Tar Heel loop forms as new baseball league debuts
Directors in Statesville approve the name Tar Heel league for North Carolina’s first new circuit in five years. Ex managers and veterans gather, including Homer Lee Cox and Norman Small, as the nucleus forms amid coaching staff shifts and early speculation about UNC basketball prospects and coaching moves.
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Tar Heel Loop
Statesville
North Carolina League
Lexington
Homer Lee Cox
Mooresville
Norman Small
Raleigh
Tommer
Cliff Bolton
Don Stafford
Salisbury
Elkin
Tighe Harris
Burl Storie
High Point YMCA cagers top Fieldale 79 to 65 in home win
High Point reserves paced an 79 65 victory over Fieldale Virginia as Don Embler led scoring with 14 points on 7 of 10 shooting. Jesse Snake Segma and Billy Rakes led Fieldale with 23 and 19 points respectively, but poor shooting hampered the visitors. High Point, now 8 5, travels to Lexington for a Saturday rematch with Erlanger Mills.
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Bill Hodges
High Point
Ymca Cagers
Fieldale
Ooe
Idaie
Don Embler
Jackie Hawks
Fred Swartzberg
Nelvin Cooper
Old Dominion Crew
Jesse (Snake) Segm
Cage
Virginia
Drury Hill High
Billy Rakes
Elon
Old Dominion
Lexington
Erlanger Mills Quint
Lexington Crew
Rakes
SONOS
Sineseues
Jordan
Convissee
Martin
Arnold
Swartzberg
Safrii
Hayes
Hartheax
Embler
Byerly
Hartley
Cooopor
TF Vsees
Sands Nes
Davidson
Frazier
Roberts Signs 1953 Deal for 40000 With Phillies
Pitcher Robin Roberts of the Philadelphia Phillies, a 28 game winner last season, signed a 1953 contract for nearly 40000. Lefty Curt Simmons also signed for 16000. Phillies count on their one two pitching punch to deliver about 50 victories and a possible pennant.
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Philadelphia
Robin Roberts
Philadelphia Phillies
Curt Simmons
Carpenter
Phillies
Water Comedian Corky Performs at YMCA Today Night
Corky the 300 pound water comedian and swimmer headlines a YMCA High Point program today at 4 and 8 pm. Lelon Cooper says a small admission is charged. The act includes a weight chair dive and under water stunts plus the famous seven glass balancing trick.
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New York
San Francisco
Mississippi River
North Carolina Quints See Tiny Schedule Lull In Week
The Associated Press reports a quiet NC schedule with two non conference games on tap featuring Elon against McGrary’s Eagles and Appalachian State at East Tennessee. East Carolina beat Catawba 70 56 as Sonny Russell scored 27 and Dave Hodges added 16. Western Carolina edged Enka 84 82 led by Ronald Rogers 22 with Deran Walters 25 for Enka.
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Christians
McGrary
Eagles
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East Carolina
Pirates
Catawba
Western Carolina
Ronald Rogers
Cats
Deran Walters
Enka
Trinity Falls 63 51 to Ashmore B C in nonconference
Ashmore Business College of Thomasville defeated Trinity High Bulldogs 63 to 51 in a Tuesday nonconference game. Daniels led ABC with 24 points while Trinity's Boyles and Spencer paced the Trinity girls in a 61 to 11 win in the opener.
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A.B.C
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Carolyn Spencer
Ashmore B.C
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Peay Ssn
Ashmore
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Wilson
Shydle
Albertson
Hucks
W. Davis
Shepperd
D. Davis
Tar Heel League adopts 108 game slate for 1953
Statesville hosts league meeting as Tar Heel League approves 108 game schedule opening April 24 and closing August 29. Eight clubs, plus Rutherford County Owls and Lexington not yet voting, set four veterans per team and new admission prices of 60 and 25 cents.
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Bill Hackney
Statesville
North Carolina
Tar Heel
Salisbury
Mooresville
Hi-Toms
Lincolnton
Marion
Shelby
Hickory
Western Carolina
Rutherford County Owls
Forest City
Lexington
Hadley Williams
Hi-Tom Baseball Tickets Offered For 1953 Season
A reader asks the Enterprise Sports Department and the High Point Chamber of Commerce to sell Hi-Tom Finch Field season tickets. The letter requests a reserve seat season ticket for 45 dollars or general admission season ticket for 30 dollars, plus a general admission book for 20 games at 11 dollars. The writer asks for a citizen salesman to contact them.
