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By WHITNEY MARTIN
NEW YORK, May 26.-The
place is bleak and deserted now, a
cast, week-grown pock mark on
the Long Island flats and they do
say that on still nights eerie
noises resembling the surly roar
of a mob swell up from the tiers
upon tiers of vacant seats, and
ghostly figures flit about in fren
zied, unceasing activity in the
heart of the arena.
They might be only the rebounds
of that night 10 years ago this
Sunday, of course, when two little
men slugged it out in the heat and
glare of lights which only inten
sified the surrounding darkness
that hid yelling thousands.
It was a bitter, dog-eat-dog fist
fight from which one of the par
ticipants was to emerge as some
thing of a hero, judged on the
then prevalent standards. He was
adding a second—a third if you
count the synthetic junior welter
title—to his list, and that, in those
days when our heroes were iden
tified with the prize ring, gridiron
and baseball field instead of the
battlefield, was triumph supreme.
GREATER HERO NOW
The little guy who emerged the
hero that night today holds no title
but oddly enough he is a greater
hero than ever he was when he
fought to the roar of the crowd
and the tinkle of the cash drawer.
He is Barney Ross, a flat-pinned,
friendly little fellow, his black hair
streaked with becoming gray, his
sturdy body wound-scarred and
fever - wracked. He couldn’t go 15
rounds now, but long after he had
hung up his gloves he fought, and
won, a finish fight against over
whelming odds in the terrifying,
rain - drenched blackness of the
Guadalcanal jungle, and he prizes
the Silver Star awarded for gal
lantry more than he would all the
prize fight titles from flyweight to
heavyweight.
! Only 10 years ago, but it might
! have been yesterday except for he
I world-shaking events that crowded
j themselves into the intervening
! years.
No one watching the agile, mue
i cular little guy dancing and sharp
| shooting his way to the decision
; and the welter championship that
j night could visualize what lay
, ahead for tlje happy warrior. They
j might have guessed that he would
lose the title to the same man the
! next time out, as it was a close
fight and many thought Jimmy
McLarnin had won. And they
might even have guessed he would
win it back the third time they
met, which he did.
WRONG GUESS
But otherwise they would have
guessed his future as that of all
fighters-the inroads of the years,
the 'eventual loss of his ring hon
ors, and oblivion.
In their wildest flight of imagi
nation they would never have pic
tured that today, 10 years later,
Barney Ross would be more in
the public eye than ever, with an
enviable record of service to his
country and an honorable medical
discharge from the United States
Marines.
But Barney Ross had only be
gun to fight that night of May 21,
1938, when, after taking a terrible
beating from Henry Armstrong in
the same Long Island bowl in
which he had won the welter title
almost four years to the day be
fore, he hung up his gloves and
said he was all through.
TIGERS DROP 3RD <
TO ATHLETIC 3-2
DETROIT, May 26. —(TP)— The
Philadelphia Athletics continued to
cool off the once red-hot Detroit
Tigers, winning 3 to 2 today be
hind the pitching of Bobo Newsom
and Jittery Joe Berry for their
third straight victory of the series.
It was Detroit’s 12th home defeat
in 13 games and their sixth in
succession.
Newsom blanked his former
mates for eight innings but was
removed after passing the first
two batters in the ninth.
The Tigers then broke through
for two runs after 17 scoreless In
nings before Berry stamped out
the rally. Newsom lost to Detroit on
two unearned runs last week.
The A's gathered nine hits off
Paul Trout, who suffered his fourth
defeat, but all three runs were un
earned. Trout had beaten Philadel
phia seven straight games.
The A’s scored two runs in the
first and one in the third. With
two out Ford Garrison was safe in
the first on Joe Hoover’s error
and stole second. Frank Hayes
doubled Garrison home and scor
ed on Dick Siebert’s single.
George Kell singled and took
second on Roger Cramer’s error
in the third and scored on Hayes’
single.
Rudy York and Pinky Higgins
drew passes in the ninth, and Jim
my outlaw greeted Berry with a
single, scoring York. The bases
were filled on a fielder’s choice,
but Berry fanned Bob Swift and
go«t Pinch hitter Paul Richards
on a run scoring fly. Pinch hitter
Don Ross then lined out.
Philadelphia —201 000 000—3 » 1
Detroit _000 000 002—2 8 2
Batteries: Philadelphia: Hayes,
Newsom and Berry; Detroit: Swift
and Trout.
