Williamston Takes Two Straight Wins From Greenville
Martins Gain Much-Needed Rest
To Offer Improved Brand of Play
Manager Swain W ins
Eleven-Inning Duel
For His 14th Victory
Martin Skipper Fanned Eight
While A1 Slakis Led At
The Plate
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Sunday afternoon the Williams ton
Martins took advantage of the first
fair weather afforded this flood-be
set section in more than a week, to
eke out a 6-5 decision over Green
^Yle's Greenies in an eleven-inning
Jrtto. The Martins muddled through
for Manager Swain's 14th triumph
of the season, largely because of
Swain's ten-hit hurling, Red accum
ulating eight strikeouts into the bar
gain, and A1 Slakis' four hits and
three runs driven in.
Williamston counted first in the
second stanza on Rock's single, a
stolen base, an infield out and Rube
Wilson's error and added a single
ton in each of the two succeeding
verses to counteract Greenville's
three-run fourth frame uprising.
Rube Wilson's hirelings used an er
for and successive bingles by Dides,
Crowe and Wilson to account for
their tallies.
The Greenies forged ahead in the
sixth stanza but were deadlocked
?gain in the following inning on
Taylor's single, a pilfered base and
Slakis' timely single to left. At
tempting to salvage the contest with
? singleton in the tenth, and very
?early succeeding as Swain miscued
in an easy bounder to the box, that
would have harmlessly retired the
side, the Greenies had their efforts
luplicated in the Martin half as
iingles by Gaylord, Newman and
btotler knotted the count.
Swain, many of whose allowed
?its were flukes that kept him in
?ot water, retired the Greenies three
jp and three down in their half of
the eleventh. Then battering Breese,
dating pitcher Bill Teller's relief, the
Martins notched up the victory. Mar
eel began with a single and Swain
Irew a walk. Taylor singled to pack
the sacks and little A1 Slakis came
through with a drive over the left
lielders head to score the winning
Pun.
Slakis' four bingles paced the Mar
tins' 14-hit attack, while Dides
mtved Swain three times to lead his
nates.
Sunday, August A
Greenville At 1 R FT) A E
?helton, ss 5 1 1 2 0 0
?cagg, If 5 110 10
Sides, rf 5 2 3 1 0 0
Growe, cf 5 1 2 2 0 0
Wilson, lb 5 0 2 16 0 1
WcGarrity, 3b 5 0 0 2 0 0
Thornton, c 5 0 0 2 0 0
tracke, 2b 5 0 0 4 3 1
Teller, p 4 0 1 0 3 0
3reese, p # 8 4 8 9^
Totals _ 44 5 10x30 19 2
xNone out in 11th when winning
un scored.
WUliamaton Ab R H PO A E
Taylor, cf _5?2?2 3?Q
Slakis, 3b 6 0 4 0 5 0
Gaylord, If 5 1 2 2 0 2
Rock, lb . 4 2 1 16 0 0
Newman, rf 5 0 110 0
Stotler, ss 4 0 1110
Popovich, 2b _ 5 0 1 2 5 0
Marcel, c ' 6 i 2 8 o o
Swain, p 4 0 0 0 2 1
Totals 44 6 14 33 18 ?
Score by innings: R
IDs .
Greenville 000 301 000 10?5
Williamston 011 100 100 11?6
Runs batted in: Slakis 3, Crowe
!, McGarrity, Marcel, Wilson, Stot
ler, Dides. Two base hits: Popovich,
Slakis, Dides 2, Gaylord. Stolen
oases: Scagg, Rock. Double plays:
Popovich and Rock; Teller, Kracke
>nd Wilson. Left on bases: Green
ville 6, Williamston 11. Bases on
balls: off Teller 3, Breese 1. Struck
nit: by Teller 4, Swain 8. Hits: off
Teller 11 in 9 2-3; Breese 3 in 1-3.
Passed ball: Thornton. Losing pitch
er: Breese. Umpires: Caligiuri and
Miller. Time: 2:00.
