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Smoke Rings John L. Throwback ——————————_—____ By SAM RAGAN yhpS-be grandpa didn’t tell you about John L. Sullivan l ml mavbe your memory only deals with his ring exploits, p' j0hn L. was one of these whatcha-may-callit guys out the ring and the nearest carbon copy of his professional °{e is the rotund gentleman known as Two-Ton Tony Gale!{he Beer Barrel Poker is one of these rare fellows ■ho seem to always have a good time and never carry a ' rry in the world. Like John L., Tony operates a bar, trains 011 the suds and likes to pose for Pictures with a nlll2 in one hand, a cigar and a beer keg. That’s Tony, the dear-smoking, beer-drinking, wisecracking gentleman of the prize ring, who has wound his colorful career up to boxing’s pinnacle once and is still trying to get back there. Ill' S Ul If,'!'**! Tie jerst'V Nightstick has no counterpart-• He's original and na , He's great. And there are several thousand persons who t vou right now that the East barkeep will “moider" Max LDin their bout July 2. Galento iil’aho bet on himself to beat Joe *i, when and if they meet again, coch thing# like that can't be beat. " At any rate. Tony appears here tmiiAu. This time as referee at the Le-ion stadium wrestling matches. He*insists it's training for the Baer (Hit -And maybe he's right. Kooltie Field in almost unprecedented num ber of rookies are holding on with major league clubs this season. Last „igl,t at midnight all the clubs had t(Hiit their rosters down to 25 men ■H of the 16 clubs in the majors 13 l ire first-year men playing regular ly. Running- over the list we haver Liu Boudreau and Ray Mack at Cleveland. Benny McCoy and A1 Rubeling at the A s camp. Walter Jjdnich and Bob Swift with the Browns. Bob Kennedy with the White Six. Jimmy Pofahl with the Nits. Dnm DiMaggio at Boston, frank Gustine with the Pirates. Babe Young, Witek, A1 Glossop and John Rucker with the Giants, Char lie Gilbert, Feewee Reese and Her man Franks with Brooklyn, Mick McCormick at Cincinnati, Martin Marion at St. Louis, Chet Toss and Bill Rowell with the Bees. Art Ma han and Bob Bragan with the Phils, Dallesandro and Mattick with the Cubs. Out of that list we'll name you I five who will make the grade in a big way. or we miss our guess. They are: McCoy. Rubeling. Judnich, Young, and Mike McCormick. The youngsters do have a chance against the old-timers after all. (kids Anti Ends John (lefty) Cheshire, of Wilming ton, did it against yesterday . . . He pitched three-hit ball as Caro lina walloped Duke 26 to 3 . . . Dur awwwwwwxwvwww: ing the nine innings he struck out 10 men . . . Houston Lawing said the other day that outside of poli tics. football is causing more com ment around Raleigh than anything else . . . The forays of Herman Hick man into the hinterlands is going to result in a bumper crop of young grid performers turning up at State college next fall, ’tis said ... Bo Farley, who brings his Eastern Caro lina Teachers here next week for a game with the Pirates, once played in Wilmington . . . He is also a former teammate of Bill Werber, now with the Reds . . . Paul Severin ci mes as close to be an all-around athlete as this state has had since y,ce Parker ... An All-American 'ootball player, a star basketball performer, Severin also shoots a creditable game of golf. ■ ■ Hiram Walker's ROYAL OAK STRAIGHT RYE WHISKEY CAROLINA FAVORED IN SOUTHERN MEET Banks McFadden Not To Com pete In Track And Field Meet This Week-End WILLIAMSBURG, Va., May 15— UP)—The annual southern confer ence track meet to be held here this weekend lost one of