ENLIST IN NAVY
Enlisting this week in the U. S.
Navy reserve from nearby areas
were Lafayette Lloyd Sandy and
Harold Maxton Price, of Clinton.
James Hutchinson Smith and
Bernard Clayton Hester, of Bladen
boro and Fred Douglas, Negro, of
Wilmington.
Backstop
Carolina and Duke teams will
clash at Durham Saturday in a
unique triple bill — tennis at Z,
track at 2:40, and baseball at 3 o’
clock. Ray Walters (above) is star
backstop and clean-up man for the
Tar Heel nine. Carolina won the
initial game at the Hill, but it took
an 8th inning rally, as Duke led up
to that point 4 to 3.
Dodgers Option Hart,
Purchase Jack Bolling
NEW YORK, May 26.—(IP)—The
Brooklyn Dodgers announced to
day they had optioned Bill Hart,
a shortstop, to the New Orleans
club of the Southern Association,
and had purchased Jack Bolling,
a first baseman, lefthanded bat
ter, had a trial with the Phila
delphia Phillies two years ago. j
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‘BLUE BRIGADE'
PLAY FLORENCE
CAMP DAVIS, N. C., May 26.—
Riding high on the strength of two
shutouts in its last two outings the
Blue Brigade engages the Flor
ence, S. C-, Air Base in a week
end series, the first game getting
underway at the Mapel Hill dia
mond tomorrow at 5:45 o’clock.
; That the Camp Davis pitching
jhas played a most important part
in the season’s activities is evi
denced by the total of 16 runs al
! lowed the opposition in seven
| games. And with Jim Hearn’s no
; hitter against formidable Ft.
Bragg still fresh in the minds of
Antiaircrafters the Brigade ex
pects to take the Florence Fliers
into camp twice.
Ray Oban will face the visitors
on the firing line. The former
Camp Edwards, Mass., flinger was
impressive in his six-inning effort
against Camp Pickett last Satur
day. Except for that contest the
Chunky righthander has received
little batting support from his AA
mates. But with the recent debuts
of Johnny Bezemes, Ed Stoeckel
and Johnny Boshart the Brigade
power has been accelerated and
Major Johnson, AA coach, is hope
ful that the stickwork will rival the
super - quality pitching unfurled
thus far.
With the one substitution of Oban
for Hearn in the pitcher’s box the
Camp Davis lineup today will be
the same as confronted Ft. Bragg.
Batting order: Caliento, If; Oban
p; Bezemes, rf; Cvengros, 3b; Bo
shart, lb; Stoeckel cf; Lacorte,
2b; DeLuca, c; Postolese, ss.
Sunday’s meeting is also listed
for 5:45 at the Antiaircraft Cent
er.
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PHILLIES BUMPED
FOR 9 TO 1 LOSS
PHILADELPHIA, May 26. —(A5)
—The Chicago Cubs removed the
jinx formerly held over them by
Lefty A1 Gerheauser in routing the
Phillies 9 to 1, for their sixth suc
cessive victory today.
The Bruins landed on Gerheau
ser for seven hits and six runs in
the first three innings, while Paul
Derringer sprinkled nine hits
sparsely for the route to get cre
dit for the victory. The Cubs re
corded 14 safe wallops in all.
The Phillies escaped a shutout
when Jimmy Wasdell and Charlie
Letchas doubled in the sixth.
Chicago _042 000 120—9 14 0
Philadelphia -000 001 000—1 B 2
Batteries: Chicago: Holm and
Derringer; Philadelphia, Finley
Gerheauser, Covington and Dono
hue.
SENIORSHONORED
WITH LAUNCHING
Launching of the S. S. Game
Cock yesterday honored the grad
uating class of New Hanover high
school when the ship was christen
ed by a member of the senior
class at the yard of the North
Carolina Shipbuilding company.
Reigning over the ceremonies
vas Miss Charlene Register, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H.
Register of 1012 South Fourth
street, who was chosen as sponsor
by vote of the class.
Her attendants were Miss Byah
Thomason, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. B. H. Thomason of 313 Col
onial Drive, and Miss Betty Evans,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Evans, 212 South Lumina avenue,
Wrightsville Beach.
Recognition of the Senior class
at the launching makes the second
year the sl\oyard has contributed
the exercises as part of the grad
uating program. The custom was
started in 1943 and is expected to'
be continued in the future with the
seniors selecting the sponsor and
her attendants.
