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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1931
Page
3
The Piedmont League votes 6 to 2 for a split season starting July 7 as Raleigh contests constitutionality. Judge Bramham, league president, doubts legality while the meeting in Greensboro is canceled.
Dan Boone's Pointers drop a 2 to 1 ten inning decision to Raleigh in a tight Raleigh game. Murchison held the Caps to three singles before a decisive 10th inning rally.
The article details Blair Park municipal course challenges with water, sand traps, and rough greens. It celebrates rising golfers, notes players struggle to break a hundred, and praises local fighters and baseball teams amid league talk and expected splits.
In Charlotte on July 14 the fifth annual mid-Atlantic championships moved to second round play after first round matches. Rain delays and Birmingham travel hindered progress while top seeds Hines Wright Crosland Beckman led the field with byes, and a junior division opening was held. Hines expected to arrive tonight or tomorrow to begin his round two with others following the revised seed list.
Walter Johnson’s masterful strategy in the Washington Senators game is credited with hastening their defeat. The A’s split a doubleheader, taking the second game 12-7 as Foxx, Williams and Simmons homered, while Alvin Crowder won 6-4 for the Senators in the nightcap. In the National League, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 12-5 to extend their lead over the idle New York Giants. Remy Kremer posted five hits in a late surge for St. Louis.
A new preparation from two North Carolina druggists labeled B-C offers rapid relief from headaches and nervous distress. Sold in 10¢ and 25¢ packages at drug stores and soda fountains, the formula combines several ingredients claiming to ease ecrotic neuralgic and female headaches within minutes without mood lowering aftereffects.
The Tourists sit third in the second half with three wins and three losses after their game with the Patriots at Greensboro was rained out. Durham Raleigh Winston-Salem and Henderson are tied for fourth at three and four. The Twins beat the Gamecocks 5 to 3 at Henderson, while Greensboro has two victories in seven starts.
Max Schmeling arrives in Berlin hailed by 8,000 fans and major sport figures as the legitimate world heavyweight champion after defeating W L Young Stribling in Cleveland ten days earlier. He thanks Germany, saying he proved himself a genuine champion.
Dave Harriss and Joe Kuhel homered to drive in five runs as the Senators defeated the Athletics 6 to 4 in the second game.
In a woods and hills round a famed Bob Jones disciple gets lost on a hill delaying matches. After half an hour a searching party forms and a ball drops on the greens. The player returns with a wide smile claiming Lieing three, a dubious score the group suspects was a throw from the hill.
The piece praises a new municipal course for its sporty layout and natural hazards. It urges locals to visit Willis Park tomorrow night and rally support for the Pointers, promoting both moral and financial backing and a split season for the baseball club.
Highland and Hillcrest meet in a playoff to decide the Industrial League first half championship. The game is scheduled Saturday at Willis Park at 8 pm after their 2 0 2 tie in the regular schedule and Hillcrest’s 5 to 2 win in the second half opener. A large crowd is expected at Piedmont League Park.
New York midget Wolgast outpointed Ruby Bradley of Holyoke and Eddie Benson defeated Pat Redmond as St Louis Eddie Wolfe beat Roy Mitchell. Tony Canzoneri edged Cecil Payne in Los Angeles. George Godfrey stopped Geo Gemas in Toronto. Johnny Jacick won over Tony Herrera in Pittsburgh. The card closes with a baseball box score referencing Slayback English Rhienhardt Packard and other hitters. Honn allowed four homers.
Dibrell Williams of Athletics hits a pinch hit home run with bases loaded off Sena tors. Jim Elliott of Phillies shuts out Pirates 1 0 on five hits for the victory.
Coach Wallace Wade and assistants at Duke University will conduct a four day coaching school July 22 to 25. Sessions cover football basketball and track with lectures and field work. Attendants include Carl Voyles Eddie Cameron Ellis Hagler Herschell Caldwell, with headquarters at the university gymnasium.
Jake Flowers led the Cardinals with four RBIs and two runs scored on two doubles and a triple against the Cubs.
In a 10 inning game yesterday Raleigh edged High Point 2 to 1. Charlotte beat Durham 6 to 2 while Winston-Salem defeated Henderson 5 to 3. Greensboro Asheville game postponed due to rain.
Boston plays Cincinnati. Brooklyn faces St. Louis. New York meets Chicago. Philadelphia takes on Pittsburgh.
The schedule shows a set of results with Philadelphia beating Pittsburgh 41 to 9 and St Louis defeating Chicago 12 to 5. All outcomes are marked as scheduled.
The schedule lists Chicago versus Washington, St. Louis versus Boston, Detroit versus Philadelphia, and Cleveland visiting New York.
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