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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1949
Page
5
A magazine piece argues current fans show scant sportsmanship with verbal and physical abuse toward umpires and players. The author urges restraint, explains motives, and encourages readers to pursue umpiring or playing roles to raise conduct and restore civility at games.
AP recounts a season of unprecedented marks as every full schedule included a loss for all teams. Kentucky crowned NCAA champs while new conference titles emerged including Yale, Illinois, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Oregon State, Arkansas, Rice, and Baylor. Jim Lacy of Loyola set a four year scoring record. Paul Arizin posted 85 in a single game.
Today’s slate features exhibition games in multiple cities including St Louis Cleveland New York Atlanta Detroit and Cincinnati with a list of scheduled matchups. Yesterday’s results show Philadelphia beating Washington and several other close scores across teams with Brooklyn routing Fort Worth in extra innings.
Carroll Bowens Black Bison baseballers were set to play Thomasville this afternoon at 4 and Lexington's Yellow Jackets tomorrow in a non conference doubleheader at the high school field. Bobby Joe Mickey, recovering from a winter shoulder operation, will start in the outfield and bat second.
The U S Court of Appeals will hear a plea to reverse Federal District Judge Edward A Conger’s denial of a temporary injunction to keep Max Lanier and Fred Martin off the eligible list. Lanier and Martin seek reinstatement while their 25 million dollar suit against baseball officials proceeds. their five year suspensions stem from jumping to the Mexican league in 1946. Danny Gardella also seeks an injunction in a separate 300 thousand dollar suit scheduled for trial.
The NBA executive committee proposed trial use of an eight ounce head protector for professional boxers. After a demonstration in Washington the group noted no eye lacerations in several hundred intercollegiate bouts. They urged advertising before a key bout card and obtaining audience and boxer approval after the match.
A star studded field of 190 boxers from 26 states plus the District of Columbia and Hawaii begin the three day AAU Boxing Championship at the Boston Garden with opening rounds slated for 10 a.m. BST. The event marks the start of competition as the gloves come on.
The Thomasville High Point Hi-Toms, preparing for an exhibition schedule at Finch Field, face a holdout in Joe Pelzarsk i while Horace Hubbard is set in right field and Yensel remains out due to a torn knee cartilage. Manager Jimmy Gruzdis plans to add pitching depth and fine tune first and third bases ahead of the April 22 league opener. Lynn Southworth looms as likely starter for the House of David game as the squad shifts through trial bouts.
South Carolina Gamecocks sit atop the Southern conference with two wins and no losses. They schedule a single league game this week at Columbia against Davidson. William and Mary opens conference play at Davidson, with Yale at Duke, Michigan at Richmond, and Georgia at Clemson on the slate. Virginia Tech, Michigan, and Richmond posted wins in Saturday action as Wake Forest defeated Lumberton.
Major leaguers DiMaggio Blackwell and Kurowski headline lingering questions as teams head for home. DiMaggio’s heel tourney shows progress but daily play remains uncertain while Blackwell’s return and Kurowski’s elbow recovery cloud opening day roles for the Yankees Reds and Cardinals. Tex Hughson comeback and Pete Reiser’s impact loom as managers weigh lineups and health ahead of the season.
The piece argues spectators waste money chasing stars at golf matches. Bobby Jones suggests choosing strategic spots near greens and tees to watch key moments. He notes most fans see only a fraction of shots and teaches that seeing 15 to 20 strokes costs far less when watching from optimal spots.
Thirty players rehearsed for the Masters at Augusta National as Vic Ghezzi posted a 68 and 71 in sessions. Clayton Haefner and Frank Stranahan posted 69 and 71, with Nelson and Wood also in evidence. Defending champ Claude Harmon played a practice round while Hogan recovers from a wreck in Fort Worth.
John Reese, Duke University football guard from Berwyn Maryland, has been initiated into the honorary scholastic fraternity Phi Beta Kappa. The 22 year old junior reserve tackle played for the 1948 Blue Devils and has seen considerable action since joining the squad as a freshman in 1946.
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