Coaching turmoil hits High Point college and high school sports
The city faces a double coach shakeup as High Point College seeks a physical education director or joint Lions leadership for football. At High Point High, debate over firing head coach Homer McCoy intensifies after a 5 5 season, with calls for patience and a possible petition from players. Virgil Yow’s college vacancy remains unresolved as Duke’s Eric Tipton appears unavailable for the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College
High Point High School
Virgil Yow
Advanced Institution of Learning
Eric “Red” Tipton
Duke
Tipton
Army To Get Athletes Heels Open Practice
Two members of last year's Bison football team will leave Wednesday for the ai Richard Reid and Terry Braswell. Four weeks of summer football drills open at Chapel Hill tomorrow with coach Carl Snavely in charge of a group in the forties. Bill Kennedy, first past Bison baseball player to sign pro ball, transfers to a Florida league team. Pvt. O B Levina home on leave. he was the first high school athlete to depart for service this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer McCoy
McCoy
Huntington
West Virginia
Tony Cernugel
High Point
Bison
Richard Reid
Terry Braswell
Chapel Hill
Carl Snavely
Bill Kennedy
Pvt. O. B. Levina
Levina
Derringer Shuts Phillies In Five Hit Victory For Cubs
Paul Derringer returned from influenza to toss a sharp five hitter guiding the Chicago Cubs to a 5-3 win over Philadelphia. Lennie Merullo homered, Cavarretta drove in two, and Derringer earned his 10th victory as Chicago widened its NL lead to four games despite a late Philadelphia rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Paul Derringer
Chicago Cubs
Philadelphia
Dom Paul
Phils
Vance Dinges
Derringer
Cubs
St. Louis
Lennie Merullo
Mickey Livingston
Merullo
Poe Antonelli
Phil Cavarretta
Glen Crawford
Dinges
Antonelli
Coaker
Phil Cavaretta
Dick Mauney
Cavarretta
Aly
Mauney
Seminick
Livingston
Giants
REDS
Cincinnati
New York Giants
van Mungo
Cincinnati Reds
Mungo
Ohioans
Vern Kennedy
Buddy Kerr
Georgie Hausmann
Danny Gardella
Carroll Lockman
Hausmann
New York
Lombardi
Kennedy
Riddle
Unser
Cherry Point Eleven Faces 11-Game Football Schedule
Cherry Point's Flying Leathernecks announce an 11 game season coached by Bernard Nygren with Anderus Anderson as assistant. All games on Sundays except Oct 20 at Chapel Hill against North Carolina. Home games at Cherry Point with nine scheduled opponents including Third Army Air Force and First Army Air Force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry Point
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Fliers
Third Army Air Force
First Army Air Force
Nygren
N. C
Camp Lejeune Marines
Camp Lejeune
Tampa
Fla
University of North Carolina At
Ft. Benning
Columbus
Camp Peary
Williamsburg
Ft. Benning Field
First Army Air Force of New York
Keesler
Biloxi
Miss.anet
Payne Reappointed Navy Day Chairman for North Carolina
Greensboro resident Max T. Payne was notified by Sheldon Clark president of the Navy League of the United States that he has been reappointed Navy Day chairman for North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Max T. Payne
Sheldon Clark
Washington
Navy League of the United States
North Carolina
LeJeune Victorious in Camp Lejeune Baseball Game
Camp Lejeune Marines baseball team defeated Atlantic Field Marines yesterday with a strong nine inning performance.
