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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1937
Page
8
A new High Point Enterprise sports editor introduces his approach to reporting. He credits Frank Barfield for help, promises impartial coverage of local events, and notes occasional sharp critique to reveal weaknesses.
Dodgers owner Burleigh Grimes toys with a ground rule by counting base hits off the right field screen at Ebbets Field to decide if a drive hitting the screen should be a home run. He cites Manush and teammates as potential rule changers and recalls historic park tinkering by Mack, Griffith, Clark, McGraw, and others to aid hitters.
In New York Eddie Bribtz sums oddball items from sports world. Dayton pro Alex Campbell, visiting Sarasota for Florida golf, suffers appendicitis and medical quip about counting to one hundred ends in confusion. Also mentions Stengel rooting for Dodgers and possible Yankees trade chatter, Sing Sing adding ice hockey, Pompoon derby odds, and a humorous exchange about a ruptured manager.
Tommy Henrich wrote a guest column in a New York paper expressing thrill at being with the Yankees. Later Saturday afternoon he pinch hit for the Newark Bears across the Hudson. Both teams are in the American League.
The Commercial softball league opens this afternoon at 5 30 at the high school field. Mann No 7 competes with the Church of God team which has shown power at the plate strong pitching and solid defense. Church of God is expected to be a strong title contender while Mann No 7 is believed to field a clever squad.
Fort Worth May 3 Slingin Sammy Baugh star of the T C U football team has been elected captain of the Horned Frog baseball nine for the season He carries nine varsity T s three in football three in basketball and three in baseball as he nears graduation this June
During the war infantrymen used pontoon bridges made from floating elements such as cork floats or empty gasoline tins bound together to create light, movable crossing structures for rivers and other waterways.
Sid Feder reports rapid shifts in pennant odds as Pirates and Tigers surge to early first place. Bowman debuts for Pittsburgh in a 7-2 win. Cubs top Cardinals 4-1 amid injuries. Gehrig belts homer as Yankees fall 5-4 to Red Sox. Walker and Mungo shine for Detroit and Brooklyn.
Entries for the North-South trapshoot and the North Carolina state championship trapshoot arrive from Atlanta, Tampa, Baltimore, and many from North Carolina. The events, sponsored by the High Point Skeet and Trap club, run May 5 to 8 on the local field. Officials expect about 60 registered for the two tournaments, with 40 to 60 more for the May skeet shoot on May 6 and 8.
The Sunday School softball loop begins Friday May 7 with ten teams divided into five city sections.
Commercial Loop leaders to meet tonight at 7:30 at the OC.A. building to discuss moving several Commercial league teams into the Amateur circuit. The Commercial league has ten clubs ready to start the pennant chase while the Amateur is short handed with five teams.
A detailed May to July schedule lists multiple church and school teams facing each other on dates from May 7 to July 2. Teams include Lutheran, Wesley Memorial, Episcopal, Welch Memorial, First M. P., First Baptist, Reformed, First Church of God, Green Street, Blair Park, High School No. 1 and No. 2, with venues at Steele Street Kearns Street Blair Park and High School sites.
Rocky Mount swept a doubleheader at Winston-Salem 8-7 and 11-0 to lead the Piedmont League early season standings. Maywood Belcher pitched Asheville to a 3-1 win over Richmond, while O'Malley was ejected as Portsmouth defeated Durham 6-3. Richmond posted a 3-1 loss to Asheville with May early Mayweather?
The shell of the bar bassa nut is exceedingly tough, withstanding six tons of force. About tennis ball size, it houses a cluster of nut meats similar to shelled Brazil nuts.
An AP writer in Indianapolis rode with Hony Gulotta at the 2 1/2 mile speedway to sample a near top speed experience. The ride reached about 117 miles per hour on a coast in a carlike motorcycle while spectators teased and Tony Copps noted the quiet aftermath.
Duke baseball meets Maryland at College Park while Carolina tennis battles Lehigh at Bethlehem. Catawba and Elon play a two game series for North State baseball, with Duke and Carolina among contenders in conference play.
United States and Australia advanced to the American zone final after U S beat Japan and Australia defeated Mexico 5 0 at Forest Hills May 29 31. Belgium beat Hungary 3 2 and Switzerland beat Ireland 3 2 in Europe while South Africa routed the Netherlands 6 0 and New Zealand edged China 3 2 in England.
Raleigh May 3 Mac Cara star left end and captain of North Carolina State 1936 football team has signed a contract to play professional football for the Washington Redskins. He will report for duty in August. Washington was the Boston Redskins National title winner last year.
Washington May 3 The fat man of baseball Big Shanty Rogan weighed 232 pounds when he moved back to the minors and left behind his major league comeback. John L Riddle will take his place behind the Washington club s bat. The Indians receive cash consideration in the deal Shanty sought to stay in the big time but lost his batting eye despite trimming his weight.
Results yesterday show Rocky Mount 8 11 and Winston-Salem 7 0 leading the standings. Asheville 3 Richmond 1 Portsmouth 6 Durham 3 fill the rest of the table with only scheduled games listed.
Winston-Salem visits Norfolk, Asheville travels to Durham, Charlotte faces Richmond, and Portsmouth plays Rocky Mount in a slate of regional games.
International League results list Buffalo over Jersey City 8-3 and Toronto beating Newark 3-1 with Montreal 4-1 over Syracuse. Rochester 12-8 hosts Baltimore 10-2 while Newark and Toronto face Buffalo and Rochester. Six games set for tonight.
Memphis won the first game against Chattanooga 6 to 4 before darkness halted the second game in the first inning. Birmingham trailed Birmingham 2 to 6 and Knoxville 0 to 2. Nashville dominated New Orleans 9 to 2 while Atlanta fell to Little Rock 3 to 6.
Georgia teams clash as Atlanta visits New Orleans in a high stakes matchup, while Chattanooga plays Birmingham, Little Rock heads to Nashville, and Memphis travels to Knoxville in slate of notable regional games.
The schedule shows Boston 5 New York 4 and Detroit 6 Chicago 5 with Washington 10 Philadelphia 7. Cleveland at St Louis and Chicago at Detroit were postponed by rain. no other games were scheduled.
Chicago defeats St. Louis 4 to 1 while New York tops Boston 3 to 1. Pittsburgh beats Cincinnati 7 to 2 and Brooklyn defeats Philadelphia 5 to 1.
Hemp loses 6 to 2 as Adams-Millis of High Point dominates with strong defense led by Fritz centerfield and timely hits from Stone Smith and Heiser. Turville and Pate homer, Turberville adds two hits, and Womble contributes with stolen bases as Adams-Millis opens the In City league season before 500 fans.
An adrift individual at sea would survive longer by avoiding seawater intake. The saltiness drives kidney effort to excrete cess salts, causing plasma water loss and rapid decline, hastening death.
The schedule lists New York visiting Boston, Philadelphia at Brooklyn, and Pittsburgh traveling to Cincinnati. The games highlight regional rivals and cross state matchups in a busy slate.
Western results show Louisville 9 Indianapolis 6 Toledo 3 Columbus 3 in 13 innings Minneapolis 4 St Paul 0. Milwaukee at Kansas City games postponed due to rain with two warmups postponed.
Mr Thad Hedrick of Thomasville asks readers to call 2417 about an enterprise matter. Mrs Moyer Mendenhall of Thomasville asks to contact 437 regarding local Thomasville and vicinity reports.
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