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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1931
Page
8
The Robbins Knitting Mill basketball team, built from ex high school and college players, has practiced twice weekly at the local Y M C A for three weeks. Manager C C Robbins Jr invites other teams to schedule practice games, aiming to join a city league and contend once the regular season starts.
In front of 15 000 fans including Governor Gardner, North Carolina defeated Tennessee by stifling defense. McEver was held largely in check with only a 25 yard kickoff return and few gains. Tennessee managed 16 first downs to Carolina’s four and scored on a Wynn run after a turnover. The Tar Heels’ defense blanked most attempts and intercepted two passes, preserving the 10 point margin.
Cambridge Mass Oct 24 Harvard’s great football team overwhelmed a hard fighting Texas eleven 35 7 in the Crim sons only intersectional fray of the season. Jack Crickard accounted for three touchdowns and Barry Wood’s passes were responsible for a pair. Texas scored in the third period when Clewis ran 55 yards after acting as receiver on a forward lateral pass combination.
Vernon Smith starred for Georgia at Sanford Field in Athens on October 24, leaping above Vanderbilt players to snag Austie Downes pass for a 9 to 0 victory. He kicked the extra point and earlier forced a safety, with a second period interception ending Vanderbilt’s rally.
Northwestern Wildcats clawed to a 10 to 0 road victory at Ohio Stadium in Columbus on October 24 securing their first hold on the 1931 Western Conference championship.
Florida defeated a tough Auburn team 13 to 12 in a sultry Jacksonville afternoon. The article notes a verbose scoreline and mentions Tennessee and North Carolina performing elsewhere, with players such as Wynn and Hickman contributing.
A dense listing of college and service team results across regions. Notable outcomes include South Georgia Teachers losing to Parris Island Marines 0, LSU beating Arkansas 13 to 6, Harvard defeating Texas 35 to 7, and Notre Dame 25, Pitts 12. Midwest action shows Michigan 365 over Illinois 0 and Indiana 82 to 6 against Chicago, with many other scores and ties noted.
Guilford, led by Bob Jamieson, defeated High Point College 13 to 0 at Memorial Stadium Greensboro. Jamieson’s several long runs and crucial rushing drives propelled the Quakers as they gained 230 yards from scrimmage to High Point’s 107, extending Guilford’s series record over the Panthers.
Three outstanding local professionals join visitor George Slingerland and Hugh Gordon of Bretton Woods in an 18 hole exhibition at High Point Country club at 2 pm. Merrilees and Aycock seek to extend their five match unbeaten run against strong Greensboro and New Hampshire opposition. Public invited free. future charity match plans being considered.
At saline Texas Centenary College 0 Southern Methodist 19 Aline 13 Hillsdale 13 Michigan BY 18 Olivet 0 At Claremont University of California at Los Angeles 46 Pomona College At Williamsburg William and Mary 95 0 At Alexandria Louisiana Mississippi Teachers 0 Louisiana College 13
Guilford defeats High Point 20 0 after a first half rally and late aerial drive. Chisholm Bass and Jamieson star with touchdowns and an early drive sets the pace as Guilford edges ahead despite a punting duel in the second half.
A new weekly ladies bowling league will debut November 3 at the King Pin alleys with eight teams enrolled. Organized by W F Bailey of the Y M C A and BE Sensenbach, the league aims to attract more teams and possibly split into two six team divisions. Matches are set for Tuesday nights with free two hour access on Thursdays for practice.
The third round games start tomorrow at 7 30. City Hall faces N C P 8 Co The Enterprise meets Knox N S Telephone vs Adams Millis Highland plays Slane and Kearns has a bye.
The third round of the Lue Strike Commercial League bowls tomorrow night with all six teams in action at 8 p.m. The public is invited to attend as past two weeks saw tight contests. Matches: Stehli vs Pointer Hosiery Co. Adams-Millis vs Post Office. City Stores vs American Bakeries.
Lucky Strike alleys hosted a special exhibition match where American Bakers pin toppers edged Carolina Baking 29 pins in total across three games but lost two of the three. Linker led the locals with 117 in the final game and 312 for the trio, earning high match score while Robins Clothing beat Elwood Hotel two to one. Todd and A Wright each had 109 in a high hotel single game. Highland Mill won two rounds over West End with King of the Highlanders rolling 111 for high single.
The North Carolina Foxhunters Association closed its three day field trials at Healing Springs with prizes in the all round, hunting, speed and driving, trailing and endurance classes. Top awards went to Bob Taylor owned by Guy Ritter of Princeton West Virginia and Red Rock owned by G P McLellan of Monroe. Foxes were jumped and denned within four hours this morning.
Appalachian State defeats Catawba 6 0 to 7 0 with late third quarter touchdown after stopping Catawba at the five yard line. Catawba scored early on a 40 yard pass from Wilmer to Robinson. Mahoney added the extra point. Official scorers include Siler, Morris, and Dearmond.
Navy defeated Princeton 15 to 0 at Palmer Stadium in Prince ton New Jersey as Navy exploited Princeton's faltering eleven. Joe Tschirgi kicked a 29 yard field goal in the second quarter and Eddie Konrad ran 1 yard to a score, with Jack Denny pounding in a fourth quarter TD before 30,000 fans.
Michigan State high school style note lists multiple college football results with Newberry topping Piedmont College 7 to 0 and other scores including Colorado Aggies 19 Colorado University 6 and Stanford 6 Washington 0 in a tie.
Grissom of Crown posted a high single game 113 while Cox led the winners with a three game total of 309 as Harris-Covington Hosiery Mills fell in all three contests. Game and his 300 gave him high threes game score.
Erskine College of South Carolina visited Davidson and battled to a scoreless tie. Davidson drove inside Erskine’s 20 yard line seven times but could not score as Erskine’s defense, led by Tommy Gettys and Bolton, held firm. The lone notable rush belongs to Don King who dislocated his shoulder after a 20 yard run and a 20 yard catch.
In Atlanta on October 24, Oglethorpe finally beat Furman 3 to 0 as Supert kicked a 14 yard field goal in the fourth quarter. Furman, still unbeaten, stalled near goal line late in the final period before Allred’s kick fell short. Desroerpe’s march ended at the 15-yard line as time ran out.
At Yale Bowl New Haven Conn October 24 Yale quarterback Robert Dud Parker produced an 88 yard kickoff return in the final period to tie Army 6-6 before 72000 fans Ray Stecker had scored Army's touchdown just before Parker's burst Yale and Army played to a draw in a high excitement edge game with a late rally by YaleHighlights and key plays defined the contest as a defensive battle with one big return breaking the standstill
In Mount Vernon Monmouth fell to Cornell College 7 to 0 as the home team collapsed. In Chicago De Paul defeated Hastings 31 to 0. In Los Angeles San Francisco University beat Loyola 7 to 6. In Bluefield West Virginia Rio Grande won 6 to 30 against Bluefield College.
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