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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1916
Page
6
In Hickory on April 14 a large crowd watched Trinity beat Davidson 4 to 2. The pitchers’ duel featured a McMillian home run driving in Saunders and a remarkable left field catch by Flythe. Davidson hurt by two errors. Batteries Earnhardt Lefler for Davidson and Lawson Saunders for Trinity.
National League game on April 14 at Philadelphia with Jeff Tesreau defeating Maves in a low scoring duel. Tesreau and Rariden led the Giants to a 2-0 victory over the Phillies as Mayer and Burns worked the Phillies' battery.
Cincinnati Reds overwhelmed Chicago with heavy stick work for an eight to eight run victory. Vaughn Packard and Archer pitched for Cincinnati with Fischer Dale and Clarke handling Chicago. Chicago scored a single inning surge to tie early but Cincinnati built a decisive lead.
In St Louis on April 14 Adams allowed only one lone hit for the visitors as Pittsburgh scored four in the ninth while St Louis erupted for six in the ninth. Final score Pittsburgh 4 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 12 St Louis 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 12. Batter ies Adams Schmidt Mead ows Sallee Snyder.
In Boston on April 14 the league leaders hammered the Philadelphia pitchers. The Champs put up a 6 run burst in the first and added four more across the middle frames to win easily 9 to 2. Batteries Richardson Myers and Myers Shore Pennock and Agnew.
Chicago defeated Detroit by hitting Dauss hard in the early stages. Batteries Dauss Dubuc Boland Stanage Danforth Schalk were listed for both teams in the report.
Morton weakened in the eighth as St Louis won the second straight game from Cleveland. Final score listed as 8 to 4 with Cleveland scoring late. batteries Davenport and Hartley for Cleveland and Morton Coveleskie and ONeill for St Louis.
Boston hosts Brooklyn while Chicago visits Cincinnati and Pittsburgh travels to St Louis. New York meets Philadelphia as schedule highlights matchups across the league.
Matchups include Detroit at Chicago, St. Louis at Cleveland, Washington at New York, and Philadelphia at Boston highlighting key confrontations across four cities with stakes varying by season context and standings.
Readable lines list matchups: Wofford at A and M Raleigh at Hopewell Trinity at Davidson and Wake Forest versus South Carolina in Columbia.
Robert Brockett Sr announces candidacy for the 1917 House of Representatives from Guilford County. He seeks renomination against Carter Dalton with a planned joint discussion in High Point and Greensboros courthouse and more across the county. The Enterprise features Brockett open letter and anticipates a lively campaign.
National League results show Philadelphia 0 New York 2 in Philadelphia. Chicago 2 Cincinnati ? at Cincinnati. Pittsburgh 4 St Louis 0. Brooklyn and Boston game rained out.
Partial sports and weather notes list outcomes and rain in major cities. Boston and Philadelphia show two events noted, New York to Washington recorded rain, Cleveland and St. Louis linked to two events, Detroit two to Chicago eight.
At Columbia Wake Forest 15 South Carolina 7. At Hickory Trinity 4 Davidson 2. At Chapel Hill Carolina 6 Wake Forest 4. Clemson 11 V P 2. At Macon Mercer 6 Michigan 3. At Cambridge Harvard 7 Maine 1. At Philadelphia Cornell 3 Pennsylvania 6. At Middletown Wesleyan 3 Bowdoin 1. At Annapolis Navy 1 Tufts 4.
In Rocky Mount 7 Capitals 15. In Gastonia Asheville 6 and Columbia South Atlantic appears listed.
Four deeds recorded in the county register show J. H. Hedgecock selling to R. A. Sheloff a 7.71 acre tract adjoining A. Monell and R. T. Pickens for 385.50. J. K. Reitzeld and wife sold to W. E. Kennedy a 56.67 by 150 foot Dewey street lot for 200. D. Ralph Parker sold lots 10 11 and 12 in Snow Park block 6 High Point for 200. Hedgecock then sold 178 acres in High Point township to R. A. Sheloff and J. C. Sheloff for 683.20.
Hopewell Virginia marked its first anniversary as a city of 15 000 after rapid growth and two major fires. Governor Stuart and state officials led a two mile parade with floats from diverse nationalities and bands playing national airs. A banquet at the duPont hotel concluded the celebration with A Irene duPont and Judge Landis in attendance.
Public auction to sell a valuable lot facing East Washington Street with 200 foot depth on April 15, 1916 at 2 pm. Terms require one fourth cash and balance in six, twelve, and eighteen months at 6 percent interest. cash payment for deferred payments possible at 2 percent discount. Signed March 16, 1915 by J W Harriss and others.
The German prize ship Appam cargo, sold at public auction in Newpot, Va., brought about $700,000. The Federal court ordered the sale as the cargo was depreciating in value, with a 19,000 bag cocoa bean lot fetching close to $500,000.
An advertisement promotes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as a home remedy to darken gray hair and restore natural color. It claims quick, natural-looking results with a 50 cent bottle sold in drug stores and cautions it is a toilet preparation, not a disease cure.
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