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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1935
Page
7
Triangle and Thomasville battled to a 12 to 5 draw in the Industrial League yesterday. Adams Mill and Tomlinson had notable contributions, while weather rain limited play to three innings.
Adams Mill and White Oak prepare for a high stakes softball bout at Willis Park Tuesday at 3:30 or 6 depending on venue, with the Civetans and city teams. Hunter will toe the mound for White Oak, Perry or Young ready for Adams Millis, and a crowded park expected as both clubs seek to break a late inning trend.
Triangle defeated the Chair Makers 12 to 9 to pull even for second-half honors. Bull Dawson pitched the full game for Triangle, yielding eight runs while nine walks marred his control. Hucks Clark Frye and Rush led Triangle’s hitting with Clark homering, as the team built a three-run burst in the first and widened the lead later.
New Orleans August 17 active cotton futures closed little changed after a two hour session. Prices swung but ended near previous levels as abroad cable troubles limited offerings. Dealers noted selling pressure on crops improving at ten cents a pound but gains faded by session end despite brief earlier upticks.
In Chicago on August 17 a three year old filly with a world record at six furlongs easily captured the seventh Francis Peabody memorial handicap one mile at Lincoln Fields. She led almost from the start and finished a length and a half ahead of J F Clarke Jr s Clang Tearout was third and Banish Fear fourth in a field of 13.
Local goats ignore tin cans and instead focus on salt labels printed on the paper. The scene highlights animal behavior around human objects and labels. The goats show curiosity toward surface marks while avoiding metal containers.
Amateur league notes show Marsh and Guilford leading the Industrial Loop with recent results. Box scores mention Oakdale 8, Amos 3. Guilford 1, Highland 10. Robertson Bakery 0. Marsh 9. Pickett forfeit. and various batting and pitching entries amid umpire and attendance notes.
Guilford defeated Globe Parlor 1 to 0 and Marsh earned an 8 to 6 forfeit win over Pickett to stay tied for the league lead. Oakdale moved to third with an 8 to 8 win over Amos and Land beat Robertson Bakery 16 to to chart in the standings.
Guilford pulled ahead 6 to 1 as Stamey pitched a no hitter through six innings with two walks and six strikeouts. Grubbs went 3 for 3 and Ceell added two triples in three at bats as Guilford collected 10 hits. Globe could muster only six hits and committed a pair of errors in the loss.
Highland led 10 to 0 after four innings before Robertson Bakery forfeited the game. Huffman and Helms helped supply offense while rain ended play early. Losing pitcher Cook-Nabors Hill and Shuskey. Time 1 45. Attendance 59.
Lifeguards already paid since December 1934 are declared ineligible for the Carolinas AAU swimming championships to be held here next Friday and Saturday. The ruling was issued by AAU secretary Daniel J. Ferris after a request from Carl Link of Charlotte. W F Batley, local meet chairman, said preparations are complete and entries start Monday with late entries Friday morning. Charlotte expects about 80 competitors, Charleston 8 C, and High Point preparing its squad for the event at the city lake pool drawing thousands of fans.
In a Commercial League game, Furniture City defeats Ragan Mau Rice 5 to 1. Mille Home Allen Jay 9 and CCC No. 4060 is listed as forfeit.
Furniture City continued its march toward the second half honors with a 6 to 1 rout of Ragan-Meurice. Mills Home dropped from the unbeaten ranks after an 11 to 8 defeat to Tomlin son. Harriss Covington beat CCC No. 434 5 to 0 and Allen Jay gained a 9 to 0 forfeit from CCC No. 406.
Furniture City remained unbeaten after a 6 to 1 win over Ragan Maurice in a pitchers battle. R. Haney allowed five hits while Leflin gave up five. four runs came in the fourth inning. Burge led Furniture City with bat and Little had three hits for Ragan Maurice.
Mills Home suffered its first defeat of the second half and fell out of a tie with Furniture City for the league lead after losing 11 to 3 to Tomlinson. Tomlinson pitcher A. Smith allowed four hits while Broadway led the offense with two hits in three at bats.
Promoter Curt Denning hosts a largely black boxing program at Willis Park featuring Jack Cunningham vs Kid Norfolk in a 10 round main event. The undercard includes Black Cat Lulu versus Snowball Spencer and Battling Pitts versus Dynamite Al Wilkes, with local figures Joe Crawford and Australian Mason also on the bill.
CCC No 434 battled in a nip and tuck contest with a 8 5 score as Harriss Covington slugged 19 hits but the team could not convert enough runs. Riley Beck and Davis led the winners at bat while Weld Johnson and Williams starred for the losers. Attendance reached 650 as Douglas umpired the 2:15 game with Maust and Time.
The newest twin beds are mounted on one headboard and pulled apart for easier making and arranging in the room.
Half of Holland's area is artificially drained and reinforced marsh. The land is traversed by ditches leading to wide canals. Windmills pump water from lower to higher canals, sending it toward the sea.
New York state leads the nation with the highest number of recorded kleptomania cases, according to latest health and crime statistics. Researchers note rising incidents in urban centers and urge targeted prevention measures.
At Salisbury on Aug 17, Co. V. Parrish of Durham was chosen president, succeeding Arthur Harrison of High Point. Other officers include C. A. Fink Salisbury Paul R. Christopher Shelby and T. D. Parish Raleigh with E. L. Sanditur Winston-Salem re-elected secretary-treasurer. The convention approved J. W. Bean Spencer as WPA director of labor relations and urged farmers merchants teachers and others to join the league’s program.
Nervousness over government crop loans kept the cotton market volatile in New York trading. Prices opened higher, then retreated, closing barely steady with modest net advances, as traders awaited an official loan announcement amid hedging and cloth buying reports from the prior day.
A life jacket from the Lusitania was recovered in the Delaware River near Philadelphia, five years after the liner was sunk by a submarine off Ireland. The find ties to the 1915 disaster and highlights ongoing recovery of wreck era artifacts.
Helen Jacobs, American champion, defeated Britain’s Round 1 English opponent 6-2 6-3 to put the United States ahead in the Wight Cup tennis competition at Forest Hills.
A small fisher weighing about 10 pounds escaped into an enclosure and frightened foxes lynx raccoons and even a leopard cat as it broke into a cage. Authorities were alerted and the incident prompted precautions at the habitat.
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