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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1938
Page
8
The board of experts makes its first appearance of the 1938 football season with fifteen tough games on this week’s card. Close contests dominate the picks with teams like Carolina versus N C State Clemson versus Tennessee and Michigan versus Michigan State among the notable matchups.
Roundup of baseball and golf notes from New York includes Cuba's edge in the Cubs Pirates game and mentions players such as Pie Traynor Gabby Hartnett Tony Lazzeri Carl Reynolds Jack Russell and Paul Bunyan Jug McSpaden heading to a 28 day South America golf tour plus Curly Lambeau blocking players wives travel with the Green Bay Packers team.
Harry Cooper Horton Smith Jimmy Thomson and Lawson Little are worn out from their tour and will take a month to rest. The Pirates series boosted the Cubs toward a season home attendance milestone. John Wickham of Findlay Ohio, a six foot four freshman at Tulsa University, missed early practice due to a delay in construction.
A satirical roundup lists teams predicted to win with colorful jabs. Sid Luckman leads Columbia over Yale while Tulane tops Auburn in a comeback. Santa Clara challenges Stanford and Rice defeats Oklahoma. Clemson fades before Ten Tens Tennessee as Arkansas battles Texas Christian. Cornell beats Colgate to quiet critics and Michigan edges Michigan State as the sleeper.
Two night games open a big weekend schedule in North Carolina. Wake Forest hosts Citadel at Memorial Stadium while North Carolina State faces Duke in Raleigh. The NC State North Carolina clash tops a Greater University Day program despite Warren Wooden possibly missing action.
St. Louis report notes Mike Gonzales, manager of the Cardinals, states there are two z's in his surname after 18 years in his role. The clarification follows ongoing media references to his name.
High Point high school Bisons welcome Reidsville to Willis Park for an 8 pm game. Reidsville, defending class B champions, comes off a 24-0 win over Danville and 38-0 over Hillsboro. Coach Scott relies on Huckes, Horney, Short, Newton in a swift backfield behind a solid line.
The New York Yankees plan a two firepower approach with Vernon Gomez and Ruffing to face either the Cubs or Pirates in the World Series chase. Gomez is 18 12 and Ruffing 21 7 this season as the staff aims for a third straight title, with strong Cubs and Pirates rotations behind them.
Kansas City defeated St. Paul 2 to 0 in a game reported by Associated Press. Atlanta topped Beaumont 3 to 0 in eight innings due to rain, in a minor league baseball score roundup.
Johnny Marcelline defeated Al Brown in Atlantic City while Ted Christie beat Tommy Forte in Philadelphia. Joey Fontana narrowly stopped Johnny Mirabella in Brooklyn in a technical knockout.
Glenola the Amateur and Commercial league champions meet Triangle Industrial league titlists for the city championship at Highland park tomorrow at 3 pm. Glenola will start Rube Eldridge with Thornton in reserve. Triangle may counter with Fowler or Bull Dawson. Glenola reached final by beating Harriss Covington and a forfeit from Hayworth Roll and Panel, while Triangle beat Tomlinson in a two out of three series.
Reds to play a pivotal role in the pennant chase as a four game set with the Pirates looms, while the Cubs aim to seal the division. Cincinnati comes off a 7-4 win over St Louis as Johnny Van der Meer earns his 14th victory.
Bloomington Indiana September 30 Frank Mikan a sophomore guard at Indiana served two years in Hawaii as a corporal in the U S Army unit.
Purdue travels to Lafayette to discuss scheduling amid a 10 team Western Conference as only one league home game is set for 1939 and 1941, signaling a tight travel slate for the Boilermakers.
Chicago Cubs manager Charlie Hartnett fuels a hot streak aiming to stretch the club's winning run to 13 straight as they face the St Louis Cardinals after routing the Pirates. Paris Hartnett cheered the team despite Gabby Hartnett's finger injury raising doubt on two games missed.
