High Point Bison Open 1945 Football Schedule Preview
The article previews High Point College football season with the 1945 opener at Reidsville against the Golden Lions, notes on coaches Hap Perry and Robert Stoneburner, and details on Greensboro Durham Burlington Lexington and other conference contenders shaping the Western Division schedule.
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High Point
Black Bison
Bison
Reidsville
Golden Lions
Tobacco City Gang
Asheville Coach Joins High Point College Gridiron
Ralph James was named head football coach at High Point college announced by President G I Humphreys. James leaves Asheville after four years with a 35 win 3 loss record and plans to report immediately to his new duties.
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Ralph James
High Point College
G. I. Humphreys
Asheville
Wake Forest College
High Point
James
Lettermen To Bolster Catawba’s 45 Chances
The 194? Catawba College football team lists star Carroll Bowen captain Ed Miston Clyde Biggers all from Salisbury. Guards Joe Hunt Ed Heath and others join four players from Thomasville High School plus five candidates from Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Coach Kirkland faces coaching help to manage a heavier squad ahead of the season.
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Chubby Kirkland
Catawba College
Fighting Indians
Carroll Bowen
Ed Edmiston
Clyde Biggers
Salisas
Joe Hunt
Ed Heath
North Carolina
Thomasville High School
Rowan County School
Jack Ward
Robbie Bailey
J. ©. McLain
Bill Garrett
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Kirkland
Fort Lewis Warriors win 29th and 30th straight baseball games
Fort Lewis Warriors of Washington State extended their winning streak to 29 and 30 in a twin bill against Pacific Coast League teams with spark from former major leaguers. The report also notes various college sports items, player statuses, and coaching changes from 1945 era.
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Fort
Fort Bragg
Army
John Crowder
High Point
Duke Blue Devils
Navy
Wabash
Oberlin
Ohio
Bob Feller
Jimmy Outlaw
Feller
New York Giants
Bill Voiselle
High Point College
Ralph James
Asheville High
Maroons
Emerywood Tourney Qualifying Concludes at Club Course
The Emerywood Country Club golf championship qualifiers finish with Frank Garrett posting a 73 as low score and Frank Wood defending champion with 77. Pairings show Garrett and Roscoe Adams leading off on Wednesday September 5, with others including Kenneth Redman and Dr. K Geddie and J W Woolen and Harold McKee.
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Emerywood
Howard Marsh
Wade Hiatt
L. E. Klutz
R. M. Tucker
J. W. Woolen
Harold McKee
J. 4. Kidd
Frank Wood
Frank Garrett
Texas League Reactivated For 1946 Return
Dallas Texas September 1 The Texas league officially returned to action after a three year suspension. Judge W G Bramham president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues approved the league to resume play in 1946 following a unanimous vote to reinstate its status.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas League
W. G. Bramham
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
Cochrane to be discharged from Navy
Lt Cmdr Mickey Cochrane former Detroit Tigers catcher and manager will be discharged from the navy in a few days, according to a public relations officer at the Iowa navy pre flight school in Iowa City.
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Cochrane
Iowa City
Mickey Cochrane
Detroit Tigers
Navy
Iowa Navy
Marsh Leads Favorites in 1945 Championship Qualifiers
Howard Marsh shot 79 to top the field and join the favorites for the elimination style 1945 golf championship. Finals expected near the 25th of the month.
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Howard Marsh
High Point College Hires Ralph James Coach
Ralph James, new High Point college football coach, seeks housing for his family as he moves to lead the Panthers. James, a Wake Forest standout in football basketball and baseball, has 16 years of coaching experience and will also coach basketball and baseball at High Point. Football practice starts September 10 as officials plan a strong team.
