Jimmy Brown First County Man To Play In World Series
Young Man Rates High
With Sports Writers
Jamesville Boy Is
Big Reason Why
Cards Enter Series
Series Is His First But He'll
Be Found in There Fight
ing To the Last Pitch
Jimmy Brown, Jamesville young
man, is in the news in a big way to
day as he makes ready with his team
mates to enter the World Series
against the Yankees in St. Louis to
morrow afternoon. Brown, the son
of Mrs. Dare Brown, of near James
ville, is the first Martin County man
to enter the world series, an accom
plishment that every American youth
dreams about but one that few ever
attain. Jimmy, it is fairly certain, is
also the first Martin County man to
break into the big baseball world,
and as he battles with the St. Louis
Cardinals against the New York
Yankees his every play will make
news for millions, and especially
will his playing be watched by the
folks back home.
As a youth back in the James
ville school, Jimmy first attracted
attention as a basketball player. He
seemed never to tire, and he was
in every play. With him in the game,
TOO BAD
Longing (or the day when they
conld see a Martin County boy
play in the world series, local
fans are greatly upset now that
they cant get gasoline or guar;
an teed transportation to the
games. Possibly 75 or 100 Mar
tin County diamond enthusiasts
and Jimmy Brown rooters would
have ventured to New York and
even to St. Louis had it not been
(or the critical situation. It is
likely that a few will take a
chance and make a bid to attend
the games, but any number of
fans have explained that they
would not go since the existing
situation is so critical.
the championship scries with Ever
etts always brought out a crowd, and
his team manager, Ralph Davenport,
predicted for him success in a big
way some where, some time. He
played out his high school term, en
tered State College and continued
to play basketball, but he soon
branched off to the diamond. He
played ball in the old Albemarle cir
cuit, and his power to hold a team
together was well demonstrated on
the local diamond when he'd encour
age "Slim" Gardner on the mound
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Jimmy Brown Is
Sparkplug Oil The
St. Louis Cardinals
Seoond-Sacker Is Cocky Chat
terbox, Throwback To
Gashouse Gang
St. Louis?Cocky Chatterbox Jim
my Brown is the key man of the
Cardinal infield. The Coopers, Ter
ry Moore and the rookies, Slan Mus
ial and Johnny Beazley, have gotten
this year's head lines, but without
spunky Jimmy the Cards wouldn't
have been pennant winners this sea
son.
He's a throwback, a 170-pound.
5-foot 9-inch scrapper, who won't
step aside for anyone.
Jimmy can?and has?played ev
ery infield position except first base.
This year he started at third, but
when Frank Crespi began to fade he
hopped to second, gave third to
Rookie George Kurowski and the
Cardinal drive continued without a
hitch.
Brown takes lots of chances with
football dives at runners or gallop
ing grounders and often he gets hurt
for he's a brittle kid. Hardly a month
has gone by during his major-league
career that he hasn't been luirt.
Three years ago he bumped into
huge Johnny Mize while chasing a
from third base.
Even in those days, the youth
played the game for all it was worth.
Predictions were offered, and when
he fell ill one season while playing
for Hertford, it was thought his dia
mond career was at an end.
The late Dr. Ed Smith wick nursed
him back to health, and the young
man was soon back in the game,
plugging away for victory in what
ever position he was assigned. He
went toy Greensboro, and then to
Rochester, N. Y., Cardinal farms,
and was called to St. Louis about
seven seasons ago.
Impressed by his friendliness and
his willingness to fight to the last
pitch, sports writers have had noth
ing but praise for the young man.
They declare that the Cardinals are
in the series because Jimmy Brown
put them there. He rates high with
the fans, teammates and the sports
writers and bales of paper will be
used up in telling his story before the
series is concluded.
Win Purple Hearts
?Scrgt. Fred J. Rich, of Erie, Ta.,
five's a light to Lieut. Eugene M.
Lochart, of Hillsboro, S. L\, after
tliey were awarded l'urple Hearts
by Maj. Gen. Carl Spaatz, com
mander of the U. S. Air Force in
Europe. Twenty-three officers and
men in all received decorations for
offensive operations over enemy
territory. The awards were made at
an American base in England.
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pop fly and injured his shoulder.
