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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1932
Page
8
Tanner promises five more players to come at the end of the week from Texas. The Ft Worth quintet of promising men is purchased for the local club. Opening training season means hard work and grind for aspirants and selected team members. Three exhibition games scheduled.
An afternoon exhibition at the municipal links features Dugan Aycock and Andy Merrilees against George Siingerland and Bill Palmer starting at 2 30. Public admission is free. Yesterday Merrilees and Aycock beat C C Mc Culston and Silingerland three and one at the Thomasville club. Tickets for Kirkwood and Silingerland’s April 10 event go on sale at Hart's pharmacy and with local golfers.
Chicago April 2. The National Association of Basketball Coaches adopted a new 10 second rule requiring teams in the back court to cross the center line within ten seconds after gaining possession. Violations would cost the ball to the nearest sideline as the association moves toward accelerating play.
Wake Forest beats North Carolina State 5 to 2 as Lefty Barnes yields the win. Bunting White Joyner Mulhern contribute with hits and an error, while three first-inning runs set the pace at Raleigh. Duke tops Elon 19 to 4 in Durham, six-run sixth seals it. McKeithan and Flohr split pitching duties as Duke bats round Elon early.
The Charlotte high school track team defeated High Point Bisons 74 to 43 in Charlotte. Sizemore led with wins in the 100 and 220 yards, Montgomery of High Point won the 440, and Charlotte swept the 880 and mile events. The locals host the Western Conference meet next Saturday with Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Salisbury, Charlotte, High Point and possibly Asheville expected to compete.
Maureen Orcutt of Englewood New Jersey wins the North and South championship at Pinehurst by overcoming a early deficit to beat Mrs Opal Hill of Kansas City 1 up after a final stretch featuring 25 foot putts and long second shots. Orcutt finishes with medal score 82 to Hill 84. Also reports results from consolation and division matches.
High Point opens formal practice at 10 a m with 33 players reporting as Buddy Tanner builds a youth oriented, fast fielding roster. Texas quintet includes Parker Perry Virgil Gilliland George Chervinko Donald Scott and Neal Stover plus veterans may help later as the club eyes a strong season in the North Carolina diamonds.
Tanner promises a Ft Worth pitcher later but arrival and identity not yet definite. The 83 man preseason squad convenes Monday for workouts 10 to 11 45 with lunch then further sessions. Roster spans pitchers, infielders, outfielders and catchers with strict work ethic stressed before the April 27 opener versus Winston-Salem and a slate of exhibitions, including Williamsport, Pa.
Local fans in Winston-Salem will see the Elmira club from the New York Pennsylvania circuit face the Pointers on April 16 at Willis Park. The House of David team led by Grover Cleveland Alexander will meet High Point on April 19 in the same town.
At Shibe Park on April 3 the Phillies beat the Athletics 8 to 4 in a pre season city series opener. Whitney and Hurst each hit two home runs accounting for all four Phillies drives.
Brooklyn Dodgers beat Cleveland Indians 7 to 5 in New Orleans exhibition action. Van Mungo steadied after a rocky start and Dodger offense plated runs from the second through the sixth inning. Hack Wilson left the game with an injury.
Wilmer Allison of Austin and Jake Hess of Rice Institute qualified for final play in the Houston invite. Hess defeated Lester Stoeffen of Carolina 3 6 6 3 6 2 14 13 in a long match. Allison, seeded third, beat Jimmy Quick of Dallas 6 3 6 1 5 7 6 2. finals set for tomorrow.
Kansas City Blues defeated Detroit 6 to 1 in an all inning exhibition game. The Blues allowed only three hits and earned the win at the venue on April 2.
Three Minneapolis players scored a 3 to 2 victory over the St. Louis Browns as pitchers Sam Gray and Dick Coffman were touched for runs. The scoring came in the late innings in Montgomery.
Duke’s star John Brownlee won the 100 yard dash and set a new 220 yard mark as the Blue Devils beat V M I 82 to 48 at Durham. Brownlee also ran the low hurdles in 24.8 seconds near the conference record, leading Duke with 15 points.
In Wake Forest on April 2 the Richmond University track squad defeated the Wake Forest team 98 to 27 in a dual meet. The Richmond freshmen beat Wake Forest freshmen 100 to 26 in the same event.
Albert McAnally rises from fourth to lead the Channel Swim as week five begins with 16 swimmers still in contention. Howard Raper jumps to fourth while Jester climbs to third. Shelton and Whitley drop to 11th and 10th.
Suc cessive triples by Pepper Martin and Wilson in the second inning sparked a 4 to 2 St. Louis win over Atlanta. The Cardinals capitalized on timely hitting to secure the victory today in Atlanta.
Chicago Cubs announce the sale of veteran third baseman Lester Bell to Louisville of the American Association. Pitcher Johnny Welch also goes to Louisville on option.
Cincinnati Reds trailed seven innings before scoring six runs on seven hits in the eighth to defeat Louisville Colonels 6 to 5 in an exhibition game played in Louisville Kentucky.
The San Francisco Seals defeated the New York Giants 10 to 6 in an exhibition game here. Seals pitchers were hammered for 13 hits as they bested the National Leaguers on home turf.
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