kannaps blister
LOUISVILLE, 13 -1
KANNAPOLIS, Aug. 13—OP)—
Kannapolis American Legion Jun
champions of North Carolina,
talked off with their first game
jn ),e region four baseball series,
defeating Louisville, Ky., 13-1, here
tonight.
This victory pits Kannapolis
(-ainst Alexandria, Va., 4-2 victor
evcr Memphis, Term., earlier to
"liouisville scored first tonight in
second. Catcher Bob Houk
'Va'lfeed and crossed home plate
0 t pair of Kannapolis errors.
From then on, it was a big
, for the Kannnapolis outfit,
-rh'ry knocked the Louisville ace,
pyljeE Kern, off the mou^ in the
f fth and gave his successor, Jack
Richardson, a merciless beating.
In all, the Kannaps piled up 13
hit*- _
DODGERS 10, BRAVES 5
BOSTON AB R H O A
Svf -= S i i ? S
Si, If_ 4 12 0 0
FUtott. *b - 4 12 0 2
Torgeson, lb - 4 0 1 10 0
Fernandez, .»- 4 0 14 3
SdUc !^= 3 0 110
Sn/ranconl, P-® • ® « ®
M. McCormick, x- 1 0 0 0 0
Johnson, P- o n n i n
Shoun. p - ® ® ® ® ®
Barrett, P -® ® ® ®
I. twhier, xx - 1 0 0 0 0
Wright. P ,- ® ® ® ® ®
f. McCormick, xxx- 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS _ 34 5 10 24 12
x—H;t into double play for Lanfranconi
In 2nd.
XX—Struck out for Barrett in 8th.
xxx—Hit into double play for Wright in
9th
BROOKLYN AB R H O A
Stanky. 2b -— 5 0 0 2 5
Kobircon, lb -—- 4 2 2 9 1
Poise", cf-lf - 2 3 110
Walker, r£ - 4 2 12 0
Hemianski, If- 2 1110
1 ;irii!o. Cf _3 12 3 0
p; .ids, c _ 3 0 2 5 1
; :r.;cn, 3b - 4 10 0 0
5S - 4 0 13 5
Ta’. ]>-•;• P - 2 0 0 0 1
King, P - 2 0 0 1 0
TOTALS _ 35 10 10 27 12
BOSTON 100 040 000— 5
BROOKLYN 400 051 (H>x—10
Errors — Reese, Sain, Fernandez (2),
Rowell, Jorgensen. Runs batted in —
Elliott 2, Hermanski, Edwards 2, Jor
gensen 2, Rowell 3, Furillo 3, Reese.
Two base hit—Edwards. Home runs —
Rowell, Elliott. Stolen bases—Robinson,
Waiker, Reiser. Double plays—Stanky,
Reese and Robinson; Taylor, Reese and
Robinson; Robinson, Reese and King.
Left on bases—-Boston 5; Brooklyn 7.
Bases on balls—Sain 1, Johnson 2, Shoun
1, Taylor 2, King 1, Wright 2. Strikeouts
-Sain 1, Wright 1, Taylor 1, King 4.
Hits—off Sain 4 in 1-3 innings; Lanfran
eor.i 0 in 2-3; Johnson 2 in 3; Shoun 1
in 1-3; Barrett 0 in 2-3; Wright 2 in 3;
Taylor 7 in 4 2-3; King 3 in 4 1-3. Win
ning pitcher—King. Losing pitcher —
Johnson. Umpires — Gore, Goetz and
Reardon. Time 2:40. Attendance 25,634
paid.
PIRATES 10, CUBS 2
CHICAGO AB R H O A
Hack, 3b _ 3 0 2 2 1
Waitkus. lb _ 4 118 1
Pafko, cf -- 5 0 0 5 0
Cavarretts, If _ 4 0 2 4 0
Nicholson, rf - 3 10 0 0
Scheffing, c _ 5 0 2 2 0
Johnson, 2b _ 2 0 1 2 3,
Lowrey, 2b _ 2 0 0 0 1
Merullo, ss ___l:_4 0 0 10
Erickson, p _ 1 0 0 0 0
Rickert, x _ 1 0 0 0 0
Passeau. p _ 1 0 0 0 1
Dallesandro, xx _ 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS _35 I 8 24 7
*—Grounded out for Erickson in 4'n.
xx—Walked for Passeau in 8th.