its most color ful entries today when word came from Clemson that Banks McFad den, versatile Tiger athlete, would be unable to compete. McFadden, who smashed records in the South Carolina State meet in the broad jump and high and low hurdles, was unable to arrange his examination schedule to make the trip here and will have to take two of his tests on Saturday. Bright news came from the Uni versity of Maryland, however, that Joe Murphy, conference king of the 100 and 220-yard dashes, had reach ed his peak after a recent illness and would be out for records in these events. Murphy is now in a six-way tie for the 100 mark of 9.8 seconds. Carl M. Voyles, William and Mary athletic director, announced today that Forest Fletcher, now on a year's leave of absence as the Washington and Lee track coach, would serve as referee on the meet which opens at 3:30 p. m. Friday with field events and trials in the dashes and hur dles. Finals will be run on Satur day, beginning at 3:30 p. m. Robert Fetzer, University of North Carolina coach, is chairman of the conference track committee. Col. H. M. Read, V. M. I.: Sumner Tilson, Virginia Tech, Voyles and Fletcher are the other committee members. North Carolina is favored to con tinue its two-year reign in the meet with Maryland and Duke slated to furnish the principal competition for the Tar Heel runners and field spec ialists. RIPPLE RELEASED BROOKLYN, May 15.— UP) —The Dodgers disclosed today they had given Outfielder Jimmy Ripple per mission to make a deal for himself with some other major league club. If unsuccessful he has agreed to join the Montreal club of the Inter national league R 'pie’s departure brought Brook lyn within the 25 player limit ef fective at midnight tonight. BE COMFORTABLY WELL DRESSED WITH A tropical worsted suit Tailored by High Art SI4-7^ and SLACK SUITS | SUMMER SLACKS 84.9.5 | $1.50 to $6.00 v\ni;Rso.\s front AND PRINCESS REDS TRIUMPH OVER DODGERS, 5-2 - •Ar ft ' A ■ A AAA i' . i i I I I 1 HVE RUNS SCORED IN FIRST INNING Cincinnati Regains Lead In Loop; Thompson Hurls Five-Hit Game BROOKLYN, May 15.— Cin cinnati’s raging Reds retaliated for yesterday’s defeat by the Dodgers with a five-run first inning today to beat Brooklyn 5 to 2 and return to first place in the National league. Eleven men went to the plate for Cincinnati in the riotous first inn ing in which Whitlow Wyatt was unable to get anyone out. Bill Werber opened the bombard ment by hitting Wyatt’s second pitch into the left field stands for a home run. Then a walk to Lon nie Frey, a single by Ival Good man and a pass to Frank McCor mick filled the bases. Bill Hersh berger promptly tripled to clean them and finish Wyatt’s work for the day. Van Lingle Mungo came to the mound and John Rizzo hit his first pitch for a single scoring Hersh berger. This ended the Reds’ scor ing for the day, although Mungo walked two more men to fill the bases again. Gene Thompson held the Dodgers to five hits in gaining his fifth victory against one loss. But he missed a shutout when Brooklyn bunched three hits for both its runs in the third inning. Herman Franks led off with a double, moved to third on the second of two infield outs, and scored on a single by Charley Gil bert. Then Pete Coscarart walked and Dixie Walker singled for an A crowd of 18,403, approximately 3,000 less than yesterday, saw the game. Catcher Ernie Lombardi of the Reds was kept out of action by a bruised right hand. CINCINNATI Ab R H O A Werber. 3b_ 4 110 3 Frey, 2b _ 4 10 0 4 Goodman, rf _ 5 1110 F. McCormick, lb _ 4 1 1 17 0 Hershberger, c_ 4 12 5 0 Rizzo, If _ 4 0 10 0 M. McCormick, cf_ 3 0 0 2 0 Joost. ss _ 4 0 12 6 Thompson, p_ 10 10 2 Totals _ 33 5 8 27 15 BROOKLYN Ab R H O A Gilbert, cf _ 4 115 0 Coscarart. 