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Interesting Bits of
Agricultural News
Gnu breeding, estimated to be'
25 years behind that of other crops,
is now beginning to receive more at
tention from farmers and scientists,
reports the U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
Swap
This year, for the eight months
ending with May, the United States
changed places with the United
Kingdom as the most important buy
er of Argentine wool.
Coolers
Coolers in poultry houses which
changed the air once a minute raised
egg production during July, August
and September in experiments con
ducted by the University of Califor
nia.
Control of the cull apple market
will enable American apple produc
ers to make money without export
ing any of their crop, believe out
standing apple growers of the coun
try.
Increased industrial production
for national defense is expected to
create a sound improvement in do
mastic demand for farm products, re
ports the U. S. Bureau of Agricul
tural Economics.
Who Is Where
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST <1
Kins ton at Wilson
Tarboro at Snow Hill
Oo Ids bora at WI1X1AMSTON
Greenville at New Bern
THURSDAT, AUGUST 22
Greenville at Kinston
Snow Hill at WILLIAMSTON
New Bern at Wilson
Tarboro at Goldsboro
FRIDAY, AUGUST 23
Kinston at Greenville
Williamston at Snow Hill
Wilson at New Bern
Goldsboro at Tarboro
SATURDAY, AUGU8T 24
Snow Hill at Wilson
Greenville at Goldsboro
Tarboro at Kinston
New Bern at WILLIAMSTON
Williamston Places
Four Players On
Coastal All-Stars
Wilson's Tobs Lead With Five
Representatives On the
Mythical Group
In response to a request by L. H.
Addington, director of publicity of
the National Association of Profes
sional Baseball Leagues, The En
terprise has decided to compile and
publish its version of the 1940 Coast
al Plain League All-Star team. Play
ers were selected on the basis of their
season's records and also largely on
their performances in this city
Wilson's league-leading Tobs
eclipsed all the other clubs in num
ber of players listed with five, while
the Williamston Martins, not from
partiality but perhaps because we've
seen them in action more, come next
with four representatives.
The roster, including players from
every club in the league, follows:
First team: Morris, Wilson, lb;
Pawlak, Goldsboro, 2b; Harper, New
Bern, 3b; Justice, Tarboro, ss; Car
nahan. Wilson, If; Cohen, Snow Hill,
cf; Rodgers, Wilson, rf; Overton,
Kinston, c; Swain, Williamston, rhp;
Talley, Wilson, lhp; Stringfellow,
Kinston, utility; Rodgers, Wilson,
manager.
Second team: Rock, Williamston.
lb; Dickens, Wilson, 2b; Arnette,
Goldsboro, 3b; Rabb, Snow Hill, ss;
Kennedy, Kinston, If; Taylor, Wil
liamston, cf; Crowe, Greenville, rf;
Wilcox, Williamston, c; Caligiuri,
Greenville, rhp; Witt, Tarboro, lhp;
S. Peele, Goldsboro, utility; Arnette,
Qoldsboro, manager.
#
Figures Released
On Auto Fatalities
In North Carolina
?"While an encouraging reduction -
in traffic fatalities was reported in
North Carolina the first six months
of thia year, compared with the same
period of last year, this reduction did
not affect the traffic toll among
school-age children," stated Ronald
Hocutt, Director of the Highway
Safety Division. 1
A six-months' comparison shows
that 56 traffic fatalities occurred in
the state the first half of this year,
compared with 57 for the same six
months of last year. All types of fa
tal accidents combined took 353
lives in the state the first six months
of this year, against 396 for the same
Six months of 1939. Thus, while to
tal fatalities decreased approximate
ly 12 per cent, child fatalities de
creased less than 2 per cent
A lignlflcant feature-of the sum
mary was the revelation that 37 of
the 56 persons under 15 who were
killed the first six months of this
year were pedestrians. This was 66
per cent of the total, whereas only
35 per cent of the total traffic fa
talitles for the period were pedes
trians.
