Hi Toms Face Early Struggles In First-Season Payball
George Pratt discusses the Thomasville High Point Dodgers, Hi Toms, amid defeats by Mooresville and a 14 inning tie with Hickory. He cites youth and inexperience, hopes for a peak after mid summer, and notes pitching prospects including Colarelli, Sieradski, Toney, Fletcher, Morris.
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Pratt
George
Thomasville
High Point Dodgers
Mooresville
Hickory
George Gentz
Dodger
Gentz
Vito
Melisurgeo
Geaty
Geatz
Tom Sieradski
Ed Toney
Ralph Fletcher
Bill Morris
Hi-Toms
Hank Colarelli
Colarelli
Brooklyn
Aud Kirke
Jamestown High Flying Tigers End Season With Strong Record
Jamestown High's Flying Tigers, Guilford county champions, finished with 13 wins and 2 losses. Senior pitcher John Mendenhall won seven straight decisions in his final year, while Gordon Smith improved late and pitched a shutout and a three hitter. The team may have set a county tourney mark by scoring 66 runs in four games.
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Jamestown Flying Tigers
Guilford County
Tigers
Allen Jay
Jamestown
Trinity
John Mendenhall
Mendenhall
Gordon Smith
Fights Last Night Across Cities Report
In New York Trish Billy Graham outpointed Ernie Petrone over eight rounds at Sunny Side Gardens. Also in New York Jerome Stadium Pat O'Connor beat Lou Rousse by decision over eight rounds. In Harrisburg Bee Bee Wright stopped McCoy Jones in four rounds in Philadelphia.
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Sunny Side Gardens
Trish Billy Graham
Ernie Petrone
Philadelphia
Jerome Stadium
Pat O'Connor
County Cork
Ireland
Lou Rousse
New Orleans
Harrisburg
Bee Bee Wright
McCoy Jones
Tigers Beat Indians 4-2 Behind Kell's Four Singles
George Kell led the Tigers with four singles including three off Bobby Feller driving in three runs and scoring once in a 4-2 win over the Indians. Cliff Fannin held the White Sox to three singles over six scoreless innings as the Browns split with Chicago, after the Sox won the opener 5-2.
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Steve O'Neil
Trucks
Newhouser
Hal White
al Benton
Stubby Overmire
Benton
Indians
Bobby Feller
Tigers
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
O'Neill
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Giants
Brooklyn
Polo Ground
Johnny Sain
Boston
Braves
New Yorkers
Washington
Ewell Blackwell
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Pirates
Cliff Fannin
Chicago White Sox
St. Louis Browns
Bob Gillespie
White Sox
Jackie Kramer
Browns
Fannin
George Kell
Chicago
Trinity In Playoff For State Title
Trinity’s Bulldog baseball team defeated Norwood 9 to 1 at Inch Field to earn a shot at the Class B state championship against the Eastern champion next week. Swiggett allowed four hits for the win, fanning 11 and completing the eleventh straight victory without a loss. Norwood pushed a run in the ninth as Trinity improved to 20 wins in 21 starts, with Lohr and Payne driving in multiple runs and Albertson also tallying RBIs.
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Trinity
Bulldog
Norwood
Inch Field
Swiggett
Swiggettainst
How They Stand in Daily Baseball Scores
AP rounds up today’s schedules and yesterday’s results across the American and National Leagues plus regional circuits. Standouts include Brooklyn over New York 7 to 3 and Chicago defeating St Louis 10 to 3. Municipal leagues report varied scores from Durham to Salisbury with several shutouts and high totals.
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Associated Press
New York
Washington
Boston
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Detroit
St. Louis
Chicago
Brooklyn
Pittsbur
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Hitchcock Beverage Company Inc Phone 13 1456 Greensboro
Company listing for Hitchcock Beverage Company Incorporated with contact number 13 1456 located in Greensboro. Sparse OCR line appears as a business directory entry with limited additional details.
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Hitchcock Beverage Company, Inc
Greensboro
Juniors to Open 1947 Season Against Winston-Salem Team
High Point's Legion juniors debut the 1947 season at Finch Field Friday night with an exhibition against a strong Winston-Salem club. Coach Carroll Bowen leads a squad defending the district championship as elimination play looms June 7, with many 1946 stars gone but a solid core and additions from Jamestown and the Red Shield league.
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High Point
Legion
Finch Field
Winston-Salem
Dave Yow
American Legion Post
Carroll Bowen
Bowen
Salisbury
Bill Smith
Jamestown High School
Hi Toms Fall In Slugfest To Hickory 13-12
Hickory Rebels edged the Thomasville High Point Dod gers 13-12 in a ninth inning rally at Finch Field. Fred Leonard led Hickory with four hits as the Hi Toms drop a key North State league game and face Landis Millers tonight for possible second place shift.
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Thomasville
High Point
Lexington
Mooresville
Hickory
Salisbury
Statesville
Concord
Fli-Toms
Mickory
Enterprise
Hickory Rebels
Thomasville High Point Dodgers
Hi- Toms
Finch Field
Landis Millers
Thomasville High Point
Dodgers
Hi-Toms
Secand
Millers
Leonard
Rebels
Servenith
Ralph Fletcher
Steve Mayton
Fletcher
Concord Weavers
George Chubbuck
Finchfield
Sixteen Cars Open For 500 Mile Memorial Pace At Indy
Indianapolis May 28 Sixteen positions were open today to the highest mph bids for the 500 mile Memorial day race at the Indianapolis motor speedway. Rex Mays of Glendale Calif led early trials with 128 5 mph before axle trouble and was expected to push for fastest qualifying time and a $1000 prize. Mercedes entered by Don Lee Inc and an English racing association car were among top contenders with Duke Nalon named the Mercedes driver expected to be fastest.
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Rex Mays
Glendale
Calif
Mercedes
Don Lee, Inc
Los Angeles
English Racing Association
Duke Nalon
California
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Er Smith
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Bill Harvey
North Carolina
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S. Main ST
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Columbus, Ohio
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Cliff Weil Cigar CO
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