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By ADRIAN SPIES
It is not likely that any of the big
c baseball players ever heard of J.
Snklyn Jones. They are getting so
e to the official season's start that
ojst of them tave even or2tten tne
tathing beauties and good time Char
ges who make life bearable in the train
fc camps. Back in their home cities,
tie boys are getting tough in their ex-
liiuon games uivm M.uujg ui
jsome run balls to the famous swatters
jhO draw Hie prc-scaouu """ua txuiA
no more "sensational catches" of easy
pop flies and wondering about the
weather forecasts. And they're get
tig migbty serious about playing this
Eational game of ours. So it isn't like
ly that they ever heard of J. Franklyn
Jones, who goes to the University of
Xorth Carolina and works for Bob
Kagill in the Graham Memorial office.
But J. Franklyn Jones he with the
TOicethat says "hello buddy" like an
japKfier being tested knows plenty
ibout them. In fact, I guess that he
bows as much about the records and
qualifications of every baseball player
is do any of our so-called professional
experts. Sometimes, for fun, folks up
in Graham Memorial stop Frank with
i question. Maybe it will be, "What
id McCormick bat for Cincinnati last
year!" And Jones' face will flush with !
real pleasure as he drops whatever
routine task he might be doing and
jives the batting average right to the
third digit Folks like to kid him and
say that his figures are all wrong. But
Frank promptly pulls out his wallet
and says, "How much. will you bet?"
And no one ever will mae a bet with
J. Franklyn about his knowledge of
baseball facts.
The funny thing about his great
love and knowledge of the gdme is that
ie has never even seen a major lea
gue contest. In fact, he has only seen
seven exhibition games. And for some
of these he has had to travel as far as
75 miles memorizing statistics as he
rode along. But he just naturally loves
baseball, and is a charter member of
the famous "stove-pipe league."
It all started, he says, back in 1924
when J. F. was only seven years old.
Playing around his house, he came
upon an old baseball magazine. There
was a picture of the Old Train, Wal
Johnston, on its cover. Jonesy was
intrigued by the picture. At that
time Johnson's Senators were play
aig the Giants in the World Series.
And the "young W started to hang
iround and listen when the men ,
spoke about the teams. He's been
listening and remembering ever
since.
In 1925 Frank started to play with
a kid around the block. This kid was
very famous fellow around there.
For he had met the great Ty Cobb.
J- Franklyn Jones was so thrilled by
tliis almost personal contact with
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Lacrossemen Beat
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Varsity Nine
Meets VEII Tomorrow
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RIDER DEFEATS
TOP-SEEDED BUXBY
IN SEMI-FINALS
PINEHURST, April 13. Charles
Rider, .red-headed smashing co-captain
from the University of North
Carolina, moved into the finals of the
twenty-second annual North-South
tennis tournament here today by de
feating Martin Buxby, top-seeded star
from Miami, in the day's leading semi
finals match, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3. Rider will
defend his title here tomorrow morn
ing at 10 :30 against Chapel Hill's well
known net ace, Archie Henderson, Jr.
Playing in defense of his title all
the while, Rider showed up as a fine
champion today in taking on Buxby;
meanwhile Henderson eliminated Alex
Guerry, former Southeastern cham
pion, in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2.
In the doubles competition, a pair
of Tar Heel freshmen netmen defeated
the top varsity combination of Caro
lina's co-captains, Rider and Bill Raw
lings. Evenson and Wadden, two com
paratively unheard of yearlings from
Chapel Hill, won their way into the
semi-finals by taking the red-headed
Carolina leaders, 8-6, 2-6, 6-2. Buxby
and Harris Everett play Evenson and
Wadden this morning in a semi-finals
match. The winning team meets
Henderson and Guerry in the doubles
finals' late in the morning.
Henderson, who did not compete in
the tournament last year, will be up
against a defending champion who
for the second straight year has over
come superior opposition in his quest
for the title. Last year, Rider topped
Carl Rood and Frank Fuller, two lead
ing varsity men, for his title. This
year he had to defeat the number one
man, Buxby, and tomorrow meets second-seeded
contestant in the finals. If
Rider wins he will be one of the few
collegiate netmen to repeat in the
North-South title affair.
Yesterday's results:
Singles : quarter-finals Guerry,
Chapel Hill, won 'default from Ager
(Duke) ; Buxby, Miami, defeated An
thony (UNO 6-3, 6-3. Semi-finals
Henderson, Chapel Hill, defeated
Guerry 6-3, 6-2; Rider (UNO de
feated Buxby 6-2, 2-6, 6-3.
