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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1925
Page
1
In a humorous reminiscence, Jack Keefe recalls a Saturday parade in Chicago along Mich. Ave. The tale highlights Edna’s remark comparing him to Alexander the Great and ribbing over a Cubs versus White Sox uproar. The piece ends with consumed by wartime expenses in hotels and meals.
Aug 17 open week of major league baseball sees opposition to an all Pennsylvania world series. Giants split with Braves gaining half game on Pirates who lost to Reds 6 1. Yankees beat Senators 3 2. Gehrig had four hits including two homers and a double in five at bats. Athletics idle as Washington loss widens AL lead. Hornsby hit his 3rd homer as Cardinals beat Cubs 2 1. Robins lost both to Phillies 7 6 and 9 2. Phillies close gap to 2 12 games in NL race. Cooney had three Giants in opener while Fitzsimmons pitched Giants to 6 2 win. Kelly
The Browns overcame a late rally as Welsh hit two home runs and another homer, aiding a 7 to 6 victory over Cleveland. Detroit defeated the White Sox 11 to 9 with 17 hits, while Chicago used nine pitchers, five of them in relief.
STANDINGS NEW YOU August 17 Revived strength in railroad stocks leads the market. Wabash opens 18 8 points higher at 43 1 4, joined by New Haven and Great Northern preferred in early advance. Most rails move higher except Maryland based on freight traffic and earnings.
The Miss Helen Wills from Berkeley, California, defends her women's national tennis title as the 63 entrants, including English players, begin the Forest Hills tournament. Wills faced crowd jeers after a late start, blaming team captain orders, and hoped to forget the incident as she meets Mrs Helene Polak Falk at 4 p.m. today.
American League results show Cleveland 7 over St Louis 6, Washington 2 over New York 3, Chicago 9 and Detroit 11 in a three game schedule. American Association tallies include Milwaukee 1 and Toledo 5 in a 2-6 contest, Minneapolis 7 over Indianapolis 2, St Paul 2 over Louisville 3 in 11 innings, Kansas City 24 over Columbus 9, St Paul 9 over Louisville 0, Indianapolis 8 over Minneapolis 10 in a second game. Southern Association scores cite New Orleans 1 and Atlanta 6, Mobile 4 over Birmingham 5, Memphis 8 over Chattanooga 2, Nashville and Little Rock 4.
In Baltimore on August 15 Spain fell to Japan 2-6 6-4 6-3 6-4 as Takeichi Harada won the first singles to end Spain’s Cup run. Japan advances to face Australia after Canada’s elimination by the Australians yesterday.
In Piedmont League action Greensboro faces Raleigh Salisbury plays Danville Durham meets Winston Salem Columbia meets Greenville Charlotte travels to Spartanburg Augusta visits Asheville. Macon meets Knoxville Kinston battles Wilson Portsmouth plays Rocky Mount Richmond visits Norfolk Detroit visits Chicago. Philadelphia plays New York. Other games not on schedule.
In a four ball match two balls converged on the green while a third and fourth lay off the green to the left and right. The right side player proved closer to the hole upon checking, prompting a call for a ruling on the applicable rule.
The article explains that no penalty exists when two balls collide and players must play from where they stopped. No right to replay a stroke is granted, and in four-ball, a stroke not recalled if another ball should have been played earlier. In singles, a stroke may be recalled if played out of turn. Written by Tennis Brown for the sport editor.
Washington Aug 15 With the approval of the commerce commission station WGY at Schenectady announced that greater energy will be used on the radio. The action signals a broader broadcast plan and represents a advance in regulatory permission for more powerful transmissions.
On August 22, 24, and 26 tady will air programs at 50,000 watts the highest power yet used. Secretary Hoover asks listeners to help judge effects on transmission as government observers and stations employ scientific devices to measure intensity range modulation fading and blanketing phenomena. Regular 5 kilowatt power will be used most of the time with periodic drops to 2 kilowatts for comparison.
An intermediate base has been established by the MacMillan Arctic expedition at Flagler Fjord on Ellesmere Island between Etah and Cape Hubbard. A radio report to the National Geographic Society, via Arthur A. Collings of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, notes direct voice communication picked up at noon today with John L. Reinartz, chief operator aboard the Bowdoin.
Mrs. V. C. Royster and her daughter Mrs. J. M. Eagan of St. Louis have returned after visiting Mrs. Royster’s daughters Mrs. Burns and Mrs. Pace in Asheville. ENTERPRISE WANT ADS BRING QUICK RESULTS.
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