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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1929
Page
8
Opening day in major league baseball was postponed in Washington as rain halted the Philadelphia at Washington game. President Hoover and Mrs. Hoover along with Cabinet members planned to attend and throw out the first ball. The postponement swapped the schedule to tomorrow if conditions permit while the same ceremony would be attempted.
Forecasts predict rain and cold in six cities while Chicago and Pittsburgh see clearer skies for the opening day clash. Attendance projections top 200000 with 509000 expected in Chicago for Cubs versus Pirates and 25000 for Senators versus Athletics in Washington.
Illy Southworth of the Cardinals says a tough campaign awaits but a good club is ready. Cubs captain Rogers Hornsby and pitching strength are noted as key factors. Giants Avila John McGraw hopes for a commanding start, with optimism about better outfield and pitching. Pirates Donnie Bush cites injuries past and hitters in 1929. Dodgers Wilbert Robinson predicts 40 wins from Vance and McWeeney and a race despite doubts. Reds Jack Hendricks upbeat on Donohue and infield double plays. Phillies Bart Shotton calls Phillies no joke with strong youngsters and tough to beat. Braves Emil Fuchs says veterans spur a surprising run amid doubt.
A loud speaker installed above the crib of Mrs. A H Rantell on the second floor of her Catford home amplifies the infant’s cries so they can be heard throughout the house.
A historical notice states that notary publics are capped at 145 in Paris and the right is sold or bequeathed. The article discusses restrictive limits on official positions and transfer of authority within the city.
The first Pointer season baseball game against Providence was canceled because wet grounds from recent rain made the field unplayable. Providence arrived, will stay at a local hotel, and later travel to Salisbury for two games before returning to Greensboro for a Patriots game. Boggs reported for duty while Gross was released.
Guilford College tracksters plan a week of practice ahead of the triangular meet with High Point college and Roanoke next Friday. Haworth led the class meet with 34 points while Holt and Captain Coble contributed strong showings for the seniors. High Point claims its strongest team yet with Mulligan posting ten seconds in the hundred, signaling tough competition. Roanoke and Virginia teams are less known but historically strong in intercollegiate events.
Julian Brown, a Core Sound island owner in Marshallburg North Carolina, reports an osprey attacked a fish and disappeared underwater. He watched the water hoping for the bird to reappear but it did not. The incident suggests the fish released its hold or the osprey was overwhelmed.
A predator lunges into the water to seize a wary fish with its claws and drags the catch back to shore for a feast.
Weather permitting the Southern Association opens a full schedule today with four games in Chattanooga Nashville Little Rock and Mobile leading the way. Atlanta Birmingham Memphis and New Orleans follow as the day’s venues set the opening fireworks for the season.
Lady Astor enters the annual Parliamentary golf handicap at Walton Heath on April 13. She competes against 80 fellow House of Commons members and plays off handicap 20. Back markers are Colonel Moore-Braz on and Mr J S Macgregor rated plus one.
Pyle's caravan reaches Springfield Indiana after Ohio delays and poor weather. Peter Gavuzzi leads the 63 mile leg with 104 hours plus. top six finishers list includes Ed Gardner, John Salo, Ciusto Umeri, Sam Richman and Paul Simpson amid a 3,400 mile coastward trek.
Members of the New York Stock Exchange plan a shift from the grocery store style of delivering securities to a new stock clearing corporation to sort and deliver millions of daily shares with less delay and greater safety than the current messenger system.
In New York Arthur Dekuh defeated Big Boy Peterson in a close points decision in New Orleans. In Philadelphia King Tut beat Honeyboy Finnegan in a ten round bout in Boston. Chicago Len Darcy won over Chief Jack Elkwart in Grand Rapids to eight. George Godfrey stopped Farmer Lodge in Minneapolis. Johnny Pee Wee Kaiser edged Joey Rivers in St. Louis. Baby Stribling out pointed Eddie Goldberg in Macon. Ace Hodkins bested Armand Emanuel in Los Angeles.
In Atlanta under drizzle, Greenville Spinners beat Asheville 11 to 5 to start the South Atlantic league opener. Monroe Mitchell pitched strongly as Greenville pushed seven runs in the fourth inning before weather halted the game in the sixth.
The article quotes Iller Huggins of the Yankees Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig headlining the club as in great shape. Braves Connie Mack Athletics Stanley Harris Tigers Washington Roger Peckinpaugh White Sox Lena Blackburne and Red Sox Bill Carrigan express guarded optimism about their rosters and potential to contend this season.
The pitcher fanned nine batters in a rain shortened game while allowing 19 hits. Most damage came in the final two innings as batters rallied and the fielding remained sharp.
Marion B. Carstairs, British motorboat racer, superintends in her own yard the construction of a new craft to succeed Estelle II. The luckless craft cap-
The Harms Worth trophy race took place along the Detroit river last September. The event yard sits a few miles from the Medina river mouth near Cowes the renowned British yachting center.
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