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Elks, Small Frys Win Opening Day Games in Morehead League The Morehead City Little League season began Wed nesday with a doubleheader featuring all four teams in the league. The Elks beat the Moose 21-6 in the first game and the Small Frys bested the Idle Hour 1-0 in the second contest. In ceremonies preceding the dou bleheader Jerry J. Willis acted as master of ceremonies. The Rev. Albert Harris delivered the invo cation. Frank Sanderson played To the Colors while the flag was being raised and Police Sgt. Wil liam J. Condie threw out the first ball to begin the action. Robert McLean Homers Robert McLean put the Moose ahead in the first game when he poled a first inning homer over the left field fence. Billy White of the Elks put the game back on an even keel in the top of the second when he homered over the same section of fence. An explosive third inning saw 16 Elks batters step to the plate. Twelve of them moved around to score before Garland Thompson was able to put out the fire. Gar land relieved starting pitcher Ed die West. Donald Oglesby sparked a third inning rally for the Moose when he tied into a Julius Sanders pitch and parked it over the fence. At the end of the inning the Elks were holding a 13-6 lead. The Elks scored 21 runs on 18 hits and committed two errors. The Moose scored six runs on six hits and had nine errors charged to them. 1-0 Pitchers Duel The second game was a real pitchers duel with Robert Griffin of the Small Frys taking a 1-0 edge over Idle Hour ace John Lee. The only run of the game came in the first inning. The unearned run came when Rodney Kemp walked, stole second and third bases and scored on an error by Idle Hour catcher Glen Mason. The only hit given up by Lee was a single by Nick Jones in the third inning. Lee struck out 13 and walked two. Winning pitcher Griffin gave up three hits, all three to his oppos ing pitcher. Griffin showed a blaz ing fast ball and struck out eight batters. A touch of wildness marred his performance as he walked five men and hit two. Man Loses Leg in Booth After Falling Asleep Madison, Wis. (AP) ? No one was kidding Patrolman Richard Peter son when he was called to a tavern to investigate a report that a pa tron lost a leg. The call was legitimate. A 55 year-old man had lost a wooden leg. The bar man said the patron fell asleep in a booth and efforts to dislodge him resulted in loss of the artificial limb. Police removed the man from his lodged position, helped him strap on his leg and sent him home. San Diego, Calif. (AP) ? When Norma Hiney modeled maternity fashions at a fashion show in a downtown hotel, she wasn't play acting. She gave birth to twin* two weeks later. T. D. Lewis Machine Shop Dealers for * Evinrude Motors * Barbour Boats * Scott-Craft Boats * Lewis Boat Trailers * Fishing Tackle * Marine Hardware * Boat Supplies Also a limited few of first class used Motors DRAWINGS EACH MONTH NOW THROUGH SEPTEMBER Lack; tickets fires wttk each yarehsse fsr rstasMs prises. SHOP WITH UH AND BATS T.D. LEWIS MACHINE SHOP GM at. Morskes4 City The Moose dropped their first game in Morehead City Little League play to the Elks Wednesday afternoon. They say a slow start makes for a fast finish. Team members, front row, left to right, are Jimmy Hall, Garland Thompson, Eddie West, Bobby Freeman, Dean Steed, Arthur Lewis, and Michael Salter. Second raw, left to right, Donald Oglesby, Robert McLean, Guy Dickinson, Manager Roy Ellis, Mac Parker, Teddy Rice and Juhnny Seitter. That's My Boy! Mrs. Charles Freeman and Mrs. O. J. Morrow, right, were talking at the Little League game between the Elks and Moose when Mrs. Freeman Jumped np, grabbed her movie camera and said "That's my boy!" Her son Tommy was at bat Morehead Blues Defeat Tigers The Morehead City Blues won their third straight game Sunday, defeating the Carolina Tigers by a 5-1 score at Sharpesburg. James Henry, the Blues stylish lefty, went the distance on the mound to win his second game of the year. Henry gave up three hits and struck out 10 Tiger bat ters. Third baseman William Becton paced the Blues at bat. He hit safely in three of the four times he stepped to the plate. Tom Jones added two more hits to the Blues total of eight. The Blues went to work in the first inning to score two runs, ennugh to win the