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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1938
Page
5
Yesterday afternoon at Greensboro Point beat Greensboro 4 to 1 as Galem and Burlington played in a pitchers duel. Lhitt’s single sparked a late rally in the 18th inning while locals scored all runs in a single session. Games today list Gelem at Thomasville with others scheduled.
A slender High Point lad Ned Whitt delivered a decisive two run hit in a rally that broke a 0 0 tie in the eighth inning, leading High Point to a 4 0 win over Greensboro at Willis Field. Hedrick and Reynolds contributed in the early scoring as High Point built the lead and held on as Jameson pitched well for Greensboro.
Russell Bobbitt and Bill Moore of Georgia Tech faced Johnny Fore and Carl Rood of North Carolina in a crowded doubles final halted by rain after two sets. Fore and Rood led in the match, while Bushman of LSU won the singles crown 6 4 6 4 3 5 6 3 as the rain interrupted play.
Bill Snow notes Detroit Tigers surge from sixth to first division on a 13 of 20 run 149 runs 218 hits 28 homers led by Laabs York Greenberg and Gehlinger in a 12 8 win over the Yankees. Gehrig DiMaggio Gordon tied home run marks as NL Giants hold slim lead.
Summary of top players by stat category in both leagues. American League leaders include Averill Cleveland batting 384 and Foxx Boston 177 RBIs, with Kellin Keiltner? noting errors. Hall-of-Fame era context. National League leaders show Ott New York bat 59 runs and Goodman Cincinnati 61 RBIs, with pitching leaders Vander Meer Cincinnati and Brown Pittsburgh.
Duggin's Grocery wins 2 to 1 in ten innings over Canteen in Commercial softball. Faircloth hit a three-base hit while Walden Ciprine Kanneny and Carroll provided the scoring.
National League results include Brooklyn 5 over St Louis 2 and New York 5 Philadelphia Chicago 3 with others facing rain. N C State League games feature Cooleemee 2 Mooresville 1 and Landis 5 Lexington 4 in ten innings. Thomasville 2 Shelby 1. Carolina League sees Gastonia 10 Lenoir 7 and Kannapolis 4 Hickory 1. Concord 10 Valencia 4.
Syracuse outlasted Newark 3 to 2 in 18 innings in a marathon game. Rochester topped Buffalo 10 to 0 in 10 innings while Baltimore beat Jersey City 7 to 6. Montreal and Toronto were shutout 3 and 0 respectively. In the American Association Louisville crushed Toledo 19 to 8 and Indianapolis defeated Columbus 10 to 1. St Paul beat Milwaukee 6 to 2. Minneapolis edged Kansas City 6 to 4.
Memphis 7 2 Knoxville 5 3 Atlanta 4 Birmingham 2 New Orleans 0 Nashville 8 0 Little Rock 3 7 Chattanooga and Birmingham totals show incomplete data but indicate league results with several scorelines. The fragment reflects game results and team outcomes in the Southern Association.
Charlotte plays Asheville and Durham faces Norfolk in Piedmont League action. Portsmouth meets Richmond and Winston Salem travels to Rocky Mount for league games.
New York visits Detroit Ruffing facing Lawcen while Washington plays St Louis DeShong against Van Atta eenete meets Chicago Thomas against Knott and Boston meets Cleveland Ostermueller with Feller on the mound.
Chicago meets New York Bryant as 8 Hubbell faces 7 5. Pittsburgh visits Boston Tobin 5 3 against Lanning 3 1. St Louis plays Brooklyn Davis 6 2 versus Butcher 4 3. Cincinnati hosts Philadelphia Walters 4 9 versus Mulcahy 5 8.
Small towns announce basketball games with multiple showtimes. Cooleemee hosts Mooresville at 3 30 and 8 30 PM while Shelby plays at 5 30. Landis and Lexi Salisbury host naticenes at 3 30 and 6 30.
Cleveland June 26 Boril Averill, the AL batting leader, continues to push the pace with the heaviest bat in the circuit a 40 ounce model as the season heats up.
New York June 25 Brook lyn plans a new house organ for fans titled Dodger Doings. The latest Major League club to publish a fans guide releases feature stories notes and photos to boost team spirit.
Rumors swirl as Robert Taylor pilots a Californians delegation pressing Mike Jacobs to stage a heavyweight title match in San Francisco next year. Jacobs hints major shows will stay in New York and Baer is signed to a three year deal. Wade notes two 20 19 wins by margin as coaching record stands.
Taylor wins praise from hard-boiled New York boxing writers who spot phonies easily. He captivates women but earns respect as a well set-up, personable young man who speaks freely and knows boxing and boxers.
