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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1929

Page

14

Flashback 1929 Sports Year Highlights and Stars

Alan Gould recalls a year of dramatic sports moments from 1929 including Ehmke’s 13 strikeouts, Booth’s gridwork flair, Wills and Nuthall in a fierce tennis battle, Jones eyeing a golf tie, and Hagen’s fourth British Open win as the year closes with mixed spectacles and high drama.

Alan Gould Associated Press Clyde van Dusen Churchill Downs Columbia Hudson Bobby Jones Helen Wills Betty Nuthall Forest Hills Jimmy Johnston Pacific Pebble Beach Doc Willing Howard Ehmke Cubs Mule Haas Hoover Albie Booth Tommy Loughran Jack Sharkey Dempsey Walter Hagen Joyce Wethered Glenna Collett France Harrison R Jimmy) Johnson St. Paul Johnny Goodman Jones al Espinosa England Debonair Leo Diegel Glenna Hagen Yankees Cyril Tolley Royal and Ancient Club Roy Riegels Pasadena California Ben Ticknor Harvard Notre Dame Pittsburgh Purdue Utah Rocky Mountain Zone Tulane Texas Christian Colgate St. Mary’s Pacific Coast Ramblers Panthers Boilermakers Yale

New Stars Shine Across 1929 in Major Sports

A year in review highlights 1929’s drama across tennis golf boxing baseball football and rowing. Helen Wills and Bobby Jones remained dominant while Jack Sharkey rose to heavyweight prominence and Columbia’s crew triumphed in the national rowing race at Poughkeepsie.

Jack Sharkey Joe Dundee Jackie Fields Notre Dame Southern California Historic Soldier Field Chicago New York Yankees Athletics Yankees Cardinals Bobby Jones Walter Hagen Bill Tilden Glenna Collett Helen Wills Red Cagle Babe Ruth Rogers Hornsby Columbia Crew Stanford George Simpson Ohio State Allison van Ryn al Singer Johnny Goodman Helen Hicks Alan Singer Sarah Palfrey Wes Ferrell Albie Booth

Wheat climbs in New York as Argentina supply slim

Wheat futures rise in Chicago trading after an Argentine export estimate of 50 million bushels signals tight supply. Market watchers note US Gulf sales for May delivery bolster prices while initial declines fade amid stronger overseas demand and shifting export outlooks.

John P. Boughan Associated Press Chicago Argentina United States Gulf of Mexico Europe Amont Brazil

Cotton Sags on New York Market

Cotton prices drifted lower in quiet trading in New York with March slipping from 417.48 to 17.40, and close at a net 5 to 8 point decline. Early demand faded as selling grew near the session’s end, while New Orleans and local sellers helped push the market down amid little news. Liverpool reports note hedging and liquidation, with U S ports estimating 154000 bales on shipboard. London Mission Ship John Williams has logged over a million miles in 32 years.

New York New Orleans Liverpool Cables Trade Calling U. S

Dull Week End in Cotton Market Pressures Prices

New Orleans session shows limited trading and narrow price moves after a brief early rise. March cotton slipped to 17.35 with a 2 point daily loss. January and May also closed lower, while Liverpool and New Orleans quotes reflected a weak end to the week. Port receipts listed at 27,080 for sea.

New Orleans Liverpool

Bond Market Dull on Final Saturday of 1929

The last Saturday bond market of 1929 showed little activity with volume at 5.3 million. Prices barely moved as high grade bonds firmed a touch and riskier issues drifted, with French 7s reaching 112 1/2 on brisk trading amid holiday dullness.

Satin-Chiffon Palm Beach Suit Features Pleated Skirt

A Palm Beach dressy suit combines a pleated green chiffon skirt with a satin tuck-in blouse in a light tone and intricate seaming. A matching chiffon jacket carries satin on the yoke and sleeve tops for a coordinated, elegant ensemble.

Palm Beach

Fodwin-Austen Known as K2 Second Highest Mountain

The National Geographic Society marks Fodwin-Austen also called K2 and Dapsang as the world’s second highest peak. It sits in Kashmir in northern India and is about 100 feet shorter than Mount Everest, the tallest mountain.

National Geographic Society Kashmir India

Wall Street Briefs Railroads and Corporations News Summary

First 49 railroads reported November net operating income of 66.6 million dollars, down 21.5 percent from a year earlier and below October’s 119.1 million. Union Tobacco stockholders approved selling certain brands to American Tobacco. American Tobacco waives 1 million in damages. Union Tobacco to exit tobacco business while remaining as an investment firm. Southern Railway ordered 22 mail and baggage cars from Bethlehem Steel. Shenandoah Corp directors took no action on a quarterly common dividend after three months of 1.5 percent. United States Electric Power Corp affiliates clarify no control transfer. new ownership group to operate the system. New York Cotton Exchange suspended trading 11 to 11:02 a.m. in memory of Edward Weld.

New York Union Tobacco Co American Tobacco Co Shenandoah Corp United States Electric Power Corp Standard Power & Light Corp Standard Gas & Electric Co H. M. Byllesby & Co

Danes Face New Drink Levy After Food Tax Lifting

Copenhagen reports that lifting the restaurant tax may push Denmark into new Revenue worries. Proposals include a ten percent tax on spirits, domestic and foreign, to replace the lost restaurant revenue.

Copenhagen

Circular eékirted jersey suit description brief

A brown flecked circular jersey suit features orange and brick red tones. A brick red blouse with a turned down satin collar and tie completes the outfit.

Stocks Fall as Year-End Market Dullness Persists

Financial writer Claude A. Jagger notes a two-hour session with prices generally down 1 to 8 points as tax-loss selling and liquidation of bank loans weigh on shares. Trading was light at 1,634,510 shares amid mixed corporate news and modest gains for a few issues.

New York Pullman Hayes Bears Macy Sears Roebuck Filenes the Fair Co Allied Chemical Allis Chalmers American Power and Light Atlantic Coast Line Byers J. I. Case Delaware and Hudson Eastman Kodak Standard Gas U. S. Industrial Alcohol Westing

Daily Cotton Table Port Movement By City And Interior

Midpoint prices and movement figures for New Orleans Galveston Mobile Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk New York Boston Houston and minor ports plus interior centers Memphis Augusta St Louis Fort Worth Little Rock Atlanta Dallas Montgomery with receipts exports sales stock and weekly season totals for cotton trade data.

New Orleans Galveston Mid Mobile Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Baltimore New York Boston Houston Corpus Christi Memphis Augusta St. Louis Fort Worth Little Rock Atlanta Dallas Montgomery

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