High Point Hosts State Girls Softball Championship Tourney
North Carolina girls softball moves to Richland Park and Mercury Athletic Club for the annual state tournament across August 4 5 6 and 11 12. Greensboro and Winston Salem clubs field strong rosters while Hillcrest defends not returning this year.
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High Point
Richland Park
Mercury Athletic Club
Hillcrest
Delphine Thornton Surratt
Greensboro
Burlington
Dark Horse
Winston-Salem
Reynolds
Bob Jamieson
Whirlies
Invitational Amateur Match Play Moves Into Day Two
The Colonial Country Club event in Memphis enters its second day of match play with top contenders Eddie Halb ach of Memphis Dale Morey of Indianapolis and Harvie Ward of Tarboro North Carolina among the leaders.
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Memphis
Tenn
Colonial Country Club
Eddie Halbach
Dale Morey
Indianapolis
Harvie Ward
Tarboro
N. C
Wilkinson Greets College Stars As Grid Drills Open
Evanston July 23 Head coach Bud Wilkinson greeted college gridiron heroes as training opened for the 1948 all star game to be played in Soldier Field Aug 12. A 68 man squad will face the Philadelphia Eagles with pro signings already shaping the autumn. The group trains 20 days at Northwestern aiming to avenge last year’s 8–0 Chicago Cardinals defeat. The split T formation is highlighted as a potential main weapon.
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Evanston
Bud Wilkinson
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Northwestern University
Frank Leahy
Chicago Cardinals
Wilkinson
Oklhoma
Baseball Photo Finish Looms as Dodgers and Cards Lead NL
The 1946 style pennant race tightens with Brooklyn and St Louis separated by one game and ten weeks left. Red Munger’s five hitter ends Preacher Roe’s seven game streak, threatening to settle the top spot in the league with a possible sweep of the series by Monday.
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Associated Press
Shades
Munger
Preacher Roe
Brooklyn
Thurman Tucker Drives in Cleveland Win Over Washington
Thurman Tucker and Dians combined for both Cleveland runs in a 2-1 10 inning victory over Washington. Red Munger stifled the Dodgers as St. Louis trimmed Brooklyn’s lead to one game with a 3-1 win. Enos Slaughter and Chuck Diering made standout defensive plays to help the Cardinals. Braves knock off Pirates 5-3 but Verne Bickford injures an instep, a potential blow to their title bid. Robin Roberts earned the win for the Phillies, Hank Sauer homered for Chicago in a 6-5 win over the Giants. Tommy Byrne beat Detroit as Yankees extend AL lead. Verne Stephens hits his 24th homer and Ted Williams 23rd in Boston’s 4-2 win over St. Louis. Dom DiMaggio extends hit streak to 17. Chicago shuts out Philadelphia 12-0, Scheib yields 18 hits as Gumpert goes the distance. The A’s lose 12-0 as Mackmen slump in the West.
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Cleveland
Washington
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St. Louis
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Dom DiMaggio
Sunny Jim Celebrates 75th Birthday in Jamaica Stakes Preview
Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons the elder statesman of American racing marks his 75th birthday on the Saratoga at Jamaica program. He plans to saddle Shackleton owned by William Woodward in the $15,000 added Sara nac handicap a mile and a sixteenth for three year olds. Shackleton recently won the Dwyer at Belmont Park by six lengths.
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Sunny Jim
Fitzsimmons
Saratoga
Calumet Trio Set For Arlington Race
Calumet Farms sends Coaltown Ponder and Armed as a powerful entry in the Arlington Handicap at Arlington Park worth 50000 dollars added. The trio leads a field of six other distance stars for the one mile and a quarter race with start chances uncertain for the non Calumet rivals.
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Calumet Farms
Coaltown
Ponder
Arlington Park
Standings and Today’s Baseball Games Across Leagues
The standings list New York 8 Detroit 2 Cleveland 2 Washington 1 in 10 innings and Chicago 12 Philadelphia 0 Boston 4 St. Louis 2. Today’s games: New York at Detroit Pillette 0-1 vs Newhouser 10-7, Boston at St Louis Stubbs 4-2 or Kramer 0-6 vs Embree 3-10, Washington at Cleveland Ilaynes 2-4 vs Feller 6-8. Other matchups include St. Louis at Brooklyn Pollet 12-5 or Staley 6-5 vs Newcombe 7-2. Chicago at New York Rush 7-11 vs Jones 6-7 or Behrman 3-2 Cincinnati at Philadelphia Vander Meer 2-5 vs Heintzelman 12-3 Pittsburgh at Boston Bonham 5-2 vs Voiselle 4-2. GAMES TOD, 5S at Mooresville Hilton Hickory at Winston-Salem Concord at Landis aft Lexington at Landis Salisbury at Statesbury 4.