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Enterprise
Chamber of Commerce
High Point
Finch Field
Thomasville
NFL Draft Opens as Owners Seek 1952 College Stars
Philadelphia AP Owners and coaches of 12 NFL teams begin their four day meeting to pick top 1952 college players for the draft with six clubs eligible for the bonus choice. Leading prospects include Moe Modzelewski Billy Wessels Howard Waugh and Donn Moomaw. The Rules Committee kept the two platoon system, made minor changes, and discussed eliminating the point after touchdown. Commissioner Bert Bell touted 1951 as the league’s biggest year with attendance at 2,149,633 and a $69,200 loss from the Dallas Texans. Bell suggested trimming the player limit to 30 players to cut franchise costs.
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Cleveland
San Francisco
Pittsburgh
Green Bay
Chicago Cardinals
Baltimore
Moe Modazelewski
Maryland
Billy Wessels
Oklahoma
Howard Waugh
Tulsa
Donn Moomaw
UCLA
NFL
Bert Bell
Bell
Dallas Texans
Gavilan Set for Davey Title Defense After Easy Win
Welterweight champion Kid Gavilan won a 10 round decision over Vic Cardell in a nationally televised bout in Washington. Gavilan remains set to defend his title against Chuck Davey on February 11 in Chicago. Referee and two judges gave Gavilan dominant scores as Cardell, 149 pounds, fought hard but outgunned.
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Chuck Davey
Chicago
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Game
Vic Cardell
Hartford
Charles Reynolds
Cardell
Black Bison Set to Clash With Central Wildcats
High Point High School Black Bison travel to Charlotte to face Central High School Wildcats in the Western AAA Conference. At 1-2 in the league and 3-4 overall the Bison seek a return to .500. Coach Tony Simeon sticks with the same starting five Herman Bunch Fred Leach Harold Gill Don Scalf Fred Byrd.
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High Point High School
Tony Simeon Hopes
Bison
Tony Simeon
High Point High
Central High School
Wildcats
Charlotte
Black Bison
Burlington
Bulldogs
Simeon
Herman Bunch
Fred Leach
Harold Gill
Don Scalf
Fred Byrd
Braves Sign Chuck Tanner for Boston Debut
The Boston Braves announce the signing of Chuck Tanner, a 23 year old lefthanded outfielder from New Castle Pennsylvania who batted .354 for the Atlanta Crackers in the Southern Association. The club bought his contract from Atlanta after the 1952 season and Tanner has been in the Braves farm system since 1946. The team also announced pitchers Dave Cole and Bob Buhl joining the club. Cole went 1-1 in relief for Boston last year and Buhl, a right hander, just finished military service and played in Dallas in 1950 for Charlie Grimm, now Braves manager.
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Boston Braves
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Atlanta Crackers
Southern Association
Tanner
New Castle
Braves
Atlanta
Dave Cole
Bob Buhl
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Buhl
Dallas
Charlie Grimm
Simmons Ol Diz Named To Hall of Fame
Dizzy Dean and Al Simmons were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on 75 percent of the ballots. Dean, 42, became the youngest inductee, while Simmons, 50, edged in by one vote. Other top vote getters included Bill Dickey, Rabbit Maranville, Dazzy Vance, Ted Lyons, Joe DiMaggio, Gabby Hartnett, and Chief Bender in a record 264 ballots.
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al Simmons
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Bill Terry
Joe DiMaggio
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Bill Dickey
Rabbit Maranville
Boston Brave
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Dodgers
Ted Lyons
White Sox
DiMaggio
Gabby Hartnett
Cub
Chief Bender
West Virginia Mountaineers Rally Behind Sottile Pace
Capt Jim Sottile ignites West Virginia as the Mountaineers win seven of eight, rising to fifth in the Southern Conference with an 11-3 overall mark. Sottile averages over 18 points and is seen as the program’s top scorer, while WVU prepares to face Virginia Tech after a brief idle period.
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Associated Press
Jim Sottile
West Virginia
Mountaineers
Richmond
New York University
Madison Square Garden
Soutile
Bristol
Elsp Sottile
Jim
Mark Workman
Sottile
Maryland
Red Brown
Virginia Tech
Morgantown
W. Va
Gobblers
Virginia
Charlie Eaton
Johnny Cantrell
Tech
Cavaliers
Bernie Witucki Named Tulsa Head Coach
Bernie Witucki a Notre Dame product from Knute Rockne days was named head football coach at the University of Tulsa yesterday. Tulsa trustees acted rapidly after Buddy Brothers resignation effective Feb 1 naming Witucki after a 10 year career as a high school coach in Indiana and an earlier period as an assistant in pro football.
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Okla
Bernie Witucki
Notre Dame
Knute Rockne
University of Tulsa
J. Q
Buddy) Brothers
Witucki
Brothers
Indiana
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