Washington Swimmers Set Records in Tarboro Meet
Washington D C swimmers led the Carolinas AAU junior and open meet in Tarboro with a new pool and district record of 36 seconds in the boys 50 meter backstroke by Tinkham of Ambassador. The Ambassador club also set a district mark in the boys 150 meter medley relay, while Ben Ward of Carolina claimed the men's 200 meter freestyle district record. Peggy Pate of Goldsboro won the women's 200 meter breaststroke and led Goldsboro to the girls 150 meter medley relay victory. Leola Thomas of Ambassador set the women's 200 meter freestyle record. Other results include Tinkham leading in the boys 50 backstroke and various servicemen placements at Camp Lejeune and Cherry Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uey
Stanley ‘Tskbath
Kenley Am Af Tbassador Club
Washington D. C
Carolinas’ Association
Tinkham
Cunny
Ambassador
Ed Hart
Tarboro
Ambassador Club
Ben Ward
Carolina
Billy Kelly
Peggy Pate
Goldsboro
Leola Thomas
Prince Nafer
Swnmaries
Bob Merrick
Charlotte
van der Ban
Camp Lejeune
Dick Twining
Ad Pate
Jéan Pyatt
Tootsie Powell
Stanley Tinkham
Washington, D. C
Ralph Sheefer
Cunningham
Emory University
Sheldon Rodrell
Ed Declerque
Cherry Point
Karl Frederick
Jane Cook
Frances Kenney
Prince Melhores
Sataiey Soley
Weys
Ralph Shastern
Milton Eaton
Terboro
Pat Romell
Shirley Pate
D. Crawford
Tarbero
Greensboro
Tigers, Athletics Equal AL Record In 24 Innings
Philadelphia and Detroit played 24 innings in a scoreless tie until darkness ended the game at 1-1. Les Mueller pitched 19 2 3 innings for Detroit, and Russ Christopher worked 13 for Philadelphia as the long contest matched the 1906 tie for endurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tigers
Athletics
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Athletics
Detroit Tigers
Bill Sommers
Boston Red Sox
Brooklyn
Boston
Detroit
Les Mueller
Paul
Dizzy
Russ Christopher
A's
Joe Berry
Sommers
Phila
Mueller
Trouy
Swift
Christopher
Berry
Rosar
O'Shanter Heals Golfers As Nelson Snead Warm Up
Tom O'Shanter course hosts the All American Open buildup with Buck Nelson and Sam Snead aiming for the $60 000 event. Promoter S May stacks a three ring show including amateur and women's opens plus a regional swim meet. Hogan returns from active duty. field includes many top names seeking the winner’s share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tom O'Shanter
Byron
Buck) Nelson
Sammy Snead
Ben Hogan
Army Air Forces
Nelson
Snead
May
Lieutenant Hogan
Harold
Jug) MecSpatien
Winni
Sam Byrd
Betty Hicks
Ed Furgol
Mercury Athletic Club Plans Swim Event Meeting
Mercury Athletic Club schedules a special meeting tomorrow at 7 PM in the Elwood hotel to review plans for the Carolinas A A U swimming meet at Citylake next Saturday and Sunday. President Jim Steele urges full attendance for duty assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury Athletic Club
Elwood
Carolinas A. A. U
Citylake
Jim Steele
Wood Hendrix Dodson Lead in St Paul Open Qualifiers
Leonard Dodson of Kansas City led the St Paul Open qualifiers after two rounds with a 137 total. Close behind were Dick Metz Lafforon Virgil Shreeve and Joe Coria among the 64 players advancing to the final 36 holes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
Hendrix Dodson
St. Paul
Minn
Leonard Dodson
Kansas City
Price
Dick Metz
Arkansas City
Kans
Harold “Jug” McSpaden
Me Dodson
Metz
Nky Lalloon
Chicago
Lat
Baseball Leaders Show Power And RBIs In Tight Ranks
In both leagues top performers push pace in batting average runs batted in and home runs. Notable leaders include Gaver and colleagues in the National League and Lombardi and Lake among American League sluggers with strong totals across key categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaver
Gabrea Petcimes
Braves
Rosen
Dodgers
Cavarretta
Cubs
Cuccinello
W. Sox
Lake
Red Sox
Case
Senators
Walker
Olino
Holmes
Lombardi
Glants Workman
OPA workers from Camp Carson aid El Paso county
Twenty convalescents from the Camp Carson hospital center volunteer as OPA workers in El Paso County. Harry J. King of Tabor says the work is important and teaches the value of supplies overseas where shortages could mean defeat or victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Camp Carson
Colo
INS
Camp Carson Hospital
el Paso
Harry J. King
Tabor S. D
Army To Play Duke At Polo Grounds 1944 Schedule
