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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1956
Page
11
News brief from High Point Enterprise outlines local events and updates scheduled for the week of February 6 1956. Includes community notices, upcoming meetings, and public announcements affecting residents.
A scattered roundup notes threats to a boxing protégé, the USLTA and tennis leaders promoting the sport this spring, and reflections on figures from boxing and baseball. It mentions Walt Alston Casey Stengel received Sport’s Man of the Year, Bobby Murphy the boxing rookie, Mickey Mantle sidelined for tonsil removal, and Tom Gola profiting from pro basketball.
Victor Middlecoff captured the $15,000 Sabuatine Open at Phoenix finishing 1 under par with a 276 total. He earned $2,400 as Mike Souchak finished second with 279 and Jimmy Demaret tied for third at 280. The event moves to Tucson with Souchak taking $1,800.
East Carolina reels toward a North State Conference goal needing two wins this week to force at least a first place tie. Key test is Saturday at Elon after a Wednesday swing to Catawba, with Elon also facing Appalachian to stay in contention.
Bob Watson of Ardsley-On-The-Hudson New York and Dick Ferguson of Ireland shot one under par to lead the first round of the $2,000 Puerto Rican Open at Berwind Country Club San Juan. Antonio Cerda from Argentina playing out of Colombia and Herman Barron of White Plains New York tied for third with 72. Jim Ferree from Winston-Salem North Carolina finished at 75.
Mariette 400 and Gene Littler posted a final 69 affording a total 281 to win a $1,200 prize. Ken Venturi tied with Jay Hebert after a 69. Contenders trailing included Lionel Beenett 285, We Kroll 287, Bo Wininger 289, Johnny Palmer 285, Paul McGuire 288, and Eldon Briggs 292.
Duke jumped to first in the ACC after a 64-59 victory over North Carolina as Captain Joe Belmont iced the win with eight straight free throws. Belmont, 114 of 147 on the season, led a six-man Duke rotation with key late scoring.
North Carolina defeated Georgia 59-25 in Chapel Hill as UNC star Krepp set a new 200 yard individual medley NCAA and American record with 2:09.2. UNC took nine of ten firsts led by standout performances across events and a strong relay showing.
Bill Virdon, rookie instructor in Tampa, will teach at the St. Louis Cardinals spring training in St. Petersburg after his first MLB season. He plans a baseball school and will coach from March 29 to April 25.
The week ahead brings pivotal conference races with San Francisco aiming for 44 straight wins while Memphis State, St Francis, Vanderbilt, and Kentucky face key tests. Kansas State challenges Nebraska as Iowa State meets Missouri. Duke leads the ACC with Maryland, Virginia, Wake Forest, and NCSU on upcoming dates. St. Louis eyes Missouri Valley crown with two home games against Oklahoma A&M and Houston.
The article notes Italy's spending on the 1960 Games and Squaw Valley’s push for California funding by April 3. It compares Cortina and Innsbruck developments, cites Olympic standings led by Soviet Russia, Austria, Finland, Sweden, and Switzerland, and reports the day’s ski jump results with top finsihers from Finland, Germany, and the United States struggling.
Furman star Darrell Floyd remains far ahead in the Southern Conference scoring race with a 35.5 point conference average and 34.2 overall. Richmond edged ahead of several rivals as George Washington, West Virginia and Davidson hold top positions in a crowded chase.
In Hollywood Jimmy Martinez outpointed Tony Pelino in a 10 round welter bout. In Frankfurt Hans Friedrich outpointed Rex Layne, and Johnny Williams drew with Willi Hoepner. In Belfast Charlie Hill out pointed Billy Kelly in a 15 round light welter contest.
Ron Delany, 20 year old Villanova sophomore from Dublin, wins the Millrose mile by a wide margin without pacemaker Wes Santee, who is sidelined by the AAU. Delany ignores records and promotes debate on race tactics as he laps rivals. Other Millrose winners include Dave Sime, Tom Courtney, Lee Calhoun, Alex Breckenridge, and Bob Richards in respective events.
Ben S Martin arrives to begin building his staff and spring workouts at the University of Virginia after being formally chosen by the board of visitors. The 34 year old coach will be paid about 10000 annually for a three year term. Harrison Nesbit will be retained as freshman coach per Martins request. Gus Bell hit 21 homers in 66 night games for the Reds in 1955.
Cleveland pitcher Herb Seaver recorded seven of his 11 complete games in 1955 with four hits or fewer allowed. He set a major league rookie strikeout record with 245.
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