High Point Bison football prospects loom in 1951 recruiting
The article outlines High Point Bison football prospects for 1951 with several potential college players. Notables include Sonny Sorrell, praised as a top end in North Carolina, and tackle-turned-guard Tommy Wood, whose late-season rise marks him as a strong college prospect. Ronnie Falls and Jimmy Jarrett among others are highlighted for speed, power, and leadership, with coaching guidance seen as key to maximizing talent. Harold O'Kelly tops the rushing chart with speed and quick starts, though needs added bulk and coaching to translate speed into college readiness.
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High Point
Sonny Sorre
North Carolina
Wilmington
Sorrell
Bob Davis
Wich Point College
Ronnie Falls
Falls
Davis
Jimmy Jarrett
Bison
Jarrett
Harold O'Kelly
O’kelly
Bison Athletes Begin Cage Work Monday
Tony Simeon said High Point High School athletes will start basketball drills next Monday. Coach Simeon plans the opener for cage practice at the local school with ten days to prepare for the opening game before Christmas. Harold O'Relly led the prior season in scoring as the Bison mentor builds the squad.
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Tony Simeon
High Point High School
Simeon
Black Bison
Harold O'Relly
Croatian outfielder Metkovich with Pirates noted
George Metkovich, an outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, is believed to be the only Croatian player in the National League.
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George Metkovich
Pittsburgh Pirates
Top Middleweight Contenders Meet In Ten Rounder
Milwaukeee event features Robert Villemain of France versus Jimmy Beau Nouvalk Conn in a ten round middleweight main event. Villemain is favored though Beau, a tough aggressive puncher, aims for a shot at Sugar Ray Robinson within six to seven months. Beau has 38 bouts with 23 straight victories including 12 knockouts. The piece also notes Bucky Walters, Boston Braves coach, has a younger brother Charleston in the Class A Central League.
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Milwaukee
Robert Villemain
France
Jimmy Beau
Nouvalk
Conn
Villemain
Beau
Sugar Ray Robinson
Connecticut
Bucky Walters
Boston Braves
Charleston
Nance Delivers Clutch Win For McCrary Eagles
Ex Panther Hilliard Nance scored two late set shots to lift Asheboro’s McCrary Eagles 71 to 69 over High Point College Purple Panthers in Harrison Gym. Newcomer Bill Miller added 15 points, Ab Williams hit nine of 12 shots, while Jesse Joyce led High Point with 23 points. The game stayed tight throughout, with McCrary breaking the final tie on a late charity and holding off Multiple Panthers late pushes.
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Bill Hackney
McCrary Eagles
Purple Panthers
High Points College
Harrison Gymnasium
Hilliard Nance
Panthers
Invaders
Asheboro
Eagles
Bill Miller
McCrary
Wake Forest
Ab Williams
Jesse Joyce
Ed Sueta
High Point
Panther
Ted Moran
Bill Sheets
Sitle
Bobby Davidson
Sueta
Joyce
Nance
H. Nance
Raines
Miller
Sheets
Moran
Williams
D. Nance
Lisk
Hicks
Davidson
Frazer
Odo
Pryor
Seace
Q Thornton
Final weekly Pick the Winners prizes awarded
The 1951 grid contest crowns Leon Wall as first weekly winner with 22 correct picks. Other top entrants had 21 correct, and grand prizes will be decided by season point differentials. two Sugar Bowl tickets and 150 cash are planned for the winner, with results expected in about two weeks.
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Leon Wall
New Road
High Point
Wall
Earl Russell
East Green Street
Barbara V. Levina
Emerywood Court
James Paul
Malpass-Kearns
Peggy Bally
Dillon Street
Thomas
Cecil
Howard Cox
Jeff
Ners
New Orleans
Tennessee
Maryland
Will to Win Stressed By Hill
In Los Angeles coach Jess Hill reshuffles USC football lineup to regain the will to win after a 21 7 loss to UCLA. He stresses desire to win and plans to field eleven eager players in the upcoming game against Notre Dame, blaming listlessness on prior effort and seeking to reawaken the team’s fighting spirit.
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Los Angeles
Jess Hill
Southern California
Notre Dame
UCLA
Chessmen
Hill
Shrine Bowlers Shake Injuries In Early Work
North and South Carolina high school all stars began Shrine Bowl drills at Memorial Stadium after opening day injuries. Four players were sidelined, including Mount Airy star Bob Beamer with a shoulder, and Palmetto squad casualties Carl Bagley Richard Covington Arthur Martin. Ted Howie was replaced by O Neal Cannon after doctors rejected him.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
South Carolina
Memorial Stadium
Mount Airy
Bob “Beamer
Palmetto
Carl Bagley
Chester
Richard Covington
Rock Hill
Arthur Martin
Mt. Zion
Winnsboro
Ted Howie
Doctors
Greenville
Howie
O'Neal Cannon
Conway
Bill Farrer Anderson
Don King
Greenville Parker
Billy Joe Robertson
James McAbee
Fairforest
B. C. Inabinet
Columbia Dreher
Nothing New Under the Sun on Big-Time College Football
The piece traces long standing pressures in college football from 19th century concerns to modern times. It notes scholarship erosion, transcript manipulation, spectator culture, on field brutality, gambling, drinking, and the push to shut doors on non scholastic athletes, concluding little has changed aside from style.
Yogi Berra Explains Rise At American Baseball Academy
NEA files from New York reveal Yogi Berra, famed Yankees catcher, recalls how Bill learned him big experiences across nine sports. He describes skating with a hockey team, nickname origin from street kids, boxing record, and his busy schedule at St Louis with football basketball and more as he attends Phil Rizzuto’s school in Cliffside Park New Jersey.
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Johnny McCallum
NEA
New York
American Baseball Academy
A.A.A
Lawrence Peter Berra
Yankees
Toe “Bil Dickey
Yogi Berra
Bill
Berra
St. Louis
Stag Athletic Club
Hockley
St Louis Flyers
Red Patterson
Yogi
New York Rangers
Chicago Black Hawks
Madison Square Garden
St Louis
Cliffside Park
N. J
Billy Graham Favored Over Stepanovich
In Cincinnati, Billy Graham a top welterweight favorite meets Danny Stepanovich in a 10 round bout. Graham, with over 100 pro fights and only five losses, is coming off prominent workouts at the Charles Health Club and is viewed as a strong challenger for Kid Gavilan’s crown.
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Cincinnati
Ham
Billy Gras Ork
Pittsburch
Danny Stepanovitch
Trish Billy
Kid Gavilan
Charles Health Club
Exzrara
Graham
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