Some encouragement was gather
ed from the fact that only 37 child
pedestrians were killed in the state
the first half of this year, against 44
for the first six months of 1939, and
only four bicyclists under the age
of 15 were killed the first half of this
year, against 8 in the same period
last year.
Urging North Carolina parents to
impress their children with the im
portance of safe practices and the
dangers of wrong practices in their
walking, playing, skating, and cy
cling. Safety Director Hocutt de
clared: -
"It is better that children learn
the lessons of safety through teach
ing, not through experience."
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Chowan Farmer? Should
Harveit Good Cotton Crop
With cotton growing well and
with practically no boll weevil in
festation, Chowan County farmers
should harvest a good crop this year,
according to Farm Agent N. K.
Rowell.
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A total of 3,709 North Carolina
drivers had their licenses revoked
the first six months of 1940.
'Hard' Rock Takes
Over Mound Work
For Martins Again
Hark Gaylord Leads Batting
Attack With Three Hit#
For Four Attempts
?
Williamston's Martins applied a
12-8 shellacking to the Greenville
Greenies last night in Greenietown
as two concerted infielders matched
talents on the mound. Each of the
starting pitchers, Les Rock, of the
Martins, and Harry Jenkins, of the
Greenies, had to be relieved and the
relief was furnished in each case
by the rival managers.
Red Swain took over with none
away in the seventh and held the
erupting Greenies in check to cinch
Rock's Second victory of the season
against a like number of setbacks.
Manager Rube Wilson, of the Green
ies took over Jenkins' duties with
none out in the fifth.
Scagg. of the Greenies, with three
for five, and Hack Gaylord with
three for four, led their respective
teams at bat.
Monday, August 19
Will lams ton Ab R H PO A E
Taylor, cf 5 1 3 2 0 1
Slakia, 3b 5 0 0 1 2 1
Gaylord. If 4 2 3 1 0 0
Newman, rf 5 3 3 0 0 0
Swain, lb-p 3 2 2 5 1 0
Stotler, ss 5 2 3 ? 2 4 0
Popovich. 2b 5 1 2 2 4 1
Marcel, c 4 1 0 8 0 0
Rock, p-lb 4 0 0 6 1 0
Totals 40 12 16 27 12 3
Greenville Ab R H PO A E
Shelton. ss 5 0 2 2 8 O
Scagg, If 5 3 3 2 2 1
Hides,' rf 5 0 0 5 0 0
Crowe, cf 3 112 0 0
Wilson, lb-p 3 113 2 0
McGarrity. 3b 10 0 111
Forbes, rf 2 1 0 2 0 0
Thornton, c 5 117 0 0
Kracke, 2b 4 0 0 2 4 0
Jenkins, p-3b 3 10 110
Totals 36 8 8 27 15 2
Score by innings: ___ R
Williamston 401 132 100?12
Greenville 101 021 300? 8
Runs batted in: Swain 2. Stotler 3.
Popovich 3, Crowe, Wilson, Taylor
2, Gaylord, Dides, Newman, Thorn
ton 2, Shelton Two base hits: Gay
lord, Stotler, Scagg 2, Swain. Three
base hit: Thornton. Stolen bases: |
Crowe 2, Newman, Swain. Left on
bases: Williamston 9, Greenville 11
Bases on balls: off Rock 5, Jenkins
10, Wilson 2, Swain 2. Hits: off Jen
kins 10 in 4 (none out in 5th): Wil
son 6 in 5; Rock 6 in 6 (none out in
7th); Swain 2 in 3. Wild pitches: Jen
kins 2. Wilson 2. Balk: Rock. Winning
ditcher: Rock. Losing pitcher. Jen
kins Umpires: Stroner and King
Time: 1:58.
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Tobacco Mosaic Is Vcry
Highly Infectious Disease
Don E. Elles, Extension plant pa
thologist of State College, says that
tobacco moisaic is a highly infee
tious disease, sometimes called Wal
loon or Calico. It is able to live over
in practically all types of natural
or manufactured leaf tobacco. Sani
tary measures, including the mmiH.