Doubles : quarter-finals Evenson
Wadden (UNO defeated Rider
Rawlings (UNO, 8-6, 2-6, 6-2;
Buxby-Everett defeated Anthony
Rice (UNO 6-3, 6-3. Semi-finals
Henderson-Guerry, Chapel Hill, de
feated Meserole-Carver (UNO 6-3,
8-6.
TMarch Defeats Fuller In 220,
Is First In High, Broad Jumps
By LEONARD LOBRED
Harry March, Carolina's Iron
Horse, steamed down the Fetzer field
straightaway only once yesterday,
after , tying for first place in the
high jump and winning first in the
broad jump by himself, to defeat
Frank Fuller of Virginia in the 220
yard low hurdles and bring his scor
ing total to 14 points as the Tar Heels
buried the Cavaliers, 75-51, for their
second straight win.
The Tar Heels started the meet
as though they were going to win in
a walk, trudging home in the late
evening shadows if necessary. Their
lead mounted to 12 points . when they
won four of six first places as an
opener, but before this advantage
could be fully appreciated, Frank
Fuller and his mates had swept , nine
points in the high hurdles and Vir-
onnia'c -firct- an1 tlniTl in Tn1o
vault had knotted the count at 36-all. J
lne competition Began an .over
again, and Carolina's1 always depend
able half-milers garnered nine , points,
Julian Lane took the 220, March won
his second first in the broad jump,
and three places lin the . two mtfle
raised the total to 65, enough to cinch
the meet.
MARCH'S VICTORY
March's victory in the low hurdles
came after the meet had been won,
but it was the outstanding win of the
day, and added to his showings in
the jumps to give him 14 points and
make him the high scorer for the sec
ond straight week. He counted 13
against Princeton.
The Iron Horse and Fuller jumped
ahead of the rest of the field at the
crack of the starting gun, speeding
over the low barriers together. They
were even half-way through the race,
when March suddenly appeared in
Track Summary
Carolina 75, Virginia 51.
100-yard dash Dayton (V) first;
Lane (NC) second; IUman (NC)
third. Time :10.4.
220-yard dash Lane (NC) first;
Dayton (V) second; Cronley (V)
third. Time :22.7.
440-yard run Jennings (NC) first;
Cronley (V) second; Hoffman (NC)
third. Time :51.9.
880-yard run Davis, French and
Wise (all NC) tied for first. Time
2:03.5. .
One mile run Crockett (NC) first;
Tucker (V) second; Morrison (NC)
third. Time 4:30.8.
Two mile run Hardy (NC) first;
Vawter (NC) second; Gordon (NC)
third. Time 10:09.5.
120-yard high hurdles Fuller (V)
first; Peyton (V) second; Rathbun (V)
third. Time :14.9.
220-yard low hurdles--March (NC)
first; Fuller (V) second; Walker (NC)
third. Time :24.3.
Pole vault Preston (V) first; - Mc
Leod (NC) second; Waller (V) third.
Height 12 feet.
High jump March and Patterson
(NC) tied for first; Jones (V) third.
Height 6 feet,
Broad jump March (NC) first;
Rathbun (V) second; Mengel (NC)
third. Distance 22 feet 5 inches.
Shot put McLaughlin (V) first;
Slagle (NC) second; Hubbard (NC)
third. Distance 45 feet 4 inches.
Discus McLaughlin (V) first; Sla
gle (NC) second; Hubbard (NC)
third. Distance 122 feet.
Javelin Partridge (NC) first; Yan
cey (V) second; Rathbun (V) third.
Distance 176 feet 6 inches.
Nine Teams Still Unbeaten
In Both Frat, Dorm Murals
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With two weeks of hard play be
Jd them intramural playground
k2 teams have rounded into shape
C1 we pointing to the remainder of
fce season as the decidintr factor in
pennant races in both leagues. At
the
Present time both leagues are in
of an upheaval with nine teams
each still undefeated.
In the fraternity league, Kappa
aa No. l and No. 2, Beta Theta
Wter-polo in both the dormitory
J fraternity leagues will start on
Wednesday instead of Tuesday, as
Previously announced.
Delta Theta, Sigma Nu, Zeta
1. SAE No. 1, Sigma Chi No.
ul AT0 have maintained an aver
J 1.000 while in the dormitory
Lewis No. l, "H", aK", Med
tool No.i, Aycock No. 1, Manguni,
7, Everett and Lewis No. 2 have
P?n 10 unbaten records.
ENDING CHAMPS
Pio6sf N' ' lefenlin- cham
fve two years with 21 consecu
tern.rCt0ries over dormitory, and f ra
wt f Competitin appears to be the
nity fi CaI 163,11 to take the f rater
is r, a," The record-smashing team
paced v... w . . . . . .
tv,? -,lordecai, the pitcher wno
edr n-- '"""'er curing tne
. ' "Us
past
n, Anderson, and Wilkin-
top flight pitcher, the Zete's are in
vulnerable. With the return of Bill
Blalock, one of the team's spark
plugs who has been out with a bad
knee, the Zeteforces will be even
stronger. '
The remaining undefeated frater
nity teams appear about equal in
strength, with each boasting several
candidates for all-campus berths.
