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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1937
Page
10
In heavy rain at Emerywood Country Club Wichita, Bill Snow matched a 34 first nine and 38 back for 72 to defeat Jack Ables 5 to 4. First round results include Frosty Snow over J. W. Woolen 4 and Keith Matton over Frank Garrett one up on 18.
Player bios from the McCracky Eagle special heading into St. Louis profile Paul Cheek Lefty Elon College four time All Little Six first baseman and .300 hitter in 1937 Forrest Short Hickory Lenoir Rhyne three years All Little Six second baseman hitting .304 this season Guy Clodfelter Winston-Salem High Point Chatham Blanketeers led national tournament with .667 season average .362 Jack Cox Staley Guilford College fastest youngest on team led basestealers season average .311 all lefthanded
Grayson Gates Smith of High Point, 6 ft 175, played in Piedmont and Bi-State Leagues. Lefty Burge of Archdale, 6 ft 2, 185, lefthanded hitter and pitcher, led 1936 league in HR and doubles with a .348 season average and a 429 total.
John Griffin Hal Johnson and Tom Burnette emerge as top Cochstal Plains League and state league players. Griffin leads with 22 home runs in 1935 and a .493 league batting mark, while Burnette tops UNC and Coastal Plains League in several categories and serves as captain-elect for 1938. Johnson shows consistent .300-plus hitting and field speed across teams.
Neely Hunter, former David son College standout and Piedmont League star, is noted as manager in Asheboro. The report highlights his local baseball legacy and ongoing ties to regional leagues.
A wide ranging sports roundup notes Joe Louis left hand rumors. It cites New Jersey columnist views on Louis hand swelling from tape. Mentions Yankees Red Sox, umpires heading to Boston, Slocum and Julia Ruth stepping into current buzz. Also reports signings Rit Goddard and two Southern ends Gelatka Poole, plus Barker and Szabo gossip and Bill Terry front office talk.
Dean Leon Green of Northwestern University Law School faced a speeding charge at 68 mph. He urged the court to convict with a $6 fine and no costs, then Judge Braude dismissed the case after noting it was Green’s first ticket in 500,000 miles.
Dr. Leggett claims the Dafoe birth was easier while detailing his own delivery of five babies in 13 hours and 10 minutes across Ross county. He notes he beat the stork in every race as he helped the quintuplets’ larger-than-life origin story unfold.
Archibald Henderson former UNC star and recent Mid Atlantic winner will defend his title as North Carolina closed championships attract a large field. Teddy Burwell Charlotte ace and former Oxford player is expected to enter as five events include men's and women's singles and doubles junior events. Entries due by August 19 noon at Sedgefield secretary John Heller. Play runs August 21 to 29 with finals August 28 29.
The Shelby game hosts Salisbury while Lexington visits Landis. Newton Conover travels to Thomasville and Mooresville plays Cooleemee in tonight’s state league schedule.
Thomasville tied Newton Conover 3 in a high scoring matchup. Landis and Lexington also finished 8 to 8 after 11 innings. Cooleemee defeated Mooresville 4 to 3 while Salisbury edged Shelby 6 to 5.
Thomasville extended its winning streak to seven with a 3–2 victory over Newton-Conover at Finch Field. Pinkston led the Tommies with a double and two singles in five at bats, while Bolick paced the losers with three singles in four tries.
Fred Moore describes a robbery at a service station where two men woke him with a pistol and took the cash. detectives corroborate his brief account as the assailants ordered him to leave, then exited.
In 1934 the city’s daily water consumption rose by five gallons per resident, reaching a total of 891,690,000 gallons per day in 1935. The figures reflect per person increases contributing to the overall daily usage.
Wiscassett Knitters defeat Hemp 3 to 2 in a tense Inter-City League game. McCord and Welch spun a pitching duel with three safeties allowed each. McCord hit a solo homer for Wiscassett while Roberts led Hemp with two of three team hits.
The Four Bohunk Brothers Dick Meisky Ed Hartley Lloyd Whitley and Tony Simeon perform an exhibition The Farmer In the Well tonight at 8 o clock at City Lake. Public invitation extended.
In the American League New York leads 8-10 with Boston 5-4 after an 11 inning opener and a game halted by darkness. Cleveland 5-7, St Louis 2-2. Washington 5, Philadelphia 4. Chicago at Detroit postponed by rain. In the National League St Louis 3 Cincinnati 2. Chicago 5 Pittsburgh 1. Boston at New York and Brooklyn at Philadelphia postponed by rain. Norfolk 11 Asheville 5, Richmond 2 Rocky Mount 0 Portsmouth 5 Charlotte 4 in 10 innings. Winston Salem 4 Durham 1.