2b _ 2 0 0 3 3 Walker. If _ 4 0 12 0 Lavagetto. 3b_ 3 0 0 1 0 CamiHi, lb _ 4 0 0 7 0 E. Moore, rf_ 4 0 12 0 Franks, c _ 4 1 1 5 3 Purocher, ss _ 2 0 0 1 3 Reese, ss_ 2 0 111 Wyatt, p_ 0 0 0 0 0 Mungo, p _ 2 0 0 0 2 Koy, z _ 1 0 0 0 0 Kimball, p_ 0 0 0 0 0 Totals _-_ 32 2 5 27 8 z-Batted for Mungo in 7th. Cincinnati _ 500 000 000—5 Brooklyn _ 002 000 000—2 Errors: Durocher. Joost. Runs bat ted in: Werber, Hershberger 3, Rizzo. Gilbert, Walker. Two base hits: Franks, E. Moore. Three base hits: Hershberger, Thompson. Home runs Werber. Sacrifices: Thompson 2. Dou ble plays: Coscarart and Camilli; Frey., Joost and F. McCormick. Left on bases: Cincinnati 8; Brooklyn 6. Bases on balls off: Wyatt 2, Mungo 3. Thompson 3. Strikeouts by: Mungo 2. Thompson 5, Kimball 2. Hits off: Wy att 3 in 0 innings; Mungo 4 in 7; Kim ball 1 in 2. Losing pitcher: Wyatt. Um pires: Klem, Ballanfant and Campbell Time: 2:14. Attendance: 18,403. • STANDINGS YESTERDAY'S RESULTS American League Philadelphia at Cleveland, postponed, rain. New York at St. Louis, postponed, cold. Washington at Detroit, postponed, rain. Boston at Chicago, postponed, cold. National League Cincinnati 5; Brooklyn 2. Chicago 2; Boston 0. New York 5; Pittsburgh 2. Philadelphia 6: St. Louis 3. American League Won Lost Pet Boston _ 17 6 .730 Cleveland _ 14 S .636 Detroit _ 12 11 .522 Philadelphia _ 11 12 .478 Washington _- 10 13 .435 St. Louis_ 0 12 .420 Chicago _ 0 13 .410 New York_ 7 14 .333 National League Won Lost Pet Cincinnati _ 16 5 .762 Brooklyn _ 15 5 .750 New York_ 12 0 .571 Chicago _ 12 11 .520 Philadelphia _ 8 11 .422 St. Louis_ 8 15 .348 Boston _ 6 13 .310 Pittsburgh- 6 14 .300 TODAY’S GAMES NEW YORK, May 15.—(/P)—Probable pitchers in the major leagues tomorrow (won-lost records in parentheses): American League New York at Chicago — Russo (0-0) vs. Smith (1-3). Boston at St. Louis—Bagby (2-1) vs. Kennedy (1-3). Washington at Cleveland — Hudson (2-2) vs. Milnar (3-0). Philadelphia at Detroit — Dean (3-1) vs. Newsom (2-1). National League Cincinnati at Brooklyn — Derringer (3-2) vs. Hamlin (2-1). Chicago at Boston—Lee (2-3) vs. Sul livan (1-3). , _ Pittsburgh at New York Bauers (0-0) vs. Gumbert (3-2). St. Louis at Philadelphia — Warneke (1-3) vs. Beck (0-0). About 78,000,000 motor cars have been produced in the United States since 1900. PLAY BALL! We have a complete line of baseball and softball equipment for the player and the diamond. PICKARDS 209 Market St. Phone 8fi2 S K X X ^ X 7X XXX XXX XXX Bucs Held To One Hit As Davids Win, 3-0 _ _ tr ._ j. _ DNLY FIVE HITS - MADE IN CONTEST C Skipper Hurls No-Hit, No-Run j Game Until Seventh; Visi- c tors Offer Comedy < _ t By R. J. POWELL Behind the one-hit hurling of Joe 1 lavoca, the ouse of David base- ■ >all team mixed smart baseball with : l sprinkling of comedy to hand the 1 Wilmington Pirates their second set jack of the season with a 3 to 0 riumph on Legion field last night. Except for a first-inning double by Victor Steffano, the bewhiskered So- ’ mca had a no-hit, no-run game. During the nine inning route he struck out two and walked three, but 'or eight innings he had the Pirates practically eating out of his hand. None of the Bucs reached third base. However, in rebuttal, Norwood Skipper, on the mound for the Wil mington team, turned in a rather nifty performance himself. He held the husky visitors scoreless and hit less until the seventh, when they combined a one base knock by Bo den with a single by Handley and an error