Martins Hold First Work Out of Season Here Yesterday
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Skipper Rodgers Reserves All
Predictions for Coming Season
' Seventeen Players
Go Through Paces
Under Blazing Sun
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Additional Recruits Expected
From Richmond During
Next Few Dav*
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Skipper Frank Rodgers and six
teen ol his players went through
the paces under a blazing sun here
yesterday morning to make the open
ing of the Martins' training camp.
While the schedule brought forth
streams of perspiration, the meeting
yesterday morning was devoted in I
part to formal introductions, mem- !
bers of the group calling each other
Babe. Boy, Pop and so on before the
dinner bell was sounded at one
o'clock.
g While offering no predictions for
the season. Skipper Rodgers found
u few bright spots in the field and
around the diamond. It is quite ap
parent that Frank is a bit worried
over his mound staff There were
Ted Miller, Slim Gardner. Marty Ma
tuza, Nathan Edmondson and Dick
Cherry on the field yesterday, and
as far as they go it is all right. Dick
Cherry is a veteran and that com
plicates matters, for the club can
carry only three players of that
? classification. Already there are four
veterans on the roster, and regard
less of ability one of them will have
to go. Ted Miller and Slim looked
very good in the first day out. Ed
mondson is quite young. but the
Skipper is pulling for him. Marty Ma
tuza, coming here from Rodgers'
home-town, is working for a mound
assignment. "He looks all right, but
I did not know him back home,"
Manager Rodgers explained, adding
that he comes highly recommend
ed. The outlook for the mound is
improving rapidly, however. Ken
Rymer, of Morganton, is coming here
from the Colts' camp and Pete Kun
is, former Goldsboro pitcher, has
agreed to terms. Rymer, a rookie,
and Kums, a veteran, are due in to
day, Kunis coming from Wilkes
barre
Clarence Tuckey, one of the boys
they started calling Babe in quick
order, held the spotlight at the third
sack in yesterday's training.
Keith Ford, who stands a mere
six foot six inches in his bare feet,
was reaching in all directions from
first, and at the bat he laid two ov- ,
er the renterfield fence Milton Rich- 1
man, a youngster from New York,
is at second with a great determina
tion. Bert Stotler, one of the best
loo king shorts in the circuit last sea
son is back at that post. Felton Ma
Gee is offering competition at that
position.
The pre-season observers and there
were quite a few of them on hand
yesterday morning when the camp
was officially opened at 10:30, are
quite pleased with the outfield, and
it is fairly safe to bet that the skip
per will have little worry in that
quarter. He knows, after being there
a dozen or more years, that the cen
ter spot can well be handled by him
self And John Byrum, of Edenton,
and Chuck Taylor look all right in
left and right fields, respectively.
There may be a little shifting done
later on, the pilot said today after
studying strategy over night.
There's plenty of competition
around the backstop position with
four candidates ready and willing
to take over. Haywood Wynne, lo
cal youth who is completing his work
for the season with the high school |
team and who had rather play ball
than eat is a promising youngster, j
but he ^s "mighty" young. Edward
Brown, following along in Brother I
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EXHIBITION
Frank RodgrrV first IM1 edi
tion of the Martins will be seen
in regular line-up next Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock In an ex
hibition contest with an Inde
pendent team from Durham The
came will be played on the field
here, advance reports from Dur
ham stating that the visitors are
tuned to offer bad competition.
Things To Watch
For In The Future
A hot-weather sleeping bag to
cool the sleeper without a suspicion
of draft, via millions of tiny jets of
refrigerated air; coffee is latest to
join the ranks of the "quick-frozen"
foods . . Super-quick analysis of
your watch, on u machine some jew
elers have that will magnify and
count the tick-tocks and draw
chart, in less than a minute, showing
just how much your?watch gains or
loses per 24 hours, ana indicate what
is probably wrong with it An
other idea in special match-bobk
covers?your favorite photo, of wife,
kiddie, clubhouse, home, or business
place, reproduced in miniature on
the match books A small, motor
Jimmy's footsteps, Steve Flantz, of
Pittsburgh, and Jim Gainer are
working for the catcher's assign
ment.
A1 Slakis, the hard-working little
third baseman last year, and Ches
ter Sparr, rookie first baseman from
Chicago, came in yesterday too late
for the opening exercises, but they
are in the camp and ready to go
Eleven of the twenty men on the
roster are simon-pure rookies, four
are veterans, and five are limited
service men.
driven eraser, in its own case, like
that of a fountain pen A new sup
er-sheer. lace-effect women's hos
lery, called "Lohta lace," that is sup
posed to have solved the problem of
making that type of hose sufficiently
elastic to hold shape . One of the
latest plastic gadgets is a pouring
spout which can he inserted into the
top of a can of evaporated milk to
make easy pouring . . There is a
new soap, 111 cube form?called Na
lon, it's described as "soapless suds," j
and is designed especially for use in I
washing nylon and similar fabrics,
but also works well on dishes and sil
verware A companion-piece to I
the electric shaver is the electric
toothbrush, soon to be introduced at
$7.50.
