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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1930
Page
5
A veteran sports column muses on the drift in American athletics from прошлые heroes to modern stars. It argues against doom sayers criticizing baseball football tennis and boxing while noting Babe Ruth Dempsey Red Grange and old-timers like King Kelly as enduring symbols.
Washington and Boston opened the 1930 season in the American League with President Hoover throwing the first ball. Walter Johnson’s Senators faced Boston as Heinie Wagner starts his managing tenure. Goose Goslin aims to rebound.
Atlanta report notes Charlie Farmer and Ed Hamm poised to threaten American college marks after the eighth Southern Relays. Farmer 9.8 seconds for 100 yards and Hamm 24 feet 9% inches in broad jump create expectations for the May conference meet in Birmingham. North Carolina, Florida, Georgia Tech, Mississippi A&M, Tulane and Georgia post multiple event marks. no team scores kept. Asheville Tourists coach George Speirs builds veteran lineup with few new faces for Sally League season.
New York April 14 Helen Wills Moody world tennis champion arrived for a series of practice matches to sharpen for defense of her French and British singles titles.
Swiss officials report that more than two thirds of the village rail lines in the country have been electrified under federal projects. The effort aims to modernize service and reduce emissions across rural communities.
WGM a 17 percent watt broadcasting station sits at the mouth of a coal mine tipple serving miners and farmers in Adamsburg Pa The studio door opens to the tipple and home town talent broadcasts King Cole on 850 meters The station owned by Edward Tomajko Jr runs noon to 7 pm daily and 10 am to 7 pm Sundays with regular schedules high school bands and fiddlers.
President Herbert Hoover, a noted baseball fan, limbered up his throwing arm for his annual assignment to throw out the first ball of the season. A slight cold may force an indoor return to the White House after a few innings. Last year he surprised crowds with an accurate fast throw and had traveled to Philadelphia in October to watch the world series.
The 1930 National League season opens with doubt and hope as contenders emerge. Four new managers Bill McKechnie Dan Howley Jewel Ens Gabby Street lead Boston Cincinnati Pittsburgh St Louis. Injuries and new lineups cloud early prospects with Cubs, Cardinals, Pirates and Giants facing varied injuries and reforms.
The Associated Press lists probable batteries for opening day across the American League. Washington hosts Boston with McFayden and Berry for Boston and Marberry and Budl for Washington. At Philadelphia New York pairs Piogras and Dickey while Philadelphia fields Grove and Cochran. Detroit welcomes St. Louis with Gray or Crowder and Ferrell while Detroit uses Uhle and Hargrave. Chicago sees Thomas and Berg for Chicago and Hudlin and L Sewell for Cleveland.
At St. Louis Chicago Blake and Hartnett faced St. Louis Johnson and Wilson. At Cincinnati Pittsburgh Meine and Hemsley opposed Cincinnati Lucas and Gooch. At New York Boston Seibold and Spohrer faced New York Benton and Hogan. At Brooklyn Philadelphia Sweetland or Willoughby and Davis. Brooklyn Vance and Deberry.
Pennsylvania based teams travel to North Carolina for a busy week of college sports. Ursinus and West Virginia visit Wake Forest and Duke, while Penn State track squares off with North Carolina’s famed cinder artists. The week features tennis state tournament action in Chapel Hill and Georgia Tech golf events linked to UNC.
Mexican middleweight Tommy Rios will face Ted Goodrich of Atlanta in the White City tonight in a 19 round final bout. Rios substitutes for Duke Tramel who is ill.
Chicago April 14. Jake Schaefer is ranked as the world’s best 18.2 balkline player by the National Players' Association of America. Johnny Layton and Ralph Greenleaf head three cushion and pocket billiards rankings, with many names from across the U.S. and Europe noted in order.
A new athletic union, the West Texas Conference, is being formed by Texas Technological College, Simmons University, West Texas State Teachers College, and Texas College of Mines. Other Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico schools may join.
New York April 14. The New York Yankees have released Americus Polli, right handed pitcher, outright to the Louisville club of the American Association. Polli, with St Paul of the same circuit last year, posted one of the best records in the league.
Columbia South Carolina reports that Col umbia's Sally League baseball players led by manager Marty Fiedler attend services in a body, signaling a shared church support among the team.
Baseball managers across the leagues express cautious optimism as the season opens. Connie Mack expects the Athletics to repeat, while Joe McCarthy backs the Cubs to lead. Other skippers like Stanley Harris, Donie Bush, Heine Wagner, John J. McGraw, and Wilbert Robinson project strong showings for their clubs with varying notes on pitching, hitting, and youth.
In Pinehurst on April 14 the north tennis tournament features young players under the watch of F Eugene Dixon captain of the U S Davis cup team. Dixon seeks to observe potential Davis cup contenders as John Van Ry defends his men’s singles title against challengers including Francis T Hunter Jobin Doeg Wilmer Allison Berkley Bell and Gregory Mangin among the nation s top ten. In the south Braynt Grant southern champion and Wilmer Hines southern junior champion contend for honors with other top competitors.
Chicago will stage a May heavyweight clash between Tuffy Griffiths and Otto Von Porat at the Coliseum, contingent on Griffiths beating Jack Gagnon on April 30. Porat is described as Chicago's top heavyweight, and the winner would meet in the scheduled bout.
In a brief dialogue from Hummell Hamburg, a father begs for his daughter’s luxuries prompting a youth to declare marriage as a solution. The exchange reflects social pressures and parental concerns over standards of living.
An advertisement touts Adlerika as a glycerin based mix with buckthorn bark and saline that relieves stomach gas in five minutes. It claims to affect both upper and lower bowel, removes foul matter, and promises immediate daily relief after a single spoonful. Sold at Eckerd's Cut Rate Drug Store and druggists.
Baseball exhibition results from multiple cities show varied outcomes with several ties and high scores. Notable games include Chicago beating New York 5 to 4 in 15 innings, and St Louis teams losing 90 to 4 and 65 to 6 in different matchups. A scheduled game features West Point vs New York University.
In a witty exchange, Roberts complains his plate is wet while a waiter clarifies the liquid is soup. The moment captures a light dining scene in a trendy venue.
Overwrought nerves cause most headaches. Capudine relieves headache by soothing nerves not by deadening them. It contains no opiates and offers almost instant relief. Liquid form acts quicker than tablets or powders. Available at drug stores in 30c and 60c sizes.
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