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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1938
Page
6
Local fans prepare for double header excitement as Salisbury faces Marshall and Marshall meets Long Island University. Julius Rivlin and Chubby Watson headline the visiting squad with praise from AP chroniclers.
The Reds delay spring roster news as a potential deal looms with Giants. Mancuso and Lombardi may swap uniforms. Minnesota backfield star eyed, and Efernno Garcia declines a Tyson style offer to fight in Australia. Cardinals prospects Oliver French and Ray Kennedy praised. Branch Rickey to run baseball schools in Florida starting Feb. 21. Harry O’Neill and Jeff Tesreau noted for coaching and managing, with Braddock wealth and a possible restaurant plan. Duke buzz hints at something big.
Ed Walman of the Hotel Picadilly, official host to the West Pointers in New York, has been presented with the football used in last fall’s Army Notre Dame game. It bears the inscription Breets.
LSU 38 Mississippi State 47 Drake 36 Tulsa 30 Kansas State 30 St Louis 26 Kentucky 57 Alabama 31 Ohio State 45 Oklahoma 37 Montana 58 Oregon 52 Newberry 60 College of Charleston 31 Atlantic Christian 29 Lynchburg 27 Georgia 35 South Carolina 22 Western Carolina 4 Le noir Rhyne 35 Elon 3% Virginia 504 Duke 2549 College Swimming Scores Virginia 504 Duke 2549
The Carolinas A A U basketball tournament will be held at Harrison gymnasium February 16 to 18 and entries close by midnight February 11. More than twenty teams have signaled to play, Unique of Winston-Salem are defending men's champions and McCrary Eagles of Asheboro are named as a major threat.
High Point High School, led by Coach Simeon, hosts Salisbury at 7 15 p m in a Western Conference clash as Salisbury seeks sole lead while High Point aims to snap its conference skid. Marshall College rivals Marshall? The West Virginia powerhouse visits Harrison Gym at 8 30 p m to face High Point in a separate highlight.
In Coral Gables Florida on February 1 leading women golfers opened match play at the Miami Biltmore tournament. Patty Berg tied for medal honors with Jane Cothran Jameson and Marion Miley after carding two under par 80s. Berg meets Freeda Nolan in round one while Jameson faces Leo Walper and Miley plays Blanche Fitzgibbon. Jean Bauer and Kathryn Hemphill trailed by three strokes.
Boxers from both states arrived in Charlotte for the sixth annual Carolinas Golden Gloves and AAU championships. They registered weighed in and underwent physicals as preliminary rounds begin tomorrow and finals are set for Monday night. Eight open class and eight novice champions to be crowned with open class champions advancing to the national AAU tournament.
NYU visits Maryland Richmond and North Carolina this week as the Violet travel to the South for the first road trip since 1920. The 1920 NYU squad won the AAU tournament in Atlanta with Howard G. Cann starring as the standout guard.
Star Class sailors from the United States dominate opening Cuba trophy race with Otsego Lake’s Sampson Smith winning aboard Delilah in 1 hour 42 minutes 10 seconds. Nye’s Gale, Iselin II’s Adrian Iselin II, Halsted’s Chuckle, De Cardenas Kurush, Smart’s Melody, and De Sena’s Aurrera V follow in order.
Bobby Riggs and Bryan Bitsy Grant headed entry lists at the Surf club annual tennis meet in Miami Beach. Grant faced Paul Russell of Miami in the first round while Riggs, byes into the second round, met Dr. Philip Hawk of Forest Hills N Y.
NYU’s all time basketball record since 1906 shows 296 wins and 157 losses, with 13 842 points for and 11 405 against. In the last five seasons the Violet have lost only twelve games and went undefeated in 1938 39.
Johnny Dean outpointed Bobby Britton 140 to 141 in a Miami bout reported by The Associated Press. Britton and Dean fought for the Miami clash with Dean earning the decision.
Salisbury in North Carolina Class D league is sold to Jim Poole who ran the Mooresville champions last season. Poole replaces by Johnny Hicks as manager after Poole’s release. Salisbury operated as a farm club last year for Rob Quinn of the Boston Bees.
A Pan-American building ceremony begins the 1938 Davis Cup campaign with 25 nations. Australia leads the American zone, while Germany and England duel for the European side as Don Budge defends for the United States.
The M. P. Children's Home basketball team defeated Welch Memorial 62 to 30 in the Coliseum. Coble led scoring with 19 points on nine field goals and a foul. Silman of Welch added 16. Russell starred at guard for M. P. with a flashy performance.
Charlotte will host the Class D North Carolina State League directors meeting on February 8. Gene Lawing of Charlotte serves as president of the league.
Tom Rogers of Hinton West Virginia will join Wake Forest as line coach to replace Ellis Fusal who recently resigned. Rogers has spent the past three years as assistant freshman football coach at Duke and was a star end on Duke’s 1923 eleven.
Danno O Mahoney of Ireland defeated Al McVreler in Springfield two straight falls in Lowell Massachusetts. Steve Casey of Ireland defeated George Keverly in Wilmington Delaware at 21 52. Sammy Stein of Newark New Jersey won over Chief Che wack from Guthrie Oklahoma in Camden New Jersey with Guthrie disqualified.
In New York a February notice seeks a young man 19 to 24 over 190 pounds to join boxing circles under Mike Jacobs. He promises big pay but a strict exam. current contenders like Louis Schmeling Galento dominate talk as the heavyweights struggle to find fresh talent.
University of Pennsylvania appoints Rae Crowther as line coach and Howard O'Dell as backfield coach with George A. Munger guiding a young staff under 30. The hires, sourced from Harvard and Pittsburgh, signal an Harlow style influence for next fall.
Duke visits Raleigh to challenge North Carolina while White Phantoms chase Big Five honors as Clemson eyes Wake Forest and N.C. State in a packed schedule. Western Carolina edges Lenoir Rhyne in OT. Appalachian tops Lynchburg 29 27. Duke swimmers inlet Virginia as teams rally for key wins.
A double program is planned for the High Point Cam Club meeting on North Wrenn Street. H C L will give an address and present a Kodak produced illustrated lecture on Photographic realism featuring pictorial prints. Mr Lindley from Barber Photo Supply will discuss photography.
Albany Ga Feb 1 weather halted today's program in the Southern Amateur Field Trials. The puppy and derby stakes were postponed with a record 62 dogs expected to compete, delaying the camp for at least three more days as J Hilleman Walters of the Southern Field Trial predicted.
Coach Howard G. Cann has built an enviable record at New University since 1923 24 with 164 wins 68 losses and 7 894 points scored. The team faces Maryland Thursday and Richmond Friday before North Carolina hosts Chapel Saturday night.
Don Budge, star of America's Davis Cup win, said he will seriously consider professional tennis offers when he returns home. The Australian singles champion, who played in several Australian tournaments this winter, noted that he cannot rely on Wimbledon and Davis Cup victories forever.
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