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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1932
Page
2
Southern officials report a cleaner 1932 season with penalties down from 46 to 12 and unsportsmanlike calls reduced. Hutchens notes improved sportsmanship among players and coaches as rule changes curb linemen striking and clubbing.
Gilmour Dobie told the American Football Coaches Association that football has outgrown college players. He urged simplifying rules, reducing formations, and standardizing play to ease scholastic demands and control costs, with discussion for action at the next annual meeting.
The New York Sun tally from sixty boxing writers places Max Schmeling of Germany first in the heavyweight rankings for 1931. Jack Sharkey is second, Max Baer rises to third, with Stanley Poreda fourth after strong showings.
A pickup football squad led by Ernie Nevers, a former Stanford star, fared poorly against college gridiron players from the East in a 30 minute scrimmage here. East players used passes to rack up five touchdowns as Gilberry Illinois halfback and Harry Newman Michigan quarterback connected with Purdue Purdue star Paul Moss Cornell’s Jose Martinez Zorilla and Northwestern’s Dick Fenel. The Western squad worked on fundamentals under Dana X Bible and Orin Hollingberg.
Fle Pietro Corri of New York and Irving Ashkanazy of Tallahassee drew in West Palm Beach. Dave Barry of St. Louis stopped Young Lucian in West Palm Beach. Les Kennedy of Vernon California out pointed Bob Godwin of Moultrie Georgia in Alexandria Virginia.
In Indianapolis Tiger Jack Fox from Terre Haute wins a points decision over Chicago’s Larry Johnson by ten points. The bout headlines a local boxing card with Fox asserting dominance through rounds.
In Los Angeles Peter Jackson knocks out Pacho Hl Centro California, ending the fight in the listed round. The score and round details are not fully legible in the report.
A brief breakdown lists 32 games across performance tiers: very good in 43, good in 29, catiefactory in 11, fair in 160 and poor in only 6. This item notes distribution without naming teams or dates.
Four Bohannon grandchildren gain a guardian, their father John C. Trotman, after their mother Maude Bohannon Trotman is removed for a $790 000 shortage in the late F M Bohannon estate. Trotman to aid in straightening estate affairs, following allegations that attorney W T Shore misused assets.
A new surface mix of cotto neal and asphalt is being tried at Malakal Airport in Sudan. It promises quick re-smoothing after being cut by equipment and can bear heavy aircraft weight.
New York December reports point to William S Langford of New York as probable new chairman of the National Collegiate Athletic Association rules committee, succeeding the late Edward K Hall. Langford, longtime committee secretary, has support from several coaches while discussions consider voting rights and influence of the coaches in rule decisions.
Coach Wade Marlette announced the High Point Bisons will begin practice Thursday at 2 PM in the high school gym. The team has one week to prep for the opening game with Themanovlce High next Friday. Captain Jack Copeland also says wrestling candidates should report at the gym at the same time.
Two major U S universities have adopted aviation engineering courses. Johns Hopkins in Baltimore has added night school courses due to high demand, open to technical workers. The University of Texas College of Engineering has also adopted this course type.
University of Pittsburgh coach Jock Sutherland voiced pessimism as star left tackle Paul Cuba injured a leg in a preparatory scrimmage. Doctors doubted he could play against Southern California in the Rose Bowl. The Panthers travel to Los Angeles with hopes dampened by the injury and faced a large crowd anticipated for the game.
Rome reports Dr. Giovanni Pegana's Pegna Pe-7 combines air and water capabilities with a torpedo-like hull. An 850 horsepower engine drives a rear lift prop and water wings, enabling takeoff from water and flight at high speed.
Mexico’s supreme court holds that all arch aeological discoveries fall under state control. The ruling centralizes ownership and management of artifacts, affecting national access and preservation policy.
The piece reports Jack Sharkey blasting Max Schmeling amid lingering questions about the 1937 title fight. It notes Schmeling’s planned bout with Max Baer in June and promoter Dempsey’s role, predicting Sharkey may not box again under Madison Square Garden unless contract terms change.
The New York Sun presents its annual boxing poll naming heavyweight Schmeling as top fighter with twice as many votes as Sharkey. The piece notes Sharkey’s humiliation and Schmeling's rising popularity despite the crown.
The ex-champion by Gunboat Smith and Baer are favored to meet in Chicago for a heavyweight bout, date undecided. Chicago is seen as the logical site with the World's Exposition attracting thousands, while a Sharkey bout in September looms as a potential winter crown clash.
In New York on December 28 the national junior indoor tennis championship reduced the field to 32 after first round play. Marco Hecht of the University of Pennsylvania defeated Bill Whyte of Swarthmore without loss of a game to advance, with seven seeded rivals also moving on to the second round including Bernard Friedman of UNC and Sumner Rodman of Harvard among others.
About 2 million dollars will be spent to improve Bolling Field in Washington. Construction has started on barracks, maintenance buildings, air corps warehouse, fire house and guardhouse, and officers and sergeants quarters.
The U S department of commerce reports more pilots as of October 1 totaling 17 798 in the nation. This compares to 18 069 listed on July 1 this year, showing an overall rise in pilots.
Built around forty years ago, The World Building is widely regarded as New York City's earliest skyscraper.
Description notes the vast structure in St Peters Rome claimed as the largest Catholic church. It emphasizes the uncertain seating capacity due to extensive corridors and halls covering about four acres of ground.
Primo Carnera placed fifth as Johnny Risko, the Cleveland veteran, resurges from an unranked 1931 showing. Tommy Loughran fades from third, Tuffy Griffiths and Paulino Uzcudun drop to eighth and tenth respectively. Schaff, Walker, and Young Stribling also lose ground in the latest ratings.
Grace Pittsburgh catcher Karl Grace led NL fielding with .998 average and 444 chances without an error across 114 games. Wally Berger tied outfield fielding at .993 in 100+ games. Walter Maranville topped second basemen with .975, powering the Braves to a league fielding record 976.
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