All-Star Squads Named For Boys Home Invitational Game
Tentative rosters announce the fifth annual Boys Home Invitational basketball game pitting Big Four seniors against Carolinas Conference seniors. The Big Four include UNC NC State Wake Forest Duke with one Davidson addition. Carolinas players from Western Carolina Lenoir Rhyne Elon Pfeiffer Atlantic Christian High Point. Proceeds benefit Boys Home of North Carolina Inc. in Lake Waccamaw.
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Carolinas
High Point Jaycees
Carolinas Loop
Alumni Gymnasium
High Point College
University of North Carolina
North Carolina State
Wake Forest
Duke University
Davidson
Dave Wiedeman
Bob Woollard
Carolina
Larry Brown
Yogi Poteet
Ken Rohloff
Jon Speaks
John Key
Jim Whitfield
Fred Schmidt
Duke
Blue Devil
Scotti Ward
South Carolin
Mel Gibson
Gaston Seal
Western Carolina
Jerry Wells
Jim Wiles
Tommy Burton
Don Schley
Lenoir Rhyne
Ray Smith
Atlantic Christian
Larry Nolan
High Point
Ted Blake
Pfeiffer
Dewey Andrew
Elon
Gibson
Andrew
Bill Wells
Bones McKinney
Vic Bubas
HPC
North Carolina Inc
Lake Waccamaw
Carolinas Conference
North State
Big Four
Tides Sign Up Playing Pilot Tides Sign Up Playing Pilot
Portsmouth Virginia announces Allen D. Jones as playing manager for the Tides in the Carolina League. Jones, a veteran catcher and ex player coach with Jacksonville IL champions, hails from Kinston North Carolina and has long been in the Cleveland system. He rejected a Cleveland offer to manage Grand Fords NC to take the Portsmouth post. The Tides lack a full major league working agreement among Carolina League clubs.
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Portsmouth
Portsmouth Tides
Allen D. Jones
Jones
Jacksonville
Kinston
N.C
Bloomingdale
Cleveland
Grand Fords
IOC 74 Man Committee Cast as Guardians or Old Fogeys
Lausanne AP reports the 74 member International Olympic Committee is described as both out of touch and devoted to Olympic ideals. It runs as a self perpetuating club led by Otto Mayer and Avery Brundage, with elites and royalty among its ranks, emphasizing amateurism and non interference despite shifting times.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
IOC
London
Otto Mayer
Chicago
Avery Brundage
Mayer
Marquess of Exeter
England
Axel
Denmark
Francois- Joseph
Liechtenstein
Pierre de Monaco
Gholam Reza Pahlevi
Iran
Albert de Liege
Belgium
Switched In High School Hitter Joins Angels
Bob Rodgers rookie catcher with the Los Angeles Angels became a switch hitter in his junior year at Prospect high school Ohio. He had batted right handed prior to the change.
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LOS Angeles
Bob Rodgers
Los Angeles Angels
Prospect
Ohio
NAIA Tournament Favoritism For Grambling Augsburg Faces Tough Path
Grambling and Augsburg are seeded 1-2 in the 32‑team NAIA tournament in Kansas City, with Western Illinois and Indiana State among challenging opponents. The six‑day event opens Monday, highlighting veteran squads like Grambling’s Willis Reed and Hershel West and Augsburg’s Jim Boutin, as teams pursue a historic grind through the NAIA’s long-running basketball showcase.
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Kansas City
Grembling
Augsburg
Western Illinois
Indiana State
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
Grambling
Willis Reed
Hershel West
Press
Associated Press
Jim Boutin
Winston-Salem
Winston Salem
Oklahoma Baptist
Howard Payne
Rockhurst
Lewis and Clark
Reed
Ken Saylors
Arkansas Tech
West
West Virginia State
Central Connecticut
Carson-Newman
Fort Hays
Pan-American
Pacific ‘Lutheran
Peru
Stetson
NCAA
Tennessee State
Carolina League announces 1963 schedule with 10 teams
The Carolina League released its 1963 144 game schedule. Openers April 19 pair Greensboro at Winston-Salem Burlington at Durham Kingston at Raleigh Rocky Mount at Wilson and Portsmouth at Peninsula with a July 21 all star game planned. Two Virginia clubs Portsmouth Tides and Peninsula Twins join the league.
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Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Burlington
Durham
Kinston
Raleigh
Rocky Mount
Wilson
Portsmouth
Peninsula
Citadel Secures First Southern Conference Swim Title
The Citadel defeated Virginia Tech 114 to 93 to win its first Southern Conference swimming title as West Virginia set two records and Russ Irvine of WVU and Tomlinson of VPI posted top times. Citadel swimmers Reynolds and Busby contributed multiple top finishes.
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Charleston
S. C
Citadel
Virginia Tech
Tech
West Virginia
VMI
William and Mary
Davidson
Lary Crago
Mike Stoner
Russ Irvine
Tom Tomlinson
Tomlinson
Irvine
Reynolds
The
Martin
Rimm
Trotter
Mebane
Good
Orago
Busby
Woodruff
VPI
Eethorn
Alexander
Olsen
William and
Mary
Stoler
Bule
Dexter
Gray
Foley
Mendel
Vincent
Garland
Kearney
Morrell
White
Mitchke
Pierce
Merkle
Springer
Michigan State Coach Forddy Anderson Sparks Banter
In East Lansing the MSU crowd heard Forddy Anderson respond to a jokey MC intro. The coach quipped that he needed 11 minutes to share what both he and the audience know about basketball.
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East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State
Forddy Anderson
Forddy
Anderson
Spring Training Faces Acid Test For New Strike Zone
The expanded strike zone is tested in spring training as MLB officials, led by Commissioner J Ford Frick, push for fewer balls and changes of pitchers. Managers Keane and Stengel weigh impact on hitters and pitching, with players like White Musial and Boyer offering mixed views on higher calls.
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Ted Smits
Associated Press
Leynies
J Ford Frick
Frick
Johnny Keane
St. Louis Cardinals
Casey Stengel
New York Mets
Cardinals
Bill White
Stan Musial
Kneece Takes 4 Stroke Lead In Pensacola Open
Harold Kneece fired a 63 to tie the Pensacola Country Club course record and grab a four stroke edge at 14 under after three rounds of the Pensacola Open. He compiled 10 birdies with one bogey across 63, 31, and 32, aided by 26 putts.
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Pensacola
Fla
Harold Kneece
Aiken
S.C
Kneece
Pete Mazur
Pensacola Country Club
Bob Rosburg
Arnold Palmer
Gary Player
Gay Brewer Jr
Bob Charles
Jack McGowan
Palmer
Player
Brewer
Charles
McGowan
Johnny Pott
Bob Duden
Jon Green
Emulee
Ayu
Sup Luulet
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Blue Devils
Tides
Lioc
Pierre de Coubertin
Greece
Sapporo
Japan
Detroit
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Portland
Ore
NAIA
SC Swimming
Jim Reynolds
Citadel Cadets
Conton Heel
Stith’s
College Village Shopping Center
Ken Boyer
Fila
Tommy Bolt
Julius Boros
Frank Boynton
Gardner Dickinson Jr
Allan Henning
Bobby Nichols
Dan Sikes
Dave Hill
Herb Hooper
Mason Rudolph
Bo Wininger
Bruce Crampton
Doug Sanders
Frank Wharton
Jimmy Clark
Fred Hawkins
Moon Mullins
Jerry Pittman
Dave Ragan
Jack Rule Jr
Trevor Wilkes
Terry Dill
Rod Keller
Oilly Maxwell
Ed Oldfield
Jim Wright
RCA
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