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Carolina Track Team Battles Duke Today M Dixie Classic Tar Heel 'Nine 54 Benton Hurls Second Win In Three Days By Harry Hollingsworth A wonderful tenth inning in which Carolina pushed across three big runs spelled doom for State here yesterday afternoon, 5-4, in a ball game featured by spurts of brillance followed by spasmodic exhibitions of fielding re sembling feats contributed from time to time to the Brooklyn Dodgers . Ray Hardee, the losing pitcher in a thrilling mound duel with Carolina's Red Benton, contributed the impetus needed to keep the Tar Heels going af ter once they started in the tenth. He walked two men and hit Benton with a pitched ball which demonstrat ed that most anything can happen when a team begins to crack. Morris Starts Things Mac Morris started things by sing ling off First Baseman Gibson's bare hand with no one down. Carolina was behind then, 4-2, for State had pushed over two runs in its half of the tenth That hit rattled Hardee and a mound conference was called, but it did little good, for Chubby Myers worked the State fireballer for a free ticket. That further rattled him and another mound confab was held. Benton, the batter, had instructions from Bunn Hearn to sacrifice, but he fouled off his first attempt. Hardee threw him two balls and then smacked him in the ribs with a slow curve. 11 Tenth British Tennis Stars Play Here Today .Edges State -it .&VH ;K- , J; si " ""v , - ,w ' ' " " " .'' " ' t '' ' i V- RED BENTON, big Tar Heel right hander, won his fourth game of the season yesterday by outlasting State's Hardee in a gruelling ten inning ball game. The hard-working redhead, pictured above, twirl ed a brilliant game for his second victory in three days. BOX SCORE STATE ab r h o a e Constant, cf 5 0 1 2 0 0 Mewborn, ss 4 112 6 0 Stewart, 2b 4 0 0 1 2 0 Bailey, rf 5 0 2 2 0 1 Gibson, lb 5 1 1 15 0 1 Wheeler, 3b 5 1 3 2 5 0 Craig, If 4 0 1 0 0 0 Turner, c . 5 0 14 10 Hardee, d 5 1 2 0 3 0 Hardee Obliges Hardee obliged the Tar Heels by walking Bobby Gersten and Morris trotted home with the first run of the inning. Lew Hayworth, who has estab lished a reputation for hitting in the clutches, lined what appeared to be a hit over second base, but shortstop Mewborn fielded the ball and forced Gersten, Myers scoring run No. 2 and tying up the game. Dub Johnson, who had failed to get the ball out of the infield all afternoon, was the next bat ter. The State infield pulled in close, playing for a possible twin killing. Johnson took a strike, a ball and an other ball; then he swung on the next pitch and popped up what appeared to be an easy out behind second base. The CAROLINA ab ball was hit high and both Stewart and Gersten, If, 3b 3 Mewborn lost it in the scramble to get Hayworth, ss 5 under it. It fell safely for'a hit and Johnson, lb 5 Shot Cox, who Had gone into tne game Reynolds cf to run for Benton, slid safely across jjussey rf tne piaie witn me wura anu winning i jj0nan, 3b TOn- McCaskill, If Seventh Conference Triumph Morris, 2b The victory was Carolina's seventh Myers, c conference victory and third Big Five Benton, p triumph of the season. But when onelx Cox gets down to analyze yesterday's game, th Red Terrors reallv deserved to win. Totals Zany Schacht Will Provide Crazy Antics By Mark Garner Tennis, comedy and fashions are in store for the spectators at the varsi ty tennis courts this afternoon at 2:30. The exhibition, for the benefit of the British and American Ambulance Corps, will be highlighted by the Mary Hardwick-Dorothy Round Little net match; baseball's favorite zany, Al Schacht, will furnish the comedy, and Carolina coeds will model the latest styles in fashion or sports. Local talent will be added to the show in the persons of Harris Ever ett, co-captain of the varsity netmen, Tickets to the exhibition tennis matches this afternoon may be ob tained at the Carolina Sports Shop, Tar Heel office, ticket office in Woollen gym and the News Bureau for 50 cents. Totals 42 4 12 28x17 2 x One out when winning run scored, 4 4 2 2 4 3 3 0 r 0 0 0, 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 h 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 o 2 1 13 2 5 1 1 2 3 0 0 a 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 1 0 :35 5 7 30 13 4 The first reason for