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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1931
Page
3
Dixie Conference play heats up as Vanderbilt must beat two unbeaten rivals, Florida tonight and Kentucky midweek, then Sewanee Saturday. Georgia leads the loop with six wins while several other top teams clash across a busy slate featuring Alabama LSU Duke and North Carolina State among others.
Charlotte reports a primed Duke Blue Devils travel to Raleigh to face the N.C. State Red Terrors in a key big five clash. Davidson leads the pack with North Carolina and Wake Forest. Chapel Hill hosts Wake Forest as the week’s second big five game.
University of North Carolina to issue equipment Monday and Tuesday and start winter football practice on Wednesday afternoon in Kenan Stadium. Coaches Collins Cerney and Fetzer anticipate a large turnout for Heel Camp in Chapel Hill.
A column reviews Governor Gardner’s push for wage and personnel cuts and calls for relief on bread meat and utility prices. It praises Duke football ties, notes Wallace Wade and Duke’s rise, and mocks upcoming boxing hype with Stribling, urging timing and context over sensationalism.
The High Point Commercial League bowlers will meet tonight in matches at the King Pin Bowling Alleys, with organizers confirming the schedule this morning.
Plans for the winter training of the team are not announced. Head Coach Collins has been in a Durham hospital undergoing a minor operation. It is likely the Tar Heels will focus on fundamentals during winter drills while continuing weekly intra squad games.
Durham January 19 Coach Wallace Wade the new Duke athletic director says the goal is a broad sane program to develop men not a world beating football team. He values character rugged manhood and education over Rose Bowl glory and plans spring practice to fit student schedules with exams in February and weather conditions shaping start dates. He has begun meeting prospective players including Pierce Brewer and will steadily build his coaching staff after assessing needs.
Raleigh NC January 19 The return of John Gammon star forward for North Carolina State College boosts the Red Terrors ahead of the Southern Conference game with V P I next Wednesday night January 21 Gammon has healed from a sprained ankle and will be in condition for the game State has lost four of its four conference starts this year to Georgia Auburn and Alabama Coach R R Sermon plans light workouts and new plays with Ralph Johnson Skeet Atkinson Bud Rose Gilbert Clark and Morgan likely starting along with Gammon out for the opener
Researchers report several meteorites containing diamonds of both black and white varieties. The finds expand understanding of diamond formation in extraterrestrial materials and suggest diverse impact histories. Further analysis aims to determine formation conditions and potential implications for meteoritic resource value.
An advertisement touts Cystex for night ache backache leg pains nervousness and burning from bladder irritation in acidic conditions. It claims rapid action within 15 minutes, broad praise, and guarantees by Tron-Clad offering a refund of money if conditions don’t improve.
Wesley Fesler, Ohio State all American, discusses balancing football with academics. He notes his class average around B, credits football with building willpower to excel in studies, and reveals plans to enter business in Columbus after college while optionally assisting coaching at Ohio State. He has prior All-America honors from 1929 and 1930 and won the Tribune Cup as most valuable Big Ten player in 1930.
John Golden of Nor ton Connecticut won the Agua Caliente open golf title in Mexico beating George Von Elm 75 to 79 in an 18 hole playoff. Both leaders shared the first prize of 10 000 dollars and second prize 3 500 dollars, with Golden taking the diamond studded gold medal. The winner led from the first hole and Herzog trailed until the eighth.
BELLEAIR Fla Jan 2 AP Judge Kenesaw Landis ruler of baseball discusses golf in a humorous interview. He says when a ball lands in a trap one should not use mild words but curse it and move on. He also favors good night baseball in small towns and less so in big towns. Mrs Landis then calls for dinner ending the interview.
The solid eastern player carded a 37 on the first nine to lead by five strokes over the business man golfer after three holes of the home round. The rallyes faded as the easterner built early advantage.
Jack Berg the English lightweight star selects Chicago as the opening site of his American campaign. He faces Goldie Hess of Los Angeles in a ten round Chicago Stadium show. Ernie Schaaf returns to Madison Square Garden for a ten round bout with James J. Braddock, while Larry Johnson faces Paul Cavalier in the semi final.
The department of commerce places Kentucky tobacco production this year at 333,125,000 pounds.
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