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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1932
Page
11
Texas newspapers hail Tanner as a pointer pilot shining in double capacity. They praise his likeable personality and note his popularity with players and fans.
Arch Buddy Tanner the Texas League veteran known as Scrap Iron takes over as manager at High Point for the Pointers this season. Readers praised his infield play and hitting while articles from Texas papers lauded his leadership and versatility as captain-manager in Waco and Fort Worth. He plans to arrive next Saturday and begin training with the squad, aiming for a full workout by April 4 as spring practice at High Point resumes.
Gregory S. Mangin of Newark defeated Francis X. Shields of New York in four sets to win the national indoor tennis title in New York. Mangin, 24, ranked 11th, overcame Shields 10-8 2-6 6-4 6-3 before 4,000 fans and received the championship cap from Jean Borotra.
A quip on gentility and inheritance notes three generations needed to shape a gentleman. Sarcastic remark questions the grandson’s future, implying skepticism about lineage and polish.
Pittsburgh Pirates overcome San Francisco Seals 8 to 7 in an exhibition to post their second straight victory. John Babich, a rookie, sparked a five run sixth inning rally after Wild pitches and walks set up four hits.
Fish transferred from the old to the new Washington DC aquarium undergo chemical baths to kill parasites and growths. The image shows Fred G. Orsinger of Shedd Aquarium Chicago scrubbing a fish.
Knox Poole, former Davidson pitcher now at Union Theological Seminary Richmond held the Wildcats to two hits and three runs while his team collected 14 hits for 12 runs to open the North Carolina inter-collegiate season in Gallege. Poole, Kidd. Pearce, Croker, Bailey, Morris, Whitley.
New York March 19. Fred Leach regular left fielder of the York Giants for three years was sold to the Boston Braves for an unannounced cash sum, announced by the Giants. Leach joined the Giants in 1928 from Philadelphia in exchange for Left O'Doul and an undisclosed amount, and he will join the Braves in Florida after reporting at Los Angeles camp.
Night Juniors Y M C A defeated Day Juniors 23 to 9 in a morning game on the Y court. Greene Wright and Farlow led the winners, while R Hartley top scored for the Day Juniors. Substitutes included Wall Clifton and Clifton for Day and Grey Wilkens Lewis and Farlow for Night.
St. Louis Cardinals beat Indianapolis in an exhibition in Sarasota Florida 2 to 1. Allyn Stout pitched five innings then Ray Starr completed the game allowing four hits and one run. Scoring notes show the Cardinals tallied in the first and eighth while Indianapolis crossed once in the eighth. Stout Starr Mancuso Gonzales Campbell Berry Horne Hiddle contributed as listed.
In Tampa on March 19 the New York Yankees lost to the Cincinnati Reds 4 to 3. Si Johnson and Owen Carroll teamed on an eight hit effort for Cincinnati while Ed Wells struggled late. Ernest Lombardi, newly acquired from Brooklyn, drove in a run in his Reds debut. The Yankees rallied for two in the ninth but Georg Gehrig left stranded.
Philadelphia Athletics defeated the Boston Braves 11 to 7 in St. Petersburg. A seven run fifth inning powered the A L players to the win as Bruce Cunningham faltered in the fifth and was relieved by Walter Betts. Homers by Wesschulmerrich and triples by Williams, Cihocki, Majeski, and Urbanski highlighted the action.
Local rookie week invites new aspirants to appear at Willis ball park any day this week for practice between 11 30 a m and 8 p m. The event serves as an open session to garner a horde of prospects in an inter underway with no one barred from participation.
Special to the Enterprga Greensboro Mar 19 Roy Alford a High Point negro was sentenced in Superior court today to three to five years in the state prison for deadly assault in 1922 on Ida Wac. Other convictions from the week were announced.
In Winter Haven Florida on March 19 the Dodgers tied the Phillies 5 to 5 after a five run eighth inning rally. Stripp Sukeforth and Wilson delivered timely hits as Brooklyn erased a 5 0 deficit and the game ended after ten innings with both managers consenting to call.
Charlotte report lists 1982 Piedmont League managers. Fred Myers will manage and play for Greensboro Patriots. Hal Weafer to manage Wilmington after Henderson’s franchise move. Other skippers include Joe Guyon Asheville and D Tanner High Point. Strain and Guyon non infielders.
Mrs Opal S Hill of Kansas City a late-blooming golfer defeated Miss Maureen Orcutt of Englewood New Jersey two and one to win the second annual Augusta women's invitation tournament. Hill trailed at the turn but surged on the final nine to claim the upset victory in Augusta Georgia.
Earl Averill belted a solo homer in the seventh to lift Cleveland to a 5-1 win over Baltimore in an exhibition game. Hartlep and Porter reached base during the homer, and the Indians turned four double plays to highlight the defense. Gumbert Melton Kenna Hudlin Harder Pytiak played for the teams.
Six thieves burglarize Drew Osborne home taking a mattress and five sheets. Police traced them and located all suspects asleep on stolen mattresses and sheets from other houses. The group now has bid a beds.
Confirmation from H. G. Ilderton Motor Co. in New Plymouth indicates a new and finer Plymouth will appear here within weeks. Dealers praise the longer lower design, new body treatment, floating power engine mountings, and a more powerful engine with added wheelbase, all for a car under $500 at the factory.
The St Louis Browns beat Buffalo 4 to 1 in an opening exhibition game in West Palm Beach. Sam Gray and Wallace Hebert held the Bisons to six hits, with a decisive eighth inning three run rally sparked by a Jimmy McLaughlin triple.
High Points Junior Leaders edged Raleigh 24 22 in a fast game yesterday. Whitley and Farlow scored 7 each for High Point while Rogers and Poe led Raleigh. The victory sends the Junior Leaders to Asheville for another court game.
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