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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1939
Page
8
Landis hosts Cooleemee in a dramatic late game thatended 3 2, with an eighth inning two run rally and a balk in the tenth giving Landis the win blamed on Brooklyn style missteps. Gabby and promoter Pete DiMizzio noted the irony of a Brooklyn like finish.
Lou Nova arrives in New York ahead of his June 1 bout with Max Baer at Yankee Stadium. The rising heavyweight predicts victory over Baer and a title shot against Joe Louis in September, praising trainer Bob McAllister and noting improved footwork and conditioning. Nova weighs 208 pounds and plans to shed six more before the Baer fight.
Landis tops Cooleemee 4 to 3 as Gowan fends off Hudley in a feature opener. Word games note batteries: Concord at Kannapolis, Mooresville at Landis, Cooleemee at Salisbury. Weathered rivals Lexington and Thomasville next in the long-running North State League campaign.
In Charlotte on April 25 the Piedmont League action saw Norfolk's Tars falter as Durham and Charlotte dominated. Norfolk dropped to Portsmouth 14-6 while Durham's Bulls won 9-3 over Richmond. Charlotte rallied to beat Bocky Mount 10-7 with Overstreet sealing relief pitching. Nine runs in the ninth boosted Asheville to a 7-4 win over Winston-Salem as Herman and Richards led the Tourists with strong hits.
In Scranton Pennsylvania Jim Londos 212 pounds from Greece defeated Cliff Olson 215 pounds from Minneapolis in 25 minutes 26 seconds. In Wilmington Delaware George Pencheff 215 pounds from Australia defeated Jim Clinkstock 259 pounds from Oklahoma in two straight falls.
Catawba Indians capitalize on five errors and WPA trips to defeat High Point Panthers 5-3 on Millis Field. Panthers led 3-2 after five. Yow’s club tied it in the sixth, adding a seventh-inning tally. Key hits by Koontz, Wagoner, and Nance pace the visitors.
Yesterday results show New York 2 Philadelphia 1 and Washington 10 Boston 9 in 10 innings. Detroit defeated St. Louis 4 2 and Chicago beat Cleveland 9 3.
The schedule shows Chicago visiting Cleveland, St Louis at Detroit, Washington at Boston, and Philadelphia facing New York. Each matchup features league teams seeking wins on the road or at home with crucial standings implications.
Jersey City defeated Rochester 13 to 3 while Buffalo beat Newark 8 to 4 and Montreal knocked off Syracuse 6 to 2. The row of results lists only game outcomes without narration.
American Association results list Kansas City defeating Toledo 7 to 1 Milwaukee beating Columbus 4 to 3 and St Paul posting a 6 to 1 victory over Indianapolis.
A festive opening day scene at Yankee Stadium greets Babe Ruth as he takes his seat. Fans rise from a whisper to a roar, celebrating the legendary slugger despite baseball’s current grudges.
High Point Bison, led by coach June Scott and captain Brantley Hucks with pitcher Jack Hussey on deck, face K. 4 Reynolds of Winston-Salem on the Senior High diamond at 3 30 in a crucial step to rejoin the Western Conference race. Ed Lewis, Twin City southpaw, expected to start. Whitehart could fill in if needed.
Chapel Hill April 25. Kenry Styers of Lexington is favored to win the individual state high golf title for the fourth straight year at the N C H S A A eighth annual tournament. Raleigh team members Grover Dillon Grover Poole James Casper Reid Towler among entrants. Eight schools entered: Raleigh Bragtown High Point Lexington Charlotte Durham R J Reynolds Winston Salem and Oxford.
In Richmond the Yucatan Kid 133 from Mexico outpointed Norment Quarles 138. The card also lists Ben Brown 160 of Atlanta stopping Freddie Eilers 169 of Louisville and Pancho Villa 120 bantamweight champion of Mexico outpointing Jimmy Perrin 122 of New Orleans in San Antonio. Willie Redish 195% of Philadelphia technically KOed Gus Dorazio 187% of Philadelphia, Dorazio disqualified for not trying.
At Wake Forest Duke beats North Carolina 6 to 5 in 1 extra frame. Davis opened the 10th with an infield hit, scored on a wild pitch, then Shakes delivered an RBI single. Duke widens Big Five edge over UNC while Elon beats Lenoir Rhyne in tennis and Catawba tops High Point in baseball.
A mixed sports roundup in New York cites Cronin’s possible return to Washington and a Boston contract. It notes Maj. Bob Neyland’s Florida plans, Mike Jacobs’ media ties, swimmer Katherine Rawls Thompson’s split with Willis Cooling, and a Connecticut Prison Farm B team win over state cops. Washington fans back Clark Griffith on Bonura and Simmons trades while Chicago papers hype Bonura in New York. The Giants’ opening draws Jimmy Braddock and Joe Jacobs with Leo Durocher aging a year during the Phillies series.
A New York and a Chicago paper highlight a woman race boss handicapper. Schoolboy Rowe will again pitch as Louis and Galento fight in a time based pools system. Tiny Thornhill at Stanford is cited as the first football coach to start. Larry MacPhail is praised as the top front office chief last year.
Rip Collins, former Cub, is fueling the Los Angeles Angels as they surge through the Coast League. Correction notes a horse with the shortest name racing during the segment.
Brooklyn veteran Walter William Beck, a 35 year old right hander from Decatur Mississippi, signed by the Philadelphia Phillies after stints with six clubs. He saved two games and earned another for the Phils this season, aiding Doc Prothro in a 6-5 win over the Giants as the Phillies chase the NL lead.
Mrs Estelle Lawson Page of Chapel Hill began defense of her Carolinas Women's Golf title in Columbia. Kathyrn Hemphill of Columbia, home-course standout, is viewed as top challenger after tying a course record in the best ball prelim. Today's 18 hole qualifying ushers in match play set to run through Saturday finals.
The passage notes an elusive oats burner labeled O and Baer faced with poor odds while Barney Ross predicts Maxie to beat Lou Nova. It also mentions Walter Hagen Jr claiming a perfect 13 diamond bridge hand and Minnesota's shift from power to brains in sports with coach Phil Brain guiding two sons on varsity and one on the freshman squad.
Report notes four of every five automobile accidents occur on dry roads in good weather. During bad weather most motorists slow down and pedestrians exercise greater caution.
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