-Liic t,ypc amp lo me
vessel to near completion at the
yard. She is named for an extreme
clipper ship launched at East Bos
ton December 21, 1850. The original
Gamecock never came up to ex
pectation of her owners as to speed,
but she earned the reputation
through 30 years of hard service as
being one of the fastest ships afloat.
Under command of Captain
Jayne, the vessel left New York
June 10, 1859 and crossed the line
on June 29. The best day on her
maiden voyage, with Captain Hol
lis in command, was 325 miles.
While at Shanghai in June, 1862,
she was offered for sale but no
transfer was made. Several years
later she was sold to Robert L.
Taylor and others, of New York,
who were at that time owners of
the celebrated clipper Young
America. The Game Cock was
finally condemned at the Cape of
Good Hope, in February, 1880.
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Howard Hartley, the gridiron speedster- is the No. 1 sprinter on
the Duke track team. He will be favored to take the 100-yard dash Sat
urday In a big “Duke-Carolina D^y.”
SWIMMING MEET
TO BE HELD AT Y
Eighteen youths will take part
in the swimming contest to be held
at the YMCA tonight at 7 o’clock
to determine city champions.
The boys, two from each of the
nine schools represented in the
“Learn to Swim” classes, were
chosen from the 124 participants
taking part in ’Splash Week”, just
now completed.
Divisions of the meet will in
clude swimming and diving. Par
ents of the contestants are invited
to attend.
During spla?h week the main
course taught and stressed was the
learning of the American crawl.
The boys also worked on the pre
fection of the standard breast
stroke, side stroke and backstroke.
Later instruction will include the
life saving course.
The Y will resume the original
schedule next week of class TVBUrs
for members of the organization
who will be instructed in advanced
swimming and diving. Midgets will
meet from 3:30 to 4:30 on Mon
day and Wednesday; preps, from
3:30 to 4:3; on Tuesday and Thurs
day; and juniors, from 4:40 to 5:30
on Tuesday and Thursday. Em
ployed boys swim Mondays, Wed
nesday and Friday nights at 7
o’clock.
The Saturday morning schedule
is: 9:30 to 10:15 o’clock, prep?;
10:15 to 11 o’clock, midgets; and
11 to 11:45, juniors.
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PIRATES ROMP
ON BRAVES 7-5
BOSTON, May 26. —fyp>— Two
pinch batters came through for
Frankie Frisch today and their
successful efforts enabled the
Pittsburgh Pirates to defeat the
Braves 7 to 5 in the rubber con
test of a three game series.
In the seventh, Bob Elliott walk
ed and scored on Frankie Gus
tine’s double. After Babe Dahl
gren popped out. Vince DiMaggio
singled to left scoring Gustine. A1
Ruebling, batting for Preacher
Roe, doubled to left to score Di
Maggio.
In the eighth Hutchinson walked
both Tom O’Brien, who replaced
Russell, and Elliott and Frank
Colman, batting for Gustine, drove
a home run over the right field
fence for what proved the winning
runs.
Pittsburgh .010 000 330—7 7 0
Boston _000 021 101—5 12 0
Batteries: Pittsburgh: Lopez,
Roe, Rescigno and Sewell; Boston:
Kluttz, Andrews, Hutchinson and
KIopp.
Carolinas* AAA Track,
Field Championships
Scheduled On June 10
CHAPEL HILL, May 26.—
(iP)— The eighth Carolinas’ A.
A. U. track and field cham- |
pionship will be held at the
University of North Carolina
on Saturday, June 10, athletic
director R. A. Fetzer announc
ed today.
The meet is open to any
amateur athlete in high or
preparatory school, college, or
club, or to any unattached
amateur athlete, and to any
man in any branch of the arm
ed service. There will be one
division of competition for all.
The field events will consist
of the pole vault, discus, high
jump, broad jump, shot put,
and javelin.
The track events will In
clude a 120 yd- high hurdles,
100 yd. dash, one mile run, 2Z0
yd- dash, 220 yd. low hurdles,
880 yd. run, two mile run, 440
yd. relay and one mile relay.
Entries close on June 7.
SENATORS WIN
IN 13 INNINGS
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CLEVELAND, May 26. — (JP) -
The Washington Senators staged
two uprisings, one a 13th inning
stand, to defeat the Cleveland Ind
ians 5 to 3 today, chalking up their
third consecutive triumph over the
last-place Tribe.
George Case banged a two-run
single into center in the 13th, after
Rick Ferrell and Johnny Sullivan
hit safely.
