The Sports Trail
By WHITNEY MARTIN
By WHITNEY MARTIN
NEW YORK, June 8.—OP)— The
New York Yankees used to be
known for their homers, but right
now it looks like they might be
. come known as homers. A homer
being a guy who can knock the
gars off anyone he catches in his
back pasture, but can’t beat an
-egg anywhere else.
As this is written the New ork
ers still are leading the league,
but they had to play .729 ball on
their home lot to do it. Their per
centage for road games was .421.
Not that they are alone in this
■liking for the fireside. The St.
Louis Browns played only .455 ball
on the road in winning the pen
nant last year, but at home they
were dynamite. In fact, only the
second-place Detroit Tiger? were
above the .500 mark for American
League road games during the 1944
geason.
The Yankees have much in their
favor as a home team, mostly from
a psychological standpoint. To be
gin with, there is something about
the vast, forbidding stadium thal
awes the visitors, particularly the
younger players. It’s a place you
just have in the stadium is the time
when shutting out the Yankees
practically was the equivalent oi
a no-hit game to a pitcher. They
went 306 games without being
blanked, Lefty Grove breaking the
spell August 3, 1933.
In the past week the Yankees
have beep blanked three times. The
war really has cut the Giants dowm
to average size.
McCarthy’s team has been hang
ing on to first place by its eye
brows so far. What it will do with
Johnny Lindell gone is problemati.
cal. Not better, that’s sure. They
might eventually get the fat and
40 Red Ruffing back to help out in
the pitching department, but it is
very doubtful if they will be in
first place when he’s ready to go.
Or maybe they could arrange to
play all their games at home.
YANKS LOSE 64
TO BOSTON SOX
NEW YORK. June 8 — —
George Metkovich’s two-run hom
er in the seventh centered a Bos
ton Red Sox 6-4 decision over the
New York Yankees today for the
visitors 14th victory in their last
19 starts.
The loss all but knocked the
Yanks out of the American League
lead depending on the result of
Detroit’s home twilight tilt with
Chicago. Going into today's game,
the Tigers were only a game back
with a chance of taking a nine
percentage point lead by a tri
amph.
Ernie Bonham failed Manager
Joe McCarthy for the fifth time
after grabbing an early 3-0 lead
by batting home Nick Etten and
Russ Derry in the second and cash
ing Oscar Grimes’ double on an
infield out in the fourth.
Joe Cronin's high-flying gang
kavoed Bonham in the sixth scor
ing four times on a combination
by Metkovich, and Bob Johnson,
of a walk to Eddie Lake, singles
single by Pete Fox and a double
an error by Russ Derry, another
by Tommy McBride.
McBride's poke brought A1 Get
tel to the scene to stop further
damage by allowing only one hit
in the remainder of the game.
Started Clem Hausman was
lifted for a pinch hitter in the
Red Sox spurt and Francis (Red)
Barrett took over to stop the >
Yanks until the ninth after Met
kovich’s round tripper following a
walk to Lake in the seventh had
made it 6-4 Boston.
Don Savage's pinch-single a wild
peg by Lake and a walk brought
Vic Johnson from the Red Sox
bullpen in the ninth. While walk
ing Pinch Hitter Tuck Stain,back,
a pitch got away from Catcher
Fred Walters for a passed ball
letting a run score. The southpaw
then retired Hersh Martin on a
called third strike. Ben Steiner
contributed a leaping finger tip
catch of Nick Etten’s sizzling line
drive to end the game.
Derry was in center field for
the Yanks, replacing Johnny Lin
dell who was inducted into the
Army today, making his first
start appearance in about three
weeks.
Boston AbtHO A E
Lake, ss - 3 2 0 1 2 1
Steiner, 2b - 4 0 0 3 3 0
Metkovich, lb_ 5 2 3 8 2 0
R. Johnson, If _ 4 112 0 0
Fox. rf - 4 0 1 6 0 0
Tobin. 3b - 4 1 0 0 0 0
McBride, cf- 4 0 1 2 0 0
Walters, c - 2 0 1 3 0 0
Hausmann, p_ 2 0 0 2 2 0
xFerriss - 1 0 0 0 0 0
Barrett, p - 1 0 0 0 0 0
V. Johnson, p- 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals - 34 6 8 27 9 ~1
xBatted for Hausmann in 6th.
