Tar Heels Pick Bill Croom Captain For 1922 Gridiron
UNC selects Bill Croom of Burgaw as captain as the 1922 football squad opens practice under Coach Wallace Wade. Veterans Fob Cox and Corky Cornelius show power in scrimmage while newcomers like Jim McCachren and Jock Gattis compete for roles. Clipper Smith slows pace due to heat as Wake Forest, V M I and Davidson loom on the schedule.
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Wallace Wade
Fob Cox
Corky Cornelius
McQuage
N. C. State
Clipper Smith
Jock Gattis
Adams-Millis Bears Defeat Thomasville In City Baseball Battle
Adams-Millis Bears toppled Thomasville 10 to 6 yesterday afternoon in a city-wide baseball tournament game. Hostery club rallied from a four-run deficit as the comeback framed the contest. Winning pitcher Shertil, losing pitcher Loa. Time 1 hour 30 minutes. Attendance 260. Umpires Andrews and ???.
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Adams-Millie
Thomasville Chair
Thomasville
Matery
Shertil
Harvey
Andrews
North Carolina Captain Bill Croom Noted Back in South
Carolina football captain Bill Croom, leader of the 1988 squad, is highlighted as one of the outstanding backs in the South.
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Bill Croom
Carolina
South
Howard Gridder Is Gridiron Fatality
Noel Wilson, 19 year old ward college student, collapsed on the field during a football scrimmage against the varsity in Birmingham Alabama and died hours later in a hospital. Doctors said a concussion of the brain and an artery hemorrhage caused the death.
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Birmingham
Ala
Noel Wilson
Ward College
Bancroft
Wilson
Guin
Als
Grudge Match Set As Barium Springs Defies Raleigh
Barium Springs Orphanage and Raleigh Methodist plan a neutral site gridiron clash at High Point on Saturday. Raleigh holds a series edge in past meetings including 1922 46 6 win and 1927 7 6 win, with Barium Springs seeking its first victory. Tickets go on sale with 40 cents for adults and 20 cents for students, 40 of gross to the local high school athletic association.
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Barium Ngs Orphanage
Raleigh Methodist Orphangse
High Point
Barium Springs
Ral
Methodists
Greensboro
Raleigh
Presbyterians
Winston-Salem
Barnum Springs
High School Athletic Association
Standings and Schedule From Today’s Baseball Card
Standings show New York at Chicago and Houston at Pittsburgh with Philadelphia and Cincinnati. Brooklyn visits St Louis as lab Standings list New York. Results yesterday Pittsburgh winning 1 2 and Brooklyn 4 6. Ch 2 Philadelphia 6. New York at Cincinnati postponed by rain. Only games scheduled.
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New York
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
St. Louia
Lewis
Boston
Chica
Cleveland
Washington
Unclear OCR sports snippet with scattered scores
Fragmentary report lists teams including Cleveland Washington New York Boston Chicago Philadelphia and others with inconsistent scores and locations. No coherent game result or date emerges from the readable text.
Boxing results show uneven bouts and uncertain scores
Fights last night in multiple cities produced various outcomes. Barney Rows defeated Tony Cansoveri for a lightweight title on points while Louie stopped Young Tubbley. Other bouts in Texas and California featured knockouts and incomplete score notes.
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New York
Barney Rows
Chhicago
Tony Cansoveri
Quincy
Allen Matthews
Louie
Young Tubbley
Kewanee
Port Worth
Tea
Mares Hesenbroam
Enene John Rice
Port Indianapolis
Ion Angeles
Eddie Shee Trujille
Denvers
Big Push Underway For High Point Interscholastic Sports
The High Point community launches a fundraising drive to support a year of high school athletics. Local business leaders contribute including Hugh Clark who donates 25 dollars, Carter Dalton with five, Harry Raymond fifteen, Brooks Reitzel a one dollar bill, and Edgar Hartley a one dollar check. Total logged 87.98 with potential to reach 500 dollars by mid next week.
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High Point
Hugh Clark
Slane
Carter Dalton
Harry Raymond
High Point Boxing Commission
Brooks Reitzel
Edgar Hartley
Black Bisons To Boast Good Backfield Quartet
High Point plans to open gridiron wars next week against Spencer with a fast backfield led by Harold Culler at quarterback and running mates Walter Spry Willie Hinkle and Fred Sappenfield. A second string unit with Russell Hall at QB and Henry Byrum Olin Davis at halves is being shaped as the squad regroups after a rain soaked scrimmage.
