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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1945
Page
7
The Washington Senators fall short in a pivotal doubleheader show, George Bingo Binks misjudges the sun in the 12th inning costing a potential sweep and widening their deficit. Detroit holds the pennant lead as the season nears its end with Cleveland looming.
League results list shows wins and losses for the AL and NL with multiple matchups and playoff notes. Detroit and St Louis top their divisions in a busy day, while Detroit presses with remaining games and St Louis faces Chicago and Cincinnati in upcoming clashes.
Midwestern fans eye Minnesota under Bernie Bierman as the Gophers defense crushes Missouri 34 0 in a Saturday opener. Vic Kulbitski runs for three touchdowns while Minnesota gains 276 rushing yards and 81 passing yards.
Rich mond Va Sept 24 Big George Clark one time Duke third stringer turned starter and top breakaway runner led conference scoring with 18 points in Duke 60 0 over South Carolina Clark edged Jim Dorton NC State by 5 points Dorton had 13 in 47 0 win over Milligan Other Saturday scores featured Clemson Alabama and Coastal teams with multiple scorers and NC State Richkus Turner and Chewning noted among top scorers The ACC squads posted high scores while North Carolina beat Camp Lee 6 0
The piece records a speaker critiquing the A A U amid a shift to commercialized sports. He argues baseball should attract youth and calls for funding to develop athletes rather than funneling profits to promoters. He notes indoor winter meet runners emerge from schools and colleges.
John Lawther peers at the football squad as Wingback Chuck Willing limps, suggesting cross sport assessment and potential role fit amid team changes.
Andy Pafko homer with bases loaded gave the Cubs a 7-3 win over the Pirates. Whitey Kurowski drove in two with a homer and scored twice in the Cardinals 9-6 victory over the Reds. Nelson Potter pitched Browns to a 5-0 shutout of the Tigers. George Kell singled home the winning run in 12th as the Athletics beat the Senators 4-3. Myatt contributed for Washington in a later 4-3 win. Bobby Feller limited the White Sox to four hits in an 8-2 Indians win. Eddie Lake powered the Red Sox to a 6-5 opener over the Yankees with a 14th-inning double. Bonham beat Ferriss in the nightcap 2-1. Chuck Workman hit his 24th homer as the Braves beat the Giants 4-1. Wallace earned his first major league win in a 7-3 second game. Hal Gregg and Anton Karl combined for a one-hit shutout in the Phillies 9-0 opener. Karl helped the 4-3 win in the second. End of slate.
An injured player asks a fellow why he is being treated while the team doctor Dr. A H Griess explains he is willing but not able to tend to him.
Ed Schoendienst of the Cardinals shifts from shortstop to left field after Marty Marion holds the job. Red Schoendienst, a switch hitter with an injured eye, adapts to the position to help the pennant drive. Peanuts, the Cubs sparkplug signed for $1, boosts a July surge from fifth to first. Hank Greenberg returns from the army in July with ankle sprain concerns affecting the Tigers pennant push. George Case of the Senators remains a top leadoff speed and .300 hitter with many steal chances.
Ivi Jackson a Hillhouse high star from New Haven Conn is listed as a member of Hooks Nylins Camp Lee Va football squad for the season. Also notes Welch convalescent hospital baseball team at Daytona Beach Fla with 13 players at 40 positions. Lt Bob Detweiler of the Boston Braves is listed at multiple infield and outfield positions before a chipped elbow. About five percent of the 13th A F fighter command in the Philippines would like pro sports after civilian life and roughly 100 percent want civilian life.
The list shows top performers across batting runs and pitching. Notable names include Cavarretta Holmes Rosen Walker and others with leaders like Breeden Muncrief Stirnweiss and Etten. The data pairings highlight top averages RBIs hits and stolen bases with team affiliations Chicago Boston Brooklyn New York St. Louis Detroit Washington.
New York report says T Sgt Joe Louis world heavyweight boxing champion received a region of merit for aiding army morale. At Fort Hamilton Brooklyn ceremonies named him a model soldier for entertaining 2,000,000 soldiers with boxing exhibitions risking his future as champion.
A powerful passing attack propelled the third air force Gremlins to a 27-9 victory over the personnel distribution command Comets of Greensboro. Charlie Trippi and Bob Kennedy connected for four touchdown passes in the mid summer heat.
Duke University routs South Carolina 60 to 0 in a Southern Conference game at Durham highlighted by George Clark’s standout tailback performance. Also notes North Carolina State’s 17 12 win over Milligan in Raleigh and North Carolina’s 6 0 victory over Camp Lee with eye on upcoming Chapel Hill clash with Georgia Tech.
John F. Bivins a radar field engineer stationed in Miami Florida was selected by the American Red Cross to lead communications from Miami during a temporary telegraph outage caused by the Florida hurricane. He previously ran the Guildford Radio service and plans to return to High Point next month.
A. L. Hazzard and his son Marion G. Hazzard of 2323 English Street are out on bond after being charged with assaulting Wade Renfrow publisher of The Beacon at a High Point College football game. MM 1c Harold J. Bruton is flown home from Guam after liberation from a camp. A 1 acre tract near Trinity is designated as an overnight camp for Negro Boy Scouts.
