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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1926

Page

2

Bulls Win Series Opener In Rain Delayed Tilt At Welch Park

Rabbit Stewart misplayed a toss enabling two runs as Durham Bulls beat the Pointer 4 to 3 in the opener of a crucial Welch Park series. Lane steadies for the Bulls while Mallonee hits a homer and Akers drives in a run. Doubleheader scheduled with Lowthian and Jackson pitching for the Bulls and Pointers respectively.

Stewart Bulls Pointer Lane Haury Slab Mallonnee Akers Braly Mallownee Rabbit Stewart Durham Bulla Welch Park Bob Lowthian Higgins Jerry Jackson Cy Fried Walter Troon

Box Score Summary Shows Hits and Runs Across Players

Sacrifices by O Cash ion Stewart Boone. Two base hit Mallonee. Three base hit Meekin. Home runs Akers Mallonee. Left on bases Durham 9 High Point 4. Bases on balls off Lane 4. Struck out by Harry 3 Lane 3. Double play Maltby to Akers to W Cashion 2. Umpires Lewis and Gallagher. Time 1 36 Attendance 300.

O. Cashion Stewart Boone Mallonee Meekin Akers Durham High Point Lane Harry Maltby W. Cashion Lewis Gallagher

Pointers Rally Heat Up Ninth In Close Ball Game

Mallonee starred at the plate with three of the visitors seven hits as he homered to left. Braly and Meekin added run producing hits while Boone and Frazier made key plays on the bases. The Pointers threatened again in the ninth as Braly’s error sparked Brown to second on a wild pitch.

Smith Braly Boone Meeekin Frazier Connie Lewis Cleveland Dan Boone Mailonee Otis Cashion Stewart Mallonee Bill Meekin Bulls Stone Meekin Bovines Haury Brown

Piedmont League Matchups Across North Carolina

Durham hosts Piedmont League action with High Point while Raleigh visits Salisbury and Winston Salem plays Greensboro in a region wide baseball card of evening games.

Virginia and South Atlantic League baseball matchups listed

Virginia League schedule shows Kinston at Norfolk, Portsmouth at Petersburg, Wilson at Richmond. South Atlantic League slate includes Charlotte at Asheville, Greenville at Knoxville, Augusta at Columbia, Macon at Spartanburg, New Orleans at Mobile, Atlanta at Birmingham, Memphis at Little Rock, Nashville at Chattanooga.

Charlotte Asheville Greenville Knoxville Augusta Columbia Macon Spartanburg Pledmont W. Li Durham Greensboro Os High Point Winston-Salem Salisbury-Spencer Raleigh Os New York Ae Peer Warty Cleveland Te Philadelphia Washington Detroit Chicago St Louis Boston Cincinnati Pittsburg Brooklyn Wat Philadelphia A Boston Ee Rtt Greenville Ee Macon “Es Ee Augusta Sg Ee Columbia Ike Virginia Seagle Richmond Wilson Norfolk Portsmouth Kinston Petersburg Solthern Association New Orleans Birmingham Memphis Nashville Atlanta Mobile Chattanooga Little Rock

American League Matchups Tonight Across Divisions

Chicago faces St Louis while Detroit plays Cleveland and Washington meets Boston, with New York traveling to Philadelphia. Top pitchers and lineups expected as pennant race heats up across the circuit.

National League Matchups Spread Across Cities

National League schedule lists St Louis at Cincinnati Pittsburgh at Chicago Boston at New York and Philadelphia at Brooklyn with games set in multiple venues.

St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Chicago Boston New York Philadelphia Brooklyn

Pledmont League Results From Yesterday

Durham 4 High Point 2 and Greensboro 6 Winston-Salem 5 in seven innings due to rain. Salisbury Raleigh game postponed by weather as rain interrupted play across the Pledmont League yesterday.

Durham High Point Greensboro Winston-Salem Salisbury-Raleigh

Washington and Boston tilt with extra innings

In an American League note Washington defeated Boston 5 to 3 after 10 innings. Earlier scores show Cleveland 9 Detroit 1 Philadelphia 7 4 and New York 2 7 with only three games on the schedule.

Washington Boston Cleveland Detroit Philadelphia New York

Baseball scores from a busy day across leagues

Summary of standings shows New York over Boston 17 to 3, Pittsfred and Chicago each with 3 2.10 innings, Cincinnati beating St. Louis 4 to 2, and Brooklyn prevailing 4 to 3 against Philadelphia in a set of early games.

South Atlantic League Scores July 4

Columbia and Brosvis defeated by Augast 7 to 4 while Greenville and Chings Astegil’s team won 2 to 0 over Chaustte. Spartacus posted 12 runs and Macon 0.

Columbia & Brosvis Greenville &, Chings - Astegil's & Chaustte Spartacus Macon

National League pennant race tightens as Cardinals fall

The pennant chase tightens with St Louis holding a five game lead over Cincinnati as Pittsburgh and the Reds win. The Cardinals lost 4 to 2 to Cincinnati while Pittsburgh beat Chicago 10 innings to 2. Carl Mays pitched for Pittsburgh and Carmen Hill debuted for the Pirates. Jess Petty won his 15th, Giants beat Boston 17 to 3, Cleveland cut New York’s AL lead with a 9 to 1 win over Detroit as Washington thumped Boston and New York split with Philadelphia.