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High Point High School
Spencer High School
Black Bisons
Mille
Thomasville
Barnum Springs
Raleigh
Harold Culler
Bisons
Walter Spry
Russell Hall
Henry Blair Byrum
Olin Davis
Ralph Johnson
Johnson
Norman Hill
Melverree
Mill
Hoyt Reaches 200 Baseball Wins In Victory
Waite Hoyt, once a famed “schoolboy wonder,” earned his 200th major league win with a four hit victory for the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Brooklyn Dodgers. In his 620th game, Hoyt moved into an elite group with 200 wins and 147 losses, joining peers like Rixey Grimes Yankins and Jones in the 200 win club.
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Pittsburgh
Waite Hoyt
Pittsburgh Pirates
Brooklyn Dodgers
Wee Moyt
Enay
Mppa Rixey
Cincinnati
Burleigh Grimes
St. Louie
al Yankons
Sam Jones
White Box
Chicago bout ends as Tonelli outpoints Brown
Laddie Tonelli, 147, defeats Honeyboy Brown, 146, in a Chicago boxing match. Indiana polin scores dissented as Brown fights back but Tonelli secures the decision with a narrow margin.
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Chicago
Laddie Tonelli
Honeyboy Brown
Indianapolin
Dempsey Knocks Out Fresh Wrestler in Exhibition
Jack Dempsey a former heavyweight champion refereeing an exhibition in San Bernardino last night knocked out Leslie Grimes of Australia as the pair clashed with Rankie Schroll. Grimes was knocked cold Ward Dempsey called the match a draw and helped Grimes to his corner.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Jack Dempsey
Leslie Grimes
Australia
Dempsey
Grimes
Rankie Schroll
Fresno
Ewing
Dempery
Local swimmers plan rematch with Charlotte Y M C A
Members of the local Y M C A swimming team travel to Charlotte Thursday for a return dual meet after a prior loss to the Charlotte Y tankmen. The Junior division includes Clifton Richard Meiskey Glenn Morris Ronald Jester Lloyd Whitley and Robert Hartley. The Midgets entry features Ned Bollinger James Harris Hal Barrer Sam Kellam Edgar Hartley Charlies Green and William Clifton.
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Charlotte “Y" Tankmen
Queen City
High Point
Clifton
Richard Meiskey
Glenn Morris
Ronald Jester
Lloyd Whitley
Robert Hartley
Ned
Sizemore Fastest Blue Devil Gridder
Duke sophomore end Frank Sizemore shows top speed on the 1082 football squad. He ran as a dash man on the freshman track team last spring and starred in football and track at High Point High School before Duke.
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Durham
Frank Sizemore
Duke University
Duke
High Point High School
Rosas Halts Canzoneri To Retain Lightweight Title
Barney Ross of Chicago defeats Tony Canzoneri in a hard 16 round bout at Polo Grounds to retain the lightweight crown. Referee Copovan cast the deciding vote as 40,000 fans watched a close, punishing fight with Ross trading later rounds for the victory.
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Associated Press
New York
Barney Rosas
Chicago
Middle West
Tony Canzoneri
Polo Grounds
Canzoneri
Rowe
Tony
Arthur Copovan
Fross
Cansoneri
24 Clinch Places In National Amateur Meet
Survivors of a record breaking qualifying test contest the United States amateur golf championship seeking 24 undisputed places in the first 18 hole round of match play. Johnny Goodman, C Roger Somerville, and Johnny Fischer lead a field of prominent amateurs vying for eight remaining spots. Fischer posted a record low 141 while the field endured a 150 qualifying cut in the 37 year history. Former champs Chick Evans H Chandler Egan Max Marston among contenders along with Walker Cup stars Maurice McCarthy Jr George Dunlap Jr and others.
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Kenwood D
C. Roge Somerville
Canada
Johnny Goodman
Omaha
Johnny Fischer
Fischer
D. Clarke Corkran
Baltimore
Bobby Jones
Five Farms
Chick Evans
Chicago
H. Chandler Egan
del Monte
Calif
Max Marston
Philadelphia
Maurice McCarthy, Jr
Cleveland
George T. Dunlap, Jr
New York
R. HM. Grant
Hartford
Spencer -Overcon
Will Gunn
Wallingford
Ira Couch
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