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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1947
Page
5
An open letter to the High Point junior chamber urges forming a non profit High Point softball association to run a community park. It criticizes city control and proposes independent governance, user fees, and fund use for upkeep and improvement. Bill Currie signs the note.
Atlantic Christian upset Point College 52 51 as Vince Columbo hit two late free throws to seal the win in Wilson. Ted Moran led Panther scoring with 21 points while Bill Sheets managed five for the visitors.
University of Maryland announced a football game with Vanderbilt set for Nashville on November 22. Jim Tatum, the new coach and athletic director, said the contract includes a return engagement at College Park in 1948.
Brooklyn February 11. Boss Branch Rickey the Dodgers chief endorses Leo Durocher as manager. Rickey labels himself a Durocher man and denies any 1947 managerial chance arising from events in California.
Annapolis Md Feb 11 Navy’s Mighty Mites meet undefeated West Virginia in a clash that tests the theory bigger they come the harder they fall Captain Kenny Shugart leads Navy while WVU relies on Fred Schaus and Bill Zirkel The Middies average three inches less than WVU but seek a victory to stay in the title chase with coach Ben Carnevale’s first year squad riding a nine game win streak.
The Dixie professional football league plans to invite Greensboro Winston Salem Fayetteville and Columbia S C to join six existing clubs for next autumn. An eight team format may split into northern and southern divisions with Charlotte Richmond Norfolk Portsmouth Newport News Roanoke already in. Directors meet in Charlotte April 19 20 and George R Hutchins was named executive vice president and secretary treasurer to enforce the constitution and bylaws.
West Virginia seeks to erase a year old setback as Coach Patton reminds players that Navy handed the Mountaineers one of their two defeats last season. The team arrives aiming to prove its national standing despite an undefeated run this year.
Philadelphia general manager Herb Pennock on his fifty third birthday warns that rising player pay will wreck baseball. He cites 80,000 for Cleveland star Feller and 65,000 for Detroit and Boston stars as unsustainable, arguing salary cuts are limited by new rules and attendance could plunge, risking bankruptcy for his Phillies.
Ny Associated Press reports numerous college basketball scores including Marshall 44 Morris Harvey 34 Alderson-Broaddus 45 Liberty 82 Davis and Elkins 58 Seton Hall 45 Catholic U 34 Potomac State 58 Frostburg 32 Sampson 43 Champlain 40 Catawba 31 Wofford 23 Armstrong Junior 59 Bluefield St 81 Georgia 40 Union 47 Transylvania 43 Wake Forest 54 Virginia Military 4 Atlantic Christian 34 High Point 34 NC State 75 Citadel 45 Washington & Lee 101 Clemson 56 Tennessee 61 Mississippi 28 Barnham 34 Wilmington 37 Defiance 78 Bluffton 63 Denison 4 Wittenberg 48 Ohio State 75 Purdue 61.
Duke and North Carolina meet as a top ACC clash in Chapel Hill tonight. Hook Dillon aims to slow Ed Big Hook Koffenberger, the league scoring leader, in a crucial conference game. Other matches include Citadel at Davidson and Wake Forest versus Washington and Lee. Atlantic Christian upset High Point 53 52 as Vince Columbo sealed it with late free throws. NC State routed the Citadel 75 35 to gain momentum in the standings.
Sammy Snead of Hot Springs Virginia arrived in Johannesburg to begin golf exhibition series with South African champion Bobby Locke. The first match is set for tomorrow after Snead flew the last 1000 miles in a single engine plane following a missed southbound flight and a stopover in Elizabethville Belgian Congo.
High Point Black Bison beat Charlotte Central 45 to 22 as Richard Crowder scored 18 points and dominated the boards. Nelvin Cooper and Bill Hartley provided key support while Helms stood out for the Wildcats who dropped their fifth straight.
The national sports syndicate announced weekly midget car races will be held this summer in Winston-Salem and Charlotte, expanding regional motorsport events.
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