New York Ab R H O A E
Stirnweiss, 2b __ 4 0 1 2 2 0
Metheny, rf- 4 0 0 1 0 0
ZzzStainback _ 0 0 0 0 0 0
Martin, If - 5 0 0 2 0 0
Etten. lb - 3 117 10
Derry, cf - 4 115 0 1
Grimes, 3b - 2 12 0 10
Crosetti, ss _ 3 0 0 2 0 0
M. Garbark, c_ 3 0 1 8 0 0
(Savage - 101000
Bonham, p _ 2 0 1 0 0 0
Gettel, p_ 1 0 0 0 0 0
izBuzas - 1 1 0 0 0 0
. Totals _ 33 4 8 27 4 1
zBatted for Garbark in 91 h. "
zzBatted for Gettel in 9th.
zzzBatted for Metheny in 9th,
Score by innings:
Boston _ 000 004 200—6
New York _ 020 100 001— 4
Runs batted in—Bonham 3. R. John
son, Tobin, McBride, Metkovich 2. Two
base hits—Grimes, McBride. Home Tun—
Metkovich. Sacrifices—Grimes, Steiner.
Double play — Metkovich (unassisted).
Left on bases—Boston 6; New York 9.
Bases on balls—Hausmann 3, Barrett 2.
V. Johnson 1, Gettel 3. Strikeouts—Bon
|iam 3, Hausmann 1, Gettel 4, V. John
son 1. Hits—off Bonham 7 in 5 2-3 in
Wngs; Gettel 1 in 3 1-3; Hausmann 4 in
S; Barrett 4 in 3 1-3, V. Johnson 0 in 2-3.
Passed balls—Walters 2. Winning pitch
er—Hausmann. Losing pitcher—Bonham,
Umpires—Summers, Boyer and Jones',
rime—2:16. Attendance—5,75 3paid.
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LONGER WAIT
CHICAGO, June 8—OP)—Rancis
B. Davis, Jr., ^airman o fthe
United States RtS^ber Co., pre
dicted today that it would be late
1945 or 1945 before the A-card
Biotorist could get a new tire for
Itis passenger car.
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YESTERDAYS RESULTS
National League
Chicago 7, Cincinnati 3.
New York at Boston, ppnd.
Philadelphia at Brooklyn (night).
Pittsburgh at St. Louis (night).
American League
Boston 6. New York 4.
Detroit 2. Chicago 1,
St. Louis at Cleveland (night).
Washington at Philadelphia (night).
STANDINGS
National League
Teams Won Lott Pet.
New York - 28 15 .651
•St. Louis - 24 18 .571
•Pittsburgh - 23 19 .348
•Brooklyn - 22 20 .524
Chicago - 20 19 .513
Cincinnati _ 21 20 .512
Boston- 19 21 .475
•Philadelphia _ 10 35 .222
American League
Teams Won Lost Pet.
Detroit - 23 16 .590
New York- 25 18 .581
•St, Louis- 21 18 .538
Boston - 23 20 .535
Chicago _ 20 22 .476
•Washington _ 19 22 .463
•Cleveland _ 17 21 .447
•Philadelphia - 15 26 .366
•Playing night game.
PROBABLE PITCHERS
National League
New York at Boston—Feldman (5-2) vs.
Logan 12-1).
Philadelphia at Brooklyn (night) —
Sproull (1-3) vs. Gregg (6-4).
Pittsburgh at St. Louis (night) —
Strincevich (3-3) vs. Barrett (5-3).
Cincinnati at Chicago—Heusser ($-S)
its. Wyse (5-4),
American League
Boston at New York—O'Neill (3-1) vs.
3cvens (4-2).
Washington at Philadelphia— Woltt
.5-2) vs. Gerkin (0-4).
Chicago at Detroit—Ross (0-0) vs.
Vlueller (1-2).
St. Louis at Cleveland—Jakucki (3-4)
/s. Klieman (1-2).
ROLAND SPEAKS
TO NEGRO GRADS
Paying tribute to the high stand
ards set in the classrooms and the
efficiency which brought to the
school state-wide recongnition be
cause of a good health rate, Super
intendent of Schools H. M. Roland
in an address to the graduating
class of 'Williston High School
Thursday night, told the 122 boys
and girls that “we must look for
Christian leadership in the years to
come.” Theme of the graduating
program was “The Negro Faces
the Future.”
The program was highlighted by
a number of timely speeches by
members of the graduating class
which exemplified the fact that the
school is educating its students to
successfully meet the exigencies of
the post-war period. Diplomas were
presented to the graduates by Su
perintendent Roland and Prof. F.
