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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1949
Page
8
Wake Forest freshman Dickie Davis, at 145 pounds, emerges as a standout passer in college football. The article recalls his high school exploits, his accuracy, and his early college promise under coach Peahead Walker, with supporting notes on prior Wake Forest quarterbacks and 1947-48 performances.
Defending champion Willie Turnesa will skip the first round of the national amateur golf tournament in Rochester New York with an opening bye. If he advances his second round opponent is expected to be Ernest Millward Walker Cup star who dragged Turnesa to the final hole in the British amateur semifinals. Millward earlier defeated Tinie White praised as Britain’s leading pure player.
Reidsville’s Luckies routed Danville 7-5 and 4-3 in Carolina League action. Leo Shoals hit two homers to power the first win, while Winston-Salem beat Martinsville 8-4 to close within a game and a half of the Leafs. Raleigh edged Burlington 2-1, Greensboro beat Durham 7-4 as Arroyo notched his 16th win. Tonight Greensboro at Martinsville leads to more league play.
The 49th amateur championship begins at Oak Hill in Rochester with a 6,800-yard par 71 course. Title holder, 35, faces potential early clash with Ray Billows in the fourth round if form holds. Notable contenders include Turnesa, Mac McCready, White, and English leader Willie.
Dodgers lefty Preacher Roe delivered a crucial 4-3 win over the St Louis Cardinals in a day-night doubleheader at Ebbets Field. Musial and Slaughter fueled the Cards in game one as the Yankees, Red Sox, and Indians also lost, while Johnny Sain and the Braves won to stay in third place.
The ex Giants star Johnny Mize joined the Yankees in Detroit and impressed with two balls into Briggs Stadium stands. Blackwell notes from Red Wolfe that Mize could aid the pennant drive while Stengel fears more walks by pitchers and the injury to DiMaggio.
MLB style standings show Detroit and New York atop the American League with several teams separated by a few games. The schedule lists Philadelphia at Chicago and Washington at Cleveland among other night and afternoon games, plus minor leagues results for Statesville Lexington and others.
Thomasville High Point Hi Toms host Mooresville Moors tonight at Finch Field at 8 pm aiming to extend their pennant lead. Al Jarrett returns to the mound after 13 wins and four losses as the team battles Norman Small and the Moors while facing a 6 0 loss to Concord last night.
Middleweight contender Steve Belloise clashes with welterweight champ Ray Robinson in a non-title 10 rounder at Yankee Stadium tonight. Robinson, 99 fights with one defeat, is the odds favorite as Belloise seeks an early knockout. Promoters aim for a 30 000 crowd and $150 000 gross, with Jake LaMotta and Marcel Cerdan courtside for the Sept. 28 title tilt.
Both the United States and Australia moved into final training ahead of the weekend Davis Cup challenge round at the West Side Tennis Club Forest Hills. Draws for singles proceed tomorrow as Australia makes a fresh bid to win the trophy after prior U S victories in 1946 and successful defenses in the two years since.
Yesterday's star Jack Graham of the St. Louis Browns hit his 20th homer with a man on to provide the decisive run. Preacher Roe pitched for Brooklyn as they beat the Cardinals 3 to 1 on eight hits to keep their pennant hopes alive despite only two days rest.
North Carolina’s Beacon Mills from Swannanoa faces Keesler Field Mississippi in a 6 45 p m EST first round semi pro baseball game in Wichita Kansas Friday Aug 24 The tourney saw Coors Bakersfield and others win their games while several teams were eliminated in double elimination action including Anchorage Fort Worth and Hamer Ohio entrants.
Twenty-two members of Wake Forests 50 man football squad for the coming season are lettermen. The group includes backs such as Luther King and Ed Karpus, centers Dave Dawson and Ed Baublis, guards Jim Garry and Bob Ruffarth, tackles Bill George and Tom Palmer, and ends Jim Duncan Ed Butler and John Red O Quinn among others.
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