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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1946
Page
3
Weather delays and wet conditions greet the Mercury club hosted A. A. U. swimming meet at High Point. Currie is expected to attend as crowds worry about rain while organizers report printer mishaps and heavy effort behind the souvenir program.
Catherine B. Meyer of Wachung Lake swimming club is back in High Point after visiting in 1940 and 1941 for senior nationals. Frances Kenney from Tarboro and Pe Pate from Goldsboro attended, likely adding to their current title counts. Ambassador swimming club of Washington, D. C. fielded several young swimmers who impressed, arriving ahead of about 15 teammates and showing strong early form.
After a two day conference athletic leaders of 20 colleges issued a cautious recommendation against commercialism. The NCAA would enforce any action, though it has limited power. Michigan projects strong attendance for home games while Princeton reports a sizable athletic budget deficit. Georgia notes a player loss as South Carolina may field a Georgian roster.
Willard Ramsdell, Fort Worth Cat's pitcher with a .167 average, reportedly set a notable mark last week by collecting three hits in a single game against Shreveport. After each hit, the opposing manager waved his pitcher to the clubhouse as Ramsdell quipped about the routine.
Promoters of the national caddie tournament at Columbus Ohio plan to send a four caddie team to Europe in 1947 likely to meet the caddie who carried Frank Stranahan's clubs in the British amateur. Yale seeks a strong football team and Howie Odell aims for a breakthrough. Ray Dumont plans to ask Commissioner Happy Chandler to arrive by helicopter, though pros favor grounded arrivals.
Yesterday’s stars include Billy Rigney driving in the winning run for the Giants in a 3-2 victory over the Reds. Frank McCormick delivered a bases loaded two run single for the Phillies in a 2-1 win over the Cubs. Fritz Ostermueller scattered seven safeties as the Pirates beat the Dodgers 5-0. Virgil Trucks doubled home Paul Richards to lift the Tigers 4-3 against the Athletics. Rudy York drove in four for the Red Sox in an 8-5 beating of the Browns. Cecil Travis drove in a ninth inning run to give the Nationals a 5-4 win over the Indians.
Chicago Foxworth outpointed Jack Hill in Illinois. Steve Belloise stopped Indian Gomez in New York. Cleve Bailey beat Carmen De John in Syracuse. Sam Baroudi defeated Ellis Stewart in Pittsfield.
Thomasville Dodgers rally to a 3-2 win over the Mooresville Moors in Mooresville as Cardinale delivers an eighth inning single driving home Clark. Clark limits Moors to five hits and fans seven as Dodgers move within 3 games of first division and within striking distance of Hickory.
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Officials and swimmers arrived as the two day Caro linas AAU meet opened at the municipal pool with anticipations of clear skies. Teams from Wachung Lake Plainfield and Chapel Hill plus Washington's Ambassador club prepared for strong showings and potential event wins as the program outlined tonight and Sunday's events. William F. Mink was released on $1500 bail in Bel Air Md for alleged conspiracy in horse substitution during Bel Air’s opening day races.
Ostermueller, once dismissed as washed up, loves the mound as he blanked Brooklyn 5-0. Dodgers starter Lombardi suffered the Decisive defeat while Verdon’s bat helped Washington to a 5-4 win. Cubs and Phillies split a 2-1 affair and the Tigers edged Detroit’s rivals 4-3.
Eight thousand warriors and five kings died in a historic 16th century struggle over a sacred white elephant believed to grant power, triggering a protracted Siam Pegu war.
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