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SOUTHERN TRACK MEET WILL OPEN TODAY Sports Hodge-Podge BY CARLE HODGE gjji'jv signs point to the Boston Braves’ Nanny Fernan , . a, the rookie of the year. The season is still young, mind you. But right now it jiv looks as it' the Tribe has something in its husky uiUr thirdbaseman. Irony of it all is that the training camp reporters shook their heads at Nan$y earlier in the \ California Spanish-American, Froilan Fernan dez socked 12‘) homers last season to lead the Pacific Coasl league. Although the Braves paid a stiff price lor him. he was a failure in camp and in Grapefruit loop competition. The writers then tabbed him a “goldbrick.” “He can’t play third." they said, forgetting the fact that he was learning a new position. Now. though, the worm has turned. Boston is playing nuich better ball than in seasons past, staying in the first division most of the time. And probably the main reason for the Braves’ place 0ll the warpath is their league-leading hitter. He’s Nanny Fernandez, the erstwhile goldbrick. Sports Carbon: “Why not,” suggests Ed Danforth jn the Atlanta Journal, “let Billy Bonn’s father-in-law t:lke that July fight with Joe Louis?” . .. The Charlotte \ew- name for the mentor filling in as Carolina men tor: Duration Coach Jim Tatum. The Wilmington Scene: A Camp Davis soldier sat in a dowwown cate, expounding the greatness of the Brooklyn I , His chatter was cut only for breath taking. A c - ;al listener would have thought the fellow a part owner i,. v])l ;- field when suddenly the revelation came. He ■ ;• gravy jockey, who was serving him, pointed to jT, A,, of milk and exclaimed: ‘‘Cheez Chris’, dis has doit i« it" Ktcci era: Dar-.’evil Jimmie Lynch, who tears up cars and gets po.iii fur it. was delayed en route here for his Friday night 1 . h Longer show. He had an automobile accident . . . ■ A Director Rupert Bryan has a large-scale intra snorts program planned for Wilmington High school f. . Fg Bert Causey, the fight promoter, has been irs d air raid warden for his floor in a downtown c ue! With his flair for letting people know about dungs, he should have no trouble at all in his defense ta x:'Ay . . . Cowboy Luttrail, who’ll be in the wrestling royal at ThaJian .hall tonight, makes his home at ’■ ea.herford. Texas, also hometown to Singer Mary A’rrtin. A city councilman declared recently that motorboating x Greenfield lake would endanger swimmers. Evidently he lA.-ift know that only about 150 yards of the lake As shore is fit for bathing, anyway._ I1t Voie Expected In Oregon Election PORTLAND. Ore.. May 14.—M>> - Oi'eaon voters, notably apathetic, bail, -iji-iorrow on state and fed er 1 candidates in the off-year pri '. election. Only about a 40 p: vote was predicted. e campaigns have been quiei a... without heat or mud. 3 j|,rs REAliy GOT SOMETHING!! [oeperi Ol^o^raian Beer,,*. popular 12 ounce "brown bottles." BUy A CASE TODAY! 'AMES S. KING . \y[ s«utIt 17th Street, 'iinungton. North Carolina I'hone 4613. Bottler-Progressive Tilt Here Rained Out; Another Date Not Set Managers of the Shipyard Progressive, and Pepsi-Cola semi-pro teams called their scheduled Cape Pear league game at Legion stadium Thurs day night because of the rain. The tilt was to have broken the first place deadlock exist ing between the clubs in the league. No date was set for the contest. --V The Lady Called Cop ‘Dirty Louse’ And Paid $5 For It NEW YORK. May 14—(/P)— Be cause he wouldn’t let her make a U-turn, traffic patrolman James McCullough said Mrs. Margaret Osborne, 40. a writer, called him “a dirty louse.” In court, facing a disorderly con duct charge, Mrs. Osborne said: “I want to refute the statement that I called the patrolman a dirty louse. I called him a louse.” Asked by Magistrate Peter Abe les if she would apologize, Mrs. Osborne looked at Patrolman Mc Cullough and demanded: “How much will the fine be?” “Five dollars,” said the magis trate. “I’ll pay the fine,” said the lady. about million smokers prove^ iitese smokes are“in the groove! STEPHANO pphtucdc pun A PA. ^ Wolfpack Noses Oat Knitter Nine, 5 To 4 STATERS RALLY TO GET VICTORY IN SHORT GAME Wolves Come From Behind With Three-Run Outburst In 4th To Beat Hanes WINSTON-SALEM, May 14.