Bob Feller Shuts Out Yankees 4-0 in Spring Showcase
Cleveland right hander Bob Feller blanked the New York Yankees on three hits, no runs through seven innings, then allowed two more baserunners in the eighth and ninth. Joe DiMaggio collected the only Yankee safety on a line drive off Lou Boudreau’s glove.
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Judson Bailey
Associated Press
Bob Feller
New York Yankees
Cleveland
Joe DiMaggio
Lou Boudreau
Brooklyn Dodgers
Chicago Cubs
Newell Kimball
Carleton
Pittsburgh
Pirates
New York Giants
Frankie Frisch
St. Louis
Ernie White
Cardinals
Red Birds
Phillies
Detroit Tigers
Boston Red Sox
Herb Nash
Johnny Peacock
Dutch Leonard
Chicago White Sox
Bob Harris
Browns
Johnny Babich
Philadelphia Athletics
Denton Sees Furman Leave for Charlton News
Farewell note praises Furman Denton for a year of service at Fur n Bisher. He helped this department, kept the team supplied with answers, and avoided reference books. He departs Monday for the Charlton News, leaving High Point memories behind.
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Denton
Furn Bisher
Chartie News
High Point
Furman
Good K
Furman Bisher recalls a year covering sports and life
A memoir style piece recounts Furman Bisher’s first year with The Enterprise staff. He describes covering Edgar Hartley’s Gold Medal tournament, the Y's boxing efforts, and the third annual North Carolina Semi-Pro baseball meet. The column links sports figures, teams, and events across Duke, Clemson, high school to national scenes.
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Furman Bisher
Uumberton
Enterprise
Edgar Hartley
Phil Surrett
Newlin Hayworth
Bob Hartley
Trojans
Elon
Lt.e
Hartley
Dunk Britt
Kayakos
Banks McFadden
Clemson
Joe Louis
Jack Roper
Tony Galento
Carolina
Piedmont North Caro
Dizzy Dean
Porter Vaughn
Duke
Sanford
Zeb Harrington
Wichita
Roanoke Rapids
Kansas
Yesterday's Baseball Results Across Leagues
Scores from the majors and minor leagues list wins by Cleveland over New York 4 0 Boston over Detroit 6 5 and St Louis over Philadelphia 8 4 in the National League Cincinnati 4 Boston 1 Brooklyn 4 Chicago 1 in 10 innings New York 17 Pittsburgh 6 plus regional leagues Tarboro New Bern rain and other game rainouts Asheville 5 Winston Salem 0 Norfolk 3 Rocky Mount 2 Richmond 2 Portsmouth 1 in 10 innings and Buffalo 10 Jersey City 7 Syracuse 6 Toronto 5 Rochester 8 Newark 6 Montreal 5 Baltimore 4 other North State League rainouts and several interleague results with Kansas City Indianapolis Louisville Milwaukee Toledo St Paul Columbus Minneapolis and Shelby Gastonia rainouts noted.
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Cleveland
New York
Boston
Detroit
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Washington
Chicago
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Jersey City
Syracuse
Toronto
Rochester
Newark
Montreal
Baltimore
American Association
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Louisville
Milwaukee
Toledo
St. Paul
Columbus
Minneapolis
Junior Cindermen Win Triangle Track Meet
High Point Junior High School edged Greensboro and Durham in a triangle track meet on the local field. High Point led with 52 2 3 points, Greensboro 42 1 2, Durham 25 6. Notable marks include Hucks of High Point 10.8 in the 100 yard dash and 18 feet 10 inches broad jump by Voncannon, with Tilley winning the 47 feet 3 inches shot put.
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High Point
Greensboro
Durham
Hucks
Voneannon
Tilly
Dodson
Koonce
Iiderton
Cheek
Johnson-Bates
Robinson
Steed
Lumbly
Suddreth
Tommy
E. Carson
J. Carson
Brogden
Culler
Kay
Brewer
Bowling
Gross
Voncannon
Lucas
Tilley
Hobbs
Truitt
Ruth
Snipes
Ambers favored to defeat Jenkins in Madison Square Garden bout
New York May 10 Lou Ambers is favored to win the lightweight title defense against Lew Jenkins in a 15 round main event at Madison Square Garden. Ambers carries the crown and is expected to prevail over the Texas challenger described as lean and hard hitting.
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New York
Lou Ambers
Lew Jenkins
Pat Madison Square Garden
Ambers
Wolf
Texas
Louisville
Sammy Angott
National Boxing Association
Davey Day
Jenkins
Baseball Leaders Narrowly Separate Across Leagues
Batting leaders include Wright of Chicago at .400 with 30 hits and 19 runs, while Cramer of Boston polishes 29 hits and 17 runs. Hayes of Philadelphia adds a .389 mark. Pitching leaders show Babich and Hash tied at 31 wins. Leiber of Chicago shines with .392 and 29 hits, backed by Lombardi and Mize among RBI and home run leaders.
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Wright
Chicago
Hayes
Philadelphia
Case
Washington
Cramer
Boston
Judnich
St. Louis
Foxx
Trosky
Cleveland
Boudreau
Leiber
Danning
New York
Mize
St Louis
Lombardi
Cincinnati
Slaughter
Ross
Martin
Cardinals
Reds Rally Back to Beat Yankees and Stay Hot
Reds rebound six months after World Series shock as Bucky Walters shines with five hits allowed and four decisive wins. Reds' pitching dominates opponents as Cincinnati posts multiple shutouts and low-scoring games.
