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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1929
Page
2
The Greensboro Patriots lead the Piedmont with eight wins and no defeats last week as Durham Bulls and others trail. Schedule notes show two-game sets Friday and Saturday against Bulls Pats and a full week of doubleheaders across Piedmont and Eastern Carolina regions.
The Pyle cross country event in Bylas Arizona reduces the field to 19 runners with 60 miles remaining to reach Miami and then Los Angeles. John Salo leads, followed by Pete Gavuzzi and Giusto Umek, as the race covers 2,920.4 miles to date amid sparse schedule notes.
Walter Hagen announced at Waterloo station that he will miss the next British Open to undertake a South American and world tour. He plans to return soon and stay a year in Europe to play in England and on the continent, saying he wants to see the many fine courses.
The annual Presidents golf cup at High Point Country Club ends with C C Prince as winner defeating C M Waynick two up in the finals. The next event is the women's championship with qualification play this week and continuing through the week.
A large public concern emerges as many Russians argue that vodka with 40 percent alcohol content is too weak. They call for higher strength drinks and stricter regulation of beverage labeling.
A new airport at Germiston will cover 400 acres and aims to be the continent’s largest. Approved by Sir Alan Cobham and others, the facility would serve as a terminus for a Europe bound air line and a hub for gold consignments destined for Europe or India.
A campaign launched in Dublin seeks donations to support Ireland's children's hospitals facing severe funding shortages. Organizers urge public backing to bolster pediatric care.
Public auction will be held at noon July 1929 at the Greensboro courthouse door for a parcel in Lake Triangle Park Lot Nos 11 12 and 13 Block 4. Trustee Central Bank & Trust Co. states taxes and street assessments to be paid. Deed of trust dated July 13 1927 John W Walker Jr and Ruby G Walker as borrowers. Assistant secretary J C Alexander signs June 1929.
Detroit star George Uhle credits a new slide delivery for his nine straight wins, with Washington's Bucky Harris praising its effectiveness. Harris also notes the A's, Yankees, and Browns shaping a tight American League race while Detroit hopes to climb from recent losses. He observes Pirates’ speed and Grimes' pitching as a strong threat in the league.
Paris report notes Helen Willt captures her third French Women's singles crown as Cochet falls to Borotra while Borotra advances to the men’s final in Paris.
New York and Philadelphia begin outdoor boxing with a mild kickoff. Tony Canzoneri faces Ignacio Fernandez at Queensboro Stadium, while George Godfrey meets Jimmy Byrne in Philadelphia. Al Singer starts a comeback at the New York Coliseum against Leo Kid Roy. Other notable bouts include Gorilla Jones vs Al Mello and Young Corbett vs Al Van Ryan.
Results show New York 4 Chicago 1 and St Louis Brooklyn rain affected. Boston Cincinnati rain with Cleveland 3 Boston 12 Chicago 1 New York 6 St Louis 1 Washington 2. No other games scheduled.
Reported scores show Columbus 6 Toledo 6 and St Paul 0 Minneapolis 6 with Louisville Indianapolis rain and Kansas City 11 Milwaukee 5. The terse item lists several results without full context or dates.
Providence defeated Pittsfield 9 to 8 while Allentown won 1. Albany and Springfield split 7 to 8, Bridgeport led New Haven 17 to 3 and Hartford posted 2 in a sequence of early season scores across regional teams.
Little Rock defeated New Orleans 4 to 2. Memphis beat Mobile 4 to 3. Chattanooga won 4 to 2 over Birmingham in seven innings due to rain. Nashville and Atlanta games were washed out by rain.
Montgomery defeated Jacksonville 10 to 6 while Pensacola beat Tampa 7 to 1 in Southeastern League action.
Rochester defeated Montreal 6 to 1 while Newark routed Reading 10 to 9. Baltimore triumphed 6 to 9 over Jersey City as Buffalo and Toronto games show incomplete results.
The card lists Piedmont League matchups Durham at Henderson High Point at Greensboro Winston Salem at Salisbury and Fast Carolina League games Winston at Goldsboro Greenville at Fayetteville Wilmington at Rocky Mount.
The lineup lists Cleveland at Boston, Chicago at New York, Detroit at Philadelphia, and St Louis at Washington in a compact American League slate for the day.
Schedule shows National League games including Boston at Cincinnati and New York at Chicago with Philadelphia at Pittsburgh and Brooklyn at St. Louis flagged among fixtures for the period.
Southern Association schedule features Mobile visiting Memphis, Nashville at Birmingham, and Chattanooga traveling to Atlanta.
Macon visits Columbia as Augusta play Charlotte and Asheville host Greenville while Knoxville travels to Spartanburg in minor league baseball action.
Pro-amateur best ball kicks off at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro as a prelude to the Carolinas Amateur Gold tournament. Notables include Alan Smith of Asheville, last year's Winston-Salem champion, Tully Blair of the host club, and Fred Laxton of Charlotte, a three time event winner.
Windy City hosts the eighth annual national collegiate track and field championship at Stagg Field. Illinois brings a full men’s squad while Stanford, after a strong showing in Philadelphia, sends four. Trials run Friday with finals Saturday as eleven 1928 champions defend titles amid a field of sprinters and pole vaulters.
National batting O Doul Phillies .417 leads with 60 hits Douthit Cards 41 runs Hafey Cards 60 RBIs Hafey also leads while Frisch 17 doubles and Waner 7 triples pace. Foxx .422 average leads Athletics with Gehringer 40 RBIs Simmons 53. Alexander Tigers 67 hits Johnson Tigers 19 doubles Gehrig 12 homers West Senators Metzler White Sox 6. Grimes Pirates 0-0 and Uhle Tigers 9-6 led pitchers.
A statistician says Europe faces unemployment as working lives lengthen. The old idea that people are too old at forty has vanished. now age sixty or sixty five is not deemed too old for work.
Indian to Congress Seventh Time Has a real Cherokee Indian and he has chosen the capitol build ing at Washington as his wigwama. Representative William Hastings, above, the only full-blooded redskin ever to sit in Congress has been elected seven times from his home district in Oklahoma. He has been attorney general for the Cherokee Nation and has rep eated his tribesmen in many aportant national conferences.
University of Iowa officials marshal forces for a meeting with a special Big Ten faculty committee as they seek reinstatement into the conference. Professor George A Goodenough of Illinois and Professors P F E French of Ohio State and James Page of Minnesota will represent the faculty committee in Chicago.
Add Warren of Chapel Hill returns to the ring in a ten round heavyweight bout against Jack Webb of Miami in Charlotte. Warren, fresh from an arm injury last winter, is cleared by doctors to compete as both fighters completed final training.
A report notes that medicine taking is so habitual in Brazil that more than 500 establishments now manufacture proprietary medicines, reflecting a growing pharmaceutical industry and consumer demand.
Westminster London will invest about 800 thousand dollars to upgrade its summer resort attractions aiming to attract more visitors this season. The city council outlined funds for improvements across parks rides and amenities with the goal of boosting tourism and local business.
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