High Point Skeet Club Hosts Four Day Trapshooting Meet
About 60 shooters converge at the High Point Skeet and Trap club for four days of North South and North Carolina state championships under Amateur Trapshooting Association rules. Prizes total 290 dollars with twenty three trophies. Lewis Class system ages divisions for large turnout. Competitions run Wednesday through Saturday with additional May Skeet tournament and Tri City open championship on Saturday.
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High Point
North Carolina
Amateur
High Point Skeet Club
Lewis
N. C
Panthers Close 1936 37 Athletic Season At Home And On Tour
High Point college concludes the 1936 37 athletic season with a final home match for the Panthers tennis team against Catawba college tomorrow at 3 p m. The baseball team faces four away games this week at Salisbury Guilford and a season finale against Mack Judson’s squad. The High Point Skeet and Trap club hosts a meet with Arthur Cascaden as cashier on U S 311 four miles north of the city.
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High Point College
Panther
Catawban College
Virgil Yow
Diamond Club
Salisbury
Yow
Panthers
Guilford Quakers
Guilford Field
Quakers
Mack Judson
Greescoro
Yewmen
High Point
W. B. Thomas
Arthur Cascaden
Wilmington
Delaware
Winston-Salem Road
U. S. 311
Barley Delivers for Duke in 4-0 Win Over Wake Forest
Duke ace George Barley limited Wake Forest to four hits as Duke clinched the rubber game in the series with a 4-0 victory. Bailey earned his 19th win in 21 decisions, in a one hour 29 minute game before about 4,500 fans. Barley struck out 10, while Duke improved to 18-4- in league play. Wake Forest struggled to push across runs as the Duke defense held.
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Durham
George
Fireball
Duke
Mauney
Wake Forest
Cnkacuases
da Morrie
Ceesess
Chappell
Esate
Seensee
Ecasa Messici
Sheppard
Abrhpoa Ennis
Csc
Cess
Bee
Kia
Morris
Qgaddy
Sesciess
Wagner
Cababe
Barley
Gaddy
Ambler
Tipton
Ennis
Bergman
Cheek
Dickens
Aderholt
Dal Morris
Balis
Byrd
Morgan and
Barbare
Nine Teams Entered for Commercial Softball Title Chase
Nine teams enter the 1937 Commercial Softball League season with opening games set for Monday at 6 30 pm Manan No 7 versus Church of God on the high school field The schedule lists Royal Arcanum Methodist Episcopal Church Coterien Enterprise Junior Order Merita Sartin Dutch Laundry Mann No 7 and Church of God with officials R H Sechrest president and others guiding the circuit under the Park and Juvenile Commission.
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Manan No. 7
Church of God
Merita
Sartin
Dutch Laundry
City Lake
Enterprise
Royal Arcanum
Methodist Episcopal Church
Coterien
Junior Order
Mann No. 7
M. E. Church
Coteriens
Mann No
Grimes Street
Blair Park
Collrtens
High School
M . Sune
M. E
Merita Va. M. E
Richardson Street
Merita Va. S. & D
Main No
M. E. Church Va
Enterprise Va
Merit
Junior Order Va
Ber
Royal Afrianum
Merita Va
Pickett Wins Opener in Industrial Loop
Pickett defeated Oakdale 5 to 3 in the Commercial league opener on Oakdale’s diamond yesterday afternoon. Rhino homered for Oakdale with one on base. Pitchers were Peacock and Ray for Pickett. Garner, Walls and Lequer for Oakdale.
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Pickett
Oakdale
Rhino
Peacock and
Ray
Garner
Walls
Lequer
Derby Takes On New Complexion
Pompoon, the Derby favorite, faltered as Melodist won the Wood Memorial at Jamaica in a 15 to 1 upset. Pompoon faded to fifth, with Sir Damien, Jewell Dorsett, and Cloction trailing as Derby prospects. Melodist showed a strong stretch drive, while Pompoon headed to Churchill Downs for the Derby.
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Orlo Robertson
New York
Pompoon
America
Melodist
Wheatley
Jamaica
Pompey
Marshall Field
Sir Damien
J. W. Brown
Jewell Dorsett
W. A. Carter
Cloction
Harry Richards
J. H. Louchheim
Louchheim
Churchill
Odds Shift as War Admiral Drops. Pompoon Rises in Derby Bets
In Jamaica Pompoon’s failure in the Wood Memorial altered Derby odds. War Admiral, favored at 2 to 1, saw his odds drop from 4 to 2 percent, while Pompoon moved to 10 to 1 from co favorite. Broadway bookmaker Frank Shannon reports the shift ahead of next Saturday’s Derby.
