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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1930
Page
5
Winston-Salem secured a 14-9 victory over the Pointers in a three hour slugfest at Twin City Park. The game featured 23 runs 31 hits and numerous walks as nine pitchers struggled while Molly Cox stole the only base of the contest.
North Carolina college golf stars from Duke, UNC, Davidson, NC State, and possibly Wake Forest begin a 36 hole intercollegiate at Sedgefield to crown the state champion. Duke and UNC lead preliminaries with decisive wins while Benny Goodes stars with 72 78. Pepper of Davidson shines with a birdie and an eagle in the afternoon round.
A veteran Camden era critic notes the gap between gate power and in-game skill. A Columbia Camer pitcher recalls Red Williams as a constant threat, saying he can bunt, steal, or score. the only safe move is to strike him out if possible.
A humorous locker room anecdote describes players passing time with pranks and a rookie pitcher who pretends to quit the league to demand more pay. The tale jokes about language barriers and mispronounced excuses, ending with a mangled speech about altitude ruining control.
Henderson visits Raleigh while Greensboro battles Durham and High Point plays Winston Salem in the Piedmont League. In the National League Brooklyn faces Boston Cincinnati visits Chicago New York travels to Philadelphia and St Louis goes to Pittsburgh.
American League primed with Boston at New York Detroit at Cleveland Philadelphia at Washington Chicago at St. Louis schedule listed for today with cross league pairings among top clubs and regional rivals.
In early action the New York team travels to Boston while St Louis faces Chicago. Brooklyn matches up with Philadelphia in a slate of intercity games.
Charlotte plays Macon while Asheville meets Columbia and Greenville faces Augusta in league action.
Mobile at Birmingham. Memphis at Chattanooga. New Orleans at Atlanta. Little Rock at Nashville.
Hartford Bat Battalino defeats Bushy Graham in non title featherweight bout. Pittsburgh Battling Gizzy tops Bobby Young. Minneapolis Yale Okun defeats Dick Daniels. Boxing action highlights from cities across the country.
Nick Testo from Troy N Y outpointed Mickey Fedor from Toledo in a ten round decision in Schenectady New York.
Chicago Fred Calderi of Philadelphia defeated Jack Kraken from Illinois in a six round decision. In Charlotte Jimmy Swinson of North Carolina beat Kid DeAngelo of Washington DC over ten rounds. Les Kennedy of Long Beach stopped Tony Ross of Buffalo in nine rounds in Hollywood. Young Corbett from Fresno outpointed Alf Pas of France in ten rounds in San Francisco.
In a crowded game, High Point edges Winston-Salem 14 to 13 with Jewett earning the win and Miller suffering the loss. Key performers include Nolan and Ferrell with standout hits and multiple players contributing stolen bases and notable defensive plays. Attendance around 500.
The American Davis Cup squad to face Canada in Philadelphia next month includes John Doeg from Santa Monica George Lott of Chicago Wilmer Allison of Austin and John Van Ryn of Orange N J. Doeg is ranked third and Lott fourth in the national list while Van Ryn and Allison are Wimbledon champions and ranked fifth and seventh. The selection followed Van Ryns victory over Allison in the Mason and Dixon final 4 6 7 5 12 10 6 1.
Yesterday's stars include Babe Ruth homer for the Yankees in a 3-2 victory over the Red Sox. Dazzy Vance allowed only three safeties as the Robins beat the Braves 5-1. Remy Kremer and the Pirates toppled the Cardinals 6-1 after scattering eight hits. Goose Goslin homered in the eighth to lift the Senators past the Athletics 6-4. Pat Malone pitched through 12 innings as the Cubs edged the Reds 6-5. Walter Stewart limited the Browns to six hits in a 4-2 Browns win over the White Sox.
April 26. Henry Edwards, secretary and Statistician of the American League, credits the Cleveland Indians with a new all time record for pinch hitting. Seven pinch hitters were used in games against Detroit and Chicago and each hit safely. The seven hits produced seven runs in addition to one run scored by a pinch hitter. Two games were won by 1000 percent pinch hitting. Edwards called it an amazing feat and noted pinch hitters usually aid the opposition.
In Raleigh on April 26 the Gamecocks defeated the Caps 11 to 1 after a late surge. Durham outfielder Tom Wolfe starred, while Henderson, Anderson, Branch and Jones contributed key hits and runs batted in. DeNering pitched seven innings for Raleigh, with Mahaffey finishing.
Results show Henderson 11, Raleigh 1, Durham 4, Greensboro 3, Winston-Salem 14 and High Point leading with ?
In Greenville 20 beat Augusta 1. Charlotte 0 over Macon 2. Asheville 14 defeated Columbia 8 in late evening play across multiple cities.
