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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1934
Page
2
Yearly performances point to new marks in five events. Hendricks Sams and Ozment of High Point have a chance to set up new records. Hinson of Charlotte may erase present time in the mile run.
Greensboro reports a youth filled Patriots camp as Bobby Rice leads 1934 Piedmont league plans. Ten rookies join eight class players with Julian Foster among top prospects. The St. Louis Nationals farm system backs the Patriot lineup with emerging outfielders Fletcher Heath Lou Scoffie and more.
CHAPEL HILL April 19 North Carolina defending champions open the state intercollegiate tennis tournament. Davidson and Duke loom as key foes with Halverstadt Higgins Welch Harris Willis Levitan Morgan among top contenders. Coach Renfield guided a shifting lineup including Harris Willis for doubles.
Babe Ruth and Jimmie Foxx clash in a home run duel on opening days two and three as foxx belts his first 1934 homer and Ruth answers with a porch roof clout. Bill Dickey drives in six runs for the Yankees in an 11 6 win over the Athletics while several others hit two homers apiece.
Southern Conference athletes head to Durham next month with multiple records in reach. Clemson's Gordon Lynn may break the century mark. North Carolina’s Abernathy Hawthorne tie, and LaGore and others push javelin discus and pole vault records. Strong showings loom across sprints, hurdles, throws, and jumps as teams eye top marks.
The report lists events including the 100 yard dash 220 yard dash 440 yard dash and 120 high hurdles. Noted athletes are Sizemore Kourey Sprye and Byrd with Copeland and Isenhour among others achieving marks in discus and sprints.
The Western Conference track meet comes to the city Saturday afternoon at the high school course with hopes for new records in pole vault half mile mile high jump and 440 yard dash. Athletes from Winston Salem Salisbury Charlotte High Point and other schools compete for medals and civic club trophies.
Max Garr 221 liver weight led exhibition bouts with Buddy Saer 256 his brother Babe Hunt 200 from Ponca City and Max Brown 215 from Cheyenne in a Kansas City event.
Daily sports roundup shows Memphis defeated Little Rock 9 1 while Chattanooga led 10 in a victory, Knoxville beat Nashville Atlanta on wet grounds and New Orleans edged Birmingham 2 1 in yesterday’s scores.
Toronto defeats Albany by forfeit 8 to 0 while Syracuse edges Montreal 2 to 1. Buffalo wins 12 to Newark. Rochester takes Baltimore 9 to 6 in the same slate.
Natie Brown born 186 pounds from Washington outpointed Al Stillman 174 pounds of St. Louis in a ten round bout in St Louis.
New York defeated Philadelphia 6 to 2 while Pittsburgh beat St. Louis 7 to 6 in a pair of baseball games. The contests featured offense and clutch moments as the winners gain ground in the standings.
New York visits Philadelphia, St. Louis plays Cleveland, Detroit meets Chicago, and Washington travels to Boston in a slate of today’s basketball games.
Results yesterday show St Louis defeated Cleveland 2 to 0 while New York beat Philadelphia 11 to 5 Washington won 5 to 4 over Boston and Detroit edged Chicago 6 to 5.
Toledo 4 Indianapolis 0. Columbus 7 Louisville 5. Minneapolis 9 Milwaukee and Kansas City 8. And J. Paul 3.
Dallas defeated Tulsa 4 to 1 while Port Worth beat Oklahoma 2 to 0. Ky Galveston led 12 to 3 over San Antonio with Houston trailing 0 to 6 Beaumont.
North Carolina defeated Davidson 8 to 0 while South Carolina beat Wofford 15 to 1. Wake Forest hosts North Carolina State with rain delays. Guilford at Duke postponed by wet grounds. Virginia tech? The line lists Virginia 8 over VMI 3, and Lenoir Rhyne 10 over Western Carolina 6, with Lafayette 6 and Navy 2.
College tennis saw North Carolina defeat Davidson 6 to 3 and Navy beat Johns Hopkins 8 to 1. Track events at Wofford were disrupted by rain while Wake Forest competed at Duke with wet grounds.
Monte Pearson earned a 2-0 win for the Braves against Cleveland. Frankhouse and Betts pitched to a 3-2 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers, who struggled with outfield injuries leaving Hack Wilson Danny Taylor and Rose Boyle sidelined on the bench.
The Tar Heels beat Davidson 9 to 0 to remain atop the Big Five standings and not schedule another Big Five game until next week. Ernest McKeithan limited Davidson to six singles as NC State and Wake Forest saw rain cancellations and other state teams won or postponed across the circuit.
In Chicago on April 19, Al Simmons sought the two thousand hit milestone as the White Sox outfielder extended his streak with ten hits in two days in the league. He tops the active list with a .299 average among 1,008 noted hitters.
In Hopkinton Massachusetts volunteers and runners gear up for the Boston Marathon start. More than 225 athletes entered the 26 mile race, with past champions among the field and Clarence Demar noted for his weathered face. Officials expect half a million spectators along the route as the starter signals the race to begin.
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