SOCIAL-RECREATIONAL-AND ATHLETIC
ACTIVITIES OF SIMMONS TEXTILE DIVISION
Rosemary Fighters Against
Roanoke - Patterson Team
All-Local Card
At Arena Here
Saturday Night
What should prove a very good
card this Saturday night will be
all Roanoke Rapids boxing card.
This fight in no way will be slow
and uninteresting as the whole
town knows Hurley Midyette and
Fred Mills; in the writer’s opinion
you will have to go a long way to
find anyone in this weight who
might be able to take their meas
ure when they are in training and
ready to go. Then you will prob
ably also see Goat Garris in action,
a mighty tough boy teaming up
with Fred Brown, Clyde Shearin,
Lefty Everett and others. Roanoke
and Patterson will have the old
standbys to compete and swap
punches with the above. Looking
over the list you will see M. C.
Moseley, Claude Taylor, Richard
Collins, Earl Wood, J. E. Brown,
Ed Hyman, Woodrow Warren and
the little ball of dynamite, Phillip
Hux, who will be matched against
an unknown at press time, as the
weighing in will take place Satur
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day night and only the physically
fit will be allowed to take part.
This has been and always will be
the policy of the local Boxing Club.
The fights are scheduled to start
promptly at nine p.m. and from in
terest shown around town come
early and avoid the rush.
Bingo Party FricTy
At Rosemary Club
Another Bingo party is schedul
ed for the Rosemary Recreation
Club Friday night. The starting
time will be eight o’clock. The par
ty last Friday night was a huge
success in every way. Doug Wor
sham and Roland Johnson were
the official callers for the party
while Herman Buck, Bryant Gray,
Virgil Van Dyke, Beef Hoggard
and Noah Sadler were the very
capable floor men. The same fel
lows will be in charge this Friday
night; all profits will go to the
Recreation Club.
1 Weavers Win 3-2
1 Weavers defeated 2 Weavers
3-2. Newton led the winners with
three hits. Garris hit a homer and
single for the losers.
Roanoke - Patterson Boxers
Win Over Richmond Boxers
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In what proved to be the best
fight card of the current season
the Roanoke-Patterson boxers de
feated the McGill’s Boys Club box
ers Saturday night by the score of
3 to 1. Each of the four fights was
packed with action from the open
ing gong of the first round and
the writer feels sure that the fans
were well pleased with the entire
show. The Richmond fighters were
not only splendid boxers but were
clean sportsmen as well. The bouts
last Saturday conclusively showed
that we have a high calibre type
of amateur boxing here and that
our boys have profited by the ex
perience received in the two tour
naments entered by them this win
tr. This means that Roanoke Rap
ids fight fans can expect greater
things the remainder of this season
and in the ensuing seasons.
The first bout of the evening pit
ted Bernard Sties who won the A.
A. U. 112 lb. championship (novice
division) at Raleigh against “M. C.’
Moseley of Roanoke Mill No. 2.
These boys packed dynamite in
each fist and the three rounds
were packed with action from be
ginning to end. In spight of the
weight advantage conceded by Sties
there were many thrilling ex
changes of dynamite-like punches
that at times brought many of the
fans shouting and shrieking to
their feet. It was easy to under
stand how and why Sties won the
championship at Raleigh. Howev
er, “M. C.” ran true to form and
fought a beautiful fight. All were
glad to see his return to the ring
and enjoyed seeing him again rep
resent Roanoke Mills Co. in the
squared circle. He is indeed a hard
hitting and colorful fighter. He can
fight and box. Moseley earned a
clear cut decision at the end of
three rounds. Sties was fighting
his one hundredth fight and this
was only the fourth loss for him.
The second fight of the evening
brought together, in the 118 lb.
class, Sullivan (semi-finalist in the
A.A.U. tournament at Raleigh) and
“Whitey” Seuis. Both of the boys
displayed a willingness to mix it
but “Whitey’s” timing was not up
to par and he was not landing his
blows as frequently as usual. This
was due no doubt to the fact that
“Whitey” has not been training
regularly since his return from the
A.A.U. Tournament at Raleigh. Sul
livan boxed very cleverly and rock
ed Seuis with a right to the jaw in
the early part of the first round,
but this did not seem to slow
“Whitey” down. At the conclusion
of the three rounds Sullivan was a
warded a decision by the three
judges.
With the score standing at 1 all
Richard Collins, who won the A.A.
U. 126 title (novice division), met
Smith in a return match. At Ra
leigh Dick won over Smith by a
K. O. in 1:27 minutes of the first
round and the latter asked for a
return fight. Both fighters show
ed that they meant business from
the outset and the crowd was
treated to two rounds of boxing
and hard slugging. Dick looked
better than ever before and was de
termined to finish his man. Smith
was on the verge of going to the
canvas at the end of the second
round. After 1:37 of the third round
the towel was thrown in by Smith’s
seconds and Collins awarded a
T.K.O. Keep that left jab working,
Dick! Keep the boys off with that
left and use it as a guard!
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brought together Phillip Hux, run
ner-up in the A.A.U. championship,
and Steinbecker in the 147 lb. class.
