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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1927

Page

3

Pointers Drop Opener to Buccaneers in Rocky Mount

Rocky Mount Buccaneers beat High Point Pointers 6 to 5 as High Point misplays amid late rally. Buggy and Conklin split pitching duties for the locals while McGuire allowed 12 hits in eight innings. Brown Braly led High Point with three safeties, and Gooch homered for Rocky Mount.

Buccaneers Rocky Mount Clabough J. Smith Walters Feari Lind Jimmy Teague George Schmidt Moose Jay Williams Feori Conklin Brown Braly Dan Boone Braly Teague L. Smith Gusto O’haran Husta Duck Smith Skipper Gooch Gooch Smith Brummitt Buggy Schmidt Wits Steel Clabaugh McGuire Fear Calbaugh High Point Lewis and Taylor O'Haraels Ad Dowda Gufford High Point Ab Saad O Clabaugh J Smith Schmidst Sd A Ballentine Bugey Boone

Durham Bulls defeat Salisbury Colonials to end skid

Durham Bulls break a losing streak by defeating the Salisbury Colonials 5 to 0 in the opening game of a weekend series. Crouch earned the win with six scattered hits allowed. Munday issued six walks. Tauby led Durham with three hits and a stolen base, while Cook and Akers featured key defensive plays and offense.

Durham Durham Bulls Piedmont Salisbury Colonials Crouch Munday Bulls Tauby Salisbury Ab Carpenter Wicker Satoy Pines Cook Iike Wiscy S&s Akers Cox Clark Salisbury Dur‘ham KE. Cashion Morgan and Colfer

Armour Wins Open Golf Title in 18 Hole Playoff

Tommy Armour defeats Hal Cooper in an 18 hole playoff to win the Open Championship at Oakmont. Armour, who led early and held on after a late Cooper surge, sealed the title with a decisive drive and clutch putting on the final holes.

Tommy Armour America Hal Cooper Oakmont United States Congressional Country Club Washington Harry Cooper Los Angeles Armour Cooper Washingtonian Chameion

The Nut Cracker and Quick-Draw Headlines

A chaotic mock news column mocks Tunney, Ty Cobb, and the telegraph slogan. A Florida Sunday golfers jail bill is floated while pastimes like pool and tennis swirl with political jabs and sports metaphors.

Tunney Gene Ty Cobb Telegraph Company

Weather Shrugs Off Doubleheader With Buccaneers

Indications at noon suggested the two games with the Rocky Mount Buccaneers would be rained out. High Point travels to Raleigh to face the league leading Capitals on Monday and Tuesday. Welch Park hosts a mid week series against the Bulls of Durham on June 22 and 23.

Rocky Mount Buccaneers High Point Raleigh Capitals Welch Park Bulls Durham

Piedmont League results and Virginia South Atlantic scores

Results show Rocky Mount 6 High Point 5 and Winston Salem 6 Raleigh 1 in the Piedmont League. Durham 5 Salisbury 0 and Richmond 7 2 Petersburg 9 11 in the Virginia League. Columbia 0 Knoxville 1 Spartanburg 4 Macon 3 in the South Atlantic League 11 innings. Others postponed due to rain.

Columbia Knoxville Spartanburg Macon Pat Raleigh High Point i Rocky Mount Winston-Salem Durham Salisbury Virginia I Pet Portsmouth Wilson Richmond Petersburg Kinston Norfolk Ee Ds Vet Greenville Eck Hague New York Ee Ee Cicago Philadelphia Washington Detroit St Louis Boston Nationas LE Tagle Pittsburgh Chicago Brooklyn Cincinnati

Baseball scores roundup from major leagues and association

In the American League games St Louis beat New York 3 to 2 and Chicago tied Philadelphia 8 all. Cleveland won 6 to 4 over an opponent. Boston and Detroit both tied at 3 and 1 respectively, while Washington defeated a foe 3 to 1. In the Southern Association Memphis lost to Birmingham 4 to 2 and Chattanooga topped New Orleans 6 to 2.

St. Louis New York Chicago Philadelphia Cleveland Boston Detroit Washington Southern Association Memphis Birmingham Chattanooga New Orleans

Western League Scores Summary

Wichita defeated Lincoln 3 to 1 while Tulsa routed Omaha 6 to 0 and Amarillo won 6 to 12 against Des Moines.

Wichita Lincoln Tulsa Omaha Amarillo Des Moines

Scores from American Association games listed

Baseball results show St Paul defeating Toledo 2 to 4 while Minneapolis beat Columbus 9 to 8. Kansas City edged Indianapolis 8 to 19 with Milwaukee and Louisville matchup rained out or postponed.

St. Paul Toledo Minneapolis Columbus Kansas City Indianapolis Milwaukee

International League Scores Report

Buffalo 2 Newark 6 Toronto 6 Jersey City 1 Rochester 2 Baltimore 5 Syracuse 6 Reading 0. Substantial scoring list shows multiple results across games with several teams posting wins and losses.

Buffalo Newark Toronto Jersey City Rochester Baltimore Syracuse Reading

Texas League Scores Dumped Across Multiple Games

San Antonio fell 0 to 6 at Wichita Falls while Beaumont lost 5 to 9 at Shreveport. Waco defeated by 10 but score not specified. Dallas edged Houston 2 to 10, and Houston beat Fort Worth 2 to 10, highlighting a day of lopsided results across the circuit.

