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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1930
Page
13
Charlotte tops the fifth annual Davidson college track meet scoring 38.5 points led by Nick Laney in the broad jump and Captain Mullis. Wilmington runner ups with 36 points and Greensboro, High Point and Raleigh also in the top ranks.
N C State prepares for the college baseball season with three early games starting March 29 against Davidson. The Techmen, coached by Chick Doak, rely on sophomore infielders as they enter the Tri State Intercollegiate League schedule in Raleigh and Concord.
The Thomas Mills basketball team defeated Knox Upholstery in a three game series to claim the industrial league championship. Buck Johnson sparked the deciding goal in game two as Hack Malloy Jay Williard and Buck Johnson starred in a hard fought season culminating in a 3-0 series win.
High Point college freshman track team scored 50 points to win the interclass meet on the high school field. Sophomores had 35, seniors 31 and juniors 6. Mulligan, a senior, led with 20 points while Zacovic, a freshman, had 16. Three college records fell and Hughes won the mile in a 5 minute record. Mulligan set a 55 second 440 and 22 feet 6 1/4 inches broad jump.
A Chicagoan, Albert R. Gates, was named administrator of golf by the Professional Golfers association, aiming to enroll all 3,158 professional golfers and influence the game with a reformist, sportsmanlike program. Gates, a former Western Golf Association president and longtime lawyer, will work with USGA and St Andrews while steering steel shaft adoption after testing with top players.
Close of winter season frees several UNC men for baseball. Basketball releases Longest Edwards Brown and Crouch. Boxing frees Davide. Wrestling yields McKinney Jackson and Branch for infield duties.
Horton Smith Densmore Shute Charles Rice and possibly Fairly Clark will appear in an exhibition golf match in Asheville on Sunday March 30, officials of the Asheville Country Club announced.
Charlotte, King, Barium win distance marks with 121 feet 1 inch in javelin. Brittain of Wilmington and Gurley of High Point lead javelin with 156 feet 11 inches. Barksdale of Charlotte and Abernethy of Greensboro tie for high jump first at 5 feet 75 inches, with several others tied for fourth. Robinson of Wilmington wins pole vault at 10 feet. Broad jump shows Laney of Charlotte and Nicholson of Greensboro among top distances.
The 1930 UNC baseball team, after a spring break, shows a near final lineup ahead of Thursday's opener with Springfield college. Captain Jimmy Maus catches, Nap Lufty at third, Whitey Whitehead short, Marshall Rand second, with Wright or Fleming likely to start on the mound. Outfield features Phil Sher, Branch Sher, Clyde McKinney, and others vying for spots in a promising Tar Heel lineup led by coach Jim Ashmore.
Victorio Campolo the Manana Mauler meets Johnny Risko in a ten round rematch at Madison Square Garden Monday night. The pair butted heads previously with a disputed decision, now fighting for a charitable card sponsored by the House of Calvary Cancer Hospital.
Cuban boxer Reed Chocolate fights at 126 pounds after knocking out Al Ridgeway at the Garden. Only Bat Battalino stands as the featherweight king in his class, but Battalino is reluctant to face Chocolate in a first major title test.
William Carey head of Madison Square Garden and aviation firms returns from Brazil in May. His business trip sets in motion changes at the Garden and its affiliated ventures as he plans to step from his position.
W. B. Thomas hosted a Friday dinner at the Sheraton for the Thomas Mills basketball team, the local industrial league champions. Guests included Knox Upholstery runners up, mill foremen, and Dean P. E. Lindley who spoke on character and play. Virgil Yow served as toastmaster. Ernie Blosser praised Knox sportsmanship.
Mrs. Lee Mida of Sterling Mount Plymouth Florida and Chicago golf pro won the Florida women’s crown, defeating Mrs. John A Homes of Jacksonville 5 and 4 in a rain delay final match played in Jacksonville on March 22.
In Tampa on March 22 the Detroit Tigers defeated the Tampa Smokers 9 to 2 after a seventh inning burst. Sorrell and Hayworth, Lee, Youngblood and Sanchez contributed for Detroit as the game ended with a cloudburst halting play in the sixth.
Rain halted the singles finals of the Southeastern tennis championship in St. Augustine Florida. John Doeg of Santa Monica California faced J Gilbert Hall of South Orange New Jersey, with matches moved to tomorrow morning due to heavy courts.
In a move aligned with Garden leadership, Frank Bruen pursues the general manager role while Al Weill is slated to retire as matchmaker at Madison Square Garden. The transition signals leadership changes at major venue operations.
Johnny Allen and Chink Outen, former Tourists, will likely play when Jersey City of the International League meets Asheville’s Sally League club in an exhibition here March 31. Allen and Outen were called by the Yankees last season and farmed to Jersey City this year. Spring training has begun for the Tourists.
Bill Frey of Madison Wisconsin led 22 speedboat racers to win the first heat for the Sir Thomas Lipton trophy on a five mile course in 7 minutes 30 seconds. Col S Toey drove Miss Cele second and Eugene Knight aboard West Palm Beach Baby finished third as rough water caused numerous spills.
Big league scouts, impressed by Bill Werber a guard on Duke's basketball team, call him one of the most promising college baseball players in the South after watching him in practice.
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