Romances Arrive in Chicago for National Championship
The Romances, 1939 North Carolina Softball champions, arrived in Chicago at 11:40 p.m. after a bus trip from Roanoke Rapids Tuesday. They will play five eastern teams, visit Kenosha and Elgin, and tour the city while awaiting their National Championship game. Team members include Coach Bill Alligood and Raleigh pitcher Ken Guilfoyle.
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North Carolina
Pilot Mills
Chicago
Windy City
Roanoke Rapids
Raleigh
Ken Guilfoyle
Asheville
Knoxville
Lexington
Cincinatti
Ohio
Indianapolis
Ind
The
News and Observer
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Ligood
United States
Bendix Brakes Company
South Bend
Municipal Stadium
Cleveland
Westinghouse
Pittsburgh
True Blues
Washington, D. C
Dr.Pepper
Richmond
Romances
Simmons Company
Kenosha
Wis
Elgin Watch Company
Elgin
Bill Alligood
0. D. Worsham
Willis Matthews
Bryant Gray
George Gurley
Romances Pause in Capitol City on Chicago Trip
Roanoke Rapids Romances from North Carolina ready for the World's Championship Softball Tournament in Chicago. They traveled by chartered bus to stay together, aiming for fast play and sharp pitching led by Ken Guilfoyle Pilot Millace and Russ DeBerry. Dick Lee contributed 21 shutouts during the season, boosting NC’s bid to advance at Soldier Field.
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Pilot Millace
Russ DeBerry
Chicago
Guilfoyle
DeBerry
North Carolina
Dick Lee
Romances
Lee
Virginia
Norfolk
Navy Yard
AC Cola
Former Owl Rae Scarborough Shines In Tidewater Playoff
Rae Scarborough, former Wake Forest pitcher and Roanoke Rapids Owl, starred in the Tidewater League series playoffs. He held Whiteville to 5 4 lead over Wilmington Pirates, fanning the final batter with bases packed in the ninth. Scarborough awakened late, hit doubles and triples, and will coach at Tabor City High School next year.
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Rae Scarborough
Wake Forest
Roanoke Rapids Owls
North Carolina Tidewater
Whiteville
W Mington Pirates
Vicory
Rae
Owls
Tabor City
Mohorns Entertain For Miss West
A well attended fall party was hosted Friday at the Woman's Club House by Mr. and Mrs. Mohorn and their daughter Miss Ann Dawson Mohorn in honor of Miss Kathrine West who leaves soon for Meredith College. Guests arrived greeted by Mrs. Mohorn and Miss Mohorn. Coat room served by Mrs. Wyche Land and Mrs. R A Daniel Jr. The Mohorns Land and Daniel assisted in entertainment. Green and white decorations carried through the club house with punch, dancing 9 to 12, and an ice course with cake and mints. About a hundred guests attended this delightful gathering.
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Ivey Mohorn
Ann Dawson Mohorn
Kathrine West
Meredith College
Mohorn
Land
Daniel
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Year-round drills lift state champions toward Chicago
DeBerry and Dick Lee train daily all year with indoor sessions when weather fails. A special room at the mill hosts the pitchers as Russ and Dick stay in shape two hours daily under Manager Alli good. Their steady work nets dividends, including a trip as the State's representative to the World Tournament in Chicago.
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DeBerry
Dick Lee
Russ
Alligood
Chicago
Wade Mainer to Show at Roanoke Rapids High School
Wade Mainer and His Sons of the Mountaineers will perform at Roanoke Rapids High School on September 16, 1939 at 8 o'clock featuring Smoky the Whistling Kid. First local appearance. sponsors are W.O.W. Drill team Camp 55. Guests include Miss Evelyn Howard Tarboro Miss Jeanne Shelton Raleigh and others. Frances Ivey and Hubert Blow returned from vacation in Knoxville and the Smoky Mountains.
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Tarboro
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Jeanne Shelton
Raleigh
William Ezra Barnes
Littleton
Haynes Gregory
John Shearin
Halifax
Thomas White
Richmond
Wade Mainer
Mountaineers
Roanoke Rapids High School
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Whistling Kid
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Camp
Frances Ivey
Hubert Blow of
Weldon
Knoxville
Tenn
The
Smoky Mountains
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Rosemary Manufacturing Company
Soldier Field
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Magnesia
Rexall
Drewe
DR. West
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