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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1942
Page
6
Augusta April 11 AP Byron Nelson, midway Masters leader with rounds 68 67, teases a course secret others haven't caught on to. He praises consistent accuracy and notes he has never had a truly bad round here, while Sammy Byrd's 68 68 tightens the race.
Augusta April 11. War Production Board halted manufacture of golf clubs balls and other equipment. Pros fear curtailment of the game with six months of supplies left and exhibitions for Red Cross and War Relief to continue. Has impact on income players expect reduced earnings and no post summer tour. Bobby Jones foresees ball recycling and old club reclamation sustaining golf through war.
The item asks about an insignia possibly linked to stones or geometry and inquires which country trains pilots from the most nations. It also asks how Canberra, Australia’s capital, resembles Washington, with answers promised on the Want Ad Page.
Exhibition games across the league wrap up with Dodgers and Yankees nearing final cuts in the pre season series. Whit Wyatt and Ernie Bonham set to pitch while Reds and Tigers plan to finish road series. Indians showcase Nashville graduates Fleming and Hackett as teams seek batting punch.
RALEIGH April 11 Baseball will be just one morsel today in a banquet of spring sports. N C State hosts South Carolina while Wake Forest travels to Tarboro to face Elmira of the Eastern League and North Carolina meets Wanes Knitters in Winston Salem. Duke U and Lancaster Pa Inter-State League game at Oxford was postponed as field resembled a pig wallow. Track meets in Raleigh between State and Richmond and Chapel Hill between UNC and Virginia. Freshman baseball State vs Carolina at Chapel Hill and scholastic track meet at Durham with ~14 high schools. UNC undefeated in baseball after 4 2 win over Davidson as Ed Lucas’s wild sequence in ninth inning costs Wildcats.
Gerald Walker, recently acquired from Cleveland, becomes Cincinnati’s 22nd left fielder in five years as the Reds pour about 300000 into the position. The piece traces a long history of left field churn, naming DiMaggio, Rizzo, Gamble, Berger, Bordagaray, Hafey, and others, and notes McKechnie’s hope that Walker finally stabilizes the spot.
Duke hosts the ninth interscholastic track and field meet with more than 200 athletes from North Carolina Virginia Florida and the District of Columbia. Seventeen schools entered as John Marshall High Richmond defends its title alongside Maury High Norfolk which did not enter this year.
New York April 11. About 20,000 spectators are expected at Jamaica race track for the experimental six furlong handicap featuring Apache carrying William Woodward’s silks. The field includes American Wolf Phar Rong First Fiddler Wait A Bit Hyacinthus and others. The event mirrors a Derby style juvenile race with eight starters and tied to earlier seasons.
News roundup from New York covering wartime sports shifts docks, including ships crews, reduced starts, and 25 cent admission stamps. Highlights include Giants defense service charge plan, Eddie Fry golf ball stash, Sailor Posedel at sea, Earl Stenco and Harald reunion odds, Dick Collins promoted in Hartford, and Lesnevich considering bout with Bivins in May.
In Chicago on April 11 Melio Bettina defeated Booker Beckwith over ten rounds. Bettina’s strong showing puts him in talk of a June bout with Bob Pastor, the only other man to beat Beckwith. Beckwith was hospitalized after the encounter as the crowd of 11,497 boosted receipts to 24,023.
Yesterday results show Philadelphia versus Washington canceled by weather. Chicago and Cincinnati games were also canceled due to rain. Other exhibitions listed Detroit, St Louis, Brooklyn, Washington, Wichita, Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, and New York matchups were postponed or canceled as weather prevented play.
Southeastern League President Pat Moulton announced no fines will be levied for on field fights this season. He argued strict penalties numb players’ will to win and noted minor leaguers earn little, so fines would hurt the game and fan interest.
Emerson F. Woodward the mud-running colt faces a bold challenge as Valdina Orphan surges from behind to win over nine derby eligibles in Lexington Kentucky on April 11. J. R. Anderson reports from the track about the Texas bred contender's performance and the setback for the others seeking Derby glory.
High Point high school golf team defeated Greensboro 15 to 3 at Emerywood Country Club. Lewis Watkins Ben Cooper and Dunkelberger led the Bison with 9 of the 15 points. Wayne Davis contributed six. Dunkelberger shot 75 for low score. Cooper 87, Watkins 78, Davis 81. Greensboro’s Taylor Lissle and Little led their side with limited point totals. A girls team from High Point also beat Greensboro by a wide margin Thursday.
High Point College hosts Salisbury in a conference game delayed by mud. Probable pitchers include John Crowder or Pinky Hedrick for High Point, with a lineup featuring McMahon, Foxworth, Pugh, Walker, Rothrock, Hoover, Upter, and Kenn y or Hedrick in the outfield. Salisbury relies on an intact infield and outfield core from last season for favor.
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