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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1927
Page
11
Philadelphia Athletics defeat New York Yankees 4 to 3 after a ninth inning throw to first by Mark Koenig goes awry. Rube Walberg pitches a complete game for the winners, with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig homering in the first inning.
Duke University Blue Devils defeat North Carolina State Wolfpack 5 to 3 in Durham. Johnson and Allgood pitched well for Duke and Saunders led with three singles. The game turned in the eighth inning with Duke scoring twice to break a 3 3 tie.
Chicago tied the series with Cleveland by hammering George Uhle for eight runs on five hits. Alphonse Thomas earned the win with strong support from Falk Barrett and Hunnefield. A Buck Crouse substitution and a notable circus catch by Barrett helped stifle a seventh inning rally.
In Detroit on Apr 23 the St. Louis Browns used 21 players in a ragged 15-10 win over the Tigers. Detroit committed six errors and pitching was erratic on a cold day as St. Louis went with four pitchers and only four of their runs were earned.
Lieutenant S. W. Callaway of the Anacostia air station piloted a Voight Corsair seaplane around a 25 kilometer course at Hamp ton Roads to set a new speed record of 147.2634 mph, beating France by 21 mph. The Corsair, with a Platt and Whitney Wasp 425 hp engine, weighs heavily loaded for the test. The aircraft type was new last November and has undergone tests at Anacostia. The government has ordered 33 of them.
University of North Carolina star K. O. Warren, undefeated in intercollegiate bouts aside from one loss, travels to Boston on April 25 for the Amateur Athletic Union national tournament. He captained multiple Tar Heel teams, won South Atlantic titles, and seeks senior national honors after a junior crown and a near-title bid last year. Ox Shuford also aims for national recognition in the heavyweights.
Roger Peckinpaugh, then with the Yankees, drew five walks in five trips to the plate against Philadelphia pitchers. He never swung, all counts were three balls and two strikes, and he reached first base each time, a rare batting absence noted beside Walter Wilmot’s major league walk record.
Guilford College defeated High Point 66 to 60 in a dual track meet yesterday at Guilford. High Point did not enter the mile or two mile races. Mulligan, Heath and Martin led HP in sprints and field events with multiple top finishes as Guilford swept several events including mile and two mile.
A standout athlete achieved a rare feat by winning both wrestling and boxing matches on the same night last season. His accomplishment drew notable attention and marked the peak of his career across the two sports.
The third meeting this year of North Carolina's Northwestern district elementary principals convened at Ray Street School with 20 to 25 principals representing over 18 000 students. C A Smith of High Point chaired the session on The Principal's Relation to His Teachers focusing on supervision and ethics.
The Silver-Masked Tenor, famed with the Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra, has made two solo Victor records. The April Victor release lists one side Dear Heart What Might Have Been and the other Mammy's Little Kinky-Headed Boy, a frequent tenor staple.
Rev Stevens returns from Canton and will lead both services at Green Street Baptist tomorrow. Morning sermon titled Weary In Well Doing. Sunday school set for 9 30 AM.
A large audience attended a high school auditorium program featuring nine sketches by city girl reserve clubs guided by advisers. The junior senior club won the $5 prize for best stunt with costumes praised and audience response favorable. Proceeds benefit the girls conference fund.
The Young Women's Christian Association board and executive committee approved the 1927-28 budget at a meeting on East Commerce Street. The budget, to be submitted to the Community Chest, is slightly less than last year and near the $13,000 level.
Will Rogers visits Greensboro where he mocks local politics and jokes about the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance building. He predicts spilling the beans on candidates once he tours the city with an entertainment plan possibly leading to a Moscow-like key to the city from Mayor Moffitt. Meanwhile Rocky Mount reports a 25 pound rock fish catch and abundant shad in skim nets marking a strong run.
Will Rogers, famed humorist, will appear at the American theater in High Point Tuesday night. Political-minded locals expect him to discuss current affairs and share views on the scene, a nod to his past meeting with President Coolidge.
A two week revival starts this morning at the Pentecostal Holiness Church on Highland Avenue. Mrs. Gertie Cheech of Greenville South Carolina will lead, assisted by Pastor Rev. J T Goins. Weekday services at 7 44 PM and twice on Sunday. Public invited.
A quartet of Notre Dame sprinters tied the world record by winning the 440 yard relay in 41.6 seconds at the Kansas Relays. The existing world mark was set by the New York Athletic Club in 1925.
A woman injured during winter sports in Switzerland travels to Paris by train and then flies to London on an improvised cot. She made her will before leaving. doctors advised rapid travel by air to reach the city.
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