A three-run rally in the seventh
put the Senators into the lead, but
an Indian tally in the same inning
sent the ball game into overtime.
Early Wynn pitched the distance
for Washington.
Washington _..000 000 300 000 2—5
Cleveland _000 200 100 000 0—3
Batteries Washington: Ferrell,
Guerra, Wynn; Cleveland:: Rosar,
Kennedy, Heving and Reynolds.
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Tiger Player Ordered
Up For Armed Service
DETROIT, May 26—(JP)—Albert
Unser, utility infielder of the De
troit Tigers, was accepted today
for general military servlc®. He
said he would remain in baseball
until ordered to report. Unst r fc
27 years old and had transferred
his pre-induction physical exami
nation from Decatur, 111.
Charley Metro, reserve outfielder
took his examination today but
was ordered back tomorrow lot a
recheck. He is 25 and transferred
from Mayfield, Ky.
Florida U. Will Resume
F ootball, Says T om Lieb
By WAYNE OLIVER
GAINESVILLE, Fla., May 26—
<£)—Coach Tom Lieb, preparing for
the resumption of football at the
University of Florida after a year
layoff, is hard at work on a cam
paign to keep home talent at home.
The husky, graying mentor said
today he has a good crop of freah
men lined up for the Gators but
that to tell who they are before
they are registered “would be ad
vertising the contacts we have
made as well as serve as a road
map for the men from other
schools who are working this
state.”
Lieb and university alumni have
unhappy memories of past years
when many of the state’s best high
school players have gone to schools
outside the state and the Gators
have been beaten frequently by
Florida boys playing for other
teams.
Florida is one of the sevin South
eastern Conference schools plan
ning to resume football after di|>p
ping out of competition because of
the war, and, like most of theu>
will start virtually from scratch
with freshman material.
Lieb decided it was a good time
to try keeping that talent at home I
and says “I know of very few j
boys who are going out of the state
this year and I believe we have
about 40 prospects coming to the
university.”
The Gator coach, former Notre
Dame tackle and one time assis
tant to Knute Rockne, concedes
that some Florida boys may have
gone elsewhere in the past be
cause of a desire to play with
teams of greater reputation but
said “1 don’t believe that is en
tirely the cause as there have been
a great many violations of the ath
letic code in regard to financial
inducements in the past few
years.”
Florida has games scheduled
with Mississippi, Tennessee, Miami
(Fla) and Georgia and also plans
to meet Maryland and Alabama if
dates can be arranged.
DODGER ERRORS
LET CARDS WIN
BROOKLYN, May 26. — (TP) —
In the only game played of a
scheduled three game series, the
St Louis Cardinals, taking advan
tage of three Brooklyn errors, de
feated the Dodgers, 5-3, today.
Max Lanier, seeking his seventh
win of the year, held Brooklyn
scoreless until the sixth. Then with
two on and two out. Gilbert Eng
lish smashed a home run into the
left field stands to account for all
Brooklyn’s runs.
The Cardinals had assumed an
early lead, scoring single runs in
the first and third. Hal Gregg,
gunning for his sixth victory of'
the campaign, hit Johnny Hopp
and Stan Musial in succession w|th
pitched balls in the opening in
ning, and Walker Cooper scored!
Hopp with a double. A pair of two
base hits by Musial and Cooper
accounted for the other tally.
The Cards tied the score in the
seventh, when Howard Schultz
erred on Debs Garms’ grounder,
pinch hitting for Lanier, allowing
Marty Marion, who had doubled,
to score.
St. Louis _101 000 120—5 8 1
Brooklyn _000 003 000—3 7 3
Batteries: St. Louis: W. Cooper,
Lanier and Jurisich; Brooklyn:
Bragan, Gregg and Webber.
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BUCKY WALTERS
WINS 7TH, 4 - 3
NEW YORK, May 26—OB—Bucky
Walters won his seventh game of
the season for the Cincinnati Reds
tonight as he held the Giants to
five hits for a 4 to 3 victory in
ten innings before 8,366 at the
Polo grounds.
A home run by Giant Manager
Mel Ott with one on in the ninth
forced the game overtime, but
in the tenth singles by 9t«ve
Mesner, Woody Williams and Max
Marshall accounted for the win
ning tally.
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RESULTS
National League
St. Louis 5, Brooklyn 3.
Pittsburgh 7 .Boston 5.
