Front-Page Roundup: Spring Pause In Local Sports
The piece notes a lull in local sports as prewar tempo wanes and High Point College restricts spring activities to intramural softball and tennis. It mentions travel limits, coaching shortages, and upcoming Bison baseball and football plans while hinting at broader North State league trends and nearby boxing notes.
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High Point College
North State
Yow
Tony Simeon
Bison Baseballers
Tony Cernugel
Bison
Burt
Beown
A. B. Lockhart
Fat” Weaver
Dates Set for Sedgefield Horse Show June 8 10
Sidney Allen announces the Sedgefield Horse Show will run June 8 to 10 with five performances and about 2500 dollars in prize money. The event, approved by Sedgefield Directors and the American Horse Shows Association, moves ahead as facilities are upgraded.
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Sedgefield
Sedgefield Stables
Norfolk
Wilmington
N. C
Fulton-De-Kalb
Dutch Gains Stroke On McSpaden In Charlotte Open
Soldier Dutch Harrison a two stroke leader after a 70 to 66 opening for 136 at halfway in the Charlotte open war bond tournament. Jag McSpaden trails at 138 with 71 after Byron Nelson 70 for 140 amid crowd scenes and incident reports.
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Charlotte
Dutch Harrison
Army Air Forces
Greensboro
N. C
Jag McSpaden
Philadelphia
McSpaden
Harrison
Armed Forces
Sam Byrd
Detroit
Craig Wood
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Jimmie Hines
Amsterdam
Dudley
Nelson
Byron
E. J. Harrison
Byron Nelson
Toledo
Ohio
Mich
Jimmy Hines
N.y
Furman
Edwards
Winston-Salem
Bob Hamilton
Evansville
Ind
Frank Strazza
Greenwich
Conn
Tony Penna
Dayton
Ralph Hutchinson
Bethlehem
Skip Alexander
Durham
Orville White
Winston
Purvis Ferree
Joe Earhardt
Norristown
Beazley's Month-Old Son Gets Cardinal Contract
Nashville report says four weeks old Beazley baby, son of 1942 World Series hero St John Beazley, has a proposed contract from the St Louis Cardinals for 1962. President Sam Breadon writes to the father to have the child sign and obtain parental consent. Lt Beazley, in Memphis, expects the signing and jokes about a safety pin.
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Nashville
Tenn
Terry Morton Beazley
St. John Beazley
St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis
Sam Breadon
Cards
Baby Beazley
Beazley
Memphis
Erry Morton
Herkner Wins Senior Golfers Tournament in Florida
Peter Herkner of Cleveland defeated Charles H. Jennings of Roaring Gap North Carolina 3 and 2 to win the tenth annual senior golfers amateur tournament in Sebring Florida. Jennings led briefly by winning the second hole after halving the first.
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Sebring
Fla
Peter Herkner
Cleveland
Charles H. Jennings
Roaring Gap
N. C
Jennings
Herkner
Cubs Open Training Today in Indiana Ahead of Spring Camp
Chicago Cubs depart today for spring training at French Lick Indiana with uncertainty over roster size as several players have not signed contracts or expect military service. Slugger Bill Nicholson remains unsigned and Lou Novikoff may be late due to his wife’s illness.
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Chicago
Chicago Cubs
French Lick
Ind
Jim Gallagher
Bill Nicholson
Lou Novikoff
Teague Trophies to be Awarded Friday in Goldsboro
Goldsboro will host a Friday night dinner where Peggy Pate and Pat Preston receive the Teague Awards for exemplary amateur athletes. UNC athletics director Robert Fetzer will speak, with Wake Forest's D Caler and Duke's Eddie Cameron presenting.
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Goldsboro
Peggy Pate
Pat Preston
Thomasville
Wake Forest
Duke
Rolinas
Robert A. Fetzer
University of North Carolina
D. Calker
Eddie Cameron
Jake Wade
The
Charlotte Observer
Carolinas’ Association of Amateur Athletic Union
Athletics
Seymour Johnson Field
Teague
Carolinas’ Amateur Athletic Union
Lewis E. Teague
High Point
National Amateur Athletic and
Carolinas
Predicts Voyles To Head Auburn Football Staff
Birmingham report predicts that Voyles of William and Mary will be named head football coach at Auburn. The Athletic Committee favors Voyles or Cawthon with Cawthon set to stay with Brooklyn Dodgers. Voyles has 29 wins, 7 losses, 3 ties since 1939 at William and Mary.
