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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1944
Page
18
The Norfolk Naval Training Station Bluejackets defeated Duke University Blue Devils 72 to 59 before 2,000 fans. Duke’s Wright led scorers with 19 points as Duke faded from a 5-0 start.
North Carolina tops Maryland 6 2 in a tight meet led by Norman Davis who defeated Sid Sterman in the 165 pound class. Walter Kraus delivered the only knockout, stopping Frank Doory in 1:52 of the first round as two bouts ended in draws.
Virginia boxers handed the Carolina Navy Pre Flight School their first loss of the season in an 8 bout card. Cavalier John McDonald outpointed Martin to seal a 5 2 4 decision before 2 500 fans, with multiple Cavaliers earning wins by knockout or decision in various weight classes.
Arkansas defeated SMU 74 to 49 while St. Joseph's beat Rhode Island 69 to . Muhlenberg topped Philadelphia Navy Yard Marines 45. Cornell beat Hobart 41. Iowa and Illinois had lopsided scores. Texas defeated Texas Christian. New Mexico won 56 to 44 over Texas Tech. Other results include North Carolina over (unreadable) 4 to (incomplete).
North Carolina swimming defeated Navy Natators 39 to 36 at Annapolis led by Hammond Wildman and Mallison who helped NC set a pool record in the 300 yard medley relay with a 3 00 2. Event winners included Whitner in the 200 yard freestyle and Mallison in the 100 yard freestyle. Navy posted a 400 yard freestyle relay win.
William Malcolm Dickey, veteran New York Yankees catcher, is selected by the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers Association as Player of the Year. He will receive the award February 6 at the Hotel Commodore in New York. Dickey, 37, is noted for 13 straight 100 game seasons, 125 games in 1931 without a passed ball, three homers in a game, and multiple All-Star and World Series appearances with the Yankees.
St. Louis Browns announced sending contracts to 33 players and will open spring training at Cape Girardeau Missouri on March 10 for pitchers and catchers with the rest joining March 13. The roster totals 15 pitchers five catchers seven infielders and six outfielders though draft status may affect availability. Toledo will train with the Browns and a seven game series with the Cardinals will be staged in St. Louis after the Cairo camp.
Connie Mack announced the outright sale of Felix Mackiewicz Francis Skaff and Sam Lowry to the Baltimore Orioles of the International League. The deal was believed to be around 10000 dollars with Mackewicz a Purdue graduate who played as pitcher and outfielder.
CHAPEL HILL Jan 22 North Carolina prepares for three feature meets next weekend culminating in the Carolinas AAU Championships. The White Phantom quintet meets N C State and Richmond, while Tar Heel wrestlers race at Newport News Apprentice School and the Blue Dolphin swim team hosts Emory and Henry Georgia Tech in a triple bill. Captain Denny Hammond leads a strong dual slate as the Carolinas indoor tank classic enters its fifth year with likely fast times and record attempts.
Grand Circuit stewards announced a 14 week racing schedule from July 15 to Sept 25 with three weeks at Old Orchard Beach and a two week session at Lexington. New tracks Duquoin NL and Trenton NJ join. Goshen Saratoga Springs and Roosevelt Raceway return. Hampletonian for three year olds set for Aug 9. Joe Neville plans a $10 000 event for three year old pacers aiming to reach Hambletonian-level by 1946.
Major General Helge Jung, commander of Swedish forces on the Norwegian frontier, said in Stockholm that Swedish defense has grown so strong that an invader would meet very efficient resistance. He declared Sweden could even take the initiative.
In Raleigh on January 22 the North Carolina College for Negroes basketball team overcame Shaw University 87 to 4 after leading 24 to 23 at halftime. State started the second half barefoot and continued the game without shoes.
In a rare geographical note the three most active European volcanoes Etna Stromboli and Vesuvius align in a straight line spanning Sicily to Naples.
Bill Hulse, the 4:06 miler, defeated James Rafferty to win the A A U metropolitan mile at the 13th Regiment Armory. Rudy Simms pressured through six laps before Hulse opened a five-yard gap by the seventh, finishing in 4:15.6 with Simms second. Lawrence Schmidt upset Al Daily in the 1 000 yard, clocking 2:21.8.
In Raleigh on January 22 the U S Navy Pre-Flight team defeated N C State College 71 to 32. Whitey Myer scored 30 points, Bill Palmer added 17, while Kholer led State with 10. The Cloudbusters used cadets in the second half and benched officer players.
Maj W J Would ing officer at Van de Graaff Field leaves his gold maple leaf insignia at home to play as a regular guard in the Tuscaloosa League. He plays with and against a group labeled G I Joes under Lieut Hank Anderson who notes Woulding’s varsity style and crack guard abilities.
Willie Hoppe of New York won the final two blocks over Welker Cochran of San Francisco to push his margin to 193 points for the cross country three cushion series. Hoppe took the Detroit afternoon block 50 to 26 in 37 innings and the final 50 to 48 in 44 innings, seizing a 600 to 490 edge in Detroit and 1,850 to 1,657 overall, with remaining legs in New York next week after earlier play in Kansas City and Chicago.
Fred Cochrane former world welterweight boxing champion now in the Navy files for an annulment of his marriage to Beatrice Milano Cochran of New York. He says they wed in Elizabeth New Jersey on October 14 1942 and separated immediately claiming she married him because he was an outstanding sports figure.
Nicely furnished heated rooms available downstairs in Lange residence 224 E Washington. Contact phone 3965 or 41141. Also another furnished heated bedroom with sound chiming in Seth residence at 329 Wood Row, phone 4377.
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