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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1944
Page
7
Wake Forest’s football schedule buys a bye week as the Demon Deacons pause after a 34 to 0 loss to Duke. The piece also notes Army and Navy piling up big wins while eyeing a December clash, with Penn State, Purdue, and Illinois on forthcoming agendas for various contenders.
Bob Hellinghouse, 20, Tulsa center, was reported holding his own but in serious condition after his spleen was lacerated in Saturday’s 51-6 win over Southwestern University of Texas. He underwent surgery and blood transfusion.
Johnson City club president Carl A. Jones Jr. was named president of the Appalachian Baseball League yesterday to succeed Charles H. Herndon Jr. of Kingsport Tennessee.
Greensboro report says the Carolina Baseball League voted to open a 140 game season on April 26. The decision marks the league’s schedule kickoff and outlines the long season ahead.
Jockey Ted Atkinson of Toronto clinched the 1944 riding title with four Belmont Park wins on Saturday. He reached 263 winners for the year, while his closest rival Bob Permane begins a 12 day suspension tomorrow.
Boston indoor miler Dodds plans to retire after graduation from Gordon College of Missions in February. The 26 year old, nicknamed the Galloping Parson, trains for a six mile road race in Cincinnati on November 23 and may pursue missionary work in the Orient.
Judy Johnson the Maryland licensed woman jockey sits out of the saddle at Pimlico and trains jumpers for T. T. Mott and M. Seidt. Floating Isle has earned money four times in seven starts at Pimlico as Johnson guides the stable to three winners this meet.
Yale defeated Brown 13 to 0 and will host North Carolina next. Princeton beat Muhlenberg 16 to 6 and faces Swarthmore next. The Little Quakers overwhelmed New York 21 to 0. Iowa Seahawk stopped Bunker Hill Naval Station 33 to 7 and eyes Nov 25 against Iowa. Bainbridge routed Cherry Point Marines 50 to 7 with Marquett e next for the Sailors.
Western Michigan College basketball faces a 24 year coaching drought with no veterans on Herbert W. Read’s roster for the first time. The new mix follows last season’s 14 lettermen, and losses to a single intercollegiate foe. In other sports notes, historical starting chambers are traced to ancient Rome, and Willie Pep’s post Navy run hits 13 straight wins as Sammy Angott tops the wish list to oppose Pep in Hartford.
Two college teams will wear Utah U. uniforms this season at Illinois. Lt Volger, a former Utah student, asked Coach Vadal Peterson for used uniforms for a G I team in Italy and requested that the Utah name not be removed.
Ed McKeever the Notre Dame football coach reveals he tried the Navy obstacle course at noon when no one was watching and completed the course only once. He says he dedicates four hours each morning to physical training for Navy trainees.
In 1925 Rochester Internationals manager George Stallings berated rookie Jerry Mallett who struck out three times. Stallings ordered him to burn the uniform, a dare Mallett obeyed. Stallings then handed him $50 saying he’d told 19,000 players the same rule.
The Fifth Army boxing team that won the Inter Allied title in Africa last year will not defend its championship. There is a slight pre war obligation to attend to first.
Baltimore reports a Y M C A gathering for girls league entries tonight at eight to set preliminaries to men's games. Names listed include Melrose Thomas Mills Triangle Hosiery Marsh Furniture and more. Men’s entries include Amos Hosiery Triangle High Point Weaving Burber Furniture Adams Millis with more expected at Wednesday’s meeting.
New York November 13 Gus Mancuso the veteran catcher is released at 39 after 14 major league seasons. He played for the Cardinals Giants Cubs Dodgers and Pirates with five World Series appearances and a noted brawl memory from 1937. A steady journeyman who moved clubs multiple times, Mancuso may hook on with another team.
Duke's Blue Devils moved into the lead of the Southern Conference after routing Wake Forest 34-0. Wake Forest, Northwestern rival Wake Forest had seven straight wins but Duke surged atop the standings with two league games upcoming against North Carolina State and Richmond.
A summarized list of wartime athletic and training outcomes across multiple bases and colleges. Camps such as Second Air Force Fort Warren and Camp Lejeune posted various scores, with Fort Monroe and Oak Ridge units also appearing among results. Notable games include Boston College 24 over Brooklyn College 21 and Lincoln Army Air 39 defeating Fort Campbell 52 52.
Monday November 13 Eastern War Time prime time schedule lists multiple serial dramas, music, and news programs across CBS NBC and ABC networks. Notable entries include Captain Midnight, Hop Harrigan, Tom Mix, Dick Tracy, Lone Ranger, and The Cavalcade of America with periods of news, sports, and concert programs throughout the evening.
High Point's 1944 Western Class A season ends with a trip to Winston Salem to face R. J. Reynolds High School in a loop contest at 8 o'clock at Sir Bowman Gray Stadium. Both teams seek a peak finale as Gastonia and Greensboro loom for the Western Conference crown standings show Gastonia atop with Greensboro, Charlotte, and High Point tied for next.
Eastern league actions saw Washington hover in a pennant chase while Green Bay crushed Cleveland 42-7. Hutson caught two touchdowns and added six extra points as the Packers rolled. Giants and Eagles also delivered late scoring with Khan Strong’s field goal negated by time.
A batch of late season grid scores shows Nashville Independents 0 and Randolph Field 25, Maxwell Field 0, Fresno State shutout by Minter Field Flyers 13 to 0, Olathe Naval Clipper 13 over Warrensburg Twins 12, Galveston Air Field 19 over Honda Army Air 14, Army Air 2 defeated Morgan Fleet City Bluejackets 19 to 2, Louisiana Tech and Louisiana Normal tied 0 0, Hampton Institute 7 over Howard 0, Central Iowa 14 over Luther 7, Earlham 50 over Franklin Indiana 20, Norman Naval Zoom 42 over Lubbock Army Air Depauw 6, Oberlin D Cornell Iowa 20 over Western St Techhs 0, Fort Pierce Florida vs Waycross cancelled, San Francisco Coast Guard Pi lots 13 over College of Pacific 0, Milligan 20 over Catawba 13, Selman Field 13 over Algiers Navy New Orleans 6, Vanderbilt 28 over Sewanee 7.
Davis scored three touchdowns in the 59 to 0 rout of Notre Dame last week to surge into first place in college football's high scoring race. He has 16 touchdowns in seven games for 96 points, 12 ahead of Mississippi State's Tom McWilliams, the nearest challenger.
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