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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1946
Page
8
The Catawba football coach G A Kirkland contemplates losing tailback Chubby Gabriel to West Point amid fan donations for a condolence card. Kirkland admits uncertainty about Gabriel’s return and notes Bowen and Holfhouser as potential replacements.
In West Springfield Massachusetts Elmer sent Fay 199 Miami Fila. Earl Lowman 225 De 2 01 of third. Paulie Jackson 132 Ding Pa outpointed Ham.
The record lists multiple boxing match outcomes across cities with scores and knockouts, including New Orleans Lefty Lachance and Philadelphia Wesley Mouzon. A closing astronomy note says the earth would appear about 80 times brighter from the moon than the moon does from Earth.
The Dodgers win 11-6 at Ebbets Field to end Philadelphia’s surge and stretch their lead over the Phillies to six and a half games. Ed Stevens drives in four as Brooklyn builds a six run first inning and adds three in the second and two in the fifth. Benny Zientara scores the go ahead run in the fourth extra frame for Pittsburgh 1-0 over Chicago. Virgil Trucks tosses a two hitter as Detroit blanks Chicago White Sox 2-0.
National League leaders include Walker of Brooklyn in batting with 375 and 48 runs for Musial of St. Louis in RBIs. Walker again tops with 7 triples alongside Musial, while Mize leads home runs with 15 for the New York club. Reiser of Brooklyn has 17 stolen bases. American League leaders feature Vernon of Washington batting .338 and Williams of Boston with 71 runs and 20 homers. Doerr of Boston leads in hits with 91 and doubles with 22. Williams also tops with 14 stolen bases. Harris of Boston posts a 11-2 record and .846 ERA in pitching.
Yesterday's Stars highlight Sewell of the Pirates hurling four hits allowed in a 1-0 win over Chicago to lift Pittsburgh from last place. Trucks of the Tigers beat Chicago 2-0, Lamanno hits 13th homer in Reds 5-4 over Cardinals. Berry wins for Indians with three hitter relief and RBI in 6-4 over Browns after sale from Toronto. Stevens drives in four in Dodgers 11-6 rout of Phillies.
Hank Greenberg doubled and Roy Cullenbine homered as Detroit beat St Louis 6-4. Joe Berry, newly purchased by Cleveland, earned the win by retiring the Browns in the sixth and driving in the go-ahead run. The Yankees shut out the Giants 3-0 in an exhibition at the Polo Grounds.
Johnny Bulla led American players into the championship rounds at St Andrews with a 36 hole qualifying total of 151 as the British Open tournament began.
In Thomasville at Finch Field Mooresville rallies past Thomasville 11 to 10 as Walter Fiala and Phillip Cardinale pace the Moors. Dodgers fall into a tie for eighth. Tommies manager Jud Kirke begins rebuilding after four straight wins.
The listing shows North American standings with schedules for the American League and Carolinas League. Key games include Detroit 2 Chicago 0 and Cleveland 6 St Louis 4 in steady play, plus multiple night and matinee matchups across cities like Philadelphia Boston Cincinnati St Louis and Pittsburgh.
The JayCees beat the Lions 10 2. Kiwanis and Exchange tied 4 4 in seven innings. Notable plays include Overby and Wishon with key hits and Overby taking the loss while Robertson earned the win. Umpires were McFarland and Ward.
The comptroller of the currency issued a call for a statement of condition of all national banks as of close of business Saturday June 29. This action accompanies the July 2 release summarizing bank health and capital adequacy across the system.
North Carolina State will stage a 10 game football schedule this autumn according to athletics business manager J. L. Von Glahn. The planned games include Duke at home September 5 and Florida at Tampa November 23 among others with venues in Roanoke Blacksburg Nashville and Tampa.
In Finch Field Thomasville July 2 Gordon Smith yielded only two hits as Itova High rode a sharp pitching performance to a vital victory. Bill Currie reports the win kept Itova within reach of the second bracket and an improved path toward the Legion tournament.
High Point Post 87 will host Leaksville in a two game Legion baseball double header at Finch Field tomorrow night. First pitch is 6 oclock with the second game to follow. Jimmy Hayworth plans to start Jimmy Rickert in the opener and has yet to name the pitcher for the nightcap.
New York reports the national horse show will resume at Madison Square Garden this fall after a wartime hiatus. The event will feature the usual white tie attire and international military jumpers alongside the horses.
Mose Simms staged a comic Indian dance and outlined a plan for Oklahoma City University football to regain major status. He proposed a 50 man all ex-GIs squad draped in Indian blankets with halftime pageantry and war paint to boost the program’s image.
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