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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1947
Page
7
The North State conference adopts a rule allowing athletes to play professional baseball while staying in college. The policy weakens the baseball program but strengthens overall athletics and helps players begin pro careers early with athletic scholarships. It draws notable players to smaller colleges for dual paths.
An opinion piece argues that starting professional baseball early is financially and educationally better than four years in college. It promotes signing at seventeen, notes North State conference players may earn salaries, and calls for open salary policies and fair play in college sports.
Howie Moss, nicknamed the Babe Ruth of the International League, leads in homers as Baltimore's right fielder pursues major league and organized baseball records. He has 21 homers in 46 games with the Orioles, aiming for 60 in New York, 69 in organized baseball, and 63 in the National League, as Hauser’s pace looms.
Hitchcock Beverage Company Inc based in Greensboro North Carolina gives notice of a corporate matter with contact details including phone 35 1456 and P O box may indicate a business address or filing reference.
Babe Didrikson Zaharias breezed to a 6 and 5 win over Helen Nimmo in the first round at Gullane Scotland the British women’s amateur championship. She started slow due to a cold and stiff fingers but settled after the third hole to reach the turn three up and finish in the next four holes.
Thomasville High Point Dodgers travel to Mooresville for the opening game of a two game series with league leaders. Manager George Pratt plans pitching changes as David Bennett may start tonight with more help promised to lift the club from a losing skid.
Mangrum, 54, intends to defend his national open crown as the St Louis event begins. He shot 66 to finish at 269 for the tournament, earning the $82,000 first prize and maintaining a slim lead despite talk of Hogan Demaret and Locke. Alexander and Ed Oliver tied for second at 282, with Snead one stroke back in the four way tie.
Saturday noon led by three strokes but Mangrum surged back while Snead cooled Sunday. Snead was joined by Locke Geo Payton of Hampton Va and Jew Worsham of Oakhurst Pa. Payton, 23 and a recent pro, shows length limited but excels in pitching and putting. Also noted: Robert Fulton’s 1805 torpedo concept for underwater hull destruction.
Hal Newhouser delivered his best outing of the year to blank the Boston Red Sox 5-0, four hits allowed, as Detroit extended its AL lead to 1.5 games over the Yankees. Bob Feller also blanked Philadelphia 2-0 in game two of a doubleheader, while Phil Marchildon held the A’s to four hits in a 4-0 opener loss. The Yankees split with St. Louis 5-4 after a late rally. Washington swept Chicago 1-0 and 8-2 in a two-game set, with the 1-0 opener tying the longest 1-0 game on record.
Walter Masterson pitched 18 innings for Washington in a 1-0 win over the White Sox but did not receive credit as Early Wynn earned the win. Ralph Kiner homered twice for the Pirates against Philadelphia, with a solo shot in the second game and another in the first game aiding Pittsburgh's runs.
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