Towelers Edge Pointers 2–1 in Kannapolis Night Tilt
Kannapolis Towelers edged High Point Pointers 2–1 as Tipton drew a walk and scored the winning run in the ninth. Sages doubled to drive in Redfern for the other Towelers tally in the eighth. Dossack and Jensen powered High Point with a late double and triple.
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Kannapolis
High Point
Cannon
Tipton
M. Watts
Sizsling
Sages
Redfern
Dossack
Jensen
Eric
Parks
Pointer
Spencer
Healey
Weavers’ Lot
Concord
Concorde
Tall Tales on a Drunk Train and Distilleries
Lieutenant Floyd recalls a Greensboro drunk who drinks constantly. On a night train his younger brother points to lit mills and asks what they are. The man, treated as a moral case, finally laughs at the idea of drinking whiskey production working overtime.
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Much Es
Bcuher
Remarkable Pinehurst shot by Frank Walsh in North End South Open
Frank Walsh of Bretton Woods New York pulled off a famed 170 yard par 3 at Pinehurst on the 17th. His ball wedged in pine needles against a tree seven inches thick and he bent a niblick into an L shaped bow to loft the ball onto the green and into the cup.
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Frank Walsh
Pinehurst
Walsh
Bretton Woods
N. Y
Entron
Dodgers draw big crowds as baseball notes mix with boxing and football talk
New York reports show Ebbetts Field attendance reaches 117 369 over four night games boosting the Dodgers from the red. Jimmy Johnston travels to arrange Bob Pastors fight with Maxie Rosenbloom next week. Tongues wag about future football studs and possible big league moves, plus Bobby Riggs playing in 18 tournaments this year.
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New York
Ambers
Armstrong
Ebbetts Field
Dodgers
Jimmy Johnston
Bob Pastor
Maxie Rosenbloom
Yanks
Charlie Grimm
Broadway
John Henry Lewis
New York Athletic Commission
John
John Henry
Bobby Riggs
Joe Engel's Chattanooga club plans to raise funds for plane
The Chattanooga baseball club led by Joe Engel announces a drive to raise money to purchase a plane for Doug Corrigan. The effort aims to unite supporters and provide the team with improved travel capabilities.
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Joe Engel
Chattanooga Ball Club
Doug Corrigan
Hartnett turned down by Yanks for 2500 dollars
Dan Daniel notes Gabby Hartnett was rejected by the New York Yankees with a 2500 dollar offer because he could not hit. The column also points out Dutch Clark of the Detroit Lions begins his 15th season as a pro, while the Giants plan to peg all their games in the upcoming year.
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Dan Daniel
World- Telegram
Yanks
Gabby Hartnett
Dutch Clark
Detroit Lions
New York Giants
Boxers pressured to fight as Arm strong heads out on tour
Rumors swirl that Henry Arm strong has lost his edge and must be forced to fight. Mead orders him on the road from Pompton Lakes while New York papers attack the boxing commissioner for not recognizing Young Al Hostak. The dispute follows Steele failing to answer a challenge from Apos toli.
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Henry Armstrong
Pompton Lakes
Mead
New York
al Hostak
Steele
Apostoli
Traffic Fatalities Below Last Year By Fifteen Percent
Report says traffic fatalities to date run 15 percent under the comparable figure from the previous year, indicating a notable decline in deadly crashes.
Kannapolis Defeats High Point With Narrow Baseball Victory
Kannapolis edged High Point 7 2 in a low scoring game as Doljack and Suggs led with two base hits and Jensen drove in runs. Levey, Jensen and Dwyer starred with multiple assists and runs batted in while Spencer notched nine strikeouts in 1 45. Errors by Jensen Lisle and others added to the scoring miscues.
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A. Doljak
Este
Dwyer
Jsestast
Healey
Chester
Harden
Eewete
Roupan
Escoose
Kannapolis Ab Rho Redfern
Eevee
Riccoteas
M. _T. Sb scsee
Spencer
Kannapolie
Jensen
Lisle
Levey
Redfern
Jacobs
O'Neal
Suges
Doljack
Suggs
Tipton
Packard
High Point
Kannapolis
Hudson
Burnett
Hickory Beats Concord 4 2 in Ninth
Hickory Rebels finish second by defeating Concord 4 to 2. Swaysie pitched six innings for Parker and Chitwood. Parker allowed two runs in six. Umpires Flora and Brandon. game time 1 hour 50 minutes.
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Hickory Rebels
Concord
Hickory
Parker
Scarborough
Susko
Viau
Swayze
Chitwood
Hite
Ptteher
Iain
Flora
Brandon
Snead Favored as St Paul Open Opens with Big Field
The St Paul Open begins a 72 hole medal test at Keller course for 7500 dollars. Sammy Snead leads a field of over 200 including Harry Cooper who has won the event three times and tops money winners this year. Early rounds feature stars such as Sarazen Revolta Hagen Armour and Little as play stretches to 54 and 72 holes to determine low qualifiers.
