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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1929
Page
11
An inter-class track meet will be held tomorrow afternoon on the high school athletic field featuring junior and senior divisions. Points from both meets will decide the championship with a silver loving cup awarded to the winning class by Beeson Hardware Co.
The ad asserts Bayer Aspirin is safe and effective for headaches colds neuralgia neuritis rheumatic pains and urges buyers to look for the Bayer Cross on each tablet and the red genuine label on the box.
In the Piedmont League High Point visits Durham and Henderson plays Salisbury while Greensboro faces Winston Salem. In the East Carolina League Rocky Mount travels to Kinston with Wilmington at Goldsboro and Fayetteville at Greenville. In the American League Detroit meets Chicago New York plays Boston and Washington visits Philadelphia with St Louis at Cleveland.
In a free hitting eight inning tie the North State Telephone Company and City Water and Light Department produced a nip and tuck contest at the High School grounds. Hunt struck out 15 for the Telephoners and Craver homered in the seventh to tie the score.
Des Moines defeats Topeka 8 to 6. Omaha tops Wichita 6 to 3. Tulsa beats Pueblo 6 to 5.
In Pecos Texas on May 23 Johnny Salo of Passaic and Pete Gavuzzi of England remain tied for third as the 58 mile Kent lap toward C C Pyle's bunion derby unfolds. Sam Richman of New York moved up to fourth, shaving time and edging Giusto Umeri who finished second.
West End bowlers defeated the Post Office team by seven pins at the West End alley last night. Montgomery led with 314 total pins while Byerly rolled 125 in the opening game, the high single game. Post Office totals show Clapp 275 Hoover 244 Winfrey 244 and Oug ee ovens miss ericvcenean cited in text. West End totals list Montgomery 814 Cook 838 Parnell 292 Fkate 245 Kearns 291.
Asheville Tourists defeated Charlotte yesterday 19 to 4 to notch their third straight win and seize the Sally league lead. In Newark Vince Dundee of Baltimore outpointed Pat Culvers of Brooklyn in a 10 round bout.
Piedmont league action featured Pat Townsend hurling three scoreless innings and dazzling hitters like Dan Boone Red Williams Mitchell and Jones. Boone and Jones delivered long balls but Townsend’s curve broke sharply raising the Bun Bunnies’ win chances as Boerner pitched in the second game and the team lost pace.
National League top performers include O'Doul guiding Phillies with 413 runs and 32 RBI, Hafey of St Louis with 39 hits, Frisch and Waner figures across cards, Ott homers leader at 19, Swanson leading steals with 9, Grimes and Pites in pitching notes. American leaders show Kamm of White Sox with 395 runs and 34 RBIs, Gehringer Tigers with 34 RBIs and 43 hits, Jimmie Gehringer 15 doubles, Gehrig with 9 homers, Uhle Tigers 7 wins.
Annette Kellerman, famed diving pioneer, lectured on physical culture then played tennis at High Point Country Club. She won a singles match 6-1 against Lucas Abels and teamed with him to split a doubles set against Walter Lambeth and C. M. Waynick.
National League matchups Boston versus New York and Chicago facing St Louis headline a weekend slate. South Atlantic clashes feature Macon at Spartanburg Asheville at Columbia Knoxville at Charlotte and Augusta at Greenville. Southern Association games include Mobile at Chattanooga and Atlanta at Little Rock New Orleans at Nashville Birmingham at Memphis.
New York May 23 Horton Smith won the international professional golf championship at St Cloud extending his six month streak to eight victories in open events. The Joplin ace led seven tournaments on winter tour and tied for first in another. He placed no worse than fourth in seventeen events, after a Ryder Cup singles victory before a rough British Open showing finishing tied for twenty first.
An ad for Rheuma from Mann Drug Co. touts rheumatic poisons in the blood as the cause of rheumatism Sciatica and gout and claims the remedy removes poisons through natural elimination The ad guarantees relief or money back and notes availability at Mann Drug Co. stores and other druggists.
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