TEBELL RESIGNS- ASKED TO RECONSIDER Batting Sensation Of 1930 Joins Phillies
W Tripp Sigman, top NL batter in 1929 with a 517 average, reports to Burt Shotton with modest aims for 1980. The versatile slugger, famed for a long homer to Broad Street, joins a strong Phillies lineup and is praised as a natural by the manager. Sigman splits time between South Carolina and Georgia when not playing ball.
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Brian Bell
Associated Press
Winter Haven
Fla
W. Tripp Sigman
Phillies
Burt Shotton
Sigman
Trippe
South Carolina
Georgia
Shotton
Wildkittens Enter Freshman Track Meet at UNC
Four Davidson College freshmen depart for the University of North Carolina to compete in the freshman track meet. McCallie and Little will race the 70 yard high hurdles, Fleagle runs the 60 yard dash, and Earle competes in the three quarter mile. The team has not raced this spring at Davidson, beyond practice.
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Davidson
Davidson College
University of North Carolina
McCallie
Little
Fleagle
Earle
Fine Ends to Help Tar Heel Tracemen
Ty Reid and Theron Brown, key end players for the undefeated Georgia team, will miss the Monogram Rookie lineup in Saturday's final winter grid game. Reid is a hurdler and Brown a weightman. both are trackmen and are excused from football to compete in the first Southern Conference indoor meet that night in Chapel Hill.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Ty Reid
Theron Brown
Georgia
Tar Heels
Monogram
Reid
Brown
Rob Fetzer
Chuck Collins
Tebell Resigns NC State Coaching To Seek Virginia Position
Raleigh March 7 AP Coach G K Gus Tebell submitted his resignation as head football and basketball coach at North Carolina State College to take a similar job at the University of Virginia. State officials asked him to reconsider . Virginia athletic director James G Driver said no official word yet from Tebell or NC authorities.
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Raleigh
G. K
Gus
Tebell
N. C. State College
University of Virginia
E. C. Brooks
R. R. Sermon
Brooks
N. C. State
State College
Driver
Charlottesville
James G. Driver
G. K. Tebell
North Carolina State College
Virginia
North Carolina College
Bowling league results from King Pin Alleys action
In three games American Bakery beats Marietta Paint 2 1 while Commercial Bank defeats Adams-Millis. Wilson Motor downed Wfird's and Post Office swept Packer's. Bodie of Commercial Bank had high game 115, Wood of Packers led with 244 total pins in the three matches. Scores follow.
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American Bakeries
Marietta
Commercial Bank
Adams-Millis
Wilson Motor
Wfird’s
Post Office
Packer
Bodie
Wood
Packers
Edwards
Williams
Commercial Bank Payne Ee
Gibson
P. Poston
Caudle
Adams-Millis Office
Payne
Kidd Stee Ee
Byerly
Sherrill Eereee
Packer's Studio Eee
Ruth Ruppert meet over Yankee contract stalemate in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg Col. Jacob Ruppert and a lawyer held talks with Babe Ruth over 1930 pay. Speculation centered on a one year 875,000 deal or Ruth’s demand for 883,000 annually for 1930 and 1931, with Ruppert ruling out a three-year contract.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Babe Ruth
New York Yankees
Jacob Ruppert
Ruth
Ruppert
Rath
Col. Ruppert
McGraw Rebuilds Giants with New Rookie Roles
John McGraw reshapes his lineup by converting Art Westmary from outfield to catcher and Sam Leslie from first base to outfield. Both rookies arrive from the minors with strong batting pedigrees, Leslie hitting .876 for Memphis last season and Weltman .321 for Bridgeport, as the Giants seek added punch after 1928.
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San Antonio
John McGraw
Giants
Art Westmary
Sam Leslie
New York
Sam
Art
Leslie
Memphis
Weltman
Bridgeport
Polo Pony Gives Lindy New View On Air Travel Safety
Del Monte, California report of Colonel Charles A Lindbergh’s polo pony incident during a first solo ride. He was dragged briefly, escaped unhurt, and returned to his glider with a lighter take on flying safety.