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Birmingham
Ala
Zipp Newman
Mgrgee News
Voyles
William of the Mary College
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Pete Cawthon
Fey
Newman
the News
Cawthon
Brooklyn
Vade
Wallace Wade
Duke
William and Mary
Jack Kore
Navy
Temple to Meet Tennessee in Open Football Clash
Earl R. Yeomans announces Temple Owls will face the University of Tennessee in Knoxville on November 18 marking the first meeting between the two schools. The game is scheduled as a single contest with potential future return in Philadelphia. Tennessee did not play football last fall and Temple plans only this game for now.
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Philadelphia
Earl R. Yeomans
Temple University
Owls
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
Tenn
Yeomans
Vols
Tennessee
Temple
Cardinals To Switch For Big Innings
St Louis, March 18. Billy Southworth says the 1943 Cardinals will shift to a hitaway offense aimed at big innings. Facing a less stellar pitching staff this year, the club will rely on aggressive hitting to generate runs, a contrast to last season’s cautious, run-by-run approach.
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ST. Louis
Billy Southworth
Cardinals
Southworth
New York Yankees
Lightweight Delia to clash with Francis in 10 rounds
New York report says Mike Delia of Los Angeles will fight Leo Francis of Panama in a 10 round bout at Holyoke Massachusetts on March 27. Delia, 21, with 29 knockouts in 37 fights, recently stopped Dusty Brown in four rounds in Philadelphia.
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New York
Mike Delia
Los Angeles
Leo Francis
Panama
Holyoke
Mass
Freddie Sommers
Delia
Dusty Brown
Wilmington
Del
Philadelphia
Lincoln
Neb
R. G. Clapp
University of Nebraska
A Collegiate
Memphis
Tenn
Southeastern Amateur Athletic Union
Mem
Martin Pearson
Y.M.C.A
Sam Atcheson
Ben Moore
Walter Struek
Cubs Outfield Power Highlights 1944 Roster
Cubs boast a 100 RBI outfield trio led by Bill Nicholson with 128 RBIs. Pafko and Sauer also posted 116 and 100 RBIs, forming a strong NL spring lineup alongside Dodgers and Pirates peers. The piece notes 828 RBI by the NL rosters and compares to the American League totals.
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Bill Brandt
New York
Chicago Cubs
Bill Nicholson
Swish
Cubland
Uthern Association
Andy Pafko
Los Angeles
Ed Sauer
Nashville
RBI
Cub
Brooklyn Keystone
Billy Herman
Dodgers
Bill Hart
Bill
Sauer
New Orleans
Robert Irving Elliott
Pirates
Hassock
Sports Centers May Take Place Of War Memorials
Government sponsored national committee on physical fitness proposes community sports centers as living war memorials. Trautman heads plan with a board including Bank Tunney and Leiser. cites Greenville South Carolina center as example with pool and baseball fields.
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Washington
National Committee On Physical Fitness
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Security Administration
Physical Fitness Committee
George M. Trautman
Trautman
Columbus
Ohio
Theodore P. Bank
Special Service Division
Army Service Forces
Mander Gene Tunney
Navy
William Leiser
San Francisco Chronicle
C. L. Jordan
N. W. Ayer
F S. Lloyd
Parker
Greenville
S. C
Rip Sewell Fears High School and College Batters
Pirates pitcher Rip Sewell, famed for his bloop ball, says he fears high school and college batters in training camp due to their unpredictable, long-hitting nature. He notes he can read experienced hitters but youth will swing at pitches high and far, preferring a matchup with the Yankees sluggers.
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Pittsburgh
Truett Banks
Rip
Sewell
Ripper
Pirates
Flash
Frankie Frisch
Yankees
New Redskins Hire Degroot Promises Humor and Ambition
Dudley S. Degroot, announced by Washington owner George Preston Marshall, signs a five year contract as coach amid jokes about bench plays and a new T formation. The veteran coach, 44, curates staff including Turk Edwards and Clark Shaughnessy as advisory, with questions still on Sammy Baugh’s playing status.
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Dudley S. Degroot
Washington Redskin
Sammy Baugh
George Preston Marshall
Redskins
Degroot
Marshall
Chicago Bears
Stanford University
Stanford
Pop” Warner
San Jose State College
Rochester University
Turk Edwards
Dutch Bergman
Clark Shaughnessy
Pittsburgh University
Baugh
Texas Muna
Pairings Set for Western Cage Tourney Playoffs
Arkansas faces Missouri and Iowa State battles California Los Angeles in the first round of the NCAA Western basketball playoffs on March 24 25. Winners play March 25 to decide the western representative for the national finals at Madison Square Garden. Arkansas and Iowa State are favored. Missouri serves as Rocky Mountain alternate.
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Kansas City
Arkansas
Missouri
Iowa State
College of Los Angeles
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Madison Square Garden
Rocky Mountain
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