Ing u{ handling undiseased plants af
ter handling diseased plants, is tl)ff
best system of control. Ellis says that
all plants showing symptoms of
mosaic in the field should be de
stroyed, but care should be taken
not to handle healthy plants after
pulling the diseased ones. Ellis also
says that the plant bed is the first
and one of the most important
sources of infestation, and he strong
ly urges that no tobacco trash of any
kind be applied to the plant bed, and
that seed be used which are free from
chaff which might carry the disease.
Tennis Tourney
Attracting Much
Attention Here
Play Is Expected To Get Un
derway On Thursday
Or Friday
Enthusiasm for the tennis tourna
ment is at a high peak today as 32
entrants have formally registered
their intentions of participating.
Play will get underway Thursday
or Friday but anyone interested in
entering is urged to see Junie Peel
as quickly as posisble.
Negotiations for the use of the
river court, pending the recession
of the flood waters, and the New
Town Tennis Club's court are vir
tually complete and it is hoped that
James Herbert Ward's court will be
made available to relieve the con
gestion.
Forty-eight entrants are expected,
including several more from Wil
liamston and a few from Roberson
ville, and it is likely that the 16 seed
ed men will be given byes in the
first round. Should an unseeded
player lose his first round match he
will be in line for the consolation
tourney and the prize offered the
champion of that division.
The remaining 32 players, includ
ing the 16 seeded men, will'play un
til a champion has emerged. There
will be no consolation round in the
doubles division.
Thus far eight doubles teams have
entered: Jim Cooke and Roger
Critcher; Oscar Anderson and Rush
Bonduranl, Jack Manning and Har
dy Rose; Wheeler Manning and
Dillon Cobb, Eddie Trahey and C. D.
Pittman, Noah Hardison and Dick
Daniels.
Many have entered the singles
competition and have not filed en
trance to the doubles as they did not
know who else had entered the
tournament. The following list is
published for their benefit and it is
hoped they will name their partners
as soon as possible:
Junie Peel, Dillon Cobb, Eddie
Trahey, Oscar Anderson, Jack Man
ning, Jim Cooke, Roger Critcher,
Cortez Green, Ham Price, Shelbon
Hall, Bill Spivey, Rush Bondurant,
Wheeler Manning, Monk Cobb, Har
dy Rose, C. D. Pittman, Arthur Ber
tolett, Oswald Stalls, James Bul
lock, Neil Jones, Vernon Bunting,
James Manning. Roy Coltrain, Bud
Crockett, Berreourtney, Speedy Bob
Cowen, Leman Barnhill, William Ev
erett, Davis Harrison, Noah llardi
son, Dick Daniel and Z. T. Piephoff.
Gallup Poll Elects
Willkie in August
1
Dr. Gallup is out again trying to
elect the Republican nominee for
President in August. In a release for
the Sunday papers of the fourth of
this month he gives his computation
of the results of a poll on the Presi
dential election which would give
the victory to Willkie by an elector
al vote of 304 with only 266 being
necessary to win.
Accurding to the Gallup calcula
tions, President Roosevelt would be
able to carry barely more than what
has been called the "solid South."
For the few persons who take polls
of this kind seriously, especially
when the campaign has not yet got
underway, it may be instructive to
recall that Dr. Gallup also took an
August poll on the Presidential elec-~
tion in 1936. The result of that survey
gave the election to Landon over
Roosevelt by 276 electoral votes to
255. In the actual election, Landon
received just 8 votes and carried
only two States?Maine and Ver
mont.
There would seem to be nothing in
these dog days' polls for anyone to
get excited about.
