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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1947
Page
8
Hi-Toms baseball prospects center on outfield threats Guy Prater and Junior Leonard. Scouts predict Prater may hit 25 homers at Kinch Field with experience, while Leonard returns from service ready to make a mark.
New South Wales to test radio controlled betting with global registration aiming to link bets to odds as if under grandstands. Giants coach Gowdy attends BAA playoff in Philadelphia. Walt Kennedy and Hank vanish midgame. Tom Hamilton set to replace Bill Hargis on Texas A basketball, while Irwin Rosee anticipates handling publicity for 15 national events. Columbia adds a sixth crew to rowing, Lou Nova hints at ring return, coal mine myths compared to gremlins in aviation.
Top Jockey from Zanesville exits Brooklyn Dodger camp at Finch Field to head home for an intense exhibition schedule before league play. Pulaski Virginia set to depart this afternoon while Kingston New York, Johnstown Pennsylvania leave Sunday. Thomasville High Point Three Rivers and Sheboygan remain in camp with weather halting activities. North State league opens next week with Lexington Indians at Finch Field under Homer Lee Cox. Hi Toms focus on team procedures and infield polishing before the season-decisive start.
Dr. T S Wilson of Draper North Carolina led plans for the Carolina baseball league season opening Wednesday night. He pressed speedier games and warned fines for delays, with rules banning innings after 11 50 p m for night games and Sunday play under local law. The league outlawed gate sharing on special nights and urged authorities to curb gambling in ballparks. Jack Horner was named president of the Caroling League Sports Writers association with Smith Barrier as vice president and Frank Spencer as secretary treasurer.
Last night Philadelphia fighter Juste Fontaine 137 stopped Ruby Kessler 144 New York in Scranton. Johnny Green 148 Buffalo defeated Joey Falco 158 Philadelphia in Boston. Bert Lytell 158 Fresno stopped Jota Jota Fernandez 155 Caracas in four rounds.
Today’s games list the National and American League matchups with start times. Yesterday’s results include Chicago beating Detroit 6 to 4 and several rainouts. Tomorrow’s schedule repeats the league pairings.
Case Michaels had a double and a single off Ha Ha Newhouser to drive in three runs as the White Sox defeated Detroit 6-4. Hank Wyse limited the Reds to three hits, guiding the Cubs to a 3-0 victory over Cincinnati.
Blair Park Municipal Golf Course drew 386 players over the weekend, 206 on Saturday and 180 on Sunday, with Easter Monday bringing 327. Notable results include New York’s Norman Rubio and Teddy Randolph’s 148 and 190 scores, finishing ahead of Wayland Douglas and Bill Wilson.
Early returns show major league attendance near last year despite 16 games postponed by bad weather. 16 clubs drew 786 991 in person, average 18 309 per game. a year earlier 50 of 52 games drew 20 028 per game under ideal weather. Cubs beat Reds 3 0 on Wyse three hitter. Sox down Tigers 6 4 as Hodgin injured. washouts shaded schedule across leagues.
Four meetings this week will set plans for the American Legion junior baseball program in the state. State Vice Commander Paul R. Younts says May 1 is the entry deadline and more than 40 posts have already entered teams. Meetings will convene Area one Rocky Mount today, area two Clinton tomorrow, area three Greensboro Thursday, and area four Morganton Friday.
Governor Lane replaces Maryland Racing Commission chairman George P. Mahoney with Stuart Janney Jr. effective July 1. Janney, Glyndon attorney and jockey, has racing ties as a Maryland Horse Breeders Association director and war veteran. Mahoney led enforcement efforts, including drug testing and barn system, amid doping probes and lawsuits.
Philadelphia Athletics owner-manager Connie Mack says the 15 other major league teams view his club as a constant loser and will not help. He notes the A’s have finished bottom or near bottom since 1935 and, with the 1947 season barely begun, remain in the cellar with little chance to change the outlook.
The High Point College nine travels to Elon to clash with the Christians in a North State conference game. Elon has one win and three losses in league play. starter Billy Anderson or Jack Andrews may take the mound. Marvin Summey will start for High Point with Dick Meyers providing the power at bat. High Point sits at a .333 league mark after two losses and one win. Tomorrow, they host Ca tawba Indians led by Chubby Kirkland for another conference tilt.
Cincinnati April 22. Baseball Commissioner A B Chandler refused to reconsider the one year suspension of Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher. Rickey Frick and club owners met Chandler to urge a review, but Chandler said the case was closed.
Mrs Barbara Brod told police a man jumped on her car after she signaled a left turn on a Los Angeles corner. He fired a gun then grabbed a $3,000 diamond ring and fled while the hand quickness saying was quoted.
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