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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1948
Page
8
The article questions the North Carolina policy to limit high school postseason football after the regular schedule. It argues towns deserve to host season games for civic projects and critiques the governing body's authority to decide which towns may field teams for post season play.
The piece argues against a blanket postseason ban and defends local decision making. It notes the NCHSAA recent eligibility move from age 20 to 19, claiming it returns football to high school boys and ends players staying extra years. It warns against broader overreach harming programs and improvements.
Bobby Layne, once doubted by college scouts for pro potential, has pitched for the Lubbock Hubbers in the West Texas New Mexico league. In six games he is 3–2 with a five hit shutout of Clovis, and plans to continue baseball between Bears football duties, stating football is his game.
High Point American Legion juniors close first round with four games in four nights at Finch Field. They need one win to guarantee a tie for second, two for outright second, and a clean sweep or Lexington defeat margin could crown them first.
Roy Campanella, rookie catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, homered twice and added a single as the Dodgers beat the New York Giants 13 to 12 at Ebbets Field. Pete Reiser delivered the go ahead RBI single with bases loaded in the ninth, lifting Brooklyn into sixth place, three games out of the first division.
Ben Hogan tied with Dutch Harrison after 72 holes at the Motor City Open finishing 275, nine under par. The playoff for 1 p m EST determined the $2,600 winner from a $15,000 purse with Hogan aiming to surpass $20,000 for the year. John Palmer shot a 65 to share third, with Marty Gurgel and others collecting $1,275 each for four days.
The record notes Ted Williams started organized baseball in 1938 with the San Diego club of the Pacific Coast League. It adds a note on Wisconsin meaning land of gathering waters.
Eight of the ten prizes in the June fishing contest at City Lake went to local anglers. Winners include Harold Hutchinson, C. N. McCain, and J. N. McCrary of High Point for Largest Bass. Other awards go to High Point and Greensboro anglers for crappie, bream, and catfish. City Lake will open today for fishermen and close Tuesday with one day off next week.
Weavers Hold League Lead undefeated with 13 straight wins in Industrial circuit. Becker's Clothiers sits second with 10 victories and three losses as standings show H Point Weaving at 13 1 1 000 and others including Myung Assenesi and Hillcrest among the lower spots. league pauses until July 12 for postponed games.
Today’s schedule shows MLB matches Philadelphia at Washington New York at Boston Detroit at Cleveland St. Louis at Chicago National League Boston at New York Brooklyn at Philadelphia Cincinnati at Pittsburgh Chicago at St. Louis in Ohio Valley and North Carolina leagues feature Salisbury at Hi Toms Lexington at Concord Albemarle at Hickory Mooresville at Statesville Winston Salem at Greensboro Reidsville at Martinsville Raleigh at Durham Danville at Burlington Greensboro at Winston Salem Martinsville at Reidsville Durham at Raleigh Burlington at Danville.
Troop 235 sponsored by Erlinger Mills Lexington won the weekly water meet at Camp Uwharrie with 64 points led by Tyler Freeman and Henry Brown. Events included 50 yard freestyle backstroke breast stroke and Egg and Spoon race plus 200 yard relays across four age classes. Troop 3 High Point took second and Troop 20 High Point third with 36 and 27 points. Troop 235 also won Little Camp Baseball elimination but lost 9 to ? to Camp Uwharrie staff in the final. Crowds of parents and friends attended the campfire program featuring boxing and pillow fights to teach fair play.
Entries for the first annual qualifying for the junior amateur golf championship at Aspen Arbor Michigan August 11 to 14 close next Friday. George Corcoran, pro at Greensboro Country Club, announced the sectional qualifying in Greensboro. Eligible players must not have reached their 18th birthday by August 14, 1948.
The High Point Thomasville Hi-Toms host the Salisbury Pirates at Finch Field tonight at 8 as they begin a two game series. After a 10 game win streak ended by Lexington 2-1, the team will start either Richard Moses or Walter Macierowski on the mound. Moses had three wins last week as the Hi-Toms pushed toward the first division and Macierowski earned one victory.
The Hi-Toms press toward a top NC league position as High Point Enterprise selects a Star of the Diamond at each home game. Three top hitters and fielders earn prizes from local merchants after the season. Lexington won late in the ninth, A’s Bill Wood started the rally, Joe Massaro homered. The Hi-Toms began a winning streak June 21, beating Statesville 6-4, with multiple wins over Concord Mooresville Hickory Albemarle Salisbury and Lexington in two weeks. Next games set in Salisbury and Statesville with a trip to Statesville then back home to finish the two-game set with Statesville.
Beau Jack will box four to six rounds daily until July 12 when he defends the lightweight title against Ike Williams in a 15 round bout at Shibe Park Philadelphia. Chick Wergeles says Jack will add about 15 pounds of exercise daily at the Christian Street YMCA and weighs around 139 pounds as he nears the lightweight limit.
Salt Lake City hosts the Utah State singles tennis championship today with Victor Seixas of Philadelphia and North Carolina, and Sam Match of San Francisco, defending two of the top contenders in a transcontinental showdown for the Beehive State title.
Danville’s Leafs beat Reidsville 3-2 and Raleigh edged the Cards 8-7 while Winston-Salem’s lead shrank to one game. Durham Bulls belted three homers in a 16-2 rout of Greensboro as Danville and Burlington split two scoring innings, with Luckhardt driving in the decisive runs.
USC and UCLA have met ten times in the Rose Bowl era with matchups shaping conference pride and pageantry. The historic series highlights football tradition in Pasadena.
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