PAGE FOUR
NEWS
JUNE 20, 1952
BLOOD DONORS
(Continued From Page One )
Francis B. Galligan, Arden M.
Medley.
William S. Guffey, Hobert T.
Aldridge, Ernest W. Coleman,
Luther R. Foy, Melvin Sikes,
Thomas B. Ipock, Jr., Margaret
Howard, J. M. Comely, Luther C.
Brown, Obie H. Smith, George
Williams, Raymond Lipscomb, Her
bert Broaden.
John P. Creasman, Jess Hous
ton, Beulah Layton, Isaac K.
Sanders, Belon D. Hanna, Jesse T.
Jones, John L. Cole, Dewey Lloyd
Smith, Maude Johnson, Otis Wil
liam Parr, Willie W. Goble, Otha
J. Chambers, Nora Joseph Crouch,
William H. Chastain.
Austell Smith, David Adams,
Henry William Cooper, Marshall
Smith, Mary V. Lankford, Lennell
Keenum, Carmon F. Robinson,
Milligan L. Ramsey, Evelyn Par
ham, Marshall Parham, William T.
Wright, Neal Broadway, Moses
Player, Ernest L. Bentley, Pauline
Stroupe.
Melvin Benton, Thomas J. Gallo
way, Ben T. Hanna, Sallie Craw
ford, Lewis Clark, James E. Wil
kie, Joe Henry Givens, Thurston
Rollins, Archie Eugene Deal, Ro
land E. Conrad, Cecil Rabb, John
L. Webb, Hubert A. Brown, Fred
E. Crisco, Annie Bradshaw.
Orville K. Forrester, Joseph A.
Martin, Anna Laura Booth, Mrs.
Dorothy Owenby, Mrs. Mollie
Grimsley, Letha Hammonds, Paul
L. Ramsey, Alice C. Snider, Mrs.
Helen Rosalie Burger, Beatrice C.
Moss, Ophelia Wallace, Jimmie
Lou Hartgrove, Grace B. Martin,
Tony D. Wilson, Emma J. Jolly.
F. R. Welch, Katherine Davis,
Fayloii Lewis, Vesta ’ D. Lewis,
Lonnie Ervin Jones, Ruth S. Mc-
Creight, Clarence Bryson, Nina
Peters, Ruby Goble Greene, Ruth
Carpenter, Elizabeth S. Wardlaw,
Mildred Sanders, Evelyn Poteat,
Mrs. Edgar S. Foy, and Margaret
Ruby Hanna.
Firestone Pitcher
Gets No-Hitter
BUDDY JOHNSON, little stocky
right hander, reached the goal of
every pitcher on Thursday night,
June 12, when he threw a no-hitter
at St. Michaels in Little League
play. In achieving his no-hitter
Johnson struck out 14 of the
eighteen batters to face him. He
cheated himself out of a shut out
in the 6th inning when he permitted
two runners to reach first base by
walks. Buddy has a record of 4
wins and 0 losses for the year.
Final score of game Firestone 14—
St. Michaels 1.
BOX SCORE
Firestone
AB R H
Turnex’, C. F. 5 3 2
Tate, 2. B. 5 13
Lewis, 3. B. 4 10
Murray, S. S. 5 2 3
Ballard, 1. B. 4 3 2
York, L. F. 2 11
Honeycutt, R. F. 3 0 1
Conrad, C. 4 13
Johnson, P. Ill
Little Leaguers
To Be Entertained
On Saturday, June 21, Mr. and
Mrs. George Lewis and Miss Sue
Van Dyke will entertain the
Little League Baseball Team with
a vveliier roast at Lewis’ Lake.
SCHEDULES
FIRST SHIFT INDUSTRIAL SOFTBALL LEAGUE
Wednesday, June 25—Groves at Firestone 5:00 P. M.
(No games during week of 4th)
Wednesday, July 9—Firestone at Smyre 5:00 P. M.
SECOND SHIFT INDUSTRIAL SOFTBALL LEAGUE
Monday, June 23—Firestone at Rex 9:30 A. M.
Friday, June 27—Groves at Firestone 9:30 A. M.
(No games during week of 4th)
Monday, July 7—Firestone at Cramerton 9:30 A. M.
FIRST SHIFT SOFTBALL
Tuesday, June 24—Carding vs Weaving-Shop 4:45 P. M.
Twisting vs General 6:15 P. M.
Thursday, June 26—Carding vs Spinning 4:45 P. M.
Weaving-Shop vs Twisting 6:15 P. M.
Tuesday, July 1—Carding vs Twisting 4:45 P. M.
Spinning vs General 6:15 P. M.
Thursday, July 3—Weaving vs Spinning 4:45 P. M.
Carding vs General 6:15 P. M.
Tuesday, July 8—Twisting vs Spinning 4:45 P. M.
Weaving-Shop vs General 6:15 P. M.
Thursday, July 10—Weaving-Shop vs Carding 4:45 P. M.
Twisting vs General 6:15 P. M.
LITTLE BIGGER LEAGUE BASEBALL
Tuesday, June 24—Myrtle at Firestone 4:00 P. M.
Friday, June 27—Firestone at Red Shield 4:00 P. M.
(No games during week of 4th)
Tuesday, July 8—High Shoals at Firestone 4:00 P. M.
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
Monday, June 23—Firestone vs St. Michaels 6:30 P. M.
Thursday, June 26—^Firestone vs G. C. Y 8:00 P. M.
