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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1937
Page
5
The Carolinas Basketball Championships at High Point College opened with six standout squads and a heated senior men’s final between Unique Furniture Makers of Win and McCrary of Asheboro. Unique edged McCrary 24-23 as the game swung with late free throws and baskets.
The second annual Central Carolinas Golden Gloves tournament at High Point High School gym begins next Tuesday night as mail-in entries flood the office. Early entrants include Harry Red Beaver Landis Jimmy Ward Concord Buck Penland Greer S C Breacham Helms Albemarle and Ed Tipton Gaffney S C. Ringside seats are reported sold out as preparations move swiftly for the opening gong.
Twenty two teams compete in the Central Piedmont high school conference event entering boys and girls divisions sponsored by High Point college. Seedings list 12 boys teams led by Fair Grove Staley Monticello Kernersville and 10 girls teams led by Hasty Junior Home. Opening games set for today with Junior Home vs Pilot girls at 2 PM and Monticello vs Jamestown girls at 8 PM.
In a tight game Cockerham sparked Unique with a field goal and another for the lead. Sappenfield and Cockerham each paced Unique with 12 and 11 points while Flythe Edwards and Swing led the Eagles. final run by Unique secured a four point win.
Triangle built a first half lead on a slow Merita club and held off Baker late after a tense finish. Hayworth led Bakers with seven points before fouling out. Byrd paced Triangle with eight as Merita climbed to a late edge before Triangle reclaimed and maintained the lead.
Friday night Promoter Denning presents a double main event featuring Jack O’Brian vs Mayes McLain and Dixie Dick Powell vs Jack League at 8:30. An amateur bout pairs George Ridge against Ab Culler for 15 minutes, with two falls out of three and 90 minute limits.
High Point College Panthers host Atlantic Christian Bulldogs in Harrison gym tonight as they contend with Elon for conference supremacy. A tough rematch follows Saturday vs Lenoir Rhyne with title implications. Prelim JV vs Adams-Millis at 7. Band performance between games. Panthers hold nine wins with two losses in league chase.
A hearing on a petition by three power companies seeking a permanent injunction against the Santee Cooper Hydro Electric and Navigation Project was postponed from March 2 to March 6. The delay allows an attorney time to travel to California for a deposition from Col. William Caples, former district Army engineer at Charleston.
Hunk Anderson, newly named to succeed Franklin Cappon as athletic director and head coach, says he will not tinker with the Michigan system. He plans a brief three day huddle with Harry Kipke and will start from scratch, visiting again with Mrs Anderson and evaluating spring practice material.
New York Feb 23 The battle among promoters over Jim Braddock’s June Madison Square Garden bout intensified. Mike Jacobs and Reed Kilpatrick clash on binding contracts and potential substitutions if Braddock Schmeling or Louis plans falter. Gould says Braddock will ignore Garden contract and pursue Louis Chicago bout.
The moon's gravity pulls on the Earth's oceans as the planet rotates, creating a bulge in the water. This bulge, raised by attraction, forms the tides observed along coastlines.
Max Baer, unsteady but confident, strolls into town to sing with Abe Lyman's band and jokes about a mistaken identity. The piece notes his $1,000 monthly life income after age 36 and threads through assorted baseball notes about Gehrig, Barrow, Gehrig, and Hank Leiber, ending with Frisch quip about Frisch’s family.
In Los Angeles the Santo Anne derby crowned Fairy Hill as winner with Jockey Maurice Peters edging the 8-year-old by a length over Milky Way Farm’s Military. Rosemont looms as favorite for the upcoming $100,000 classic while Ptolemy finished third. Forty thousand spectators bet heavily, with total wagering over $1.3 million across the program.
Final naturalization papers are granted following the completion of required proceedings and verification of eligibility. The process confirms citizenship status and records the new naturalized individual in official records.
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