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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1945
Page
5
Statesville won by eight points over Thomasville in a two team tilt played in Statesville. The game featured Fasano McWilliams Bernie Dieb and Smith Miller Horner Alda Cloufteite on one side and Campbell Watts Hanes Pert on the other as fans anticipate a doubleheader in Thomasville tonight.
Arcadia Calif June 30 factors tilt toward Thumbs Up Louis B Mayer entry with Johnny Longden aboard to run in a grueling one and a quarter mile race. Purse totals prize money place payments based on final gross value. Attendance expected above sixty five thousand with post time listed. Also mentions Gay Dalton and other contenders in the field. Administrative notice for Hattie Mae Warner estate follows with claims deadline and payment instruction to executors in Jamestown North Carolina.
Allan B. Welborn as Administrator notifies all claimants against John Arthur Marsh Sr of Iiford County to present claims by June 23, 1946 at 101 West Green Street High Point NC. Creditors must settle debts promptly. notice dated June 21, 1945.
Phillies appoint Ben Chapman as new manager after Fred Fitzsimmons resigns. Chapman, 36, discusses next steps with General Manager Herb Pennock as Philadelphia seeks to climb from the NL cellar. Chapman previously played for several major teams and managed in the minor leagues.
The Mahatma of Montague Street Branch Rickey says college football may see about a dozen professional leagues challenging the best college teams. He notes fans would switch to the pros as baseball did and urges avoiding professionalization.
The American merchant marine institute reports that only two of fourteen ships named for sports figures have fallen as war casualties. The Walter Camp was sunk in the Red Sea Indian Ocean region and the Hobart Baker went down in the Pacific. Knute Rockne and several others remain in service under their names, while John J. McGraw and Rey D. Houghton were handed to Britain under lend-lease and renamed. Hard luck tale.
Eddie Travis reports a fire causing $4,000 damage at Newport News park. A Dodger outfielder is sidelined before the game and another exits after a first base collision. Four players in the starting lineup receive word the army is showing interest. Newport News drops two games and falls to fifth in the league.
The 33 man 1942 Oklahoma A and M football squad all joined the armed forces. Twenty six became officers. thirteen killed or wounded, five killed in action. one left the service after reaching lieutenant. Capt Sammy Menacker former wrestler in New Orleans hospital after knee surgeries. Soldiers in India name a new boxing arena in Calcutta Monsoon Square Garden opening soon.
National League results list Brooklyn 5-1 over Chicago and St. Louis 9 over Philadelphia. American League shows Washington 8 over Detroit 3 and Boston 1 over Chicago 2. Carolina League features Winston Salem 10-3 and Raleigh 17 to 6. International League includes Buffalo 6 and Newark 5 in 11 innings. Southern Association notes Nashville 6-1 and Mobile 14 over New Orleans 2. Tomorrow’s games include Chicago at New York and Cincinnati at Philadelphia with multiple doubleheaders and night-cap matchups.
A dense list of radio time slots notes program corrections by networks. Includes music, dramatic scenes, news updates, variety shows, and overseas reports from multiple networks and stations.
Ben Chapman takes over the Phillies as they trail with a club headed for a National League record loss total. Del Rice helps Cardinals win with a three RBI night, Red Barrett notches his eighth win. Frank Hayes sets a major league record with 218 consecutive games behind the plate. Nationals topple the Tigers 8 3 with a five run first inning including three hits from Marino Pieretti. Dodgers split a doubleheader with the Cubs, Cardinals and Giants win and lose in other games as Ferriss shines for Boston, while the Yankees idle.
A readable crossword clue list from a Eugene Sheffer puzzle featuring across and down entries. It includes hints like confiding Italian noble family apply remedies to and many more, with vertical and across numbering and final note on solution time and syndicate distribution.
Freddie Red Cochrane the welterweight champion was stopped by Rocky Graziano in the 10th round of a non-title bout at Madison Square Garden. Graziano dropped Cochrane with a right on the chin in 16 seconds of the 10th. Cochrane weighed 142 1 2 pounds to Graziano's 153. Cochrane admitted he was beaten and announced his next fight set for Knoxville on July 17 against an unnamed opponent.
Caney Oregon resident Eli Lee, once a bicycle racing champion, still earns a living at 70 by using a self made drag saw powered by bicycle pedals. He can even read a newspaper while sawing wood.
A list of top offensive and pitching leaders with names such as Stirnweiss Case and Cuccinello, plus Holmes Olmo and Lombardi in batting and fielding categories. An unrelated note mentions early American settlers and quick freezing of mince pies per Britannica, describing colonial reheating.
Francisco Segura of Miami meets Lt Frank Mehner at West Point in the NCAA tennis final in Evanston after defeating Bernard Bartzen 6-2 6-2 6-3 in the semi. Segura and Tom Burke advance to doubles final with a win over Bartzen Macken 6-2 2-6 6-4 6-4 as Mehner edges Stan Clark 6-4 6-2 6-2.
In New York on June 30, Big Bill Tilden faces Welby Van Horn in one semifinal of the national professional championships. Richard Skeen plays John Nogrady in the other semifinal.
Leaksville drops to second in the Carolina league after a 17-6 loss to Raleigh. Crawford hits a three run homer for Leaksville while Jackson added a four bagger. Raleigh explodes in the eighth with eight runs. Other games see Burlington beat Greensboro 6-4 and Winston-Salem defeat Sham 10-2 in the opener.
Commissioner Rupert Pickens announces public sale of multiple properties in High Point Township Guilford County on July 2 1945 at 2 PM at the east door of Greensboro Court House for cash subject to court confirmation. Properties cover three tracts with detailed bearings and boundaries and exclude prior conveyed tracts recorded in many deed books and pages. The notice lists named parties including Rosa W Redding J P Redding and others as related individuals and entities involved in the proceedings.
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