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New York
Pompen
Wood Memorial
Jamaica
Sanford Riddle
Frank Shannon
Shannon
Broadway
Pompoon
Sootball Game Coterien Club Meets Buccaneer Club
The Coterien Club of High Point faces the Buccaneer Club of Greensboro in a softball game this afternoon at 2 30 at City Lake.
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High Point
Buccaneer Club
Greensboro
City Lake
Catawba Beats Davidson Wildcats 12–7 in Salisbury
Catawba collected 14 hits off two Davidson pitchers to win 12 to 7 at Salisbury. Four Catawba hurlers combined for nine hits allowed as the Wildcats dropped their second defeat of the season.
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Catawba
Salisbury
Davidson
Wildcats
Baseball scores from yesterday across cities
Yesterday results show Boston defeating New York 3 to 2, Philadelphia beating Brooklyn 4 to 3, Pittsburgh prevailing over Cincinnati 3 to 1, and Chicago defeating St Louis 11 to 4. Strong performances noted by Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Chicago.
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W. St. Louis
Pittsburgh
New York
Evr
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Chicago
Cincinnati
Boston
St. Louie
Scores Card From Weeknight Baseball Showdowns
Philadelphia edges Washington 2 1 as New York tops Boston 3 2 Detroit beats Chicago 11 4 St Louis defeats Cleveland 3 2 in the brief roundup of results.
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New York
Detroit
Philadelphia
Boston
Cleveland
Chicago
St. Louis
Lee Hee
Washington
Scores from the Southern Triangle games
Atlanta defeated Little Rock 3 to 2 while Memphis beat Chattanooga 4 to 3 and Birmingham edged Knoxville 2 to 1. Nashville’s game at New Orleans was rained out or delayed.
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W. Little Rock
Memphis
Nashville
Chattanooga
Atlanta
New Orleans
Birmingham
Knoxville
Little Rock
Baseball scores from New Jersey and Ontario games
Jersey City defeated Toronto in 11 innings while Buffalo beat Newark 8 to 7. Montreal edged Baltimore 8 to 7 as Syracuse topped Rochester 7 to 5.
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Toronto
Newark
Buffalo
Jersey City
Snyracuse
Montreal
Rochester
Baltimore
Syracuse
Scores Report From Recent Baseball Games
Rocky Mount beat Winston-Salem 6 to 4. Asheville defeated Richmond 9 to 8. Charlotte won 9 to 1 against Norfolk, while Portsmouth fell 4 to 5 to Durham.
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V. Rocky Mount
Charlotte
Asheville
Durham
Richmond
Rocky Mount
Winston-Salem
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Marsh Furniture Edges High Point 6 5 In Close Victory
Marsh Furniture tops High Point 6 to 5 in a late rally. W C W of Thomasville matched a two run Marsh surge with a final inning brace to clinch the win. Elmldridge Hiatt Hoover and Little listed for Marsh. Bing and Little for Thomasy'le.
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Thomasville
Marsh Furniture
Marsh F
Thomasy'le
Elldridge
Hiatt
Hoover
Bing
Little
Managers Set Meetings for League Officials
Managers of the Commercial league will meet at the YMCA Monday night at 7 30 and managers of the Amateur league will meet at the same time on Wednesday night.
Carolina Rests Net Aces While Winning Title
In Chapel Hill on May 1 Coach John Renfield kept his top players fresh after securing both singles and doubles crowns in the Big Five. Ramsay Potts, No. 1 seed, advanced to the singles final by defeating Duke’s Roger Wall 6-3 6-2, while Johnny Foreman beat Archie Henderson as darkness halted their Friday match.
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Chapel Hill
John Renfield
Hie Aces
Ramsay Potts
Roger Wall
Duke Ater
Johnny Foreman
Archie Henderson
Stark Signs NY Umpire Deal Ending Holdout
Maya Alfred Dolly Stark ended his holdout by signing a one year contract to umpire in the National League. He will fill the vacancy caused by the illness of Cy Pfirman.
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New York
Maya Alfred
Dolly) Stark
Cy Pfirman
Zampell Debuts With Three Hit Game In DP Waits
Zamppell collects three hits in his debut as Pickett defeats Oakdale 5 3 while Tomlinson allows no man to reach third in a Triangle win over? 6 0. Thomasville 6 Marsh 5.
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Zampell
Tomlinson
Triangle
ABA
Kennedy
Ingram
Ward
Esee
RH PO Weisner
Hucks
Eee Frye
Settee
Es. Clark
Rush
Byrd
Thomas
Ss Klutz
Dawson
Pickett
Oakdale
Thomasville
Marsh
Pickett . He Coasus
Thomasville W. O. W
Oakdale Speer
Ewes
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Ansell Snow
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