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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1940
Page
20
Montevideo June 29 The United States cruiser Wichita is due here Sunday and will stay until July 3 when it departs with the cruiser Quincy which has been here since June 20.
Marvin T. Pipkin, 22, of Durham County, was fatally injured when he fell from a lumber truck near Durham. A lobster molts its shell 17 times during its first year of life.
Ansel Snow, a high school student, defeated Ben Cooper Jr. 8 and 6 yesterday afternoon to win the Emerywood Country Club Junior championship. Monk Watkins beat Wayne Davis 4 and 3 for the consolation flight. Joe Woolen won the second flight by defeating Alex Marsh.
Thomasville Tommies split a doubleheader with Mooresville 2-5 in game one and 10-5 in game two. Ray Lindsay took the loss in game one while Junie Barnes permitted the loss in game two. Barnes and Small homered for Mooresville in game two. Easley and LaMothe led Thomasville with three hits in the second game.
A 20 year old University of Virginia golfer Dixon Brooke rallied from four holes down to beat Harry Haverstick of Swarthmore by one up in the 43rd national amateur championship at Ekwanok Club. Brooke trailed after a morning 78 to Haverstick 80, but he surged back with a near 73 on the second round, securing the title with a clutch five foot putt on the final green.
Jim Turner pitched the Cincinnati Reds to a 4 1 victory over the Chicago Cubs for his fifth win of the season. The Reds maintained a slim first place edge over Brooklyn as Boston Bees won elsewhere. Turner received solid defensive support while Cubs hitters managed eight hits.
Two fading fixtures Dizzy Dean and Rogers Hornsby headlined the Texas League all star ballot. Dean, with Tulsa, tries a new side arm to return to the majors while Hornsby, managing Oklahoma City, was chosen to guide the Northern Division All-Star nine for the Fort Worth game set July 11.
St Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers deadlocked 9 to 9 in nine innings as darkness halted the second game after a 9-5 first game Detroit used four pitchers to 14 hits by St Louis. Judnich tied the run in the eighth with McQuinn scoring on his single after four Browns hits and an error. Greenberg homered for Detroit and Bruce Campbell also went yard.
Bob Feller struck out 11 in a 7 to 3 Cleveland victory over Chicago at Comiskey Park. The Indians built a lead with runs in the second inning and Feller contributed a two run double, matching his third win over the White Sox this season.
World champions return to form in a softball roundup with notable performances from Adams-Milligan Beeson Hardware and Nat'l Upholstery squads. Weavers and Harriss-Covington entries highlight the Industrial League scene as teams chase wins.
Washington Senators rapped 18 hits to outscore Boston 9 to 7 as Ted Williams and Bobby Doerr homered for the Red Sox. Joe Krakauskas allowed late-inning runs but helped hold Boston to keep the rally alive.
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