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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1932
Page
2
Charlotte, Feb. 8. The Big Five race narrows as four pivotal games loom this week with N. C. State facing Duke on February 16 and North Carolina on February 23. Davidson travels to Raleigh to meet N. C. State midweek as part of the schedule within the conference.
Duke meets Tennessee while North Carolina faces Virginia in Charlottesville. Davidson plays College of Charleston as big five action travels across several campuses. Atlantic Christian leads in the North State conference as Appalachian tops the race. weekend slate includes Guilford at Elon and High Point clashes.
United Press reports in Milwaukee that Jack Dempsey, 36, begins phase two of his exhibition tour facing a six month window to prove fitness for a title comeback or retire. He fights Roper in Los Angeles tonight after a Chicago crowd of 1,500 to meet him and 3,000 at a workout, with 1,000 barred.
Amateur golf stars begin qualifying in the South Florida championship with Arthur Yates of New York the defending holder. In women's play at St. Petersburg Pinehurst, Mrs Richard Clemson defends against Helen Waring among 50 entrants. In Clearwater an exhibition at Belleview Biltmore, Billie Burke shoots par 72 to beat Gene Sarazen who posts 74.
Babe Ruth celebrated his 38th birthday in St. Petersburg Florida with a party of thirty friends at his hotel. The patio table was arranged as a baseball diamond and the cake resembled a baseball.
Mrs Lillian Zech of Chicago was favored as the annual Miami women s championship opened at the Miami Country Club course following her win last week in the Miami Beach event. Corals Gables also reports the Miami Biltmore Valentine s Day golf tournament for men starting today. In Atlanta Babe Hunt will face Pietro Corri in a February 19 heavyweight bout. In Miami Beach a round robin tennis event at the Surf Club features W L Tilden Albert Burke Hans Nusslein and Roman Manich competing Friday through Sunday.
Rochester Columbus and Houston align for a 165 game spring baseball schedule. All three clubs will train in Houston while Washington State track and field teams appear in five northwest meets next spring. All will compete in the Midwest.
High Point sports fans will see two games as the High Point team faces Salisbury at 7 15 p m and again after the opener. Salisbury fields a strong machine while Rowan county leads in the conference standings. Charlotte earlier beat High Point, then Asheville defeated Charlotte and handed them their only loss. High Point sits two wins against three losses in conference play.
Snow and wind forced a postponement of the two man bobsleigh race on Mount Van Hoevenberg during the fifth day of the 1982 Winter Olympics. The day featured skaters, hockey, and exhibition races as eight nations competed in treacherous conditions and high speed, with crashes already part of the perilous sport.
Durham February 8 The Piedmont league may return to eight clubs as the New York Giants agreed to take over the Winston-Salem franchise and operate it as a farm. The league currently lists Winston-Salem Charlotte Asheville Greensboro and Raleigh as definite starters with Henderson and Durham pending.
Report mentions Captain Fritz Grau and Albert Brehme injured after a German sled crashed through Shady Corner at high speed last Tuesday. Several course participants avoided serious harm though many suffered accidents.
Chicago’s Augie Kieckhefer faces Otto Reiselt of Philadelphia in tonight’s world championship three-cushion billiards final. Both former champions, they tied after three weeks with seven wins and three losses. A $10,000 purse awaits the winner.
Kieckhefer was a slight favorite with 11-10 odds reflecting his home town support. Reiselt has won the championship twice previously while Kieckhefer has long been a leading player.
In Miami authorities arrested J. H. Collins a West Palm Beach attorney with nine pints of liquor in his briefcase. He was seen throwing two thousand one hundred dollars in bills across downtown streets.
A North Carolina newspaper column recounts John Lawson’s 1714 natural history of the province. It quotes Lawson on wild beef buffaloes, bears, panthers, a possible lion and tiger confusion, elk in the mountains, and early colonial hunting lore.
Alabama seeks to upset the league leaders as Kentucky visits Lexington after Kentucky surged to the top with seven straight wins. The Crimson Tide fell 39 to 32 to Vanderbilt while Maryland clung to second with six victories.
Durham bowlers won a three game total by 21 pins at King Pin Alleys Saturday night. Durham led by 38 pins in the first game, Nolen of Durham had high single game with 155, Bowman of King Pin had high three game total of 363. League games continue tonight at 7:30. Police vs Kearns, Enterprise vs Triangle, Service Garage vs N C P 8 Co. local match played by Durham crew Friday night at King Pin.
Jamestown high school boys beat Colfax 24 to 2 with a strong start. Jamestown girls lost to Colfax 19 to 10. Next, Jamestown meets Gibsonville at Guilford College Wednesday in the county tournament.
Artists and writers began their fifth annual golf tournament at Palm Beach Country Club in West Palm Beach Florida with many fraternity members present. Rex Beach arrived from New York yesterday and Grantland Rice and Bobby Jones were expected to arrive tonight.
Tulsa county treasurer A. L. Carmichael faces slow collection of $130,000 in 1929 tax refunds as claimants lag behind. The article notes the difficulty of distributing funds despite the sizeable total.
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