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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1938
Page
9
A flurry of sports chatter reflects Carolina's top team status in the Big Five with Davidson close behind. Debates touch on Duke and Carolina freshmen, football and basketball talents, and regional figures amid shifting coaching and university ties.
Denton Florida hosts a winter baseball event pairing four visiting pros with local amateurs. Notables like Paul Waner and Joe Medwick attend, with $200 top prize for professionals and $60 for amateurs. The event aims to showcase diamond skills amid a field including many former major leaguers and golf winners.
High Point College hosts Appalachian State in a top city clash as the Mountaineers seek the North State lead while the new Y Aces open their home schedule against the Kan naps Y. Freshman Morton Lamet tallies 21 in a 41 39 road win over Lenoir Rhyne and Pepper Martin suffers a month long knee injury.
The 1938 golf year looks bright with total prize money around $200000 and three new majors added to the schedule. PGA officials Fred Corcoran and Ed Dudley cite growing interest and stronger past performance, noting the New Orleans open in February Greensboro open in March and Kansas City open in June as new $5000 to $6000 events.
Elmore Honey Hackney, Blue Devil speedster, is invited to join the College All-American squad to face the Washington Redskins in Chicago on September 1. Fans will vote the starting lineup, with about 88 players chosen from top collegians after a three week practice period. Last year over 5 million fans voted at Soldier Field.
A roundup of sports tidbits notes Bill Savoy drawing college bids after a Kansas high school record. Western schools court him with Rose Bowl links. Also mentions Sammy Snead nuptials, Schmeling tuneups, Braddock Farr bout, Hank Greenberg’s batless wall, Marquette fencing coach, Budge turning pro talks, and other headlines from boxing to cycling and hockey.
The indoor season heightens interest in who can break the four minute mile. Competing Americans Archie San Romani Don Lash and Glenn Cunningham along with England's Stanley Wooderson push for the record once held by Jules Ladoumegue and previously lowered by Lovelock and others.
Association play across campuses with results including Columbia 32 Princeton 28 and Temple 40 Muhlenberg 23. Georgetown 57 Maryland 39. Pittsburgh 35 Duquesne 28. West Virginia 42 Wesleyan 23. Tulsa 33 Fordham 46. Duke 42 South Carolina 34.
New York report says Enrico Venturi, Italian flyweight virtuoso, lost to Henry Armstrong in a controversial sixth round. Venturi’s purse was held pending an inquiry into his late knockdown and alleged foul, while Armstrong extended his knockout streak to 21.
Herbie Freeman the Jewish champion faces Roy Graham of Arkansas in the main event of promoter Jack Smiths wrestling bill at High Point arena Friday night. The opener features Ernie Powers and Charley Webb in a scientific bout as both men weigh about 230 pounds.
Athens Ga January 13 Joe Hunt new University of Georgia football coach says his system will come from the material here He arrived from Baton Rouge to confer with officials on the coaching setup He planned spring practice to begin February 1 Wallace Butts will be an assistant from Louisville Ky Lampe another assistant from Wisconsin to arrive February 1 A third assistant to be named
Allen Jay high school teams collide with Colfax tonight at the Coliseum. A girls game opens at 7 20 p m, followed by the main matchup after. The Jays are fresh from a win over High Point reserves.
Augusta hosts the second annual Augusta Titlist golf event with eight women champions competing. Patty Berg, the defending 72 hole winner from Minneapolis, leads the field, facing Helen Waring of Pinehurst. Other matchups include Jane Cothran Jameson of Greenville against Jean Baier of Providence, Kathryn Hemphill of Columbia paired with Marian McDougall of Portland, and Isabel Ogilvie of Augusta meeting Helen Dettwiler of Washington.
New York area coach names a novice hurdler Abaid the Arab and hails his flawless technique as a magic carpet style. The description mocks or plays up the athlete's exotic name while praising form.
South Carolina loses 10 blue devils 42 to 34 in Clemson as Davidson, Lipscomb and Alexander top scorers. NC prepares to meet V P I in Blacksburg while High Point beats Lenoir Rhyne 41 39. Carolina’s three day Virginia stand ends with White Phantoms vs Washington and Lee looming. Western Carolina Teachers host Enka in Cullowhee.
Henry Armstrong world featherweight champion stopped Enrico Venturi of Italy in the New York bout. In Oakland California Red O Malley of San Diego kayoed Jim Mc Vey of Pittsburgh in the other listed match.
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