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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1946
Page
10
Dillon notes Sugar Bowl rise alongside many bowls as the 1940s gridiron era closes. He praises New Orleans spectacle, Choo Choo Charlie Justice, and family of Justice brothers shaping a festive, high turnout postseason landscape.
Arlington high school Pointers bring a strong line and backfield to Albion Millis stadium for a season clash with the High Point Black Bison. Coach Simeon notes good form and Tommy McGhee back in action after limited play. Mercury club sponsors a city tour for visiting players and a guest-box arrangement for High Point parents.
Pacific Coast league President Clarence Rowland said at baseballs winter meeting that all minors would back a move to amend the major minor agreement to thwart majors from taking over franchises in any league, especially in the Pacific Coast league International league or American association. The plan would require league clubs to approve sending one member to the majors. Opponents fear Los Angeles or San Francisco could wreck the Coast League and other Triple A circuits.
Sponsors of the Dixie Bowl conferred on selecting a foe for Villanova on New Year’s Day. Alabama and Wake Forest were mentioned as possible opponents after declining all bowl invitations.
Boston fighter Jack Armstrong knocked out Paul Zenit in Mexico City. Charley Millan outpointed Buster Tyler in Network New Jersey. Billy Smith stopped Bill Grant in Oakland. Jimmy Doyle outpointed Hayden Padlo in Philadelphia. Sammy Andragna outpointed Tem ped Ciarlo in Waterbury.
High Point college hosts Duke tomorrow in a season opener sponsored by the Exchange club for the High Point Empty Stocking fund. Coach Ralph James notes progress with Cale and Moran at center and guard Lombardy alongside Demmy, while Sheets and Hammond lead the forwards in a balanced attack for the Panthers. Reserved seats are on sale with a large turnout anticipated.
In New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl on January 1 Carolina versus Georgia, hotels are fully booked and private rooms are exhausted. UNC has 3,500 tickets split between alumni and students. prices vary with three and five dollar options. Scalpers reportedly ask 100 dollars for tickets with no shortage expected before game day.
Oklahoma A M 36 Texas Wesleyan 30 and John Marshall 43 Upsala 37 lead a slate of results. Morehead State 99 Cedarville 59. Oklahoma 49 Warrensburg Mo Teachers 21 and Texas 63 North Texas State 41. Indiana 69 Wabash 46. Kentucky 68 Fort Knox 31 Wisconsin 61 Lawrence 43 Town State 56 Grinnell 28 Tennessee 60 Lincoln Memorial 24.
Glenn Painter, full back for the High Point college Purple Panthers, received the American Business club’s MVP trophy at chapel exercises. The award follows his standout 11 game season in which he carried the offense and contributed defensively, earning praise from Coach Ralph James who called the choice wise.
Notre Dame named football team of the year by writers for 1946, edging Army 1 730 to 1 659 in the final AP poll. UCLA and Illinois follow, with Georgia and North Carolina among top ten. bowl pairings loom as Georgia, Tennessee, LSU, and Arkansas place in the final rankings.
ASA Bushnell revisits how the clock should be stopped in the Army Navy game. McKeever says he has seen the clock move when it should be stopped for substitutions. Jabbo Jablonsky notes West Point misread the rule until a prior year clarification. The push button official acts only on a signal and time resumes when the ball is spotted.
Florida’s football team suffered an eight game skid as alumni praised Coach Bear Wolf and the squad. Utah’s Arnold Ferrin returns to college hoops after a two year break, helping the Utes to a 1944 title run. Adolph Rupp’s Kentucky program is noted for deep stocks of talent. Wichita’s Ray Dumont unveils a junior baseball ball with free National tournament passes for players under 16 and participating girls.
Auburn features Travis Tidwell a standout freshman football player and Whitey Overton the SEC cross country champion as top first year performers. Kansas counters with Earl Jones hailed as KU's best distance prospect since Glenn Cunningham. The NFL playoff promises a sudden death format this year contrasting Cleveland's cold December finish.
Gator Bowl officials awaited a vote by University of Oklahoma players on accepting a bid to play North Carolina State in the New Year’s Day game in Jacksonville. Oklahoma, co champion of the Big Six, hoped to finalize a bid after the players returned from a brief holiday following their last regular season game.
Master Technical Sergeant William C. Wall of Detroit appeared in a Flint court to become legal guardian of an orphan. As guardian he was authorized to sign consent papers for the youth’s Marine Corps enlistment. The article warns that driving an obsolete car risks radiator freeze damage amid parts shortages.
Wilson Dillon a local hosiery broker from Montlieu avenue won the grand prize of an all expense trip to the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans on January 1. He captured 151 of 200 frames, with S. E. Burton and Ashley M. Cook close behind in second and third place respectively.
Charlotte December coverage details the Carolina All Stars schedule for two more stiff drills as they prepare for the Shrine Bowl at Memorial Stadium. The first practice left 47 top high school players from the state in cold conditions with Pratt Shaw of Charleston needing stitches to close a cut lip. Coach Walter Jenkins of Rock Hill questioned Shaw’s availability for Saturday. An unrelated note mentions Canadian birch as a wood chosen for airplane propellers due to its straight grain and knot absence.
The N C State Wolfpack host Cherry Point Marines in Raleigh to start the season. Duke and North Carolina debut with Duke facing High Point and Chapel Hill matching Cherry Point Marines.
A woman in Sees Elephant COOL BAY Oregon called police at 4 a.m. reporting an elephant at her window. A patrolman confirmed the animal was feeding from garbage cans in the alley and the elephant was returned to the circus from which it escaped.
The United States Trotting Association votes to close the Goshen New York registrar’s office and the Bellefontaine Ohio field office to consolidate operations at Harteford Connecticut, despite objections from some harness racing officials.
The first column lists games where the contestant predicted correctly, the second shows the score difference between losing and winning teams, and the right column reveals how many points each contestant’s score deviated from the correct total of 3 027.
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