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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1938
Page
8
A collage of sports notes from old newspapers cites Newark Bears pennant talk, Frank Pytlak catching a ball from a 708 foot terminal toss, and Rip Collins’ disappointments. It also glosses slang from Rip Madigan’s football squad, wrestling promoter chatter, and Carolina football chatter with scattered names and odd spellings.
Thomasville defeats Lexington 5 to 3 as Rey Lindsay fans 14 and reaches 200 strikeouts for the season. The same two clubs meet at Finch Field tonight with Lindsay facing the Indians after a 14 strikeout performance and Pinkston homering for Thomasville.
Norfolk's Piedmont league pennant race tightens as the Tara of Charlotte beat Portsmouth 6 to 2 and push their lead with less than three weeks remaining. Richmond beat the Hornets with a late eighth inning surge, aided by Richbourg, Kaprra and others as Gil Torres struggled.
An ad claims Pigeon Toed Cars wear tires quickly and pitches the Bee-Line machine as a cheap fix to correct toe-in alignment so drivers can operate safely.
Pitcher Jim Trexler drove across the tying and winning markers in the eighth while limiting Charlotte to six hits, two of them homers by Clary and Evans. Winston-Salem edged Durham 4 to 3 as Red Norris out pitched Cannon in a torrid mound duel. Ed Ko besky sparked the offense with a two run homer and a triple. Rain postponed the Asheville at Rocky Mount game.
Action will headline tonight at Air Arena with eight three round bouts promoted by J D Allen andack Smith under AAU sanction. Ed Pinnix seeks revenge on Red Kiney while George Weldon and Billy Pickral renew rivalry. Knockouts expected in several 125 to 162 pound bouts featuring local and Virginia fighters.
High Point will have two players in the Second Amateur Public Links championship at Beaver Lake golf club Asheville September 17 and 18. The 16-player field will play match play with rounds Saturday then semi finals and final Sunday. Gold medal to winner silver medals to runner up and consolation, Blair Park to finalize local entries by September 10.
Carl Hubbell star pitcher for the New York Giants lies in a Memphis hospital with his left arm bandaged after removal of a bone chip. Doctors say recovery will take about two weeks in a splint and his pitching future remains uncertain.
Eddie Furgol and Pete Doll paced the second day at Hirkland Park in Cleveland with two under par 68s to lead the qualifying rounds of the National Public Links championship. Moffitt carded 80 while James Casper of Raleigh shot 78 as 64 berths were decided.
In Portland, Chuck Montana aged 181 from Quincy Massachusetts defeated Manuel Cortes aged 176 from Mexico in 60 minutes and 8 seconds. Jungle explorers note that wild animals react when a pretend stone is thrown.
Dallas pitcher Paul Dean has endured eight one run losses this season despite a three hit outing against Beaumont. His comeback has been hampered by poor run support from Dallas teammates and a lingering arm issue that kept him from top form since April 26.
High Point promotes a Friday wrestling rematch between Ernie Dugan of Lansing Michigan and Jimmy Logas of Greece. the first bout featured a disputed finish with a referee knockout and a change of decision favoring Logas. Both men vow to settle the score.
Burleigh Grimes cites his father’s mule-taming past as inspiration for a Brooklyn Dodgers rise. The team just posted a winning home stand, sits sixth in the National League, and aims for at least fourth. Babe Ruth enjoys Dodgers life and influences younger players like Koy.
Walter Johnson, famed speedball pitcher turned farmer, filed as a Republican candidate for Montgomery county commissioner just before the midnight deadline. He had previously stated he would remain in farming.
High Point high school grid squad conducts its second day of drills with about 85 players. Coaches June Scott and Kenneth Stevens aim to have a few plays ready next week and shape a team for the September 23 opener against South High of Winston-Salem. The wingback system and mixed formations are planned, with five lettermen among a large turnout and many hopefuls still developing.
Officials announced the Little World Series for American Legion junior baseball will open in Spartanburg on August 31 instead of August 30. The Spartanburg team will face the Detroit-San Diego series winner, with the Detroit-San Diego games set in Charlotte, North Carolina, over the coming Friday through Monday.
The text notes that the present calendar was de Herr by Pope Gregory XIII in 1682, marking a reform that aligned the calendar with astronomical and religious schedules.
Brookline, Mase report indicates Don Budge and Gene Mako favored to beat Australians Quist Bromwich and to reach the finals. They face tough tests from opponents including Davis, Cooke, Puncee and Kuk as the event advances to the later rounds.
Chicago Billy Celebron of Rockford outpointed Tony in 10 rounds. Bill Boyd of York KOed Billy Pittchurch in 2. Lew of Baltimore outpointed Don of Orange in 10 rounds. Sailor Born of Newark outpointed Phillips in 4. Flores of Miami Beach knocked out Henry Raymond of Tampes in 7.
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