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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1919
Page
6
High Point defeated Thomasville 12 to 2 in a chaotic game as Green and Woodall led with doubles and key hits. The locals failed to defend in the late innings while Davis and Smith sparked the visitors offense. The crowd departed as upcoming contests at Winston Salem and White Oak loomed.
Two-base hits by Smith and Green lead High Point past Thomasville 7 to 4. Davis, Stuart, and Green homer none. Hodgin and Stuart execute sac bunts. Davis and Finch and Wall steal bases. Pegram fans eight, Green seven. Dunn hit by pitch twice. Left on base six for Thomasville, four for High Point.
National results include New York 5 St Louis 4 and Philadelphia 10 Chicago 2. Other games feature Boston 3 Cincinnati 10 Brooklyn 1 Pittsburgh 5 Detroit 2 Philadelphia 0 Chicago 10 Washington 3 Cleveland 5 Boston 2 Nashville 2 Atlanta 1 Little Rock 7 Mobile 6 Chattanooga 2 New Orleans 4 Memphis 3 Birmingham 2.
In American occupied Germany civilians are barred from public receptions or meetings to honor returning German prisoners of war. Major-General Henry T. Allen orders that only personal and family welcomes are allowed, with no official receptions or public processions. Red Cross may still serve refreshments at railroad stations.
Wireless reports say the Japanese steamer Yomei Maru went aground on Race Rock about 17 miles west of Victoria B C in the Straits of Juangafuca. The vessel was reported in a dangerous position while the Shumbu Maru also ran aground nearby early today.
The remark suggests reform efforts focus on men as the primary beneficiaries, acknowledging the need for change while highlighting gendered assumptions about who benefits and who requires improvement.
Charleston 9 Charlotte 2 Augusta 6 Greenville 2 Columbia 4 4 Spartanburg 3 3 Petersburg 1 Richmond 5 Portsmouth 7 0 Newport News Suffolk 2 Norfolk 8.
Toronto 3 Reading 5 Buffalo 7 Baltimore 11 Rochester 2 Jersey City 0 Binghamton 2 Newark 4
Scores recap showing Milwaukee defeat Toledo 2 to 1 and St Paul overcoming Columbus 4 to 3 as Kansas City edges Louisville 3 to 2 and Minneapolis falls to Indianapolis 1 to 7.
In Chicago on August 21 detectives report ghouls robbed the grave of Clara Gunderberg, seven years after her death. They unearthed an engagement ring and two other jewels worth 1500 dollars, with the grave at St. Boniface Cemetery tampered with. Police, the mother Mrs Otilla Gunderberg, Rev Georg Eisenbacher, and graveyard superintendent Charles Bigelow, are aiding the investigation.
Washington action authorized an investigation into the news print paper industry to determine if illegal practices are used and whether prices are excessive. The resolution was introduced by Senator Reed of Missouri and adopted by the Senate without debate.
A natural history note explains how eagles hunt in pairs with one bird alarm signaling and the other striking at prey, coordinating to drive it from cover and capture it.
Bun Bowden tops the High Point club with a .419 average after 20 games, 31 hits in 74 at bats. Herb Hodgin follows at .327 in 76 at bats, with Dunn at .318 in 17 games and 16 hits in 5 1⁄2 at bats. Pegram is the other local player noted among the circle, with the list counting the game versus Stokesdale last Saturday.
Long Beach report says Mr and Mrs L H Mayer eloped to Orange County for a justice of the peace ceremony. Returning from Santa Ana, the groom’s car failed after the ceremony, forcing the couple to walk miles before informing the bride’s parents at 20 Gaviota Avenue. They plan to move to Minneapolis where he has work.
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