80 to 31
Laurel Nebraska January 22 The Laurel High School faculty claim the varsity basketball team is strong and the game ended with the players wearing husking gloves and four buckle shoes as the team defeated the teachers by a wide margin 80 to 31.
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Laurel, Neb
Laurel High School
Powers Faces Valdez In Opening Match On Wrestling Card
Ernie Powers from Vancouver meets Pancho Valdez in the opening bout of Wednesday's wrestling card promoted by L C McMahon. Powers, 215 pounds, uses speed and wrestling science like Jim Londos, and is advancing toward a marquee spot as the Purple Flash seeks a headline run.
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Ernie Powers
Pancho Valdez
L. C. McMahon
Powers
Jim Londos
Londos
Vancouver
British Columbia
Valdez
McMahon
Floyd Marshall
Denver
Chief Little Beaver
Cherokee
Marshall
Johnny Marrs
Tom Hanley
Boston
Little Beaver
Purple Flash
Sheriff Hanley
Week of Big Five basketball exams shifts focus to hardwood
Charlotte dispatch notes North Carolina Tar Heels and NC State Red Terrors opening the week with exams delaying play until Friday. Duke meets Wake Forest in Durham with a potential week feature as Navy visits Annapolis and Carolina eyes Southern Conference action.
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North Carolina
Duke
Maryland
Charlotte
Tar Heels
North Carolina State
Chapel Hill
Durham
Blue Devils
Clemson
Bill Lange
Carolina
Annapolis
Navy
Wake Forest
Price
Parsons
Little Blue
Col. Banks
Everhart Keeps Amateur League Scoring Lead
Long John Everhardt remains atop the Y. M. C. A. Amateur League scoring, with Squirky Raper close in second after both athletes posted 10 points. Silman surged from fifth to third with 16 points, as Southern moved up to fifth with nine points.
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Long John Everhardt
Squirky Raper
Everhardt
Marsh
Raper
Watson's
Ingram
Tomlinson
Southern
Willard
KE. Farlow
Harriss-Coy
Johnson
H. Farlow
S. Knit
Spencer
Adams-Millis
Mintz
A. Hoover
Brooks
Maren So
Silman
Cunningham to Hang Up Shoes
New York January 22 The iron man of track Glenn Cunningham plans to quit running after this season He said he delayed retirement but the demands of competing again and the changing Olympic situation make this his last year He cited now impossible conditions for an Olympic team as the reason to stop.
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New York
Glenn Cunningham
Exams Hamper State Cagers
Mid year exams limit players as top teams in the Pacific Coast Rocky Mountain Big Seven and Southwest Conference contest for titles. Southern California and Stanford clash in a two game series, Utah faces Colorado in Boulder, and Texas leads the Southwest chase with Rice and Texas A and M close behind. Princeton opens eastern league play versus Cornell. Smoking does not dull taste per the U S Bureau of Plant Industry.
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Hugh
Fullerton, JR
New York
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain
Big Seven
West Coast
Colorado State
Texas
Rice
Texas A
Missouri
Oklahoma Aggies
Princeton
Cornell
Notable Scoring Update Affects Stands Then Drops E Hoover
In the latest adjustment to the standings E Hoover was the sole player dropped after scoring only two points. The change leaves the field with updated rankings and renewed competition going forward.
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E. Hoover
Scholarships For Athletes At N C State
North Carolina State College will openly award athletic scholarships to students who meet qualifications. The Wolfpack Club, led by D W Seifert, plans a broad fund to provide scholarships in all sports and will base awards on academic record character education and athletic ability. The program aims to operate openly with contributions from alumni.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State College
D. W. Seifert of
Weldon
Wolfpack Club
N. C. State
University of North Carolina
Frank P. Graham
Graham
Southern Conference
Seifert
Wolfpack
Demaret Tops San Francisco Open in 36 Hole Win
Jimmy Demaret of Houston led the winter tour by winning the $5,000 San Francisco match play open with a 2 and 1 victory over Willie Goggin. The win, worth $2,375, followed his Oakland medal play Open triumph and made him the first to win the San Francisco event twice in ten years.
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San Francisco
Jimmy Demaret
Houston
Willie Goggin
Oakland
Demaret
Los Angeles
Aggies Face Baylor or SMU Next Season
Roundup notes big money in Texas as Baylor or SMU are tipped to upset the high-riding Aggies next season. Also mentions golf hosts after April 11 13, boxing match plans and other sports bits with notable names and events.
Frank Menke's record book names Robinson backward runner world champ
Frank G Menke's all sport record book lists Bill Robinson the Negro tap dancer as the world's champion backward runner. The claim surprises Er nest Colburn of Hilton Village Virginia who believed Bob Pastor held the title.
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Frank G. Menke
Bill Robinson
Ernest Colburn
Hilton Village
Bob Pastor
Western Conference leads with two wing in NC high school baseball
In Chapel Hill on January 22 the Western Class A leaders faced a Durham Wilson showdown as 45 games headlined the week. Raleigh and Greensboro debuts appeared in the Class A slate with Greensboro hosting Gastonia and Winston-Salem while Raleigh welcomed Mount. Western Class A featured High Point at Winston-Salem and Salisbury at Salisbury with Wilson the East leader after back-to-back wins, and Salisbury, Winston-Salem, and Gastonia contesting key results.
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Chapel Hill
Durham
Wilson
North Carolina High Schoo
Ralei
Greensboro
Gastonia
Winston-Salem
Raleigh
Roe Mount
High Point
Winston-S
Jem
Winston
G Toria
Nags Nominate For Rich Preakness
Seventy five owners donate a record 139 three year olds for the Preakness Stakes May 11. The $80,000 purse winner is expected. Col E R Bradley leads with 1939 juvenile king Bimetech as top entry. Other notables include Anky the rival, Straight Lead, and Mer.
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F. A. Firestone
C. V. Whitney
Flight Command
Roy Angler
Bradley
Mr. French
John Hay Whitney
Calory
Baltimore
Col. E. R. Bradley
Bimetech
Bimetec
Anky the
Jack High
Tony Pelleteri
Two Games Tonight in Commercial League Schedule
Two Commercial League games are set for tonight at the YMCA. At 7:45 Y Juniors face Raymond Full Fashion, and at 8:35 Highland meets Woodmen of World as three teams vie for first place in the ladder.
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Ewo
Woodmen of the World
Trangle
Highland
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