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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1926
Page
11
Fans rally for Durham Bulls as they start a crucial home series against the Pointers at Welch Park. The crowd aims to boost the team with 500 noise makers and strong support for a second-half rally. Pitcher Chris Haury leads the visitors while Bob Lowthian manages the Bulls.
Geneva report says the League of Nations council expresses thanks to John D. Rockefeller for financing the publication of an English edition of a directory of international organizations. The gift supports global coordination efforts and sustains access to organizational information.
A harsh review of boxing champions losing titles this year. Notable declines include Paul Berlenbach Harry Greb Mickey Walker and Rocky Kansas pushed aside by rivals like Jack De Laney Tiger Flowers Pete Latzo Sammy Mandell and others. The piece catalogs upheaval across weight classes since January.
A 1926 season note lists Dempsey La Barba and Rosenberg as remaining featherweight champs, with Bud Taylor challenging Rosenberg on September 17 in Chicago and Dempsey facing La Barba on September 23. Keller Kilgore reference notes Kid Kaplan has left the featherweight throne.
NEA Service writer Joe Williams recounts Jack Dempsey's dramatic battles including the Firpo bout where cheering fans unsteadied him and a Madison Square Garden war benefit fiasco with Joe Jeannette. He notes two humiliations, Carpentier and Bonds/Jeannette incidents, and the crowd's harsh taunts.
Durham plays High Point while Raleigh visits Salisbury and Winston Salem travels to Greensboro. The schedule lists venues and travel for three league matchups with regional rivals.
Virginia League games include Wilson at Richmond Kinston at Norfolk Portsmouth at Petersburg. South Atlantic League features Macon at Spartanburg Augusta at Columbia Charlotte at Asheville and Greenville at Knoxville. Southern Association matchups list New Orleans at Mobile Atlanta at Birmingham Memphis at Little Rock and Nashville at Chattanooga.
In the American League Detroit visits Cleveland while Washington heads to Boston and New York travels to Philadelphia for a trio of divisional clashes and pennant chase implications.
The National League slate features Boston at New York, Pittsburgh at Chicago, St. Louis at Cincinnati, and Philadelphia at Brooklyn.
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