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ST. Paul
Keller Course
Sammy Snead
West Virginia
Snead
Harry Cooper
Chicopee
Mass
Cooper
Laffoon
Tony Manero
Gene Sarazen
Johnny Revolta
Lawson Little
Dick Metz
Horton Smith
Walter Hagen
Tommy Armour
Jim Foulis
Lenoir Defeats Valdese 8 to 5 In League Game
Palm and Ragland led the Lenoir fins with two hits each as Ragland earned the win on the mound. Capps and Bolton paced the Valdese visitors with two hits apiece, while Tipper struck out seven in seven innings for the loss.
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Lenoir
Valdese
Palm
Ragland
Fins
Bolton
Capps
Wales iv Vinecseaccaveen
CS Vine Eoe
McGill
McCrone
Scaling
Wilson
Arnette
Tipper
Heath
Brown
Sadler
McDaniel
Biggerstaff
Pitts
MecCrone
MoedGill
Hipps
City Playground meets Intermediate League scoring clash
Cloverdale tallies 11 runs on 12 hits while Ada Blair collects 7 runs on 13 hits. J Brown Saun ders Wall B Silman notches two base hits. J Finch Strand among three base hits. Final score 11 to 7 in favor of Cloverdale with Saunders Loflin and Snyder Bocholis handling batteries.
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J. Brown
Saunders
Wall
B. Silman
J. Finch
Strand
Silman
Surrette
Carroll
Webb
McGhee
Loflin
Snyder and
Bocholis
Semi finals start today in junior Legion race
In Charlotte on July 29 the state junior Legion baseball semi finals begin with Greensboro meeting Charlotte and Gastonia facing Shelby in Shelby. Finals are decided in best of five series.
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Charlotte
American Legion
Greensboro
Gastonia
Shelby
Harvard Freshman Crew Members Trained at St Pauls
Seven of Harvard's eight freshmen rowers this spring came from St Pauls School Concord Ho where they received prep school training, as Harvard Crew reports from Cambridge Massachusetts.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
St. Paul's
Concord
Tville Hosts Bees Tonight In North State League Ride
Thomasville leads the North State League by a slim margin after a loss to Gastonia. Canty led T Ville with four singles and a double as Gastonia defeated them 8 to 7 in a seven inning game with late rallies.
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Thomasville
Salisbury
Finchfield
Gastonia
Tommies
Canty
T-Ville
Roy Pinkston Tops Knockers in North State League Action
Roy Pinkston of Tommie leads the Knockers with a .394 average after adding nineteen points in the past week. Chunkin Paige Dennis extends his win streak to nineteen, while Tomville remains the league hitting leader with a .297 team batting average. Roster highlights include Pinkston 282 at bats 69 hits 111 RBIs and Dennis 75 at bats 14 hits 20 RBIs.
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Thomasville
Roy Pinkston
Tommie
Chunkin
Paige Dennis
Tville
Ab R Het
Pinkston
Shealy
Harrington
Canty
Mueller
Maus
Connor
Dennis
McCain
Lindsay
Outland
Pos Of A Thumps High Point Weaving In Softball
P. O. S. of A. topped High Point Weaving 6 to 4 in a Commercial League softball game yesterday. Robins hit a home run for the winners. Batteries Samuels Spurs Dickerson and Harvey.
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P.O
High Point Weaving
Robins
P.O.S
H. P. Weaver
Samuels
Spurs
Dickerson
Harvey
Grant Groan Experts Entertain Tonite
Promoter J. D. Allen Jr brings a six-man wrestling card to High Point tonight. Jimmy Logas and Dick Gammons start the show, with Gammons chasing a rare win. Masked Marvel meets Eddie Williams in a 30 minute deadlock rematch, now extended. Chin Lee squares off with Ernie Dugan in a 90 minute two out of three falls bout. Doors at 7, action at 8:30.
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High Point
J. D. Allen, Jr
Jimmy Logas
Dick Gammons
Oklahoma City
Gammons
Allen
Masked Marvel
Rasslin
Eddie Williams
Springfield
Chin Lee
Hankong
China
Ernie Dugan
Lansing
Mich
Lee
Red Sox Hold Tight In AL Pennant Chase
Boston stays within reach of the Yankees and Indians as Bobby Doerr shines at second, rookie hurlers impress led by Herb Pennock, and Foxx and Chapman supply key power while others win big across the league.
