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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1925
Page
5
Spooks Dowd of Jersey City, once Lehigh quarterback, ran 200 yards for a touchdown in a classic bid. He briefly ran the wrong way toward the goal line and circled his own posts before finishing a 200 yard score through eleven opponents.
A small New England college game featured a player who ran in reverse for 25 yards before being tackled from behind by an opponent. The incident highlighted a series of misreads on the field and the scramble to regain control after the error.
Peckinpaugh’s erratic fielding may push the American League MVP announcement to next year after baseball’s premium showcase. He says entering the series with the honor would be a high risk charm, noting the event’s high profile.
Internal Revenue Bureau releases figures showing the 1925 World Series produced a tax bill of 115,285 dollars. The total reflects earnings and income related to the event and agents expect further breakdowns in coming days.
Aged gentlemen and other ticket buyers face new levies as managers and magnates weigh further cuts. The tax targets income from admissions with opponents arguing the burden falls on payers and threatens revenue margins for organizers.
Joe Engle, a Washington scout, wins a $150 gold watch as his share of the world's series epans. Twenty eight players share equal portions of the loser's end with Veach getting $1,320. Other partial shares go to Ballou Ogden $1,000 each Jeanes and Myer $500 each and the clubhouse boy and groundkeeper $500 each.
A one mile line of motor buses will transport West Point cadets to New Haven for the Yale game on Saturday October 31. The convoy will be escorted through Connecticut by a motor troop from the state police, with forty motor buses required to haul the corps.
Yankee legend Lou Gehrig organizes a new basketball squad to enter professional circles. The team will be known as the Lou Gehrig Stars.
Tex Rickard announces the installation of two giant clocks in the new Madison Square Garden to track fight rounds. Each clock face will be divided into four colored sections to display each minute of a round and the fourth section will mark the rest period between rounds.
Babe Ruth Eddie Collins Joe Bass Bob Shawkey Muddy Ruel Benny Bengough and George Carns voyage to the Tobique river region in northwest New Brunswick for a moose hunting expedition.
Nicolai-Welch-DeMilt presents a first class dancing musical comedy at the American for one night on Thursday October 22. A large company of over fifty performs with Tick Wardell and a noted synchronized orchestra. Hit songs include Oh Lady Be Good Fascinating Rhythm and The Half of It Dearie Blues. Mail orders are open and box office starts Monday October 19 at Randall's.
Wall Street opened with rising prices after yesterday's uptick. Motors shares saw strong demand with General Motors up three points, while rails advanced briskly as Louisville and Nashville rose 21/4 to 127, Southern Railway to 110 3/4, and Union Pacific up one on initial sales.
Certificate of incorporation issued by the North Carolina secretary of state lists several new firms. Carolina Development Corporation of Raleigh with 20 000 authorized shares, three initial subscribers. Atlantic Paving Company of Salisbury with 100 000 authorized capital and 68 000 subscribed. Moody Kemp Furniture Company of Wilson with 50 000 authorized and 5 000 subscribed. Beverly Hills Inc of Asheville with 100 000 authorized and 300 subscribed. The Miller Hardware Corporation of Denton with 50 000 authorized and 15 000 subscribed. The Rutzler Company of Charlotte with 150 000 authorized and 3 000 subscribed. Real Estate Lumber and Finance Company of Salisbury with 100 000 authorized and 600 subscribed.
Boy Scouts of the Uwharrie district plan a major rally in Thom asville the week after Thanksgiving. H. H. Stayers Earl M Winslow Ed J Fredylick Gordon Blair lead plans with 25 troops expected. a flag awarded to the first to finish with three consecutive wins.
Washington October 20 AP President Coolidge a church member will address delegates tonight as the twenty first biennial convention of the national council of Congregational churches convenes. Some 3 500 attendees come from across the nation. Eleven candidates seek moderator seven lay four clergymen with one woman Mary E Wooley Mount Holyoke president. Clergy contenders include Ozora S Davis Dan F Bradley Charles S Mills and Carl S Patton. A major contest centers on merging nearly a dozen independent missionary activities.
Hendersonville Oct 26 AP Whitt Davis son of Dr T Davis of Winston Salem remained unconscious this morning after a grade crossing crash yesterday. Other occupants of the car were not seriously hurt.
New York police arrest one man and Richmond Virginia a taxi owner in a high value liquor theft case involving Allan T. Bond a cotton broker. The burglary used an acetylene torch to access the vault storing champagne and wines valued at sixty thousand dollars at pre prohibition prices. Bonds says Bennett admitted knowledge of the theft and said it was a complete mystery to him.
The vaudeville bill at the American last night drew a packed house and sharp applause. Wilfred du Bois wowed with juggling of high quality, McCloud and Rogers offered witty skits, Frank Stafford mimicked bird cries, and a dog performed memorably. Lloyd and Christee, the two Southern gentlemen, provided big laughs along with Edna Torrence and company in five acts of select entertainment.
The court refused to hear cases involving Texas sugar refining contracts with Old Colony Trust of Boston, convictions in Knoxville for liquor possession, a Texas receiver seeking full value from Minnesota stockholders, a Winston-Salem bank's claim against Gillett Rubber, and jurisdictional issues over Fisheries Products assets tied to North and South Carolina.
Indigestion sufferers urged to try Dr. Orth's Stomach Remedy with a money back offer. A 75 cent box may relieve indigestion dyspepsia gastritis belching and heaviness and reportedly strengthens digestion with continued use. If not satisfied the empty box can be returned.
Oxford University debating team arrives for a sole southern appearance against the University of North Carolina in Memorial Hall Chapel Hill. The UNC Carolina team led by J F Cooper Theodore Livingstone and W J Cocke Jr will argue whether The International Court of Justice should be endorsed with H V Lloyd Jones R H Bernays and H J Wedderburn of Oxford forming the three former presidents guiding the plan.
Kentucky Pride will be featured at the Broadhurst tonight at 8 o'clock along with Graham Prince and his orchestra. Tomorrow offers two shows, plus a new all star photoplay "Off the Highway" touted as a sensational feature of the season. The drama follows a master's impersonation of his valet after the valet dies, with a lavish production and star cast led by William V. Mong Marguerite De La Motte and John Bowers.
Lloyds dispatch reports the British steamer Stockwell, en route from Calcutta to New York loaded with myrabolams rubber and soap, on fire near Algeria. Unable to fight the flames, sinking was decided in shallow water of 1 to 2 fathoms. fire started in hold number three.
Funeral services for Stephen McIntyre attorney will be held at 3 pm from the First Baptist church Lumberton with Dr. Charles H. Durham officiating. He died Sunday at his home.
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