by Steffano to produce two runs, the first of the game. The David’s added the other one in the ninth on a double by Jordan follow ed by Catcher Bell’s single. Skipper struck out 13 and issued two free trips to the initial sack. Chief fun-maker of the evening was Ed Hamraan, clowning third baseman of the House of David team, who kept the healthy-sized crowd roaring both before and dur ing the game with his clowning rou tine. About middle way, the contest was enlivened by the staging of the David’s famed pepper game by Amman, Joe Darcy, and Lou Paren ty. The Pirates will continue their diamond warfare at Legion field on Friday night w^hen they tangle with the strong Golden Belt club from Durham. The box score: House ot David Ab K H O A E Gilbuda, cf _ 4 0 0 0 0 0 Hamman, 3b_ 1 0 0 0 1 0 Jordan, 3b _2 110 10 Darcy, If _ 4 0 0 2 0 0 Bell, c -.4 113 0 0 Boden, lb _3 1 1 11 0 0 Murphy, ss _ 4 0 0 3 5 0 Handley, rf _ 3 0 1 5 0 0 Yargo, 2b _ 3 0 0 3 2 1 Savoca, p _ 3 0 0 0 4 0 Totals _-_31 3 4 27 13 1 Pirates Ab B R O A E Moore, 2b _ 4 0 0 0 3 0 Alford, cf _ 4 0 0 2 0 0 Sieffano, 3b _4 0 10 11 Sellers, lb_ 3 0 0 7 0 0 Smidts, ss_ 2 0 0 1 0 0 Carter, If __- 2 0 0 1 0 0 Hines, rf _ 3 0 0 2 0 0 McKeithan, c _ 3 0 0 14 0 0 Skipper, p _ 3 0 0 0 2 1 _\_ Totals...28 0 1 27 6 2 H. of David_ 000 000 201—3 Wilmington_—_ 000 000 000—0 Runs batted in Handley, 2, Bell. Two-base hits Steffano, Jordan. Stolen bases Handley, Carter. Double plays Yargo to Murphy to Boden. Rett on bases House of David: 4. Pirates: 3. Fuses on balls—off: Skipper, 2; Savoca. 3. Struck out, by Skipper, 13; Savoca, 2. Hits off: Skipper in 9 innings 4. Hits off: Savoca in 9 innings 1. Wild pitches Savoca. Passed balls H. McKeithan. Umpires Baker and Griffith. Time of game 1:45. Star-News Ten Scores 11-9 Win Over Phalanx The Star-News defeated the Phal anx, 11 to 9, yesterday in a Han over league game at the ROTC field. Morris Powell, of the Newsmen and Tommie Walker of the Frater nity ten hit home runs. Whitaker, Phalanx catcher, was the leading hitter, collecting three knocks out of four tries. Both hurlers, Bill Jones of the Star-News and Kelly Jewell of the Frat team, gave up 10 hits each. Score by innings: Phalanx _103 14— 9 10 5 Star-News _ 305 3x—11 10 4 I Cape Fear Boy Scout Champions I Ned Herring, Jasper Needham and Donald Parsley, Jr., members : of the Troop 13, St. James Episcopal church, rifle team, Boy Scouts of America, are snapped in a moment of relaxation after winning the Scouters’ club trophy, for which troops from the Cape Fear Area com peted hi an open tournament at the Sunset Park range of the Wil mington Rifle and Pistol club last Saturday. They led their nearest competitor, Troop 14, aso of Wilmington, by a margin of 307 points, with Parsley scoring high individual of the meet with a record score of 225 points. (Photo by Edmund McLaurin.) M Carthy Sheds No Tears Over Dismal Showing Of His Yanks ST. LOUIS. May 15.—(S’)—There’s no better place than St. Louis to cry over the collapse of a baseball team. Folks around here are getting used to the tears—you know, the Cardi nals and Browns. But Manager Joe McCarthy of the Yanks doesn’t seem to be losing sleep over the dismal beginning of his world champions this season. His biggest job has been to pre vent the long losing streak from damaging the morale of the club— suddenly in last place after growing accustomed through the years to substantial leads and beds of roses. Playing under such a pressure is something new for them, but the boss is authority for the statement that it still is a great ball club and that the players feel they will