ATO is led by Ashby, Smith and
Yount Little, Long and White are
outstanding on the Beta Theta Pi
ball club, while Sigma Chi No. 1 is
led by Davis, Edwards, Beadles and
Scales. Faircloth, Hambright, Wooten
nnd Edwards nack most of the power
rf TTorm RicTTia No.' 2, while Dal-
ton, Mann and Batchelor lead the No.
1 team. Darden. Moore and Grain
ger pace SAE No. 1 as do Loocke,
Lynch and Briggs of Sigma Nu.' The
Phi Delta Theta team has for its
stars Williford, Rice and Woodman.
Other outstanding candidates in the
league are Swink and Cooper of Chi
Phi, and Kimrey and Duke of Pi
Kappa Alpha.
IN DORM LEAGUE
Defending champions of the dormi
tory league, BVP was beaten earlier
in the season by Grimes and thus
i i... tvf rtaor 'hs wide onen. "K
leaves uio
front going over the eighth of the
ten hurdles. He topped the last hur
dle with a good margin and finished
almost ten feet ahead of the Cavalier
captain and world-record holder. His
FR0SH TRACKMEN
PREP FOR DUKE
The coaches deemed it too cold for
a freshman track meet yesterday, so
the Tar Babies, anxious to get in com
petition for their meet Thursday with
Duke's Imps, will now face a few days
of busy preparation.
Little has been seen of the Carolina
f rosh track prospects this spring, and
the first-year men have had little com
petition since the Indoor games last
winter. Some have run m pick-up re
lays in the afternoons, and the better-
conditioned group competed in a sprint
medley relay last Saturday after the
Princeton meet.
Heavy work is listed for the fresh
men tomorrow, but the coaches know
about only a few of their men.
LEADING CANDIDATES
Leading candidates are Bob Hey
mann, whose discus throws have meas
ured 120 feet; Jim Lloyd, who has pole
(Continued on page 4, column 1
tjme of 24.3 seconds doesn't rank with
March's best times, but it was good
enough to enable him to beat Fuller
for the third time in three races.
With Jim Davis shifting to the
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TARBABY-DEACLET
GAME POSTPONED
Just because it was thought that it
was too cold for the scheduled game
with the Wake Forest frosh to be play
ed yesterday afternoon, the Tar Baby
diamond coaches didn t let the cold
weather worry them as they put the
team through a stiff session in pre
paration for two games during the
coming week.
The postponed game was the second
of the season for the yearlings, and un
less the team gets in some games pretty
soon, it'll be time for school to disband
for the summer. That would be dras
tic, since the coaches, Ham Strayhorn
and Jim Tatum, haven't had a good
chance to see just exactly what there
is to the freshman team.
Only two or three good practice ses
sions were held last week, and the team
was a long ways from being in perfect
shape and from playing in good form
(Continued on page 4, column S)
Herring Wins Second Flight Title
In Southern Intercollegiate Tourney
ATHENS, Ga., April 13 Neal
Herring, a veteran mainstay of Car
olina's golf team, salvaged a bit of
prestige for Coach Erickson's links
outfit by winning the second flight
championship in the Southern Inter
collegiate tourney ended here today.
Herring, narrowly defeated in a
play-off for a berth in the champion
ship flight, gained his triumph with
a 3 and 2 decision over Dan Gottes
man of Duke. Playing in a cold
rain, with a cold blustery wind at his
back, Herring displayed some of the
form that he showed last year in
leading the Tar Heels to nine vic-
10-meet slate. He was the
the tones in a
with tnree vicuna - XTi, . . . , .
Mil inn IV i ui Lii uat uiiiiiaii is win a utcuaai
the remainder of the Carolina troupe
finding the going a bit too steep for
this early in the season.
' Bert McDowell, member of the LSU
squad that set. a new meet record in
nosing out Duke for the team title,
captured titlist honors by turning
back Bob Palmer of Michigan. He
succeeded Joe Taylor, Duke ace who
was unable to compete, and won his
laurels by one up at the eighteenth
hole. After dropping a hole to the
powerful Michigan stroker on the
out nine, Bert rallied on the back
side and came into the eighteenth
needing only a half on the hole to win.
He gained that when Palmer's putt
rolled past the cup by half an inch.