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Charlotte
Salisbury
Thomasville
Durham High
Fred Emmerson
Greensboro
High Point
Burlington
Lexington
Jimmy Mays
James
Demon Deacons
University of North Carolina Tar Heels
Deacs
Tar Heels
Wake Forest
Humphryes
Blue Ridge School
Weaver College
Brevard College
Western Carolina Teachers College
Asheville High
Charlie Justice
Billy Britt
Justice
Bainbridge Naval Station
Britt
Maxwell Field
Asheville
Miami
Fla
Baltimore Sun
United States
North Carolina
Bob Jamieson
Asheville Maroons
Atlanta
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Columbia
Greenville
Raleigh
Riverside Military Academy
Maroons
High Point College
Panthers
Virgil Yow
Winston- Salem
Ies
Ralph James
Wake Forest College
Asheville High School
Horse Bleeds to Death in Belmont Handicap
Belmont Park witnessed tragedy as Samuel Feinberg's four year old gelding Aerial Flight tore a hip during the Merchants and Citizens handicap. The injury caused a blood vessel rupture and the horse bled to death.
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New York
Samuel Feinberg
Merchants and Citizens
Belmont Park
Sedgefield Horse Show To Welcome Cornish Hills
Cornish Hills the three time Sedgefield champion hunter returns for the September 13 show at Sedgefield Virginia with four stablemates. Betty Perry of Coburn plans entry of top hunters and jumpers along with entries from Mrs Ige P Greenhalgh Springsberry Farms Berryville and others. The 1945 event is expected to be among the largest with night shows and a full schedule of harness walkers ponies and saddle classes.
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Virginia Hills
Sedgefield Hunt
Sedgefield
Johnny Rochelle
Coburn
Culrarrenton
Berryville
Rdonsville
Charlottesville
Virginia
Cornish Hills
Betty Perry
Colburn
Perry
Ige P. Greenhalgh
Springsberry Farms
Rochelle
W. O. Moss
Southern Pines
Clayton Bailey
Lynchburg
Mrs. Miller
Earl Phillips
Charles Kearns
Willis Slane
High Point
Navy Pre-Flight Football Programs Cut At Three Schools
Three U S Navy pre flight school teams will drop varsity football while a fourth, St Mary's of Moraga California, will continue. The Cloudbusters of Chapel Hill Sky crackers of Athens and Seahawks of Iowa City all cancelled schedules due to cadet withdrawals and expected cuts in naval aviation training. St Mary's and aviation westerns will stay at current levels.
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Washington
U. S. Navy
North Carolina
Cloudbusters
Chapel Hill
N. C
Georgia
Skycrackers
Athens
Iowa
Seahawks
Iowa City
St. Mary's Aiidevils
Moraga
Calif
Aviation Westerns
St. Mary's
Duke Tickets Sell Fast as 1945 Football Schedule Debuts
Duke University athletic officials report the largest advance mail order for tickets since before the war as home games go on sale. Navy October 6 homecoming and November 24 Carolina draw heavy orders. schedule lists prices from 2.00 to 3.60 dollars and venues in Durham Wake Forest Atlanta New York.
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Durham
Duke University
Navy
North Carolina
Duke
Duke Stadium
Duke Athletic
N. C
South Carolina
Bogue Field Marines
Wake Forest
Army
Newpork
Georgia Tech
Atlanta
N. C. State
Carolina
Rochester University Opens Season With Win
Rochester University defeated Case 26 to 6 in Rochester New York to start the eastern football season. Quarterback Bill Coffey and halfback Don Diehl led the Yellowjackets after Case capitalized on two early Rochester fumbles for a first quarter touchdown.
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Rochester
N. Y
University of Rochester
Case School of Cleveland
Clevelanders
Yellowjackets
Bill Coffey
Don Diehl
Shelby Wears Legion Crown For Victory
Shelby North Carolina defeated Tren ton New Jersey 4 to 2 in the American Legion National Finals. Shelby rallied with two runs in the seventh and two in the eighth after a tough start by Trenton ace George Aghazi.
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Shelby
Legion Crown
Charlotte
N. C
Tar Heels
Trenton
N. J
American Legion
George Aghazi
Oak Park
Ill
McKee
Veteran Speedboater To Use Pre-War Boat
Veteran speedboater Gar Wood will attempt a new record with his 91 foot hydroplane at the Labor Day regatta in Winter Haven Florida. The event on the mile straightaway is sanctioned by the American Power Boat Association with APBA officials present for electrical timing. Wood will test his postwar powered boat in warm up runs tomorrow morning.