PTTSBURGH AB R H O A
R kard, rf - 5 114 0
R rssell, cf _ 3 0 0 7 0
Custine, 3b _ 5 1 ] 2 3
Wietelrnann, 3b _ 0 0 0 0 0
Kiner. if - 3 112 0
Greenberg, lb _ 3 114 1
Cox. ss - 4 2 3 2 1
Bioodworth, 2b _._ 1 2 „ 0 1
Howell, c - 4 2 2 5 0
Queen, p - 3 0 0 1 0
Lyons, z - 10 10 0
Bonham, p _ 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS- 32 10 10 27 6
7-—Singled for Queen in 7th.
CHICAGO ooo 100 100— 2
PITTSBURGH 030 W1 60x—10
Errors—Queen. Runs batted in — Cox
3. Scheffing, Cavaretta, Howell 6, Kiner.
Two base hit Scheffing. Cox. Home runs
Howell 2, Kiner. Sacrifice Cox, Russell.
Left on bases Chicago 4; Pittsburg 8
Bases on balls off Queen 7, Erickson 1,
Passeau 5, Carpenter 2. Bonham 1.
Strikeouts Queen 3, Passeau 1. Hits off
Erickson 2 in 3 innings; Queen 5 in 7;
Carpenter 0 in 1 inning; Passeau 8 in 4
innings; Bonham 3 in 2 innings. Winning
pitcher—Queen. Losing pitcher—Erickson.
Empires—Barlick and Pinelli. Time 2:34.
Attendance 5,111.
PHILS 5, GIANTS 2
•JEW YORK AB R H O A
Jigney, 2b-4 114 4
ss- 4 0 0 4 3
Thomson, cf 1_3 12 3 0
Mize, lb___4 0 16 1
Cooper, c _ 4 0 1 2 0
Marshall, rf_ 4 0 0 1 0
Gearhart If _ 3 0 0 2 0
Lohrke, 3b _ 2 0 12 2
Jones, p ____ 1 0 0 0 2
Jjfilek. x_ 1 0 0 0 0
Hansen, p _ 0 0 0 0 0
feggs, p- 0 0 0 0 1
Lombardi, xx_ 1 0 0 0 0
Trinkle, p_ 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS _ __ 31 2 6 24 13
* Tiied out for Jones in 6th.
^-Grounded out for Beggs in 8th.
PHILADELPHIA AB R 11 O A
L? Pointe, ss _ 5 113 2
a‘ker, Cf _ 4 0 2 5 0
J!1 if _ 4 113 0
Jvrostek, rf _ 5 0 12 0
T^ndgett, c _ 4 0 2 3 1
Handley, 3b _ 3 10 11
Schultz, lb _ 4 2 3 7 0
ierban, lb_ 3 0 3 3 3
Hemtzelman, p_ 4 0 10 1
bchan*. P _ 0 0 0 0 0
_ 36 5 14 27 8
S' Y0RK 000 001 001—2
.DELPHI A_ 010 021 10*—5
i, !; ' - ~ Lohike. Runs batted in —
’ Padgett, Verban 2, Heintzel
v.2".;_ Hijney, Thomson. Two base hits—
a->er, Schultz, Cooper. Three base hits
' erban- Home runs—Rigney, Tlrom->
; Sacrifices—Handley, Walker. Double
1 a- J Lohrke to Kerr; La Pointe to Ver
,4anp?? Schultz. Left on bases—New York
Tjr. • ^delphia 11. Base on balls — ofi
,h. 1 '-man 2: Jones 2. Struck out—by
JV^’man 3; Beggs 1, Trinkle 1. Hits
■ n. J cs 7 i'i 5 innings; Hansen 3 in
; in 1; Trinkle 1 in 1. Heintzel
1 0 1-3: Scliultz 0 in 2-3. Win
f , ‘C —Hnntzelman. Losing pitch
Ui opj res— Conlan and Barr.
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SHOWN HEBE are two members of the 1946 New Hanover High
school backfield who will be seeing action in college this fall They
are Bubba Sykes (left) and Rudy Johnson. Sykes enters Georgia
Tech, while Johnson goes to N. C. State along with Guard William
Swart.
