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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1959
Page
19
High Point College edged Catawba 90 to 83 in a North State Conference game. Lenoir Rhyne leads the race, with HPC needing remaining conference wins including games against LA and Western Carolina.
High Point College wins 90 85 over Catawba in Salisbury to move into second in the North State Conference. Danny Sewell scores 39 for the Panthers while Woody Helfrich shines for the Indians with 11 of 15 in the late run and Ken Williams adds 19. The two teams shoot around 50 percent.
Guilford College Quakers upset Atlantic Christian 74 to 63 to snap an 11 game losing streak and push hopes for the conference tournament February 25 to 28 in Lexington. Five players reached double figures in a balanced scoring effort.
Western Carolina snapped a slumping spell with a 67-49 victory over Elon College in a North State Conference game. The Catamounts led 32-18 at halftime and held a comfortable margin despite Elon’s late rally. Swede Franson led WCC, while Virgil Yow praised Williams and Sewell for key plays.
Mrs Dorothy Comiskey Rigney announces sale of her majority Chicago White Sox stake for 2.7 million dollars, with Bill Veeck as buyer. The deal hinges on an option expiring February 18, and Finley offers a competing bid of 2.7 million with escrowed funds.
Lexingt on wrestlers Smith and Clancy reached a disputed final in a nine-man royal. Smith won after Clancy was counted out while Smith lay injured. Heideman and Zaharias lost semifinals. Bob Christy required stitches from an eye wound but returned before the matches ended.
At VMI Lexington Maryland led with early wins and four records fell among the first seven events of the Winter Keystones meet. Duke's distance medley relay team set a new mark at 10 39.1, NC's Wayne Bishop won the two mile in 9 30.1, and Georgetown's mile relay posted 3 25.4. Maryland's Stan Pitts Larry Salmon Don Whittaker and Jonas Spiegel tied the shuttle relay record in 25 2. Spiegel anchored the Terps to the late surge.
Sixth ranked North Carolina State clinched second in the ACC with a 72 65 victory over South Carolina to move to 10 1 in conference play and 16 2 overall. Walter Hudson led SC with 22 points while Mike Callahan had 19. MacGillivray and Engelhardt sparked a second half rally, with NC State pulling away with 11 minutes left.
Wake Forest Deacons erased a first half drought to stun Maryland 56 to 53 in an ACC telecast. Dave Budd totaled 17 points and 11 rebounds while coach Bones McKinney praised outside shooting drills that carried the rally.
Presbyterian defeated Mercer 87 to 76 at Clinton, led by Bill Sullivan with 27 points and Ken Caswell with 20. The second-half burst carried PC to the win on Saturday night.
Erskine College defeated Piedmont College 63-51 for its first win after 14 losses. Bill Okiendorf scored 16 points while John Keen and Jerry Wolff added 14 each, as Erskine led 34-19 at halftime.
Calvin Griffith praises Bill Veeck as a promoter on news Veeck may buy a majority of the Chicago White Sox. He regrets Chuck Comiskey losing control and notes the family's pioneering role. Other executives offer cautious, varied views and history of the club finances and attendance.
Olympic champion Lee Calhoun breezes to a clear 5.5 victory in the 45 yard hurdles at the Boston Athletic Association meet in Boston Garden. The Durham, North Carolina ace leads Charlie Pratt of the Philadelphia Pioneer Club and Joe Landau of Harvard. Keith Gardner and Paul Winder race in the 50 yard dash. Gardner places high in the final hurdles as he conserves strength for the hurdles event.
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