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Winter Haven
Fla
Gar Wood
American Power Boat Association
APB
Wood
Local Women Golf Teams Set Intercity Match at Sedgefield
High Point and Greensboro women golfers meet at Sedgefield on September 4 at 1 30 pm for inter city laurels. High Point led by Mrs M Wall and Mrs E C Bryant lists players from Blair Park and Emerywood Country Club. Greensboro team from Starmount Forest Country Club includes Mrs Allen Watkins and others.
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Sedgefield
High Point
Greensboro
M. Wall
E. C. Bryant
Nancy Woolen
Shirley Redding
Betty Still
Elliott Wood
Wall
Ann Rankin
Bryant
Jean Harding
Carl Sheppard
George Machin
Silas Casey
Joe Smith
S. S. Saunders
S. A. Larter
Blair Park
Emerywood Country Club
Starmount Forest Country Club
Allen Watkins
W. H. Sullivan
J. W. Lovatt
Tom Hunter
Sandlot MVP Deal Highlights Enid Flight to Title
Ellie Cat Deal of Enid Oklahoma named most valuable player in the national semi pro baseball tournament won by Enidai s. Kearns Eagle catcher Charles Hockenberry led hitters with .474 and Jim Castiglia of Greensboro ORD Hawks was runner up at .444. Salvadore Madrid earned a spectacular play trophy and other honors went to Columbia Comets and Lockbourne AAF.
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Wichita
Kas
Ellie “Cat” Deal
Enidairs
Enid
Okla
Enidais
Charles Hockenberry
Kearns Eagle
Utah
Sandiers
Jim Castiglia
Philly
Greensboro Ord Hawks
North Carolina
Salvadore Madrid
Lincoln Wings
Nebraska
Columbia Comets
South Carolina
Lockbourne Aaf
Columbus
Mercury A C Softballers To Practice Today
Mercury Athletic club softball team to hold a 2 o'clock practice at High Point high school field announced by club president Jim Steele. A 6 o'clock session tomorrow at City Lake will include a buffet supper after drills. Tuesday they face the JayCees in the High Point civic club tournament at the post office diamond.
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Mercury Athletic Club
High Point High School
Jim Steele
City Lake
Mercury Boys
JayCees
High Point Civic Club
Post Office
Softball Play To Get Start Tomorrow
High Point's civic clubs Rotary Civitan Co op Lions A B JayCees and Mercury Athletic Club host a tournament starting tomorrow at 5 30 PM on the post office diamond. Schedule shows Civitan vs Rotarian Monday Lions vs AB Tuesday Exchange vs Co ops Lee vs Mercury A C Wednesday Kiwanis vs Rotary Civitan winner 6 PM. Ends Friday Sept 10 with strict rules limited to club members.
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High Point
Rotary
Civitan
Lions
A.B
JayCees
Mercury Athletic Club
Post Office
Civitans
Rotarians
Exchange
Lee
Mercury A. C
Kiwanis
Rotary-Civitan
Snavely Calls Gridders To Drills Monday
Coach Carl Snavely opens his first full North Carolina grid drills since returning from Cornell. He expects few new players as veterans may enroll, with about 50 candidates, half Navy V-12 trainees, half civilians, and a schedule featuring Georgia Tech. Snavely rebuilds UNC toward a top team as he once did in 1934 and 1935.
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Chapel Hill
Carl Snavely
North Carolina
Cornell
University
College For War Training
Snavely
Navy
Ed Golding
Ed Twohey
del Leatherman
Arthur Collins
Bill Voris
Don Clayton
Golding
Charles Ellison
Ed Mead
Cox
Ted Hazelwood
Stan Marczyk
Leonard Szafaryn
Bill Walker
Tom Gorman
Johnny Colonel
Bob Oliphant
Joe Gurtis
G. I
Clayton
Fayetteville
Army Air Corps
Georgia Tech
Grey Fox
the Hill
Duke
Tennessee
State League To Hold Shaughnessy Play-Off Monday
The eight club North Carolina State league ends its regular season with Hickory as league champion and the four top teams to compete in a Shaughnessy playoff by agreement starting Monday. Lexington finished second.
