Bison Track Team Faces Strong Season Despite Losses
High Point high school battles losses from graduation but fields a formidable form in track with Norman Hendricks and Marion Sams departed. Truman Hilton steps into pole vault and William Smith continues high jump lineage. Coaches Charlie Spencer leads the Bisons into dual meets and likely the state and conference meets at Chapel Hill and High Point.
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High Point
High Point Athletes to Compete in Southern Conference Indoor Games
Right Down ai Alley leaves the high school faculty to coach as athletic director at the Y M C A while sharing duties with the track squad. Four High Point high athletes will enter the prep school division at Chapel Hill for the Southern Conference indoor games. Potts to run low hurdles, Sams high jump, Chastain mile, Roberson 60 yard dash. About 69 aspirants train under Coach Spencer. entries include Farr Hilton Byron Roberson Kivett in dashes and fields for 440 880 Mile Pole Vault High Jump Hurdles Broad Jump Weights with several other promising names.
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Chapel Hill
Spencer
Potts
Sams
Rufus Chastain
Francis Roberson
Farr
Hilton
Byron
Roberson
Kivett
VanBenthuysen
Newton
Ellington
Marley
Sprye
Cook
Roach
Bailey
Lamar
Chastain
Dennis
Lowe
Thompson
Hedrick
Parks
Workman
Jarrell
Robertson
Hinton
Grant
Shelton
Harmon
Navy Basketball Team Set for Duke and William and Mary
Navy plans a weekend tour featuring Buzz Berries and Dusty Dornin as they face Duke in Durham and William and Mary in Williamsburg. Navy of 11 wins in 14 games earns a post season nod while Duke recent semi finals and UNC win over Navy set the stage. Duke beat Army and West Point, Navy beat Columbia Pittsburgh Georgetown Maryland West Virginia and Penn State. William and Mary struggled this season.
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Buzz) Berries
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West Virginia
U S Golf Assn Eyes More Qualifying Districts For Open Amateurs
New York March 6 The United States Golf Association contemplates expanding sectional qualifying districts for both the open and amateur championships and raising the amateur quota to 200. John G. Jackson vice president and qualifications chief says a decision is due within two weeks.
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Vermont
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South Dakota
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St. Paul
Illinois
Cleveland Country Club
Altitude Records Rise With New Propellers and O2 Gear
Airplane altitude records climb about 1509 feet annually thanks to controllable pitch propellers improved supercharger use and oxygen breathing systems for pilots.
Duke Faces Stiff Field in Southern Conference Meet
Duke's Blue Devils travel to Durham for the fifth annual Southern Conference swim meet with seven to eight teams expected and about 80 swimmers. Maryland Virginia Clemson Washington and Lee N C State and Duke are definite entries, with Virginia Tech possibly competing. Strong challengers include Virginia captain Charlie Prince Duke rival Carroll Dailey Washington and Lee star Duncan McDavid and Duke rivals Bob Mervin Herb Whiting Gordon Wood Jacob Hartenstein. Duke hosts the event for the first time after two years at Virginia.
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Generals
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Bob Mervin
Herb Whiting
Gordon Wood
Jacob Hartenstein
Millsaps Captures S I A A Honors in Upset
Millsaps College of Jackson Mississippi won the 8 I T A A basketball championship by defeating Western State Teachers of Bowling Green Kentucky 31 to 29 in the finals. Millsaps had edged Louisiana Tech 39 to 37 to reach the final and led 23 to 15 at halftime.
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Millsaps College of
Jackson
Miss
Western State Teachers of Bowling Green
Millsaps
Louisiana Tech
Western Kentucky
Centenary
Shreveport
Kentucky
Mississippi
Wright Brothers Interest in Aviation Began via Toy Helicopter
A historical note explains that the Wright brothers first grew curious about flight through a toy helicopter. This early curiosity spurred experimentation and eventual invention of powered aircraft.
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Wright Brothers
Campbell halts 300 mph speed trials by wife’s order
Sir Malcolm Campbell, poised to push his Bluebird to 300 mph on a Daytona Beach run, postpones after Lady Campbell intervenes. Beach officials and the mayor back her, fearing for his safety, and Campbell agrees to wait for a northeasterly wind to harden the sands.
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John McNamara
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Tire And Battery Dealers Will Meet
Greensboro reports the North Carolina Tire and Battery Dealers association schedules a statewide meeting at the Carolina hotel Raleigh on Tuesday March 19 at 1 oclock. The board at the King Cotton hotel yesterday chose to urge General Assembly action regulating tire and battery dealers business in the state.