J. Rogers.
The program was as follows:
Procdssional, Class; Scripture,
Class; Prayer, Quincy Benbow;
Hymn: “The World”, Class;
Introduction by Narrator Gladys
Inez Pierce; Music: “I Love Life”
Class; Salutatory, Adele Teresa;
Earnhill; “Health Needs of the
Negro”; Music: “The Builders”,
Class, Speech, Thomas G. Shelton;
"Housing Needs of the Negro”
Music: “Send Out Thy Light” Class
Speech, Mary E unice Sidberry,
“The Negro and Education in the
Post War World” Music: “I Had
A Little Talk With the Lord” class;
Music: “Incictus” Eugene Matt
hews; Speech, Rosa.Lee Jacobs
“Post War Economic Opportunties
for the Negro”; Valedictory, Bar
bara Louise Mason "Citizenship for
the Negro in the Post War World”
Negro National Hymn Class and
Audience Presentation of Diplomas
and Awards Supt. H. M. Roland
and Principal F. J. Rogers Class
son8, graduates; Benediction.
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New Hanover High Boy
Ties In Physics Test
William Lassiter, New Hanover
High School senior was one of three
students throughout the state to tie
for second place in the recent phy
sics contest sponsored by the North
Carolina High School Association
together with the several depart
ments of the University of North
Carolina and the Extension Divi
sion, it was announced last night.
First place was won by Solomon
Hersh, of R. J. Reynolds High
School of Winston-Salem. Lassiter
tied with Walter Wilson, of Hard
ing High School of Charlotte, and
Raymond BWant, of Greensboro.
iDavis To Coach ’Cat Backfield
TO ARRIVE HERE
FIRST OF JULY
Honorably Discharged
Marine To Assist Coach
Brogden
DURHAM, June 7.—Tom Davis,
Duke University football and base
ball star, will leave school at the
end of the present baseball season,
which will oe concluded on June
13, to take up duties as backfield
coach and assistant baseball coach
at New Hanover High School in
Wilmington on July 1.
Davis, a discharged Marine lieu
tenant, is from Wilson. He is mar
ried to the former Miss Mary
Elizabeth Clark, also of Wilson.
A brother of Jap Davis, who was
a standout footballer for Duke in
the late thirties, Tom came to
Duke in 1940. He was a member of
the 1942 Rose Bowl team, which
played Oregon State, and sparked
the Blue Devils to a 29-26 win
over Alabama in this year’s Sugar
Bowl game.
Another brother, Bill, played for
Duke as a freshman in 1941 before
entering the service.
In baseball Tom has also been a
standout. In 1943 he led the hitting
in the Ration League and is at the
present time greatly aiding the
Dukesters in their fight for the
Ration League pennant. He plays
centerfield.
In July 1943, Tom Davis entered
the Marine training unit at Duke.
He later was honorably discharged
with the rank of second lieutenant
because of an old football injury.
He played the first part of the 1943
season at Duke, but left in Novem
ber.
For his services to the Duke
football team this past season
Davis was mentioned on several
All-America teams and was gen
erally conceded to be the most
valuable player in the Southern
Conference.
In Wilmington he will work un
der Leon Brogden, former coach
at Wilson High, who coached Jap.
Tom and Bill Davis in high school.
U. S. COURT RULES
ON WARD APPEAL
(Continued from Page One)
decision of te lower court was in
error in regard to the law.”
The controversy actually was
the government versus Avery. He
defied a War Labor Board order to
sign a contract containing a main
tenance of membership clause witn
the United Retail. Wholesale and
Department Store Employes of
America (CIO after the union had
been certified as the bargaining
agent for Wards employes.
The union struck in April, 1944.
A few days later the gobernment
seized Wards Chicago properties
for the first time and Avery was
carried bodily from his office by
two husky soldiers. In May, 1944,
the government withdrew rom
management of Wards’ properties.
In December 1944, employes at
four Wards stores in Detroit walked
out to protest the company’s fail
ure to comply with th WBL direct
ive. The strike showed signs of
spreading and the Army agian took
over Wards properties. This time
properties in Chicago, Detriot, Ja
maica, N. Y., St. Paul, Minn.
Denver, Colo., San Rafael, Cal.,
and Portland, Ore., were seized.
The army has operated them ever
since.
On January 27, 1945, Judge Sul
livan ruled that the government
was without authority to seize the
properties but ordered the Army
to continue operation to them pend
ing an appeal.
