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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1944
Page
7
An old hunting column argues the best all around weapon is a .22 pistol or revolver for year round sport. The writer describes target pistol use on squirrels and other small game, stresses safety and responsible handling, and recalls a friend who changed opinions after shooting tin cans.
Stockholm January 3. Gunder Haegg, named top athlete of the year, says he has reached his peak and will not chase world records again unless facing Hungarians or Danes. He notes Arne Andersson broke his mile record with 4 02.6 at the Swedish National Festival in Gothenburg.
Caracas report states Alex Carrasquel recommends three Venezuelan players to the Washington Senators after viewing them in a local league. Juan Francisco Hernandez a right handed pitcher Enrique Fonseca a catcher and Luis Aparicio a shortstop are named as prospects for the major league club.
Allie Hunter the distance star who beat Greg Rice’s Notre Dame records will run the two mile at the Grover Cleveland athletic meet set for Saturday January 15 at the Seventh Regiment Armory. Rayon ranking noted as second most used fibre globally with cotton first.
Black Bison meet Amos Quint in a high school gym game at 8 15 p m tonight. Simeon’s squad, defending the school cage title, faces Amos Hosiery in a key city showdown with youth against experience.
High Point College basketball teams practice under Coach C Virgil Yow as they prepare for BTC 10 action. Key losses include Charles Greene and Koppleman with Nostrand and Bob Taylor returning to bolster the lineup.
In San Francisco the East beat the West in statistics during a 13 to 13 tie. Sensanbaugher of Ohio State and Hoernschemeyer of Indiana powered the East for 229 rushing yards while the West managed minus 15. The East showed 15 first downs to five for the West as heavy rain and slippery turf kept play one sided late. Hoernschemeyer and Sensanbaugher are 18 year old freshmen with one year of college football.
College basketball is poised to lead winter sports coverage after bowl season ends. Illinois hopes repeat Big Ten success while Kansas tops Big Six and Duke Kentucky lead the South and West. Southern California tops the far west with Depaul riding an 11 game win streak and Iowa State strengthening the middlewest picture.
APTS report notes Barney Ross named winner of the Seattle round table award in a retrospective look at names honored in past years.
Herbert Swope’s tenth annual New York State Racing Commission report highlights a record year with betting totaling $284,635,711 and state take of $19,190,378.70. The piece notes attendance up 25 percent to 523,554 and an average bet of $10.70, with charity giving of $1,213,000 and six days reaching $2,000,000 in bets.
Five years past Don Budge made his pro tennis debut amid a crowd of 16 725 with receipts totaling 47120 dollars as Ellsworth Vines played alongside him. The note marks early professional tennis milestones and fan interest.
New Year greetings came with coast to coast bowl action as Navy beat Bermuda 19-0 while Army won in Africa 10-7 and a scoreless Ireland game. Southern California defeated Washington 29-0 in Pasadena, LSU upset Texas A&M 19-14 in the Orange Bowl, and the Shrine East-West game ended 13-13 in San Francisco.
LSU upset Texas A and M 19 14 as Steve Van Buren and Red Burditt starred. Van Buren led a 59 yard drive and a 11 yard TD pass to Burton Goode. Burditt, subbing for Flanagan, caught a TD pass and Burden sealed it with a 63 yard sprint and extra point.
The sports roundup reports key moves as teams prepare for 1944. Boston hires Dodger as scout to aid Ts, Philly Eagles may leave Pittsburgh, Marvin Bleeker signs with a pro club, Harry Thayer seeks prospects after the East West game, and owners Marshall and Howren discuss a farm deal if the Dixie league starts with Atlanta and Birmingham showing interest.
Charles L. Bumpus Jones famed for a 1897 not hit game for Cincinnati against Pittsburgh is noted for wild pitching. He once walked 15 batters for Toledo but a scorer counted 14, provoking his rebuke to reporters and a club confrontation.
Ear witness impressions note LSU quarterback Steve Van Buren as a standout and highlight interceptions that helped the Tigers. Mention Glenn Dobbs possibly earning pro-grade recognition amid wet ball conditions and long kicks. References to Alvin Dark and Arkansas A and M Boll Weevils conclude with broadcast quirks and substitutions in bowl coverage.
Nat Fleischer lists five of the first ten lightweights who will fight on the next three garden shows. Beau Jack meets Lulu Costantino while Bobby Ruffin faces Tippy Larkin and Jack clashes with Sammy Angott. The Philly bout Bob Montgomery versus Ike Williams may outdraw the others. In Kansas, Winfield beat St John’s U as Bob Brannum aided Kentucky past the Redmen after Gerald Tucker’s prior all state run. Dodgers expect to sell about eighty thousand group tickets once night baseball is official.
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