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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1936
Page
3
Eight Southern Conference teams prepare for kickoff as Duke and Davidson meet in Greensboro to start the 1936 grid campaign. Rich more’s game against the Apprentice squad was postponed, with William and Mary practicing versus the Norfolk Naval unit and other clubs scrimmaging to sharpen for Navy.
Johnny Fischer, Cincinnati mailman’s son, faces Jack McLean of Glasgow in the U S Amateur final at Garden City after surviving a brutal weather and rain soaked day. Fischer beat Johnny Goodman 2 up to reach the final while McLean crushed George Voight 7 up in the other semifinal to set up a meeting over the title.
The 40th US women’s national championship at Canoe IK club Summit New Jersey begins September 28 with 188 golfers including leading women players but defending champion Mrs Glenna Col Vare of Philadelphia will not defend the title.
The report lists recent boxing bouts with fighters including Ywoon from California and Baby Aris at 133 in Mexico City, Covelli at 131, and Brooklyn versus Angeles Young Corbett who outpointed Joe Bernard in a Brooklyn match.
Chicago market notes show creamery goods at 93 score with 34 to 35 percent extra firsts and standard carrot grades around 90 con. Eggs priced steady with no change noted.
Gastonia Sept 19 announcement said State owner Charles M. Johnson will address the Gastonia Chamber of Commerce at a city meeting. Franklin, elder brother of the famous Ben, started the England Courant, the Amer fourth newspaper, in 1721.
Southern Conference football games are listed for today with 1985 scores from last season. Duke faces Davidson in Greensboro at night while N C State visits Elon in Raleigh. South Carolina plays Erskine in Columbia and Clemson hosts Presbyterian at Clemson. The Citadel meets Newberry in Charleston and VMI hosts Wofford in Lexington. Virginia Tech battles Roanoke at Blacksburg.
The piece centers on potential moves involving Branch Rickey and Merrill Russell in relation to the Reds, and Warren Giles' possible succession to Larry MacPhail with the Reds. Denials emerge to reports of Rickey buying into Cincinnati as Yankees star Gehrig nears his 1,800th consecutive game.
Final plans are set for the opening of Thomasville white schools on Monday morning. Superintendent J N Hauss announces that despite an incomplete Kern Street building, students will report to Main Street school at 1 PM for class assignments. Colonial Drive and Main Street pupils begin organization. seventh grade added at Colonial Drive from last year’s sixth grade.
Three North State Conference teams started play today as Elon faced North Carolina State in Raleigh while Catawba met Western Carolina Teachers in Salisbury. Catawba beat the Teachers 58 to 6 last season. other conference teams begin play next Saturday.
This summary reviews 1936 football rule changes by B. W. Hackney Jr. including Rule 10 adjustments on free balls and incidental contact, Rule 12 clarifications for fouls after incomplete passes, and Rule 153 Section 2 eliminating early second half penalties notices.
Luke Appling of the White Sox and Paul Waner of the Pirates continued to lead the major league batting races into the final week of the season with top spots among the first ten hitters in their leagues.
Answers include agenda meaning as things to be done, a program of business for a meeting. The French Legion of Honor founder is Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802. An ibis is a carnivorous wading bird related to the heron, linked to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Louis XII allegedly used the phrase Let George do it to dodge duties. The trusted minister Y rgtryg George of Amboise often performed the tasks he wished to avoid.
Statisticians note the Old Equitable of London first worked out a safe reliable basis of insurance in 1762.
The 1936 grid season kicks off with the South setting the pace in warm weather. Davidson vs Duke in Greensboro headlines a strong Southern Conference slate including The Citadel Newberry South Carolina Erskine Clemson Presbyterian Virginia Tech Roanoke Virginia Military Wofford while Kentucky meets Maryville and Mississippi faces Union Southeastern play. West Virginia meets Waynesburg in the East with Xavier against Transylvania and others across the Midwest and Texas Rice versus Texas A and I at Corpus Christi.
Promoter Curt Denning’s Friday show at the High Point arena drew wild action and a severe fine. Cowboy Luttrall was fined after slapping Referee Thompson, while Dawkins beat Luttrall then lost due to injury, and an amateur bout between Archie Stafford and Robert Hendricks ended in a draw as storms raged.
Yesterday Chicago defeated St Louis 3 to 0 in the only game. Today New York meets Brooklyn St Louis challenging Chicago Philadelphia vs Boston Cincinnati vs Pittsburgh with games across the National League.
A standing rule declares any wrestler who strikes the official will be fined. Mr Bailey announced future penalties for blows after a fall, prompted by Powell striking Vaduroff after a match. The card also noted several scheduled games in other regions and praised the night’s show as well worth attending.
North Carolina selects Raymond C. Wolf of Texas Christian University after Carl Snavely's resignation. Wolf, 35, a former Chicago native raised in Texas, brings a high geared offense and expertise in line play to Chapel Hill, with a focus on integrating the forward pass into the attack.
Davidson Wildcats debut as a Southern conference football team in Memorial Stadium Greensboro facing defending champions Duke Blue Devils. Kickoff at 8 pm, Duke seeks early victory to defend conference and Big Five titles ahead of next week's Colgate clash in Durham.
Lesson notes cover common usage missteps mispronunciations and misspellings with examples. It emphasizes clear writing and vocabulary growth through daily word study including the term lucidity defined as being clear and easily understood.
Lloyds, the famous London insurance house, offers policies on nearly everything including the birth of twins and protecting a lawn party from rain spoilage.
The bladderwort lives entirely underwater in waters of the United States and Canada and earns its sustenance by catching and eating fish.
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