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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1943
Page
7
Readers are advised to avoid handling sick rabbits and to wear rubber gloves during cleaning. Cooked rabbit meat is safe but hunting should avoid areas with tularemia. Symptoms appear two to five days after infection with fever and swollen lymph glands. seek a physician for tests.
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls Ray Helgesen and a Washington Times Herald staffer amid boxing feuds of the 1920s. It mentions Marshall accusing Helgesen, Helgesen’s 1925 New York Mirror ties, Tunney’s title bout, Bart Madden intrigue, and a sequence of sharp threats and public disputes.
Black Bison under coach Tony Simeon seek a season opening win at home tonight at 8:15 against Mount Airy after a 11 day pre season build up. Mel Walker the Bison center to pace the lineup with Captain Collins and Malcolm Sullivan in the front court as Mount Airy arrives fresh from a 45 9 victory over Red Bank Virginia.
Miami reports the start of Florida winter sports with the $5 000 golf tournament at Tropical Park. Harold Jug McSpaden misses this year while Craig Wood Gene Sarazen Willie MacFarlane and Willie Klein lead a strong field. Byon Nelson and McSpaden are traveling coastward. Tournament director H H Arnold and Sarazen predict a dark horse could win the $1 000 war bond prize.
The tale centers on a fighter coerced into signing an affidavit swearing he took a dive for a large purse. A Times Square promoter and a notary forge the document after a fleeting meeting, exposing a web of expected payouts and alleged fixes in sports betting circles.
Mrs. Oscar Breid returned two pairs of longies for her husband but found them small. She stored them away and later Oscar hid $820 in one pair. The haberdashery salesman now holds the money awaiting its return.
Oklahoma A g g i e s and Brigham Young start their interregional basketball tour with a doubleheader in Buffalo. The Aggies beat Westminster 41 39 in OT, BYU defeated Canisius 45 36, and both teams head to New York City for two nights of big town games at Madison Square Garden against City College of New York and Long Island University.
Sammy Angott faces Bobby Ruffin in a 10 round lightweight bout at Madison Square Garden Friday night. Ruffin recently upset Beau Jack in the New York Pennsylvania clash, a year end top lightweight match.
Ned Day of West Allis Wisconsin regains the national match game bowling championship in Chicago with a 64 game total of 13371 pins at an average over 208. He retains the title held before his 1942 relinquishment and earns 2000 dollars. Paul Krumske of Chicago takes second and Rudy Pugel of Milwaukee third with tie scores among seeded players.
Pittsburgh dispatch reports the 10 round match between Fritzie Zivic and Ossie Harris is postponed from tonight to Thursday due to Harris suffering an ear infection. Rooney McGinley Boxing Club confirmed the delay and cited health as the cause.
Washington State edged Whitman 33-31 on Saturday. Southern California beat San Pedro Y M C A 34-28 and California narrowly defeated Livermore Naval Air Station 33-32.
The USTA expands its junior tennis instruction, offering a four lesson series to teach stroke basics to school children. Dartmouth alum Jackson Cannell reportedly coached an undefeated Traip Academy team in Kittery Maine. George Farrar Jr., 26, Woonsocket Call sports editor, named youngest state baseball commissioner by the National Baseball Congress.
Robert R. M. Carpenter, Sr., who financed Bill Cox’s Phillies stake, had a past as a ball player. He once hit a ball that seemed headed for a homer, but his cap blew off as he rounded the bases and he halted to pick it up, getting thrown out. His teammates threw him out of the game.
The piece highlights Butch Nowak coaching Lasalle- Peru Jr high with players Mike Kasap Elmer Engel Eddie Bray Chet Majnaj and Les Joop. It also mentions Lefty O'Doul praising Bill Rigney as top in 15 years and Ensign Ollie Hunter training for winter track after Navy midshipmen school graduation and a stint as assistant athletic director at Columbia.
Bob Higgins, Penn State football coach, will turn 50 on December 24. Despite a rough season, he joked that the first 50 years may be the hardest as friends question his coaching future.
Soldiers back from Iceland chatter about glima a belt wrestling form blending Indian wrestling weight lifting and high jumping Lieut j g Frank Slater a Fordham runner and 1938 national 1000 meters champion earns the air medal for aiding in sinking a 98 submarine The Cherry Point Marines aim to improve in basketball with a team centered on Lieut.
In New York the Giants defeat Washington 31 to 7 to clinch the Eastern division lead and force a potential playoff with Chicago. Sammy Baugh and Washington suffer their third straight loss as New York capitalizes on a blocked punt return and a 65 yard drive to win before 35 540 fans at Griffith Stadium.
Chapel Hill December 13 Coach John Kentfield famed for guiding North Carolina tennis to a 917 record over 16 years takes charge of the University intramural program for Navy Army trainees and civilians. He succeeds Walter Rabb on leave of absence for service. Kentfield plans a winter schedule with over thirty basketball teams signed up.
Washington defeated Chicago Bears 14 to 6 before a crowd of 36 006, ending Bears string of 24 straight. Three years earlier Ken Overlin defended his middleweight title against Steve Belloise in a 15 round bout. Five years ago the American League named Connie Mack to manage all star team.
A collision of two Navy planes over Maui Island led to a bomb detonation during field maneuvers. Twenty marines were killed and several navy pilots were injured or killed in the incident. Admiral Nim released the details to the press.
Bobby Rose from North Carolina and Corp. Neil Mosser of St. Joseph’s Indiana emerge as standout figures in a player coach collaboration. Rose headlines as the primary organizer while Mosser contributes notable performance, highlighting cross program impact and athletic leadership.
Red Barber praised Elmer Layden flipping a silver dollar provided by Clark Griffith to decide Sunday’s playoff site. The remark called it a “lucky pocket piece” and suggested Griff’s potential first earnings from the flip.
Chicago and Green Bay split the season and the East crowns in a chaotic NFL year. New York and Washington prepare for a Sunday playoff for the right to meet the Bears in the title game December 26, with a sudden death overtime possible. The Bears, after a four week layoff, fear rust while Giants and Redskins chase the final spot. Sid Luckman dominated the late season scoring spree, including a 56 7 victory over the Bears on November 14.
New Orleans officials announced John J. Lynch of New Orleans formerly Holy Cross star will referee the Sugar Bowl game between Georgia Tech and Ford here on New Year Day. Other officials include John Aldorf of Miami Ohio as umpire Bus Haskins of Oklahoma as head linesman and Gabe C Hill Jr of Spartanburg Ford as field judge.
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