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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1949
Page
9
In North State League action the Hi-Toms ride Finch Field to the top of the Class D standings while critics question management and scorer bias. The club uses a mix of veterans and rookies to dominate and draw wide attention from local sports writers.
The article portrays a baseball leader as a sharp talent scout who organized a team and arranged home broadcasts at Finch Field. He pushed selling the Hi-Toms to Thomasville and High Point fans while advising on public relations and attendance. He notes rival clubs lack broadcasting and questions if the team can climbing to win the pennant late in the season.
Los Angeles reports an all championship 15 round title bout tomorrow night at Wrigley Field between Ike Williams and Enrique Bolanos with Jack Dempsey refereeing for free. The event aims to lift an $83 000 mortgage as ticket sales boom after Williams beat Bolanos in a 1949 decision. Both fighters boast nine fights since. Williams, 25, from Trenton New Jersey, is the favorite. Bolanos, 24, Mexican idol, prepares for the peak clash.
Beaumont Tex July 20 George Elder Beaumont ex porter infielder was sent back to Baltimore of the International league tonight by the exporters Elder who came here on option from the Maryland team was hitting .223 for the local team.
Ronnie Clark, a 5 year old neighborhood pitcher, was knocked from the mound when lightning struck a nearby tree during a City Park game. The bolt injured the pitcher and three others and scattered over 100 spectators.
A bolt split a tree then arced to steel supports around a swing frame where players sat. The charge struck the frame及 ripped earth, injuring several people with burns and shock. Detective I A Thomas described the incident as a dangerous strike near the diamond.
Four home runs helped the St. Louis Browns sweep a twilight doubleheader from the Philadelphia Athletics 9-4 and 5-4 to extend their winning streak to five. Jack Graham and Sherm Lollar homered in game one, Gerry Priddy and Dick Kokos in game two, with Bob Dillinger sparking six straight Browns hits.
Cleveland based report notes Virgil F. Stewart, a garage mechanic vice president, and Howard M. Smayda, a bakery owner, claim to have developed a fluid controlled transmission for cars with under 30 moving parts including bushings.
In Memphis on July 20 amateurs tee off for the Colonial Country Club Invitational. Intercollegiate champion Harvie Ward of Tarboro North Carolina is the favorite to win the qualifying rounds and advance.
In Hartford Harry Snuff Smith, 132, outpointed George Dunn, 131. In Allentown Pat Richards, 182, outpointed Agostinhe Guedes, 148. In New Bedford Doe Blackwood, 15814, stopped Hilly Gordon, 158, Fall River. The brief results list multiple regional matches with local boxers and outcomes.
Hi-Toms pitcher Ron Schuettenberg limited Statesville to three hits in a 3-1 win. Charlie Raehse and Herman Niehaus sparked early offense, while Mickey McGuire and Niehaus added runs. Crowd about 1,200 watched at Finch Field as Thomasville and Statesville split their series.
Dorothy Head of Wilmington Delaware defeats Mrs Francis A C Wosters of Haverford Pennsylvania 6 4 2 6 6 4 in the final to capture the middle states women s lawn tennis singles championship. The match, postponed from Sunday due to rain, crowns Head again as queen.
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