(No games during week of 4th)
Monday, July 7—Firestone vs Optimist 8:00 P. M.
SECOND SHIFT HORSESHOES
Tuesday, June 24—Carding vs Twisting 1:80 P. M.
Weaving vs Carding 2:00 P. M.
Friday, June 27—Weaving vs Twisting 1:30 P. M.
(End of Schedule)
FIRESTONE MOVIE SCHEDULE
Friday, June 27—“Baron of Arizona" with Vincent Price and
Ellen Drew
Chapter 4 “Wild Bill Hickok”
Friday, July 4—“Strawberry Roan” with Gene Autry
Chapter 5 “Wild Bill Hickok”
Friday, July 11—“Saddle Tramp” with Joel McCrae
Chapter 6 “Wild Bill Hickok
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A CROWD of more than 200,000 crowded into the Indianapolis
Speedway to witness the 36th annual racing classic. Above, part of
the crowd is shown. Arrow indicates location of Firestone pits.
RECENT cotton office visitor, Herman Bergasse, looks at a lot
of cotton with a critical eye, sharpened by 30 years’’experierice in the
cotton business with George H. McFadden and Brothers, cotton
merchants of New York City. Mr. Bergasse has a variety of
interests that include close contact with professional football
through the New York Football Giants, a club he has been associated
with since 1932 as part owner. Frank Davis, left, is cotton classer
for Firestone Textiles. He is assisted by Homer Hall who is
here getting a few pointers from veteran cotton merchant Bergasse.
Sports And Business Figure
Visits Plant Cotton Office
A colorful sports figure is Her
man J. Bergasse of New York City.
He’s made quite a name for him
self in the business world also, be
ing in charge of the George H.
McFadden and Brothers cotton
office at the cotton exchange
building in New York.
Herman J. Bergasse started with
George H. McFadden & Brothers in
May of 1919, after serving two
years in World War I with the
famous “Lost Battalion” of the
308th Infantry, 77th Division. For
this he received the Distinguished
Service Cross, the Croix de Guerre
and the Purple Heart.
***
WHILE serving in the 77th Di
vision he won the Middleweight and
Light Heavyweight championships
in boxing and also the Lig^t
Heavyweight championship of the
King’s Own Liverpool Regiment at
Dover in 1917. After the Armistice
Mr. Bergasse gave numerous exhi
bitions with such well-known box
ers as Gene Tunney, former heavy
weight champion and Georges
Carpentier of France.
After returning to New York
Mr. Bergasse joined the New York
Baseball Yankee organization as
scout and adviser and was room
mate of Babe Ruth, Tony Lazzeri,
Johnny Allen and others, and was
with the Yankee player organiza
tion until 1932 when he became
associated with the famed New
York Football Giants, one of the
most famous, and one of the oldest
professional football teams still in
existence.
ALTHOUGH a very busy man
Mr. Bergasse somehow still finds
time to devote to the Goodhue
Community Center, a charity or
ganization of which he is director.
INDIANAPOLIS RACE. . . .
(Continued From Page One )
Ruttman averaged 128.922 miles
an hour as compared with the
record of 126.244 set last year by
Wallard.
Besides the race itself, qualify*
ing speeds were much faster this
year. In qualifying, Chet Miller hit
a speed of 139.034 miles per hour,
bettering last year’s record of
136.872 set by Walt Faulkner.
NEARLY 200,000 people, largest
crowd in Speedway history, sa^''
Ruttman, 22, the youngest driver
to ever win the classic, lead the
race at various times for 43 laps
and never run less than third. He
took the final lead from Bill
Vukovich, who led through the
greater part of the 200-lap grind
until his Fuel Injection Special de
veloped steering mechanisiii
trouble and crashed into a retain-
ing wall on his 192nd round around-
Nineteen cars, the most since
1911, were still running at the
finish. Thirteen had gone the
500 miles when the cars were
flagged off because it would not he
possible to change any of their p°'
sitions in the race results.
Jim Rathmann took second place
with another record-breaking speed
of 126.723 and Sam Hanks was
third with 125.580. Other winners
were Duane Carter, fourth; Art
Cross, fifth; Jimmy Bryan, sixth;
Cpl. Jimmy Reece, seventh; Georg®
Connor, eighth; Cliff Griffith’
ninth, and Johnnie Parsons, winner
of the 1950 race, tenth.
IN a wire to Harvey S. FirC'
stone, Jr., following the race, the
winner said:
“Today I experienced the great-
eat Llirill of my life when I won the
500-Mile Indianapolis Race at ^
new track record of 128.922 mil®®
per hour. Firestone tires carried
me to victory and fame. I shot
down the straightaways at speed®
up to 165 miles per hour
through the turns at 130 miles
hour. This was a torture test that
made many cars drop out 'vith
mechanical failures. But Fireston®
tires performed perfectly. I didn’t
lose a minute for a pit stop due to
tire trouble and in this race
these speeds a few seconds in th®
pits can lose the race for you. • • '
It is estimated by engineers th»^
the 500 miles traveled on the Indi^'
napolis Speedway in this gr®^^
classic are equal to 50,000 miles oi
service and wear in the norm®*
usage of automobiles. The tire con'
struction and engineering that ha'^®
been put into the tires at the I*''
dianapolis Speedway are also ub®
in the average tire which the
lie purchases. When somethi*^^
new has been proved, the constru‘d'
tion is then put into the
passenger car tires.
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