game. They ad ded two more runs in the top of the second and one in the sixth. The Tigers scored their lone run in the bottom of the second. Three veteran players are ex pected to Join the Blues for this Sunday's game at Grift on. The Blues lost a 13-8 decision to the White Sox last year. Pitcher Randolph Tootle, short stop Billy Crawford and catcher Alfred Marblcy will be on the ros ter for the game. Carwford Is scheduled for action and Tootle may see duty in a relief role. Mar bley will have to beat out Bill Adams and James Hyman for the starting berth behind the plate. Tootle is an AU-CIAA basketball player at Elizabeth City Teachers College. Crawford is on the foot ball squad at Florida AfcM. He waa the Blue* leading hitter last year. Oversight San Diego, Calif. (AP)? In ar ranging a dinner honoring John Harris, manager of an airline com munications office, on his retire ment after 28 years service, it was discovered that Harris still was carried on company records as a probationary employee. The air lines had to make Harris a regu lar employee to retire him. Hugh Gordon Signs Pact With Morehead City High Morehcad City High School prin cipal Lenwood Lee announced yes terday that Hugh Gordon had signed a contract with the school to teach. He will also act as assist ant football coach and junior var sity basketball coach. Gordon coached at Beaufort for four years but resigned after the last football season and made him self available to any other school interested. Morehead City grid coach Nor man Clark has learned to respect Gordon during the four years they have be^n on opposite sides of the river and he was thoroughly pleased' when Mr. Lee offered Gor don a contract. Coach Clark said, "Coach Gor don's teams at Beaufort have al ways been characterized by good sportsmanship and solid football strategy. The Eagles have always Army Buys New Plastic Cases Washington (AP) ? A 105-milli meter plastic shell case weighing less than half as much as mctai cases has been developed for the Army. Tube Turns Plastics, Inc., of Louisville, Ky., has been awarded a development contract to produce several hundred of the plastic cases for full-scale firing tests at the Aberdeen, Md., Proving Ground. In research, the plastic case has withstood gas pressures as high as 35,000 pounds per square inch and a flame temperature of 4,000 de grees Fahrenheit at the instant of percussion. Weighing only 2V4 pounds, the new cases are expect ed to ease the burden of transport ing shells and handling them at gun sites. The University of Michigan has available five scholarships annually for descendants of American In dians. Enjoy Your Fishing! Don't Waste Time Picking Out Birds Nests . . . NO-LASH WILL END YOUR BACKLASH TROUBLES Installed At GUN SHOP Actom from Morahttd City Hospital Morehead City, N. C looked forward to playing Beau fort because the Seadogs field a good team and play the game the way it should be played. "I am sure that the coach who moves to Beaufort next season will find a group of well-coached boys who can form the nucleus for a good team." Coach Gordon led the Seadogs intoVhe state class A play-offs last yearNfor the first time in the his tory of the school. At the same time Coach Clark and the Eagles were mowing down the opposition to go undefeated and earn the state AA-C championship. VFW Takes Lead in Beaufort League with Win over Elks Washington Party Lands Season's Second Martin By BOB SIMPSON The second blue marlin within ive days was landed dff Morehead ?ity yesterday morning by a party ed by Jim Hackney of Washing on, N. C. The party was fishing nth Capt. George Bedsworth iboard the Dolphin I, the same H>at that landed the first blue narlin. Captain Bedsworth was on the ship-to-shore radio to report the catch about 10 a.m. He said the marlin was about the same size as the 317 -pound monstor Johnny 1 Gray landed from hit? boat Sun day. Mr. Hackney is a distinguished ports fisherman, having landed he first white marlin caught out >f Morehead City about two years igo. This is the fifth blue marlin that has been hooked this week. Three were hooked Sunday and two yesterday morning. Captain Bedsworth reported that he would spend the rest of the day in the Gulf Stream trying for another billfish. While the big fish were making hings interesting for the offshore >arty boats, the smaller fish