Panthers rout Nellow Jackets 39 to 21 in loop tilt
High Point Purple Panthers crush Western Carolina 45-26 as Preston Embler and Cole lead scoring. Jayvees beat Possesses 56-32. Elon College next and return dates set for Lenoir-Rhyne and Catawba.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1946
Page
7
High Point Purple Panthers crush Western Carolina 45-26 as Preston Embler and Cole lead scoring. Jayvees beat Possesses 56-32. Elon College next and return dates set for Lenoir-Rhyne and Catawba.
High Point Black Bison overpower Salisbury 26 point win as eleven players scored led by Jack Hawks with 11 points. Curt McDonald and Don Hooper added eight each while Richard Crowder contributed ten. Salisbury ends with seventh conference defeat as High Point improves to sixth win. Next up, Burlington clash Friday night.
New York activists including Abe Greene and Eddie Eagan push to curb private championship cut agreements in boxing. Court actions show champs like Fritzie Zivic demanding future earnings cuts, threatening to bar title holders who insist on such deals.
High Point junior high school basketball routed Aycock junior high Greensboro 40 to 15 to stay undefeated. Johnson scored 14 points and DeLappe added eight as the team prepares to face Central for High next Friday in Greensboro.
North Carolina's Blue Dolphins host Duke in the last home meet of the season with state and conference honors at stake. The Tar Heels, favored after a single loss to Navy and four losses in 46 starts, also prepare for Georgia Tech in Atlanta and Army and Ohio State at West Point before national championships.
Wilmington will have representatives at a Tri-State league meeting in Charlotte. Manley Llewellyn said J. E. L. Wade and Sachs assured Wilmington’s participation. The city reconsidered a previous invitation after a citizens meeting last Friday declined to join.
Boxing results from New Jersey New York Boston and Connecticut show Ray Robinson and Joey Lamotta winning by knockout or decision. Victorious fighters include Robinson Preda Flores and Ernie Pierre with wins over Riccio Merritt Biesca and Kogan in recent bouts. A stray line notes celery seed replacing diced celery in soup.
The St. Louis Cardinals move on a spring housecleaning plan, trading three young players for cash possibly totaling as much as 100000. Hopp is headed to the Braves, with Jurisch and Myrostek valued around 60000. Breadon hints more moves may come as Whitey Kurowski reportedly declined a 1946 offer.
Charlotte February meeting brings baseball representatives from six cities to address confusion in the Tri-State League. A stray recipe line suggests a pan fried chicken tip with sour cream for flavor.
Coach Beattie Feathers leads NC State in a six week winter practice as he rebuilds the Wolfpack for 1946. Four pre war players and 21 members from the 1945 State eleven seek berths with returning stars Eddie Tea Fred Wagoner Curtis Ramsey Al Phillips join the group. The backfield trio also trains daily with Howard Turner Bill Stanton Charlie Ridhgus and Bobby Worst among those in the session.
Greensboro George Corcoran contends Byron Nelson's edge comes from mechanics and material shifts from hickory to steel shafts. Nelson adopted a hinge swing reducing wrist action, sparking a teaching revolution as more pros copy his style and close the gap.
Wes Verrell, a former pitcher, faced a dramatic collapse at the 16th hole in Sarasota Florida. After doubling his bets, he struck a shot to the green that rolled into a canal and prompted an explosive reaction.
Earl Hall and Red Hall, Oklahoma football fans, booked a Los Angeles hotel for New Year’s Day to witness the 1947 Rose bowl game. An innkeeper was surprised by the early reservation but learned the brothers intend to see the Aggies compete in the Rose Bowl.
Duke travels to Philadelphia for a headline convention hall doubleheader with Temple. Temple has seven wins in thirteen games and has beaten top teams including Muhlenberg West Virginia Kentucky Lehigh La Salle. Owls’ losses to college squads include Valley Forge Army General Hospital and Bainbridge NTS.
Jamestown swept Sumner High School last night with the boys winning 45 to 23 and the girls 31 to 26. Van Reddick led the Tigers with 21 points, Homer Smith added 12. Ruth Turner led Jamestown girls with 18 while McGee led Sumner with 13. Jamestown heads to Pleasant Garden Thursday and to High Point College JV Friday.
EAST Dartmouth 56 Valparaiso 51. SOUTH Arkansas 68 Rice 25 North Carolina 74 Greensboro Overseas Replacement Depot 39 Catawba 51 Guilford 37 Duke 82 Wake Forest 29 Gallaudet 41 Randolph Macon 39 South Carolina 58 Furman 50 Appalachian 64 Lenoir Rhyne 42 Camp Lejeune 84 Eastern Carolina Teachers 36 Virginia Tech 69 Roanoke College 31 MIDWEST Great Lakes 66 Marquette 61 Camp Atterbury 56 DePaul 28.
New York Giants first baseman Johnny Mize and second baseman George Hausman signed and returned their contracts to secretary Edie Brannick. Mize, 33, is expected to anchor the Giants slugging attack at first base, while Hausman, 5 foot 5 inches, batted .279 last season and faces competition from Bobby Blattner who has served since 1942.
Duke's Blue Devils stretched their Southern Conference lead to a full game over North Carolina after beating Wake Forest 32-29 in Durham. North Carolina crushed Greensboro 74-39, Ed White scored 26 for Davidson as Wofford lost 51-49, and Catawba beat Guilford 51-37. Hiatt led Appalachian with 16 as Camp Lejeune routed East Carolina Teachers.
CHAPEL HILL N C Feb 6 Secretary C EB McIntosh of the North Carolina high school athletic association said the executive committee ruled New Hanover high Wilmington ineligible for using John McKay before he was eligible to play in the eastern class A conference race. The ruling leaves the title chase between Durham and Wilson.
Defending champion Jane Crum Covington led qualifiers in the second round of the 21st Palm Beach Women's Golf championship in Palm Beach Florida. Covington defeated Evelyn Glick of Baltimore while Wilcox eliminated Miss Row of Windsor Ontario in 20 holes.
Willie Mosconi of Barrington New Jersey led Jimmy Caras of Wilmington Delaware 447 to 363 in a vast 10 city pocket billiards championship match with a total prize of 10 750 dollars to be played across ten cities.
The proposed class D tobacco state baseball league will hold a meeting in Clinton on Thursday night. Organizer Sam Allen of Raleigh announced the gathering.
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