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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1942
Page
14
Haw River, N C Felma Long, 72, returned to golf at 55 after injury and casts. She shoots a steady game with par on many holes and even aced a course in Burlington. Long plans to swing more as spring arrives, noting a 43 over her last nine holes this week.
A collage of brief sports items covers coaching debates on basketball referees and defensive game proposals, with jokes about New York referees and Pat Kennedy. It notes players in military service, aerial football careers, a Glen Oaks Golf Club pro welcoming a baby girl, Cubs stocking up on baseballs, Packers defense bonds, and planned sportsmen shows for Kirkwood while suggesting Dany MacFayden’s hockey team battles a Canadian schoolboy squad.
The Texas Ranger, defending champion, led 15 rivals in the second day of the $1,500 quail field trial championship in Albany Georgia. Owned by D. B. McDaniel of Houston Texas the Texas Pointer beat contenders including Hill bright Susannah a 30-pound setter bitch owned by M G Dudley of Greenville South Carolina who finished with five finals one third of the afternoon's total.
In Hot Springs Arkansas Frankie Pytlak, Boston catcher, asserts Ted Williams is a superior hitter to Joe DiMaggio. He claims Williams would have hit around .420 if pitched to last year. The report also mentions Sir Harry Lauder’s first job earning two shillings and a penny weekly.
Kibitzers Beamon Crouch and Daddy Clark will referee the entire Industrial Basketball League program at the YMCA. They earned their rights by being top critics of officiating, with duties waived for the night as Triangle faces Marsh in the closing round.
Ringside action at South Hamilton Street arena with Roy Graham versus Swedish Angel in the main event. Abe Yourist challenges Graham as Jack LaRue of Philadelphia referees. Fans will exchange defense stamps for tickets and payouts, spotlighting Abilene pride and national defense themes for the evening.
Filel, a former Czech Davis Cup player, urged USLTA to liberalize rules to European standards to keep younger stars in amateur tennis. He cited the prohibition on connections with sporting goods firms and noted European limits on lessons or paid exhibitions. Fellow pros Walter Senior and Wayne Sabin echoed concerns about restrictive rules hurting amateur play and Davis Cup prospects. Layden suffers a badly wrenched knee after a fall, confined at home.
Chicago Feb 5 Tony Zale world middleweight champion vented anger at Billy Conn after Conn said he would swing for keeps. Zale vowed to outfight Conn and predicted a knockout despite Conn’s size advantage. Zale also referenced his battering win over Georgie Abrams and announced plans for a 12 round bout in Madison Square Garden.
Red Arrow five beat Cowboy five three games Hartgrave led with high single 15 and high set 307 Totten of Cowboys had high single 100 and high set 258 Anvil five won two of three over Red Armen Bray topped with high game 120 and high set 359 Bray also held league high set Hussey of Red Airmen posted high game 103 and high set 293 The largest river entirely in Switzerland is the Aar or Aare.
High Point High hosts Reynolds High School in a Western Conference Class A game at 8:15 with a 6:45 junior tilt, as coach Tony Simeon eyes a third Western win while aiming to climb past Burlington into a share of second place. Greensboro leads the circuit.
Boyd Texas Feb 5 notes veteran pitcher Jackie Reid Herschel Nathaniel, at 46, set for 22nd season with Dallas in the Texas League opener. Known for durable arm, Reid has started in Mineral Wells and logged over 600 games with a winning record in almost every season.
Coach Phil Patterson hailed High Point’s Lloyd Whitley, now serving as a flyer, in a San Francisco hotel note after meeting Helen Chenkovich at national championships. Patterson praised High Point hospitality and hinted at future reciprocal ties as Whitley signs a commitment to service and aviation.
Wake Forest Deacons have surged into the Southern Conference Tournament mix after a string of upsets. Soph Larry Harris sparked Washington and Lee rally, but Wake Forest prevailed 51 38. Deacons travel to Lexington to face V M I then host North Carolina State while Duke routs Davidson 37 13 in Durham. Navy notes on floating flying fields conclude.
Detroit, Feb 5. The Tigers mailed 1942 contracts for 33 players as management hides the depth of salary cuts. Last year Hank Greenberg led the payroll at about 55000, with Bobo Newsom near 37500, salaries inflated by the 1940 pennant year before the army service.
iH P C returns to Harvison Gym tonight at 8 15 facing Lenoir Rhyne in a bid for their tenth conference win and 17th straight victory. Hilliard Nance and Bill Keene pace the Panthers while Bears guards Stafford Marshburn and Gilbert try to slow them. Coach Pat Shores and Virgil Yow mark a decade of dueling as mentors.
Northwestern University's annual southern baseball trip was canceled today replacing it with games against service teams from Midwest Army camps and naval stations. For ten years the Wildcats had scheduled Louisiana State Tulane and Alabama on the trip.
Detroit's baseball club is cutting salaries with few exceptions as War-time economy tightens belts. GM Jack Zeller notes a 400,000 drop in attendance and a fourth place tie, with only second baseman Jimmy Bloodworth signed from Washington. manager Del Baker and coaches Mervyn Shea and Charley Gehringer remain in the fold.
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