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Shaughnessy
Associated Press
Hickory
Lexington
Tigers Stun Indians In Ninth Inning Rally To Beat Cleveland
Detroit edges Cleveland 5 to 4 in a late rally as Rudy York drives in the tying and go ahead runs with bases loaded. Hal Newhouser exits after seven. Ed Klieman allows the decisive hit as Ed Borom and Hank Greenberg fuel the comeback.
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Detroit
Hal Newhouser
Cleveland
Bobeena
Indians
Rudy York
Ed Borom
York
Specs) Klieman
Tigers
Feller
Newhouser
Klieman
Joe Tobin
Dutch Meyer
Pat Seerey
Don Ross
Tribe
Roy Cullendine
Borom
Tiger
Hank Greenberg
Senators Silence Yankees 3-0 Behind Carrasquel Victory
Relief pitcher Alex Carrasquel stopped New York’s win streak by tossing five hit shutout innings as Washington beat the Yankees 3 to 0. George Binks’ two run triple sparked the sixth inning rally while Washington added another run in the seventh. Stirnweiss matched Myatt with 27 stolen bases to lead the league. Ruffing and Robinson opposed Carrasquel and Ferrell in a tight game.
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Shelby
Washburn
Bowen
Cheek
Hutchins
Bridges
Webber
Paige
Chaieiere Orevere
Megginson
McKee
Trenton
Kalapos
Gadice
Straelee
Brophy
Andrews
Gledlin
Millard
Lee
Mascerin
Weer
Page
Howell
Eagbe Eeveewesns
Ughazi
Terrell Tee
Giedlin
Aghazi
Radice
Shelby Trenton
Ughaazi
Burnett
Horne
Barry
Suggs
Senators
Washington
Alex Carrasquel
New York
Yankees
Carrasquel
Red Ruffing
George Binks
Joe Kubel
Binks
Charley Keller
Rick Ferrell
Case
George Myatt
Lewis
Hershel Martin
Keller
George Stirnweiss
Myatt
Red Sox Top Athletics Behind Ryba's Sturdy Start
Sept. 1 Riley notes Mike Ryba allowed 10 hits but held Philadelphia to one run as Boston defeated Connie Mack's Athletics 7 to 1. Holm Knerr and George contributed to the mound effort for the Red Sox in a decisive win.
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RED Sox
Philadelphia
Mike Ryba
Boston Red Sox
Philadelphia Athletics
Connie Mack
Boston
Ryba
Holm Knerr
George
National semi pro tournament payout announced in Wichita
Ray Dumont announced $31 458 distributed to 1945 national semi pro teams in Wichita. Enid Americans won 10 000, Orlando Army Airfield runner up 6 291, multiple clubs tied for fourth split 3 775, others shared 2 517, visiting teams earned 5 729 by mileage. Schedule starts Monday with Landis at Hickory and Salisbury at Lexington. four out of seven series.
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Wichita
Kas
Ray Dumont
National Baseball Congress
Enidairs
Enid
Okla
Orlando
Fla
Army Airfield
Greensboro Ord-Hawks
North Carolina
Camp Livingston
Lockbourne Aaf
Ohio
Kearns Eagles
Utah
Columbia Comets
South Carolina
Chanute Field
Sioux Falls
AAF
Cessna
Dumont
Landis
Salisbury
Hickory
Lexington
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Robert Stoneburner
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Stoneburner
Edward V. Mitchell
Catawba
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G. J. Humphreys
Dr. Humphreys
Rochester University
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Holmes
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Adams
Cardinals
Olmo
Ers
Etten
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Whee
Stephens
Browns
Gue Holmes
Oenenne Adams
Etteene Workman
Eeeene
Cullenbine
Weneee
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Teehee
Eeeee
Eee Hey
Seerey
Hayes
Caster
Tobin
Richards
Ruffing
Robinson
Ferrell
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