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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1927
Page
3
An opinion piece blends a lucky cricket motif with a call to support local High Point retailers. It contends residents shop locally to keep exclusive apparel and avoid sending business to Greensboro and other cities, urging merchants to stock quality merchandise for female consumers.
The Hayden Fitzgerald and Casper Smith families held their seventh annual reunion at G. T. Fitzgeralds Linwood home September 4 with Dr W T Whitsett of Whitsett NC delivering an illuminating address on family history. The meeting included remarks on name spellings and early American roots. Officers for the next year were elected and Whitsett selected to host the 1928 gathering.
Members of the 1927 football squad of High Point high school returned yesterday from a week of training at Camp Uwharrie. Taney.
Pittsburgh shut out Philadelphia 4 to 0 as Ray Kremer and strong fielding preserved the National League pennant lead. Ulrich Decatur and Wilson against Kremer and Smith.
Chicago Cubs defeat New York Giants 2 to 1 as Guy Bush limits the visitors to six hits. Cubs score in two innings with Benton pitching, Henry and Taylor contributing in the field. Hartnett secures the win with solid support as the teams finish at Wrigley Field.
In St Louis on September 10 the Cardinals defeated the Robins 11 1 to 2 as Vance Plitt and Deberry combined for the mound win over Alexander and Schulte. The win narrows the gap to one game behind the Giants in the race for second place behind New York.
Raleigh September 10 AP reports injury to coach Gus Tebell who broke an ankle bone during football drill with State College candidates. Graduate Manager Stafford said the setback will not hinder the training season as Tebell tried to keep pace with the Wolfpack backfield.
The article weighs Cy Young against contemporary greats and flags three feats unlikely to be matched: 500 wins, 14 straight seasons with 20 or more victories, and three no hit games. It notes Young’s 511 wins, 20 win seasons, perfect game in 1904, and a 41 year old shutout of the Yankees in 1908 as unmatched records in major league pitching.
A week long series begins tonight at Archdale Friends church with devotion inspiration education and consecration. Francis Lowe will lead music. Speakers include Clara Cox H T Stevens Raymond A Smith P KE Lindley H C Byrum Welch Memorial group and W B McEwen.
Memphis, September 10. Comp troller General McCarl refused to divert a $2,000,000 rivers and harbors surplus to the war department. Contracts for closing crevasses have been let but revetment work may be delayed, risking bank caving near the levee before next flood season. Major Connolly cautioned that funds and time may not meet the need.
Cedar City Utah Sept 10 AP two Hollywood studios fight over filming at Inspiration Point near Cedar Breaks. Edwin Carewe claims Rogell outfit seized the site and deployed armed guards including sawed off shotguns and revolvers. Sheriff’s office sent a squad to restore order as Carewe vows to take the location by force if Rogell does not vacate by sunset.
Friends of Mr and Mrs B C Wager mourn the death of their infant daughter Helen at 10 30 pm last night in the Sunset Avenue home. Survived by parents three sisters Hazel Annie Lee and Frances and two brothers Clyde and Ray Wager. Funeral party left this morning for Marion North Carolina for burial in Marion cemetery this afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Baseball analyst Billy Evans surveys a tight NL race with four contending clubs bunched as Pittsburgh leads by one game toward a possible pennant with a record around 90 wins. Key series in October against Chicago St Louis and New York could decide the championship.
Estes Park Colorado reports Asheville North Carolina chosen for the 1928 Acacia National Masonic College Fraternity conclave after the seventeenth annual gathering. William B. Dye of Pennsylvania State College was elected president of the organization.
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