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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1947
Page
7
North State conference members meet at Sheraton to discuss uniform eligibility requirements amid reported disparities across Appalachian State, Catawba, and High Point. Coaches note hours per quarter vary from 9 to 12 and call for mandatory conformity to a single standard.
The author argues for frank discussion of athlete wages in the North State conference noting wary coaches avoid the topic. He cites policy on professional baseball players in other sports and suggests open payment would pressure larger programs toward honesty in collegiate athletics.
Colusa California May 18 Prince Hal Chase a famed first baseman renowned for fielding and speed died at 10 45 am after a kidney and heart illness at Colusa Memorial hospital He had a long career with Victoria Los Angeles New York Yankees Chicago White Sox Buffalo Federals Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants He acknowledged knowledge of the 1919 World Series fix but said he did not squeal
Old Missouri statute permits towns to raise funds for a band if the mayor can play a piccolo and each band member can eat peas with a knife.
Bill Webster proposed a local Cooperative Packaging Association where farmers bring produce to a converted ice plant, wrapped neatly for stores. The approach improves presentation, shared expenses, and management, reflecting the era's push for better consumer service and self regulation by brewers to keep taverns up to community standards.
The St. Louis Cardinals continue a slump as left handed pitching cripples their offense. Philadelphia uses southpaws to sweep and deepen the Cards’ cellar position seven games back in the NL pennant race.
Seabiscuit Charles S Howard’s famed champion dies at 14 from a heart attack at Ridge ranch. The horse, once the era’s top money winner, is buried near the farmhouse as a bronze statue is prepared for the grave. War Admiral survives the Pimlico clash, while Seabiscuit’s jockey Georgia Woolf and War Admiral’s jockey Charley Kurtsinger are noted as deceased.
Howard University track team defends the Negro Intercollegiate Athletic Association title at a Greensboro weekend meet defeating eight rival schools including North Carolina College to retain the crown.
Clayton Heafner of Charlotte and Al Smith of Danville lead a field of 21 top golfers as qualifying tees off for four Carolina spots in the national PGA tournament. The event features top professionals from North and South Carolina and Virginia in 36 holes of medal play at the Old Town course.
North State conference coaches met to set schedules for football basketball and baseball and to discuss Eastern Carolina Teachers College Greenville joining the league. While some oppose entry over travel and eligibility concerns, consensus favored admission. Catawba was named North State baseball champion after a flawless season.
The Delaware links tournament in Wilmington saw E J Dutch Harrison York Pa shoot 64 69 for 133 and win by 11 strokes over Ed Porky Oliver of Wilmington who finished second with 66 70 138.
Legion juniors begin practice at the Senior High field in High Point under coach Carroll Bowen. The team aims to defend the district championship won last year and opens June 7 against Thomasville under Finchfield lights.
The Thomasville-High Point Dodgers visit Statesville for a two game set with the Owls as both teams chase top spots in the North State league. Hi-Toms remain one game behind Moors with key regulars out and Statesville rising from a rough start. Concerns over lineup and starting pitcher availability loom ahead of Finchfield’s expected record crowds.
A High Point pro Boyd Jaeger and City Champion amateur Tom Case tied for first in the Old Town pro am near Winston-Salem. Case shot 69 to finish second low. Al Smith of Winston-Salem led with five other teams sharing low best ball 65. Smith Jaeger Reynolds won $30 each.
Maryland's spring racing wrapup shows the St Michael's purse at a mile and 70 yards as the feature in Havre de Grace. Three more stakes follow this week including the Breeders' stakes and the Havre de Grace handicap plus the Eastern Shore page for two year olds next Monday. The Red Cross field hos is linked to a Civil War battle context.
In the Southern Conference race Clemson has already clinched the title. South Carolina and others will contest for second as Clemson schedules two remaining games, and a pair of losses could still leave Clemson with the best record among the 16 teams.
Golf stars split for Philadelphia for the Inquirer national invitation with Ben Hogan sending 3000 dollars to his pocket. Toney Jenna headed to Florida to visit family while Henry Picard flew to Massachusetts after his mother’s death.
John Colter, a member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, explored the Yellowstone area in 1807. The northwestern Wyoming region was long known as Colter's Hell for years.
Jamestown Tigers meet Rankin High at Memorial Stadium Greensboro to decide who reaches the final. Mendenhall may start for Jamestown after a flawless season. Smith could pitch if Allen Jay defeats Bessemer in the semi. Game time listed as 1:00 but appears garbled.
Mrs Estelle Lawson Page of Chapel Hill enters the 22nd annual Carolina Golf Association championship likely to win a fourth straight title after leading the qualifying round at Charlotte Country Club. The 18 holes set the field for match play beginning tomorrow on the par 75, 5905 yard course.
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