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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1930
Page
13
Raleigh August 23 Fifty squads prepare for the 1930 season as John Van Liew, newly named NC State head coach, says no miracle team but expects the Wolfpack to play football this fall.
College football readies for 1930 in the South as teams report Sept 1 and scrimmage under new and veteran coaches. Van Liew forecasts two strong squads amid weather concerns while Tulane Chattanooga Alabama North Carolina project tough schedules and interstate clashes loom with Yale Northwestern Minnesota Chicago Penn State and more.
Captain Lee Davis returns to Duke University with the football squad as practice nears. The roster includes seniors Bob Hayes Bill Murrey Charlie Rupp Buzz Rosky and backfield candidates Kid Brewer Emory Adkins. Coach DeHart Cameron and Tilson plan to start practice on September 2 with about sixty players.
Meadowbrook hosts the first city open championship with 48 golfers entering 64 entrants in three flight groups. Matches start Tuesday at 4 PM with two out of three sets for all singles and prizes awarded for winners and runners-up.
Wake Forest announces 1930 football schedule with eight home games in North Carolina plus a road date at Philadelphia to face Temple. Coach Bob Hays calls for players to report September 1 as 1929 regulars return except Cox Zimmerman and Denton. The slate opens September 27 at Chapel Hill and closes November 27 in Charlotte.
Amos Mills defeated Pickett Mills 7 to 3 to advance to face Stehli Silk Mill nine for the championship. Howerton pitched well for Amos, with Chilton and Howerton leading at the plate while Carter and J. Jones starred for Pickett. Box score notes and fielding details follow.
A new Kiddies' Club in London, built by Bernard Baron, costs over $325,000 and features shower baths indoors, cricket and football fields with electric floodlights, a theater, swimming pool, toboggan run, two fully equipped gymnasiums, and a rooftop flower garden.
Raleigh led with 14 to 6 over Durham 4 to 3 and Winston 2 to 1 while Henderson posted 1 to 7. Greensboro 10 to 7 and High Point 1 to 4 completed the day’s results.
Qualifying rounds for the High Point Country Club men's championship start tomorrow and run to August 30 with elimination rounds September 1 to 6. The 16 lowest scores advance to the championship flight. other nights feature eight players. Club champion L. Matton is not a clear favorite as several new players show strong form, notably G. Clinard whose 77 net score last week bodes well.
Thomas Mills, pennant winners, will face the Industrial All-Stars in a three game series. The composite team will draw players from Adams Millis Highland and Hillcrest, three league contenders, likely to be played at Willis Park at night. Amateur baseball in High Point is a well organized pastime attracting attention.
Thomas Mills defeated Rube Eldridge Inc 12 to 2 in a rubber game. Young and Brogdon excelled despite eighth and ninth inning errors by Rube Inc. Fuquay and Ragsdale hit back to back home runs, Yow went 3 for 5, and Johnson made a stellar diving catch in center.
Director Ernst Lubitsch trains cast members individually rather than in groups. He polishes each word and line to his exacting standard before assembling the ensemble for Monte Carlo at Paramount. Jeanette MacDonald leads as the first tested, followed by Jack Buchanan ZaSu Pitts Claud Allister and Lionel Belmore.
Hasty routed Denton for eleventh Davidson county league win as Little pitched well except for a third inning homer by E Sexton with two on. Kennedy led with four hits, Bodenheimer and Cashatt starred in the field. East Side won 14 to 6 over Oakdale with Station earning the win and Hill belting a homer and a triple.
In Charlotte, the Tourists beat the Hornets 2 0 in the opener behind Richardson and 6 3 in seven innings as Mooney struck out 14. In Greenville, the Leafs swept Columbia 7 5 and 9 0 to tighten their Sally League lead, with Pearce Stokes and Hunter top hitters.
Au gusta reversed form to sweep Macon in a doubleheader. First game final 5 2 with Augusta holding Macon to multiple runs. Yeargin Schriner Mattingly Pattison and Moore mentioned. Second game 5 4 with Schuman Flynn Schriner Krider Gallivan Richards contributing for Macon as Apeuts blanked.
Asheville 2 Asheville 0 Charlotte 0 Columbia 5 Greenville 7 Macon 2 Augusta 5 5 in first game 7 innings noted. Second games show Charlotte 3 Augusta 4?
Oil can be produced from shale with reasonable satisfaction according to reports of the U S department of commerce Experiments by the U S Bureau of Mines at Rulison Colorado produced shale oil by retorts of types now available for large scale operations.
Mrs Capus Waynick won low gross in the women’s medal at the Country Club with Friday and Saturday play. Mrs Z J Walser took low net, and Mrs J S Welborn took both low gross and net. G Clinard led men with a low net of 61 and G C Kester had the low gross 87. full scores list follows.
Bill Tilden despite injuries overcome rain and youth to win the Newport Casino singles championship, defeating Wilmer Allison in a five set finale 6-1 0-6 5-7 6-2 6-4. Later, Tilden and Frank Hunter beat Wilbur Coen Jr. and Harrison Coggeshall in five sets to take the doubles trophy 6-3 6-4 0-6 3-6 6-2.
Rotary Juniors beat the Kiwanis Kubs 14 7 at the High School ground in a high scoring game. Hall homered and tripled with two unassisted double plays while Smith earned the win with stout late inning defense.
Carl Dann Jr a young Florida golfer defeated Wilbur Baird 7 to 5 in the Asheville Country Club finals to claim another major title. Baird earlier won the Agreville title in 1928 and saved some holes with sharp putting as Dann played under par through 31 holes. Dean Smith of Savannah won the first flight consolation and Jerry Girard of Asheville captured the second flight championship.
France weighs a proposal to inaugurate a vice presidential office modeled on the United States and Switzerland. The vice president would assume the chief office after the president’s death, with a bill likely to be introduced for a popular vote.
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