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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1949
Page
12
High Point prepares for a wide open AAU sanctioned swimming meet attracting teams from Washington New Jersey South Carolina and other states. Officials expect records to fall with many events open to out of state competitors and a focus on the sport's spectacle and athletic merit.
The NCAA appoints a nine member committee to map standards for post season football games, aiming to limit the growing number of bowls from about six to 50 or more while guarding against promoter excess and ensuring charitable or worthy aims. The panel includes figures from the Pacific Coast Conference, Rice, Duke, Tulane, and others, with the effort to restrict games that do not meet standards. Proceeds and travel expenses of visiting teams are among issues cited in a survey of 17 traditional games conducted in 1948.
Gladesboro and Brownsdale battled in a tight game with Wiseman and Lawerence leading for Gladesboro while Young and Sechrest contributed for Brownsdale. Final score details unclear but the matchup highlighted performances from Wiseman Lawerence Young and Sechrest.
Pancho Gonzales outlasts Vic Seixas in a 4 set semi final 6-2 5-7 6-4 6-1 at River Forest Tennis Club to set a final with Frankie Parker. Magda Burac and Beverly Baker also reach the women’s final with Baker to face Burac.
Sammy Snead shot 69 to reach 203 after 54 holes at Alcoma Golf Club, five strokes ahead of Lloyd Mangrum who posted 208. Bob Hamilton and Toby Lyons tied for third at 209 as Jim Demaret carded a 66 for the day.
The standings show Boston 11 to Detroit 1 and St Louis 4 to New York 2 with rain halting games. Today’s results include Boston 9 Chicago 1 and Philadelphia 4 St Louis 2, plus New York 0 in 2 innings.
Eddie Waitkus plans to leave Billings Memorial Hospital tomorrow and fly to Philadelphia ending over a month in care after being shot by Ruth Stienhagen. He hopes to play again this season though the bullet removal and drain tubes still affect him.
Hi-Toms top starter Al Jarrett worked one inning before Finch Field was drenched by rain as Lexington and the league leading Hi-Toms had a 0-0 game halted after the first inning. Weather delays forced postponements, with makeup dates set for later.
Jaroslav Drobny crushed Vladimir Cernik 6-0 6-1 to reach the Swiss championships final in Gstaad. Earl Cochell beat Pedro Massip 10-8 6-1 in the other semi. Drobny and Cernik advanced in doubles with Puncec and Weisz, while Geofert and Beuthner won the other semi. Summers and Watermayer captured the women's doubles 8-6 6-2.
Harvie Ward of Theta Phi Tobago? Wait Ward of Thor? Wins the Carolinas Golf Association Championship in Fayetteville by defeating Malcolm McLean of Charlotte 7 and 5 in the 86-hole finals. Ward, UNC intercollegiate titlist, led 8 up after 18 holes as McLean rallied early in the second 18.
Roscoe McGowen of the All-Star panel reversed an earlier call and charged first baseman Eddie Kazak with an infield error on a grounder from Detroit’s George Kell to Kazak’s throw to John Mize. The change gave Kazak an assist and erased a miscue by Mize, affecting earned runs for the American League in the inning.
In Thomasville on July 16 two clubs led the City Softball league with four wins and one loss each. Star Furniture and Carolina Baptist atop a 10-team standings table, followed by a mixed list of other teams and results.
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