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ORDINARY FIELD SET FOR DERBY TODAY M LL I i; rki Li- _ A A AAA* -- Sports Hodge-Podge BY CARLE HODGE With the entrance of two new airbase teams — the Reds and Blues — berths in the Victory Softball league are full. , „ , Out at Robert Strange park, locale of the loop s coming action, 18 1500-watt bulbs went up yesterday to flood the field with light for the night games. The power people have given the go-ahead signal after talking with, the army. Grandstand seats and supports have been repaired — and the field itself patched up and lined off. Mostly responsible for all these goings on—whether he’ll admit it or not — is Softball Commissioner Bert Moore. He has done his share of the actual physical work as well as the idea thinking-up. There’s just one more thing bothering the commis sioner — public support. Naturally the running of a full-fledged league costs money. Wails Moore, the circuit czar: Do the fans like' softball enough to pay to see it?” Admission to the loop-operated stand will be one thin dime — which is really not much but will add up to the necessary expenses. . If Wilmingtonians want the game to survive the war, they must show their feelings through actual support. " Here’s the Victory league set-up: There will be seven teams: Ethyl-Dow, City Optical, Apprentice Maroons, Moldloft, Shipyards and the two aii base tens. There will be a game, starting at 8 o’clock, each week-day night. , ,. . AH games are to be limited to an hour and lo min utes. On Mondays and Wednesdays, doubleheaders are planned with the second contest starting at 9:30. Moore will umpire the games with Frank Litgen calling the plays on bases. TT ... .u‘ The league opens at 8:30 Monday night, until then, Bert Moore has his fingers crossed. ___ Here Are The Facts On Kentucky Derby LOUISVILLE, Ky., May L—UP)—The Kentucky Derby entries listed according to post position, with owners, jockeys and probable odds: (All carry 126 pounds). j>]> Horse Owner Jockey Prob Odds 1 Fair Call-F _Mrs. Barclay Douglas — H. Lindberg-33-1 2 First Fiddle—F_Mrs. Ed Mulrenan-C. McCreary-35-1 3 A-Shut Out _Mrs. Payne Whitney_W. Wright - 3-1' 4 Sweep Swinger-1’_T. D. Buhl -A. Shelhamer —_ 35-1 5 A-Devil Di'er_Mrs. Payne Whitney —E. Arcaro - 3-1 6 B-Hollywood _Emerson F. Woodward. G. Woolf - 5-1 7 Alsab _A1 Sabath _B. James - 4-1 8 Sir War-F _Edward S. Moore-J. Adams _35-1 y First Prize—F _Ellwood B. Johnston_G. Wallace _35-1 10 Sun Again _Warren Wright -W. Eads- 6-1 11 Fairy Manah_Williams. Dupont, Jr.__J. Gilbert -30-1 12 D’ogpatch_Mrs. Ethel V. Mars-J. Skelly -30-1 13 Boot and Spur—F — Elmer C. A. Berger-A. Craig-35-1 14 Requested _Ben Whitaker -L. Haas _ 3-1 15 Apache_William Woodward-J. Stout -10-1 16 B-Valdina Orphan_Emerson F. Woodward-C. Bierman _ 5-1 17 With Regards_T. D. Grimes-J. Longden -12-1 (A—Mrs. Payne Whitney’s Greentree Stable entry) (B—Emerson F. Woodward’s Yaldina Farm entry). ( (F—Field) _ Reopening Of Pisgah Streams For Fishing Postponed By Officials ASHEVILLE, May 1 — OP) — Postponement of the reopening of fishing streams anil recrea tion areas in Pisgah National Forest for an indefinjj'e period was announced today * >y II. 15. Bosworth, forest supervisor, af ter a conference with regional and state officials. It was announced earlier in ♦ he week that the streams in | the cooperative wildlife, areas in | the forest would he reopened to fishermen beginning Saturday and picking up the original schedule to take into considera tion the time lost since the areas were closed because of forest fires. No announcement has been made concerning the reopening of recreation areas, but it had been indicated that the public might he permitted to use them this week-end, as the fire haz ard appeared to be reduced fol lowing the raid Tuesday. <^}arc/aMd GOLD LABEL STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY This whiskey is ^ 86 PROOF I<BODSE)!Lft®S& | <5&^BOURBON*&^ nsnuu foi wo tomiD n Light^bodied with full Bour bon flavor. Try this straight whiskey for its agreeable taste, its mildness. Say, “Barclay’s Gold Label.” * ★ * $2.10 FULL QUART $1.10 FULL PINT Jas; Barclay & Co.; Limited PEORIA, ILLINOIS n. r*. n ^ ^ ^ ^ Camp Davis Opens Season Against Amoco --— , Indians Stretch Win Spree, Bow Nats, 13-6 Tigers Beat Yanks 7-2; Browns And Chisox Win In American League (Condensed From <^P) Reports) Cleveland’s Indians stretched their winning streak to 12 games in Washington Friday afternoon by trouncing the Senators 13 to 6 and took an American league lead of 12 and one-half games. Detroit, by beating the Yankees 7 to 2 at New York, moved into second plae. The-Indians mauled four Wash ington pitchers for 16 hits, includ ing four doubles, four triples and a home-run. Les Fleming hit the homer with one on in a 5-run fourth inning. Cleveland snatched a four-run lead in the first inning off Rookie Bill Kennedy and Walter Master son, but the Senators bounced back with two runs in the first and tied the score in the second inning when Roberto Ortiz hit a home run into the left field stands after Jimmy Pfahl had singled. The Tigers bombarded three pitchers for 16 hits to lambast the Yanks 7-2 and snatch second place in the standings from the world champions. Paul (Dizzy) Trout held the Yanks to four hits in gaining his third mound triumph of the year against one loss, but he had to have help from Hal Newhouser in the ninth inning when the losers scored their second run on t w o walks and a hit. Marv Breuer started for the Yankees and was nicked for ten hits and five runs before giving way to Hank Borowy in the fifth. The defeat was Breuer’s second, compared with two wins. Borowy and Johnny Lindell, who took over in the ninth, each yielded one run. In Boston the St. Louis Browns mauled three of four Red Sox pitchers for. a 10-6 victory in the first ontest of their two games series. John Niggeling, who collect ed four decisions in six tries against the Sox last season, pick ed up where he left off by gaining the verdict. The Chicago White Sox broke a seven-game losing streak in Phila delphia behind the six-hit pitching of Johnny Rigney, defeating the Athletics 5-2. The loss was doubly disastrous to the A’s, who lost the services of second baseman Billy Knicker bocker in the seventh. He broke a thumb in deflecting Rookie Bob Kennedy’s single. ■\T HIGH NET SQUAD WILL PLAY PINES TEAM HERE TODAY Wilmington’s White Phan toms To Take On Visit ing Netters At Strange By JACK NALL White Phantoms of the tennis court—Wilmington high’s boy and girl net teams—will take on the Southern Pines squads at Robert Strange park at 9:30 o’clock Sat urday in a promising tilt that is to mark the first home appearance of the locals. Coach Frances Roebuck said Friday that her netters are in tip top shape for today’s contest. The girls team will have a record to hold up—that of not having been defeated for seven straight years. Eslie Fergus, captain of the girls’ team, has been playing with {he varsity team since her first year in high school. Some of the other girls who have won letters and are in the order of their standing on the ladder are Eslie Fergus, number one; Jean Jones No. 2; Louise Hardwick, No. 3; Jocelyn Peck, No. 4; Mary Alice Rose, No. 5; Kathryn Goodman, No. 6; Alice Sprunt, No. 7. The girls from Southern Pines who will probably piay in the matches are Helen Gray, Juliana Webster, Dorothy Philips, Jacque line Worsham, Mary James, and Ardrey Brown. On the masculine side of the Hanover team, the Phantoms also boast a very strong team. The boys team recently returned from Wil son victorious by the one-s i d e d score of 9-0. Boys will probably be matched as follows (Wilmington players are listed first): Charles Boney vs. Norris Hodgkins, Burt Myers bs. STAR-NEWS TEN BEATEN BY FRAT Senior Fraternity Holds Early Lead In Tilt To Take Lead From Newsboys In the Hanover softball