— (JP) —N. C. State’s Wolfpack finally gave an opponent a dose of its own medicine here this afternoon by capturing a one-run victory from Hanes Knitters in an abbreviated contest by the score of 5-4. The game was halted after six innings by the weather. State came from behind in the fourth frame with a three-run out burst to overtake a one-run deficit. After Heath had reached first on Waggoner’s error and Turner sin gled, Constant slapped a long triple down the right field line and scored as the throw in was wild to third. Score by innings: N. C. State - 002 300 —5 7 4 Hanes Knitters _111 100—4 « 4 Runs batted in — Bailey, Stewart, Stevenson 2, W. Waggoner, Constant 2, R. Nelson. Three base hits—Constant. Two.base hits—R. Nelson. Bailey. Stolen bases—Craig. Stewart, H. Waggoner 3, R. Nelson. Base on balls—Off Phillips 1: off Fetner 6. Struck ofit—By Phillips 2: by Swain 2; by Fetner 1. Hits—Off Phillips 4 in 3; off Swain 3 in 3. Left on bases—Hanes 10: State 5. Umpires-. Adams and Rickard. PHALANXTEN BOWS TO ACL Smith Hurls Railroaders In to Fourth Place Tie And Wins Tilt, 8 To 6 Yesterday afternoon in a drizzle of rain at Robert Strange, Fred Smith pitched the A. C. L. Railroad ers into a fourth place tie with the Phalanx softball team by beating the Phalanxers, S to 6. It was Smith’s second win of the year, and the team's first win un der its new manager, Robert Fryer, Although tagged for eleven safe ties. Smith bore down in the clutch while his teammates batted out a total of thirteen hits off Jewell. A single by Holloman and a homer by Dexter in the fifth won the game. This afternoon at Robert Strange, the Star-News team and Senior Frat will stage another of their knock ’em down, drag ’em out games as they battle for first place. Last night’s Apprentice Maroon Air Base Blues game was post poned because of threatening weather, and the game will be played off next week. Tonight at 8:15 Moldloft will play the Shipbuilders in a Victory league game. The Builders can go into a first place tie with Dow and Optical if they can solve the slants of LeGwin. HANOVER LEAGUE . A. C. L. Ab R H McCraw. c _ 4 1 1 F. Smith, p _ 4 2 3 Glover. 3b _ 4 10 j Holloman, cf_ 4 2 3 Dexter, sf - 3 12 Hewlett, ss _ 3 0 1 Sellars, lb _ 2 0 0 Grice. If _ 3 0 2 Wheeler. 2b _ 3 10 Funderburg, rf _ 3 0 1 TOTALS _ 33 8 13 Phalanx Ab R H Bowen. 3b _ 3 0 0 T. Meier, ss_ 4 0 0 D. Jewell, cf_ 3 0 1 Kelly, c _ 3 11 Walker, lb _ 3 2 2 Davis, 2b _ 3 1 *1 Taylor, If _ 3 2 2 Oakley, rf _ 10 0 C. Smith, rf_ 2 1 1 K. Jewell, p _ 3 11 H. Meier, sf _ 3 0 2 TOTALS _31 8 11 Score by innings: A. C. L. _ 203 120 x—8 Phalanx - 020 202 0—6 Runs batted in—J. Taylor 3, H. Meier 2. F. Smith 1, Holloman 2, Dexter 2. Two base hits—K. Jewell, H. Meier. Home run—Dexter. -v SET FIRES HARTFORD, Conn., May 14—UP) —The Connecticut and Rhode Is land state police announced jointly tonight the arrest of a man they said had admitted starting forest fires which swept a wide area in both states two weeks ago, causing damage estimated as high as $3, 000,000. 5 Death Dodgers Will Try This Tonight When the Jimmie Lynch Death Dodgers present their automobile and motorcycle thrill show at Legion stadium tonight, Daredevil Bill Horton, inset, will attempt the hazardous dive bomber crash, the most dangerous of all automobile stunts, as shown above. The show starts at 8:30 o’clock. Dodgers Hammer Way To Win Over Pirates Brooklyn Starts Off Fast To Increase Loop Lead By Bowing Bucs, 7-4 BROOKLYN, May 14.