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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1945
Page
7
The Enterprise notes Durham secured a fall PGA open event at Blair Park after High Point declined November dates. Pinehurst links lore adds prestige as top pros descend postwar, while Carolina and Raymond Wolf’s coaching payoffs spark local debate.
Sports round up from New York discusses potential Cubs and Tigers World Series meeting and historical 100-win thresholds. It mentions Detroit’s likelihood of finishing with the AL's lowest winning average, Chicago’s need to avoid more losses, and recalls 1908 and 1926 close margins. Also notes NFL Lions draft plans, Notre Dame prospects, Jop Tokyo baseball hopes, Camp Lee updates on Billy Conn, and Georgia Abrams’ return to seek a title shot.
Rival managers ex Tigers Schoolboy Rowe and Al Lyons meet umpires in Hawaii to discuss ground rules. Lyons jokes about being short a few points and staying out toward right field. Rowe quips that if parts of the ocean weren’t over his head he’d walk out there.
John Green and Andy Gustafson hold high cadet and supply roles in the Army unit. The American Bowling Congress awaits prize money from past victors as Billy Wayne Frazier scored 246 points and ten touchdown passes in Texas.
The column recalls actions from past years including a Derby and Preakness winner’s retirement after a poor season, Tex Hughson’s 20th win for the Red Sox, the Reds beating the Phillies 4-3 to clinch the NL pennant, and British driver Captain E T Eyston’s 24 hour endurance record of 3372.5 miles at 140.52 mph.
The USGA announced the return of national men's amateur, open, women's amateur and men's public links championships in 1946. Dates and sites to be set at October meeting. President Morton G. Bogue notes possible scheduling to allow American players to attend British events and room for Ryder, Walker and Curtis Cup resumes.
St Louis native Charlie Red Barrett, NL's winningest pitcher, aims for his 22nd win as the Cardinals meet the Chicago Cubs in a pivotal three game series that could decide the pennant race.
The Bolivian government announced the termination of censorship restrictions on news and communications imposed during the war.
Scores show Boston 8 2 over Chicago 6 4 and Brooklyn 4 Chicago 0 with several games postponed by rain. Regional playoffs in Carolina State League and others were delayed, and leaders in the pennant races were listed with remaining games noted.
In New York Jake LaMotta knocked out Georgie Koch while Archie Moore stopped Louis Cocoa in Baltimore Philadelphia’s Billy Arnold defeated Ray Rovel in New York, with each bout ending in a knockout.
Network corrections alter the evening lineup with multiple serials dramas and news segments across CBS NBC and ABC. Highlights include The Jack Smith Show Don Gardiner Newscasts and The Supper Club plus music and variety programs through 1 15 a m.
Chapel Hill notes UNC under Carl Snavely rebuilds after Cornell era with a secret scrimmage program and a young squad. The 1938 schedule features Georgia Tech, VPI, N C State, Tennessee and Wake Forest among others as Snavely emphasizes the wing single wing attack and cautious, creditable showings.
The Detroit Lions announced the sale of halfbacks Jack Lowther to the Pittsburgh Steelers and Ned Mathews to the Boston Yanks. The team also placed 11 players, including Tony Leone of West Virginia, on waivers.
Titan Hanover driven by Harry Pownall in Goshen New York will attempt a solo run at the fifth annual grand circuit meet in Delaware today. The trotter seeks to lower his half mile mark of 2 03 set recently at Saratoga.
Vomereays Art Herring drove the Dodgers to a 4-0 win over the league-leading Cubs on three hits. Elmer Singleton earned his first big league victory in Cincinnati’s 4-2 win over the Braves.
In the women’s division four teams New Orleans Toronto Gastonia and Phoenix shared first place as the tournament heads into day four. the Gastonia Rex Hanover squad edged Ohioans 4 to 3 while the Capitol Maids and Fox girls posted decisive wins.
Albuquerque advocates announce plans to form a southwestern Class A baseball circuit including Phoenix Tucson Bisbee Ariz El Paso and Juarez with Del Webb showing interest per a letter from J Knox Corbett of Phoenix. Esmeralda Open at Indian Canyon staged for $10000 purse begins Thursday with 2000 to winner as Sam Snead Ben Hogan and Vic Ghezzi among early arrivals. An inter hospital field meet dubbed the army hospital Olimpics set for Vaughan General and Mayo General with 50 and 33 disabled veterans competing in archery softball golf and more.
A half inch ply wood is much stronger than a half inch board, offering greater rigidity and load bearing capacity for the same thickness. The comparison highlights ply wood’s superior structural performance in thin sections.
Wake Forest learns Presbyterian College will replace North Carolina Navy Pre-Flight on the Deacons schedule this fall. The Oct. 3 game at Wake Forest is set with two open dates remaining as Walker seeks an opponent for one of them.
A Sampson county woman urges statewide farming practices calling for every farm in North Carolina to own a pressure cooker and rent a freezer locker. She argues these tools would improve food preservation and efficiency across farms.
The report lists leaders by team with names such as Covgeretta Holmes Roser Walker Pafke and Stirnweiss. It covers runs batted in hits doubles triples home runs stolen bases and pitching figures for players from Boston Brooklyn Chicago St. Louis New York Detroit and Washington.
Duke football coach Eddie Cameron reports the tackle line improving as Jake Poole returns from military service. Poole joins Ed Sharkey and teen starter Ted Marshall with a corps including L T Scioscia Jim O Leary and Gordon Smith as Duke prepares to face South Carolina.
From AP writer Jack Hand St Louis, Detroit leads the pennant race as the Nats and Cubs face decisive tests. Washington hopes another team knocks off Detroit while St Louis aims to close on Chicago in a tight three game set at Sportsman's Park.
Storage center in South Bend Indiana operates as the nation's sole air technical service command redeployment center. It stores engines returned from overseas for recall to military use or release to civilian buyers.
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