The Cards lost seven of the 10 games
he missed. When he returned they
won 24 of the next 33, but those sev
en lacings ruined their chances for
the pennant.
And the next year a bad-bounding
ground ball smacked him in the nose
during opening week. The Cards
were in seventh place when he re
turned to second base in July? but
they managed to finish third.
Another Brown injury last year
contributed to the Cards' pennant
loss to Brooklyn. The Cardinals held
a three game lead over the Dodgers
the day Jimmy broke his right hand
in a head-first slide. Then they lost
12 of the next 21.
With Jimmy in the slot again they
came back strong and might even
have voerhauled Brooklyn had not
Terry Moore been injured in the
closing weeks. Brown's spirit and
drive make up for lack of polish
afield. Led Durocher, of the Brooks
rates Jimmy high. "Brown makes
that ball club" he said some time
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In Kxhihition
Playing their first game of the sea
son last Friday night, Williamston
High's Green Wave came out on the
shirt end of a 7-0 score by reason of
a spectacular run by Edenton High's
Rector.
Receiving a booming punt from
the toe of Billie Peele on Edenton's
25 yard line, Rector eluded William
ston ends who were down on the
play, raced towed the north sideline
where hejpicked up a host of block
ers, and from that point breezed
down the sideline nnH across W-iU
liamston's goal line. Lilley, the last
defensive player with a chance to
stop the play was neatly removed
from the runner's path by Byrum,
Edenton blocking back. Reg Griffin,
Williamston guard, raced across the
entire field, but had no chance of
crossing the ball carrier's path.
Byrum converted the point after
the touchdown.
Other than the spectacular run,
there was little to chose between the
two teams. Neither team displayed
any concerted offensive play during
the game. Only one pass was com
pleted, a Williamston pass from
Peele to Weaver which netted only
three yards. In fact, the game may
well have ended in a scoreless tie,
but for Rector's fine run.
Rector and Byrum, backs, and
Moore, end; Bass, tackle, and White,
guard, furnished most of the power
for the visitors.
J. E. Boykin and Bill Holloman,
ago. "Without him they'd hardly be
a threat."
Jimmy is a switch hitter. He was
strictly a right-hand batter until one
night game in 1930, when he was
playing with Rochester. After he'd
popped out three times, he asked
Burt Shotton, Rochester manager,
to let him try it left-handed.
Ihl banged out a double off the
rightfield wall and ever since he's hit
left-handed against right-hand twirl
ers.
And thus, you have the reason the
Cards are playing the Yankees for
the World's Baseball Championship
PLAY WASHINGTON FRIDAY
The locals journey to Wash
ington Friday night to engage a
strong Washington High team
there under the lights. Washing
ton last week defeated Plymouth
40-0 in a game played in the
Beaufort county seat.
Preparations for the game
were being advanced on the lo
cal field yesterday afternoon as
the locals reported for the daily
work-out.
coaches who did most of the work
preparing the Williamston boys for
the game, were well pleased with
the fine Showing made by the Green
Wave. While the blocking was none
too good, the tackling and alert de
fense point to a successful season for
the locals. Displaying fine line play
at all times and showing that they
were in the "pink" of physical con
dition, the Green Wave performed
well for an opening game Several
of the boys had never played in a
regular game before .
Conrad Getsinger, end, and Fred
Hurdison, tackle, played the entire
game without replacement. Burke
Parker, guard; Collin Peel, center;
Bonnie Weaver, end; Billie Peel and
J. D. Woolard, backs, played all ex
cept two minutes. Their play was
outstanding as was the play of Reg
Griffin, guard; Billie Waters, tackle,
and Lilley, back. Hewett Andrews
was u power in the line, and John
Goff, substituting at center, perform
ed well.
Ben Gurganus and Billie Myers,
backs, playing their first regular
game, offered an alert type of play.
The locals starting line-up includ
ed :
Getsinger, le; Waters, It; Griffin,
Ig; C Peel, c; Parker, rg; Hardison,
rt; Weaver, re; B. Peele. qb; Lilley,
fh- Woolard rh; Myers, lh.
Substitutions included those men
tioned above and John Whitley, Lar
ry Hughes, Jimmy Knight and Cecil
Harris.
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