Chicago sports writers say Windy City fans react with mixed anger and disbelief as the Yankees trade infielder Bob Seeds to the rival Giants, a move seen as costly to Newark pride and team balance.
Note to Tampa sports writers explains Frank Winchell’s absence from the fight due to New York baseball writers blocking his release. Norman St. Denis, who publicized the Ross-Armstrong and Schmeling bouts for Mike Jacobs, also failed to attend because of a poor train connection.
Early arrivals at Ebbets Field thrill to Babe Ruth in batting practice. Despite being fat and forty plus, he belts drives over the palings and repeatedly loses balls.
The Thomasville Tommies extended their eight game win streak with a 2 1 victory over Shelby. Paige Dennis pitched for the win, allowing four hits as Earl Connor and Roy Pinkston delivered key hits in a late rally to seal the game.
Wimbledon notes a colorful roster of stars including Helen Wilt Moody and Hilda Krahwinkel Sperling. The piece highlights Maizie-like impressions of Players Brugnon Jorotta Budge Marble and others, emphasizing mood and personalities over match results.
Roy Lumpkin former Georgia Tech and National League grid star ends professional playing career and heads to Atlanta to devote time to the automobile business.
Central Carolina Horseshoe league action saw the Local Tossers slip past Winston-Salem 4 to 3 in a two game set. Spencer Warren starred with 72 fingers across the twin contests to secure the win for the Y team. Next Friday in Lexington they face Davidson County boys who have not yet broken into the win column.
Luther an and Welch Memorial post soft ball wins An 11 to 1 victory for Lutheran over M P and Welch Memorial shuts out Episcopal 5 to 0 Jack Peace pitched no hitter for Lutheran with 11 runs on 11 hits Clark added a double and a single for Lutheran Peace also had a triple and a home run in three at bats Miller Wall Boch contributed in the Lutheran offense Episcopal were limited to zero runs as Kirby and Harley Newby shared catching duties
Miss Marcella Pendley will supervise junior practice periods and playing of Jr teams at designated places and times. Boys in each locality are asked to meet and try out for teams. Juniors must be under 14 and may not play for other teams.
Camden New Jersey match saw Orville Brown eliminate Chief Thunderbird in 40 30. Newark New Jersey results show Lee Yat Wing defeating Dutch Schulta in 26 09. Chicago heavyweight bout had Everett Marshall defeating Abe Kaplan in 24 22.
DOING ALL RIGHT Cincinnati June 25 Ival Goodman Reds outfielder has averaged over two bases per hit this season. His first 49 at bats produced 102 bases, underscoring his power and early pace.
Richardson street defeated Ada Blair 6 to 4 in a Thursday afternoon Playground league game.
The anti freeze solution in the radiator all winter may have deteriorated the radiator hose. It is advised to inspect the hose and ensure it is in good condition.
Bill Snow fired 73 to lead day one at Emerywood Country Club in the Guilford County Amateur Golf Tournament. Ed Madaris shot 77 holding second while Jack Garrett stood a stroke behind. A A Oliver 70 and Buster Moffitt 80. The event continues today and tomorrow with complete scores showing Snow 70 Madaris 75 Garrett 78 Oliver 70.
Richmond fell to Portsmouth 6-4 and 8-1 in a doubleheader, with Liebhardt tossing a four hit game in the second contest and Carter homer in the final tilt. Asheville lost 14-3 to Charlotte as Ellis Clary collected five hits. Durham beat Norfolk 6-0 behind Lefty Cannon’s four hitter, Mele and Greene homered. Winston-Salem at Rocky Mount was rained out.
In Dallas Wesley Ramey of Grand Rapids outpointed Chine Alvares of Tampa. In Asheville Ben Brown of Atlanta knocked out Jack Bilsiok of Mobile. In Atlantic City Andre Jessurun of New York outpointed Young Gene Buffalo of Philadelphia. Joey Fernandes of New York knocked out Billy Gale of Atlantic City.
Ernest C. Quigley a longtime supervisor of National League umpires and college official will conduct a six week course on football basketball and officiating at Columbia University Teachers College this summer.
Most of the new monster planes are 0 large and have such complete electrical equipment that they must install a separate motor to handle the electrical output.
Parmer Brown of Harlan County defeated Eddie Pope of Stockton in a three fall match at the High Street open air arena last night. Brown lost the first fall to Pope, then won the next two falls amid crowd noise and Brown protesting the referee. Larry Shaff and Walter Miller opened with a one hour draw.
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