Brooklyn at Philadelphia Cantwell and Butcher versus LaMaster and Passeau or Mulcahy. Boston at New York Gabier or Bush against Castleman. Pittsburgh at Chicago Brandt against Carleton. Only games scheduled.
Chicago travels to Detroit to challenge Lawson and Bridges in a two game set. New York visits Boston as Pearson and Hadley square off with Marcum and McKain. St. Louis plays Cleveland featuring Knott against Harder. Philadelphia meets Washington Roas Ye with DeShong listed.
Asheville faces Rocky Mount while Charlotte meets Norfolk and Portsmouth tangles with Winston Salem. Durham plays Richmond in a slate of Piedmont League games.
Washington reports the public debt rose to a new all time high of 368266532438 on August 10. The treasury notes an increase of 14263218 over the prior day and compares with 33400778494 on August 10 1936.
Asheville August 12. Dr Clarence Poe of Raleigh farm editor and W Kerr Scott state agriculture commissioner will speak at the 25th annual farmers field day at Swananoa test farm near Asheville on August 19.
Former Governor Charles M. Smith 469 prominent banker died today in Rutland Virginia after a long illness.
The High Point Y team faces Thomasville Hookers at the YMCA courts Friday to decide the Central Carolina Horseshoe league second half winner. Thomasville led the first half by one win. current standings list High Point 4 1.000, Thomasville 3 1.000, Winston-Salem 1 0.250, Lexington 4 0.000.
AP reports boxing results with Al McCoy of Bangor knocking out Donald Barry in slow decision in Me. Gordon Wallace outpoints Tommy Bland in Toronto. Dickie Welsh knocks out Sammy Crocetti in Norfolk with Philadelphia listed as origin.
In Buffalo N Y Clarence J Shear a Deak Lieu tenant chased a thief who stole his glasses. A crow named Blackey flew away with them and was later found buckshot filled. Shear plans to avenge the incident with a grim joke about crow pie.
McCrary Eagles face Kansas City Cups in the National Semi Pro baseball tournament opener at Lawrence Stadium Wichita Kans. Sam Lankford will start against Bud Rose as 20 000 fans expected for the 8 30 game with notable observers including Honus Wagner Ford Frick Henry McLemore and 16 major league scouts.
The Inter-City league playoff begins on Saturday August 15 featuring Bossong Hemp Adams-Millis and Wiscassett. Bossong faces Adams-Millis two out of three with game one August 14 at Bossong and game two August 18 at Adams-Millis. A possible third game would be at Adams-Millis. Hemp meets Wiscassett in a separate bracket with game one August 14 at Albemarle and game two August 18 at Wiscassett, with a potential third game at Hemp on August 21. Each bracket winner then plays a two out of three series to determine who faces McCrary for the championship.
One match completed in Blair Park Golf tournament with H. L. Speas defeating M. R. Boges one up. Blair Park president Jimmy Crichton said the Country Club vs Blair Park match was postponed to Saturday August 21.
In Long Branch New Jersey Abie Cole defeated Bill Sledge in a weights bout. In Springfield Massachusetts Ed Don George and Danno O Mahoney drew in a heavyweight encounter. In Los Angeles Bronko Nagurski beat Vincent Lopez straight falls and Gus Sonnenberg defeated Sampson in straight falls.
Angel Louise Taylo of Atlanta tumbles 20 feet from a cloud during the show Heaven Bound suffers facial bruises but resumes plans to perform after hospital care. The item notes the 3 cent US stamp issued circa Aug 1 1842 and cites Joe Jefferson born Feb 20 1829.
The Yankees, led by Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio, routed the Red Sox 8-5 and 10 in a double bill to surge to an 11 game lead. DiMaggio hit his 33rd homer of the season and Gehrig added his 28th as New York pushed toward a 1936 scoring mark. Cubs beat Giants 5-1 as Bryant pitched, and Indians swept Browns in a twin bill. White Sox Tigers, Giants Bees Dodgers Phillies rainouts.
Henry Graber and George Widcheki clash in the opening match at High Point arena on Curt Denning's wrestling bill. Bob Wagner and Joe Marsh headline the main event in a best two of three falls bout, with 90 and 60 minute limits. Ring action starts 8:30 PM, box office opens 7:15.
Norfolk Tars beat Asheville Tourists 11-5 and 5-1 to tighten the Piedmont League race. Portsmouth Cubs swept Charlotte with a 5-6 run victory and a 3-0 nightcap. Rocky Mount edged Richmond 8-7 in 10 innings. Durham Bulls beat Winston-Salem 2-1 as Cole and Duffy pitched well.
The record notes that the first transatlantic cablegram traveled from London to New York on August 28, 1857. This historic milestone marks early telegraphic communication between continents.
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