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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1936
Page
7
McCrary's Blue Eagles meet Bossong's in Asheboro as the Inter-City league opens with a seven game series. The doubleheader battles include a 1,200 seat arena and a strong rivalry with both clubs alternately sweeping halves in the previous meetings.
Bossong Indians meet Willis Park in a midweek InterCity battle as Dennis starts for the Electricians to challenge a strong opponent. A five game city championship series begins today at Finch Field, with Ragan Maurice vs Thomasville, and starter details teased for the opener.
National Championships open at Forest Hills with Helen Jacobs favored to win a fifth straight women’s singles title. Wilmer Allison won last year’s men’s title and will not defend. Perry is seen as a strong male contender, with several foreign players in the field. Over 300 entries across events. The draw occurs in New York on Monday.
A long roster lists teachers and staff across multiple schools and streets including Moffitt Elm Street Oak Hill and Blair. Names include Keen Hinshaw Mrs Gerutchins Mary Reid Idol Lucille Moser Elizabeth Unity Nash Nell Poole Jana Bigham Ross Susan Myrtle Titman Birdie Washburn and many others.
The gathering in High Point aims to honor North Carolina officials and visitors including the governor, U S senators and congressmen, state judges, department heads, and lawmakers. Attendees listed include multiple local and statewide figures.
In the Inter-City Industrial league Thomasville Chair Makers defeated Duke Power Electricians 2 to 1 in 13 innings at Finch Field. Perry pitched for Duke Power, Johnson for Thomasville, with late rallying defense and a tense extra frame deciding the game.
Plans for the annual All-Star game between Commercial and Amateur league picks are underway. The Enterprise will reveal the Commercial squad led by Charlie Kearns of Mills Home on Monday and the Amateur team captained by Paul Cecil of Oakdale on Tuesday. Tickets go on sale Tuesday as the event aims to be played Friday night at Willis Park under lights. A practice for Commercial players is set for Thursday at 4 30 at the City Auditorium.
Record crowds at William Penn High for the first general meeting as registration tops prior totals. On Monday morning September 7 the doors open to thousands of students and families seeking enrollment.
Fifty three young football hopefuls sign up for the pre season practice led by Coach Harry Bolick at Camp Uwharrie near Jamestown. The schedule runs with early reveille and structured drills, skull practice, swims, meals, and supervised activities. Register at Mann's Drug Store No. 2. fee seven dollars covers the week.
C L Gray proposes storing all tax paid whiskies captured before the new year to raise revenue for city and county. Plummer’s capture and hearings are discussed with timing tied to January 1. Citizens voice mixed feelings about keeping liquor in the county vault versus letting funds be wasted.
National League and American League results show Boston 6 over Chicago 4, New York 4 against Pittsburgh 7, Brooklyn blank Cincinnati 12, Philadelphia 0, and St Louis 4 in a compact standings teaser with key team scores.
Fragmentary report notes plans for juvenile class activity and fee payments in elementary schools while addressing cocaine problems in senior and junior high levels. The text suggests a shift toward accountability and enforcement in school environments.
The boxing week features three title bouts led by Tony Canzoneri vs Lou Ambers at Madison Square Garden. Mike Belloise battles Dave Crowley for featherweight status in New York. Sixto Escobar defends the bantam crown vs Tony Marino at Dyckman Oval. Marino rises fast with six East Coast bouts and a big chance in the spotlight. Ambers and Canzoneri train at Pompton Lakes and Marlboro.
The third annual city wide tennis singles championship reaches the third round with seeded players through. Jimmie Poole defends, to face Wade Marlette in his second round rematch. Results from last week include Copeland over Gurley 6-1 6-2 and Coffield over Hartley 12-10 6-4.
A garbled OCR snippet shows city names including Detroit New York Cleveland Philadelphia Chicago Washington with scattered numbers, suggesting a misread list of places and figures from a historical page. The readable elements imply a regional or scheduling ledger rather than a full article.
Registrations for the North Carolina Skeet shoot rise for September at High Point Skeet club with 150 competitors expected. A display of 56 prizes worth about 800 dollars is shown at High Point Hardware. Shooters from Carolina Virginia and Tennessee will contend for trophies silverware and radios. Local hotels prepare for visitors and the Skeet Association meeting at the Sheraton.
A Washington statement extols Franklin D Roosevelt as the nation’s savior and urges voters to back his re election. It claims the Great Depression era crisis was moral in origin and warns against Landon or London, arguing only Roosevelt will preserve the New Deal and private enterprise.
Buster Moffitt the defending champion faces J W Boyles in the Municipal course semi final to decide who advances to meet Clark Dillon in the city wide amateur golf final. Dillon already beat Ben Garner to reach the finals.
A speaker warns that a small group of financial and industrial elites threaten democracy by unleashing malicious will against the president. The text argues the danger lies in domestic interests seeking to curb progress and the need to reelect Roosevelt to curb this influence.
John Finger of CCC camp No 4234 has won his second long distance walking contest and aims for new challenges. He ran 31 miles in five hours 57 minutes in the first event and finished 26 miles in four hours and minutes in the second. He invites all CCC boys to a walking contest at any distance.
The Church of God and Wesley Memorial meet Thursday at High Point High School field for the second game of the Sunda School Recreational League final. Church of God leads 1-0 after a win and is favored to clinch the title with another victory. The match was postponed from last Thursday due to rain.
The text describes efforts to control or undermine the president and the New Deal. It frames the central issue as whether social justice and economic reform will be preserved or destroyed by those who seek to rule, despite the gains and services provided to the people.
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