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Raleigh
King Cotton Hotel
General Assembly
Two Fighters Score Wins in St. Petersburg Card
In St. Petersburg Joe Lipps of Charlotte defeated Jizzy Singer by outpointing him over ten rounds. Buddy Holmbeck of Terre Haute outpointed Frankie Burns over eight rounds in the same card.
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ST. Petersburg
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Joe Lipps
Charlotte
N. C
Jizzy Singer
New York
Buddy Holmbeck
Terrehaute
Frankie Burns
West Palm Beach
Motorman Chases Hit-and-Run Driver After Sighting Sideswipe
Andrew Vargo, off duty, saw a motorist sideswipe a street car and speed away. He pursued the other car for over an hour in his own vehicle before stopping the driver and notifying police.
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Cleveland
Andrew Vargo
Vargo
Tiny French Plane Breaks Into Light Flight
A new aircraft in France features a wingspan under 20 feet and a takeoff run under 100 yards. It achieves a top speed of 60 miles per hour, marking a compact entry into light aviation.
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France
Select Field To Run In Conference Indoor Meet
The sixth annual Southern Conference Indoor Games unfold in Chapel Hill with top sprinters from Maryland Duke Virginia Tech North Carolina and others entering the 60 yard dash. Defending champs from last year plus Widmyer chase the 6.3 clock and world record pace amid 25 dash entrants and notable sprinters from VMI Clemson and South Carolina.
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Earl Fdmyer
Maryland
Elmer Tarrall
Duke
Ernie Pritchard
Virginia Tech
Charlie
Rookies Getting Chances In Majors Training Camps
Reports from multiple camps show rookies being given chances as teams push toward spring exhibitions. Browns get Burnett into action while Cardinals practice continues ahead of full squad arrival. Phillies and Reds hold sessions as Indians note improving condition and Ruth comments on crowds and start of exhibition games.
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Babe Ruth
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Cunningham
Athletics Rest After Loss as Yanigans Resume Series
Philadelphia Athletics pause play for rest before resuming series with the Yanigans. Yanigans won 1 to 0 yesterday as Charley Moss suffered a split thumb while making a backstop play.
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Philadelphia Athletics
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Baseball notes from spring camps and positional bets
A roundup from camps across the country highlights Myril Hoag seeking a regular outfield role with the Yankees at third base, Danny Taylor in Dodgers camp battling Stanley Borgadary for left field, Beauford Rhea missing camp due to missed mail, and Lonnie Warneke slated to start in Chicago’s camp game. Also mentions Gus Mancuso’s query about Pud Hobell andSchoolboy Rowe’s remarks in Lakeland.
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Brooklyn Dodgers
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Borgadary
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Red Sox rookie Byron Humphries Sore Arm Relieved to Rest
Sarasota Florida Byron Humphries rookie pitcher at the Red Sox camp reported his right throwing arm was a little sore and was ordered to take a few days rest.
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Byron Humphries
Red Sox
Suhr Can Face Suspension Over Absence in San Bernardino
Sunshine in the Pirates camp was marred by Gus Suhr being absent in San Bernardino as he faces possible suspension unless he reports to Oakland and declares his intentions.
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Senators Star Joe Kuhel Seeks Comeback After Injury Setback
Biloxi Mississippi report notes Joe Kuhel, coming off a broken leg among many injuries that felled the Washington Senators last season, still waits for a chance to prove his readiness. Rain disrupted yesterday’s practice sessions.
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Joe Kuhel
Washington Senators
Will Aid Citizens In Filing Federal Income Tax Blanks
Tax experts J. N. Bready and Z. W. Rush will host free tax filing help at the new post office building on South Mals and East Green on March 13 14 and 15. They will assist those facing difficulties with federal income tax returns and ask the public to consult them on those days.
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Z. W. Rush
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Bready
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Speeding Car Injures Youth in Chicago
An automobile sped by Edwin Barush, 18, causing him to crane his neck, stumble, and strike his head on the sidewalk. He was taken to a hospital with a concussion of the brain.
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Edwin Barush
Panthers Seeded Third For Carolinas Virginia Tourney
Charlotte March report notes Lenoir Rhyne Bears and Atlantic Christian Bulldogs open the Carolinas Virginia tournament at 4 PM with a brisk matchup. Bears seed fourth and Bulldogs eighth join Elon Lynchburg High Point Catawba and Appalachian in a western style bracket with games Thursday through Saturday finals at 8 30 PM.
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