High Point prepares to welcome Ralph James new football coach at a banquet Wednesday night at Emerywood Country Club. Frank Sizemore leads ticket sales with rapid demand and final reservations due by noon tomorrow. James has begun work with the Panthers athletic program while lip reading aids are noted for deafened persons due to hard to understand sound.
North Carolina gears up for a high-stakes home game with Georgia Tech, aiming to sharpen strength in practice as two GI veterans on the roster try to reach peak shape. The Ramblin Wreck visit Chapel Hill for a lone appearance this year, with capacity crowds anticipated and extra stadium preparations underway.
In Spokane on Sunday Byron Nelson captured the Esmeralda Open with a 72-hole total of 266 as Sammy Snead tied for third with Ben Hogan after a 63 and a 71. Nelson’s victory helped raise funds for convalescent soldiers with the tournament drawing rain wind and hail on the journey to Portland for the next event.
Cpl James H Swearingen reports to Baerfield Indiana after returning from England. Cpl Melville A Sechrest back at Drew Field Florida after furlough with wife and son. Edinger at Miami Beach after returning from European theatre where he served as rifleman. Sgt Herman A Hethcox reports to personnel distribution command San Antonio Texas after 13 months in Europe. Cpt Walter L Hargett spending days with his mother in Louisville street after service in Marianas. Cpl Henry Baker arrives in Miami from China where he served as ATC pilot. Pte William L Trivette spent furlough at Archdale after returning from Europe with 20th armored division. Cpl John Morris flown home from European theatre. Sgt Carl O Moore en route home from Europe with 70th Trailblazer division. Master Sgt James C Lynch expected home soon with 9th AAF in Austria.
A Black man is in serious condition at a local hospital after being shot by C R Freeman and Noel Freeman, managers of the Copper Kettle roadhouse, during a break in as he attempted to flee. Police say the brothers acted within their rights and no charges have been filed.
Deaths occurred in High Point and vicinity last week including Mrs. G Arthur Evans 61 of Thomasville John C Gallimore 75 Rt 2 Mrs Laura Ednardol 68 Rt 1 Mrs Cynthia Catherine Davis 80 1204 BE Green St infant daughter of Mr and Mrs BE L Lawson Mrs Clyde T Shaner Parkway and T J Woodall 92 Archdale
Twenty one discharged veterans reported to local board five. They were Lewis Marvin Johnson Reit tel Paul Moldin Douglas Wilson Nash John Wilford Hughes Irving Wilford Smith John Russell Crutch field James Harold Buffington John Weldon Hicks Oscar Lee Smith George Malcom Lewis Bernie BKiton Tucker Dallas Monroe Mashburn Sylvester Newlin Cau sey Edward Earl Forward Jr Wilbur L Gribble Pride Evans New som William Harold Wright Chester Jay Burton Jr Curlee Archie Sloan Duncan Gibson 111.
Three suits filed by Cora Kearns and one by Horace G Ilderton Inc against Walter Irvin Parrish and guardian William Lindsey Parrish seek 5777 in injuries and damages from an accident near Guilford Battleground on July 4. Complaints allege Parrish negligence caused the crash involving Ilderton’s car. H P Fair The High Point Fair opens tonight at Willis Park with exhibits judging tomorrow and promises of a larger midway and more exhibits since the war began.
L R Thomason a 28 year old African American bellboy was found guilty of second degree murder in the shotgun slaying of Luther Leach on August 9 and sentenced to 25 to 30 years in the state penitentiary.
A state planning board survey shows since 1938 thirty one new industries opened in High Point. Twenty two of the new firms are linked to furniture manufacture expanding the city’s wood goods industry and employment.
The Adams-Millis plant No 7 workers voted 90 percent against the American Federation of Hosiery Workers CIO as their bargaining agent in the plant election.
Lt Lindsey D Morgan receives the Distinguished Flying Cross for leading an air strike on Kure naval base. Grady C Swain is awarded the Silver Star for action at Chambion France. Mrs Anna F Thrist receives the Air Medal and oak leaf cluster posthumously for her husband SSG Robert C Thrist at Greensboro ORD. Bronze Star for meritorious achievement awarded to Bruce E B Gray Cecil C Prince James E Lewallen Jesse R Crater Robert W Thompson Tommy M Goodson. Major Franklin K B Carpenter cited for meritorious achievement in the Philippines. Cpl Lewis M Heater awarded Combat Infantryman Badge at Camp Patrick Henry. Sgt Marion B Phillips receives Eisenhower certificate of merit.
A 19 acre tract on Cemetery street known as the Wagner property, recently donated to the city, plus five acres on Salem street and small surrounding plots, could form a premier park and recreation center. Meanwhile thirty one men from local draft boards departed High Point last week for induction at Fort Bragg.
The demobilized personnel records branch of the adjutant general's office will move its records personnel and equipment from the Exposition building to new quarters in St. Louis Missouri. Moving millions of records will take weeks if not months.
1st Lt. James F. Hicks is discharged from the army and returns to High Point to run Hicks Manufacturing Company.
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