St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Cardinals Reds Chicago Pirates Chicago Cubs Carl Mays Haines Bell Lester Bell Carmen Hill American Association Kauffman Mueller Murphy Smith Cubs Jess Petty Philadelphia Brooklyn Giants Boston Braves Goldsmith Mogridge Hearn Ott Cleveland New York Yankee Detroit Yankees Washington Boston Crowder Marberry Murray

Twins Narrow Victory to Patriots in Rainy Greensboro

In Greensboro on September 3, the Patriots edged the Twins 7 to 6 despite two rough innings. Weather halted play after seven innings ending a rain shortened doubleheader. O Hara opened the scoring with a run aided by Englée’s sacrifice and Geooch’s RBI hit. Carr Smith made a notable fielding play racing back to snare Husta’s drive. Teague led the Patriots with the offense as Gober and Johnson pitched for Greensboro. Crews and Ray combined on the Twins.

Greensboro Rube Crews Patriots Twins O’hara Englée Geooch Carr Smith Husta Teague RH & Winston Gober and Johnson Crews and Ray

Kelley Continues Lead In International League Home Runs

Bill Kelley of Buffalo adds his thirty seventh circuit smash to lead the International league. He sits ten ahead and appears poised to win the four ply swat honors as the season continues.

Bill Kelley Buffalo Bill

Lew Fonseca Stars In International League Battle For Batting Crown

Lew Fonseca of Newark leads the International League race with Jimmy Walsh of Buffalo close behind. Fonseca tabbed around .585 at last report, all while contending for the league batting title.

Lew Fonseca

Virginia League Scores Include Close Games

Kinston edged Norfolk 4 to 3 and Richmond beat Wilson 6 to 3 while Petersburg won 3 to 3 over Portsmouth in an eight inning game called for darkness.

Southern Association scoreline flashes in night finish

In a Southern Association rundown Memphis defeated Little Rock 11 to 7 while New Orleans led Mobile 9 to 8 and Nashville edged Chattanooga 15 to 15 in a darkness extended 10 innings matchup Atlanta and Birmingham remain unplayed or unfinished due to nightfall.

Southern Association Memphis Little Rock New Orleanns Mobile Nashville Chattanooga Atlanta-Birmingham

Toronto 7 Readings 4 as Buffins edge Jersey City

The text reports results from the International League with Toronto beating Reading 4 to 7 and Baltimore buffers facing Syracuse 2 to 0, while Jersey City 9 defeats Newark-Rochester, to be played as part of a Sunday schedule.

Torapnto Éitimore Buffins Reading Syracuse Jersey City Newark-Rochesl

Owen Carroll Stars for Toronto in Big Minor League Season

Former Holy Cross pitching ace Owen Carroll, who auditioned for the Detroit Tigers last year, won 16 games and lost seven for Toronto in the International League. He struck out 191 batters, leading the circuit by a wide margin and helping push the Maple Leafs to the top.

Owen Carroll Holy Cross Detroit Tigers Toronto Carroll Maple Leafs

Pea Head Walker to Lead Little Christians Football

Wilson on September 4 NEA reports Pea Head Walker will direct the Little Christians for the 1926 27 football season. Walker currently plays with the team and assumes coaching duties for the upcoming campaign.

Wilson NEA Pea Head Walker Little Christians

Wilson Tobacconists Promotes Gridiron Practice Plans

The club has issued the clarion call for football drills and will delegate early workouts to former coaches John Barclay and Bob Biauvelt.

Wilson Tobacconists John Barclay Bob Biauvelt

Historic season batting leaders from early baseball era

Player Club games at bat hits power averages are listed for Fothgill Tig Manush Tig Ruth Yanks Burns In with figures showing Games Ab H BR and batting percentage.

G. Ab. BR. H. Pet. Foth’gill Tig Manush Ruth Yanks Burns

Florida race track plans big winter season amid anti-betting law

Florida track operators plan a lucrative winter season despite a state ban on pari mutuel betting. New greyhound and horse tracks are planned in Miami and Jacksonville, with appeals to the state supreme court and numerous prosecutions tied to alleged betting schemes.

Talahasseer Fla Florida State Supreme Court Greyhound Track Supreme Court Miami Jacksonville Magic City West Coast Jockey Club Tampa Kennel Club Tampa Jacksonville Kennel Club Seminole Kennel Club Orange Park Glen Cove Springs High

Hialeah Dog Race Track Financed in Weeks

The article notes festive crowds at greyhound meetings and high kennel club costs from 250000 to 750000 dollars for construction and equipment. It reports the Hialeah track near Miami was paid for within days of opening and mentions an armored express track to haul nightly receipts to Jacksonville during last spring's operations.

Kennel Club Hialeah Miami Seminole Kenan Armored Express Jacksonville

Also Mentioned on This Page

Utes Joe Lane Chris Haury Haur Chris Bill Akers Webb Cashion Smut Smith McCarty Jack Dempsey Jack Businss Joe Williams Dempsey Fred Fulton St. Paul Fulton Harry Wills Willis Wills Jim Jeffries Jack Johnson Johnson Jeff Frisco Firpo Georges Carpentier Jess Willard Jess Toledo Demmpsey NEA Service, Inc Gunboat Smith de Luxe Cafe Washington St A. KE Land Minee O. Cion W. C'ion H. S McC'ty Lind’y Stew't Ib. Meekin Vazier Jons'n R Bulls Vir Fies O M & Hat Dunes Piedmont League Raleigh Salisbury Virginia League Pittsfred Cinsinnati Associated Press Kelley Buppalo Homer King Lew Ponesca Stars Pea Head’ Walker National League Ab. R. H Pet Hargrave Christ’sen Grant Hart Drug Co Bob Higgins Harry Raymond
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