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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1931
Page
5
Winston Salem Twins erased an eight run lead to beat the Pointers 18 to 11 in the first game of the series. Dan Boone homered twice for Winston Salem with Lennox Holt and Slayback also contributing big hits.
EB Kk Sensenbach announced a new innovation at the local ball park. For the first time ladies will receive free passes on Saturday night as part of a night baseball experiment. The Pointers and Hann Hearn's Winston Salem Twins provide the games at 3 pm and 8 pm with Lefty Young and Pat Townsend scheduled to pitch.
Toda leads with James Winston-Salem at High Point and Durham at Greensboro. Asheville visits Charlotte while Raleigh plays Henderson. One game is in the afternoon and the other at night.
Winston 13 High Point 11 Greensboro 9 Durham 8 Raleigh 56 Henderson 2 Charlotte 22 Asheville unknown. The brief item notes varied win totals and one missing score for Asheville.
Boston plays Cincinnati, Brooklyn meets St Louis, New York against Chicago, and Philadelphia faces Pittsburgh in league action.
The report lists game results with teams Boston Pittsburgh Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati Philadelphia St Louis and New York, including tallies such as Cincinnati 9 and St Louis 8. It presents a rapid-fire scoreboard snapshot with multiple city teams and final scores.
In MLB action the American League features Chicago at Washington St. Louis at Boston Detroit at Philadelphia Cleveland at New York.
Resulta reports multiple games with Boston beating Cleveland 4 to 3, New York and St. Louis tying 7, Detroit defeating Washington 4 1, and Chicago edging Philadelphia 7 to 6 in varied late season action.
Reports from Pittsburgh El Paso and Eau Claire note Tony Herrera outpointing Cowboy Eddie Anderson 19 rounds, Prince Saunders edging Babe Ruth, plus detailed baseball box scores with Money driving runs, base hits, and fielding plays across a 2 hour 3 minute game in Raleigh Henderson.
George Ferrell's triple in the ninth tied the Durham Bulls and Lewis' four base drive in the 10th gave Greensboro a 9 to 8 win. Ferrell Kane and English drove in runs while Bandrimer, Mize and Caldwell contributed RBIs for Greensboro.
Cochrane leads batting with .397 for the Athletics while Ruth paces home runs with 10 for the Yankees. Gehrig tops runs with 38 for the Yankees. Cronin and Senators excel in RBIs and hits. Chapman steals 14 for the Yankees. Web by and Vosmik highlight doubles. Walberg wins 8 1 for the Athletics, Fischer and Jones 6 1 for Washington.
Batting leaders include Hendrick of the Reds with a .377 average and Arlett of the Phillies at .373. Klein and Arlett lead in RBIs for the Phillies with 40 and 38. Arlett posts 62 hits while Herman of the Robins has 61. Hornsby is top doubles for the Cubs with 18, Davis 17 for Philadelphia. Worthington and Watkins lead triples with 7 and 6. Klein has 18 home runs. Arlett 14. Comorosky and Jackson share steals with 8 and 6. Sweetland of the Cubs is the best pitcher with 5–0, Brandt 8–1, Grimes 8–1.
The article notes that cigarettes in their modern form appeared in both the United States and Europe roughly sixty years ago, marking a notable shift in tobacco consumption and social habits.
In Myrtle Beach South Carolina Eugene Mills of Raleigh battles W J O Connor of Durham for the Carolina championship. Mills defeated Francis Ford while O Connor beat Paul Cushman and Mills led early then faced a late downturn before strong putting saved him.
Thomas Mills edged Tomlinson Chair 4 to 3 after trailing 3 to 2 in the seventh. Virgil Yow drove in the tying run and later scored the winning run on Blosser’s double. Willie Fritz starred for Tomlinson with three sparkling catches.
Dennis a promising Pointer rookie pitcher from Highland Mills was taken with appendicitis this morning around 2 oclock. Doctors expect to operate if needed and he will be out of action for about a week. He pitched three and a third innings last night allowing one hit against Winston Salem. The Pointer staff already short with Broncho Mayo suspended and Guy Morton reinstated as they face Raleigh Asheville and Charlotte next week with five pitchers.
Babe Ruth homered in the ninth to lift the Yankees to an 8 7 victory over the St Louis Browns. The win came as Ruth tied Mickey Cochrane for the major league batting lead at .397 and sparked a late rally after Detroit and Chicago played extra inning games elsewhere.
Howard pursues base on balls and aggressive baserunning to reach base. He draws walks and accelerates to first to pressure fielders into hurried throws and errors. His approach centers on reaching base by any means necessary.
Tommy Armour clinches the British Open title on the final 18 holes marking the eighth straight American victory. British press balks at recognizing Armour as American since he hails from Scotland, but the honor returns to the United States as the winner.
The writer notes that the British should not feel too bad about past boxing losses to outsiders and suggests they might yet produce a golfer who can halt the American dominance, implying a possible future rival.
In Charlotte yesterday the Piedmont League clash between the Bees and Touristas ended 22 to 9. Verbal exchanges and punches erupted between the opposing second basemen Mellana and Manager Guy Lacy, with fans throwing pop bottles at Asheville players after the fracas.
An official of the Southern Association urged return of fighting type players, arguing friendships between rivals harm games and attendance. The writer suggests visiting the Piedmont to see how old rivals still meet and compete.
Babe Ruth of the Yankees hit his tenth homer with one on in the ninth to beat the Browns. Jim Collins of the Cardinals drove in the go ahead run with a tenth inning hit against the Giants. Wally Roettger of the Reds collected two triples and two singles, driving in two runs and scoring three. Babe Phelps and Jack Quinn of the Robins shut out the Cubs. Tom Zachary and George Uhle each posted strong outings in wins. Lou Fonseca of the White Sox hit a 12th inning homer to beat the Athletics.
The article notes the Washington Monument contains 23 900 stones in its core structure.
Southern California, strong in almost every event, placed 12 finalists at the National Collegiate Association championships in Chicago. Stokes Berry reached the high hurdles finals, Wykoff contended in the 100, Emmett Toppino starred for Loyola New Orleans, and Tolan's world mark drew attention as Tolan, Lan also qualified. Vic Williams led the 440 in 48.9 after tying the world record last week.
In Oklahoma City on June 6 Ty Cott, retired baseball star, denies reports he is negotiating to buy the Western League franchise of the local club. He says he is not considering taking over any baseball club at this time.
A census style tally shows over 98,009 doctors registered in Great Britain. This figure highlights a dense medical workforce across the country with doctors practicing nationwide in NHS and private sectors.
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