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Cincinnati
Reds
New York Yankees
Brooklyn
Yankees
Bucky Walters
Boston Bees
Bucky
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Dodgers
Tex Carleton
Bees
Carolinas Golfers Compete in First Round of Tourney
In Spartanburg South Carolina May 10 golfers from the Carolinas began the 72 hole Carolinas Open at Spartanburg Country Club. Clayton Heafner of Linville and Sut Alexander of Charlotte posted a best ball 61 to share early lead with Clarence Owens Morganton and Russ Lentz Spartanburg matching later amid a blinding windstorm.
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S. C
Carolinas
Spartanburg Country Club
Clayton Heafner
Linville
N. C
Sut Alexander
Charlotte
Clarence Owens
Morganton
Russ Lentz
Stolen Bases and Pitching Leaders Named
Frey of Cincinnati led steals with four, followed by Werber of Cincinnati and Danning of New York with three each. Walters of Cincinnati dominated on the mound at 5-0, while Thompson of Cincinnati posted a 3-1 record.
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Frey
Cincinnati
Werber
Danning
New York
Walters
Thompson
Yankee Booing,[sic] Derby Jokes and Coast Reunions
A sports roundup from New York notes fans booing the Yankees at home and facing a rough road ahead. It covers Derby ribbing of Freddie Smith on Bimelech, Joe McCarthy’s pride in a slump, and college athletes moving toward pro signings with Banks M'Fadden and George Stirnweiss linked to future teams.
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Bimelech
Freddie Smith
Freddie
Jockey Room
Kentucky
Smith
Baseball Hall of Fame should display 1940 standings
Wilbur Wood of the New York Sun urges placing the morning May 9 1940 standings in the Baseball Hall of Fame to record the unprecedented sight of the Yankees in last place and the Dodgers in first. Separately thieves stole Ceferino Garcia's Los Angeles home contents except the living room rug as he trained for Ken Overlin and flew back to the coast to recover it.
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Wilbur Wood
N.Y
Baseball Hall of Fame
Yanks
Dodgers
Los Angeles
Ceferino Garcia
Garcia
Ken Overlin
Sarge Plans Monday Night Wrestling With Two Ton Tony As Referee
Promoter Sergeant McMahon welcomes Two Ton Tony Galento to referee a Monday night card featuring Ellis Bashara the ex Purple Flash and Tommy Marvin known as the bulldog Both are labeled as bums by Galento who predicts he can beat the entire lineup with one left hook Brawlers Bashara and Marvin are described as rascal contenders The card also includes Tom Mahoney versus Linei Brugolepi and Joe Monell versus Jake Patterson in the opening bout
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Sergeant McMahon
Sarge
Tony Galento
Fabulous Galento
Tenth Avenue
Ellis Bashara
Purple Flash
Tommy Marvin
Tony
Galento
Marvin
Bashara
Joe Louis
Newark
Joe
Louis
Tom Mahoney
Linei Brugolepi
Tars Versus Colts End In Doubleheader Tie
Richmond and Portsmouth split a two game set with a 2-1 ninth inning win for Richmond in game one and Portsmouth claiming a 7-5 victory in game two. Asheville blanked Winston Salem 5-0 behind Ed Hurley. Norfolk beat Rocky Mount 3-2 after a late rally amid a protest and manager ejection. Durham at Charlotte game was rained out.
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Asheville
Winston- Salem
Ed Hurley
Twins
Norfolk
Rocky Mount
Red Sox
Manush
Austin
Durham
Charlotte
North State Cindermen duel for track title today
North State Conference track and field meet unfolds at the local high school field this afternoon starting 1 30. Guilford Quakers led by Paul Lentz and distance runners are favored to topple Catawba. High Point relies on hurdles high jump pole vault and shot put for points. Harry Sandusky from Erie Pa. is poised for field event points.
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Catawba
Guilford
Quakers
Paul Lentz
Jim McCachvren
Panthers
High Point
Harry Sandusky
Erie
Carolina Heels Dominate Davidson 14 to 4 in Rained-Shortened Game
In Charlotte on May 10 the North Carolina Tar Heels defeated Davidson Wildcats 14 to 4 in seven innings due to rain. George Radman hit two home runs and added a single as UNC surged.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Tar Heels
Davidson
Wildcats
Wildcat
George Radman
Furman
Duke
Washington and Lee
Greensboro
Poole Edges Powell In Raleigh Amateur Golf
Grover Poole, 16, a Duke freshman from Raleigh, shot 64 eight under par to win his match in the East Carolina Amateur at Carolina Pines. He defeated EF M Powell 4 and 3, setting a course record and an all time Raleigh low in competitive golf.
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Raleigh
Grover Poole
Duke
East Carolina
EF. M. Powell
Poole
Carolina Pines
Globe Parlor to clash with Harriss Covington in Amateur Nines feature
Globe Parlor meets Harriss Covington in a top Amateur League game at Allen Jay park as Oakdale leads Industrial League action with Melrose seeking a win to keep pace. Piedmont Hosiery debuts in Amateur play against Guilford while Carolina Container faces Highland Club and Woodmen of the World meets Tate Furniture in the cellar battle.
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Globe Parlor
Harriss-Covington
Allen Jay Fie
Melrose
Oakdale Nine
College
Oakdale
Adams Millis
Piedmont Hosiery
Guilford
Civitan
Jack Cecil
Highland
Piedmont
Adams-Millis White Sox
White Sox
Carolina Container
Highland Club
Highland Park
Woodmen of the World
Tate Furniture
Rain Delayed Southern Conference Tennis Tourney Opens
Durham May 10. Most seeded players to begin action today in the annual Southern Conference tennis tournament after rain cut opening day short. Only seed to finish first round was Charlie Rider of North Carolina who defeated Bob Murdick of Duke 6 8 6 1 6 2.
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Durham
Charlie Rider
North Carolina
Bob Murdick
Duke
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