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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1940
Page
11
In El Paso and Fort Smith reports the Cubs will start Dizzy Dean in his season opener next Monday at Fort Smith Arkansas. The Associated Press notes Dean's pitching arm is in focus as the season begins.
GOOD RECORD WAYCROSS Ga Hy Van denberg whom Bill Terry is counting on for a great deal of pitching this season has allowed only five earned runs in 26 innings of exhibition ball. SAME YANKEES OKLAHOMA CITY The New York Yankees are showing the minor league towns why they are the world champions. They made three fielding lapses against Dallas yesterday and came back with three double plays. In addition Charley Keller hit a homer with one on and Atley Donald combined with Spud Chandler for five hit shutout hurling.
Indianapolis April 3. Practice for the 500 mile race opens early in postwar days with Russell Snowberger of Detroit riding a four cylinder car 100 miles around the track at 115 mph. T E Pop Myers says it is the earliest spin in 20 years and predicts more drivers will arrive as warm weather returns. Snowberger estimates 152 mph on the straightaways and forecasts speed to burn for the 28th running next Memorial Day.
At Lakeland Florida the Tigers break camp and head for Gadsden Alabama to play the Dodgers. Birdie Tebbetts will catch daily with Dick Bartell at shortstop as the team promises to be louder this season.
In Bisbee Arizona Connie Mack of the Philadelphia A s lauded Ty Cobb as the greatest player he ever saw at a luncheon while Bill Benswanger of the Pittsburgh Pirates contended Hans Wagner matched the top peers.
Russell, a longtime American Leaguer, was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals for relief work. Four rookies, pitchers Sunkel and Barrett and infielders Repass and Sturdy, were sent to the Columbus farm in the American Association. Oscar Vitt touts a notably young Indians infield led by Lou Boudreau, 22, with Ray Mack, 23, Ken Keltner, 23, and Hal Trosky, 27, at first.
McQuinn, St Louis Browns' first baseman, regains form after a week out with sciatic nerve trouble. In other baseball notes, Sailor Bill Posedel aims to complete nine innings for the Boston Bees in Florida as they pause on the road home from Boston. The Athletics express relief over leaving the Pirates, with a poor exhibition record. Casey Stengel deploys a large, mixed relief group for the Bees inSebring. I will provide only the first coherent item as the dominant readable fact.
In the North and South amateur golf event at Pinehurst Bill Cozart of Durham ousted two time defending champion Frank Strafaci of Brooklyn on the 19th hole. Cozart birdied the hole four feet from the cup while Strafaci missed from five feet, ending the upset. The round featured several North Carolina players including medalist Grover Poole Jr of Raleigh.
Medalist Jean Bauer of Providence R I meets Mrs W L Brooks of Charlotte in the Charlotte Country Club invitational golf event first round. Bauer shot 78 in qualifying. Cothran Defending Champion drew Dorothy Ellis of Indianapolis in another pairing.
Kings Mountain April 3 plans have been completed for the annual spring meeting of the southern conference of the United Evangelical Lutheran Synod of North Carolina to be held here tomorrow and Friday. Speakers include Rev. W G Cobb Cherry Ville conference president Rev R F Shelby Jr Dr R L Patterson B Capps Rev R S Brown and Rev J C Dietz.
The 13th annual Charleston horse show continued today in Charleston, South Carolina, after opening yesterday with 125 entries from several states. Judges Lloyd M. Tate of Pinehurst and Thomas H. Wilson of Bowling Green, Kentucky, preside.
Chicago report highlights White Sox rookie Ken Reid from the University of Iowa who pitched six no hit games in his senior year at Rose Hill High School in Rose Hill Iowa. The achievement is noted as a pre MLB credential. Reid is described as promising and from Rose Hill, Ia. High School.
Funeral services for Beverly Walter 41 a World War hero will be held here tomorrow afternoon and the body will be taken to Arlington Cemetery Washington for burial. Walter ambulance driver for the French army before the United States entered the war died last night of pneumonia. He was cited twice for bravery once for removing wounded soldiers from a hospital under fire and again for refusing to take time to put on a gas mask while lives were at stake. Walter was gassed asthma developed after the Armistice he came here for relief. His home was in Washington New York Polo and horses were his hobbies.
Authorities in England prohibit selling four or more potatoes weighing over a pound each for human consumption. The law targets oversized produce to ensure safety and fair trade in food distribution.
Every week more than 200 000 telephone subscribers in London call a time service to obtain the correct time. The service provides standard time and time signals to ensure accuracy for daily schedules and business operations.
The Annapolis valley of Nova Scotia produced 2,500,000 barrels of apples in 1938 with 2,200,000 barrels destined for domestic and export markets.
Kansas City voters led by 7,500 active women swept out the Pendergast machine. John B. Gage won the mayoralty as fusionists swept seven of eight council seats and two municipal judges. The machine loses control of city hall, police, election board, and large budgets as reformers promise to end machine rule. Tom Pendergast and allies sit in Leavenworth federal prison for income tax evasion.
The article notes Joe DiMaggio during spring training copied Ty Cobb by wearing lead in his shoes to feel lighter as the season begins.
Miss Alice Newmen and Miss Helen Wilson are named co supervisors of Roxboro Community Hospital succeeding Mrs. Bertha H. Cates who resigned to move to Durham. The item notes local leadership change and brief world region curiosities.
Kannapolis April 3 The Cannon Mills Company annual stockholders report shows net income of 3 595 536 for 1939 up from 2 277 580 in 1938. Sales totaled 44 531 798 vs 37 572 191 the year before with current assets 27 833 806 current liabilities 6 662 518 cash 3 015 722 and inventories 17 909 443.
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