Rotary Club Triumphs In Junior Amateur Basketball Battle
The Rotary Club defeated the Club at Red Shield Gym with the Juniors leading most of the game. Lee topped scorers with 11 points while Howard tallied 13 for the winners.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1945
Page
5
The Rotary Club defeated the Club at Red Shield Gym with the Juniors leading most of the game. Lee topped scorers with 11 points while Howard tallied 13 for the winners.
High Point College hosts a Southern Conference basketball doubleheader with Duke facing Wake Forest and Elon meeting High Point. Nancy Isenhour, High Point star, headlines the card. Duke features Sugar Bowl players Gordon Carver Cliff Lewis John Crowder. Reserved seats at Redwine Hardware and the college sellout crowd expected.
A compilation of military and college athletic results from across the United States shows scattered wins and losses involving Army Air Field units, naval bases, and college teams from New England to the Pacific. The report notes a broad impact of wartime disruption on production and supplies, hinting at larger economic costs and strategic implications.
Ohio State coach Harold Olsen selects five outstanding coaches from Pitt Kentucky Butler Navy and Northwestern in a round up that stirs local pride. Miami reports fans spending money as Hialeah officials distribute prizes. Eastern Amateur Hockey League invited to send a team to San Francisco Seattle and Vancouver next spring with a favorable response. Ball Days tune by J W Davis of the Knickerbocker club draws praise. Dan Parker of New York Mirror argues college basketball needs coaches who teach the Ten Commandments before the rules.
The passage notes the annual New York baseball writers dinner, in its 22nd year, and recalls an 1854 season account describing a grand dinner at Lith of December at Fijuxs, 11 Barclay Street, hosted by the Knickerbocker and Eagle clubs.
Readable listing shows a dense Saturday broadcast lineup from 1:30 PM to 11:00 PM with programs across drama, music, news, variety, and talk. Includes The Basters, Of Men and Books in Review, The Land Is Bright, Grand Hotel, The Saint, Grand Old Opry, Judy Canova, and News Time with Vladimir Brenner, among others.
The Athletics were the best double header team in the American League last season sweeping 12 of 30. Frank Menke’s Down the Stretch shows racing from another view warning about gambling with Col. Matt Winn. Branch Rickey denies mailed Dodger contracts while Termin Warren in Oklahoma claims he has them. Pinkie Sober will broadcast Millrose main events tonight.
Charlotte February reports a double header slate with Duke versus Wake Forest in the Southern Conference and High Point against Elon in the North State. North State leader Salisbury hosts Catawba versus Lenoir Rhyne as both vie for first. Davidson visits The Citadel in a Southern Conference clash amid other regional college scores.
High level talks show major league owners delaying a Landis successor. Key figures like Ford Frick face uncertain support as a joint session considers a new agreement and a possible three fourths vote for the commissioner's job.
In Evanston New Loch, Waukegan edged Evanston 5 to 3 in a rare low scoring high school basketball game. The contest was scoreless through three periods, tied 1-1 after both teams scored on a free throw, then 3-3 before Waukegan sank a winning basket at the buzzer. The clash highlighted a tense defense and few scoring chances.
326 college club high school and service athletes from 15 states the District of Columbia and Canada will compete tonight in the Millrose track and field games. Relays draw 57 teams in 18 races with Michigan and Army Navy in key events. Notables include Bob Kelly and Bill Hulse among five starters for the Wanamaker mile. Ed Conwell sidelined by a pulled muscle with Jerry Gaeghane stepping in for NYU. Elmore Harris aims to break 1 10 2 in the Mill Sheppard 600. Haegg and Lidman depart for America to attend major indoor meets from Stockholm.
Corpus Christi Tex Feb 3 Smooth stroking Craig Wood could, if he kept first round pace in the Corpus Christi Open, better the world record low 264 set in 1940 but it would not be a new mark due to the 6000 yard course and teeing rules. Fred Corcoran notes no record here as five players within a stroke chase leader Wood while Byron Nelson trails by two. Starting second round with 63s are Jug Spaden Sanford Leonard Dodson.
Greensboro Hi G uiit outscored High Point 29 20 to seize first in the Western Class A race. High Point struggled to score, trailing 19 4 at halftime, and despite a late rally, fell 25 20 in the fourth period. Charlie Nichols led Greensboro with 16 points while Ray De and McDonald paced High Point with key baskets and seven points respectively. Crowds witnessed the first consecutive loss by the Bison in three seasons.
In New York Bobby Ruffin 138 outpointed Johnny Greco 143 Montreal while Phil Palmer 140 Vancouver outpointed Jackie Seamus 135 New York. In Philadelphia Vince Pimpinelli 71s New York outpointed Parson Bob Jacobs 172 Philadelphia and Johnny Johnson 161 Philadelphia was TKO'd by Steve Brogan 160 Garfield N J. In Chicago Pvt Joe Maxim 18% Cleveland outpointed Johnny Plangan 187 Chicago with Jimmy Scherer 148 Milwaukee scoring TKOs on Jackie Gaines 146 Cleveland. In Hollywood Lorenzo Safora 116 Havana knocked outCleferino Robleto 11544 Pasadena Calif.
J. B. Jones administrator of the Louis H. Jones estate in Guilford County invites all creditors to present claims by December 26 1945 or risk loss of recovery. Debts owed to the estate should be paid promptly. Dated December 22 1944. James B. Lovelace attorney. 12/23-30 1/6-13-20-27.
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