Chicago 9, Philadelphia 1.
Cincinnati 4, New York 3.
American League
Washington 5, Cleveland 3.
Philadelphia 3, Detroit 2.
New York 4, Chicago 0.
STANDINGS
National League
Team Won Lost Pet.
St. Louis . 22. 9 .71C
Pittsburgh . 17 11 .601
Cincinnati . 18 12 .60C
Philadelphia . 13 15 .464
Boston . 15 20 .429
New York . 13 18 .414
Brooklyn .13 18 .419
Chicago . 10 18 .357
American League
Team Won Lost Pet.
New York . 18 10 .643
Washington . 18 14 .563
St. Louis . 19 15 .558
Philadelphia .17 15 .431
Boston . 10 17 .453
Detroit . 15 19 .441
Chicago .,. 13 18 .419
Cleveland . 14 20 .412
TODAY’S GAMES
National League
St. Louis at New York—Munger
(4-1 ( vs Melton (0-1)
Cincinnati at Brooklyn—De La
Cruz (2-2) or Heusser (2-2) vs
Davis (3-2).
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia
(night)—Butcher (3-2) vs Schanz
(3-2)
Chicago at Boston—Wyse (3-4)
vs Barrett (3-5)
American League
New York at Chicago—Dubiel
(3-1) vs Lopat (1-2)
Philadelphia at Detroit—Chris
topher (1-3) vs Newhouser (5-3)
Washington at Cleveland—Wolff
(3-2) vs Kleine (1-2)
Boston at St. Louis— Woods
(1-2) vs Hollingsworth CO-2).
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City Hall, Courthouse
To Close Memorial Day
In observance of Memorial Day,
the banks, city hall, county court
house, chamber of commerce and
the freigh stations of the Seaboard
Air Line Railway and the Atlan
tic Coastline Railroad company
will be closed in honor of Ameri
can soldiers who have given their
lives in battle. Retail stores will
remain open.
Postmaster Wilbur R. Dosher
said the postoffice will observe a
holiday, except that general de
livery, COD, and registrv windows
will be open from 10 a.m. to
noon. No mail will be delivered.
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No. 1 Boy
Carolina and Duke stars will
clash in all three spring sports in
Durham Saturday afternoon. Ray
Morris (above) is No. X man for
the Tar Heel netters, who will op
en the three-way scrap for State
and Conference honors at 2 o’
clock.
Armstrong To Fight
Al Davis At Garden
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NEW YORK, May 26,— (JP)—Hen
ry Armstrong, who once held three
world boxing titles at the same
time, will oppose Al Davis of
Brooklyn, for 10 rounds or less in
in Madison Square Garden June 9.
Armstrong replaces Aaron Perry,
young Washington, D. C., welter
weight whom he knocked out Mon
day night.
Earlier in the day, the 20th Cen
tury Sporting club announced that
Willie'Pep, ew York featherweight
king, and NBA lightweight cham
pion John Zurita had agreed to a
j 15-round non-title bout in the Gar
den June 16.
OPTICIANS MAKE
IT SIX STRAIGHT
‘Sluger’ Brown hurled one-Ivt
ball to give the City Optical team
a 13 to 1 victory over the Spofford
Mills club in a Municipal softball
league game played last night at
Robert Strange.
Last night’s win for the On
ticians is their sixth victory in „
many starts.
In an afternoon game the \yn
mington Firemen defeated ,■
Wrightsville Coast Guard team a
to 3.
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Beattie Feathers Named
N. C. State Head Coach
RALEIGH, May 26. —f.qp'i_^ ^
Fisher, chairman of the N. C. Sta e
college athletic council, announced
tonight that Louis B- (Farmer)
Johnson had declined to accent
a contract as head coach at the col.
lege and that Beattie Feathers
former Tennessee b, ck, had oeen
appointed
Johnson, now on leave from Co
piah-Lincoln junior college. We
son, Miss., was offered a contract
calling for his services until De
cember 31 to replace Williams
i Doc) Newton, who resigned to be.
: come head coach at South Caro
lina. When Johnson declined to ac
cept the offer, Fisher said, the
council decided to promote Feath
ers to the top spot.
SERVICE TO BE HELP
Members of the Laymen’s Lea
gue, St. James Episcopal Church,
will conduct services at the couniv
' stockade tomorrow afternoon at 3
o’clock. All members are asked tu
| meet at the church at 2:30 o'clock.
I Transportation will be provided.
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