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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1927
Page
15
A fragment notes Captain Nuggenser aiming to fly to New York aboard a decorated plane. The detail mentions ekull imagery on the craft, indicating a ceremonial or symbolic adornment as part of the journey.
Delegates at the Y M C A approve the new league constitution and by laws. A four game minimum for championship eligibility is set. Five teams are entered and a two half season schedule of 20 games each begins tomorrow with Rob Little and Ed Millikan as umpires.
The Kitchensmen meet the Toros of Durham at Welch Park this afternoon for the opener at four o'clock. Tomorrow the Pointers and Bovines stage a double bill with games at 2:30 and 4. Cook or Conklin is slated to start Eldridge and Buckles is expected to pitch tomorrow. Last Saturday over 5,000 watched the Pointers defeat the Twins, a crowd expected to grow.
Raleigh defeats High Point 6 to 5 as Rocky Mount leads 12 to 10 over Salisbury Durham. Winston Salem falls 6 to 6 in a tight match, with Salisbury Durham and other teams showing competitive scores.
Kinston defeated Norfolk 6 to 2, Petersburg beat Wilson 9 to 3, Portsmouth topped Richmond 15 to 7 in Virginia League action.
Mobile 3 Atlanta 2, New Orleans 5 Birmingham 2, Chattanooga 2 Little Rock 4. Nashville Memphis game postponed due to rain.
Boston beat Philadelphia 3 to 2 while Chicago defeated Detroit 3 to 2. New York routed Washington 6 to 1 as Cleveland and St. Louis were rained out.
Brooklyn falls 1 to 4 to New York while St Louis wins 4 to 2 against Pittsburgh. Boston Philadelphia game postponed by rain.
Toledo defeated St. Paul 6 to 1 while Milwaukee shut out Louisville 5 0. Columbus won 10 to 2 over Minneapolis as Indianapolis and Kansas City played in rain.
The text notes Miller Huggins banning poker liquor late hours and kids amid a general ban. It mentions an outdoor season opener featuring the Loughran Stribling bout as the first outdoor match of the season.
Coast police remove the fire bell from the ex-champion’s roadster as a tense scene unfolds. A Kansas man was arrested for disturbing the peace at a wrestling match. O’Georty’s sister eagerly planned a trip to the Penn Relays after hearing field sports would draw a crowd. She misidentified Locke as a convicted felon.
A third strike that hits the batsman is an automatic out and dead ball. Runners may not advance on this play. The infield fly rule applies to a fair fly ball in reach of an infielder and judged by the umpire as playable. The fielder has the right of way. runners must avoid interference or be out.
Miss Marion Turpie of New Orleans led Mrs. David Gant of Memphis two up after nine holes in the southern woman's championship semi final at Laurel Mississippi. Mrs. Dalton Reymond of Baton Rouge led Mrs. John Armstrong of Jackson Mississippi one up at the same stage.
The Gordon Bennett international balloon races originally set for Detroit on July 4 have been transferred to Denver Colorado. The contest committee announced the new date as September 19.
Frances C. Hunter defeats Dr. Hintz Landmann of Germany in Berlin in the first international tennis match of the local season by scores 6 2, 6 1, 8 7.
Chapel Hill May 6 Several state records are expected to fall as nine North Carolina colleges compete in the state championship at Greensboro. Tar Heel stars led by Captain Gus McPherson Buck Currie of Davidson and Bud Erwin of Duke are predicted to challenge marks in sprints distance events and field events with top rivals Rhinehart Elliott Pritchett Giersh and others noted for potential record times and wins.
Ray Street led all seven city elementary schools at Welch field in the fourth annual track and field day with 83 1/2 points. Elm Street second with 63, Emma Blair third with 62 1/2, Johnson Street fourth, Grimes Street fifth, Cloverdale sixth, and Oak Hill seventh. Girls events featured Mildred Yates winning 50 yard dash in a new record 6.2 seconds and Ruby Speer taking first in basketball throw.
Al Smith attends the formal opening of the Hotel Half Moon at Coney Island. He remarks that many have journeyed to Albany to face disappointment while Henrik Hudson’s ship legend is cited in the visit.
In Philadelphia Isabelle Mac Donald battles to keep her convalescent father from reading papers about labor's parliamentary strike. Nurses assist as he resists.
Five years after leaving LaFayette College James B Williams Jr has earned enough in stocks to pay 200000 for a stock exchange membership and foresees the seat reaching 300000 in value within months.
George Bernard Shaw reports discord within the royal family citing a royal speech praising early hunters and Prince of Wales's absence from a pull fight in Spain as signs of tension. Paris dispatch adds that meddling continues to be a concern.
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