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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1934
Page
3
Boston sweeps Washington in a day of doubleheader action as the Red Sox crush the Senators and the Giants topple the Phillies. Chicago White Sox rally to defeat Detroit while the Yankees overpower the Athletics in a power display. Giants, Dodgers, and Pirates also post early season wins as the league opens with high scoring games.
Eleventh hour additions from Cincinnati bolster Wilmington Pirates ahead of the Piedmont league opener. New arrivals include George Wise Buck Terhune Ernest Evans as manager Blackie Carter selects a developing roster amid exhibition games versus UNC and a continuing search for a starting lineup.
Clyde Connor son of Rev and Mrs Connor will join Marion college f hour broadcast from station OWO Fort Wayne Indiana at 5:15 pm This sophomore in Kew college at Marion is a male chorus member and lead for the college quartet The group plans a five day singing tour late April to early May with further broadcasts in Cleveland Columbus and Dayton Ohio
Winston Salem fans will pack Planters Warehouse tonight for pro matches featuring Bill Tilden Ellsworth Vines Keith Gledhill and Chapin. Gledhill vs Chapin opens at 2 o clock with Tilden vs Vines following. Matches are two out of three sets as part of the indoor pro championship series.
In Charlotte on April 20 Wake Forest meets Davidson in the first game of a two game series. Elon crushed Guilford 13 to 0 as Elon tennis fell 2 to 5 to Atlantic Christian. Duke hosts Guilford and UNC travels to Wilmington to face Piedmont Pirates. High Point plays Appalachian State in a North State doubleheader in Boone.
Dave Komonen, a 35 year old mine car penter living in Toronto and Sudbury, won the Boston Marathon after snowshoe training. He ran 15 to 20 miles daily on snowshoes and claimed the stami na needed to lead 193 runners over 26 miles 385 yards from Hopkinton to the Back Bay clubhouse.
Pat Malone limited the Reds to five hits and struck out six as the Cubs faced Reds. Joe Vosmik homered in the Indians 3 2 win over the Browns. Freddy Lindstrom joined Pirates to beat the Cardinals with a mix of hits in a rout. Walter Beck kept the Dodgers tied with Braves on three singles in seven innings. Zeke Bonura fueled a White Sox 9 8 win over the Tigers with three hits and the go ahead run. Bud Parmelee and Bill Dickey sparked Giants and Yankees with key hits and runs in wins over Phillies and Athletics.
Prairie City, Indiana shooter R. C. Coffey dominated the North and South target tournament at Pinehurst, taking the 16 yard championship doubles and handicap titles. He broke 95 clay birds in the handicap from 22 yards, outshooting B. W. Covert of Lockport by one, and won the doubles with 91 over C. T. Jackson. The NC tournament closes tomorrow.
Seeded players advance to singles quarterfinals in the state intercollegiate tennis tournament at Chapel Hill. Captain Jimmy Halverstadt of Davidson, Duke pair Barney Welch and John Higgins, and Harvey Harris of North Carolina survive opening rounds as Welch defeats John McGlinn 6-4 6-2 after losing the first set.
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