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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1946
Page
15
The Mercury reports a tournament vibe at the city pool as High Point hosts a major swimming meet. Dick Meisky coordinates details. Thurman Horney coaches entries and aims to build a developing program. Admission is free with stands and a public address system in place for spectator viewing.
Betsy Davis, 12, named most promising High Point junior, will swim 50-meter free and backstroke as the city lake pool hosts junior events alongside a single senior entry, diver Harry Cramer. Other juniors include Donald Brown, Bill McGuinn, and Gordon Smith, forming High Point relay squads. Visiting Plainfield Watching Lake and Ambassador swimmers from Washington, D C expected to arrive for the event.
Lee Sherrell allowed nine hits but scattered them as the Veterans of Foreign Wars beat Melrose 12-2 on the college field. Johnson led VFW with four hits as Auman Rothrock and Johnson drove in runs and Sherrell earned the victory with solid support from his lineup.
Jaycees 27 Red Shield 5 in a high scoring contest. Robertson earned the win with Embler taking the loss as Davis and Robertson combined for five walks and eight strikeouts. Embler, Jones, Craudich, Lone each had two base hits for the Jaycees while Moore earned two RBIs. The box score lists numerous players with statistics and umpire McFarland.
Salisbury rallies with a three run homer by Harrington as Brown and McWilliams drive in two early runs. Munsinger yields nine hits in seven innings for Thomasville, who host Mooresville next after a twin bill.
Denver hosts the National Public Links event where top medalist Jimmy Clark of Long Beach loses his first match to Marshall Holt. Other low qualifiers including Silvestri Hall Gann Smith Dezern Koenncker exit as 73-year-old Rudolph Horvath defeats William Welch. Third round and quarterfinals set for 18 holes. semifinals and finals to follow over 36 holes.
A five-horse accident at the Saratoga raceway last night hospitalized three harness drivers in Saratoga Springs New York two with broken legs. Turkeys relation to pheasants noted with wild occurrences in Maine to South America across three species.
Chapel Hill to enter twenty swimmers in the Carolina AAU Championships in High Point. Co captains Mike Morrow and Snooky Proctor lead the Tar Heel team coached by Dick Jamerson with Ralph Casey in charge of Tar Heel entrants. Proctor is the defending AAU 400 and 1500 meter freestyle champion. Bill Ward and Bill Waard also expected to shine in junior and national events. Beth Lloyd stars for the Chapel Hill Swimming Club in backstroke and freestyle events.
Yesterday Johnny Mize homered with one aboard in the ninth to lift the Giants past the Cardinals 3-1. Joe Hatten outdueled Hank Wyse as the Dodgers beat Chicago 2-1. Bob Feller pitched his seventh shutout and 18th win in a 1-0 Indians win over the Athletics. Bobo Newsom scattered seven hits for a 1-0 Senators victory over Dizzy Trout and the Tigers.
National League games included Cincinnati 2 Boston 1 New York 3 St. Louis 1 Brooklyn 2 Chicago 1 Philadelphia 2 Pittsburgh 0. American League action saw Boston 4 Chicago 1 Cleveland 1 Philadelphia 0 Washington 1 Detroit 0 New York 5 St. Louis 3. Carolina and State Leagues reported multiple scores with Greensboro 12 Durham 1 and Concord 5 Hickory 4. Tomorrow’s schedule lists NL Pittsburgh at Brooklyn and more.
Technicians estimate the average family uses light each month equivalent to the rays of 1000 pounds of candles.
Kannapolis defeated Lexington 5 to 3 to clinch the central division championship in the state American Legion junior baseball tournament. The win gave Kannapolis their fourth and deciding victory after a prior loss to Lexington, completing a three straight series win.
The junior division of the Open AAU meet featured girls Ann Umstead Dot Hogan Claire Russell and Betty Sue Jacobs along with boys Bill Leighton Bob Linker Charles Wolf Bill Forster and Stanley Peele in the events.
Brooklyn's 2-1 win over the Bruins ends a short wobble as Joe Hatten shines on the mound. Giants top Cards 3-1 with Johnny Mize's 20th homer. In AL, Red Sox edge White Sox 4-1 while Yankees rally past Browns 5-4. Feller notches 18th win and 9th strikeout. Newsom also 1-0 winner for Washington. Phillies blank Pirates 2-0. Reds defeat Braves 2-1.
A second golfer scored a hole in one at Spokane's able round table event to lead the field for a second $5,000 prize. Gordon Van Duset hit his sixth ball on the 30 yard hole and lodged it between cup edge and pin. Curt Bolton won the first airplane earlier in the contest.
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