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Sid Feder
Lefty Grove
Boston Red
Yankees
Indians
Sox
Chicago
Joe Cronin
Bobby Doerr
Herb Pennock
Jim Bagby
Emerson Dickman
Dick Midkiff
Bagby
Dickman
Foxx
Ben Chapman
Homer
Chapman
Athletics
St. Louis Browns
Tigers
Washington Senators
Boston Bees
Pirates
Phillies
Cubs
Hoover, Miley, Hemphill Advance In Biltmore Forest Golf
Alliene Hoover of Thomasville and Marion Miley of Lexington reach the semifinals at the Biltmore Forest women’s invitation tournament after Jane Cothran’s withdrawal due to family illness. Hemphill defeats Neblett 9 8, Miley defeats Degener 10 8, Hoover beats Gayer 4 2, Guth advances in place of Cothran.
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Asheville
Jane Cothran
Greenville
8. C
Biltmore Forest
Miss Cothran
Sally Guth
St. Louis
Star
Alliene Hoover
Thomasville
N. C
Kathryn Hemphill
Columbia
U S. C
Marion Miley
Lexington
Miss Hoover
Marion Gayer
Charleston
N.C
Miss Hemphill
Alberta Neblett
Atlanta
Miss Miley
John Degener
Charlotte
Bert Collyer Dies in Chicago Sports Publisher
Bert E. Collyer, 61, a renowned horse race handicapper and publisher of Eye, died in Chicago. Born in Durham Ontario, he worked a print shop in youth, traveled to Alaska during the 1898 gold rush, reported the Chilkoot Pass avalanche, and in 1914 launched his turf information paper. He claimed Eye first disclosed the 1940 Chicago Black Sox scandal.
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Chicago
Bert E. Collyer
Eg Eye
Durham
Ont
Canada
Collyer
Alaska
Chilkoot Pass
Carolinas A A U Horseshoe Event On Tap Tomorrow
The first annual Carolinas A A U Horseshoe tournament starts tomorrow at nine at the M M A courts with over forty tossers expected from both states. Roberts, former state singles champ, joins Elizte Jarrett, first state champ, in the field. Local committee heads are B C Harmon, L R R Stewart, Glenn Hoover, Warren, and Carl Garner.
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Roberts
Elizte Jarrett
B. C. Harmon
L. RR. Stewart
Glenn Hoover
Warren
Carl Garner
Kovacs Faces Riggs in Sea Bright Tennis Semifinal
Frank Kovacs, 18, from Oakland, meets top seed Bobby Riggs in the Sea Bright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club invitational semi final. Kovacs upset fourth seed Bryan Grant yesterday, while Riggs won his quarterfinal. other matches featured Wilmer Allison and Elwood Cooke. Women’s singles finals pit Alice Marble against Virginia Wolfenden and Dorothy Bundy against Sarah Palfrey Faby an.
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Sea Bright
N. J
Frank Kovacs
Sea Bright Lawn
Riggs
Bryan M
Bitsy) Grant
Atlanta
Kovacs
Grant
Ua Ae
Robert L. Harman
Oakland
Calif
Wilmer T. Allison
Austin
Tex
Elwood T. Cooke
Portland
Ore
Frankie Parker
Allison
Popes
Sidney B. Wood
Newark
Cooke
Parker
Spring Lake
U. S
Alice Marble
Virginia Wolfenden
San Francisco
Dorothy
Jay Bundy
Santa Monica
Sarah Palfrey Fabyan
Brookline
Mass
Tournament Night Brings Roanoke Rapids Owls Top Clash
In Greensboro Adams Millis Hanes bow out as McCrary Roanoke Rapids Owls headline a late schedule in a North Carolina semi pro event. May Hosiery, Lucky Durham and Statesville win heavy hitters clash, with strong showings from High Point and Winston-Salem teams in an action packed day.
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Enterprise
Iil
Tower
Harris
Cooper
Adams-Millis Hanes
Lord Perry Pite
High Point
McCrary
Roanoke Rapids
Lucky Strike
May Hosiery
Mock-Judson
Cheeka Een
Towot Oo
Acs Ordecneces
Statenville
BIOTA
Saturday Games and League Standings Report
Saturday schedule lists Gan Pickett vs Oakdale at Marsh and Marsh showings. Harris & Cov. face Glenolf Abattoir while Highland plays W C W at Land Park. Commercial League standings feature Pickett Adams Millis and others with Mills Home and Globe Parlor leading early results.
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Pickett
Oakdale
Marsh
Adams-M Marsh
Tomlinson
Triange
Harris & Cov
Glenolf
Highland
Land Park
M.C
Bockis Ak Ae
Adame Millis
Nessa Boke Ae
Commercial Mills Home
Hayworth R. & P
Isseet Ona
Globe Parlor
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Ada Blair
Richardson
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LeCarn
Lavelle
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Silvey
Dobie
Gardner
Campbell
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Ryan and
Connors
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Red Sox
White Sox
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Bert Collyer
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Andy G. Merrilees
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