Goldsboro Signs
* Young" Rookie
Six Keel, Two liftrhr* Tall.
Hurler Ik Not Yrt 17
Years Old
Measuring six feet, two inches in
; height and weighing 195 pounds.
! Pitcher Sydney Unger. of the Golds !
boro Bugs is not yet 17 year* old He
was only 16 when he signed his first
pro contract and reported for train
ing.
Last summer, he pitched for the
Carletons of New York, one of the
stronger teams of the metropolitan
area. On May 26. just three weeks
after his sixteenth birthday, he beat
the Brooklyn Bush wicks. one of the
outstanding semi-pro clubs of New
York State. This team boasts such
stars as George Earnshaw. famous
| Hurler for Connie Mack's A's and
| other retired major league sparklers
' Defeating them is a tough job, but
J young Unger turned in a no-hitter
against them
During the summer, the Bug box
recruit rolled up four two-hit games
against some of the stiffest competi
tion that could be found in the tor |
ritory.
As a star for DeWitt Clinton high j
of New York, Unger earned three ;
baseball letters at the school, and j
he was placed on the metropolitan
all-scholastic nine during his last
two seasons.
On the basketball court, he scored
24 points in one game for his high
school quint.
A giant for his age, Unger also
starred on the Clinton football team
as an end. Last October in an im
portant game against Roosevelt
High, he intercepted a pass and
sprinted H4 yards for a touchdown.
Young as he is, Unger always was
hoted for coolness under fire, even
when playing against much older
heads. This trait earned him the nick
name of "Steady Boy" which has fol
lowed him through high school and
semi-pro play.
A righthander all the way. he is
a native of the Bronx. A good hitter,
he can play the outfield when not
pitching. He ought to be a great
pitcher when he attains full growth
If he never grows another inch he'll
never be mistaken for a Singer midg
et.
Stoiler In Fir?i To Make
Appeurtmce In (lamp Here
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Bert Stotler, ppoular shortstop for
the Martins last season, was the
first to report for training in the
Martins' 1941 camp, the young man
coming in from Ohio Sunday
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Visits in Asheville
Dillon?Cobb?visited?m?Asheville
last week-end.
Introducing the Skipper
SKIPPER KODGEKS
L T. Valentine To
S|walv At Farm Life
1. T. Valentine, prominent attor
ney and well known figure in North
Carolina politics, will deliver the
commencement address in the Farm
Life School on Wednesday of next
week, Principal Kussell Martin an
nounced last week-end.
The first in the series of com
mencement events in the school was
held last Friday evening when Miss
Melbii Russ' piano pupils appeared
m annual recital
Other events scheduled are Sev
enth grade commencement?an op
eretta, "Sunbonnet Girl," Friday,
April 25, 8 o'clock.
Baccalaureate sermon, Sunday,
April 27, 8 o'clock.
Class Day exercises. Tuesday,
April 29. 8 o'clock.
There are fourteen seniors in the
graduating class and thirty-one in
the seventh grade. Vera Pearl Wil
hams is salutatorian of the senior
class and Lala Smith wick, the vale
dictorian
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
? STREET IMPROVEMENTS
YVilliamston, North Carolina
Sealed Proposals for furnishing
equipment and laying Surface Treat
ed Pavement in the Town of Wil
hamston, N. C., will be received by
the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
of the Town of Williamston, N. C ,
at the City Kali until Ten (10:00);
(2nd) day of May, 1941, at which1
Introducing Frank Rodger*?new
skipper of the Williamston Martins
The diamond veteran comes here
from Wilson where his teams met ,
with great success. Under his capable
leadership the Martins are expected
to become a very much improved
eluh with plenty oT
Last year as the Tob centrefielder
Rodger* hit 281 in 123 games He
hit safely 128 times out of 458 offi
cial times at bat. scoring 71 runs. The
skipper drove in 88 runs. Extra base
hits included 28 doubles, two triples
and seven home runs. He was walk
ed 88 times, hit twice and fanned 48
times. In the fielding department his
average was 98(1. making 284 put
outs. 13 assists and figured in one
double play. He made six miscues. j
The veteran is chunky, w ith a good.!
tan and is suffering from partial
baldness", however he is still one of!
the most feared men at the plate in |
the clutch: and is dependable and1
fast m his garden duties
time and place they will be public
ly opened and read
The work will consist of laying
12.500 sq yds of surface treated
pavement w ith the Town furnishing !
stone, asphalt and common labor
The Contractor will bid on furn
ishing Motor Grader and Operator
for conditioning the sub-grade, furn
ishing Roller and Asphalt Distribu
tor with operators and proper trucks
for spreading stone All grading will
be done by the Town. The Town will
also haul in any material needed for
the proper conditioning of the sub
grade.
A performance Bond ?s required in
an amount equal to 100% of the con
tract price, conditioned upon the
faithful performance of the contract
and upon the payment of all persons
supplyih* labor * and furnishing
equipment for the construction of
the project
Consideration will be given only
to bids of Contractors who submit
evidence showing that they are li
censed under An Act to Regulate
th. Practice of General Contracting"
ratified by the General Assembly of
North Carolina en March 10, 1925
and as subsequently amended.