—f/P)—1The Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates, the two leaders of the Na tional league, collided violently to day in the first installment of their important three-game series and the Dodgers hammered their way to a 7 to 4 triumph. This increased the 1941 cham pions’ first place margin to 3% games and averted any possibility of the Pirates wrestling the league leadership from Brooklyn during the series. Eight of the game’s 11 runs were packed into the first three innings as both Kirby Higbe of the Dodgers and Lefty Aldon Wilie of the Buc caneers were driven to shelter to the accompaniment of cheers and hoots from the big week day crowd of 17,251 paying customers. The Pirates raided Higbe for a run in the first inning on succes sive doubles by two Brooklyn “out casts,” Jim Wasdell and Babe Phelps, and they finished “Higle bie” with two more tallies in the third. John Barrett beat out an infield hit and when Wasdell grounded out, Dolph Camilli to Higbe, Barrett raced all the way home as Higbe overthrew third base trying for a double play. Phelps followed with his third homer of the year and Bob Eiliott collected his fourth round tripper of the season off Hugh Casey in the ninth. Score by innings: PITTSBURGH _ 102 000 001—4 8 1 BROOKLYN - 302 000 02x—7 10 1 Runs batted in—Phelps 2, Medwick 3, Reiser 2, Herman 2, Elliott. Two base hits—Wasdell 2, Phelps, Vaughan 2, Reese. Home runs—Medwick, Phelps, Elliott. Stolen bases—DiMaggio, Herman. Sacrifice—Casey. Double plays — Cos carart, Fletcher; Fletcher. Coscarart and Fletcher. Left on bases—Pittsburgh 6; Brooklyn 7. Bases on balls—Off Willkie 2; off Dietz 2; off Jungels 1; off French Hearn, Hayworth New Tar Heel Nine Leaders CHAPEL HILL. May 14.— (JP) — Johnny Hearn of Wilson and Chapel Hill and Lew Hayworth of High Point, who proved particularly helpful i nthe University of North Carolina's retaining both state and Southern conference baseball championships, were elected co captains for the 1943 season at a meeting of the squad today. Although only a sophomore, Hay worth has performed brilliantly all season. With only one game re maining with Duke at Durham to morrow, he is almost certain to wind up as the team’s leading hit ter. In 17 games to date he has been hitting at an impressive .361 clip, having collected 22 hits in 61 attempts. Hayworth also leads in extra base hits with five and is tied for first in runs batted in with 11. His fielding has been nothing short of sensational and his average of .947 is one of the highest on the squad. A junior, Hearn, son of Head Coach Bunn Hearn, has done a particularly good job at shortstop for the second consecutive year Despite the fact he fell down a little in his hitting near the end of the season, his hits have almost all come at opportune moments and he has figured prominently in several of the Tar Heels’ sensa tional ninth inning rivalries. Hearn has made a number of sensational catches and has made several nice stops of seemingly impossible ground balls. 2. Struck out—By Wilkie 1; by Dietz 1; by Jungels 1; by French 5. Hits— Off Wilkie 5 in 2 innings (none out in 3rd); off Dietz 3 in 4: off Jungels 2 in 2; off Higbe 6 in 2 1-3: off French 0 in 3 1.3; off Casey 2 in 2 1-3 Winning pit cher—French; losing pitcher—Wilkie. Um pires—Barlick. Pinelli and Ballanfant. Time—2:15. Attendance—17,251. Stratton Finds Minor Loop Hard, Quits Job Crippled Big Leaguer Says ‘Bush’ Leagues Are Too Tough For Comeback LUBBOCK, Tex., May 14.—m Monty Stratton, whose Major league pitching career was cut short by a hunting accident in 1938, has found “Bush league base ball too tough a sport for an at tempted comeback.’’ He resigned today as manager of the Lubbock Hubbers, West Texas-New Mexico Class D league club. “This is a rough go for a man with two good legs, let alone for a one-leggey guy,” said Stratton, who, in addition to managing the club, three times inserted himseli as relief pitcher during the last week. “For the sake of my general health and comfort I’m giving it up and going home (to Greenville, Tex.), for a good, long rest. The artificial leg just won’t let me navigate or even sit comfortably in the bus for long cross-countrv hops. “I have lost 12 pounds since the season started, and I am getting old fast. The extra work a man ager must do in this league is a bit too much for me.” Asked about the future the 28 year-old Stratton said, “I have no plans whatsoever, and I’m not even thinking of doing anything for a while.” The Hubbers to Sate have won five games and lost ten. As a relief pitcher Stratton showed good control and a sweep ing curve ball but lacked speed. BROWNS DEFEAT BOSOX, 6 TO 3 Niggeling Pitches St. Louis Out Of Tailspin And In to Win Over Boston ST. LOUIS, May 14.— *7P) —The up-and-down St. Louis Browns pulled out of a tailspin today to defeat the fourth-place Boston Red Sox, 6 to 3, behind the six-hit pitch ing of Johnny Niggeling. Three of the six blows off the old knuckle-bailer were by Bobby Doerr, the leading hitter in the American league, and accounting for two of the Boston runs. The Browns, who had lost four out of their last five games to the lowly Chicago White Sox and the Athletics, popped right out with two runs in the first inning and drove Herbert Newsome, the start ing Sox hurler, to the showers be fore any were out in the third. He was replaced by Mace Brown, who yielded only two hits before going out for a pinch batter in the sixth. Dominic Ryba gave up three hits and one run in the last three frames. Score by innings: | BOSTON _ 101 010 000—3 6 0 ST. LOUIS _ 212 001 OOx—6 10 2 Runs batted in—Doerr 2, Gutteridge, Williams, Laabs, Cullenbiile 2, McQuinn, McQuillen. Three base hit—McQuinn. Home runs—Cullenbine, Laabs. Stolen base—Pesky. Double plays—Stephens Gutteridge and McQuinn; P£sky, Doerr and Lupien. Left on bases—Boston 8; St. Louis 6. Bases on balls—Off New some 3: off Ryba 1: off Niggeling 6. Struck out—By Newsome 1; by Niggel ing 4. Hits—Off Newsome. 5 in 2 in nings (none out in 3rd); off Brown 2 in 3: off Ryba 3 in 3. Losing pitcher— Newsome. Umpires—McGowan, Hubbara and Rommel. Time—1:47. Attendance paid)—1,050. 938 Britons Killed In Raids In April LONDON, May 14—(ffl—Britain’s air raid casualties for April, a period covering Germany’s retalia tory “guide book” attacks on Nor wich,, Exeter, Bath and Hastings, among other places, totaled 038 dead and 998 injured, the Ministry of Home Security announced to night. 1 ‘DEATH DODGERS’ HERE TONIGHT Famous Daredevils To For mally Open 1942 Season With Show At Stadium Automobile and motorcycle stuntmen roll into action at Legion stadium here tonight as the Jim mie Lynch Death Dodgers, nation ally famous daredevils, open their 1942 schedule with a two-hour pro gram of thrills, starting at 8:31) o'clock. The veteran Jimmie Lynch, mak ing his first appearance in Wil mington, will personally direct the performers in their cavalcade of thrills, including outstanding auto mobile and motorcycle stunts. Daredevil Lynch will be assisted by his troupe of stars, these in cluding numerous other nationally famous drivers and riders. One of the featured events of the show will be the triple reverse steeplechase race, in which one car, traveling in the opposite di rection of two others, plunges over elevated ramps placed directly be tween ramps over which the two other cars travel. This stunt re quires perfect skill and maneuver ing of all three cars, as well as perfect timing. Another feature of the program will be the sensational, death-defy ing dive bomber crash, in which Daredevil Bill Horton races a stock model car around the track, then up an elevated rampway to a height of 12 feet, catapulting the machine through space for a dis tance sufficient to hurdle a large passenger bus, finally