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M6reh Re-Eitter League 1 Protest League' Decisions; -Havelock Ii Assessed I: $75, Marshallfcerg $25 , ""Morehead City end Marahall berg announaed their withdrawal from the Tidewater League Satur day evening,' climaxing a tumult uous three-and-a-half hour league meeting at Morehead City's town hall. 'The announcement followed which gave Swansboro the. chance to tie and go ahead of Morehead City in the final league standings. Swansboro fumbled the chance, However, by splitting with Have lock Sunday. Both teams, upon reconsidera tion Sunday, re-entered and fin ished out the season. The disputed decisions concern ed several unplaced games which the league has declared forfeited, and for which Havelock was as sessed $75 and Marshallberg $25. Attending the Tidewater board iof directors meeting were D. H. jLashley, president of the league; Uack Gardner, Morehead City; .Chapel Nelson, Marshallberg; B. Ui. Mclsaacs. Havelock: Charles Hassell, Beaufort; Arthur (Pappy) Diem, Swansbora; and Harry Loc key, Newport, Neither Jackson ville or Hankers Island-Straits were represented at the meeting. Also present were""a large num 6r of interested players and fans who watched the proceedings in I he courtroom of the city hall with ?reat interest. The first matter that started off the fireworks was that of three unplayed games involving Haye lock. Havelock did not appear with a full team for a scheduled game with Newport on Saturday, A ...... r. HI nnA tUn ttnma I-fllnlft 1 ll led for the following day was rain- m out. On the following weekend, the Mavelock team did not show up for either of its two games against ufarshallberg. None of these games Jhad been officially listed as for feited because it was thought that khe polio quarantine at Cherry Point had been a factor. But Mclsaacs did not bring the Question of the polio quarantine into the discussion. He stated that lHavelock could offer no excuse for the Newport affair, and that it should be considered an out-and- out forfeit. Mclsaacs did, however, offer a strong defense of Havelock's ac jtion in the two games against Marshallberg. He said that on the Friday preceeding the-games, hur ricane warnings went up at the air base and Havelock was short Several of its players because they could soti aeLail the .base.. - J Mclsaacs saw .tejcajuea.neuon. manager ol th Marshallberg nine, to the effect that Havelock could not field a full team, in order that Marshallberg might suffer a min imum of inconvenience because of me incident. The disposal of this matter was hotly disputed by the league di rectors because of several other (actors having a bearing on its set tlement. Morehead City could not understand how Havelock could field a team against Swansboro this Saturday and Sunday when it was unable to do so for two pre-' vious weeks. , Also, Morehead City Manager Jack Gardner said he believed that one of the games of Sunday's Kavelock-Swansboro ' doubleheader was illegal, according tp league by-laws. The extra game on Sun day was a playoff of a postponed game priginally scheduled for May. 4 League by-laws state that a post poned game must be played tne next time the two teams meet on the same field at which the game was originally scheduled. The teams had met since, but, it was explained, the came had to be postponed again. Lashley said he did not wish to work a financial hardship on Havelock, which has small treas ury, by declaring the games for feited and fining the Havelock team, so he gave Mclsaacs the al ternative of paying a fine or can celling the Havelock franchise. HOBEHEAD CITY CITY THEATRE o -i ' ' TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Dana Andrews Jean Peters Dean SiockweU . "E2EP WATECS" THURSDAY FRIDAY Burgess Meredith Paulette Goddard James Stewart Dorothy tarnonr in "CM CU3 WAY" ' Morehead Takes League Championship By lopping H.I. -Straits, 18-3, Saturday, Taking Forfeit Sunday If J. WAASVS FORM 'wff &usif-, Brave: The league by-laws state that teams must be assessed $25 for each game