that statement U-Ran for Benton in 10th. is that Hardee pitched a beautiful ball I Score by innings: eame for nine innings. After Bobby state 000 001 100 24 Gersten singled to right field in the Carolina -000 000 200 3 5 first inning, Hardee retired the next . , . . noxotl xrrih ZU patiers Deiore xveynuiu gvu an i-1. ,r.v:n rana TV-rrT Hardee. Home run: Hardee. Double Unearned Runs nlav: Benton to Myers to Johnson. i ' - : The second reason is that the Tar Sacrifice: Stewart. Stolen base Mew- Heels got two unearned runs in the born. Passed ball: Turner. Base on seventh. Reynold's infield hit came balls off: Hardee 3, Benton 2. StrucK after two men were out. Jack Hussey out by: Hardee 4, Benton 2. Hit by was safe when first baseman Gibson pitcher: Hardee (Benton). Umpires: dropped Wheeler's throw from third Mitchell and Rabb. Time: 1:59, on his infield grounder. Reynolds went all the way to third on the error, and scored when pinch-hitter Leon McCas kill slapped out a line single to right field. Hussey also circled the bases when Rightfielder Bailey juggled the ball three times before he was able to get it back to the infield. Those two runs put Carolina back in the ball game after State had taken a big 2-0 lead on runs scored in the sixth and seventh innings.' A walk to Mewborn, Stewart's sacrifice and a single by Bailey to right field gave the Terrors a singleton in the sixth. That run looked mighty big then for Hardee was still setting the Tar Heels fly and 0 when Gersten errored down one-two-three. Turner's infield hit And then, when Ray Hardee caught jRed Benton, who pitched his second hold of one of Benton's fast balls ana win in three days, was in not waier m drove it over Revnold's head in center- the sixth inning, but a neatly executed field for a home run in the seventh, double play after he had given Craig Carolina reallv looked to be out of the an intentional walk saved the day. ball eame. Jack Hussey furnished the fielding But then came the seventh in which gems. In the fourth inning ne mace a t TT0ol iorl , rromP and the leaping, one-nanaeu ca:u wx " r . . , . A, . i UJ c tntfc in which thev won it. drive ana in ine.mnui v. " i i - i i t. . wart s drive oil nis snoe laces. OLiltt 25 IWU A Lllia lit bllG kCilbll vu three hits and a fielder's choice. Bailey singled, but was forced by Gibson at and Vic Seixas, second-ranking junior player in the country. Everett and Seixas will clash in a singles engage ment and will team with their Eng lish guests in a mixed doubles match. Well-Known to Local Fans j Both Miss Hardwick and Mrs. Lit tle are well-known to Tar Heel ten nis fans having played here last fall with their countryman, Charles Hare. Miss Hardwick also visited here in the winter of 1941 as a member of the Bill Tilden, Don Budge, Alice Marble pro quartet. At present the women are devoting all their time to securing funds for their embattled country. Mrs. Little is truly a war wife. Her husband is serving in the medical corps of the British army and she supports her son by teaching and coaching tennis at the Seiemiorv Club, Province of Quebec, Canada. Miss Hardwick, one of Britain's most patriotic daughters. has been playing benefit matches all over the country with the entire pro ceeds going to aid the English. Both women donate their services free and travel about the country in an ambu lance like those purchased with the proceeds of their exhibitions. Al Schacht will be making his de but at Chapel Hill. How this nationally-travelled clown has managed to avoid the Hill for the 21 years he has been showing his ridiculous an tics on the diamond is a mystery, but at last he is making his appearance here. "I have decided to make a come back at tennis," the ace buffoon said. "I will challenge and shall continue to do so as long as there is free speech anyone in the stands. If any one would like to play I'm sure I can find them an opponent." One-Time Hurler The one-time leading hurler of the See TENNIS page - ; 1 : t t XX ; V:" : ; ' ' - i - , f ' - ' I . ' S . I f - - i I - r'A !- v y f - :-r: t 5 L i' tAS:. 