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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1947
Page
5
A High Point column argues for a Tri State league bid and celebrates baseball as a town pastime. The writer recalls past local heroes, extols the sport, and urges residents to back a High Point ball team with enthusiasm, peanuts, and spirited stadium talk.
Gastonia High School hosts High Point High in Western Class AA action as the Green Wave seek to improve a .500 conference mark with two newly eligible players Bill Uren and Kenney Phillips poised to boost the offense. The Bison aim to stay unbeaten, led by Rich ard Crowder Hunsucker and Bill Hartley as they defend a string of conference wins.
Asheville Bombers beat High Point college 54 39 in Harrison gym last night. Smawley led with 17 points while Moran scored 13 for High Point. Harris held Sheets to one field goal as Patton and Miller were absent.
LYNN NISBET reports Raleigh on January 28 that a long talked about bill to separate game and in land fish control from the department of conservation and development has 52 House sponsors and may gain more. The measure would create a nine member North Carolina Wild Life Resources commission with terms of nine years, transfer lands and records to the new agency, and raise questions over whether streams and forests fall under wildlife resources.
New York January AP reports a $299000 bribe offer to boxer Rocky Graziano as part of a widening probe into fixing sports events. District Attorney Frank Mogan says Graziano admitted using a sore back to call off a December 27 bout with Ruben Shank of Denver after encounters with men offering the payoff. Graziano suggested others may be involved and recalled prior approaches by gamblers around a previous fight with Al Davis. Sol Straus, acting director of the 20th Century Sporting Club, is noted in the report.
Chatham Blanketeers, defending state champions, visit Tomlinson Girls for a 7:30 PM opener of a doubleheader at the senior high gym. Chatham features Anne Lineback, the Sherrill sisters, and Doris Shugart as all-Americans candidates. Tomlinson seeks an upset after a 13th straight win.
Frances Kinney, a standout free swimmer from Tarboro High School now at Woman’s College Greensboro, is profiled as a top Teague Memorial nominee. Her Carolina A.A.U. high point wins and Southern meet titles, plus national relay records, mark her as one of the era’s brightest in senior swimming.
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