are gravitating toward the ocean and ?ound piers. A representative catch from the Triple Ess Pier was that of Sam and Christ Bridgers of Ra leigh. They caught 218 fish in cluding 112 hogfish, 57 sea mul let, 40 spots, 4 trout, 3 blues and 2 perch. At Thompson's Mr. Sullivan from iims had 162 sea mullet and was dill fishing when the count was nade. From Sportsman Pier Tom ?towe of Washington caught 300 nixed fish, 162 of which were big tea mullet. Spots and hogfish were ibout equal for second place from nost piers. Sound and river fishing con tinues to be very good, for the smaller bottom fish ? croakers, sea mullet, spots, hogfish and trout?and for the mighty cobia. From Sonny's Fishing Station and Kdgewater Marina come re porJU of the fabulous llarper Brothers of Snow Hill, who catch a couple of 15-pound cobia a day just to keep in practice for the big ones. At Bunch's on the river Charlie Worrells of Goldsboro reported a 14* a pounder. At Bunch's also, T. R. Boyd and John H. Brookshire of Greenville reported 165 gray trout, sea mul let and hogfish, and ;? Wpound sheepshead. At B. J. White's 11. H. Fish and party, Raleigh caught 35 gray trout and sea mullet and 38 spots, all on one tide. From Fleming's the report was for rroakers from the pier; sea mullet from skiffs. At Mom and Pop's C. M. Jones of New Bern reported 45 pounds of croakers; Sgt. Cunners of Ft. Bragg had 35 pounds of hogfish and croak ers, a few blues, trout and perch. Coach Releases Grid Schedule Coach S. H. Barrow has lined up a 10-gamo schedule for his Queen Street Knights this fall. The Knights will open their season at home Sept. 6 against Greenville. The complete schedule follows: Sept. ft? Greenville, home Sept. IS? Williamston, home Sept. 19 ? Edenton, away Sept. 27? Trenton, home Oct. 3 ? Winfall, away Oct. 10? Clinton, away Oct. 17 ? Jacksonville, away Oct. 23 ? Smithficld, home Oct. 30? Lewiston, home Noy. 8* ? Roper, home * Homecoming Game Theatre Families Pull *f Husband-Wife 'Switch' New York (AP) ? There are double ties currently between two British theatre families, the Oli viers and the Marshes. Sir Laurence Olivier is starring in "The Entertainer," with Brenda de Benzi enacting his wife. In Lon don, Vivien Leigh, his real wife, is starring in "Duel of the Angels." The stage manager is Rupert Marsh, Brcnda's husband. ? The VFW took undisputed pos session of first place in the Beau fort Little League Tuesday after noon with a 12-7 decision over the Elks. It was the third straight victory for the VFW and the first loss against two wins for the Elks. Richard Stanley was the winning pitcher for the VFW. He gave up seven hits and struck out eight Elks batters while yielding five walks. Losing pitcher Robert Poulk gave up nine hits and five bases on balls. He struck out five VFW bat ters. The big difference in the game was in the fielding department. The Elks committed eight big er rors that counted heavily in the scoring. The VFW fielders had three errors chalked up against them. The VFW took the lead in the first inning, 1-0. They scored single runs in the first three innings, five in the fourth inning and two in the fifth and sixth innings. The Elks pushed across their first two runs in the third inning. They staged a desperate rally in the bottom of the sixth and scored five runs before the game was over. John Merrill was the leading batter of the game. He hit three singles in five trips to the plate for the VFW. Spec Duncan got two for five. Two Elks batters got two hits. Gerald Austin got two for four and Bryan Peterson hit two for three. Boys who played for the VFW were John Merrill, Spec Duncan, Peanut House, Wayne Merrell, Richard Stanley, Thompson Lewis, Bobby Davis, David McGehee and Terry Rhue. Boys who played for the Elks were Sam Dill, John Way, Tony Smith, Gerald Austin. Brady Way, Robert Poulk, Pat Smith, Bryan Peterson, Jarvis Herring, Wade Neal and Jimmy Willis. Outboard Motor Club Plans All-Day Excursion The Carteret Outboard and Run about Club will sponsor a cruise to Cape Lookout Sunday. The group will leave Sonny's Causeway Yacht Basin at 10 a.m. The boaters will spend the day at the cape so everyone who plans to go should take plenty of food. Members and non-members are welcome. MORE SPORTS ON PAGE 6 SECTION 1 WHOLESALE PRICES ? 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