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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1943
Page
5
Southern Conference athletics remain on a wartime footing with schools like Yale Harvard and others debating limited play. Harvard plans fun-only competition while wartime rosters shrink with players joining the service. Georgetown and Yale face transfers and draft impacts as basketball ends for the Army era.
Renowned promoter Jim Coffroth built California boxing's heyday after boxing waned in the East. At 27, he leased Mechanics Pavilion in San Francisco, promoted star bouts with Big Jim Kennedy, and boosted purses and media with innovations from 1901 onward. He helped Jim Jeffries, Bob Fitzsimmons, and Sam Berger rise, pioneered $20,000 purses, motion-picture fights, and life-size posters, shaping a era before the sport faced later reversals.
The Western Conference and the Big Ten announced major eligibility changes allowing freshmen and service men to compete on varsity teams starting with spring sports. The move waives residence requirements and opens squads to former pros or graduates enlisted for study, with Navy and other service personnel covered where instruction is faculty-led. Notre Dame is expected to follow.
Davidson guard Tom Peters pushed his season total to 183 points in nine Southern Conference games, averaging 20.3 per contest. The race for the Raleigh Conference Championship Tournament remains tight as Duke Washington North Carolina State Virginia Tech and others vie for three spots. Eight teams remain in contention with several matchups shaping the final standings before March 1 5 and 6 in Raleigh.
The Feb 22 column discusses Senator Crawford’s bill to legalize off the track betting in New York, Gov Dewey’s likely stance, and the financial stakes. It notes racing’s wartime contributions and warns bookmakers will remain, legal or not, while urging moderation and caution about legislative chances.
Seven teams from Winston Salem Greensboro Salisbury Charlotte Gastonia Burlington and High Point begin daylong practice as they prepare for the Western North Carolina Class A Basketball Tournament at the high school gym. High Point holds top berth. Gastonia and Salisbury shown as threats with Gastonia boasting 11 wins in 12 starts.
Three Northwestern backfield regulars from the 1940 Wildcats received pilot commissions at Corpus Christi Navy Air Force Training Center. Ensigns Ollie Red Hahnenstein Dick Richards and Ike Kepford trained together, having played together for three years, and now serve on active duty with the fleet. They completed preliminary flight training at Glen View NL base.
Fred Wilbur Stone of Michigan State University defied doctors after a broken back left him bedridden for two years. The Chicago native, now a key backboard man for the MSU basketball team, is a member of the Army Enlisted Reserves and hopes to be called up soon.
The Philadelphia Phillies have endured 534 losses over the last five seasons in the National League, reflecting a tied slump across the period and prompting questions about team performance and management decisions.
High Point High's Black Bison prepare for practices this week to defend their first place rating in the Western loop. The team shows balance but is not an exceptionally strong club, with most victories by narrow margins.
The report lists several college football results with scores including Tennessee over Vanderbilt and North Carolina over South Carolina. It also notes Nevada ranks 16th in inland water area among U S states, citing state size and geography.
Chris Simopoulos winner of the recruit heavyweight boxing championship at Great Lakes Naval Training Station fought as Danny Needham from Lowell. A ship's fitter third class, he had 129 bouts with only four losses and served as sparring partner for Billy Conn.
A National Collegiate Bureau survey for the Office of War Information finds no major unbeaten college basketball team. Eastern schools lead in scoring, but Detroit University tops defense with 27.6 points allowed per game. Rhode Island State boasts the best offense at 81.3 points per game in 15 games.
UNC Chapel Hill announces new officers for all class levels from the recent student elections. Senior class leaders include Bob Burleigh as president and Earl Perdue as runner up, with multiple representatives to the Student Legislature and Honor Council. Junior class names list Ralph Strayhorn as president and Dick Hartley as vice president, plus secretary treasurer and council picks. Sophomore and class honor council selections follow, listing Dan Davin as sophomore president and other officers.
Milwaukee reports show Marquette University basketball rising from 1923 era to today. The 1923 squad averaged 20.2 points per game and defeated Wisconsin 9 to 8 and Creighton 7 to 6, while current team averages about 42.9 points.
Babe Didrikson Zaharias, once barred as a professional, has been reinstated as an amateur by the U S Golf Association. The famed multi sport star, who rose from 1930s Olympic glory to win major open events, could challenge in upcoming U S women’s golf championships.
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