forfeited, the money being turned over to the league and, in turn, passed over to the opposing team in the default. - Mclsaacs declared that Havelock wanted to keep the franchise in tact so that it would be still in the league next year. Lashley then said that his only alternative was tlare-th amsifaii4aa(l assessJHaiMlock-a-total of $75, $23 of which avould,yo to Newport and the remainder to Marshallberg. When the matter of the Marsh-allberg-Swansboro unplayed con test was brought up, Marshallberg Manager Chapel Nelson said that he had. been under the impression the game had been postponed, but that he would gladly play the game in a post-season game. The regu lations, however, prohibit post-season contests. Nelson said that on the day that Marshallberg was to play at Swans boro. Sunday. August 25, it was laining and all other games in the league were postponed. He called Manager Diem of Swansboro early Sunday morning to find out wheth er the game would be played as scheduled. Diem said he would inspect the field and inform Nel son within 30 minutes. No direct word came from Diem until sometime after 1 p.m. that afternoon, by which time Nelson had cancelled bus reservations and sent his ball club home. At the time that Swansboro called, Swans boro was ready to play ball but Nelson was unable to send a team Although acknowledging that there had been some irregularities in the way the thing was handled Lashley ruled that the game was still on until word came from the home team, Swansboro, that it had been postponed. No such word eer .came and, therefore, Marsh ' : : ' MOVIE GUIDE 110 YAL THEATRE TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Dennis Morgan Janis Paige 'Jack Carson . in , ... ( "TEE TEIE, THlv PLACE, ft TEE W THURSDAY FRIDAY Randolph Scoit Robert Mitchum In mm C3!" Standings TIDEWATER LEAGUE W. I.. Morehead City 27 19 Swansboro 27 10 Marshallberg 23 14 Beaufort 19 17 Newport 14 21 Jacksonville 14 23 Haveloek 12 25 Harkcrs Island-Straits .... 10 27 ;The above, standings are the fi nal revised figures for the 1948 Tidewater League season. COASTAL PLAIN LEAGUE W. L. Tarboro 86 53 Kinston 79 60 Goldsboro 79 60 Rocky Mount 79 60 New Bern 69 69 Wilson 60 79 Roanoke Rapids 53 86 Greenville 50 88 NATIONAL LEAGUE ' W. Boston 74 Brooklyn 70 St. Louis 70 Pittsburgh 66 New York 65 Philadelphia 56 Chicago 55 Cincinnati 54 L. 57 57 58 58 61 72 74 73 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. 48 49 52 58 63 76 81 85 Boston ... 80 New York 80 Cleveland , 77 Philadelphia 73 Detroit 61 St. Louis 59 Washington 49 Chicago 43 allberg had forfeited the game. . When Lashley made this ruling, Nelson then replied quietly but businesslike, "Then you may as well consider Marshallberg as withdrawn from the league." ' ' Gardner followed immediately with, "And the same thing goes for me." The twin walkouts caus ed a great uproar from the on lookers, and the crowd, 'mostly Morehead City fans and players, started a mass exodus for the door way. i Lashlev then ordered that ev eryone be cleared from the court room except the managers, league secretary Ralph ,udy and THE NEWS-TIMES reporter. ' Lashley was, however, unable t pppease either Morehead or Maiv Shallberg during the closed ses sion, although several remedies were offered. None of these could he effected without a change in the by-laws of the league, which cannot be changed except' by unan imous vote of the nine-man board, gince two members were absent, this was impossible. v .This Is what effect the decisions made had on the outcome of the league race: ' Had everything remained as it liad and both teams had won their Weekend doubleheaders, Morehead City would have ended the season with a 27-and-9 record, as compar ed with a 26-and-9 record. The Marshallberg forfeit made it 27 and -A for Swansboro, and. in al AP H.w,teum 4i lowing Swansboro to replay its postponed game with Havelock, Swansboro then had the chance to add another win. making it 28 and;9, a half game better' than Morehead City could possibly do. As it happened, however, Swans