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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1932
Page
2
Major league owners voted to shorten the unrestricted trade period by a month, moving the roster-cut deadline from June 15 to May 16 while keeping the 23-man limit. No cost-cutting resolutions were agreed. teams were left to pursue their own retrenchment plans and economy measures as they see fit.
New York December 14, 1930 detailed rumors say Bill Terry the Giants manager wired trades at the annual baseball meetings sending Sam Gibson to Portland for Bill Shores and jockeying deals involving Freddy Lindstrom Chick Fullis and Sam Leslie among others. Reports mention Gordon Slade to the Giants with Goose Goslin Earl Whitehill Leo Durocher and Joe Judge as possible targets. Possible wholesale moves include a Browns sale with Goslin going to Washington in exchange for Reynolds Judge and Harley.
Matchmaker Nate Lewis plans a December 29 bout featuring Primo Carnera and Max Baer at Chicago Stadium. The National League owners’ joint meeting yielded only two final discussion items, radio broadcasting and the shift in the player limit date.
Georgia Tech engineers arrived in Berkeley for a Memorial Stadium showdown with California. Delayed by snow, they staged a brief evening workout that impressed Western observers along with the gathered crowd.
Guilford College will play 19 basketball games this season under Coach John Anderson. Twelve are conference matchups with a slate starting January 6 at Carolina and including High Point and other rivals. The schedule lists games at Guilford, away at Elon, Catawba, Randolph-Macon, and more through February 28.
The article identifies Punta Arenas as the earth s southernmost city in Patagonia at the Straits of Magellan. It states winter daylight is reduced to two hours.
The Sahara Desert in northern Africa is described as exceeding 43.5 million square miles in area, reflecting vast arid expanse across multiple countries and regions.
High Point College basketball falls to Kannapolis Y quadruplet 33 to 30 in Kannapolis. Culler leads for High Point with 12 points while Rollins tops Kannapolis with 10. Referee Rankin from Appalachian officiates.
Industrial league games at Lucky Strike. Point er Hosiery Mills beat H P T and D R R. Lucky Five defeated Sunshine Laundry. Pointers top scorer 4823 with single 122. Kearns high loser 310. Davis high for Lucky Five 335, Powell 141 high night single. Clifton led Sunshine Laundry 307 total.
The article notes the Buddhist cloister of Hante Thi bet as the highest human habitation at about 16 000 feet. It cites a sea water salt content of about three and a half pounds per 100 pounds. It also mentions that elephant tusks are regular teeth and do not shed.
A Wake Forest mass meeting last night shifted from calling for Pat Miller's removal to backing him. Speeches by Isaac O'Hanlon and Gordon Grant urged a new deal in coaching, with praise from captain Bill Green as Miller nears long tenure since 1929 amid a strong Deacons season.
Wake Forest selects Jimmy Frosty Peters as captain for the 1933 football team after a players meeting. Peters is a small fleet halfback from Leaksville North Carolina. Dane Wilson of Dunn and Ed Shinn of Lockhart Texas tie for alternate captain and will serve.
Southeastern Conference athletes may be allowed to play in as many baseball games as they desire this summer. The issue centers on the summer baseball rule which limits weekly games and bans certain leagues. At its February meeting in Atlanta the conference may rewrite the rule, preserving only the prohibition on professional leagues.
The Hessian fly destroys about 40 million bushels of wheat annually in the United States, causing substantial agricultural losses and prompting pest management efforts nationwide.
Lexington High School unveils the South Piedmont Conference schedule after a Concord meeting. The 12 game slate begins January 20 at home against Hickory, with additional road and home dates against Kannapolis Statesville China Grove Mooresville Monroe Hickory and more. Practice continues daily as coaches foresee a fast, clever team.
The text states that an amendment to the Constitution can be repealed only by adopting another amendment that nullifies it. It explains the procedural requirement for undoing a constitutional change through legislative amendment.
Guilford college's 1933 basketball team opens its season tonight at 8 o'clock challenging the high powered Y M C A Senior quintet at the local association building. Many Guilford graduates and former students plan to attend to gauge the Quaker five as they come off three prior games and ramp up against a strong opponent.
Special to The Enterprise Lexington boxing starts again with a pool of about fifteen candidates under Coach J. M. Neese. A Concord conference set a schedule: January 12 in Concord, January 19 in Kannapolis, January 23 in China Grove, February 2 in Hickory, February 9 in China Grove, February 16 in Hickory, and February 22 in Kannapolis, giving Lexington four home and three away matches.
Southern Conference set for January 13 14 in Richmond to decide on schedules central booking office policy broadcasting football games junior colleges and non member applications while new committees and studies shape the agenda for the ten member group led by C P Miles and with figures from Duke North Carolina Virginia Virginia Military Institute and Maryland involved in the inquiries and recommendations.
Mildred Babe Didrikson, star athlete and 1932 Olympic winner, denounces her amateur suspension by the Southern A A U for allowing a car maker to use her image in an ad. National A A U secretary Ferris notes possible bar from the Sullivan Memorial award. She says she got no compensation and will decide on reinstatement later.
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