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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1936
Page
3
A report on early national tournament qualifiers notes strong hitters and pitching challenges across leagues. Baseball results include the White Sox beating the Yankees 9-7 with 24 hits, the Senators over the Browns 20-6, and the Athletics edging the Tigers 6-5.
Wallburg high school defeated Hasty 17 to 1 as Bodenheimer and Craven sparked offense with multiple hits. Cook shut down the visitors after a rough first inning while Welborn and Craven contributed strong fielding and contact hitting throughout.
Helen Stephens of Fulton Missouri unofficially clocked 11.6 seconds for the 100 and 23.6 seconds for the 200 at the Memphis Cotton Carnival track and field meet. Officials cautioned that handicaps may keep the times from official recognition, defining the records as unofficial.
The Asheboro American Legion Bom Dixon Post 45 junior baseball team opens Tuesday at Lindley field against the Charlotte Juniors as part of the state convention events. Twenty six players report. eliminations reduce to fifteen by June 25. Exhibition games start with May 19 Charlotte at home and continue through June 12 against Gastonia.
Pedro Montanez from Puerto Rico scored his 15th straight win by stopping Leonard Del Genio in a ten round bout at Madison Square Garden. Montanez weighed 123 pounds while Del Genio measured 136 2 2, as 8,000 spectators watched a rowdy finish and police restored order after a gallery brawl.
Raleigh high school rallied with a four run ninth to beat Greensboro for the class A state title. Final score Raleigh eight, Greensboro five. Pitchers Smith and Page, McLean, Cerbie and Frazier starred.
At Pimlico Bold Venture defends Kentucky Derby laurels in the 25 000 Preakness with 14 entrants named overnight led by Memory Book Jean Bart Bow and Arrow and top rivals Granville Grand Slam Teufel He Did from Woodward Wheatley Mason Payne Whitney Jeffords Bradley plus a field of three year olds expected to parade around six p m EST.
Jockey Laverne Fator, renowned in American turf, died after a long illness and a fatal 40 foot fall from a hospital window in Omaica Long Island. He was 33, with wife and Earl Sande among the witnesses at his passing. Fator rose to fame 18 years ago and by 1931 had won 1121 races, shaping a notable career in horse racing.
Wake Forest seeks the Big Five pennant in a season finale against North Carolina State at home. Duke trails with two final games versus North Carolina, while Duke’s loss to Wake Forest mirrors a recent NC State upset of Duke. North Carolina and Maryland face off as Georgetown and Elon also appear in regional play.
Adams-Millis faces White Oak of Greensboro Sunday at Adams-Millis park in the first of a renewed series between the old rivals. White Oak seeks revenge after beating Adams-Millis last year in three games as one of Greensboro’s strongest clubs is expected to challenge the Greens boro squad.
Bill Terry of the New York Giants tops batting in both leagues by games played with about .480 after yesterday. Billy Sullivan of the Cleveland Indians is second in the American League at .457. Joe Medwick of the Cardinals leads NL batting among those with 24+ games, while Joe DiMaggio rises for the Yankees with a .420 average after recent four hit games.
The AP list mixes batting and pitching leaders with multiple teams: Giants Ott and DiMaggio Yankees lead in home runs and RBIs, while Foxx Red Sox and Geh ringer Yankees top various categories. Other names include Medwick Cardinals and Walker Cardinals in hits and pitching, with Penned totals and substitutions throughout.
RICHMOND VA May 16 The University of Maryland baseball team holds a comfortable lead in the Southern Conference after consecutive wins over V M I and Washington and Lee The Terps have four wins in five conference games while second place Virginia stands six and nine in the standings Friday's results show the gap in the race.
Duke expected to win the Southern Conference track championship at Durham after qualifying 20 men in trials. North Carolina led with 11 qualifiers, Virginia 8, Clemson 6, Maryland 6, VMI 6, VPI 5, Washington and Lee 1, and NCSU 1. Merrill Pasco of VMI set a 220-yard dash record in prelims, and Duke saw several upsets with top Duke and UNC athletes failing to advance in various events.
The University of North Carolina clinched both singles and doubles crowns at the Southern Conference tennis championships in Chapel Hill. Archie Henderson faced Ramsey Potts in the singles final, while Potts and Fuller defeated Eddie DeGray to win the doubles, with Henderson and DeGray also reaching the doubles final.
Duke Power defeated Ragan Maurice 8 to 6 after a four run eighth inning break a 4-4 tie. Crofts led Ragan Maurice with a homer a triple and two singles while Earnhardt W Connor and Earnhardt led Duke Power with two hits each.
Duke Power Electricians travel to Willis Park to play a Sunday game against May's Hosiery of Burlington. Page Dennis is expected to start for Duke Power, noted for his strong pitching this season, while May's Hosiery brings a powerful lineup and is described as a standout semi pro outfit in North Carolina.
Joe L Nunn a 47 year old Black man serving 30 days in Stokes county was sent back to Alabama to complete a 24 year term for second degree murder fingerprints identified him after transfer date May 16 Raleigh reported.
It is predicted that more than 200000 people will use air transportation for the first time during 1936. The projection signals a growing interest in commercial flight and expanding regional airlines.
Bridget Newall, 24, shot 74 to lead the British women’s championship in Southport as Wan da Morgah total 154 and Patty Berg posted 156 with steady play. Charlotte Glutting added 77 to her 82 for 159.
A large crowd condemned the third man in the ring as the referee, calling for better officialdom next show. Andy Rascher defeated Cowboy Luttrall, while Bill Middlekauff and Harry Finklestein drew in a tame opener, praised for Mid dle kauff’s control but noted for the draw and referee issues.
The Eastern Carolina Warehousemen's Association elected B. B. Sages of Greenville as president and E. V. Webb of Kinston as vice president at its Rocky Mount convention. A secretary-treasurer will be named later. Greenville was awarded the 1937 convention.
Major games on tap include Philadelphia at Detroit and New York at Chicago with Boston at Cleveland Washington at St Louis. Major league standings are noted with teams chasing wins and division races shaping the day’s schedule.
Yesterday's results show Philadelphia 6 Detroit 5 and Cleveland 7 Boston 2. Chicago 10 New York 7 and Washington 10 St Louis 5.
Results yesterday show Pittsburgh defeated Brooklyn 6 to 2 while Philadelphia beat Chicago 11 to 6 and New York won 2 to 0 over Cincinnati. Boston edged St. Louis 7 to 5 in a set of noteworthy city matchups.
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