This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1950
Page
10
A reader laments refereeing in the NC State North Carolina game, criticizing officials for missed touchdown signals and confusing calls. He argues officials fail to raise signals clearly, cites a personal foul miscall, and condemns coverage of a magazine article involving Jim Tatum and Oklahoma.
Richmond September 26 Confusion marks the Southern Conference race as teams stumble and strengths shift. North Carolina State and Duke win while Virginia Military Institute and South Carolina falter. injuries crop up across many squads but most players expected to return by kickoff weekend. Notable names include Duke backs Calhoun and Knotts and N C State passer Ed Meoney amid a turbulent divisional slate.
The Yankees, led by Joe DiMaggio's hot bat, stand 31 games up in the American League with six to play. He has hit safely in 17 straight and raised his season average above .300. Allie Reynolds and Ed Ford beat Washington 8-3 and 7-4, with DiMaggio driving in runs in both games. Philadelphia and Brooklyn also win their openers in league races as pennant hopes tighten across both leagues.
New York Sept. 26 With the Joe Louis Ezzard Charles fight only one day away experts split on the outcome of the heavyweight title bout at Yankee Stadium. Gene Tunney, retired undefeated champion, backs Louis and predicts a five round knockout. Bookmakers list Louis favorite at 1 to 2 and the bout at 9 p.m. EST will be broadcast and televised by CBS.
High Point travels to Burlington to face the defending conference champion in a night game at Burlington High School stadium. The Bison seek revenge after a 26 6 loss to Reynolds and prepare to counter High Point’s single wing attack with a bruising forward wall led by Coach Huffman.
Evansville Ind Sept 26 Skip Alexander the professional golfer injured in a Sunday night plane crash remains in quite serious condition today. His wife and her father W T Reade of Dallas are admitted to his hospital room. He is 32 from Lexington North Carolina with a broken left leg and burns to hands arms and face. three Sioux Falls civil air patrol officers were killed in the crash.
Cleveland beat Detroit 2 to 1 as Bob Lemon slides home on a misplayed plate throw. Aaron Robinson failed to tag Lemon, mistaking a forced play for the tag after Luke Easter drove in the bases loaded run.
High Point coach C Q Smith says Guilford has too much offensive power as the Panthers prepare for a Thursday night North State Conference game at Albion Millis stadium. Injuries cloud High Point's lineup while film sessions and strategy meetings reshape their T formation for the Quakers and Eddie Teague’s team. Advance ticket sales to the Guilford clash exceed the Western Carolina Teachers game.
Yesterday results show Philadelphia 12-3 leaders, Boston 4-5, Brooklyn 3-3, New York 2-4 in second game night. Today’s games feature New York at Brooklyn at 1 30 p.m. Jansen 18 12 faces Branca 6 8. Philadelphia at Boston 2 p.m. Miller 11 3 vs Bickford 19 12. Cincinnati at St Louis 9 30 p.m. Fox 3 8 or Peterson 0 3 vs Lanier 11 7.
Washington at New York features Hudson Sime facing Byrne Ostrowski and Sanford with 14 13 and 3 3 records. St Louis at Detroit pits Fannin Johnson against Trout Newhouser with 5 8 and 4 6 and 13 5 14 12 records. Chicago visits Cleveland as Cain 11 faces Aber 1 0 in late game.
Winston-Salem leads 3-1 over Burlington after a 13-2 victory. Tonight Burlington visits Winston-Salem for an 8 p.m. game. Saiem and Winston-Salem sharpen the homestand with another league clash.
In the International League final playoffs Baltimore edged Rochester 6 to 5 to tie the series at two games each. The American Association saw Columbus defeat Indianapolis 4 to 3 to level the series at 2-2. Western Carolina League finals ended with Lenoir 7 Newton Conover 6 as Lenoir claimed the title four games to three.
Joe DiMargio collected five hits and drove home runs to lead New York to 8-3 and 7-4 victories over Washington. Harry Taylor pitched Red Sox to a 3-0 two-hit victory over Philadelphia in his American League starting debut.
The four first week wisners in the Pick The Winners contest will be announced tomorrow in the Enterprise. The 28 games for the second week of the grid season contest are released in today’s Exeter pages with ballots due weekly to be eligible for final prizes. Upsets disrupted most ballots last week as top pickers achieved 22 correct of 27 attempts.
The Appalachian Mountaineers lead the North State conference after two wins including a 126 victory over Western Carolina. East Carolina and Elon also hold one win each, while Guilford, High Point, and Newberry won in Saturday action. Upcoming schedule features Guilford at High Point and Elon at Appalachian.
A garbled list of batting and pitching leaders across teams. Notable names include Musial of St. Louis with hits and runs, DiMaggio of Boston with triples, Raschi of New York for wins, Kiner of Pittsburgh for home runs, and Lemon of Cleveland for strikeouts, reflecting a season’s statistical leaders.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.