1 f i - , I ' ' i - - -iW - -v v ? v K - S n!? Wr it, a T " ' Thrilling Meet Is Expected; Frosh to Clash By Ben Snyder Seeking Carolina's first win over Duke in a major sport this year, a band of Tar Heel freshmen and varsity trackmen, 70 strong, will go to Durham this afternoon where, beginning at 1:15, Dixie's greatest dual meet com petition gets under way. The clash between the two confer ence behemoths will preview next Varsity and freshman trackmen are requested to eat lunch at 11:30 today and are expected to report to Woollen gym ready to leave at 12:30. DOROTHY ROUND LITTLE, former English tennis queen, is shown above making a backhand save at the baseline. Mrs. Little will appear here today in a match against Mary Hardwick. Al Schacht, famous baseball clown and an all-sports fashion show will also be on the list of attractions. Baseball Scores NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn 7, Philadelphia 1. Boston 4, New York 3. Chicago 3, Cincinnati 2. Pittsburgh 3, SL Louis 2. AMERICAN LEAGUE i New York 1, Boston 0. Philadelphia 5, Washington 4. Chicago 1, Cleveland 0. Detroit 7, St. Louis 6. University of Michigan students do- second. Wheeler singled, scoring Gib- nated 350 pints of blood during a re- Wheeler advanced on an outfield I cent campus "blood bans anve. son Winston-Salem High School Lads Win Net Honors Two upsets featured the finals of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association's 27th annual interscholas- tic tennis tournament here yesterday, Berk Ingram of Reynolds High (Winston-Salem), seeded No. 2, upset Charlotte High's Teddy Kessler, the favorite and No. 1 seeded player to win the singles title in straight sets The scores were 6-3, 6-2. C. H. Duncan and Gene Disher of the John W. Hanes High of Winston Salem, seeded only fourth, pulled a sur prise by defeating the No. 2 seeded tan dem of Lenoir Kessler and Phil Glotzer of Charlotte to clinch doubles honors, They also won in straight sets by scores of 6-2 and 6-4. Earlier in the day Duncan and Disher eliminated the No. 1 seeded duo of Charles Doney and Tom Snell, 6-1, 6-2. Kessler and Glotzer wontheir semi final match by defeating Emory Green and Joe Colman of Greensboro, 6-4, 6-3. In the semi-final singles matches Teddy Kessler beat Durham's Jim Kelly, 6-3, 6-0, and Ingram turned back Aberdeen's Joe Bowman, 6-2, 6-2. The victories in the singles and doubles ended Charlotte's two year reign as State champion in both di visions. Tar Babies Cross Bats With Raleigh High Today By Bill Woestendiek A rapidly improving Tar Baby basebalKclub will go after its third consecutive triumph of the still young season here on Emer son field today at 3 o'clock when the Carolina frosh cross bats with a powerful Raleigh high school nine. Coach Jim Tatum announced yesterday that he would stick to his three-pitcher routine again this afternoon. Joe Green, George Sparger and either George Webb or Bart Lewis will see action againstthe Capital city lads. Green started the opening game of the year against the State yearlings month's championship meet in which Carolina and Duke superiority is a foregone conclusion. In many respects today's meeting is the most important of the season for the two squads. Score to Settle Carolina has a double score to settle with the Blue Devils Duke having won both the dual and conference meets last year while Coach Bob Chamber's team has not yet erased the stain of a crush ing loss suffered at the hands of the Tar Heels in February's indoor cham pionship. " The contesting teams have met once already this season in a pre liminary skirmish at the Carolina re lays which found Duke dominating both the track and the field competition. The experts down on Fetzer field don't know just how to figure this one. On paper the Devils have a slight su periority, but the Tar Heels have so many unpredictables that a good day might very easily swing the competi tion in favor of Coach Bob Fetzer's squad. In any event, the meet will live up to its deserved reputation of the and turned in an impressive perform ance. Sparger has seen action in both previous games, and while he was not at his best against the Baby Terrors, George twirled a superb three-inning job against Greensboro high school Wednesday. Webb has been the fin ishing pitcher in every game this sea son and is likely to have that honor again today. Bart Lewis, New Jersey right-hander who looked good beat ing Greensboro, may take the place of one of the other twirlers. High School Opposition In meeting up with its second straight dose of high school