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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1951
Page
5
The Enterprise editors and staffers reveal their preseason picks for week one. Names include Loflin Mathews Leslie Brown Patterson Idol Mitchell and Hackney, with selections across Texas A&M over UCL A and UNC over NC State among others.
New York leads with Joe DiMaggio batting .349 in 12 major league seasons. Today Philadelphia at Brooklyn and Chicago at St. Louis headline a night slate alongside other matches. Yesterday Brooklyn edged St. Louis 4-3. Cincinnati beat New York 3-1. Statesville leads in the Hi-Toms series 1-0 with game action tonight.
The Yankees overcome a 4-2 deficit in the eighth inning with a three-run homer by Joe Collins to beat the White Sox 9-4 and move a half game ahead of the idle Indians. Dodgers and Giants also slide toward pennant. Dodgers lead, while Browns defeat Senators 4-3 with Satchel Paige earning the win.
American League standings show New York and Cleveland leading with about two games apart. Remaining schedule details list home and away games against Boston Philadelphia Detroit Washington and New York for multiple teams. National League table shows Brooklyn and New York atop the standings with key remaining games against Philadelphia Boston and Philadelphia.
At Fenway Park Boston and New York begin a crucial weekend series in a tight AL race led by Cleveland. Casey Stengel posts Allie Reynolds to the mound to face Boston while Leo Kiely debuts for the Red Sox hoping to halt a late-season slide.
Wake Forest meets Boston College at Braves Field to start New England college football. Wake Forest fans expect a stronger showing with veterans Ed Lis topad and Bill George guiding the line. BC introduces Mike Holovak as new varsity coach after Jim Parsons dealt illness. Beau Jack real name Sidney Walker is noted in the text.
Gastonia favored to beat High Point High School in Western on conference opener. Green Wave coach Chuck Clements used two weeks to scout High Point after Kannapolis win. Weather clear, kickoff 8 pm, crowd around 3 000 expected.
GOOD GOLFERS Coach Chuck Erickson eyes two UNC freshmen from football squad for next spring golf season. Larry Parker tailback from Charlotte and Ed Garbisch guard from Cambridge Maryland are noted as good shooters and likely to see action.
London notes Vic Toweel began boxing at age 12 in his early career. Cincinnati records show the Red Stockings as American Association members from 1881 to 1889.
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