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del Monte
Cal
del Monte Field
Charlies
A. Lindbergh
J. Cheever Cowdin
New York
Lindbergh
Anne Lindbergh
Davidson Duke grid scrimmage to showcase practice
Davidson College schedules a Saturday 2:30 game named Carolina Duke for football practice with two Wildcats squads facing off. Coach Tex Tilson fields three teams including N C State with backfield captains Fraley Clark McCall and M Bradshaw versus Goodykoontz Mills McQueen King.
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Davidson
Carolina
Duke
Davidson College
Wildcat
Tex Tilson
N. C. State
Fraley
Clark
McCall
M. Bradshaw
Goodykoontz
Mills
McQueen
King
LE Brooks
Secess
Miller
Covington
Sievmes Ross Gregory
Seeeeeew Wilson
Howard
Eee
McConnell
Wasnor Seemessssee Oeees
Baker
Cannon Pugiog
CPOE
Oes McQueen
Ox M. Bradshaw
Joe Schepner to Pilot Greenville Club
Joe Schepner former Knoxville Smokies pilot arrived in Greenville South Carolina to manage the Greenville club in the South Atlantic league He will play third base for the Spinners indicating Dick Tallamante may not return this season Schepner accepted the job yesterday.
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Greenville
8. C
Joe Schepner
Knoxville Smokies
Dick Tallamante
Schopner
Counterfeiters Reported Operating Abroad by German Police
German police say counterfeiters tied to an American gang have set up a European headquarters. They produce fake 100 dollar bills and pass them through foreign banks, with thousands of dollars moved before detection.
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Berlin
U.S
Another Collins Takes Football Seriously
Chapel Hill Ed Collins Notre Dame varsity end and brother of Tar Heel coach Chuck Collins has been named end coach at the University of Washington.
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Chapel Hill
Ed Collins
Notre Dame
Chuck Collins
University of Washington
Atkins Sets Record on Tom Thumb Course
Herman Atkins the Sedgefield pro shot five holes in one on the Tom Thumb course to card 81 after a fast 36 holes. He and partner Alexander Rankin Jr. beat Andy Merrilees and Bill Snow as Merrilees finished with 97, Snow 103, and Rankin 104. R H Wheeler presided as referee.
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Bobby Jones
Herman Atkins
Sedgefield
Alexander Rankin, Jr
Andy Merrilees
High Point County Club
Bill Snow
Tom Thumb
South Main
East Green Streets
Atkins
Merrilees
Snow
Rankin
R. H. Wheeler
High Point
Legge Defends Board Position On Charitable Role In Wheat Relief
Chairman Legge said the farm board is not a charitable institution and Congress must guarantee any expenditure if the McMaster resolution to buy 25 million dollars of wheat for China relief is adopted. The plan would channel surplus wheat to interior China with a Chinese government repayment guarantee within 10 years. The Senate Agriculture Committee postponed further action awaiting testimony from D O Lively as opponents from the Red Cross and a former China minister voiced objections.
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Frank I. Weller
Associated Press
Washington, Mar
Legge
Farm Board
Congress
McMaster
China
Red Cross
Republican
North Dakota
Senate Agriculture Committee
D. O. Lively
New York
China Famine Relief
John Barton Payne
American Red Cross
John van A. MacMurray
Airplanes Flown About 200 Million Miles in U S Last Year
United States air travel logged roughly 200 million miles flown during the previous year indicating strong aviation activity across major carriers and regional services.
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United States
Major Trice Receives Confederate Veterans Promotion
Captain C W Trice of Lexington is promoted to major and named chief of ordinances on the staff of the first brigade of the North Carolina division of the United Confederate Veterans, Brig Gen J Harris in command. He lost an arm in the Civil War and was long known as Captain Trice, a title informal for 65 years.
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Lexington
Mar
C. W. Trice
Trice
N. C
J. Harris
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