Phillip went into the fight with a
bad knuckle on his left hand, but
this in no wise lessened the speed
and fury with which the two boys
fought. Both of the boys landed
hard lefts and rights to the head
often in the first and second
rounds. At the opening of the third
round it was apparent that Phillip
had opened the wound on that
knuckle again because he stopped
jabbing with it and only used that
arm as a guard. Steinbecker, ap
parently sensing this fact, tore in
and rushed Hux to a corner. It
proved to be the Richmond boy’s
undoing for Phillip ripped four
crushing rights to Steinbecker’s
left jaw and the latter hit the mat
(holding to Phillip’s legs) for the
count of ten. He was out cold and
the referee could have counted for
ty.
Back the boys on these Saturday
night fights! They need your sun
port.
ALLIGOOD
SOFTBALL
COMMISH
CHARLOTTE, N. C., Feb. 25—
(Special to The Herald)—Appoint
ment of Bill Aliigood, who is con
nected with Rosemary Mfg. Co. as
the Amateur Softball Association
of America’s Roanoke Rapids com
missioner was anonunced here to
day by Carolinas association of
ficials.
Mr. Aliigood will have complete
charge of A.S.A. softball activities
in this city. Both league competi
tion and a city-wide elimination
tournament will be promoted by
him.
The A.S.A. recognizes competi
tion in women’s and men’s classes
for elimination play and recom
mends three pscial classifications
for league play—independent, com
mercial and church. Elimination
winners in each city will compete
for district titles; district winners
for the North Carolina title.
The A.S.A. will present gold med
als to the North Carolina champ
ions, who will represent the asso
ciation in the world’s amateur soft
ball championships in Chicago the
first week in September.
The North Carolina association,
with headquarters here, announced
that Mr. Aliigood is ready and will
ing to assist all teams and players
to become affiliated with this na
tion-wide movement.
White Sox Win 1-0
The Office White Sox defeated
the Cloth Room Toms 1-0 when Al
ligood singled and Johnson tripled
to score him. Johnson led the
winners with two triples and a sin
gle out of three trips. McRae led
the Toms with three singles out of
four trips.
Rosemary Dartball Day Time
Official League Standings
&
Compiled By Charlie Whitby,
Official Scorer
SECOND HALF
Team Won Lost Pet.
1 Spinning Lints 9 1 900
3 Weaving Giants 6 2 750
3 Spinning Dodgers 4 3 571
1 Weaving Cats 6 5 555
Card Shop Sharks 5 4 555
Office White*Sox 4 5 444
2 Walloping Weavers 4 5 444
2 Spinning Aces 3 7 300
Cloth Room Toms 2 7 222
M. Shop Greaseballs 1 5 200
Games Daily Recreation Club 4 pm
Spins Clout Weaves
1 Spinners defeated 2 Weavers
4-0. Shell hit a triple for the
Weaves. ‘Tadpole’ Trippe led the
Spins with two triples.
Sox Pound Toms
The Office White Sox banged out
a 5-1 win over the Cloth Room.
Collins and Clevenger led the Toms
with a triple each. Smoot led the
Office with three hits for three.
1 Spinners Hop Aces
1 Spinners defeated 2 Spinners
in a thriller 3-2. ‘Tadpole’ Trippe
led the winners with a triple and
two singles. Carvers led the Aces
with two singles; ‘Peanut’ Odoms
hit a homer for the losers.
Weavers Take Sharks
‘Beard’ Hoggard pounded out a
homer and two singles but 1 Weav
ers defeated the Card Shop 3-2.
Ansley with two singles and a tri
ple led the Weavers.
Card Shop Wins 7-2
‘Beard’ Hoggard hit two triples
to lead the Card Shop in a win o
ver 2 Spinners. ‘Hant’ House led
the Spins with two singles.
Cats Claw Doug’s Crew
1 Weavers defeated 2 Weavers
7-0 in a fast game. Whitby led
the losers at bat with two singles.
Ansley with two singles and a tri
ple led the winners. Lyles hit a
homer for the 1 Weavers.
Spinners Ride Sox
Captain John Miller Fisher and
his Office crew lost to 1 Spinners
8-4. Jeff Matthews with four sin
gles out of five trips led the Spins.
‘Buster’ Buxton led the Sox with
two triples and a single.
3 Weavers Win 1-0
Jim Ed Deberry hit a long home
run to allow 3 Weavers to register
a 1-0 win over the Card Shop. The
Sharks only racked up four hits.
By Hoggard, Mizelle, Dickens and
Massey.
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1 Weavers defeated the Machine
Shop Greaseballs 3-1. Riggans with
three for four led the Weavers.
‘Cross Cut Saw’ Cullom hit a hom
er for the Shop’s only marker.
Odom Homers For Win 3-0
‘Peanut’ Odom hit a long home
run in the third inning to allow 2
Spinners to snap Capt. John Clark
and his 3 Weavers winning streak
3-0. House and McDowell had pre
viously singled before Odom’s hom
er. R. Deberry led the losers with
a triple.
1 Spins Take Close One 2-1
1 Spinners hopped on 2 Spinners
for a close win 2-1. Van Dyke’s
triple and Tant’s single won the
game in the ninth. Carver with 2
for 4 led the losers. Van Dyke
with two triples led the winners.
Clevenger Breaks Record
‘Kaywoodie’ Clevenger hit three
home runs out of four trips to
break the league record but the
Cloth Room went down in defeat
5-3 before 2 Weavers. Hudson with
a double and two singles led the
winners.
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n PROOF
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