Avery was supported in his de
fiance of the WLB by Wards stock
holders as at the annual meeting
this year all members of the board
of directors were re-elected and
two new directors who were elcted
for the first time had Avery’s en
dorsement. The board then by ac
clamation re-elected Avery as chair
man of the board and re-elected all
other officers.
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Over 800'High Student
To Work During Summer
(Continued from Page One)
ing the period that the placement
service has been in operation, there
has never been a come-back to the
Bureau from an employer who was
dissatisfied with the boy or girl
student who worked for him during
a vacation period. In fact the Bur
eau has been commended many
times on the high standared of
pupil help that has been certified
to New Hanover employers.
During the past Christmas vacat
ion period, between 300 and 450
boys and girls (the exact figure is
not now available) were certified
by the Placement Bureau for vacat
ion work and not a single objection
was heard as to the capabilities
oi the pupils who filled the maiy
part-time, or vacation jobs.
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GI SAVES MAN TWICE
ROCHESTER, N. Y.—(U.R)—Pfc.
Masters seems destined to save
lives. The University of Rochester
pre-medical student rescued a 53
year-old man from drowning in the
Barge Cajial in April and one
month later revived the same man
after he was dragged from the
Genesee River, into which he had
jumped.
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Sixteen Go Postward
In Kentucky Derby
By LEO H. PETERSEN
United Press Sports Editor.
LOUISVILLE, KY.. June 8—(U.R)
The pot of gold at the end of rac
ing's rainbow drew a field of 16
of the nation’s speediest horses of
the Kentucky Derby a wide open
affair.
Five horses in the group were
winning most of the support of the
thousands who back their selec
tions with money at the mutuel
windows with Jeep and Hoop Jr.,
likely to go to the post as co-fav
orites at three to one. But anyone
of the 16 had a chance and it
looked like one of those races in
which anything could happen.
Back of Jeep and Hoop Jr.
which divided the Wood Memorial
Stake money, came Pot O’ Luck,
Darby Dieppe and Alexis. They
were quoted at four, five and six
to one, respectively.
Should . all those entered this
morning face the starter's gun, it
will make this third “Street-Car”
Derby the richest in the history
of America's premier horse race
For it would mean a gross of $65,
375 and a net of $64,850—the entry
having cost the owners $25 for
nomination and $500 for starling—
against the $64,675 which Pensive
won last year when he led 15 other
horses across the wire.
Weather conditions, however,
promised to reduce the field with
three of the 16 listed as doubtful
starters. Although it stopped rain
ing at noon today, the Churchill
Downs’ track still was mhddy and
even with lots of sunshine between
now and the scheduled post time
of 5:15 p.m., C.W.T., tomorrow the
racing strip will be no better than
good. Until the rain started falling
Wednesday night the track was
lightning fast.
Burning Dream, the horse with
which Col. E. R. Bradley hopes to
win his fifth Derby as his adieu
to racing—he will retire this year
—.Kenilworth Lad and Jacobe
were in the doubtful starter class.
The first two do not like anything
but a fast track, which the fore
cast of thundershowers for tomor
row ruled out, while Jacobe did
not ship well from New York and
has a swollen leg which will keep
him from the barrier unless over
night treatments ..clear up the ail
ment.
The others will go regardless of
track • conditions. Darby Dieppe,
Fighting Step, Foreign Agent and
Tiger Rebel definitely were listed
in the good mudder class while
Hoop Jr., Jeep, Alexis, Misweet,
Air Sailor and Bert G. have done
well under any truck conditions'
Other probable starters includin
Buymeabond, Jacobe and Sea
Swallow have shown no particular
liking for off tracks. The latter,
however, will run, and with “The
Old Iceman,” Georgie Woolf up,
was gaining support.
Whose Who In Derby Today
LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 8—(U.R)—The field for the 71st anriial
renewal of the Kentucky Derby Saturday (.post time 5:15 p.m., CWT):
P. P.—Horse Jockey
1 F-Misweet _Craig
2 F-Sea Swallow _ Woolf
3 Jeep _ Kirkland
4 Foreign Agent__ Knott
5 Air Sailor__. > Hass
6 Burning Dream _4__ Snider
7 Pot O'Luck _ Dodson
8 F-Tiger Rebel_ Layton
9 Darby Dieppe _ Calvert
10 F-Buymeabond ..... Smith
11 Alexis _ Scawthorne
12 Hoop, Jr. _ Arcaro
13 Fighting Step_ South
14 F-A-Bert G _... Summers
15 F-Jacobe ...__ Lindberg
16 A-F-Kenliworth Lad Watson
A—Will runs as entry.
