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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1929
Page
9
An inter class track meet will be held tomorrow afternoon at the high school field. A junior and senior meet run simultaneously with a silver loving cup awarded to the winning class by Beeson Hardware Co. Entrants may compete in multiple events with restrictions on event entries and eligibility.
Increasing use of Bayer Aspirin shows it has no ill effects and provides quick relief for headache cold neuralgia neuritis rheumatic pains. Look for the Bayer Cross on every tablet and the box name Bayer genuine in red to ensure authenticity.
In Piedmont League action High Point visits Durham, Henderson plays Salisbury, and Greensboro hosts Winston Salem. EC League games include Rocky Mount at Kinston, Wilmington at Goldsboro, and Fayetteville visiting Greenville.
Detroit visits Chicago while New York goes to Boston and Washington plays Philadelphia. St. Louis travels to Cleveland in schedule of five games.
In a free hitting eight inning game the North State Telephone Company and the City Water and Light Department tied yesterday afternoon at the High School grounds. Craver hit a seventh inning home run after a tied score. Hunt struck out 15 for the Telephoners.
Des Moines defeated Topeka 8 to 6 in a Western League game. Omaha beat Wichita 6 to 3. Tulsa edged Pueblo 6 to 5 in another league matchup.
In Pecos Texas on May 23 Johnny Salo and Pete Gavuzzi remained tied for third as the Bunion Derby reached a 58 mile lap toward Kent. Sam Richman of New York finished fourth in elapsed time and cut 14 minutes from Giusto Umek's third place while Umek ended second.
West End bowlers edged the Post Office squad by seven pins at their local alley. Montgomery led with 314 pins for the night after Byerly rolled 125 in the opening game, the high single game. Post Office totals included Clapp 96 89 90 275 Hoover 100 90 87 277 Winfrey 75 82 87 244 Byerly 125 95 89 309.
The Asheville Tourists defeated Charlotta 19 to 4 to win their third straight game and extend the Sally league lead. In Newark, Vince Dundee of Baltimore outpointed Pat Culvers of Brooklyn in a ten round bout.
Pat Townsend hurled three scoreless innings and dazzled hitters with breaking curves as the Bunne pitcher stifled the Pointers in a Tuesday doubleheader. Boerner followed with fast balls in a separate game, while Townsend’s early dominance contrasted with a lateriette showing by the Bunnes. Owners announce Ladies Day at the park, Ford shows improvement, and Jones seeks relief from his taped nose as the team presses on.
National leaders include O Doul of the Phillies batting .413 with 32 runs and 39 RBIs by Hafey of the Cardinals. Herman of the Robins leads with 47 hits, Frisch of the Cardinals has 12 doubles and 10 homers by Ott of the Giants, who sits with 10. Swanson of the Reds has 9 stolen bases. Grimes of the Pirates shows 6 wins 0 losses. American leaders feature Kamm of the White Sox batting .395 with 34 runs and 34 RBIs by Heisman of the Tigers. Gehringer Tigers with 43 hits and 15 doubles. Gehrig of the Yankees with 9 homers. Pitching note lists Uble of the Tigers with 7 wins.
Miss Annette Kellerman toured tennis at High Point Country Club yesterday, defeating Lucas Abels 6 1 in singles. In doubles Kellerman and Abels split sets with Walter Lambeth and C M Waynick, as a large crowd watched her vigorous steady game and celebrated a notable comeback to tennis after five years.
National League games feature Boston at New York and Chicago at St Louis. South Atlantic League schedules include Macon at Spartanburg Asheville at Columbia Knoxville at Charlotte Augusta at Greenville. Southern Association fixtures show Mobile at Chattanooga 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 to lift his six month total to eight victories in open events. The Joplin star led seven winter tour tournaments and tied for first in another after a near flawless run. He also placed well in Ryder Cup singles but struggled at the British Open finishing joint twenty first.
Rheumatic poisons in the blood settle in joints and muscles causing pain. Liniments offer only short relief. A modern formula named Rheuma claims to flush poisons from the system through natural channels and end rheumatic suffering with a money back guarantee from Mann Drug Co. and druggists.
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