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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1931
Page
3
High Point meets Asheville Greensboro visits Raleigh Henderson plays Durham and Winston faces Charlotte all in doubleheaders. The print lists daily matchups under How They Stand.
High Point Pointers aim to sweep Asheville Tourists after rainouts. Dan Boone’s squad split with Charlotte Hornets and plan a home stand at Willis Park with Raleigh Caps before facing Twins in Winston and a two-game set with Asheville. Durham Bulls defeat Gamecocks 9 2 behind Settlemire and Culbreth.
Three industrial leagues launch the first half with 18 teams playing nine games today. Most games start at 3 o'clock with some at 3:30. County City and High Point Amateur leagues play Saturdays. Industrial league keeps a single bye each week. Commissioners oversee disputes and schedules with W. F. Bailey organizing fields and umpires.
Eleven straight rainy Saturdays hamper outdoor sports promoters and sap athlete conditioning. Hornets and Pointers face early-season hurdles but fans praise team hustle and clock-like cooperation. A Parker-era boxing card features Big Sid Terris vs Bill Jordan, with Wildcat Callicutt vs Dynamite Overcash in the semi final.
Rick Ferrell the St Louis Browns catcher nearly broke up his brother Wes Ferrell’s no hit bid in Cleveland as a mis credited eighth inning at bat. Rick recalled he hoped to avoid a hit but aimed to hustle the run and stayed safe on a fumbled throw. Wes later completed the no hit game as their Guilford College family produces several professional players.
Yesterday reports list Charlotte 8 over Winston 0 and Durham 9 percent, Henderson 2, Raleigh 10 over Greensboro 9. High Point Asheville match canceled due to rain.
Boston faces New York while Philadelphia plays Brooklyn. Cincinnati challenges Pittsburgh and Chicago meets St. Louis in a tense set of cross city pairings aimed at testing rivalries across the circuit.
Fragmentary entry lists city names New York Boston Brooklyn St. Louis Chicago Pittsburgh Cincinnati with numbers 5 8 4 6 2 5 4 and note 11 innings. No clear game result or dates. Indicates a baseball score sequence but lacks full context or event details.
St. Louis faces Chicago while Cleveland battles Detroit and New York plays Philadelphia. Washington visits Boston in a slate of intercity showdowns.
A garbled sports page snippet lists players from the Athletics Phillies Giants Cubs Tigers Yankees and Indians with scattered scores and mentions cucumber growth advice. The fragmentary text shows names Haas Cochrane Klein Bissonette Terry Verger Cruz Hartnett Ruth Gehrig Simmons Arlett Averill Critz Vergez and Vergez among others.
George Earnshaw, back to form after a slow start, scattered three singles as the Philadelphia Athletics defeated the New York Yankees 4 to 0. Mule Haas and Micky Cochrane homered for the champions, while Earnshaw contributed a timely two-out single in the ninth.
San Francisco send Young Corbett over Tommy Herman in a ten round decision. Chicago saw Ray Tramblie and Johnny Baima fight to a draw in eight rounds. Moline hosted Barney Ross stopping Jackie Dugan in eight. Charleston featured Holly Allen defeating Eddie Dempsey in ten rounds by newspaper decision.
High Point Junior Highs defeated Salisbury Juniors 14 to 0 in a one sided baseball game. Hoover pitched strongly allowing 4 hits while fanning 12. Hoover also contributed four hits including a home run. Hall and Hendrix added additional home runs. Next week Greensboro Junior Highs visit High Point and Salisbury returns the game.
Yesterday's action featured George Earnshaw shutting out the Yankees for a 4-0 Athletics win while Lloyd Waner drove in the tying run in the Pirates 5-4 eleventh inning victory over the Reds. Vic Frazier's bases loaded double sparked an eight to two White Sox win over the Browns. Hughey Cruz singled four times with a homer as the Giants beat the Braves 5-0. Charlie Sullivan pitched the Tigers to a 4-2 win over the Indians. Joe Shaute earned Brooklyn's 8-4 win over the Phillies for his second victory. Urban Pickering led the Red Sox in a 10-4 triumph over Washington with three RBIs. Sylvester Johnson's Cards beat the Cubs 6-2 to place them in first.
A joke by Pele Mele in Paris where a lawyer questions a doctor about a hypothetical suit between parsons and the devil. The parson concedes the devil would win due to having all the lawyers on his side.
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