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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1947
Page
5
Ralph James led the Panthers to a narrow victory over the Indians amid a low quality game. Catawba will abandon plans to upgrade its football field and will build a new layout with a 600 seat balcony addition to the gym. The piece also notes local theater events and boxing industry digs into amateur status and NBA critique of veteran fighters.
The NBA renamed Elmer Violet Ray as outstanding heavyweight while omitting Billy Conn from contenders. It remains unlikely Violet will challenge Joe for the crown soon.
New York sources report heavy pursuit of Charley Trippi by the Yankees and other clubs. Offers reach around 60 000 for four years with Boston Chicago Atlanta clubs also dangling signable terms. Trippi, a Georgia star, excelled in football and baseball with strong college batting averages and power.
Joe Fulks scored 32 points as his teammates lost to the Stags 75-72 in Chicago. The former Eastern Kentucky standout pushed his season total to 613 points in 27 games, including nine baskets and 14 free throws.
Lumberton reports the Class D Tobacco State baseball league will play 125 games this summer and open on April 30.
From the early returns several last season’s basketball titans struggle to maintain pace. Defending champs Kansas Dartmouth Ohio State Idaho Baylor and Oklahoma A M face tough schedules while St Louis tops the Missouri Valley after defeating Oklahoma A M. Cornell Penn and Columbia lead the Eastern league with Princeton nearby. Kentucky sits fourth in the SEC behind Alabama LSU and Tennessee as Duke NC State and UNC post league wins.
New York reports a 1946 revival in smallbore rifle and pistol shooting culminating at Camp Perry, Ohio. Harry Reeves defended his pistol title for Detroit, while G Wayne Moore toppled Ransford Triggs for the smallbore crown. Alice Mathews won the women's pistol title and Adelaide McCord claimed the Ladies Smallbore. The U S Dewar team beat Britain, Canada and New Zealand in international action.
The six club Cotton States baseball league completed plans for the 1947 season scheduling 120 games and elected Jim Griffith of El Dorado Arkansas as president at a Greenville meeting.
Rep Herbert of Louisiana introduced federal bill to curb bribery in sports with penalties up to ten years in prison and a ten thousand dollar fine. He cited the Alvin Paris case involving the New York Giants and said athletes and teams fall under federal jurisdiction.
The article notes George Trautman as the new head of the national association of professional baseball leagues occupying an old Columbus residence as headquarters. It hints at upcoming spicy developments in the minor league scene and mentions Kevin Connors of the Boston Celtics as a wartime West Point instructor tall cadets and tank fitting.
Lehigh University sophomore Dick Kelsey from Sparta New Jersey won the 50 yard dash against Dickinson in 75.7 seconds at Bethlehem Pennsylvania. Later he defeated Muhlenberg's Edgar Dougherty in wrestling in Allentown Pennsylvania in 1 minute 39 seconds.
Al Horsch sought a Palo Alto home to enroll at Stanford before returning to Los Angeles. Car Brau, after a coast guard stint, turned down baseball offers to go to college and then join maritime service. Michigan State coach Vorest Evashevski asked for the eligibility sheet to learn why athletes lag in studies. Crime costs in the United States exceed 2 billion dollars annually due to administration and losses.
Maryland center John Edwards and Wake Forest guard Willard Kaylor jointly led the Southern Conference scoring with 38 points apiece. Edwards scored 13 vs North Carolina, 6 vs Richmond, 9 vs George Washington. Kaylor had 17 vs Clemson, 12 vs Furman, 9 vs South Carolina, with Harol d Negley of NC State posting a 34 point two-game total for the Wolfpack.
Boone Appalachian Mountaineers open their six game old season with a home conference game against Elon. They hold a 5 1 record after six games with 364 points scored. Probable starters include Wey Moir Brooks Hawkins and Miller.
The University of North Carolina Tar Heels, runner up in 1946, return to Madison Square Garden to face favored New York University in one of 23 week games. Duke, State, and other state colleges also populate a busy schedule with regional matchups and key standings early in the season.
In Pebble Beach California on January 13 1960 a dispute within the PGA erupted when Dick Metz allegedly punched Fred Corcoran tournament manager. Corcoran called it an unprovoked assault and considered a civil suit. The Bing Crosby invitation pro am featured Sam Snead George Fazio Furgol and others with Snead tying for third in the pro field and winning 378 in the pro am as Fazio and Furgol claimed top professional scores.
Bitsy Grant captured his fourth Dixie tournament title with a 6-4 6-3 7-5 victory over top seed Frank Guernsey of Orlando. Doris Hart won the women's title 3-6 6-3 6-4 after surviving a scare from Barbara Scofield of San Francisco.
Scientists now contend that reports of ball lightning are actually after-images formed in the eye from a bright lightning flash just occurred. The conclusion follows extensive examination across multiple storms and eyewitness accounts.
The season continues as the team welcomes the Lenoir-Rhyne Bears for a home conference clash on the local hardwood.
Bethlehem Pa January 13. Allentown high school star teams extend long unbeaten streak as Wincheston meets Bethlehem high tomorrow night. Bethlehem squad has won nine of ten games, most by large margins.
High Point College's Purple Panthers prepare for a rematch with Hanes Hosiery after a 56-55 loss in Winston-Salem. Cedric Loftis fueled the late surge while Hugh Hampton led Hanes past Asheville and NC State, Duke, and UNC foes loom. The coach cautions on form and the tougher challenge of evening the series.
The last religious census shows about 54 576 350 people or 44 percent of the population were churchgoers.
The article notes U S taxpayers spend about two billion dollars each year to provide public school facilities for roughly 30 million students.
The Panthers show five wins in eight games and have lost close to Duke and Carolina. They won their lone conference game Saturday. The team plays Hanes here tomorrow, Asheville Bombers Friday, and Western Carolina Catamounts Saturday under Coach Tom Young.
In Charlevoix Michigan the Council Trees were planted over a century ago by Indian chiefs as a pledge of peace with the condition that the trees remain until they shed leaves. To prevent their being cut, locals bent the trees in curious shapes. Nine of the trees survive today.
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