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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1956
Page
18
A narrator guides boys through observing a snake in leaves describing a puff adder similar to a cobra. He explains bluff, death pose, and the snake’s use of deception while linking lessons to human behavior and greed. Additional notes mention Lexington stopping raw sewage discharge and plentiful mountain huckleberries signaling a hard winter.
Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick moves to survey the minor leagues after a joint committee approved the study with a $500000 fund. Brooklyn President Walter O’Malley floated a National Baseball Day plan with major leaguers forming 20 teams to play in minor league parks nationwide.
Miami Marlins pitcher Satchel Paige, aging legend with a rocking chair windup, has eight wins and three losses this season. He saved 14 games in relief while delivering 72 2/3 innings with 57 strikeouts and 20 walks. Paige’s career spans Negro leagues and majors with the Browns and Indians, and researchers contest his birthdate as July 7, 1906.
The National League rescinded a rule forbidding the second game of a Sunday doubleheader from starting under lights. Reporting date for next season is set for February 28. A request for 1958 season was granted after initial hesitation, likely delaying final action for two years.
Glenanna Baptist Church members from Thomasville hauled in a massive 800 pound catch at Moorehead City. The haul included amberjacks barra cuda and bluefish with a 21 pound barracuda setting a year record. Participants listed include Doyg Johnson Odine Adams Jack Kimmer Billy King Rev Robert Taylor Baylee Galli more Bobby Welborn Austin Copple and Kenneth W.
Hi Toms slugger Curt Flood hits for the cycle Sunday to raise season totals to 419-145 and move further ahead in batting. Tex Taylor of Kinston trails in the race with a .355 average. Leon Wagner of Danville tops home runs. Other leaders include McCovey, Dunn and Gaskin, while pitching wins and team batting numbers show tight contests among Durham Fayetteville Wilson Danville and Greensboro.
Buffalo light heavyweight contender Joey Giambra calls for a bout with Sugar Ray Robinson after Robinson’s victory over Rocky Castellani in Madison Square Garden. Giambra, on a four fight win streak, vows to rest and await Robinson’s availability while his wife prepares to give birth in January.
Woody Thomas of High Point emerges as a leading horseshoe pitcher in North Carolina and national events. Once retired, he adapted a new throwing style that propelled him to state singles titles, industrial league success, and a national doubles championship with Connard Murphy, while preparing his family and city for continued competition.
Kenny Lane of Muskegon Michigan defeated St. Paul’s Glen Flanagan by unanimous decision in a 10 round lightweight bout in Minneapolis. Lane dominated from start to finish landing sharp punches and hooks while Flanagan withstood the attack but suffered one of his worst defeats in a decade.
Archie Moore, upset by Patterson's postponement of the heavyweight title fight, telegrammed New York official Julius Helfand claiming the title by default. He argues Patterson must come as a challenger before signing, noting his own long wait and elimination bout history for the vacant crown.
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