San Antonio Wichita Falls Beaumont Shreveport Waco Dallas Houston Fort Worth

Cotton States League scores brief update

Monroe 3 Meridian 12. Hattiesburg 9 Vicksburg 2 Alexandria 1 Laurel 0 Gulfport 2 Jackson 0.

Monroe Meridian Hattiesburg Vicksburg Alexandria Laurel Gulfport Jackson

Yankees Win Without Slug Notch As Ruth Leaves Early

Baseball stock rises as New York Yankees win 3 2 over St Louis Browns without extra base hits or Babe Ruth who left after the first due to a knee injury. Urban Shocker limited the Browns to four safeties while Rube Walberg pitched for the Athletics in an 8 3 win over the White Sox.

New York Yankees Yankees St. Louis Browns Babe Ruth Urban Shocker Browns Athletics White Sox Rube Walberg Schalk Lisenbee Senators Detroit Cleveland Indians Red Sox Indians Pirates Chicago Cubs Phillies Braves Brooklyn Cincinnati Reds

Lockings and Celebrities at Polo Grounds Lightweight Bout

New York contenders for the lightweight crown fought in a furiously quick one round bout at the Polo Grounds. Goldstein had previously floored Terris for a nine count and was down and out to stay. Lindy and Mayor Walker appeared ringside in the crowd.

New York Polo Grounds Goldstein Terris

Michigan builds a girls rifle team at university

Amid the Sovyder trial and domestic duties, Michigan University’s athletic department launches a new girls rifle team. The move adds a competitive spring sport and signals expanding role for women in campus athletics.

Sovyder Michigan University

Barnes Hurls the Twins to 6 1 Victory in Opener

Lefty Barnes fired an air tight game as Winston-Salem beat Raleigh 6 to 1 in the weekend opener. Raleigh misplayed twice and Barnes held the Capitals to 12 hits while getting support from teammates.

Winston-Salem Barnes Raleigh Capitals Twins Harry Moyer Graham Mebane Raleigh Dieht Okat Spencer TF i Braise Etlivica Bryant Asie Ae Ciateer Moger SB Og Winston-Salem Ab McMillan Mvens Ik Iy Taylor Maltby Chisholm Evans Clayton Johnson Watt Lundeen Clauser Walker Brandon

High Point Beats Buccaneers In Rough Baseball Tilt

High Point dropped a hard luck game as Kitchensmen outhit the Buccaneers 12 to 9 and committed three errors. Scoring surged before the sixth with runs traded back and forth as soon as one side scored the other answered.

High Point Buccaneers Rocky Mouins

Pointers Fail To Deliver Final Ketch In Close Game

The Pointers could not capitalize on Red MecGuire's deep out-drop in the sixth and eighth frames. High Point left twelve runners on base and Kitchensmen failed to hit in key situations.

Red MecGuire High Point

Double bill in jeopardy as rain looms over High Point games

From all indications this morning the double bill would be rained out. High Point Saturday games must be jinxed at least Bob Higgins thought so last season.

Bob Higgins

Brown Braly Excels as High Point Star of Yesterday

Brown Braly delivered a standout baseball performance for High Point yesterday. He collected three safeties in five trips, made five putouts in left field, and stole a base, the only High Point player to do so.

Brown Braly

Conklin Shines as Gooch Men Stifle Visitors

Jim Buggy started the game but could not handle the Gooch men’s early bat work. Conklin came in by the fifth, a lean Chattanooga native who then pitched a superb remainder, blanking the visitors for the rest of the game.

Jim Buggy Conklin Chattanooga

Buccaneers Hold Big Lead Then Rallying Attack Snaps Eight Inning Rally

McGiure pitched eight innings before High Point narrowed the gap and started a ninth inning threat. Lee Gooch replaced him, with Jove Gufford finishing the inning and ending the rally with a double play to preserve the lead.

McGiure High Point Buccaneers Lee Gooch Jove Gufford

Piedmont league doubleheaders keep tight race in Raleigh lead

Raleigh tops the Piedmont league at 571 with High Point 545 and Rocky Mount one point behind. A day of even breaks would keep the standings. Raleigh fell to Winston-Salem 6 1 but stays first while High Point holds second despite Rocky Mount defeat. Durham rose from last place as Salisbury beat them 6 to 5, and Winston-Salem’s win over the Caps nudges the Twins toward a first division finish.

Raleigh High Point Rocky Winston-Satem Caps

Top Hit Leaders Highlighting Major League Standouts

Summary of leaders as of June 17 across leagues including Harris Pirates Giants and Yankees. Gehrig Ruth Burns Manush Goslin Lyons and others top in batting runs hits doubles triples homers and pitching wins with noted team affiliations and counts.

National Harris Pirates Gehrig Yankees Ruth Burns Indians Manush Tigers Goslin Senators

Man and Woman Found Innocent of Charges

Fayetteville June 138 AP Kenneth O Boohe and Mrs Maybelle Phillips were acquitted by a Cumberland superior court jury of slaying Frank McLaurin last January. They were accused of taking McLaurin to a woods near here and shooting him after he had been unconscious for several days following a fight with Boone.

Fayetteville Kenneth O. Boohe Maybelle Phillips Cumberland Superior Court Frank McLaurin McLaurin Here Boone

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