F—Field.
Owner Trainer Odds
Arthur Rose O’Donnell 30-1
C. S. Howard Casey 30-1
C. V. Whitney Ruff 3-1
J. Brink Lewis 20-1
T. D. Buhl Wilson 12-1
E. R. Bradley Smith 8-1
Calumet Farms Jones 4-1
Brent-Talbott Goode 30-1
Mrs. Lewis Gentry 5-1
J. K. Housells Stucky 30-1
Christiana Stable Healey 6-1
F. W. Hooper Parke 3-1
Murlog Farm Norman 20-1
T. Graham Rose 30-1
A. R. Wright Scott 30-1
T. Graham Rose 30-1
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DETRI ‘TAKES
AMERICAN LEAD
DETROIT, June 8 — —The De
troit Tigers grabbed the American
League lead here today by beat
ing the Chicago White Sox, 2 to 1,
in a twilight game before 14,385
fans in the opener of a four-gan^p
series.
Forrest (Joe) Orrell, tall Tiger
righthander, hurled four-hit ball
in pitching Detroit into first place
but Paul (Dizzy) Trout was called
in to retire the Sox in the ninth
after Orrell put the first two bats
men on base.
It was Trout’s first relief ap
pearance of the season but the
victory went to Orrell, who had
lost both his two previous starts.
Detroit scored both its runs off
starter Thornton Lee, Chicago
left-hander, who gave six hits be
fore retiring for a pinch-hitter in
the seventh.
rtoger craraer s aouDie 10 ieit,
Jim Outlaw’s single to center and
Bob Swift’s two-base knock down
the left field line contributed the
two Tiger tallies in the fourth
Chicago counted in the eighth
when Wally Moses walked, took
second on an infield out and scored
on Johnny Dickshot’s single.
Orrell escaped trouble in the
seventh after Chicago filled the
bases with cnt out and Trout re
tired Kirby Farrell, last Chicago
batsman in the ninth, with the
sacks jammed.
The one-run victory was Detroit’s
10th this season and put the Tigers
nine percentage points ahead of
the second place New York
Yankees.
Chicago Ab R H O A E
Moses, rf _ 3 1 0 3 0 0
Farrell, lb _ 5 0 0 9 0 0
Hockett. cf _ 3 0 0 1 0 0
Dickshot, lb _ 3 0 2 0 0 0
Cuccinello, 3b_ 4 0 110 0
Michaels, ss _ 2 0 0 0 3 0
Schalk, 2b _ 2 0 1 4 3 0
Tresh, c _ 3 0 0 6 3 0
Lee. p _ 2 0 0 0 4 0
xCurtright _ 1 0 0 0 0 0
Caldwell, p _ 0 0 0 0 2 0
xxNagel _ 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals _-i_ 29 1 4 24 15 0
xBatted for Lee in 7th.
xxBatted for Caldwell in 9th.
Detroit Ab R H O A E
Webb, ss _ 3 0 1 2 5 0
Mayo, 2b _ 3 0 0 3 2 1
Cullenbine, rf- 4 0 2 1 0 0
York, lb - 3 0 0 12 3 0
Cramer, cf - 3 1110 0
Outlaw, If - 3 1110 0
Maier, 3b _ 3 0 12 10
Swift, c _ 3 0 12 1Q
Orrell, p - 3 0 0 3 3 0
Trout, p _ 0 0 0 0 1 o
Totals _ 28 2 7 27 16 ~
Score by innings:
Chicago - 000 000 010—1
Detroit _ 000 200 O0:t—2
Runs batted in — Dickshot, Maier
Swift. Two base hits—Webb, Cramer
Swift. Sacrifices — Michaels. Double
Flays—Webb and York: Webb, Mayo and
York. Left on bases—Chicago lb, De
troit 4. Bases on balls—Lee, 1, Caldwell
1, Orrell 7. Trout 1. Strikeouts—Lee 3
Caldwell 1, Orrell 1. Trout 1. Hits off—!
Lee 6 in 6 innings; Caldwell 1 in 2
Orrell 4 in 8 (none out in ninth); Trout
0 in 1. Winning pitcher—Orrell. Losing
pitcher—Lee. Umpires—Hubbard, Stew
art and Weafer. Time—1:45. Attendance
14,885.
