LaGuardia Urges League Teams to Curb Baseball Gambling
New York March 1 Major league spring training opened its fourth wartime season as Mayor LaGuardia proposed police exchanges among big league cities to curb gambling on baseball. He pledged to keep the game clean and said Detroit tactics by racketeers would not be tolerated. Managers and league officials met amid talks with Branch Rickey Horace Stoneham and Ford Frick as teams prepared for camp openings across Buffalo Philadelphia and other sites.
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New York
Fiorello LaGuardia
Giants
Yankees
Dodgers
WYNC
LaGuardia
Philadel
Philadelphia
Ankee Stadium
Polo Grounds
Ebbets Field
Branch Rickey
Horace Oneham
Ford Frick
St. Browns
Cleveland Indians
Iladelphia Athletics
Chicago
Rdinals
Washington Senators
Joe McCarthy
Theankees
Bronx Bombers
Buffalo
Iom Daft
Marie Thee
Duke's Spring Sports Work Begins Today
Durham March 12 Duke University opens its 8 spring sports programs with initial candidate checks for track and upcoming practices. Baseball coach Coombs starts March 19 while tennis coach Cox begins April 2. Prospect pools are limited with few veterans returning across teams.
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Duke
Kovacs Lays Claim To Pro Net Crown
Pvt. Frankie Kovacs of Oakland California won the professional tennis championship by defeating Welby Van Horn in a 2 1/2 hour match. Kovacs won 14-12 6-3 as Van Horn from Atlanta had claimed a mythical crown earlier in an exhibition.
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San Francisco
Frankie Kovacs
Oakland
Calif
Welby van Horn
Oaklander
van Horn
Atlanta
Ees Ae Yo Tan
Detoners
Ireland
North Carolina League to Meet in Salisbury Thursday
The North Carolina State Baseball League will hold its meeting in Salisbury this Thursday. The gathering aims to discuss league schedules and governance of the season.
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Salisbury
North Carolina State Baseball League
Officials cited for fairness as Drake credits rule book standards
Bruce Drake says eastern referees call fouls closer to the rule book after an eastern tour. He notes 38 fouls against Oklahoma in two games versus 23 against their opponents and credits nationwide officiating standardization to major double bills.
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New York
Bruce Drake
Oklahoma
Sooners
Drake
Portland Beavers
Pete Travis
Oakland
Calif
Don’t Sneer at Snead in Early Tourney Misspellings
In 1937 Sammy Snead faced a tourney misprint as "Sneed" in Los Angeles where the unknown player finished sixth. Later in Jacksonville Florida he again saw his name read as "Sneed" on his locker during his sixth win of the winter season.
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Snead
Sammy Snead
Los Angeles
Sneed
Sammy
Jacksonville
Fila
Esquire’s 1945 All American Baseball Game Planned
The 1945 All American Baseball Game sponsored by Esquire Magazine and 32 newspapers will be at New York Polo Grounds on August 28. James W. Crossett announced the event. The East team includes 16 players under 18 from cities east of the Mississippi. the West team has 16 players from the west.
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Chicago
Esquire Magazine
New York
Polo Grounds
James W. Crossett
Connie Mack
Mel Ott
Mississippi
Seniors Golf Tour Withdrawals Help Open Field
Raleigh W. Lee 70 of Columbus Ohio, a three time winner and medalist, withdrew from the 11th annual amateur seniors golf tournament in Sebring Florida due to illness. The event opens today with about 90 players aged over 50.
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Sebring
Fla
Raleigh W. Lee
Columbus
Bears Eleven in Armed Forces Lead to Season Changes
The 941 Bears starting eleven and head coach are in the armed forces. All but Turner are commissioned officers and seven players plus Coach Halas have seen overseas service. Buster Maynard, ex Giant, is expected to be Camp Lee Travelers’ mainstay. Bainbridge Naval Center may field a pitching staff with Commodores including Hugh East and Lum and Ray Coombs.
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Bulldog Turner
George Halas
Pfc
Buster Maynard
Giant
Camp Lee
Bainbridge
Commodores
Hugh East
Giants
Lum
Ray Coombs
Jersey City
Carolina Cage Star Can Do Well On Links
UNC basketball star John Dillon, named to the second All Tournament team, is a capable golfer who shoots in the low 90s and sometimes the high 70s on familiar courses. The article recalls Tar Heel players in recent tournaments and notes various Carolina alumni in military service, plus a swimming star who avoids speed drills on vacation. An experimental air mail line was set up between New York and Washington in 1
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Chapel Hill
John Dillon
University of North Carolina
Johnny
Manny Alvarez
Tar Heels
N. C. State
South Carolina
Tar Heel Avalanche
Duke
Sgt
Soune Fecora
Tar Heel
Pacific
la Hayworth
N. C
Carolina
Clay Croom
Grid
Marines
Hayworth
Pecora
Ruth Patterson
Bunn Hearn, Jr
Pentagon
Washington
John
Naval Air Corps
Grosse Isle
Mich
Southwest Pacific
Bunn
Pete Hexner
Prince Nafer
New York
Top Golfers Gamble Way To Victory
MIAMI Fla March 12 4 Jag McSpaden and Byron Nelson won the International Four Ball tournament 8 and 6 over Denny Shute and Sammy Byrd. The Nelson McSpaden pair never bogeyed and relied on aggressive putting finishing with two nine putt first nine holes.