league’s hottest game of the season, the Senior Fraternity Friday made an early six run lead last to squeeze out a 6-5 win over the Star-News ten. The Frats got to C. F. Bell's pitch ing for six runs and as many hits in the first three innings, w-ith Roy Cook holding them to but three bin gles and no runs through the last three innings. Pinner, though nick ed for ten solid blows by the News boys, four of which were extra basers, received spectacular support in the field. Little Hugh Griffith. Newsy shortstop, had a perfect day at bat with a single, double and a homer. Brinson with a single and a triple led the Frats at bat. The real star of the game wras the Frat catcher. Grissom, who made two spectacular catches of twisting fouls to save the game twice. Yesterday’s win gave Senior Frat undisputed possession of first place with 5 wins and but one loss, while Star-News comes in a close second with four wins and two losses. v* Batteries: Senior Frat — Pinner and Grissom; Star-News—Bell, R. Cook (4) and Newton. SENIOR FRAT Ab R H Grissom, c_ 3 11 Everett, lb _ 3 0 1 Hammock, sf_ 3 2 1 McCall, ss _ 3 2 1 Brinson, 3b _ 3 0 2 Winn, cf _ 3 0 1 Keen, If_x_ 3 0 0 Padrick, rf _ 3 0 1 Litgen, 2b- 110 Pinner, p _ 2 0 1 TOTALS' —. 27 6 9 STAR NEWS Ab R H Marshburn, 3b_ 3 0 0 Powell, lb _ 3 11 Griffith, ss_ 3 13 Butler, 2b_ I 0 0 L. Cook, If _._ 3 0 0 R. Cook, rf-p - 3 0 0 Banner-man, cf_ 3 0 1 Newton, c _ 3 12 AA'alker, cf _ 3 1 1 Bell, p-rf- 3 12 TOTALS _ 30 5 10 Senior Frat - 312 000 x—(i Star-News ___ 000 140 0—5 BRAGG DEFEATS TAR HEELS, 10-8 Soldiers Rally With Three Runs In Eighth To Bow Carolina Squad CHAPEL HILL, May 1.— UP) — Rallying for three runs in the eighth inning the strong Fort Bragg recep tion center nine came from behind to beat the University of North Carolina 10 to 8 here today in an exhibition game. It was the ninth victory in 10 starts for Fort Bragg, managed by Hammond Strayhorn, ex-Carolina star. Highlight of the big second inning scoring party was a tremendous three run homer by Johnny Hearn, shortstop. The blow was a long line drive which rolled between the cen ter and right fielders. The winning three runs resulted from two hits, one error, a base on bails and a wild pitch. Fort Bragg_ 300 201 130—10 Carolina_ 240 020 000— 8 .- V KNICKERBOCKER INJURED PHILADELPHIA, May 1.— — OB —Second Baseman Bill Knickerbocker suffered a broken thumb in the seventh inning of today’s game with the Chicago White Sox in deflecting a sin gle from the bat of Rookie Bob Kennedy. -V HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Eastern Conference Durham 4; Wilson 3. Raleigh 5; Rocky Mount 4. Western Conference Greensboro 5; High Point 0. College Baseball Lenoir Rhyne 2; Catawba 1. Walter Blue. Paul Snell vs. Ray Turner, Tommy Snell vs. Harry Brown, Charles Edwards vs. Jim mie DeBerry, Robert Simpson vs. Orla Paiulli and George Saffo vs. Bobby Dunn. Saturday’s matches will be open to the public. The Wilmington teams will play at Kinston high Thursday and also have games slated with Greenville. 5 We Fix Bicycles More Than Ever Tour Bicycle Deserves The Best 01 Care SNEEDEN CYCLE CO. 114 Market St. POST AND OILERS PLAY AT STADIUM HERE SATURDAY Semi-Pro Club Will Help Soldiers Launch Baseball Slate This Afternoon Camp Davis’ baseball team will open its season against the Amoco semi-pro Cannoneers at Legion stadium at 5 o’clock Saturday after noon. The tilt will be open to the public with no admission charge. Both teams are ready for the game, it was announced Friday night by Manager Frank Clemmons of Amoco and Lieut. H. A. Johnson* Davis athletic officer and coach. “We expect,” said the lieutenant, “to make a good showing against the semi-pros. Many of the team’s problems are being ironed out.” The outstanding question marks on the camp nine are at first and second bases and in the outfield. John Morrissey and Irving IM'cIsaac have two berths in the outer garden taken care of. The third