High Point Panthers travel to Hickory to face Lenoir Rhyne in a North State conference game. Three players injured but rest of squad in good shape. Coaches note stronger blocking and attack. recent results include 18 0 and 40 0 losses to Catawba and Christians. Coach Virgil Yow may use reserves to spark a clicking combination.
Southern conference football action shifts to October with five games on the schedule. Maryland at Penn State, Virginia Tech versus Army at West Point, VMI against Navy in Annapolis, Clemson versus Tennessee in Knoxville, and South Carolina hosting Georgia. Duke battles Davidson and NC State takes on UNC. Wake Forest faces Citadel in Charlotte. Richmond visits Randolph Macon as William and Mary hosts Apprentice School.
In a ladies league bowling event several teams competed including Adams-Millis Forward Brothers Contractors and Rose Furniture Company. The fragmentary readout notes scores around 44 to 80 and mentions entities Quality Bakery and Women of Moose without clear context.
Strengthened by Luke Rumley and Higgins from Lexington, the High Point horseshoe pitching team will travel to Roanoke Virginia for a match tomorrow night.
Promoters postpone tonight's wrestling matches at the new Sportsarena to next Friday after an inspection showed the venue not ready. W F Bailey confirms the delay. The opening event will feature three wrestling bouts a boxing match and a battle royal with ticket holders from Enterprise contests admitted to the gala opening.
Herbert W. Barker surveys this week's college football program with many picks. He names Minnesota, Nebraska, Cornell, Clemson, Stanford, Santa Clara, Rice, Oklahoma, Yale, Columbia, Pitt, Harvard, Army, Navy, Lafayette, Ohio State, Michigan State, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Auburn, Mississippi State, North Carolina, Duke, Virginia, Texas, Texas Christian, Tulsa, Colorado, SMU, Arizona, Oregon, UC Los Angeles, Washington, Cal, California, Texas Tech, George Washington, Furman, Baylor, Princeton, Penn State, Dartmouth, Fordham, NYU, Alabama, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Syracuse, Boston College, Manhattan, Wyoming and more in a long wagering column.
AP data show Poxx of Boston leading batting with 47 health? Cleveland, 343. Greenberg of Detroit has 138 runs while Poxx trails with 137. Foxx leads RBIs with 167 ahead of Greenberg. Vosimik and Foxx tied 4 hits each at 201 and 195 respectively with New York close behind. Cronin and Me Quinn top doubles, Heath triples, Greenberg strong averaging. Crosett and Lary steal bases. Grove and Rugging lead pitching wins and decisions.
Lombardi leads NL batting with 338 for Cincinnati while Mize of St. Louis hits .336. Ott of New York drives in 117 runs and scores 163. Medwick and Camilli 163 RBIs for Brooklyn. McCormick 202 hits for Cincinnati. Waner 190. Medwick 44 doubles. Mize and Gutteridge 15 triples. Ott 35 homers. Hack 17 steals. Klinger 12 5 for Pittsburgh. Lee 22-9 for Chicago.
In Charlotte a Southern Conference game pits Citadel against Wake Forest at 8 p.m. BST. Citadel’s lighter lineup, led by Andy Sabados, challenges Wake Forest’s heavier front. Wake Forest relies on a strong big line while Citadel aims to exploit passes and kick returns as North Carolina did last week. Officials include Carrington and Black with head linesman ter Richmond.
The condition of Jimmy Adams of Midland Michigan, hurt in a boxing bout with Roscoe Toles on Wednesday, was reported as satisfactory at Henry Ford Hospital this morning. He remains semiconscious in a semiconscious state.
Roy McKinley, a long-striding star from Morgantown, WV, has stepped into the athletic directorship of the West Virginia varsity. He succeeds Harry Stansbury who resigned to direct the Star Chamber of Commerce.
Five pitchers led the national popular player poll with Rob Grove of the Red Sox Hubbell of the Giants Dizzy Dean of the Cubs among the leaders. The report notes one star spent half the season in Clint.
Billy Rogell the Tigers shortstop will lead Rogell's Raiders on a ten day barnstorming tour of Michigan and Canada after the season ends.
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