snap out of it before long. Marse Joe smiled and talked about the weather when asked for the unteenth time in three weeks what’s the matter with his club. “No, I’m not going to start ^wor rying after all these years,’’ he re plied. “You can’t do any good wor rying.” Were injuries or illness hobbling the Yankees? “No, everybody’s all right. Of course, DiMaggio was out for a time. But he’s back now.” “No, the pitching has been all right.” When you’re in a slump nothing goes right, Joe patiently explained. “I change pitchers and the new one is hit harder than the fellow he relieved,” he laughed. “I let a pitch er s*ay in there and the attack grows heavier. When the pitching is good, the defense is bad or we don’t hit. “Nothing much you can do about it, is there?” Two successive postponed games spoiled the Yankees’ hopes of chang ing their luck against the Browns. PHILS TRIUMPH OVER CARDS, 6-3 Prothro’s Club Stages One Inning Spree Of Singles To Win Second In Row PHILADELPHIA, May 15.—— Doc Prothro’s unpredictable Phillies gained a tighter hold on the top of the National league’s second divis ion today, trouncing the trailing St. Louis Cardinals 6 to 3 in a one-in ning spree of singles. Climbing over the Cards to fifth place yesterday, the Phils made it two in a row today by routing Pitcher Gene Lillard in the second frame with a six-hit barrage that produced all of the winners’ runs. Chuck Klein, Merrill May and Heinie Mueller opened the inning with a tatoo of singles, Mueller’s scoring Klein. Pitcher Kirby Higbe walked, filling the bases. Joe Mar ty went out, but May scored. Then Bob Bragan’s single sent Mueller home and Art Mahan drove in Higbe and Bragan. Bob Bowman replaced Lillard and was greeted by a single from Morrie Arnovich that scored Mahan. Shortstop Joe Orengo’s homer started the futile St. Louis surge in the fifth. Stu Martin’s single scored Johnny Hopp, a single by Joe Med wick and a double by Johnny Mize did the rest. ST. TOPIS Ab B H O A Brown. 2b _ 5 0 14 4 S. Martin, 3b - 5 0 113 Slaughter, rt- 5 112 0 xr. l« K rt 1 0/1 Mize, lb’_ 3 0 19 0 Padgett, c - 3 0 14 3 Moore, ef _'40110 Orengo, ss - 3 1 3 1 3 Lillard. p _ 0 0 0 0 0 Bowman, p _ 1 0 0 0 0 Hopp, x_ 1110 0 Russell, p _ 0 0 0 0 0 Gutteridge, xx - 1 0 0 0 0 McGee, p_ 0 0 0 0 3 3 Martin, xxx _ 1 0 0 0 0 Shoun, p _ 0 0 0 0 0 Totals _-_ 37 3 11 24 12 x-Batted for Bowman in 5th. xx-Batted for Russell in Cth. xxx-Batted for McGee in 8tli. PHILADELPHIA Ab B H O A Marty, cf - 4 0 0 3 0 Bragan, ss _ 4 12 3 3 Mahan, lb _ 4 12 9 0 Arnovich, If_ 4 0 12 1 Klein, rf- 3 12 0 0 May. 3b_ 4 110 2 Mueller, 2b_ 3 114 3 Atwood, c- 3 0 0 6 1 Higbe, p - 2 10 0 2 Totals _ 31 6 9 27 12 St. Louis_ 000 030 000—3 Philadelphia _ 060 000 OOx—6 Errors: Padgett, Orengo, Mahan. Runs batted in: Marty, Bragan, Ma han. Arnovich 2, Mueller 1, Orengo. S. Martin, Mize. Two base hits: Mize. Moore. Home run: Orengo. Stolen base: Bragan. Double plays: Mueller. Bragan and Mahan; Orengo, Brown and Mize; Brown, Orengo and Mize. Left on bases: St. Louis 10; Philadel phia 3. Bases on balls off: Lillard 1. Russell 1, Higbe 3. Strikeouts by: Lillard 2, Bowman 1, Higbe 4. Hits off: Lillard 6 in 1 2-3 innings; Bow man 1 in 2 1-3; Russell, none in 1; Mc Gee 1 in 2; Shoun 1 in 3. Losing pitch er: Lillard. Umpires: Dunn, Jorda and Sears. Time: 2:03. Attendance: 6,000. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Baltimore 0-3; at Toronto 3-1. Syracuse at Montreal, postponed, rain. Newark 6; Buffalo 8. Jersey City 1; Rochester 8. I Clemson Nine Defeats Davidson ’Cats, 8 To 5 DAVIDSON, May 15.