position, in right field, will be filled by a converted infielder who can hit, Joe Messing. For the first bag, Bernie Sanders is expected to do a fine job defen sively. His bad arm is now in shape. The coach is still uncertain about second base, with Bob Corrado and Tony Minelli the two candidates. Minelli will start on Saturday. The squad has been cut to 25 leaving the team two deep in every position, and allowing for emergen cies in the case of men who are de tained by military duties. It also makes for keen competition, par ticularly in the infield where the situation is unsettled. \ The team is getting two hours of practice a day, which is whipping it into acceptable shape. An eight inning practice game against the station hospital team showed that the camp nine was rough in spots, but getting along. Lieut. Johnson used two teams and three pitchers against the medicos. In practice all the pitchers hgve been getting good workouts. On the mound and behind the bat steady improvement is being made. Either Bob "Vaugn, former Detroit Tiger farmhand, cr Joe Knott, whose brother Jack tosses for the Phila delphia Athletics, will be the starter in Saturday's game. The starting line-ups: Pos.—Camp Davis Amoco ss—LaCorte-Rayburn c — Zambri - Beasely 2b—Minelli - Benton 3b—Sthcey-King rf—Hessing - Shooter lb—Sanders _ Sandlin If—Morrissey_W. Carter cf—Mclsaac-Tunnage Probable pitchers: Vaughn or Knott for Camp Davis; Wall, Brew, Jenkina or Finer for Amoco. DUKE LINESMEN BEAT DAVIDSON Blue Devil Golf Team Scores Fifth Win Of Year With 11-7 Victory DURHAM, May 1,— UP) — Duke’s varsity golf team scored its fifth win of the year against no defeats when the Blue Devil linksmen de feated Davidson by an 11-7 mar gin over the Hope Valley course here this afternoon. Sophomore Dewitt Nunn, who earlier this week paced the Duke linksmen in a win over North Carolina, was the star again to day. Nunn came in with a 68— two under par for the Hope Val ley course—to be the afternoon’s low scorer. But it was the Blue Devils’ num ber one twosome of Grover Poole, the recently crowned southern in tercollegiate champ, and Bill Gold thorp, which proved the difference between victory and defeat today. -V There is more Vitamin C in the peel than in the juice of an orange. \(m OPEN Under New Management ATLANTIC VIEW FISHING PIER Wrighisville Beach — Northern Extension All Kinds of Bait For Sale TACKLE FOB RENT OR SALE For Correct Fishing Information _Call 9409 f ! Pirates Down Dodgers In Ninth; Cards Win Cubs Pound Five Pitchers To Take Giants; Reds Defeat Philadelphia (Condensed from AP Reports) Pittsburgh’s Pirates scored two runs in the ninth inning on a wild pitch and an error Friday after noon in their home park to trip the Brooklyn Dodgers, 7-6 and cut a full game off the lead of the National league champions. The defeat, ending a six-gamp winning streak for the Dodgers^ reduced their margin to three games over the second -place Pirates. Arky Vaughan, a former Pirate, committed the costly bobble with the bases loaded after he had sent the Dodgers ahead in the first half of the ninth with a double. Johnny Allen, fourth Brooklyn hurler, took over in the ninth with a one-run lead and paved the way for his own defeat, his first of the year against two win^. Lashing out with home runs, the St. Louis Cardinals caught the Bos ton Braves in the ninth inning and beat them in the tenth, 8 to 7, in a wild game in which a total of 33 players participated. Coming up with a man on base and two out in the ninth, wdth the Cardinals two runs behind, Stan Musial smashed his second home run of the game to tie the score. Ken O’Dea hit for the circuit in the tenth inning for the winning marker. Musial, already tabbed as the No. 1 rookie of the year, belted his first homer in the third inning with no one on base. Ray Sanders followed with another Cardinal wallop in the fourth. The game was at St. Louis. In Chicago, the Cubs pounded