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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1927
Page
11
York leads the leagues with a two game edge as Giants Dodgers and Reds challenge. The Pirates, Yankees and Cardinals push for positions while MegeGraws progress and world champions chase, with key games shaping the standings and several close series affecting the top half.
National League leaders include Hornsby batting .417 with 28 runs and 35 hits for the Giants. Pitcher Meadows of the Pirates went 4 0. American League leaders show Gehrig and Ruth of the Yankees leading in runs and homers, with Kamm and Burns key doubles, and Pennock Collins Hudlin sharing 8 0 pitching records.
May 12 game notes show Farrell leading Giants with a .396 batting average and 28 runs by Hornsby. Farrell has 36 hits, Grantham 9 doubles for Pirates, Hornsby 6 homers, Webb and Wilson 6 each for Cubs. Cuyler has 8 steals. Meadows of Pirates 4–0 pitching win. In the American League, Fothergill of the Tigers hits 38 and 11 doubles. Ruth and Gehrig pace Yankees with 28 runs and 38 hits. Pennock and Cellins of Yankees and Tigers each 4–0 pitching marks.
In Leningrad on May 7 reports state raiding parties funded by the State Clothing Syndicate offer 50 cents for each cat fur. Citizens protest as pets vanish while the company defends the campaign as a means to lower fur coat prices.
A five to four verdict over the Senators is noted while Detroit aided the Chicago cause by smothering a berated Philadelphia rally in the ninth to win nine to seven.
Baseball teams from Knox Upholstery and Trinity Baptist Sunday School meet at Welch Park tomorrow afternoon at 3 o clock. Admission is free.
The senior class scored 68 points to win the annual inter class track meet held on the school grounds before a large crowd. Sophomores took second with 45 points, Juniors 20, and freshmen 14. Gurley led with 12 points, winning discus and pole vault and placing third in javelin.
Coverage highlights Braly and Boone swapping tricks for early season power and speed. Schmidt shines with two singles and a double while Clabough drivers and Feori mends arm strain. Nicklin watches as scouts eye local talent ahead of a Raleigh series and Buccaneers clash. Nearby theft report ends with a Minneapolis shoplifting arrest.
Father jokes about travel folders while Daughter mentions a forecast of a long trip and selecting a destination, framing a light domestic moment as Life notes uncertainty and planning.
A summary addressing base running decisions. First question asks if a runner may retouch fair or foul territory after touching first base. Second question asks which runner has priority when two runners share a base. Third question notes that the infield is drawn in for a play.
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