Tarboro players lead CPL hitting race in Coastal Plains League
Two Tarboro infielders Daniel at first and Andrews at second top the CPL batting list as others falter. Jake Daniel leads with .457 while Andrews sits second at .426. Hanley of Rocky Mount drives in 35 with 75 total bases including 10 homers. Tarboro leads team batting at .31 and Wilson’s Willson holds a .955 fielding percentage. Roanoke Rapids sits fifth in fielding at .944 but sinks to last in batting at .238.
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Howe News Bureau
Tarboror
Daniel
Andrewsh
Jake Daniel
Louiss
New Bern
Pliska
Kinston
Martin
Rocky Mount
Winstead
Jays
Jays Eve Distant Fences At Simmons Park
Coach Crawford Hoyle announced the 1948 playground schedule opens Monday at five city sites from 8:30 to 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., with a Knot-Hole Gang ticket system for Roanoke Rapids Jays leaders and a new American Legion Junior baseball squad. The ten week program is supervised by Hoyle with Nick Long as assistant. girls will play softball and boys will have playground hall activities at Vance Street, Central Graded, Rosemary Graded, Clara Hearne, and John Armstrong Chaloner schools with named staff.
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Crawford Hoyle
Foyle
Tey
Roanoke Rapids Jays
Hoyle
American Legion Junor
Nick Long
Vance Street
Clyde Waters
Goldie Moore
Central Graded
Richard Allsbrook
Susan D. Murdock
Rosemary Graded
Sam Wood
Grace Taylor
Clara Hearne
Sanford Brown
Martha Starke
John Armstrong Chaloner
Florence Johnson
Hazel Ivey
Outlook For Poultry Now More Favorable
C B Ratchford at State College says poultry profits rise with higher demand and fewer layers. Eggs bring 42 6 cents per dozen mid March, up 23 cents from 1947, a record for March. Feed ratio may improve if feed grain acreage and yields are normal, while cigarette production 1947-48 is likely 365 to 375 billion units.
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C. B. Ratchford
State College
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Louis to defend title in June Walcott bout
Boxing notes weigh in on the Joe Walcott Joe Louis return match slated for June. Louis faces doubt from fans who think his punch has faded yet Walcott, past thirty, lacks surprise and may still be pressed. Louis expected to win possibly by KO as he seeks to quiet critics and reaffirm form.
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Joe Walcott
Joe Louis
Louis
Walcott
Louis Sud
Edwards
Wright
T. Wheeler
Conn
Farr
Godoy
Baer
Smart Boys
Be Surwin
Final Batting Pitching Averages For High School
The national supply of fats i still low. Games tonight include New Born at Roanoke Apids, Rocky Mount at Kinston, Goldsboro at Tarboro, Greenville at Wilson.
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Roanoke
Rocky Mount St
Kinston Goldsboro
Tarboro
Greenville
Wilson
Jackets sweep high school baseball awards with standout stats
Vance Stewart and Troy Hasty led Wakefield High School Yelllow Jackets in the season awards. Stewart hit 17 of 52 for a .327 average, while Hasty topped the pitching staff with 7 1 record across 11 of 13 games. Hasty logged 76 2/3 innings and 75 strikeouts. Lowder paced in triples with three and Elting drew 14 walks. Myrick led in total bases with 23 and RBIs with 15.
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Hubert Lowder
Hasty
Jackets
Dwight Elting
Lowder
Stewart
Vance Stewart
Troy Hasty
Awoke Rapids
Yelllow Jacket
Walter
Bear" Myrick
Myrick
Clyde Waters
Roanoke Rapids Schedule Preview by City Matchups
The page lists multi day schedule pairings for May 29 to June 2 featuring Roanoke Rapids against Wil, New Bern, Greenville, Goldsboro, Rocky Mount, Tarboro, Kinston, and Wilson with each day presenting different home away matchups across Roanoke Rapids and partner cities in North Carolina. The data highlights venue swaps and sequence of contests over the four day stretch.
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Roanoke Rapids
Wilon
New Bern
Greenville
Goldsboro
Rocky Mount
Tarboro
Kinston
Wilson
Wilson Goldsboro
State College Hints 'o Farm Homemakers
Ruth Current offers home demonstration tips for laundering and care of fabrics. Advice covers soaking methods with lukewarm water, soap quantities, machine and manual washing, rinsing steps, ironing avoidance, and finishing touches for towels nylon garments seersucker and curtains.
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Ruth
Tate Home
One Minute Sports Quiz Highlights Preakness Lead and Winners
The quiz notes Citation led the Preakness by six lengths. Bryan Nelson won the Washington GDC celebrities golf tournament, and Bing Crosby placed second in the Cobb event. The item also queries whether Army faces Notre Dame this fall.
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Citation
Washington
Cobb
Army
Notre Dame
Bryan Nelson
Bing Crosby
Romances Elect Coach and Officials for 1948 Season
The Rosemary Softball League elected a coach and business manager for the 1948 Romances at the Rosemary Recreation Club. Mac Outland was named business manager, with the equipment manager to be appointed later. League play ends June 10, followed by Romancos selection and a tough schedule into July rivaling Virginia State Champions and other top teams.
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Rosemary
Rosemary Recreation Club
Mac Outland
Doug Worsham
Romancos
North Carolina
Virginia
Kavakas Grill
Washington, D. C
Mooresvill
Cucumber Dusting Cure Studied In NC Bulletin
North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station releases Bulletin No 362 on controlling cucumber downy mildew with tri basic copper sulphate dust showing best results. A dust with fribasic plus cryolite nearly matches, Zerlate and Fermate underperform. Start dusting when the fungus reaches North Carolina, beginning in the southern counties.
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North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station
State College Station
Raleigh
D. E. Ellis
R. S. Cox
Willard
Delway
McCullers
North Carolina
Dusting Keeps Pastures Healthy In Weather Varied Areas
A North Carolina bulletin outlines timing for dusting to combat alfalfa disease and presents a contrast with color photos showing healthier plots dusted regularly. It notes that weather affects start dates in central and northern counties and highlights pasture management examples including overgrazed land and a well managed Ladino clover stand seeded in 1947 with lime and fertilizer.
Negro Farmers Show Interest In Pastures
Interest in pastures and alfalfa has grown among Alamance County Negro farmers after a field day at J. W. Jeffries farm in Pleasant Grove. County agent Plese Corbett reports the group saw two and a half acres of alfalfa, including one acre planted in spring 1947 and one and a half acres planted in August 1947, with the August seeding showing a better stand.
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Alamance County
J. W. Jeffries
Pleasant Grove
Plese Corbett
State College Extension Service
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Carl
Dude) Lee
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Coleman
By Ed Sims
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Ime
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State College Hints
O Farm Homemakers
Leroy Carlton
Gonzales
Stalls
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Myer
Titus
Kempf
Baselies
Parker
Pet
Robert C. Josey, II
Robert C. Josey
Ili
Recorder's Court
United States
Forest Law School
Ill
Dock Mahaffey
A. A. Duncan Bobby Martin Monroe Starke
Buddy Coburn
Carlton Cannon Donald Chestnut Leonidas Chestnut
De _ J. Taylor White
W & Newsome, Sr. M
Newsome, Jr
Raleigh F. Seay
Henry Akers Woourow
W. Thompson
Rudolph Williams
Harvey Woodruff
Arnold Hughnes
Fred Cooper
O. L. Elting
Melvin Dorsey James Davies
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