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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1938
Page
9
The experts, upbeat yet divided, forecast varied outcomes for games like Carolina Fordham State Detroit Duke Syracuse Wake Forest Western Maryland and others. Projections appear across Williamson's ratings Collyer's Eye and the Football Annual with little consensus on obvious matches while agreeing on others where disagreements are due.
New York sports round up covers Fred Apostoli training for a possible title bid against Lefty Corbett, Texas Wesleyan seeking Thanksgiving game offers, young Forrest Brewer joining the Senators, and college football chatter. It highlights Notre Dame versus Minnesota, Duke strong as undefeated, and mentions Alabama boxing, Ralph Guldahl’s plans, and various ailing or strong teams with bets and big figures like Texas Tech and Ole Miss.
The Long Beach JCs football squad, riding a five game skid, will face Santa Monica JC in Santa Monica tonight. The Long Beach team will be split into two sides, playing alternate quarters, with the better scoring squad earning bragging rights.
In Cleveland Henry Hook 120% from Indianapolis outpointed Pa blo Dano 122% from Manila. Mike Gamiere 138% of Cleveland outpointed Orville Croillard 185% from Canada. In Wilmington Augie Kroll 128% of Baltimore outpointed Skippy Allen 127% from New York.
A fragment notes distant hopes for Long Beach winning and both teams prepared to ride home after a 25 mile walk or ride with focus on the long journey home and the players’ daring hopes.
Herbert W. Barker surveys this week’s gridiron games with confident predictions. Notable picks include Notre Dame, Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, Oklahoma, Harvard, Penn, Temple, Georgetown, and Tulane to win or perform well.
New York November 11 Donald Budge plans a $75,000 pro career starting January 3 against Ellsworth Vines. His move weakens the US Davis Cup lineup, with Bobby Riggs and Gene Mako as probable replacements, while Germany and Australia loom as strong contenders depending on Von Cramm’s fate and Henkel’s form.
The East launches a crowded weekend of inter sectional and traditional games. Dartmouth faces Cornell in a pivotal Ivy clash. Duke tests Syracuse. Yale meets Princeton. Colgate plays NYU to open the eastern schedule.
Williams defeats Kansas while Lafayette edges Rutgers. Army beats Chattanooga and Wake Forest prevails over Western Maryland. Tulsa tops Drake. Western Reserve beats John Carroll as Mississippi over Sewanee and Mississippi State defeats Centenary. Washington & Lee takes down William & Mary. Utah over Colorado State. Colorado over Brigham Young. Utah State tops Wyoming. Hawaii down Denver.
High Point travels by bus to Emory Virginia to meet Emory and Henry in a tough season clash. Moran is out with a broken finger and two regulars are injured. Coach Virgil Yow emphasizes running plays, passing, and punting defense as the Panthers seek a third win. Lemaster starts at center with Fernandez and Forney at guard, Fernandez calling plays from line.
Delegates from the Amateur Basketball league met to plan the indoor season with a rule requiring players be fully employed by their industry. Teams represented included Harriss Covington Highland Silver Knit Schlitz Adams Millis Globe Hasty and Tomlinson Chair. Referees appointed were Ed Farlowe Dolan Hedrick Chas Kearns and Ed W. Rees. Actions set for Torstar November 17 at 7 pm. Season tickets go on sale this weekend.
Champaign Illinois November 11 Bob Zuppke will take a busman's holiday after the season traveling east for the Penn Cornell game on Thanksgiving Day and the Army Navy clash the following Saturday.
Cleveland on November 11 1930 Dick Tuckey Ram rookie remains the league's sole active drop kicker after Dutch Clark abandons drop kicking to place kick.
Holy Cross meets Brown while a packed schedule unfolds with Columbia facing Navy Carnegie Tech against Duquesne Rutgers versus Lafayette Temple against Villanova and West Virginia vs Georgetown. Separate regional showdowns include George Washington Kansas Fordham versus North Carolina and Harvard versus Virginia.
Twelve members of the Business Men's Volleyball group at the Y M C A attended a gathering hosted by M L Patrick at the Carolinian Cafeteria. O R Miller, former Greensboro Y team member and now a 2% resident of High Point, was elected chair of the Valley Ball committee which plans to expand activity and enroll more businessmen. The group will hire a coach and begin practice Monday at 5 p m with sessions Monday Wednesday and Friday. The committee will inspect equipment today and arrange materials for the program.
High Point High School faces Gastonia Wave in a Homecoming clash at Millis Stadium at 8 pm. The team seeks a fourth straight win to boost its outside title chances as key players return from injuries and a big student parade energizes the alumni crowd.
Charlotte scene as North Carolina, Duke, Wake Forest, N C State, and Davidson ready for weekend battles. Tar Heels head to New York with 31 traveling. Duke aims to extend six game win streak against Syracuse. Wake Forest faces Western Maryland in Baltimore. NC State readies for Detroit. Davidson set to play V M I Cadets amid injury doubts for Duke captain George Wirtz.
Armistice Day weekend slate highlights two conference showdowns Virginia Tech at Richmond and The Citadel hosting Oglethorpe. W L E: Washington and Lee vs William and Mary, VMI at Davidson, Furman vs South Carolina, plus non conference clashes Duke at Syracuse and North Carolina vs Fordham. Clemson meets Kentucky while Maryland faces Florida.
Wrestling lasting reports from Camden New Jersey with Steve Casey defeating Danno O Mahoney by disqualification at 1 05. In New York Dr G Murphy pinned George Becker in 31 seconds. In Toronto King Kong 240 beat McLain 238 in three falls.
In Raleigh on November 11 the U S Biological Survey and Fisheries Commissioner D Chalk announced the duck hunting season will run from November 15 to December 29 for wild ducks.
The report says Japan will send a small team to the games in Tokyo in 1940, after deciding to abandon the pies at Tokio.
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