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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1928
Page
11
Cincinnati Reds pound St Louis 10 to 7 as Picinich hits homer and Rixey wins. Phillies edge Giants 6 5 with four homer blasts. Cubs top Pirates 6 1 as Kremer shines, Tauscher works late. Giants lose. St Louis fades in tight pennant race.
Prestwick Scotland May 26 A new name stood atop the British amateur golf scene as 24 year old T P Perkins of Birmingham defeated Roger Wethered 6 and 4 to win the championship in his second year of big event play. Perkins began golf for his health and rose to the title surprising many.
Highland edged Hillcrest 6 to 5 in yesterdays exhibition a pitchers duel between Yarborough and Henderson. Spoone and Henderson fueled Highland offense with key hits and steals as Hillcrest produced late rallies. Attendance 400. Time 1 40.
Nashville took the three game series from Mobile with a 12 to 7 win in Nashville Tennessee. Welzer Curtis Friday and Moore Fuhr and Mackey contributed as Mobile scored early but failed to hold the lead.
Piedmont finals show Raleigh 2 0 Winston-Salem and 23. High Point 12 4, Durham 9 1. Salisbury 4 10, Greensboro 5 5 FASTERN CAROLINA Greenville 2, Kinston 8, Wilmington 4 Goldsboro 3. Fynetteville 4, Rocky Mount.
In the Southern Association games New Orleans defeated Chattanooga 2 to 1 in seven innings by agreement. Atlanta beat Memphis 8 to 6 twice as Birmingham edged Little Rock 9 to 7 in seven innings, and Mobile routed Nashville 12 to 7 in seven innings by agreement.
In a series of baseball results Newark beat Reading 10 to 7 while Buffalo defeated Rochester 10 to 6 and Montreal edged Toronto 5 to 3. The Baltimer at Jestehye match appears incomplete with unclear details.
Sparantaburg beat Asheville 9 to 2 while Asheville lost again 2 to 1. Macon improved to 4 4 with Charlotte 5 0. Augusta won 5 3 and Columbia 7 2 in the latest results.
Richmond loses 0 5 to Portsmouth 4 16 and Norfolk 3 13 Petersburg 1 2 update shows team results and standings in the Virginia League.
Fayetteville defeated Rocky Mount 4 to 3 in ten innings as a single and double in the 10th produced the winning runs. Ball and Creswell contributed for Fayetteville with McMillan also on the field.
Columbia shortstop Clarke shone as the Lions won game one 7 to 5 before Augusta answered with a 3 to 2 victory in the nightcap. The double bill ended the series with each team taking one win in Columbia.
Knoxville Smokies outplayed Greenville Spinners 11 to 8 in the first game of a doubleheader, then Greenville roared back to win 11 to 4 in the nightcap. Box scores list pitchers Johnson Yeager Street Chilton Allen Wicker Mitchell Mayer Spruell McCrea Ormand Johnson.
In Kinston on May 26 the Stemmers defeated Greenville 8 to 2. Scoring by innings shows Greenville 2 runs on 7 hits with 6 errors while Kinston tallies 8 runs on 9 hits with no errors. Cherry Dudley M Boucher Elmore and Springfield contributed to the bats and defense.
Lefty Wilder defeated Glenn Ropp 5 to 4 as Charlotte beat Macon to even the series. Neihaus shutout the Bees 4 to 0 in the nightcap with Neihaus, Moore, Brown, and Walsh delivering the win.
Reporter OGeorty sightings near the Canadian border describe convoys of concrete mixers moving south from the United States. The article speculates these could be used to test candidates for lacrosse teams, though the purpose remains unclear.
The United States Lawn Tennis Association announced the team to defend the Wightman Cup against England at Wimbledon on June 15 and 16. The lineup features Helen Wills, Molla Mallory, Helen Jacobs, Eleanor Goss, and Penelope Anderson.
Yankees beat Philadelphia 7 to 4 in Philadelphia as Coveleskie wins after a rough start against Quinn. Speaker and Lazzeri homer, Meusel drives in two, with Hale and Coveleskie contributing key hits and runs.
The North Carolina Junior Golf Championship will be decided June 1 2 at Sedgefield Country Club with a large field of players from across the state. A pro junior best ball event Saturday with $200 in cash prizes will accompany the junior finals.
National leaders include Grantham of Pittsburgh in batting with 32 runs Frisch of St Louis tops hits with 61 and doubles 13. L Waner of Pittsburgh leads triples with 6 and Wilson of Chicago has 9 homers. Frisch also leads in steals with 10. Pitching Clark of Brooklyn has a win percentage at 208. American leaders show Ruth of New York leading in runs 43 and RBIs 39, Rice of Detroit with 56 hits, Meusel of New York in doubles 17, Lazzeri of New York in triples 6, Ruth again with 16 homers, and McNeely Barrett of Detroit/White Sox tied for steals with 6. Pipgras of New York and Pennock of New York both 7-1 records in pitching.
In Kansas City on May 26 the U S team won the doubles in straight sets to beat China in the third Davis Cup match. Captain William Tilden and youngster Andrew F Coen 16, the youngest to play for the U S in Davis Cup, defeated Gordon Lum and Paul Kong 6-2 6-1 6-3.
Wilmington defeated Goldsboro 4 to 3 to sweep the doubleheader. Score by innings shows Wilmington with a 4 to 3 victory behind Bennett and Doherty, while Durham and Chisholm connected for Goldsboro. The game followed yesterday's defeat of Goldsboro.
In Cleveland today the Indians defeated St. Louis 7 to 4 after a savage second inning. George Grant pitched well, allowing 11 hits, while Ogden was roughed up early by eight Browns hits in 1 2 3 innings. The game featured key hits from Blue Manush Fonseca Jamieson Lind Langford and McNeely, with St. Louis leaving 11 on base and Cleveland totaling 7 runs on 9 hits. Umpires were Dineen Nallin and Barry. time 1:44.
Forest City High School defeated Whitesville High School 2 to 1 in ten innings to claim the state baseball title at Emerson Field. In the tenth, T McKeithan singled and took advantage of an error to score the winning run, with Forest City overcoming a 1-0 deficit after a slow start.
Reader advertisement notes that nearly one third of distributor revenues now derive from foreign markets, reflecting a shift in the film industry.
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