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Miami
Fla
Jag McSpaden
Byron Nelin
Denny Shute
Sammy Byrd
Shute
Byrd
Nelson
Sammy Snead
Bob Hamilton
McSpaden
McSpaden-Nelson
Johnny Revolta
Henry Picard
Jackpot winner at Bombay treble takes 105000 rupees
A single holder of a five rupees treble ticket at the Bombay race track yesterday won 105000 rupees. The winner’s name was not disclosed.
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Bombay
India
Greensboro Readies 20th Carolinas Junior Golf Tourney
Greensboro will host the 20th annual Carolinas junior golf tournament from June 18 to 21. The event brings together young players from regional clubs to compete for state honors.
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Greensboro
Carolinas Midget Junior Tournament set for High Point
The Carolinas Midget and Junior Basketball Tournament will be held in High Point on March 16 and 17 drawing teams from North and South Carolina. Tony Simeon coaches the local event with high turnout expected. Greensboro beat Durham for the state high school title and Davis Townsend of Lexington won the High Point College invitation tournament. Max Reed and Russell Murphy joined Carl Snavely at Chapel Hill as coaches.
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Carolinas
Tony Simeon
Greensboro
High Point High Bisons
Durham
Bison
High Foint
Salisbury
High Point College
Davis-Townsend
Lexington
Junior Order Boys
Cool Springs
Max Reed
Russell Murphy
Carolina
Carl Snavely
Chapel Hill
Reed
Snavely
Cornell
Murphy
Everett Marsh Named United Nations Clothing Drive Chairman
Everett Marsh will chair a nationwide United Nation Clothing Collection next month to aid war torn Europe. High Point's local goal is 45 000 pounds of used clothing. City council weighs removing railroad tracks along S Main St Mallory St and Commerce between Wrenn and Main St. Shavitz buys Dr Max Rones business at 125 S Main St to run Stanley's Jewelers while Dr Rones keeps an optometry practice.
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Everett Marsh
United Nation
Europe
High Point
S. Main St
Mallory St
Wrenn
8. Main St
Shavitz
Max Rones
Stanley’s Jewelers
Dr. Rones
Expansion Predicted For College Sports Boom After War
Kenneth L. Tug Wilson newly elected Western Conference commissioner predicts an unmatched intercollegiate sports boom after the war. He cites returning service members and new enrollees as the main drivers for a great expansion in college athletics nationwide.
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Chicago
Kenneth L
Tug) Wilson
Maxine Allen Sets Unofficial World Duckpin Mark
Durham bowler Maxine Allen posted an unofficial world duckpin five game mark with a 720 score in the state mixed doubles tourney. She and partner Watts Lea won the event with a five game total of 1330. The record surpassed Ida Simmons’s prior score by 18 pins.
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Durham
Maxine Allen
Watts Lea
Ida Simmons
Norfolk
Swedish hurdler doubts year round indoor track appeal
New York report cites Haakon Lidman Stockholm hurdling editor who doubts that Swedes can endure year round indoor competition though fans would welcome such events. He notes outdoor domination would suffer, cites Gunder Haegg’s training triad of skiing running and speed work, and mentions Raf ferty winning mile races in 4:16.3.
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Harold Claassen
New York
Haakon Lidman
Stockholm
Lidman
James Rafferty
Gunder
Oece
Marc
Central Park
Haegg
Dayton
Ohio
Champion Welker Cochran and Willie Hoppe Open Three Cushion Billiards Challenge
New York March 12 Champion Welker Cochran of San Francisco and Willie Hoppe of New York begin the challenge for the three cushion billiard title. After a week in New York the event moves to Boston then Philadelphia Detroit Cleveland Omaha Denver Portland Los Angeles San Diego and San Francisco.
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Welker Cochran
San Francisco
Willie Hoppe
Boston
Philadelphia
Detroit
Cleveland
Omaha
Denver
Portland
Attle
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San Diego
Clemson Auburn to renew four year football series
Auburn and Clemson announce a four year football series starting in 1946 at Auburn. Athletic Director Carl Voyles says Auburn has a 20 win, six loss record in 27 games with one tie since the series began.
