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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1944
Page
18
Jim Steele president of the Mercury Athletic Club announced the monthly meeting for members at City Lake at 6 45 p m. Reports will be heard from committees on the National Junior Championship and Carolinas A A T swimming meet slated for City Lake on July 21 and 22.
The Mercury Club and City Recreation Department announce a two day swimming program at High Point Lake beginning July 21 featuring National Junior Championships and AAU events. Goldsboro entries include both girls and boys coached by Charlie Stapleton with a schedule of morning and afternoon heats, exhibitions, and open events.
National League results show New York defeating Chicago 6 to 3 and Pittsburgh 4 to 3 over Brooklyn 3 to 3. St Louis beat Boston 4 to 0 while Philadelphia edged Cincinnati 3 to 2.
GAMES TODAY lists New York at Chicago Hansen 0 1 Voiselle 11 9 versus Chipman 7 3 Passian 4 4. Brooklyn at Pittsburgh Davis 4 5 Head 4 2 Melton 5 7 Roe 5 6 Butcher 6 5. Philadelphia at Cincinnati Gerheau 5 8 Barrett 6 10 versus Carter 4 12 Gumbert 6 4. Boston at St Louis Tobin 9 9 Cardon 0 3 vs M Cooper 9 3 Brechner 6 1.
Probable starters listed for multiple games including Detroit at New York Trout versus Gorsica and Roser with Dubiel, Cleveland at Boston with Kiieman and Post against Bowman and Hausmann, Chicago at ease edged by Grove versus Flores and Hamlin, and St Louis at Washington with Mollingsworth and Potter or Shirley versus Wenn and Lefevre or Wollf.
An all star Army coaching staff is forming to lead an Army all star squad against the Brooklyn Tigers of the National Professional league in Abilene on August 26. Col. Victor Wales will head the staff with Maj. Lester Reiss Capt. Art Hyatt and Lt. Don Beeler as assistants. The Brooklyn squad plans to arrive in August and train at Hardin Simmons University marking a first for a National League team training in the Southwest.
Syracuse University will host at least 19 games this fall at Archbold Stadium with varsity contests against rivals like Cornell and Colgate. The schedule includes Friday night high school double headers starting September 22 to boost local interest while stadiums host both high school and varsity football under lights.
The twelfth annual All-Star game at Forbes Field favors the National League on the field, while the American League holds an 8-3 edge in the record books. Veterans from both leagues gather for the game and a major meeting follows, with talks on night games, farm systems, and the commissioner post.
Ensign George McAfee former Duke football star and Bears backfield ace takes over supervision of the Navy V-12 physical training program at the University of Virginia. He may help coach the Cavaliers this fall if duties permit, replacing Lt Harold Baylous who moves to the Pacific coast. Baylous helped coach Virginia's reserve squad and assisted with scouting last fall.
Stella Walsh wins six events at the national championships in Harrisburg. She sets a new AAU 200 meters record with 24.6 seconds and matches a worlds record in the 50 meters with 6.4 seconds. Walsh also dominates the broad jump and 100 meters, while Alice Coachman seizes the 50 meters title and Dorothy Dodson claims the shot put and save throw.
Byron Nelson Jag McSpaden and Toney Penna have entered the Utah Open July 21-23 at Fort Douglas Wasatch Bench with a $2,500 purse. Pro-am events on July 20 and July 24 at Ogden El Monte precede the 72 hole medal play. Officials hope to attract Ellsworth Vines and other western pros as prize money rises.
Baseball scores include American Association Kansas City 10 over Minneapolis 2 Louisville 12 over Columbus 11 Milwaukee 6 over St. Paul 3 Southern Association Memphis 2 over Chattanooga 1 Piedmont Newport News 3 over Portsmouth 1 Lynchburg 4 over Norfolk 3 International League Newark 4 over Baltimore 3 Buffalo 6 over Rochester 3 Toronto over Montreal with Jersey City 7 over Syracuse 2. The note mentions two night games and only games scheduled.
Harriet Sue a three year old filly owned by Hyman Griedberg of Louisville and ridden by Nick Jemas won the Arlington Matron stakes by a half length over Traffic Court with Happy Issue another length back. The mile race finished in 1 36 3 5 as Ruth Sidell's Burgoo Maid led early and Mar-Kell faded to sixth in front of about 20 000 spectators.
The first day at WarimancO Park in Elizabeth New Jersey sees the two day National AAU Decathlon championship without defending champion Bill Watson who is ill in Detroit. Irving Mondschein leads Charles Beaudry with Mondschein ahead by one point after Beaudry wins the 100 and 400 meter dashes and Beaudry places second in broad jump and shot put while Mondschein takes a single win and places second in several events.
New York reports wagering at the nation's race tracks fell by 2,686,622 to 6,493,438 from 9,180,060 on July 4. The July 8 tally shows a sharp drop in betting activity across major tracks.
Nelson and McSpaden defeated Lt Hogan and Toney Penna five up in the morning session as the $10,000 Golden Valley team tournament progresses.
In Minneapolis on July day four round results show Les Bolstad and Coria defeating Chick Harbert and Mike Turnesa seven up. Bill Kaiser and Bob Hamilton beat Sam Byrd and Johnny Revolta three up. Harry Cooper and Ellsworth Vines won two up over Jimmy Hines and Willie Goggin. Byron Nelson and Jug McSpaden defeated Ben Hogan and Toney Penna five up. Standings list Nelson-McSpaden at 1, Kaiser-Hamilton at 8, Hines-Goggin at 1, Byrd-Revolta at 6, Bolstad-Coria even, Cooper-Vines at 5, Hogan-Penna at minus 4, Harbert-Turnesa at 5.
Nelson and McSpaden extended a plus 14 lead with a 30 on the back nine aided by McSpaden's 40 foot eagle on 18. Kaiser and Hamilton stayed within reach, beating Byrd Revolta and then edging Hines Goggin. Bolstad Coria set an all time PGA best ball record with 59 before a 71 in the afternoon.
Mayo and Rich ards led Detroit with three hits apiece as Mayo hit two triples and Richards added his second homer of the year against the Yankees. New York starter Bill Zuber took the loss as Detroit pulled away with three runs in the seventh after taking a 2-1 lead on Richard’s fourth inning homer.
Gulfstream Park in Florida, once a racing hotspot, was sold to James Donn for 100000 dollars after a bankruptcy at the end of a 1939 collapse. Judge Holland confirmed the sale enabling a 40 day racing season and Donn planned races from March five to April twenty. Rival bidder Thomas Bragg said he would appeal to the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans.
Ruth May Hoerger of Miami Beach, a nationally recognized swimmer, has enlisted in the WAVES. At 21 she won the 1937 senior national three mile swim and placed second in 1936 and 1937 in the platform diving exhibition, holding Florida 220 and 440 yard freestyle titles and various scholastic records. She will report to WAVES training school in New York City.
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