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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1926
Page
16
Local high school runners and the High Point Warriors prepare for the opening game of the North Carolina high school championship series on Lexington grounds. If High Point wins, they meet Gate City on November 12, with Welch Park in city for a victory.
The article notes John Heydler plays golf in Asheville while eyeing a bout with Landis. It then reviews 1926 Big Ten football, saying no player matched Red Grange, citing Frosty Peters at Illinois, Benny Friedman at Michigan, and stars Marek Karow Joestring Marks Kutsch at Iowa and other schools, with Kutsch likened to a cowboy for Iowa.
In Lynn Sylvia Mireault of Montreal defeated Joe Cook of New Orleans at ten rounds. In San Antonio Mike Vasquez of El Paso featherweight champion of Mexico outpointed Phil O'Down of Columbus, Ohio in ten rounds. In Passaic Ad Stone of Paterson won a technical knockout over George Gemas of Philadelphia.
Gene Tunney plans defenses against two or three opponents as trials to test Jack Dempsey for a title bout. Tex Rickard may send Dempsey to the mountains for months for a simple life before a ring return. Experts doubt Tunney is clearly better. many say Dempsey trained poorly for the rematch.
A playful London exchange between Nelly aged six and a caretaker hints at bedtime rituals. Nelly promises more dramatic actions like gargling, while the narrator notes the lighthearted tone.
In Oslo Karika turen reports a humorous exchange where a cabbage seller questions a customer placing a hat on a cabbage while the customer explains his wife asked for a hat nearly as large as his head. The moment captures lighthearted street market chatter.
The listing compiles Saturday games with teams and sites from Harvard to Virginia, noting venues in Cambridge, Annapolis, New Brunswick, Syracuse, Hanover, Worcester, Pittsburgh, New Haven, New York, West Point, Philadelphia, Williamstown, Hamilton, Ithaca, New York, Amherst, Boston, Bethany, Ann Arbor, Evanston, Iowa City, South Bend, Chicago, Lawrence, Norman, St. Louis, East Lansing, Manhattan, Omaha, Detroit, Birmingham, Shreveport, Gainesville, Columbus, Atlanta, New Orleans, Chapel Hill, Knoxville, Richmond, Charlottesville.
Virginia first year eleven faces Virginia Polytechnic Institute freshmen for the fourth game of the season in University. Coaches Diffey and Holland list a tentative lineup and the team aims to beat VPI as well as North Carolina in Chapel Hill on November 20.
The American League has three managers certain of continued employment: Miller Huggins with the Yankees, Stanley Harris with the Washington club, and Connie Mack with the Athletics. Lee Fohl and George Sisler have been released, and Ty Cobb is likely to retire. Tris Speaker and Eddie Collins remain unsigned amid salary and injury concerns.
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