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Auburn
Ala
Clemson
Carl Voyles
Ane Mney
Camp Claiborne Cagers Win Southern AAU Title in New Orleans
The Camp Claiborne station hospital basketball team defeated Algiers Naval Repair Base 66 to 50 to win the Southern AAU tournament in New Orleans and earn a spot in the National AAU meet. Also included is a notice of land sale in High Point North Carolina under city council order, with sale details and bid terms.
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Camp Claiborne
Station Hospital Cagers
Algiers Naval
City of
High Point
N. C
High Pint Township
Guilford County
North Carolina
Hamilton Street
Fareriss Avenue
East Parriss Avenue
East Parris Avenue
Arnold J. Koonce
Military honors and overseas assignments headlined by McNeill
Maj. Charles McNeill of 406 Park Way accepted the Croix de Guerre with vermilion star for the 753rd Tank Battalion where he serves as deputy commander. The report lists numerous other awards and postings including Le gion of Merit to Maj. Donald R. Hubbard, Distinguished Unit Citations to MSgt. Louie Trexter Jr., and the Purple Heart to Cpl. David T. Powell. Overseas and stateside assignments follow for several personnel, with mentions of the Normandy invasion, Pacific service, and family ties in the Kestler household.
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Charles McNeill
406 Parkway
France
753Rd Tank Battalion
Donald R. Hubbard
Legion of Merit
Guam
Louie 4. Trexter, Jr
Rt. 3
Ninth Air Force
67Th Reeconnaissance
Russell B. Brewer
Jamestown
An &Th Air Force
Archdale
Third Army
States
Welch Harriss
Norfolk
Pacific
Admr
Halsey
Dwight W. Upton
Miami Beach
Russell M. Payne
Rt. 2
Aleutians
13Th Aaf
Southwest Pacific
Erskine B. Kindley
Worth Ave
27Th Air Transport Group
Herbert Luquer, Jr
Elmer W. Caveness
W. Green St
Germany
Wallace Troy Rice
Rt. 1
Hawaii
Howard L. Oakley
Rt. 4
Assam
John Knight,Jr
Kernersville
R. L. Idol
Colfax
Pacific Theatre
State survey to map postwar development in Guilford area
The State Planning Board will conduct a comprehensive survey of Greensboro High Point Gibsonville and Guilford county focusing on postwar industrial commercial and agricultural development. Felix A Grissette will lead the effort with about a dozen experts borrowed from state departments to evaluate education health recreation public welfare libraries and local government facilities. The goal is to inventory county assets and compare local standards with other communities to foster an overall program for full employment and statewide prosperity.
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State Planning Board
Greensboro
High Point
Gibsonville
Guilford County
Felix A. Grissette
State Board
Grissette
North Carolina
Newsboys campaign for war stamps to buy Water Weasel
The Enterprise newsboys launch a drive to sell war stamps and bonds to raise 4815 dollars. They estimate needing 48150 ten cent stamps, which will require many doorbells as they aim to have a Water Weasel bearing the paper name ready for duty in battle.
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Enterprise
Memorial High Point Holds Second War Dead Service
Memorial High Point held its second community service honoring 66 men who died serving the country in the past year. Rev. Wilbur Hutchins spoke at the Junior high school as families received memorial plaques from Mayor Arnold J. Koonce, with 131 gold stars listed at the Chamber of Commerce.
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High Point
Wilbur Hutchins
Arnold J. Koonce
Chamber of Commerce
Slaughter-bound bull escapes in city street melee
A bull escaped from an abbatoir-bound truck on South Hamilton Street near noon last week causing chaos at the Tomlinson Hamilton Street shops. Caudill chased the animal into the lumber yard as Nibbelink Ferguson and Stroud secured a gate, ropes, and finally hauled the bull back to the truck after an hour of struggling.
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South Hamilton Street
Tomlinson Hamilton Street
Mack Caudill
Tomlinson
Tomlinson Yards
Caudill
Tomlinson Lumber
Ray Nibbelink
T. G. Ferguson
G. B. Stroud
Nibbelink
Mill No. 1
Deaths in High Point Area Last Week
Obituaries report four local deaths including Robert L. Hilliard 59 of 108 Welch St Mrs C C Ollis 35 of 125 Briggs Ave Robert L Kennedy 65 of Thomasville Rt 2 and Mrs J Haywood Prevo 36 of 603 Fourth St. Knitters at Adams-Millis Hosiery Plant No 7 are on strike demanding a 10 to 15 percent wage increase.
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High Point
Robert L. Hilliard
Welch St
C. C. Ollis
Briggs Ave
Robert L. Kennedy
Thomasville
Rt. 2
J. Haywood Prevo
Fourth St
Adams-Millis
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