crashing into the side of another parked auto mobile. Numerous other automobile thrillers, including the double fire wall plunge, the deliberate crash roll, Roman steeplechase races, the slide for life and various comedy acts will be included. Motorcycle stunts include the aerial criss-cross the leap for life through a flam ing hoop, and the double firewall plunge. Art Briese. Chicago motor cycle expert, and Daredevil Horton will perform in these daring events. Tonight’s show will likely be Wil mington’s only automobile and motorcycle thrill show of the sea son, due to the gasoline restric tions and the shortage of auto mobiles and tires. The event is be ing sponsored by the American Legion post. --V Corporal Porky Oliver Enters PGA Tournament NEW YORK, May 14.—(/P)—Cor poral Ed (Porky.) Oliver sent in his entry today for the professional Golfers association championship at Abescon, N. J., starting May 25 and notified P. G. A. officials he has ‘'permission to compete.” Oliver, n»w stationed at Fort Dix, N. J., is the second Army golfer to enter the tourney. Several days ago, Corporal Vic Ghezzi, the defending champion, sent his entry along from Fort Monmouth, N. J. CAROLINA TEAM FAVORED IN LOOP EVENT AT DUKE Duke Also Expected To Be Strong In Conference Outdoor Field Contest DURHAM. May 14.— Iff) —Ath letes from the majority of the Southern Conference’s 16 member institutions assembled here tonight for the twentieth annual outdoor track and field championships, which will be launched in Duke stadium tomorrow afternoon. Preliminaries and qualifying trials start at 1:30 o'clock. Finals in the 15-event program will be run off Saturday afternoon, begin ning at 3:30. Cast in the role of heavy favor ites were the University of North Carolina's Tar Heels, who will en ter a squad of 33 men—the largest delegation to represent any one of the competing schools. Carolina bowled to Duke’s Blue Devils in the thrilling battle for team honors last year at Williams burg, Va., but the Tar Heels’ well distributed strength enabled them to make a runaway of the 1942 in door meet. Advance dope gave only Duke a chance to fend off a Carolina march to the championship. But the Tar Heels have already assert ed their superiority over the Blue Devils by capturing the annual dual meet between the old rivals. 66-60. Seven of the 1941 individual title holders will be on hand to defend their crowns. The list is headed by Carolina’s Warren Mengel, who won both the broad jump and the 120-yard high hurdles last year. Duke has four defending cham pions in Moffat Storer, in the IOC and 220 - yard dashes; Werner Brown, in the 440; Ed Sargent, in the 220-yard low hurdles; and Steve Lach, the All-America foot ball star, in the shot put. Jack Gilmore of Maryland is the high jump champ, and Ralph Fen nell of Clemson defends in the pole vault. All seven men will be favored to repeat, with the exception of Stor er and Sargent, both of whom have fallen below their 1941 standards because of leg injuries. There will be keen competition over the entire field — and the threat to Lach’s shot put laurels, offered by Duke’s Bob Gantt and Carolina’s Dick White, should pro vide one of the most interesting features. Lach has won his spe cialty for the last two years, breaking the conference record with a heave of 49 feet, 11 inches last year. Outstanding prformances can be expected from such brilliants as Mike Andrews, N. C. State’s great all-around entrant; Dick Van Wagoner, Carolina’s ace distance runner; Percy Ashby, Tar H e 1 broad jumper; Archie Taylor, a Davidson threat in both of the hurdles events; and Paul McMul lin, Virginia Tech’s sprint and hurdle star. 3 -V MOST VOLCANOES More volcanoes which have been active within historic times are lo. cated in the Central American re public of Salvador than in any other country. 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