Army announced its 1944 football schedule with key games in New York and Philadelphia. The No 1 team in the AP poll will meet Duke at the Polo Grounds on October 27 and Notre Dame at Yankee Stadium on November 10, with Michigan at New York on October 13 and Navy TBA. Other games include Wake Forest North Carolina Pre Flight and Villanova, at Penn and Sampson Naval Training Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
N. Y
Army
Associated Press
Michigan
New York
Yankee Stadium
Col
Lawrence
Biff) Jones
Senare
Notre Dame
Duke
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Navy
Sampson Naval Training Station
Wake Forest
North Carolina
Villanova
Naval base teams enter Carolinas AAU swimming meet
Ten service units from Jacksonville Florida Norfolk Virginia Langley Field and other bases enter the upcoming AAU swimming meet at Citylake July 28 29. Jim Steele Mercury Athletic Club sponsor notes top events include 400 meter free relay 50 meter free and 150 meter individual medley. Major units include Cherry Point Marines Camp Lejeune Norfolk Naval Training Station and Jacksonville Naval Training Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corp
Jane Timmie Cook
Ardmore, Pa
Cherry Point Marines
Carolinas
City Lake
Raleigh and
Goldsboro
Jacksonville
Fla
Norfolk
Citylake
Jim Steele
Mercury Athletic,club
High Point Park and Juvenile Commission
Camp Lejeune
Norfolk Naval Training Station
Jacksonville Naval Training Station
Langley Field
van Tarboro
Northolina
Mercury Athletic Club
High Point
Triangle Club Falls to Siler City in Tight 2-1 Defeat
Triangle Club, wearing Hosiery colors, lost a heartbreaker 2-1 to Siler City in a pitchers duel. Elvin Perying and Jim Buckner starred for Triangle while Red Smith pitched for Siler City. The team heads to Covington Virginia on Saturday for a game against Covington and then plays Chatham Blanketeers in Elkin with a return meeting next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point
Triangle
Hosiery
Siler City
Iald Dawson
Red Smith
T’s
Chatham Blanketeers
Elkin
Trieneie Mie Victery
Jim Buckner
Devalue Wins Stars and Stripes Handicap at Washington Park
Seven year old horse Devalue owned by Mrs. James Nemecek upset favorit Thumbs Up by a nose in the $58,100 Stars and Stripes handicap drawing 25,000 spectators. Ridden by Steve Brooks Devalue carried 106 pounds and finished a mile and a furlong in 1 51 3 5 seconds earning $40,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dukley
Chicago
Devalue
James Nemecek
Washington Park
Thumbs Up
George
Iceman
Woolf
Slide
Steve Brooks
Ada L. Rice
S. D
Nemecek
Local candidate pays fee with two-dollar bills
A local alderman candidate paid a $500 entrance fee with 250 two-dollar bills at the taxpayer's office, a spectacle that outshines a penny carring taxpaying gesture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ois
Phillies
BUCS
Pittsburgh
Ducky Medwick
Gillwater
Nick Strincevich
Boston Braves
Lee
Masi
Gerhauser
Rescigs
Eee
Salkeid
Strincevich
Davis
Cherry Point Eleven
Navy Day Chairman
Sox
Wally Moses
Johnny Johnson
Caldwell
Metheny
Etten
Martin
Bonham
Drescher
Johnson
Tresh
St. Louis Browns
Jim Wilson
Don Gutteridge
Browns
Mike Er
Eddie Lake Kreevich
George McQuinn
Vern Stephens
Milt Byrnes
Johnny Lazor
Bob Garbark
Gutteridge
Kreevich
Stephens
Mark Christman
McQuinn
Byrnes
Christman
Bob Johnson
Potter
Mancuso
Wilson
Garbark
Mildred
Babe
Didrikson Zaharias
Miss Hicks
Dorothy Germain
Phyllis Otto
Marjorie Row
Jeanne Cline
Catherine Fox Park
Sally Sessions
Carol
Babe) Freese
Hope Seignions
Patty Berg
The
Marines
Fred Haas, Jr
Art Doering
Chick Evans
Frank Stranahan
Pat Abbott
Furgol
al Smith
Cleveland
Carrasquel
Indians
Smith
Salveson
Openling
Jaa
Frank Wood
Francis Hendrix
Blair Park
Emerywood
Charlie Diffendal
Frank Garrett
Frosty” Snow
Jim Blackburn
Howard
Ed Wool
Fred Stephens
Aaron Rice
John Diffendal
Walt Comer
Fred Sechrest
J. van Boyles
Paul Casey
Jack Adams
Wray Ward
Maurice Putnam
Life
Virgat Shreeve
San Francisco
Jay
Johnny Bulla
Joe Coria
Barney Clark
Denver
Ed Purgol
Birmingham
Mich
Chuck Congdon
Tacoma
Wash
Harry Nettelbladt
Avon
Paul Weiler
Lincoln
Neb
Jack Lords
Harry Owrey
Ewe
Jubyy Gassern
Harry
Grams Boys
Scar Ae Speedie
American League
Neebee
Egiekeweens
Stemme
Tephenson
R. Johnson
Hayes
Cullenbine
Eatelella
Clift
Wenn
Etene
Polo Grounds
Jacksonville Naval Base
Triangle Club
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!