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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1926
Page
6
Friends learn Mrs. W. C. Davis is critically ill at her home 729 South Main Street High Point. Community notices include club meetings and church activities from local groups and residents.
Miss Mary Muse and Miss Elizabeth Jones return to St Mary's school in Raleigh after holiday visit. Mrs Ernest Wall and Mrs Carson Burns visited Winston-Salem yesterday.
Cincinnati manager Jack Hendricks plans to strengthen three positions with new players including Jimmy Hudgens at first base and Frank Emmert at shortstop while contending the catching should improve though back up remains thin. The pitching staff relies on Carl Mays when fit, with Luque Rixey and Donohue leading the rotation. a larger Reds stadium project is postponed as talks stall.
W. J. Davis slipped and fell from the top of an ice covered telephone pole while working. He suffered a fractured skull and a broken arm. Hospital authorities express little hope for recovery. The accident is the first reported in the city due to the snow and ice covering Fayetteville.
Andy Smith, longtime California football coach, died at 6 am in University of Pennsylvania Hospital from a pulmonary abscess after bronchial pneumonia. Born Andrew Latham Smith in Dubois, Pennsylvania, he built Cal’s program into a national force and had just been offered a four year, $12,500 per season contract.
Tiger Flowers of Atlanta will meet Harry Greb, Pittsburgh champion, in a middleweight title bout in New York on February 26 as approved by the State Athletic Commission. A suggested elimination bout with Dave Shade of California was discussed, but no color-line issue was found. Greb asked for delay while Flowers accepted the title fight.
Lucien Vinez the French lightweight champion meets Sid Terris of New York in a ten round bout at Madison Square Garden. Vinez seeks to regain prestige after a loss to Charley Rosen while Terris, once seen as Benny Leonard's successor, lacks a knockout punch but is fast. The winner could enter Tex Rickard's proposed diamond studded tournament.
In Williamsburg on January 8 AP reports the College of William and Mary banned the Charleston as students returned from Christmas vacation. Officials said the dance fails to emphasize grace and beauty and should not be part of college dances.
A Greensboro group invites all residents to a January 12 meeting at the Guilford County courthouse to discuss abolishing capital punishment. Signatories include Rev. H. L. Canfield Miss Etta Spier W C Jackson A W McAlister Rev H P Marley Rabbi Milton Ellis Glenn Johnson C H Rowland Victor Woodward and Rev I Harding Hughes.
Wheat showed an early rise in Chicago trading with strength linked to Liverpool quotes and Argentina grain quality concerns. Buenos Aires price gains supported the session, but prices later declined below the prior close before rebounding. Corn moved on its own momentum, buoyed by exchange offers tied to a dollar per bushel for six month delivery.
Corn led gains with higher values and hog markets buoyed corn influenced oats and other grains. Oats showed partial strength aligned with corn, starting modestly higher and remaining firm as oats traded with the broader grain strength.
William Lawrence aged 27 from Muskogee Oklahoma was hanged at 5 22 am at Arizona State Prison Florence for the murder of a Phoenix policeman.
NEW YORK Jan 5 The state athletic commission took steps to arrange a match between Tiger Flowers Atlanta Negro and Dave Shade California to determine the foremost challenger to middleweight champion Harry Greb.
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