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Stubbs
Kramer
Embree
Ilaynes
Feller
Brooklyn
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Staley
Newcombe
Rush
Jones
Behrman
VanderMeer
Heintzelman
Bonham
Voiselle
Pet Carolina LE
Danville Tree
Mooresville Teeene
Landisee
Winston-Salem
Concord
Lis Aleigh
Lexington
Statesville Beats Salisbury In Tight Baseball Clash
Statesville outhits Salisbury 5 112 with 12 runs in a 12 to 5 victory. Key players Raschko Dan Wallace Raehse and Forbes led offense while McIntyre and Philpot suffered on the mound for Salisbury. Fielding miscues and multiple RBI hits shaped the night in a high scoring regional tilt.
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Salisbury
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Daniels
Sutter
Wall
Craig
Rhodes
Riley
Forbes
Canigna
Cooper
McIntyre
Johnson
Suggs
Horne
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lSutter
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Haense
Romretey
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O. Verceaes
Zunno
Ordenana
Mouton
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Sherke
Holt
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Boyette
Seeees
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Hickory
Fam
Flannagan
HA -Flannagan
Ludwig
Transpuesto
Nesbit
Bradley
Nesbit & In
Jlickery
Neasbit
C. Hawkins
Carter
Hi-Toms Rout Moors 11-5 At Finch Field
The Hi-Toms defeated the Moors 11-5 at Finch Field in a late-season game. Dick Strickler outpitched Foxworth in a rousing seven innings before a capacity crowd, with Herman Niehaus homering and Chic Petters keying a fourth inning rally.
Fights Last Night Highlight Local Baseball Action
In Miami Chuck Taylor outpointed Glen Hendershot as Strickler won his first game against one loss. Lynn Southworth retired Cudd to close the game after a late rally. Jackie Price entertained a 3,500 crowd for a 50 minute show. Small tied his record with 33 homers after his blast in the first inning. Hi Toms schedule shows a game at Mooresville then home against Lexington at 2:30 p.m.
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Kler
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Southworth
Foxworth
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Hi-Toms
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Richardson
Bill Hackney
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Thomasville
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Hi- Toms
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Finch Field
Jim Gruzdis
Walt Macierowski
Ron Schuettenberg
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Macierowski
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Finchers
Jim Foxworth
Foxworth-Strickler
Dick Strickler
Norman Small
Frank Fabianich
Chic Petters
Pete Williams
Williams
Peters
Vann Harrington
Lynn Southworth
Jackie Price
Lexington
Local Minor League Scores Roundup
Greensboro defeats Danville while Durham over Reidsville and Raleigh falls to Martinsville in a night of regional baseball action. Burlington edges Winston-Salem as Greensboro meets Winston-Salem in a final pairing.
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Reidsville
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Martinsville
Burlington
Winston-Salem
High Points YMCA Swimmers Dominate Kannapolis in Raleigh Meet
High Point YMCA swimmers beat Kannapolis 47 to 19 in a Raleigh dual meet as preparation for the Carolinas Open at the High Point pool next weekend. O'Kelley led HP with wins in 40 yd free and 40 yd back and contributed to relays, while Walton and Ray anchored sprint and relay wins for HP.
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High Point Mermen
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Hall
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Smith
Richardson
Montgomery
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Wedbee
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Wiles
Corrigan
Grissett
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Dixie Bowl Plans Canceled for January Game
Birmingham reporters say the Dixie Bowl football game has been dropped from the schedule. A conference decision by the Southeastern Conference to bar its members from the Dixie Bowl was a major factor, as the SEC will only allow Sugar, Orange and Cotton Bowl appearances.
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Southeastern Conference
SEC
Seixas Favored To Gain Finals
U S singles champion Pancho Gonzales survived a five set thriller to reach the Pennsylvania state tennis tournament final rounds at Merion. He now awaits the winner of the Sam Match Vic Seixas match as Seixas eyes the title after today’s proceedings.
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U. S
Richard (Pancho) Gonzales
Pennsylvania
Los Angeles
Herb Flam
University of California At Los Angeles
Merion Cricket Club
Gonzales
Vic Seixas
University of San Francisco
Seixas
University of North Carolina Star
Snead Metz Lead Inverness Four Ball Standings
Sam Snead and Dick Metz top the Inverness four-ball with a 20 under par after three rounds, as Haas Douglas and Mangrum Palmer vie for second. The field includes Middlecoff Ferrier and Stranahan in pursuit in the $15,000 event.
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Toledo
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