Flatbush Takes Heart
As Bums Polish Braves
All Dodgerdom was filled with
joy yesterday as Brooklyn broke a
hitting slump to trounce the tor
menting Boston Braves 10-5 and
move 3 1-2 games ahead of the
idle St. Louis Cardinals. The
Brooksh knocked Johnny Sain, the
Braves’ ace winner, out of the
box in a four-run first inning high
lighted by Bruoe Edwards’ two
run double.
Handsome Harry Taylor was
belted off the mound in the fifth
when Boston went on a four-run
spree with a homer by Bama Ro
well that scored three and another
clout by Bob Elliott. But the Dod
gers recovered immediately from
trailing 5-4 to score five times in
their half of the fifth. They were
never headed from that time, club
bing six Boston hurlers for 10 hits.
Si Johnson, the third, was given
the loss.
Over m the Quaker City, the
Philadelphia Phillies made it two
in a row by whacking four New
York hurlers for 14 hits and a 5-2
vvictory. Hero for the Phils was
Ken Heintzelman, who stopped the
Giants colder than the St. Louis
Browns with six hits. He needed
help in the ninth, however, after
Bobby Thomson belted his 23rd.
homer of the year. The other Giant
tally was also a homer, with Bil
ly Rigney poking his 16th of the
season. Howie Schultz and Emil
Verban led the Phils’ attack on
three New York pitchers — Andy
Hansen, J.oe Beggs and. Ken Trin
kle — with three hits apiece.
Four circuit clouts sparked the
Pittsburgh Pirates to a 10-2 win
over the Chicago Cubs in Forbes
field yesterday. Buc catcher Dixie
Howell socked two of the four
masters, which were his first and
second of the year, to drive in six
of the Pittsburgh runs. Ralph
Kiner blasted the 100th Pirate hom
er of the season in getting his 29th
for 1947, and Billy Cox jumped on
the bandwagon with his ninth.
The St. Louis Cardinals and Cin
cinnati Reds were not scheduled.
Joe DiMaggio kept company with
ailing Tommy Henrich on the New
York Yankee bench yesterday, but
rookies Yogi Berra and A1 Clark
filled their shoes and the Yanks
took a comfortable 8-2 triumph
over the Philadelphia Athletics.
DiMaggio was sidelined with a
recurrence of an early-season sore
heel, while Henrich has a sprained
ankle. But Berra and Clark made
it easy for another first-year man
— Vic Raschi — to hang up his
sixth victory without defeat for the
season by driving in six runs to
spearhead a 10-hit Yank assault.
Romping to a five run lead in
the first inning when they clout
ed three home runs, two of them
on successive pitchers, the Boston
Red Sox last night took their
eighth home victory in a row from
the Washington Senators by a score
of 10-3. Sam Mele hit a homer for
the Crimson Hose in the first in
ning and then later on in the frame
by Bobby Doerr and Jake Jones on
successive pitchers from Milo
Candini. Jones added another four
bagger in the seventh.
Henry Thompson scored with
what proved to be the winning
run on a passed ball in the last of
the eighth after another Negro
player, Willard Brown, tied the
game with a home run, his first
in the major leagues, to give the
St. Louis Browns a 6-5 victory in
the second game of a night double
header played at St. Louis. The
Browns dropped the first tussle to
the Detroit Tigers, 7-1.
Rudy York’s 17th home run of
the season sparked a four-run ral
ly in the eighth inning as the Chi
cago White Sox defeated the Cleve
land Indians and Bob Feller at
Chicago, 8-7, before 37,103 persons.
SIX records smashed
WILSON, Au£. 13—VP)—Six rec
ords were broken today as the an-i
nual Southern Invitational AAU
swimming meet opened with a
record number of entries in at
tendance.
A University of North Carolina
performer, Ben Ward, set new
meet marks in two divisions, the
men’s 100-yard breast stroke and
the 200-yard breast stroke. His
record time in the 100-yard even
was 1:14.6 and 2:24.4 in the 200
yard event.
