Local Wrestlers Split With Presbyterian College Clash
Presbyterian College Blue Hose wrestlers topped High Point YMCA grapplers 22 to 8 in the varsity match as PC freshmen beat High Point 26 to 3. Sherrill Allman pinned Don McLeod and Charles McConkey defeated Joe Weingartner for HP. Bobby Burgess Glenn Hudson Bobby Grady and Roy Grabb sealed falls for PC with Walter Gooch pinning Zeke Cox.
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Presbyterian College
High Point Y. M. C. A
High Point High
P. C
High Point
O. C. Baker
William Seckler
Bob Link
Donald Selliff
Sherrill Allman
Don McLeod
Charles McConkey
Joe Weingartner
Billy Death
George Brown
B. A. Brown
Roy Brady
Walter Gooch
Zeke Cox
David Armstrong
Tom Morris
Tom Yarborough
Bobby Burgess
Johnny Thurman
James Slaydon
Allen Plummer
Glenn Hudson
Dave Neville
William Foster
Phil Link
Art Baker
Bobby Grady
George Cox
Roy Bragg
Bill Kiner
Local lassie swimmers vie for state crown in High Point event
Nancy Merki Lees, once on the United States Olympic team, returns as a Senior National AAU entrant with the Multnomah Athletic Club. She overcame polio as a child to become a top swimmer and now resides in Asheville. The High Point banquet will honor the award winners with a high profile speaker.
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Nancy Merki' Lees
Multonomah Athletic Club
Nancy
United States
Asheville
High Point
Pirates Acquire Pitcher Murry Dickson From Cardinals
The Pittsburgh Pirates bought pitcher Murry Dickson from the St. Louis Cardinals for an undisclosed sum. Pirate general manager A. Roy Hamey announced the transaction, completed with Fred M. Saigh as the new Card principal stock holder.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Pirates
Murry Dickson
St. Louis Cardinals
A. Roy Hamey
Pirate
Fred M. Saigh
North Carolina athletes form sports club seeks semi pro play
NC State athletes form a Sports men's Club basketball team dominated by football players. Members include Footsie Palmer Bernie Watts Ogden Smith Tony Romanowsky plus baseball players John Norrell Norman Sloan. They seek semi pro or amateur opposition and aim to meet Carolina's Clowns led by Art Weiner.
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Ken Alyta
Charlotte
North Carolina State
Footsie Palmer
Bernie Watts
Ogden Smith
Tony Romanowsky
John Norrell
Norman Sloan
Carolina
Art Weiner
Hopeful Bison face tough week in Western conference race
High Point travels to Reynolds High in a key Tuesday game as the Black Bison pursue a share of the Western conference lead. Coach Simeon notes Reynolds is dangerous and Central College also beat them, while Friday hosts Asheville Maroons in a potential decisive home showdown. Powell and Ellington lead scoring with 140 and 128 points respectively.
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Tony Simeon
Black Bison
Gastonia
Greensboro
Simeon
High Point
Winston- Salem
Reynolds High
Black Demons
Bison
Charlotte Central
Burlington
Winston
Central
Stan Cropley
Demons
Reynolds
Cropley
Charlotte
Mountain Maroons
Asheville
Maroons
Jack Powell
Bill Ellington
Powell
Tar Heelia
Ellington
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Basketball Association of America
Rochester-New York
Baseball Bulletin
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English Motor CO
E. Washington ST
Butch Butler
Holt Hunter
Newberry
Bishopville
Pate
Olin
Leonard
Gerald
University of Maryland
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Boston College
Clemson
Art Finney
Eagles
Landis
China Grove
Melba Overcash
Doris Overcash
Jack Kirven
Darlington
South Carolina Legion
Wake Forest
Murray Greason
Haas Tailoring Line
ALL Shades
Gabardine
Jimmy Meadows
Uliaht Ulomble
North Main Street
Daroff
Botany
Wright Uponble
Travel
Dangerous Club
Harold Reid
Harlan
Statesville
N. C
George Motto
Harlan, Ky
Albemarle
Motor & Supply CO
North Wrenn Street
Pearance
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