horo split its twin bill with Have lock Sunday. Previous to the walkout, other league business had been carried dut. The directors voted to pay LiiShley'S 'expenses from Raleigh to Morehead City which had been incurred in order to attend the meeting. Besides this, the direc tors paid tribute to Lashley for the work he has done. Beaufort's Charles Hassell said that Lashley accounted for "90 per cent of the success of the league." . Lashley ended speculation as to the status of Grant Prlvette as head umpire of the league. The president said that although Priv ette had submitted his resignation, it has not been accepted; Newport's Harry Lockey made it known that Newport would have to withdraw from the league next year unless "the league gets down to our size." He said that the status of the'league would have to be definitely defined, so that eith er all or none of the players should get payed instead ef the present situation where some do and some don't. Lockey inferred that the wealth ier teams of the league, through paying for higher-classed ball play ers, had sabotaged the original in tentions of the league and brought the standard of play over the heads of farmboys who play ball on weekends just for the love of the game. There will be another meeting sometime this week to discuss the schedule for the Shaughnessy playoffs. Tidewater Results Saturday, September 4 Morehead City 18, Harkers Is- land-Straits 3. v Beaufort 16, Jacksonville 2. Swansboro 14, Havelock 4. Marshallberg 5, Newport 3. Sunday, September 5 Morehead City 9, Harkers Island Slralts 0 (forfeit). . Havelock 6, Swansboro 5 (first game). 1 Swansboro 1, Havelock 1. (sec ond game). . Beaufort 7, Jacksonville 0. Marshallberg 11, Newport 3 (first game). MorliillhBrff 1 Nnwnnrt. 1 fna. ond game, called at the end ol five innings: 6 p.m. curfew). t -i v.'-' Regalia Results Will Re Published in Friday Paper . . - y . - ' -V---. , " ' In orderhat a more compre hensive picture nay be- given, the .results of the Morehead City Labor Day regatta will not be published until Friday, when THE NEWS-TIMES will give a complete rundown of divisions, places, trophies, times and oth er information. 1 Dr. and ' Mrs. Jim McNeill, of Statesville are visiting Dr. and Mrs. John Morris. - . Morehead City swept its double header with Harkers Island-Straits over the weekend to become the 1948 Tidewater League champions as Swansboro failed to sweep its three-game weekend series apd ended the season one half game behind Morehead. Morehead won 18-3 Saturday and took a 9-0 for feit victory Sunday. Jim Webb started for Morehead in Saturday's tilt and was relieved by Piggy Smith in the sixth inning in order to save Webb for the next day. Harry Salter did the catching. Wilson Davis started for the losers and he was relieved by Pi gott in the fifth. Fournier shared the catching duties with Gasktll. Morehead scored two in the first. Francis Stoy got on base through an error, made second on Wayne Benton's single, took third on a passed ball, and came in on Jack Gardner's fly. Benton came in on an infield out. Another run was added in the third. Gardner singled and stole second. Following an infield out, Gardner scored on a fielder's choice. i Markers Island made it 3-1 with a run in rhe fourth. An error by Webb, a stolen base, and a single by Maraskin accounted for this tally. Morehead countered with four runus in the lower half of the same frame, making it 7-1. Stoy doubled and Benton walked. A passed ball and a wild pitch brought in Stoy, and Benton stole second. A wild pitch brought Ben ton to third, and after Gardner walked, the two runners executed a delayed double steal, Benton scoring and Gardner taking sec ond. Gardner took third on a wild pitch, and following Smith's free pass, the runners pulled another delayed double steal. Charlie Freeman was hit by a pitched ball, and after Smith pilfered third, another double steal was worked. ' Morehead made it 9-1 with two in the fifth. Webb walkod and Benton connected for a home run over the rightfield wall, scoring