Whiteville Gets Second
Victory In Legion Play
WHITEVILLE, June 8—With a <
barrage of base hits, the White- '
ville American Legion Juniors !
whipped Clinton, 21-2, to remain
undefeated. Williams pitched Sie
first four innings for 'Whiteville ;
allowing only two hits. The game
was called by mutual agreement ;
after seven innings of play. Tay- :
lor pitched the last three innings '■
for Whiteville, allowing only one
hit. Clinton scored on a hit off
Taylor, a walk and an error. Coun
cil led the _ batting with a triple
and two singles for four trips.
Powell and Ermunds also had
three for four for Whiteville. Clin- ;
ton used four pitchers in an effort ;
to halt the scoring. (
ROBBINS TO QUIT
COASTLINE POST
After several years as general
superintendent of motive power
for the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
road Co., F. S. Robbins has an
nounced that he will retire.
At present he is on furlough from
the company, and will remain on
that status until the end of the
year for retirement under the
terms of the Railroad Retirement
Act.
In announcing his separation
from the company, Robbins ex
pressed his appreciation to his
many friends on the railroad for
their cooperation and helpfulness
while he was employed there. “I
particularly wish to express to
those in my own department/’ he
said, “my gratitude for their will
ingness to cooperate and to make
a success of the mechanical de
partment.”
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Baseball’s Big Six
Bv The Associated Press
batting
(Three Leaders In Each League)
Player, Club G Ab R H Pet.
Holmes, Braves - 41 177 40 69 .390
Ott, Giants - 44 154 36 58 .377
Kurowski, Cards. __ 40 144 30 54 .375
Case, Senators _— 38 155 25 53 .342
Cuccinello, W. Sox__ 40 141 18 48 .340
Etten, Yankees - 43 156 26 52 .333
HOME RUNS
National League
Lombardi, Giants _13
Weintraub, Giants _ 8
DiMaggio, Phillies_ 8
Adams, Ordinals _ 8
American League
Stephens, Browns ______ 8
R. Johnson, Red Sox_ 7
Hayes. Indians _ 5
Estalella, Athletics_ 5
RUNS BATTED IN
National league
Lombardi, Giants_ 39
Olmo, Dodgers _ 36
Kurowski, Cardinals _ 34
Elliott, Pirates _ 34
American League
Etten, Yankees _ 31
R. Johnson, Red Sox_ 30
Schalk, White Sox_26
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PIRATE-COLONEL
CAME POSTPONED
The scheduled game between the
Wilmington Pirates and the Second
Colonels from Fort Bragg for to
night at Legion Stadium has been
postponed on account of the New
Hanover High School commenee
ment exercises to be held at the
field tonight.
The graduation exercises were
originally scheduled for Frftfa/
night but due to the rain it was
postponed until Saturday night
making it necessary for Manager
Bert Kite of the Pirates to call
the Fort Bragg club and postpone
the contest.
Kite said last night that ar
rangements have been made with
the Colonels for a game here at
Legion Field Wednesday night at
8:30 o’clock.
DERRINGER WHIPS
CINCINNATI REDS
CHICAGO, June 8—(A1)—The vet
eran Paul Derringer handcufffd
his one-time teammates from
Cincinnati today to give the Chi
cago Cubs a 7-3 victory over the
Reds in the opener of a four game
series.
Derringer had little trouble in
winning his seventh victory of the
year as his mates rallied behind
him for 14 hits of three Cincinnati
pitchers, and came up with a four
run burst in the seventh to break
a 3-3 tie.
Only in the first of the seventh
did Derringer weaken. He had a
three run lead at the time, and
appeared headed for a shutout
when Dick Sipek tripled, Eddie
Miller was safe on an error and
Hatcher A1 Unser hit a curve ball
into the left field stands for a two
run homer.
Cincinnati AbtHO A E
Williams, 2b _ 5 0 1 2 0 0
Clay, cf _ 4 0 1 3 0 0
Walker, rf _ 4 0 0 2 0 0
McCormick, lb _ 4 0 18 10
Mesner, 3b _ 4 0 1 0 0 0
Sipek, If - 3 113 0 0
Miller, ss _ 4 1 0 2 3 0
Unser, c _ 4 1 2 4 0 0
Uisenbee, p _ 3 0 0 0 2 0
3osser. p _ 0 0 0 0 0 0
i'ox, p - 0 0 0 0 2 0
^Libke - 1 0 0 0 0 0
To.tals - 36 3 7 24 8 0
xBatted for Fox in Oth.
