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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1942
Page
7
In grapefruit league play on March 30 1942 the Pirates and Browns share first with 12 of 16 and 9 of 12 records. Both lead interleague play, Browns 5-0 vs NL teams and Pirates 5-1 vs AL clubs. The standings cover games won and lost within and across leagues.
In Pittsburgh tonight Harry Bobo battles Lem Franklin in a 10 round middleweight clash. Franklin, 24, Cleveland, seeks to rebound after a stoppage loss to Bob Pastor and a recent surge in his career. Bobo, 208 pounds and 32 fights, carries an uneven record but could force a Pastor bout if he wins.
Holdout first baseman Dick Siebert is back with the Philadelphia Athletic and expected to boost the club’s attack after agreeing to 1942 terms in a telephone deal with Connie Mack. The report traces spring training notes from Florida on multiple teams and players, including Newhouser, Jonnard, Lobert, and several positional battles.
CHILLICOTHE Mo March 30 Harold Ashbrook proves consistent in a high school track meet by winning the broad jump with a leap of 19 feet 10 inches in four attempts. Officials noted no jump differed by more than a quarter inch.
Juke box owners report pressure from one faction to install a swing record mixing political speeches with the jive. The proposed title was to be Roogie Woogie, signaling a tactical blend of music and politics.
Boston grappler Flashy Jack LaRue faces Shawnee Chief Lone Wolf at the Hippodrome Thursday night in a card featuring Black Panther and Stranglin Ed White. LaRue claims full recovery from a leg injury and vows readiness. Lone Wolf, a 210 pound western Indian, is a fast, high riding opponent whose rule knowledge remains to be learned.
Exhibition games held in Lakeland St Petersburg Pasadena and other Florida cities feature matchups among Detroit Washington St Louis Boston Chicago New York Philadelphia San Diego and more. Saturdays results include St Louis 13 Philadelphia 6 Boston 2 Cleveland 2 New York 0 St Louis 6 New York 1 and Chicago 3 San Diego 6 San Francisco 4. Sunday notes Philadelphia and Detroit games postponed by weather and a Salt Lake City line warns no smoking for a siren operator on duty.
Casey Stengel, managing the Boston Braves, expects a seventh place NL finish but stresses a seasoned lineup. He praises 40-year-old Johnny Cooney and Paul Waner, notes Waner and Cooney provide steadiness to Frank Denwree, and cites Ernie Lombardi and Tony Cuccinella as experienced cogs. He mentions pitching depth as a potential weakness.
Roundup notes debate abolishing football at Georgia and Georgia Tech with hints Gov. Talmadge may back Tech. Mentions Mississippi State Colleges sentiment, Alabama proposal to halt interscholastic sports. Highlights Syracuse heavyweight champ Toots Mirabito and Phil Alien’s engagement, plus a quip about twilight baseball broadcasts with Springer Gibbon as guest star in Chattanooga.
Frank Barnhart Jr a private in the cavalry at Fort Riley meets his father Lieut Col Barnhart commander of the fourth regiment Pvt Dewey Fragetta at Fort Monmouth reports greater workload than before as a civilian and Robert Wayne Johnson who moved from a Brooklyn farm team to the air corps claims involvement with the Shep- continuing wartime notes on service families.
The Greensboro Open results list numerous players with scores and winnings. Sam Byrd from Ardmore, PA won $1,000 with a 279 total. Ben Hogan from Hershey, PA earned -650. Lloyd Mangrum of Chicago posted 281 and a 350 payout. The field features Byron Nelson Toledo, OT. many others including Sam Snead, Gene Sarazen, and Chandler Harper, with assorted scores and small winnings.
Missouri Tigers, Big Six champions and 2 0 loser to Fordham in the 1942 Sugar Bowl, will meet the Great Lakes Naval Training Station team October 31 in St Louis. Officials also said negotiations for a game with the Iowa City Naval Air Training Station, likely December 5 at Kansas City or Columbia.
Duke's baseball squad asserts dominance with a string of wins in South Carolina and plans a busy schedule against Big Five rivals. Duke remains undefeated after a five game sweep of South Carolina, beating Clemson twice and Furman once, as Cornell and other major teams prepare for upcoming clashes and conference matchups.
Pard Field Texas ball squad trains intensely amid other duties and prep. Jimmy Johnston likely to push Abe Simon toward another title shot as Friday's short count sparks chatter. Virginia Union E plus metropolitan all stars set for U S QC benefit game Saturday. Louisville Bowser posts 659 series as Ed Bowling reflects. Long Island U opens gym to outsiders for national fitness drive. Frank Menke leaves five alibis in Derby entry blanks.
Sammy Byrd former major league player won the Greater Greensboro golf trophy with a 279 net five under par finishing two strokes ahead of Ben Hogan Lloyd Mangrum and others at Asheville Land of the Sky Open entry prize $1 000. Hogan and Nelson battled with 283s while Nelson hit a spectator causing a penalty stroke and a six on a par three. Byrd previously played for the Yankees and Reds before quitting in 1936 and this marks his first tournament win.
Critics praise Frank Taylors Sketch Book Revue as one of the season’s smartest revues. The four performances begin at 2 10, 4 20, 7 00 and 9 20 with a famed 27 member cast and eight acts. A 1 to 2 pm bargain hour offers low prices and defense stamp sales at the box office.
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