Webb. Harkers Island tallied one in the top of the sixth. Pigott walk ed, stole second, and came in on Gaskill's double. Morehead continued the bar rage with two in the lower half. Freeman opened the inning by homering over the rightfield wall. An error by the shortstop gave Roland Brinson a life,.and double by Carl Sadler brought him in. The final Straits run was scor ed on a hit batsman, a stolen base, and a hit by N. Hancock. Three more Morehead runs were chalked up in the next stan za. Gardner and 6mith opened with walks and a single by Brin son tallied Gardner and moved Smith to third. After Brinson stole second, both runners were brought in on Webb's hit. The climax to the bombardment came in the eighth, when More head scored its final four runs. Benton singled, and after mov ing around on some wild pitches, scored on an Infield out. Smith got a free life on an error, stole second, and came in on a wild pitch. An error by the rightfield er enabled Freeman to reach first. An infield out and a hit by Sadler scored Freeman. Sadler scored following an error by the first baseman find a single by Joe Hill. Saturday's Game R. H. E. H.I.-Stralts 000 101 100 3 4 6 M. City ... 201 422 34x 18 13 1 Mrs. Jsse Bell of Evans street bad the misfortune to fall on Fri day and injured her ankle, that is confining her to her home. 33 DEAOFODT THEATRE Beaufort, N. TUESDAY WEDNESDAY LOUIS HAY WARD JANET BLAIR "TEE BLACK ARROW" ., Also Cartoon PASSING PARADE SUNDAY MONDAY , r m t i n k Lintitii ( iiiiiui scon MlllfllK . IHIUIT i out ; HUM i mm IjUwUI Plus PETE SMITH SPECIAL 1 f Beaufort Takes 6th, 9th Straight Over Weekend Beaufort stretched its victory streak to nine straight games over the weekend by topping Jackson ville twice, 16-2 and 7-0, in the final games of the regular 1948 Tidewater League season. Stanley Johnson hurled Satur day's victory and fashioned a two-hitter while doing so. Johnson had,, however, five Beaufort er rors committed by the defense be hind him, as did the Jacksonville toshers. In winning, Johnson added nine more strikeouts to his already long list of victims. Butler called the signals behind the plate. Duaray started for Jacksonville but was relieved by Williams in the second inning. William stay ed on until the finish to absorb whatever punishment the Beau fort offense still had in store, which (was plenty. Sanders did the receiving. Leading the Beaufort attak was Fenner Boyd, with a perfect 4-for-4 afternoon. Jack Wallace homered with one on in the sev enth inning. Leslie Sharpe pitched Sunday's viory for Beaufort, and while allowing seven Jacksonville safe ties, spaced them so well that there was never any serious threat to his shutout. Leroy Mcintosh was Sharpe's target. Woods and Heath constituted the battery for Jacksonville. Beaufort scored single runs in the second, third, and fifth in nings, climaxing the attack with four in the sixth. In the second, Mcintosh reach ed first on an infield hit and was sacrificed to second by Ray Has sell. A single by Butler brought in Mcintosh with the initial tally of the ball game. A double by Tom Benton nnd another single by Mcintosh ac counted for Beaufort's marker in the third frame, making the score 2-0. Benton, first man up in the Beaufort half of the fifth stanza, singled and pilfered second, Benton reached thirci, on an in field ot by Mcintosh nnd scored when the shortstop unsuccessful ly attempted to cut him off at the plate on Ray Hassell's grounder. The crusher came in the last of the sixth. Woods issued consecu tive free passes to Sharpe and Ben Hester, and when shortstop Messcnheimer erred on Collier Hill's easy bouncer, Sharpe scold ed, Hester made second, and Hill was safe at first. Benton then came through with a base hit, scoring Hester and moving Hill to third, and when the centerficlder's throw went through Williams at third for an error, Hill counted. Benton took second on the throw-in. from whence he scored on Mcintosh's third hit of the day. Jack'ville 000 000 011 2 2 5 Beaufort '240 611 20x 16 13 5 Saturday's Game R. II. E. Jack'ville ..000 000 0000 7 3 Beaufort ... 