Chicago AbIBO An
Hack, 3b _ 3 0 0 2 1 0
Johnson. 2b _ 5 1 2 2 0 1
Becker, lb - 5 0 1 9 0 0
Cavarretta, If_ 4 2 3 3 0 0
Pafko, cf _ 4 2 2 4 0 0
Nicholson, rf _ 2 1110 0
Livingston, c _ 5 0 1 5 0 0
Merullo, ss _ 5 13 14 1
Derringer, p _ 4 0 1 0 5 0
Totals _ 37 7 14 27 10 2
Score by innings:
Cincinnati_ 000 000 300—3
Chicago - 100 002 40x—7
Runs batted in—Miller, Unser 2, Hack,
Cavarretta, Pafko, Livingston, Merullo,
Derringer. Two base hits—Unser. Cavar
retta, Pafko. Three base hit—Sipek.
Home run—Unser. Stolen base—Clay.
Sacrifices—Sipek, Pafko. Left on bases—
Cincinnati 7, Chicago 13. Bases on balls—
Lisenbee 3, Bosser 2. Fox 1. Strikeouts—
Lisenbee 2. Fox 1, Derringer 5. Hits—off
Lisenbee 13 in 6 2-3 innings: Bosser 1
in 1-3 (none out in 8th); Fox 0 in 1.
Losing pitcher—Lisenbee Umpires —
Stewart, Magerkurth and Ballanfant.
Time—1:55. Attendrncee—3,446.
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Three Defy Elements
For Marriage Licenses
The old adage about “love laughs
at locksmith’s” could have been
amended to read ‘‘rains do ndt
dampen love” yesterday, for three
couples defied the elements to visit
the Register of Deeds office in the
courthouse and obtain licenses to
we. They were: Sgt. Dwight V.
Jacobs, Camp Davis and Clara
Marshburn, Wilmington; James
Harvey Redmon and Mary Pear]
Murphy, Wilmington; and Eugene
H. Marshall, New York City and
Carnela De Felice, New York,
N. Y.
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Jack Lowrimore Awarded
Coveted Christmas Cup
The Christman trophy for out
standing leadership in student work
and athletics at New Hanover High
School, was presented yesterday
to Jack Lowrimore, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. S. Lowrimore, of Harbor
Island.
The award, which is made an
nually by Raymond Christman,
deputy revenue collector for this
district, is for the purpose of en
couraging leadership in both scho
larship and athletics.
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Japs Say U. S. Planes
Hit Southern Kyushu
(Continued from Page One)
ping leaflets — presumably Ameri- ,
can propaganda warning the Japa
nese that their fight is hopeless—
on Kagoshima City. 1
Shortly after midnight eight Sup
erfortresses dropped mines along !
the western coast of Honshu, main 1
Japanese home island, and the
northern coast of Kyushu, other
enemy broadcasts said, and a
single B-29 mined the east and
northwest coastal waters.
It was the only reported activity
of the big Superfortresses whose
latest major assault was carried
out against Osaka Thursday (Jap
anese time), bombing by instru
ment through cloud.
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Your incisors cut your food,
cuspids tear and shred it. bicus
pids do the breaking and crush
ing, and molars finish the job by
grinding the foodf.
Duke Star, Davis
Tom Davis, former Duke foot
ball and baseball star, who comes
here as backfield assistant to Coach
Leo Brogden, bolstering Wildcat
supporters’ hopes for next season.
WOMEN ACCUSED,
DETAINEDON BUS
An unusual episode came to the
attention of Wilmington police au
thorities yesterday afternoon when
Mrs. Fred Watts of 406-F Vance
street, Maffitt Village, walked into
police heaanuarters with another
woman whom she identified as
Mrs. G. H. Thompson of Rt. 1,
Whiteville and retorted to Lt. Coy
Etheridge as follows:
That along about the noon hour,
she and her companion boarded a
S; feway Transit bus at the corner
of Front and Grace streets for the
purpose of visiting James Walker
Memorial hospital. Shortly after
boarding the bus, Mrs. Watts
claimed that the driver accused
her of taking a $1 bill off a seat of
the bus, the accusation which she
denied. She further stated, accord
ing to the report at headquarters,
that the bus driver, who she said
told her his name was G. E. Suggs
of 7-F Nesbitt Courts, would not
permit her or her companion to
leave the bus, stating that he was
going to indict her and call the
police.
