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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1936
Page
3
Richmond Va November 14 North Carolina and Duke meet in Chapel Hill as both teams chase the conference title. Maryland V MI and Virginia Tech vie for position while Clemson, NC State and others also seek pivotal wins in a crowded race.
New York November 14. A major football day drew millions of fans to sectional showdowns headlined by Army versus Notre Dame at Yankee Stadium and the Yale versus Princeton clash in Tigertown. The day featured dozens of key games across the country with major conference matchups in the Southeast and Midwest shaping a nationwide gridiron showcase.
Associated Press results show Rhode Island 19 over Providence 6 and West Virginia Wesleyan 28 over Salem 6 among many others across the nation. Scores include Princeton J. W. 11 over Yale J. V. 6 and Pennsylvania 150 Pounders 6 over Villanova 0 with numerous midwestern southern and western games also listed.
In Chapel Hill Duke University and the North Carolina Tar Heels prepared for a pivotal 2:30 p.m. clash at Memorial Stadium. Both teams entered undefeated in conference play with Duke holding a slight edge and aiming to preserve Rose Bowl hopes in a high stakes battle featuring Duke backs Parker and Hack and Carolina’s Crowell Little Burn and Hutchins.
In Mooresville NC the state Baptist convention elected William Touts Poteat 80 president emeritus of Forest College as head of the Carolina Baptist body. The selection came after Zeno Wall Shelby declined to be considered, and a campus dancing debate at Wake Forest College drew little division. The convention also authorized a constitutional amendment limiting board service and instructed M A Huggins to pursue the purchase of the George W Truett homeplace in Clay County.
Mortgagee Mary R. Loflin announces sale of property in Guilford County North Carolina. The sale is scheduled for December 16 1936 at 11 00 am on the north side of Hall High Point at an iron stake on Loflin Street. The description follows into Block C lot details and chain of ownership per map by Loflin Kinly and Son recorded in plot book 2. The deed was executed by Henry J and Battis Johnson and filed November 14 1936.
Wake Forest Demons earned a 19 to 6 victory over Erskine Seceders marking their fourth straight win over South Carolina opponents. Hobo Daniel led a 62 yard drive to score, then threw to Bert Shore for a 28 yard TD. Jack Towell added a third quarter TD as Walton Kitchin kicked the extra point.
In New York on November 14 the plan for a no decision bout between heavyweight champion Jimmy Braddock and Joe Louis in Atlantic City on February 22 gained momentum. Promoter Herman Taylor said he had $100 000 as good faith to Joe Gould and aimed to resolve remaining hurdles in talks with Mike Jacobs and Col John Reed Kilpatrick.
High Point Bisons led 14 0 at the first quarter and 20 0 by halftime in a Western Conference win over Gastonia 34 to 13. Skeeter Robinson starred with a 70 yard run and a 40 yard TD, while Charles Idol and Hugh Hipps contributed key scores and plays.
Carson-Newman eleven from Tennessee beat Lenoir-Rhyne Mountain Bears 12 to 0 in Hickory. Davis scored on a 30 yard interception return by Dowling in the third quarter, after Lenoir-Rhyne failed to score in the first half.
Guilford Quakers of the North State Conference host Eastern North Carolina Teachers from Greenville in a football game at Guilford College on November 14.
Supreme Court Justice Louis D Brandeis received birthday greetings from friends in America and abroad as he marked his 80th birthday yesterday in Washington on November 14.
Amid cheers, King Edward completed his inspection of the British home fleet in Portland England on November 14.
Kilpatrick rejects meeting rumors while Taylor says he obtained the prize money in Philadelphia from James LaFon taine. He then visited Atlantic City to inspect the convention hall for a Braddock fight before about 40 000 prospects. Gould accepted a reduction from 400 000 to 300 000 and a 50 50 share on receipts over 500 000. The promoter aims to enlist Kilpatrick to promote the bout to avoid legal action as Braddock is slated to face Max Schmeling next June.
The agricultural economics bureau projects little change in American tobacco disappearance from 1936 to 1937 despite higher domestic manufactured tobacco usage. A drought curtailed the 1936 crop, reducing stocks in many types by the 1937 marketing season. Barley, cigar, and dark air cured types should benefit from lower stocks while fire cured and Maryland strains face weaker export demand.
I M Ornburn of the AFL union labor department reported that about one million farmers are buying only union made goods. He told the department’s annual meeting that over a million farmers have become labor conscious and buy goods displaying the union label.
The Charlotte city school board authorizes a city-wide fingerprinting campaign of 18,000 school children on a non compulsory basis sponsored by the school system and city authorities.
The Agriculture Department said higher October prices for peanuts suggest increased plantings in 1937-38. Demand for crushing will largely shape the marketing season, while edible oil stocks are expected to stay low, influenced by the 1937 cotton crop and hog marketing.
Two large vans collided ten miles south of Alexandria on the Richmond Washington highway killing the truck driver and wounding two others. Ibra Harmon 25 Martinsville Va died. Carl Brent 28 Burlington NC fractured skull and injuries Harold Cecil 25 Martinsville Va both legs fractured. Police said one truck veered from its lane and the crash was near head on. Furniture in one van scattered over the highway delaying traffic.
High Point college Panthers fail to score as Duke booted the game winner three minutes into the final quarter. Hinck tallied the decisive goal after a tight defensive stand by the Panthers, who kept the margin close in a rainy afternoon at Durham.
In New York Sixto Escobar, the world bantamweight champion at 118 pounds, knocked out Indian Quintana, 1117 pounds, in the first round. In San Diego Tommy Lough ran outpoints Butch Rogers, 190 pounds, at Los Angeles, earning a decision.
A Randolph county delegation urged the State Highway and Public Works Commission to hard surface State Route No. 22 from Franklinville to Climax.
The North Carolina Virginia conference of the Congregational Christian Church closes its annual session in Greensboro and selects Reidsville as the next meeting location.
Sixto Escobar of Puerto Rico defends his bantamweight title by stopping Indian Quintana in 1 minute 39 seconds. The champion, known for hard work and crowd frenzy, landed three rapid rights to the head, knocking Quintana out in less than a round.
Warrants served on Max Grstein, manager of a shirt factory, charging violation of state labor laws. Prohibits employing girls under 16, limits working women to 11 hours a day, and other employees to 55 hours per week. A hearing was set for Friday.
Iris Austin aged 12 died after being struck by a car moments after alighting from a school bus in front of her home in Washington North Carolina. The accident occurred near her residence with authorities investigating the fatality.
Pope Pius XI addressed 3 000 priests and Missionary Union representatives in Vatican City, declaring his health is not serious and dispelling circulating rumors during a one hour talk.
Jacob B. Mauney, a pioneer Kings Mountain textile manufacturer and Confederate veteran, died yesterday. He helped build a major local industry and served in the Civil War, leaving a legacy in the region's business and history.
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