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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1934
Page
2
Duke University hosts its fourth annual summer school for coaches with expected attendance near 200 from southern, midwestern and northern states. Wallace Wade leads football instruction while Cam Henderson, Carl Voyles and Add Warren head basketball, track and boxing sessions across four days.
The High Point Paper Box team defeated the Dickson Wood Carvers 7 to 4 yesterday afternoon. W. Thomas Farlow and Faircloth starred for the winners.
The winners batted in runs as John Thomas hit a home run for the losers. Score by innings lists Dickson with 4 runs on 6 hits and 2 errors while Boxers had 7 runs on 8 hits and 9 errors. Boxers pitchers were Haney Yakley Guyer Lightfoot Sheffield Wilson Gallimore.
Joe Knight of Miami retained the southern light heavyweight title with a unanimous decision over Leroy Brown of Charleston after a ten round bout in Charleston Ohio. Knight weighed 175 pounds Brown 161 with no knockdowns recorded.
Britain allocated two hundred thirty two million five hundred thousand pounds on alcoholic beverages during 1933, reflecting government and consumer expenditure patterns amid interwar economic conditions.
New York July 17 Madison Square Garden plans to revive Tex Rickard style elimination bouts to crown a challenge for Max Baer. Jimmy Johnston has lined a four man group Steve Hamas Primo Carnera Art Lasky and the winner of Neusel Schmeling to meet in two outdoor shows this summer with Loughran Levin sky Impellittere Risko on the undercards. The garden hopes one entrant will emerge to face Baer in June with critics noting the past tournaments were money makers despite not fully eliminating all contenders.
Enterprise Bureau Raleigh July 17 A new survey of all long term prisoners in the state prison system will identify those eligible for parole. Deputy Warden L G Whitley said the effort targets inmates with consistently good records who might otherwise be overlooked for parole and will refer suitable names to Commissioner EB Gill for investigation.
The article states total U.S. newsprint usage runs around 3,000,000 tons each year, reflecting broad production and printing demand across newspapers and related media. The figure signals a substantial industrial footprint and ongoing market scale for paper mills and distributors.
Rev. Marion Wayles testified that Sunday baseball is a moral necessity as Bi-State All-Stars played Greensboro in Martinsville. The piece notes strong community support for Sunday games, including many women in attendance, and recalls a Baptist minister known for football ingenuity.
Mayfield Ferguson resigns as manager of the 8. P. U. baseball club to focus on catching. Bill Fritz elected manager by players as the team plans to add a shortstop and a relief catcher before next Sunday's games. Various notes on players, scouts, and sports figures follow.
Piedmont League schedule features Charlotte at Wilmington, Gree at Richmond, and Norfolk at Asheville. Matches set for today with teams aiming to improve standings.
Yesterday results show only scheduled night games with Newark at Buffalo Syracuse at Toronto and Baltimore at Montreal. No final scores are provided in the listing.
The schedule shows Chicago at New York, St. Louis at Brooklyn, Cincinnati at Philadelphia as the only games. Standings list Pittsburgh and Philadelphia with numeric records and other clubs with unclear figures. no games are listed beyond the three matchups.
Yesterday results show Atlanta defeated Chattanooga 6 to 3, Birmingham beat Memphis 2 to 0, Knoxville topped Nashville 4 to 2, with other results not listed.
American League doubleheader slate lists Boston at Chicago and Philadelphia at St. Louis with Washington at Detroit and New York at Cleveland. The fragmented text includes stray letters and numbers that do not form additional decisive details.
In a Kansas City matchup of the American Association Indianapolis faced Minneapolis on muddy grounds as Columbia trailed 7 to 10. The brief item notes a scoreline with limited context and no further details.
In Guilford County North Carolina the Municipal Court of High Point issues a notice for Annie Rhodes Furr to answer a complaint seeking an absolute divorce after two years of separation. The defendant must appear at the Clerk's Office by August 18, 1934, or the plaintiff will seek relief. The notice is dated July 17, 1934.
In the City Commercial Golf League preview the Wachovia Bankers meet the lawyers in a top matchup. Adams Millis Plant faces City Hall, while Adams Millis office duels North State. The Enterprise team plays Diamond Fall Fashioned in another key clash.
Charlotte July 17 pirates win night contest beating Charlotte 2 1 with Barnes and Terhune holding Bees to nine hits. Pirates move a half game ahead as Charlotte suffers two bobbles. Asheville manager Billy Laval resigns. George Whitted to take over. Norfolk tops Asheville 8 2 as Curry homers. Richmond and Greensboro deadlock 6 6 in 13 innings.
Yesterday's Stars include Buck Newsom shutting out the Athletics after the first inning for the Browns. Al Simmons and the White Sox hit two homers as they split with the Red Sox. Alex McColl Ralph Kress Luke Sewell and Fred Schulte provided relief against the Tigers while others homered in the sixth inning. Johnny Allen of the Yankees earned his first win since May 12 with a solid start.
The Amos Independents travel to Newbern Sunday to face BUI Ferebee's All-Star group in the Coastal Plain League. Manager Johnson assembles a capable lineup to challenge the Newbern nine.
Textile industries employ about 50 percent of Japan's factory workers.
A religious belief among Indian women teaches self sacrifice in service to husbands and dying with honor at the husband’s funeral pyre. The article notes the cultural expectation and its moral framing within local society.
Brazil now provides telephone service reaching nearly every country in Europe, expanding international communications. The move enhances cross continental calls and signals increased regional connectivity.
About half of Argentina’s motion picture theaters have been wired for sound films. The development signals a transition toward synchronized sound in cinemas nationwide, reflecting modernization of the country’s film exhibition industry.
The Cleveland pitching parade gave the Yankees a 7 4 loss as three Indian relievers walked batters and aided a late New York rally. Pinch hitter Farre Combs opened the ninth with a double, but Cleveland relievers failed to locate the plate allowing six free bases. Ralph Kress Luke Sewell and Fred Schulte homered for Washington in a 10 8 win over Detroit. Red Sox split two with the White Sox while Buck Newsome out pitched the A’s as St Louis beat Philadelphia 3 2. The National League had an open date.
Jules Carson, selected to succeed Tommy Scaffe as director of athletics, announces he will keep Jack Frost as one assistant and rehire Charlie Lutz as the other. Lutz serves as freshman coach in football and basketball and resumes duties as Varsity track coach and director of physical education. Frost, a Citadel graduate and former Spartanburg high school coach, will head basketball and baseball and assist varsity football.
Charlotte July 17 Seeded players began second round singles in the mid Atlantic tournament with no upsets from first round matches yesterday Wilmer Hines did not defend his title leaving Lefty Bryan to face Paul Jones in Charlotte Wilbur Hees meets Winship Nunnally Doc Marr faces Irwin Henderson Jack Beckman meets John Stephens George Ball plays Alton Bassett Bill Parkhill meets the winner of a first round match Robert Lake faces Campbell Gillespie Wiley Van Warner meets Bill Cain Louisville completes the eight seed lineup
The United States ships roughly 570 million pounds of canned foods abroad each year, reflecting a substantial export volume in preserved goods. The note highlights the scale of U S food trade in canned commodities.
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