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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1927
Page
2
The league leading Capitals host the Kitchersmen at Welch field with plans to play again tomorrow while yesterday’s Pointers vs Rocky Mount was postponed by a wet field. High Point and Raleigh contest top position as rain halted all Piedmont games, with a resumption likely today.
Major league batting leaders include Gehrig and Ruth with Yankees and their teams leading in runs hits and homers. Pirates show multiple top stats led by Hornsby and Wright while Meadows and Hudlin post strong pitching records.
June 8 AP reports Sam Bucky Jones former Wake Forest knuckleball pitcher heads to Jersey City to join the Rochester International after being sold by Virginia Leaguers to the club.
A Punch cartoon quote depicts a pupil who claims to be a member of Parliament and intends to learn the Charleston to fit in at social events as the franchise extends. The exchange humorously reflects early 20th century attitudes toward dance and politics.
Rainouts in the Piedmont League top a dense summary of major games across American League National League and minor circuits. Notable scores include Detroit 19 Cincinnati 6 Boston 6 Chicago 1 New York 4 and Philadelphia 11.
A quirky string of items reports umpire Hart shoving a player and Stan Harris challenging a speaker at first base. The piece notes Tris as an ambitious youth and jokes about theatergoers. It mentions a French girl’s train incident and Italy’s new swearing law, finishing with golfer’s struggle to break 100.
Lester Bell of the St. Louis Cardinals fanned five times in an 11 inning game matching a rare major league feat. Only four players had struck out five times before him, with Ossie Bluege and Burleigh Grimes among notable names in the era.
Bobby Jones will headline a golf match as a special innovation of the Kiwanian convention in Memphis Tennessee. The event comes on the eve of officers being elected and a convention city for next year chosen. The convention also features performances by musical organizations and soloists brought by clubs and districts with local radio stations airing them.
The North leads in securing a 1928 Good Roads convention site as Des Moines lists invitations from ten cities including Atlantic City Buffalo Detroit Birmingham Memphis Chicago Rochester Philadelphia Pittsburgh and West Baden Springs Delegates urge a regional tour of host cities with Santa Monica last year visiting the south and west. The time and place committee planned to report today.
An estimate states about five million trees must be removed each year to maintain telephone and telegraph lines. The figure underscores the scale of line upkeep and forest management required to prevent outages and outages.
Durham June 8 The majority of more than five hundred Southern Methodist pastors from North Carolina are expected to attend the fourth annual pastors school which opens tomorrow after exercises today in Craven Memorial Hall at Duke University. The school runs through June 22 and includes both graduate and undergraduate courses. Duke University commencement exercises will not interfere with the pastors school.
Prices rose at the opening with fractional changes led by Pittsburgh Coal up 2 3 4 points. International Combustion and Engineering gained 1 and Baldwin surged 1 1 2 points as the market started trading.
The piece notes that a perfect game is a rare achievement in baseball. It references Cy Young in 1904 with the Athletics beating Boston, Addie Joss in 1908 with Cleveland over Boston, and Charley Robertson for Chicago White Sox against Detroit, highlighting the long gaps between such no hit efforts.
New York boxing scene builds to June 8 at Ebbets Field where Red Chapman and Honey Boy Finnegan duel over 12 rounds for the long vacant featherweight title. The bout pits two top challengers as James A. Farley notes no immediate crown change if Chapman wins.
The New York cotton market opened firm with advances of 17 to 19 points due to covering and rebuying. Liverpool cables appeared firm while only partial weather reports confirmed yesterday's rains in the West, Texas. October rose to around 1675 and January up about 22 to 25 points, but later gains drew selling and the market eased from its best level after the first hour.
The big right hander for the Pointers is identified as a member of the exclusive strike-out club. Perry, a former Connie Mack pitcher, fanned five times in a single game in 1919 to earn the honor.
The home of Morris Billinghoff known as Young Montreal in Providence Rhode Island was slightly damaged by an explosion this morning. part of the front veranda and a bay window were damaged no one was hurt several people were inside the house at the time an arson attempt on Young Montreal's pool room last Friday was thwarted by sprinklers police and federal agents questioned Montreal about liquor found in the damaged house while he was away.
A mother questions her daughter about a late night out. The daughter evasively mentions dining with a man and visiting several places ending at a small cellar club. The exchange ends with the mother assuring her trust.
The Yankees beat the White Sox 6 0 while Ruth Gehrig and Collins supplied the power for New York. Pirates topple the Giants 9 6 as Chicago falls to 3rd with a 7 6 win over Brooklyn. Reds, Red Sox, Browns and Braves win others in a busy day of MLB action.
A report notes Morehart of the Yankees collected his second hit of the season while a separate remark suggests a mix up over a nickname given to Lindbergh.
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