— (iP) —Clem son college’s high ranking Southern conference baseball team defeated Davidson today, 8-5. Henry Buchanan, Tiger first sack er, led the hitting with two triples and a homer in four trips. 5 Diz McLean, hurling for the Cats, pitched good ball with the exception of the first and eighth innings, when he allowed seven runs. He re tired 11 men in order in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh innings. The Cats scored four of their runs on homers by Verner and Edmond son. Niven doubled the last David son score across in the ninth. BUILDERS DEFEAT BAGMEN, 6 TO 5 Godwin’s Ten Stages Rally In Fifth To Win Tilt And Take Over Loop Lead The E. W. Godwin's Sons ten of the Independent loop battled uphill yesterday against the Wertheimer Bagmaker’s to take a close decision, 6 to 5, and to land a full game ahead in the pennant chase. A fifth frame flurry by the Bag men and “Red” Cherry's failure to touch third as he rounded for home on Steel’s triple spelled the difference between victory and defeat for Clyde Wescott’s Bagmen. j_.eiiwin gave up lour straight hits in the second to give the Bag men a comfortable four-run lead. A hit by Trask and a couple of sacri fice flies landed him home to break the ice for the Builders. In the third they chiseled two runs out of two walks and three errors. The fifth found them forging ahead on Emer son’s single and Cameron’s second hit out of three times at bat, a dou ble. Trask and Cameron were the Builders to find the wood for two hits each, and Steel, with a single and a triple, paced the Bagmen’s attack. Score by innings: Bagmen_ 040 01—5 9 4 Builders _ 102 21—6 6 4 The batteries, for the Bagmakers, Hansley and Laffiteau; for the Builders, LeGwin and Tienken. Um pires, Futch and Litehen. TODAY’S GAME City Optical vs. Ethyl-Dow. Firemen Score 9 To 8 Triumph Over Juniors The Fire Department softball team defeated the Janiei Order ten 9 to 8 in a Hanover league game played at Robert Strange park yesterday afternoon. The Firemen ou*hit the Juniors, 12 to 8. Bullard with a double and a triple and Hall with a triple and a single led the winners at bat. Jor dan and Sellers also hit for three bases. Russ homered fot the Jun iors. Glisson and Bullard was the Fire men’s battery. Russ and Vause the Juniors’ battery. ’'ests For National Open To Be Held At Pinehurst NEW YORK, May 15. — UB — In reased interest in the National ’ublic Links golf championship has aused the U. S. G. A. to list sec ional qualifying tests in 40 cities his year, seven more than last year. The qualifying rounds will be ilayed on variable dates between uly 5 and 8. The tournament is cheduled July 22-27 at the Rack lam golf course in Detroit. Among the 10 new qualifying Joints are Nashville, Tenn., and Norfolk, Va. Previous qualifying points have Jeen shifted from Hartford, Conn., o Worcester, Mass.; and Asheville, Durham and Charleston (Carolinas) :o Pinehurst. Bakers Trumph Over Sunshine Ten, 11 To 6 Banging out 16 hits which they coupled with 10 errors on the part of the Sunshine Laundry ten, tha America? Bakeries softball team de feated the Sunshine boys, -1 to 6, in a Hanover league game played at Bellamy park yesterday afternoon. The Sunshine team collecteu It safeties. Flacky, with a home run, a double and a single out of tinea attempts and Marshburn, with a homer and two singles, paced tha winners at bat. Lockamy and Bender was tha Bakers battery and Smith and Evans and Weeks and Casteen made up t!i0 losing combination. The Company A team will play the Spofford ten in a league gama at Bellamy park this afternoon at S o’clock. 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