five Giant pitchers for 14 hits M’COY AND BEAVER WIN MAT MATCHES Bostonian Throws Hill In What Proves To Be Un popular Decision Wilmington’s most popular wrest ler, Sailor Hill, lost his most un popular decision Friday night on the Thalian hall mat to Bibber McCoy of Boston. Both fighters had taken one fall in the two-out-of-three, limited bout when Hill threw McCoy for what to all appearances was the final fall. Hill’s personal count of the necessary three seconds was in error however and when he got up to start for the dressing room, Mc Coy flattened him for a full count. In the opener Little Beaver won a disqualification from Ed Strang ler White in a battle of the bullies that pleased the large gallery, with Beaver roughing the much-hated White endlessly. White grabbed the first round with a full body lock, preceded by violent knee jams and body slams, using 14 minutes Beaver bounced back in the second frame and using the. same holds pinned White in the same time. In the final round, Beaver and White rocked back and forth^on the ropes with the referee unable to break the clinch. W’hite secured the Injun’s head in a twist of the ropes and refused to break the illegal hold. Referee Rudy Mar tin counting him out. Beaver man aged to free himself finally and went back to work on White, although the fight was over, finally using body slams to beat him Into submission. Even though McCoy copped the official decision in the main event. Hill had many supporters who felt that the victory was his. Hill drop ped the first fall under a barrage of choking and eye-gouging that had the crowd infuriated. Coming back in the second he employed his fa mous and painful Octopus clutch, causing McCoy to give in 9 'min utes. Once the Sailor snares his op ponent in the tangled web of his odd hold it is unbreakable. and whipped the New Yorkers, 13-9 to end their losing streak at three straight games. "'The Giants themselves notched 13 hits off three moundsmen in the free-swinging contest which was featured by big innings on both sides. Battling to keep out of the cellar, Cincinnati’s Reds turned back a ninth-inning threat to defeat Phil adelphia 6 to 5 for their first victory in five starts. Just 805 cash customers watched ! apathetically as the one -time world champions first staked the Phils to two runs in a weird third inning. Then knocked Start er Johnny Podgajny from the box with three runs in the fifth after twice breaking ice in the fourth. _ - Major League Standings O XTV-— . YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Pittsburgh 7; Brooklyn 6. Cincinnati 6; Philadelphia 5. St. Louis 8; Boston 7. Chicago 13; New York 9. American League Detroit 7; New York 2. Chicago 5; Philadelphia 2. Cleveland 13; Washington 6. St. Louis 10; Boston 6. PIEDMONT LEAGUE Richmond 6; Portsmouth 1. Greensboro 6; Charlotte 4. ! Durham 3; Norfolk 2. Asheville 2; Winston-Salem 0. THE STANDINGS National League Won Lost Pet. Brooklyn _ 14 4 .777 Pittsburgh _ 10 6 .625 St. Louis _ 8 7 .615 Boston _ 9 9 .500 New York_ 8 9 .470 Chicago _ 8 9 .470 Cincinnati _ 6 10 .375 Philadelphia _ 4 13 .235 American League Won Lost Pet. Cleveland _ 13 3 .750 Detroit _ 12 7 .631 New York_ 10 6 .625 Boston _ 9 7 .562 '♦^hington _ 8 10 .444 St. Louis _ 8 11 .421 j Philadelphia _ 5 13 .277 i Chicago _ 4 12 .250 TODAY'S GAMES National League Brooklyn at Pittsburgh—Davis (3-0) vs. Wilkie (0-1). Philadelphia at Cincinnati — Blanton (0-3) vs. Vander Meer (1-2). New York at Chicago—Melton (2-1) vs. Erickskon (1-1). Boston at Sf. Louis—Tost (1-1) vs. Cooper (1-1)-. American League Detroit at New York—Bridges (1.1) vs. Russo (0-0). St. Louis at Boston—Auker (2-1) vs. Judd (1-2). Cleveland at Washington—Smith (2-0) or Bagby (4-0) vs. Newsom (2-2). Chicago at Philadelphia—Ross (0-1) vs. Wolff (1-2). THE BIG SIX Batting (three leaders in each league) Player, Club G Ab R G Pet. Dickey, Yankees_ 14 52 6 22 .423 Spence, Senators_ 18 76 17 31 .408 