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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1920
Page
7
The account from Aberdare recalls a NSW boxing bout with a traveling fair. Dobbs, then blind in one eye, faced Ted Jones of Merthyr and had Jones on the floor most of the time. He asked the crowd whether to finish Jones or let him continue.
No more exhibition games with a nn big league club booked for the Furniture Makers. April 7 and 8 at Welchfield host the Reading club of the International League. Reading players train at Greensboro and report to the Gate City around March 25. Charlie Carrolls Patriots of the Piedmont League visit town then for joint workouts.
The article notes Bud Weiser, once a Charlotte club star in the old North Carolina league, played for Reading as a gardener and briefly joined Philadelphia in the National League but failed to impress Moran of the Reds. He dropped to a class B league before rising to double A, following a strong 1919 season.
John Hummel long associated with Brooklyn as a National League star and top bet for years becomes manager of the Reading club. He brings deep game knowledge and is expected to drive the team to solid performance with strong leadership.
VER notes extensive upgrades at Cone Park Greensboro including new seating showers baths and lockers for players. After delays the project progressed this season as John Rees head of the Greensboro club secured support from key individuals.
Iwanian groups in Greensboro resolve to back the Patriots financially and vocally for the coming season. The move honors John Rees for supplying the city with baseball and shows local appreciation in the Gate City.
A husky pilot escorted Dick Miller to town yesterday for keeps and then headed to Welch Field with workers to don overalls and trench shoes and begin work. Spies report results were achieved.
PAIL first is the date all the High Point players have been ordered to report. Until that time Miller will have all the buzzing to do.
In Boston on March 19 a one year old named David Bailey coughed up an open safety pin after eight months of attempted digestion. The pin was given to him by an older brother when he was four months old. He is the son of Mr and Mrs David Bailey.
A list of historical figures and their trades: Joe Gans oyster opener before boxing. Jimmy Britt bookkeeper. Jim Corbett bookkeeper. Jim Jeffries boilermaker. Jack Dempsey cooper. Al Neil sign painter. Jack Johnson kalseminer. Joe Walcott coal passer on an ocean liner. Peter Jackson coarsman. Jem Driscoll pressiman. Abe Attell messenger boy.
In a letter from Greenpoint Brooklyn the writer praises Mike Donovan as the greatest fighter he ever saw. He cites Donovan defeating Jack Dempsey and twice outpointing John L. Sullivan, while noting Donovan’s endurance when blinded in a sixty first round against Conroy. Donovan died of pneumonia at St Francis Hospital New York on March 24 1918 while serving as a boxing instructor.
English boxing writers insist the true style is the Jem Mace stand up right and straight hits with a straight fall. They argue no crouching fighter can be great. The piece notes famous champs like Terry McGevren Ketchel Jeffries and Dempsey missing a thrash from Mace school Englishman.
Jimmy Johnston recalls a Reading street car meeting with a gray haired man who challenges him and recalls a past fight with Danny Dougherty of Waldorf, Reading, pa. The old man hints at a smacking that left him unable to fight and shows a card with Dougherty’s name.
A reader recalls Bobby Dobbs as a great boxer and notes the last time they saw Dobbs. The message addresses Tad and reflects on Dobbs’s boxing career.
Thelma Clark a two year old child left the state prison women's ward with her parents Mrs and Mrs Jesses Clark who had just been released after serving four years for killing a physician over a matter involving Thelma's mother.
London reports wireless telephony has carried songs 1400 miles, the farthest development. Experiments continue in Chelmsford Essex with reports of songs and messages received on ships hundreds of miles at sea.
Atlanta March 19 Confident of the south’s continued prosperity President Harrison of the Southern Railway decided not to qualify for the government guarantee. The plan would cover March to August and could total about 9.5 million for the Southern and 12 million for four lines. He will rely on regional business and the system’s organization to meet or beat the guaranteed return.
Albany, a longtime standby in the old New York state league, has assumed control of the Providence franchise in the Eastern league, reshaping the regional baseball setup.
George Chippie Gaw, noted pitcher for the Buffalo International League team, receives appointment as baseball coach at Boston University. Gaw takes over duties and brings professional experience to the Terriers program.
At a public hearing before the House Special Legislation Committee, William Williams of Tiverton testified in favor of abolishing the Tiverton police commission. He recalled an episode where, after the commission refused to close disorderly houses, irate citizens publicly ducked girls near the town pump and drove them from town under threats of tar and feathers.
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