Kat h 11ul must be accompanied by
cash, a certified cheek or bid bond
t?'i five (5? per cent of the amount
of the hid. made payable to the
Town of Williamston. N. C.. as a
guarantee that a contract will be en
tered into with the Town within ten
days after award to the bidder an<T
that the required bond will be ex
ecu tod .
The Town reserves the right to re
ject any or all bids or to accept any
bid deemed to be for the best inter
est of the Town
By order of the Board of Alder
men
.1 I. HASSKLL. Mayor
G 11 HARRISON. Clerk
Kngineer Henry L. Rivers,
Greenville. N C u22-25
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WILLIAM9TON, If. C
Official Coastal Plain League Schedule for 1941
1 941
At At
(?REKNVILLE WILSON
At
TARBOKO
At
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At
KINSTON
At
NEW HERN
At
OOLDKHORO
At
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May 8 24 30n
June 25
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Au|. 10-22
Sept. I
May 20
June 7-15-30
July 10-16
Aug. 11-20 28
May 10
June 3 16 22
July 15-18
Aug 6-24 29
May 16-29
June 10 18
July 6 26-31
Aug. 25
Sept. 3
May 12
June 1-11-27
July 8 24
Aug. 4 16
May 14-27 May 18-22
June 13-28 June 5-21
July 3-20 July 11-29
Aug 2:13 Aug. 8 18
WILSON
May 9 25 JOd
May 11
May 21
May 13-31
May 17 28
May 19 23
May 15 20
June 24
COCA
June 2-17-23
June 8 14
June 12-20
June 9-19
June 4-20
June 0-29
July 4n 23
July 13-19
July 1-9-17
July 7-25
July 5-27-30
July 12-28
July 2 21
Aug. 9-21-31
Aug. 5-23
Aug 12-19
Aug. 3-15 27
Aug. 20
Aug. 7-17
Aug. 1-14-30
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Sept. 2
TARBORO
May 11 May 10
June 8-14 June 3-16-12
July 1-8-11 July IS"1*
Aug. 12-19 Aug. 6-24-29
COLA
May 8-24 30n
June 25
July 4d-22
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Sept. 1
May 14 27
June 6-28
July
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3-20
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May 18 22
Junr 5 21
July 11 29
Aug. 8 18
Sept. 2
May 16-29
June 9-18
July 6 26-31
Aug. 25
May 12
June 1 12 27
July 7 24
Aug. 1 16 27
WILLIAM STON
May 11
May 20
May 9-25-30d
May 19 23
May 15-26
May 1.1-31
May 17 28
June Mi ll
June 7-15-30
June 24
Inltoltkw
June 4-20
June 13-29
June 11-26
June 10 19
July 13-19
July 10-16
July 4n-23
July 12-28
July 2-21
July 8-25
July 5-27 30
Aur. 5-23
Aug. 11-20-20
Aug. 9-21-31
Auk- 7-17
Auk 1 14 30
Auk. 3-15
Auk 36
Sept. 3
KINSTON
May 17-28
June 9-19
May 12
June 1-11-27
May 15-26
June 13-29
May 18-22
June S-Il
May 9 24-30d
June 25
May 20
June 7-15
May
June
July 5-27-30
July 1-24
July 2-21
July 11-29
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July 4n-22
July 1 10 16
July
Aug. 26
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Aug. 1-14-30
Aug. 8-18
Aug 10-22
Aug. 11 20 28
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Sept. 1
10
3-17-23
13 19
NEW BERN
May
11-31
May 16-29
May 19-23
May 14-27
May
8 25 30n
May
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May
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June
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June 19-18
June 4-20
June 6-28
June
24
June
2 16 22
June
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July
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July 6-26 31
July 12-28
July 3-20
July
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Au*. 7-17
Aug. 2 13
Au*.
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Au*.
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GOLDSBORO
May 1S-26 May II 22
June 6-29 June 6-21
July 2-21 July 11-29
Aug. 1-16-30 Aug 1 11
May 17-21
June 11-19
July 5-27-3#
Aug. 26
Sept. 3
May 12
June 1-12-17
July 7-24
Aug. 4-16-27
May 21
June 1-14-30
July 9-17
Aug. 12-19
Ml"' 10 May 9-24-30d
June 3-17-23 jull(. ?5
July 13-19 | hat ,n 23
Aug 6-24 ? Aug. 19-22
Sept.
ROCKY MOUNT
May X#-83 I M?? 1417
June 4-20 I June 13-29
July 12-2* I July 3-29
A IK. 7-17 I Au*. 2-13
Sept. 2
May 13-31
June 11-26
July 8-25
Au*. 3-15
May 19-29
June 9-18
July 6-28-31
Au*. 25
May 11
June 2-16-22
July 19-18
Au(. 5-23-29
May 20
June 7-15
July 1-10 16
Auk. 11-20-28
May *-25-30n
June M
July 4d 23 | Krfn-fcheH
Au*. 9-21-31
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