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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1947
Page
12
Al as, a right handed pitcher, agreed to a 1947 contract with the York Yankees today. Yon s, who pitched for Kansas in the American association season, is the 44th Yankee to come to terms. Wyoming's Teton range is cited as one of the most precipitous main fronts on the American continent.
High Point 54 over Catawba 47. Appalachian 4 WCTC 58 over Elon 51. North Carolina 55 over Davidson 46. Wake Forest 56 over Citadel 46. NC State 71 over Furman 51. Virginia Tech 75 over McCrary 60. South Carolina 73 over Clemson 55. Temple 38 over Penn State 37. Cornell 42 over Penn 37. George Washington 32 over W. & M. 37. Tennessee 62 over Georgia 32. Illinois 45 over Town 36. Hampden Sydney 53 over Medical College of Virginia 51. West Virginia 52 over Pitt 41. Wisconsin 60 over Minnesota 51. Duquesne 58 over Akron 49. Northwestern 54 over Purdue 53. Rhode Island State 87 over Coast Guard 58. Texas 58 over Sou. Method ist 51. Tulane 59 over Alabama 49. Auburn 36 over Florida 30. Fordham 56 over Columbia 55. Xavier 60 over Baldwin Wallace 35. Vanderbilt 55 over Mississippi 40. Miami 61 over Florida Southern 43. Indiana 93 over Earnham 41. Drake 46 over Tulsa 35. Texas Christian 55 over Rice 50. Holy Cross 44 over Seton Hall 43.
Fred Haas Jr from New Orleans shaved six strokes from par to reach a 36 hole total of 133 and take an early lead in the Texas open at Brackenridge Park.
President Milton Eisenhower announces Sam Francis former Nebraska star and all American will coach Kansas State college football. Francis to take charge of spring practice soon after March 1.
Hal Boyle humor piece mocks feminized etiquette as he urges men to defend the cuspidor as the last symbol of masculine freedom. He argues women and societal changes have eroded traditional male prerogatives and urges a symbolic stand.
Coach Carl Snavely polled the Tar Heel football squad on preferred off-season drill dates. He will soon announce the schedule, likely three weeks winter work plus three weeks spring drills or six consecutive weeks in spring.
Boston reports Bobby Doerr and Joe Dobson have signed 1947 contracts with general manager Eddie Collins. Auto tax take in 1946 reached 2.3 billion dollars nationwide. A medium-priced auto uses forty five steel varieties. The Hiroshima bomb destroyed four square miles of buildings and rendered three more square miles uninhabitable.
The Civil Aeronautics Administration proposed 84 airports in North Carolina be built or upgraded in three years as part of a national plan covering 4 431 sites. Total estimated cost 985.8 million dollars with federal share 441.6 million and local sponsors 544.2 million. Projects include High Point Fraley Field and High Point municipal airport alterations, Greensboro High Point airport upgrades, and Thomasville field conversion, within the federal seven year aid act framework. An eclipse of the sun ended ancient war between Media and Lydia.
Wake Forest leading scorer Jackek is averaging 12 points per game after 12 games. Center Doran Walters trails with 137 points as the Demon Deacons meet North Carolina’s White Phantoms in Chapel Hill Thursday night.
Chapel Hill's undefeated wrestling squad led by Church Quinlan remains perfect after a win over NC State. The Tar Heels host Washington and Lee on Saturday afternoon in their next meet.
The Carolina White Phantoms lost 46 to 48 to N State in a Saturday overtime tilt on their home court. The Phantoms end the long home stand February 14 facing Georgia Tech here.
Philadelphia tennis star Vic Seixas, not in the NC State game, scored three field goals in under a minute during a recent clash with South Carolina while starring for the White Phantom cagers.
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