011 014 00x-7 12 0 Miss Myrtle Holder, of Durham, Was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Flowers last week. on mwwm i n i WE ARE INTRODUCING, IN KC3EHEAD CITY AND EEAUF03T SEVERAL LAUNDRY SERVICES DESISTED TO FIT YCUR BUD GET. LCT OUR REPRESENTATIVE CALL AND EXPLAIN THESE EXTRAS' . 1. FAIHLY FINISH I ROUGH DRIED 3. THRIFTY 4. DAIIP WASH , We Art Coniident Yon Will Find Our Laundering Can Show Yen - a Sarinf and Work of Higher Quality. 0 it m mmm RAE3Y L. 17EST, i -r i.J 'rji-iii " i v - " - r " - -h Swansboro Drops to 2nd Alter Split With HavoUck; Marshallberg Wins, Ties Swansboro spilt its double header with Havelock Sunday, losing the first game, fi-5, and coming back to win the night cap, 7-L The loss of the opener knocked Swansboro into second place from a one-day tie for first with Morehead City. More head, which won Sunday from Harkers Island-Straits by for feit, finished the, season a half game ahead of Swansboro. McNeil started 1he first game for Swunsboro but was relieved by Mannger Arthur (Poppy) Diem, who was responsible for Havelock's two winning runs. Marshallberg, returning from a temporary self-imposed exile from the league, defeated New port in the first game of its doubleheader, 11-3, and tied in the second, 1-1. The second game was called at the end of five innings because of the 6 p. m. curfew. In the first gome. Herb Pate was the winning pitcher and Melvin Aycock the loser. The totals were 11 runs, 10 hits and two errors for Marshallberg, and three runs, six hits arid two errors for Newport. Moe Willis of Marshallberg hurled against W. Hill of New port in the second game, Willis pitching no-hit ball. The totals were oiu- run, live hits, and one error for Marshallberg, nnd one run, no hits and no misrues for Newport. 'Tar Heels Afloat' Pleasure Cruise Completed Sunday Bv WILLIAM G. WOMBLE NEW BKRN Thirty-two yachts, ranging in size from 18 to 8.r) feet, completed the first annual cruise of "Tar Heels Afloat" when they were tied up at the Trent Pines Club on the Trent River near New Bern late Sunday afternoon. Designed to promote boating ac tivities in the state, the cruise was under the command of Commodore Albert Willis of the Eastern North Carolina Yacht Club of New Bern, and one of the principal members of it was Gov. R. Gregg Cherry. The larger 'and slower boats left DOG RACES Every Night (Except Sunday) Rain or Shine Post Time 8:30 P. M. Legalized Pari Mutucl Operations, Under Supervision of Morehead City Racing Commission. HO MINERS CAROLINA RACING ASSOCIATION GREYHOUND RACE TRACK ' MOREHEAD CITY SAVE I'JM "The Soft Water Laundry" Rep. Morehead City's yacht basin Sun day morning at 10:30 o'clock, while the smaller and faster craft de parted at noon. ' From Morehead, the flotilla pro ceeded up the Adams Creek canal, " to the Neuse River, and on to New -r Bern. J1 1 At New Bern, the 32 yachts pa raded along the waterfront, giving '' this city a look at the largest num- ' ' ber of yachts ever assembled at , one time here. The boats then entered the Trent River and moved up it three miles to the Trent Pines Club and the end of the cruise. Sunday m night, the club was host at a ban- ,, quet for the cruising Tar Heels. Gov. Cherry was aboard the "' state-owned boat, "Crontan," cap tained by Tom Basnight. The oth- m cr state boats, the "Hatteras" and "Cape Fear" also participated. "' The largest boat on the cruise was the Coast Guard Cutter "Pam- " ' lico" of New Bern, an 85-footer. :r Plans already are underway for , next year's cruise, which probably will visit different North Carolina ports and waterfronts. Sponsoring the cruises will be the Eastern ,.. Carolina Yacht Club, and the chambers of commerce in New " Bern and Morehead City. m Vickie $2.10 pint $3.40 1 nun I I I Hit UnlgM Whlthav In h PMlwt in 5 I (ilia Nwtral Sfliitt, Ml ftwf. I AusM5hols I jj MOOaiTM-MW TOM Q 0 0 n 11 fl Ii 1 DIAL 115167 I .ii l i II IV III K . vxt ill') to , il nlJ V',I !. ltr' .'lV. 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