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TIGERS 7-5, BROWNS 1-6
w
(First Game)
DETROIT AB R H O A
Lake, ss _ 4 0 0 1 2
Mayo, 2b _ 5 0 2 2 0
Wakefield, If _ 3 0 2 1 0
Wertz, rf _ 5 2 3 2 0
Kell. 3b _ 2 10 3 1
McHale. lb _ 5 0 1 10 0
Evers, cf _ 4 114 0
Wagner, c _:_ 5 2 14 1
Hutchinson, p _ 4 13 0 6
TOTALS _ 37 7 13 27 10
ST. LOUIS AB R H O A
Dillinger, 3b _>._5 0 1 2 2
Hitchcock, 2b _ 4 0 0 2 6
Lehner, cf _ 3 0 2 2 0
Heath, If _ 4 0 0 0 0
Stephens, ss _ 4 0 2 2 5
Coleman, rf .. 4 12 3 0
Judnich. lb _ 4 0 1 12 0
Moss, c _ 3 0 0 4 0
Schultz, zz _ 1 0 0 0 0
Sanford, p _ 2 0 0 0 1
Zarilla, z _ 1 0 0 0 0
Brown, p _ 0 0 0 0 2
Thompson, zzz_ 10 10 0
TOTALS _ 36 1 9 27 16
z—Popped out for Sanford in 7th.
zz—Flied out for Moss in 9th.
zzz—Singled for Brown in 9th.
DETROIT 000 200 212—7
ST. LOUIS 000 000 001—1
Errors—Heath, Coleman. Runs batted
In—Wagner, Hutchinson, Wakefield 2,
McHale 2, Thompson. Two base hits —
Hutchinson. Three base hits—Wakefield.
Sacrifices—Lake, Kell. Double plays —
Judnich, Stephens and Judnich. Left
on bases—Detroit 10; St. Louis 9. Bases
on balls—Sanford 3. Brown. 2. Strike
outs—Sanford 4, Hutchinson 3. Hits off
Sanford 9 in 7 innings; off Brown 4 in 2.
Hit by pitcher, by—Hutchinson (Lehner).
Losing pitcher — Sanford. Umpires —
Boyer, Rommel and Passarella. Time —
1:45.
(Second Game)
DETROIT 000 000 140 5—3—1
ST. LOUIS 200 001 03x 6—9—0
Benton. White (8) Newhouser (8» and
Swift, Wagner (81; Muncrisf, Zoldak
18) Potter (9) and Early, Moss (9). Win
ning pitcher. Zoldak. Losing pitcher,
Newhouser. Home runs—Wertz, Hutchin
son, W. J- Brown.
YANKS 8, A’S 2
PHILADELPHIA AB R H O A
McCosky, If - 5 13 4 0
Joost, ss - 4 0 0 0 4
Binks, rf _ 3 0 0 3 0
Fain, lb _- 1 0 0 3 1
Fowler, p - 10 0 11
Cooper, x _ 1 0 0 0 0
Flores, p - 1 0 0 0 0
Chapman, cf - 4 0 0 3 C
Rosar, c - 4 0 3 0 0
Guerra, xx_ 0 10 0 0
Suder, 2b _.4 0 0 1 3
Majeski. 3b - 4 0 10 4
Scheib, p —-- 0 0 0 0 0
Christopher, p - 0 0 0 1 0
Adams, lb - 4 0 0 8 1
TOTALS _ 36 2 7 24 14
x—Fanned for Fowler in 6th.
xx—Ran for Rosar in 9th.
NEW YORK AB R H O A
Stirnweiss, 2b - 3 2 12 0
Rizzuto, ss - 3 3 2 1 2
Berra, If _ 4 12 5 0
Clark, rf _ 4 0 13 0
McQuinn, lb - 3 0 15 0
Johnson, 3b _ 4 0 0 1 0
Lindell, cf __ 4 12 5 0
Robinson, c _'- 4 0 0 5 0
Raschi, p -■_I 4 110 0
TOTALS _ 33 8 10 27 2
PHILADELPHIA 000 000 011—2
NfcW YORK 340 000 lOx—8
Errors—McQuinn, Rizzuto. Runs batted
in—Berra 2, Clark 4, McQuinn, Raschi,
McCosky, Majeski. Two base hits —
McCosky, Lindell 2, Rosar. Three base
hit—Berra. Home run—McCosky. Double
play—Majeski, Suder and Adams. Left
on bases—Philadelphia 8; New York 4.