In New York the Yankees beat Boston 3 to 2 over 10 innings. Washington defeated Philadelphia 6 to 4, Cleveland led Detroit 5 to 4, and St Louis topped Chicago 4 to 2 in 10 innings.
Brooklyn 5 Boston 1 in 12 innings. Pittsburgh 6 St. Louis 1. Chicago 6 Cincinnati 5. Cold weather marked New York Philadelphia game as extra inning contest.
Cold conditions in St Paul and Indianapolis contrast with a series of hockey scores among Milwaukee Columbus Kansas City Toledo Minneapolis Louisville and other listed teams. Final tallies show Columbus 12 and Kansas City 11 with other results scattered.
Rochester 2 Newark 4 Toronto 8 Jersey City 6 Montreal 2 Reading 10 Buffalo Baltimore cold condition noted.
Montgomery 1 Pensacola 3 Selma 11 Jacksonville 2 Columbus 7 Tampa 6. Local standings show Selma dominant with 11 runs while Pensacola and Tampa post solid wins in a scattered schedule.
Scattered scoreboard lines show Little Rock over Nashville and Memphis over Chattanooga with solid margins. Birmingham led Mobile, while New Orleans and Atlanta tied at three before darkness halted play in the 11th inning.
Shreveport edged Houston 2 1 in eleven innings while San Antonio beat Dallas 6 4 and Beaumont defeated Fort Worth 7 8 in extra frames. Waco Wichita Falls game postponed due to wet fields with weather conditions cited.
Baseball results show Seattle 5 over Hollywood 2, Los Angeles 4 over Sacramento 0, Portland 17 over Missions 1, San Francisco 11 over Oakland 8. Box scores list team names and final tallies.
Topeka defeated Des Moines 7 to 1 and Wichita ran up 9 to 2 against Pueblo. Oklahoma City led Denver 5 to 1 as Omaha St Joseph game notes listed rain.
A busy Saturday in North Carolina featured eight baseball games a tennis tournament and intercollegiate track and golf events. Virginia Tech faced N C State Duke tangled with North Carolina and the Gobblers defeated the Tar Heels 10 to 4 at Chapel Hill. Hinkey Hendlin won the state intercollegiate tennis singles title at Chapel Hill and paired with Liskin to win the doubles. The Little Six tennis and track meets opened in Greensboro with the state golf tournament progressing toward finals.
At the start of the baseball season the Pittsburgh Pirates won six of seven, despite missing Lloyd Waner Pie Traynor and Burleigh Grimes. Rookie Gus Suhr and others hit well as they beat the St Louis Cardinals 6 1. The Giants and Cubs also won as the league opened. Babe Ruth homered for the Yankees in a 3 2 ten inning win over Boston.
The Browns defeated the Chicago White Sox 4 to 2 as Dave Harris, a Pacific Coast League rookie, came in as a pinch hitter and belted a homer to drive in all Chicago runs.
Chicago April 26 AP Jack Dempsey intends to visit Mayo Brothers Clinic in Rochester Minnesota early next week for a long delayed physical examination. He appeared at a Minneapolis fight show last night and will attend another in Fargo North Dakota tonight before traveling to Rochester.
New York April 26. George Fisher outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals leads NL hitters after eight games with a .517 average. He has 15 hits and seven runs scored, tied for the lead in runs. Riggs Stephenson trails with 14 hits. Cardinals also top club batting at .331 while Pittsburgh leads pitching? No, team batting. Cincinnati leads in fielding at .800.
CHAPEL HILL Apr 24 Thirteen sophomores and juniors at the University of North Carolina were admitted to the Order of the Grail during a campus initiation. New members include William Bridgers Theron Brown Oscar Dreesler Fred Ferguson Noah Goodridge H H Hobgood Steve Marsh John Clinard Jr K C Ramsay Carlyle Sitterson Clarence Weekes Haywood Weeks Burgess Whitehead.
Notice of sale under a 1927 deed of trust by E F Segraves and Effie Segraves in Guilford County North Carolina. The 11 AM May 5 1930 auction will offer the east portion of Lot 14 Block F Willenbar Terrace for cash subject to outstanding assessments. Garland B Daniel orators.
Public auction to the highest cash bidder at noon May 2 1920 at the Greensborough court house door for a parcel 106 1064 Rivett Drive known as College Park Lot 38. The sale follows a deed of trust from C A Beck et al to Central Bank Trust Company dated July 6 1927 recorded Book 576 Page 249. Taxes and assessments to be paid.
Gary Indiana reports Mrs Leona Fritz sues for divorce claiming her husband kicked her down stairs in June 1926 after their 1921 marriage. The couple separated in December 1926 following the incident and ongoing marital conflicts.
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