opposi tion, the frosh team faces a tough assignment this afternoon in handling the boys from Raleigh. The Tar Ba bies showed vast improvement in crushing Greensboro, 10-2, and are ex pected to continue their fine play against Raleigh. The starting line-up will be virtual ly the same as that which started the first two games. Only change" may be at short, where Roy Gwaltney, Dur ham's flashy infielder, may get the starting' assignment. Billy Myers, first-string shortstop, has been both ered with a sore arm and will prob ably be given a chance to rest it to day. Gwaltney has been a whirling dervish on the left side of the infield in the daily practice sessions and should give a good account of him self in the field. Opposing hitters found it virtually impossible to bit balls past the tiny infielder in intra- squad games. Although he is not too potent a man with the wood, he can hit the ball, and his fielding should make up for any batting lapses. Holeman or Johnson Gus Holeman, who doubled home the first two runs against Greensboro Wednesday, may get the nod to start in center field if Raleigh starts a southpaw on the mound. Rivers John son, slugging left-handed batter, will be in his accustomed position should a right-hander open for Raleigh. The rest of the line-up will be iden tical to the one which has played previously. The line-up and batting order is: Gwaltney, ss; Johnny Co- lones, 2b; Holeman or Johnson, cf ; Walt Pupa, rf ; Frank Wideman, If; Jim Hayworth, 3b; Bill Lee, c; Grits Gresham, lb, and Green, p. Iks - v.-y.'A-..' Doeschler Scores Golf Upset; Advances to Semi-Final Round ATHENS, Ga., April 17. Dick Do eschler. sophomore sensation from the University of North Carolina pull ed a major upset this afternoon when he eliminated Duke's brilliant soph, Bill Goldthorpe, 4 and 3, to advance into the semi-final round. The semi-finals will be held here tomorrow morning with the 18-hole finals being staged tomorrow after noon. Poole Advances Others to advance into the semi final round with the hot Tar Heel linksman were Grover 1 Poole, No. 1 Duke golfer, Frank Stranahan of Mi ami, and Arnold uium oi ueorgia, yesterday's medalist. Doeschler, playing an excellent brand of golf, had to go 20 holes in his morning quarter-final match be fore he could best Jack Killen of LSU, one up. Dick came right back in the afternoon round to upset the favored Duke Blue Devil sharpshooter. Gold thorpe had eliminated Jack McMur- ray of Virginia one up, in the morn ing round. Doeschler vs. Poole Doeschler clashes with Poole to morrow morning in the first semi final match in what should be one of the feature matches of the tourna ment. Both men have been playing excellent golf, with Doeschler far sur passing expectations down here. In the other semi-final match to morrow, uium battles strananan. Blum shot a blistering six-under-par 140 in yesterday's qualifying round See GOLF, page 4 UPON THE STURDY legs of the above hurler depends a large share of the Carolina track team's for tunes in today's Duke meet. He is Warren Mengel, blond senior ace who upset Virginia's Tommy Todd last week. The versatile star will be entered in four events. finest thing of its kind in sectional competition. Neither team has a pre dominance of power and regardless of the victor, the natural balance between the contesting schools will make the winner go "all out" for the decision. Third Places Important Although the final verdict may lie in the performances of the men who will fill in with vital third places, it will still be up to a few outstanding indi viduals to hold up their end of the scoring. Just how Duke's octet of Storer, Brown, Sargent, Lach, Gantt, alumbo, Profenius and Lockwood will stack up against Carolina's headliners is problematical, but whatever the out come of the competition in the upper brackets, it is certain that the "big men" in the top loop will furnish the meet's greatest thrills. Cathey vs. Brown Individual duals feature Co-Captain Roy Cathey against Werner Brown in the 440, Co-Captain Dick White against Bob Gantt and Steve Lach in the shot put, Warren Mengel and Mike Mangum , against Moffat Storer and Jack Sar gent in the low hurdles, Rich Van Wag- See TRACK, page U BUY COAL NOW SUMMER CASH PRICES FITCH LUMBER CO. PHONE 7291
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