Freshmen Golfers
Shut Out Kittens
Whatever worries Golf Coach
Chuck Erickson may have acquired
by the performance of his varsity
divotmen at Athens were partially
dispelled by the actions of his frosh
linksmen yesterday. The Tar Babies
opened their short schedule by blank
ing Davidson's Wild Kittens at
Hillandale yesterday by 18-0, and
Davidson is no pushover where the
links game is concerned.
Rain, wind and generally adverse
conditions prevailed and caused
scores to soar, but in spite of the
dampness several respectable cards
were turned in. Mike Nolan, a Bir
mingham, Alabama, boy, took medal
honors scoring a 79. Close behind
with an 81 was Dave Rumph, promis
ing youngster from Montezuma,
Georgia. Graydon Lyles 75, and
Laurence Neese 82, rounded out the
victorious Carolina foursome.
Top score for Davidson was Wash
burn's 85. Cavent showed 86, Pat
terson 99, and Carter 100.
Carolina-State Contest
Called Off; Tar Heels
Practice Despite Cold
It rained Friday and turned cold
yesterday. So State college officials,
noting the damp condition of Ra
leigh's freshman field and fearing it
might freeze over, thereby causing
untold injury to the manly athletes
on both sides,' called off the scheduled
Carolina-Wolfpack baseball contest.
The game will be played some time
in the future, the date to be set by
the State athletic office.
It was equally as frigid in Chapel
Hill as Raleigh yesterday but that did
not stop Bunn Hearn from running
the Tar Heels through a hard prac
tice. Carolina has three games this
week; the first tomorrow at 4 o'clock
at Emerson field against VMI.
Davidson comes in for the first Big
Five game of the year for the Tar
Heels on Friday and come Saturday
the local heroes journey to Wake
Forest to engage the Deacons. This
one will be the biggest game ( so far
this season. Wake Forrest demolish
ed Duke yesterday, 17-3 at Roanoke
Rapids.
PITCHING PLANS
The postponement knocked Hearn's
pitching plans askelter. The Tar
Heel bossman had intended to use
Red Benton against the Wolfpack;
Lefty Cheshire in the VMI game;
Benton again for Davidson with Lef
ty going up in the front of the Dea
cons. Now Hearn will probably pass over
: Continued on page 4, column 5)
FMEL, BEERS
SUFFER INJUR
IN ROUGH CONT
ES
T
By YATES POTEAT
DUKE FIELD, DURHAM, April
13. The Carolina Indians defeated
the Blue Devil lacrossemen of Duke,
5-4, in a rough, hard-fought battle that
saw players of both teams take plenty
of spills this afternoon. The game
was played in a high cold wind that
chilled both the players and the spec
tators. Co-captain Coleman FinkeL
Tony Remy,,Milt Harris, Goalie Bill
Darden, Bud Beers, Ray Rosenbloom,
and Dan Desich were the standouts for
the Indians, and Captain Ray Brown
led the Blue Devils.
Play Was exceedingly rough and Co
captain Finkel and Bud Beers were in
jured in the milling. Finkel's wrist
was banaged up, Beers suffered a
split place on his nose.
Brown started the scoring with a
tally for the Dukes before the fracas
was four minutes old. The Big Blues'
r
lead was short-lived for Milt Harris
of the Indians took a pass from Finkel
and twisted in a magnificent shot for
the first Carolina score. The boys be
ginning to get warmed up after about
10 minutes, and before the first quar
ter ended Coleman Finkel maneuvered
the ball up the field and sent it whist
ling past Duke's Goalie Mack Johnson
to put the Indians in the front by a
score of 2-1.
IN SECOND QUARTER
Carolina' resumed their., scoring
shortly if teir the second quarter.start-;
ed by opening up a hole for Ray Rosen
bloom who came through in grand
fashion by slipping the ball past the
Devil's Goalie Johnson, sending the
Indians into a 3-1 lead. The Blues
came right back on a three-way pass
from Levy to Brown to McGough to
Kemper who shot the ball past Goalie
Darden of Carolina for the Blue Devils.
(Continued on page 4,- column 3)
Lacrosse Summary
Carolina
Darden
Singletary
Remy
Desich
Beers
Clark .
Broadfoot
Harris
Rosenbloom
(Co-C.) Finkel
Referee, Podger; Timekeeper, Von.
Glahn. -. ;
Substitutions: Carolina Werner
and Sternberg; Duke Kaufman, ,
Reynolds, and Barnes.
Scoring: Carolina Finkel, Rosen
bloom, Harris 2, Sternberg; Duke
Brown 2, Kemper, Steele.
Duke
g. Johnson
p. Levy
cp. Rankin
d. Hank
d. Wilson
c. (C) Brown
a. Steele
a. McHough
o.h. Bunce
h. Kemper
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