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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1935
Page
5
The Cardinals face the Giants as Detroit and New York contend for the top. Chicago split with the Giants in a doubleheader, Cubs and White Sox hold third place behind the Yanks and Sox amid late-season standings shifts.
Harry Cooper won the St. Paul Open at Keller course with a 271 total over 72 holes to set a tourney record and win $1,200. He led by four strokes over Horton Smith with rounds of 68 67 68 68, as a strong field mirrored Oakmont form and Cooper accumulated $6,933.33 in four starts in the event.
Charlie Yates an 11 year old long hitter from Atlanta claimed the Western Amateur title in Colorado Springs after beating Rodney Bliss of Omaha and formerly of Cornell in a tight final. Yates described himself as doggone lucky after three years of effort to win the match. The article notes a broader statistic that the United States produced more than 255 million pairs of shoes in the first nine months of 1931.
A series of historical trivia questions about North Carolina includes a signer who bought a private musket he could not use the governor's tactics to block Stamp Act Congress delegates the 1897 arrest of the lieutenant governor and speaker the state offering blankets to federal prisoners Vanderbilt becoming State Fair president and the 1759 grave desecration of John Haywood by colonists.
A collage of historical notes traces Joseph Hewes in the Continental era, a New York congress session during October 1765, Swinson’s controversy over enslaved assistants and an act to abolish his office, a stalled prisoner blanket exchange with the Confederacy, Edith Vanderbilt’s 1921 Board of Agriculture appointment and State Fair leadership, Haywood’s role with the Earl of Granville, a fatal episode and a grave inspection, and the counties involved in exposing the grave.
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In Knoxville Tennessee rain delayed play as three state tennis titles were decided Saturday. Ramsay Potts Jr from Memphis tied with a North Carolina contender to reach the men’s singles final. Archie Henderson and another semifinal winner prepared to meet for the crown in the afternoon.
Lenore Eight of Homestead Pennsylvania and Katherine Rawls of Miami Beach lead the American women swimmers as the 1936 Olympic team prospects after national championships in Manhattan Beach. Eight retained titles include 300 meters individual medley and multiple freestyle distances. Rawls added 220 yards breaststroke and medley records.
From the Tar Heel school, Bruce Baxter and Henderson faced a halted match after darkness fell on Saturday. Each had won two sets and stood 7-7 in the deciding set, delaying the finish of a tense contest.
The American League leader list shows Greenberg of the Tigers with 110 RBIs and 26 home runs, Johnson of the Athletics with 14 RBI and 19 home runs, Gehrig atop hits at 123, Stone with 12 triples, and Worbor of the Red Sox with 16 stolen bases. Pitching leader Lyons of the White Sox 11-3 and Allen of the Yankees 9-3.
Medwick of the Cardinals leads with 128 hits and 374 total points in batting. Ott of the Giants ties for RBIs at 78 and hits. Martin of the Cardinals and Goodman of the Reds pace in stolen bases. Cattleman of the Giants posts a 6 2 record in pitching.
French marathon swimmer Paul Chotteau died during a 47 mile attempt from Santa Catalina Island toward Santa Monica. He left at 11 PM Saturday and faced sharks that appeared along the route as escort boats used hooks and rifles kept ready.
Lau rel Vaughn, 42, collapses and dies after declaring I am dying. His wife, disabled, asks neighbor Mrs. Thomas Richardson, 48, to call a doctor. Richardson runs to help and dies on the way to the street. Both deaths judged natural causes.
Charlotte activists allow a free baseball game by the Charlotte and Asheville clubs to encourage open outings under a new city ordinance. Hillcrest Golf Club and other venues offered free play while news stands and shoe shiners faced court for violations. Herb Pennock pressed to repeal the ordinance as the Piedmont league nears its end.
CHAPEL HILL July 22 Louis Round Wilson dean of the graduate school of library science at the University of Chicago and former UNC librarian said the library will play a striking and significant part in America's educational development in the next decade He spoke at a Summer School Conference on Higher Education after a two month European tour He predicted state aid for libraries will rise and noted obstacles in the South including a small urban population and lower adult income and wealth despite more children.
Standings show Charlotte, Asheville, Portsmouth with yesterday results Charlotte 6 Asheville 5 Portsmouth 3 Richmond 32. Today’s games list Charlotte at Wilmington Portsmouth at Norfolk and Asheville at Richmond.
Chicago visits Philadelphia while St Louis travels to Boston Detroit plays New York and Cleveland meets Washington in a day of marquee matchups across the League with four headlining road trips and four home teams seeking wins.
St. Louis fell 0 to 2 while New York won 2 to 1. Cleveland beat Philadelphia 6 to 4 and Boston 7 to 4. Detroit topped Chicago 6 to 4 and Washington edged out 2 to 2?
July 22 in Kinston, Will Holloman slept at a tobacco barn and woke to a snake astride his chest. He trembled and feared bites as a fellow worker calmly removed the reptile. The man noted it was a chicken snake and not poisonous.
Railroads serving Alabama North Carolina Georgia and Nebraska asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to extend for six months past September 30 their experimental passenger fare cuts aimed at recapturing traffic lost to cars. An examiner's report credits the southern and western short term lower fares since 1933 and backs broad cuts in passenger rates nationwide.
Lal F. G. Brown unearthed a wedding ring while digging in his Southgate garden. His sister had misplaced it seventeen years earlier.
Richmond and Portsmouth traded wins as Piedmont league teams opened a new week with second division opposition. The Pirates beat the Colts 3 2 in a pitchers battle while Portsmouth also held a top spot with 11 7. Charlotte beat Asheville 6 5 in a free admission game watched by 7000, as Gate rules drew attention and Jim Bagby earned the win with Glossop driving in the decisive run.
Mrs. W. B. Aycock, president of the North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers, urged Raleigh that the state has a moral obligation to fulfill the legislature by increasing all teachers salaries by 20 percent. She said the legislature intended a 20 percent rise plus increments, raised certificates, and 200 additional teachers, a view shared by the organization and teachers statewide.
Pelzer cotton mills enter a second week of a strike over alleged discrimination affecting 52 workers. Management maintains full schedule after a 36 hour shutdown, while union leaders report 400 to 600 workers on strike. Peaceful picketing continues as 100 National Guardsmen remain on duty.
Local marksman J P Rawley of High Point won the Class C grand championship at the Linville shoot. He posted 84 on Friday and 80 on Saturday for a 174 two day total, earning a silver plate for Friday and a silver cup for the tournament. J P Thomas of High Point also competed.
Richard Henry Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee of Virginia were the only brothers to sign the Declaration of Independence.
Public sale of land under a 1930 mortgage by GO W King and Mabel King to A P Brown. Sale at Greensboro Court House East Door on July 20 1935 at 2:00 PM for cash with 5 percent down, subject to taxes and street assessments.
Carolina All Stars clash fades as Adams-Millis Whites win 10 to 3 behind Perry and Buck. Young leads with four hits, while Cox and Riggsbee pace the visitors. Perry allows four innings of hitless ball before Buck finishes. Attendance near 500, game lasts about one hour forty-five minutes.
Under a deed of trust dated 17 1932 and recorded in Guilford County NC the property of T E B Barbare gle is ordered sold at public auction for cash at the Court House Greensboro on Monday July 20 1935. Two tracts in Brown Tabor Lots are described with frontage depths and metes bounds. Taxes and street assessments are unpaid and the sale will be subject to them. A 5 percent deposit is required by purchaser day of sale. Owen Reese trustee Roberson Haworth & Moe appear for the trust.
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