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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1946
Page
8
Citizens weigh safety of the municipal pool as guards and lifeguards prove scarce. Greensboro high school stadium delays persist while Salisbury reports Catawba stadium stands moving toward fall completion.
The Hickory junior legion baseball team recorded two triple plays in a Valdese drubbing and added another against Morganton, showing the feat wasn’t a fluke. A state softball tourney in August lacks a definite field, with talks of canvassing a high school fence for stands and lighting. The cost of softball park improvements, about $3,200, could pay off with strong crowds and a brighter events scene.
San Antonio hosts a star filled AAU track event with Harrison Dillard entering both senior and junior divisions. He aims to set multiple marks including 120 yard high hurdles 110 meter hurdles and 200 meter hurdles while Herb McKinley looms as a world record threat in the 440 yard dash.
Green Street Baptist defeated Jamestown Methodist 15 to 8 in Sunday school softball. Cochran led Green with eight hits in seven at bats and was credited with the winning pitcher, while Luquer took the loss. The game featured two-base hits by Cecil Crawford Land Johnson and Culler, with Cochran and Culler hitting home runs.
Lennert Strand, Sweden's 1500 meter champion, recalls rooming with Gunder Haegg in Malmo and expresses regret that Haegg was declared a professional runner. Strand is a newspaper pressman, five feet eight inches tall and 132 pounds.
The Exchange club defeated Rotary 8 to 1 and JayCeés beat Kiwanis 13 to 4 in Red Shield play. Brentwood Browns beat Cloverdale Athletics 12 to 10 in junior league. Civitan Club defeated American Legion 14 to 9 in a Red Shield play game.
Walt Litzenberg, 23, dominates Longacres racing in Seattle as a blitz of wins and short odds shifts betting markets. In seven days, he rode 22 winners, four places, three shows, nine outs, boosting his odds to 3-5 and 4-5 while fans chase the volatile star amid a 58 day meet and a growing pool of railbird intrigue.
Today's baseball schedules list American and National League games across multiple cities with start times. Yesterday's results include Boston and Chicago posting wins while Cincinnati crashed Brooklyn. Raleigh and Winston-Salem report minor league scores in regional leagues.
New York June 2 A discussion led by Col Heinie Miller NBA executive secretary favors a 185 pound boxing class citing sparse numbers in that division Army surgeon general data show only four percent weigh 180 189 pounds while 20 9 percent are 140 149 yet critics question the 185 pound cutoff and compare 174 pound Billy Conn to 207 pound Joe Louis The Morning Call Paterson N J notes Conn’s decline may leave heavyweight ranks thin and highlights guest star Ley.
Miler Glenn Cunningham now athletic director at Cornell College Iowa plans to raise his track renown. Dave Gillespie of Gastonia North Carolina notes Louis as a long-range pick in an eighth. Expendable, a trotting horse once aboard a PT board in the Pacific, set for a coming out party tomorrow night at Roosevelt Raceway.
Ada Blair and Clara Cox starred in a softball scoreboard recap with DeLappe, Sharp, Bowman and Wilson contributing. The brief notes line up pairings and scores across innings, ending with a non sequitur about Jacinth offering protection against harms.
In Concord on June 26 the Weavers rallied in the ninth inning to beat the Tommies 2 to 1. The game featured a late surge after a tied 1-1 score through five, with key RBIs by Glover and Davis and a strong effort from pitcher Stirewall, as Concord built a 9 on the boards.
Des Moines June 26 two days into the women's western open second round 16 players remain Phyllis Otto Atlantic Iowa Northwestern graduate hopes to upset Babe Didrikson Zaharias in the western amateur title after advancing by defeating Mary Agnes Wall at Wakonda club Otto parred 37 on the first nine of the 12 holes and won seven and six yesterday.
Joe McCarthy resigned as Yankees manager on May 24 and is now a talent scout for the team. Club president Larry MacPhail confirmed the position in Cleveland where he and Del Webb watched a game with the Indians.
The YMCA boys sports club elected Byron Grandjean as president, Ray mond Spain as trainer and coach, Bill Ellington as secretary and treasurer. The group aims to expand into all athletics, promote weight lifting and wrestling, and invites indoor sports enthusiasts to join.
Yale University swimmers held their first Cuba workouts at the sports palace pool ahead of the opening meet scheduled for tomorrow night. The Elis arrived by Eastern Airlines to San Antonio de Los Banos, scouting an American Association farm club at the former U S Army airbase.
Ceska Davis Cupper Jaroslav Drobny faces Poland's C Spychalla in a Wimbledon men’s singles match as Jack Kramer praises Drobny as the best he has seen at Wimbledon. Kramer also meets E R Avery in a separate second round clash as Drobny's hard fate and wartime exile are recalled along with Wimbledon’s busy schedule on grass.
The 49th national NCAA golf championships begin at the Springdale Golf Club in Princeton. About 160 collegiate competitors from across the nation compete in medal play over three days to unseat Ohio State and crown a new individual champion after John Lorns's graduation. Teams from Sanford, Washington, and Oregon State return for the first time since before the war, with Northwestern, Cornell, Princeton, and LSU among top contenders.
Spokane Indians seek to reform after a deadly bus crash that killed eight players and injured seven others and the driver. Offers arrive from the Western International Circuit and other major and minor leagues. Sam W. Collins, the owner, plans to complete the season and may hire a new manager with assistance from Branch Rickey and NACML executives.
Yesterday's action featured Bob Feller striking out 13 Yankees in an 8-3 Cleveland win to raise his season total to 165. Tex Hughson earned his fourth straight victory with a two hit 1-0 Boston win over Detroit. Ray Mueller drove in five with two homers and two singles in Cincinnati's 15-3 rout of the Dodgers. Nick Styincevich sparked Pittsburgh with four hits in a 3-0 win over New York for their first victory. Del Ennis celebrated Ennis Night at Shibe Park with two singles and three RBIs as Philadelphia beat St Louis 5-3. Chet Lanbs belted two homers and a single as St Louis routed Athletes 7-2.
Notre Dame golfer Dick Whiting from Detroit won the Indiana collegiate golf championship in Terre Haute after a long night, posting 73 75 for a 148 total to claim the title.
Ray Robinson won a decision over Norman Rubio in Union City New Jersey. Steve Belloise knocked out Coolidge Miller in Brooklyn in 2 32 of the first. Larry Fontana outpointed Indian Gomez in Brooklyn. Billy Nixon defeated Joe Murphy in Harrisburg on a war decision. Harry Jeffra and Nick State drew in Hartford. Jimmy Long beat Earl Griffin in Atlantic City. Al Mobley won on points over Bob Garcia in Newark. Sam Baroudi won a unanimous decision over St Paul. Jimmy Hull knocked out Solly Zalter in Reading.
Ben Chapman, the Phillies manager, is a strong bet for NL manager of the year as his club climbs from eighth to sixth with an 18 of 24 run. Philadelphia tops the soil of a grim history since 1938, but last night’s 5-3 win over St Louis fueled optimism with Del Ennis driving in three runs.
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