Gordon, Yankees_ 14 54 7 22 .407 Fernandez. Braves __ 18 78 10 29 .372 Walker, Dodgers_ 12 43 9 15 .349 Murtaugh, Phils . „ 15 47 7 16 .340 Slaughter, Cardinals- 13 47 9 16 .340 HOME RUNS: National League Camilli, Dodgers _-_ 6 F. McCormick. Reds _ 5 Litwhiler, Phils _- 4 Musial, Cardinals _ 4 American League Williams, Red Sox _:_ 4 Keltner. Indians _ 3 York, Tigers _ 3 Doerr, Red Sox _ 3 Foxx, Red Sox _- 3 RUNS BATTED IN: National League F. McCormick, Reds _18 Marshall, Giants _17 Camilli, Dodgers _15 Brown, Cardinals _15 American League Spence, Senators _20 York, Tigers _16 Williams, Red Sox _15 J. DiMaggio, Yankees _15 — - - QOAt iry Marvels win friends Wherever they go With QUALITY high And price so low. ITEPHANO BROTHERS. PHICA., PA. Albert F. Perry INSURANCE - BONDS Now In Oar New Office 230 Princess Street WINNER IS HARD TO PICK AMONG 17 RACE ENTRIES Devil Diver And Requested Apparent Horses To Beat At Louisville By SID FEDER LOUISVILLE, Kv„ May The last piece in the jig-saw puz. ;e that passes as the 68th Kr ituc-kv derby will be fitted into place t,,. morrow, and 17 three-year-old thoroughbreds will try for the StM . 225 that goes to the one who car do it. Through the entry'box todav. ie colts and one gelding, headed b\ little Requested from deep ii tile heart of Texas and Devil Dive’ the “Big Hoss” from the east, ac cepted the challenge to do the job in this widest open derby in hi>. tory. Three are still on the “uncer tain starter” list. However, the best information tonight was tha; in spite of scratches, at least i5 and maybe all would be in that traditional parade along about 5:30 p. m. (Central War Time) when the hush falls over the assembled thousands and "My Old Kentuckv Home” drifts-softly out over pic turesque Churchill Downs. It’s the richest derby in all the 67 years this mile and a quarter f classic has drawn the attention of a nation each first Saturday m May. And, at the same time, it has never been more confusing and daffy in the developments that have gone to make it the widest open waltz in the entire list. From crowded Fourth and Wal nut streets all the way to the Downs and beyond, there wasn't a hardboot or an “invader”—prob ably not even a horse—who wasn't ready to admit that this field, al though somewhat ordinary in class was as tough to pick as any that ever came along. No ore denied that game little Requested, the big gest bargain Een Whitaker ever bought, and Devil Diver, chief hope of Mrs. Payne Whitney's fashionable Greentree stable and son of St. Germans, who sired two previous derby winners, were the horses to beat. But so quickly and often has the scene been shifting and so incon sistent have been the perfor mances of the leading candidates for the jackpot that any one of a dozen of the horses were given a chance of sorts to turn the trick. And they'll all probably get more than a little betting support from the crowd, variously estimated at anywhere from 60,000 to 100.000. The sixty-four dollar question is just which of the entrants can go to the derby’s tough mile and a quarter—which will haVe the stuff to run the first mile and slit! have stamina to carry 126 pounds down “Heartbreak Lane,” the longest stretch in America. Only ‘‘The Diver,” who has had two impres sive workouts over the route, and Requested, who won the Flamingo stakes at a mile-and-eighth and the Wood Memorial at a mile-and- 1 sixteenth since turning three, have given any kind of proof at all that , they can. Back of the general wonder over route-going ability, is a second big question on the derby quiz pro gram — what about Alsab? The great 1941 juvenile champion, pick- . ed up in the yearling' sales ring | for a mere $700 by AI Sabath, a . Chicago lawyer, won 15 races as a two-year old, ten of them in a ■ row, and earned a gaudy $110,610. RODS and REELS Complete Equipment for the Surf Fisherman PICKARDS 209 Market St. I)ial3224
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