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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1955
Page
18
NEA Peoria champions and other high seeds begin play in the 48th annual National Amateur Baseball Union tournament. Illinois Cats and Buchan Bakers meet after Seattle’s advance, NC State faces Wuthnow Furniture, and Phillips 66ers challenge Santa Maria Golden Dukes as strong teams tip off.
Lefty George Petty limited Stokesdale to two hits in a 14-5 Guilford County baseball win for Jamestown’s Flying Tigers. Jamestown scored four in the first, eight in the third, and two in the fifth before the game was called after 5 1/2 innings due to cold weather. Three Jamestown pitchers and seven errors aided Stokesdale’s five runs. Jamestown meets Sumner next Friday afternoon.
Pastrano, 19, a New Orleans born middleweight now fighting from Miami Beach, meets 26 year old Al Andrews in a 10 round bout at Chicago Stadium. Pastrano aims to extend his eight fight winning streak while Andrews, known for a fast pace, seeks another upset after a close loss to Joey Giardello.
High Point Gray and High Point will meet in a postponed baseball doubleheader in Winston-Salem with games at 4 p.m. tomorrow and Friday. Coach Jim Hayworth said the extra practice time helps the squad after poor weather kept them off the field for nearly three weeks.
Juda Brumley and Tom Robbins won opening round matches at the American Seniors Golf Association event in St Augustine Florida. Robbins from Larchmont New York defeated Billie Goodloe Sr of Valdosta Georgia 1 up after a late surge while Brumley from Greeneville Tennessee overcame Bob Wingate of Fayetteville North Carolina 2 up. Co medalists Col A V Edine Greenwell Springs Louisiana and Eugene Pittman Washington DC were eliminated on the 6485 yard Ponce de Leon course for players 55 and older.
Summerfield overwhelmed Guilford County champions Allen Jay 14 to 2 as Ken Ridge carried a no hit bid through four innings before five fifth and sixth inning misplays and walks broke the game open. Allen Jay scored first with two in the fourth, then Summerfield answered with multiple runs to pull away. The slugfest featured walks errors and seven Summerfield singles.
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