Mrs. Watts told Lt. Etheridge,
according to the report, that about
2 p. m ., and after making several
round trips on his route, the driver
let them off the bus at Front and
Dock streets.
The information, according to
the report on file at police head
quarters, was phoned to a Mr.
Beard, identified as superintendant
of transportation of the Safeway
Transit Co. According to the report
last night, no charges had been
preferred.
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YEAR’S HEAVIEST
RAIN HITS CITY
New Hanover county was all wet
yesterday, physically speaking, ac
cording to Paul Hess, official in
charge of the local weather bureau,
who said that Friday’s 1.38 inches
of rain was the heaviest since De
cember 7 of last year, when the
precipatation was 1.88 inches.
The rain got in full swing about
5:50 a.m., continued to 6:15 a.m,
started again in earnest about 11:
47 am. and stopped at 2:30 p.m
During this time the mercury dron
ed from 77 to 71.
The heavy showers were just
what New Hanover county’s farm
ers had been hoping for, accord
ing to County Farrry Agent R. W.
Galphin, who said that beforehand
the farms were badly in need of
rain. As a result, cucumbers, one
Of the main commodities from
farms in this area, should come
up, Galphn said, and melons which
should appear on the market about
the first week of next month will
also benefit.
A short rain about 12:20 a.m
yesterday, seemingly light in the
downtown district, was reportedly
heavy in the oustlying districts oJ
the city.
TOBACO AS A SEASONING
Up to the 13th century, tobacco,
ground to a powder and mixed
with ginger, was used as a hot
spice in i»,hina to flavor rice, pork
and wine.
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CITY FOR DERBY
By JOE W. MORGAN
United Press Staff Correswmd
LQUISVILLE, Kv., JUne 8 JCna
—Everybody told ihem not
come, but the same old De- °
crowd showed up tonight ,
way, "y'
The Office of Defense Tran-,
tation said not to come The
“z perp |
who run Churchill Downs s d
folks outside the Louisville mg.,1
politan area ought t stay aV-!
Tickets for the big race were for
sale only to the homefolks.
But horse race fans flocked jnt#
Louisville by the thousands »„
Derby eve.
Hotels were packed-three a-d
four to a room and two or threi
to a bed.
Hotel lobbies were overflow!--,
with people reading race char!
and dope sheets.
Col. Matt Winn, president of
Churchill Downs, said tomorrow’!
crowd might be .the largest ever
to see a derby—perhaps 100,000
The press was out in greater then
usual force, too. There were 4S2
press reservations for coverages
the race tomorrow, the large?!
number ever to attend a Kentucky
derby except for 1940 when 483
race writers were present.
Those who did throng to Louis,
ville from miles away did so in trie
face of obstacles. Tickets were for
sale only to persons in the Louis
ville area. Churchill Downs wanted
to make this third wartime run
ning of the race a "Street Car''
Derby. But there was nothing to
prevent the residents of Louisville
from buying tickets and giving
them to their friends from outside
The ODT did what it could to
keep the race a local affair. Train
reservations could not be made in
to Louisville on more than 24 hours
advance notice for a week before
the Derby. The same rule was put
into effect for reservations out of
Louisville a week after the race.
ODT officials said, however, that
persons driving into town on "B'1
and “C” gas ration cards would
not be questioned.
SYMPHONY DRIVE
WILL CLOSE SOON
All workers of the Wilmington
committee of the State Symphony
Fund drive, are asked to turn in
their receipts at the Yopp Piano
Co. at Second and Princess strecs
before 5 p.m. today, according to
Mrs. Laura H. Norden, chairman.
All local people wishing to join
the North Carolina Symphony So
ciety are urged to do so now,
Mrs. Norden said, as solicitation
in Wilmington will end soon,
Whether or not the orchestra can
be brought here for the 1945-1943
season, beginning in October, will
depend on the size of the mem
bership here, she added.
Applications for membership
may be obtained either at the
Yopp Piano Co., or by mailing a
request to the Symphony Fund at
Chapel Hill, N. C. While the local
drive for membership will be dis
continued shortly, the state dri.f
will continue through . the summer
from the Symphony headquarter*
at Chapel Hill.
Active memberships are five do,
lars a year, Mrs. Norden said,
a special effort is being put fo- -
to have Wilmington firms purchase
patron memberships at SlOOjacn.
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