Episcopalians, Methos 1
Win First Round Play
Christians Are Upset
In Initial Round Of
City Softball Series
Baptists Attempt To Compter
Methoterians With a
Skeleton Crew
Monday afternoon the bedraggled
Episcopalians rose in their wrath to
break the mighty Christians' spell
of invincibility in the first round of
the City Softball Circuit's annual
championship playoffs. Meanwhile,
the Methoterians were muddling
through a grim group of five and la
ter six Baptists to duplicate the leg
gained by the tail-enders in thtiii*
best two out of three series with the
pace-setters.
Spotting the Episcopalians eight
runs in the first three innings on a
combination of loose pluy and un
steady pitching, the Christians, de
spite a series of late tallies were
never able to close in on Hardy's
stingy hurling.
Hits by Fowden. Green. Hardy
and H. Wynne accounted for four
initial inning tallies and hits by
Green, Cooke, Hardy, and Jim Critch
er, sandwiched about an error, were
good for a similar number in the
third verse.
Manning settled at this point and
held the victors to one score through
out the remainder of the game. But
though his mates scored three times
in the fourth frame on hits by Bunt
ing. C. Manning, J. Manning and
Fen nor Wallace, and added a pair
in the succeeding stanza, the Epis
copalians would not be denied, win
ning 9-5.
In the finale, but five Baptists
were interested enough to attend
and the score after four innings,
11-3 in favor of the Methoterians. re
warded the virtue of the ten Metho
terians who were on hand for the
debacle. Mears limited the Baptists
to one bingle, a driving home run by
Manager Shelbon Hull with two on
in thtrfirst, in pitching the victory
Which was cut short by darkness
Surprising everyone the Baptist*
went into the lead on Hall's blow
following a pair of free passes but
superior manpower prevailed. The
Methoterians blasted a singleton in
the first frame on hits by Manning
-|-and?Mearg and definitely assumed
the advantage in the succeeding
stanza. Taylor singled, was followed
by an error, another misplay and
hits by Manning, Mears and Critch
er to account for four more runs
First Game
Episcopalians
Ab
K
H
Fowden, 2b-sf
4
2
2
Rhodes, If
4
0
0
Green, lb
4
-1?
-2
Cooke, ss
3
2
2
Hardy, p
H. Wynne, c
4
_2_
2
4
0
1
J. Critcher, rf
4
l
2
R. Simpson, 3b
3
l
0
Moore, cf
3
0
0
S. Critcher, 2b
1
0
0
Totals
Christians
Sullivan, cf
C. Roberson, sf
Bunting, 3b
Barn hill, ss-lb
34
Ab
4
4
4
3
" 9
R
1
0
1
0
ii
2
1 J
0
L. Manning, lb-2b-rf 3
J. Manning, p 3
Spivey, c 3
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
Jas. Manning, rf
2
0
1
Peel, If
2
1
0
Totals"
Score by innings
Episcopalians
Christians
32
404
000
5
001 0
320 0
10
K
?I
-5
Second
Baptists
Game
Ab
II
ir
H
0
Harreli. 21.
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1 MP ASSIGNMENT
ji
According to reports iwuMl
early today by the office of
Coa>tal Plain President Ray
(ioodmon. the following umpire
aasicnmenU will be In effect
from today until the afternoon
of Sunday, Autuit 25th,
Hanna and Rosnrr with Wil
liamston:
Joliff and Latham at Tarboro;
Kinc and Stroner with Wil
son;
Clbulka and Stanford with
Greenville.
Mr. (ioodmon announced that
the two umpires expected in
Williamston Sunday afternoon
were unavoidably detained.
Flood waters at Tarboro pre
vented the arbiters from keep
inK their assignment here.
STANDINGS
W
I.
Pet.
1
Wilson
71
40
.640
1
Tarboro
lit)
47
561
1
Golds boro
59
53
527
c
Kinston
59
53
527
Snow Hill
54
eo
474
|
Now Bern
51
62
.451
1
Greenville
47
62
431
WILLIAMSTON
43
67
.391
RESULTS
Friday, August 16
New Bern 4, Tarboro 3.
Others, rain.
Saturday, August 17.
Greenville 5, Snow Hill 3
Wilson 4. Go Ids bo ro 4 (10 innings,
rain).
New Bern-Turboro, rain.
Williamston-Kinston, rain.
Sunday, August IK
Goldsborn .V3 New Ri-rn 0-0
Kinston 3. Snow Hill 0.
Tarboro 6, Wilson 2.
Williamston 6. Greenville 5
Monday, August 19
Williamston 12, Greenville 8
Kinston 4, Snow Hill 3.
New Bern 11, Goldsboro 3.
Coweii, ss 3 ,1 Q
Grimes, lb ~3 I 0
S. Ilall, p 4??1 1
Courtney, c 3 0 0
Peele, sf 0 0 0
Totals 17 3 1
Methoterians Ab K II
Cunningham, 2b 3 2 0
Manning, c 3 3 v 3
Boy kin, ss 2 2 0
Mears, p 3 13
Critrher, 3b 3 (1 1
Whitley, If 2 1
Everett, ef 3 0 0
Cobb, sf 3 0 1
J. B. Tavlor, rf 3 1 1
Crofton. lb 2 1 0
Totals 27 1L 10
Score hv Inninya U
Baptist.s 300 ii 3
Methoterians 140 6?11
Pedestrian fatalities in this state
for the first six months of 1940 de
creased 12 per cent from those for f
the same period of last year. d
fhursdav Night Is
"Fan's Night" Here
Weathering the storm of injuries
hat has beset the Martins all sea
un in general, and the past few
reeks in particular, Manager Red
?wain today gave notice that his
harges were in good condition and
vady to finish the season in a blaze
f glory However, the locals' dect
riated pitching staff can hardly be
qual to the task facing it?begin
ting Monday. August 26th. the Mar
ins finish the season on a double
leader note, having scheduled a
?air of bargain bills with the league
fading WilsonTobs and three with
he runner-up Tarboro Cubs.
Thursday night is "Fan's Night"
nd anyone, regardless of size, color
ir creed, will be admitted to Taylor
Held for one thin dime4. At 8:15, in
he last night game of the season
ind perhaps forever, the Martins will
ntertain the Snow Hill Billies and
he management's entertainment
ommittee is planning a hot recep
ion for the invaders. Manager Red
swain will pitch and a good game
s expected for the once-crippled
dartins an- now at full strength
Slim Gardner will be on the
nound for the locals when the Golds
>oro Goldbugs stop over in Martin
and Wednesday afternoon at 4 p.
n. to run Off a regularly scheduled
on tost.
[Cotton Seed Supply
Should Be Saved
The 1940 cotton crop is doing well
n the field in most sections of the
state, but the wise'farmer will be
naking plans right now for next
rear's crop, says P. H. Kime. plant
3reeding agronomist of the State
College Experiment Station. "Now
s the time to begin making plans
or providing an adequate supply
>f good seed for planting next year's
rop,'' he advTses
Kime reports that the acreage
grown this year from seed direct
rum the breeders and one year from
he breeders, barring severe weath
?r damage, will provide sufficient
iced to plant next year's entire crop
several times over. "A larger per
centage of this year's crop was grown
torn pure S@d of approved varie
?es than ever before," he states.
"Approximately 50,000 bushels of
?ertified seed. several thmmpnd?
>ushels of seed direct from the
?recders, and much larger amounts
?f seed one and two years from the
ireeders were used in planting this
-car's crop," Kime continued. "Seed
>nc or even two years from the
? reeder should he saved if they .have
lot become mixed at tin' gin. 'Got
on from which seed are to be saved
houid be. as free from weather
lamage as possible .thoroughly dried
nd ginned so as to prevent mixture
titii other varieties "
The agronomist also reported Uuit
m*vW infestation was the least in
lie State this year of any venr since
Fie^ insect pest first became u ser
?us problem in North Carolina
However, this should not lull any
armer into a false security," Kime
lee tared.
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