Bases on balls—Scheib 2, Fowler 1, Ras
chi 1. Strike outs—Raschi 4. Hits—off
Scheib 4 in 1 1-3 innings: Christopher
3 in 2-3; Fowler 0 in 3; Flores 3 in 3.
Losing pitcher—Scheib. Umpires—Weafcr,
Hubbard and Berry. Time 1:59. Attend
ance 16,454 paid.
Senators 3, Red Sox 10
WASHINGTON AB R H O A
Grace, If - 4 1110
Lewis, rf - 4 0 2 1 0
Spence, cf - 4 113 0
Vernon, lb _ 3 0 1 11 0
Travis, 3b - 4 0 0 1 5
Christman, ss - 4 0 10 2
Priddy, 2b —1- 4 0 12 5
Mancuso, c _ 4 0 0 5 0
Candini, p - 0 0 0 0 0
Pieretti, p - 2 0 0 0 1
Robertson, x - 1110 0
Cary, p _- 0 0 0 0 0
Wynn, xx --- 1 0 0 0 0
TOTALS __----- 35 3 8 24 13
x—Singled for Pieretti in 8th.
xx—Struck out for Cary in 9th.
BOSTON AB R H O A
Mele, rf _- 4 12-40
Pesky, ss _ 4 112 0
DiMaggio, cf - 5 0 0 3 0
Williams, If --- 5 14 3 0
Doerr, 2b --- 3 3 2 3 5
Jones, lb -5- 5 3 3 6 0
Tebbetts, c - 4 # 1 3 6 0
Dente, 3b -4 0 10 1
Hughson, p - 4 0 0 0 2
TOTALS _ 38 10 16 27 8
WASHINGTON 000 000 030— 3
BOSTON 502 000 30x—10
Errors — Mancuso, DiMaggio, Jones.
Runs batted in—Vernon 2, Spence, Mele,
Doerr 2, Jones 3, Tebbetts 2, Pesky. Two
base hits—Lewis, Vernon, Tebbetts, Wil
liams. Home runs—Jones 2, Doerr, Mele.
Stolen bases — Pesky. Double plays —
Hughson, Doerr and Jones. Left on bases
—Washington 6, Boston 10. Base on balls
—off Pieretti 5, off Cary 1, off Hugh
son 1. Strikeouts—by Pieretti 3, by Hugh
son 5. Hits—off Candini 5 in 1-3 inning;
off Pieretti 9 in 6 2-3 innings; off Cary
2 in 1 inning. Balk — Candini. Losing
pitcher—Candini. Umpires — FapartUa,
Rue. Hurley and Summer*. TlflM fill
Attendance 34,451.
Robins Bow To Bucs, Cheshire, 13-1
Three 1946 Wildcat Stars
To Play On College Teams!
Swart, Johnson Go To N. C. State; Sykes Will
Run Pigskin For Georgia Tech; New Han
over High School Eleven Shaping Up
By GENE WARREN
Star Sports Writer
Rudy Johnson, Bubba Sykes, and William Swart, all
members of the 1946 New Hanover High school football
team, will be seeing action on college gridirons this season,
it was learned by the Star yesterday.
Johnson, who alternated with Sykes at fullback most
of last season, goes to N. C. State
along with 200-pound Swart. Sykes
is casting his lot with Georgia
Tech.
Sykes played first string foot
ball at New Hanover for three
years, two years under the coach
ing of Leon Brogden. Brogden has
said that “Sykes is one of the
greatest natural athletes I’ve ever
seen.”
“Bubba”, as Sykes was nick
named in high school, exhibited
one of the best passing arms in
Eastern conference ' football dur
ing his high school years. He was
also a good punter and the Wild
cats’ best broken-field runner.
Sykes, now weighing 185 pounds,
should go great with the Georgia
Tech Engineers.
Johnson came to Wilmington
from South Carolina last year, and
even though bothered by charley
horses almost all season, Rudy
became one of NHHS’s most de
pendable runners. Johnson was
Coach Brogden’s best safety man.
He alternated with Sykes at full
back most of the year. His great
performance against Eastern Car
olina Teachers College created
wide-spread interest all over the
state and is one of the reasons for
his going to State.
Swart, 200 pounds of dynamite at
left guard, tore enemy lines to
shreds in his only year as a first
string player in 1946. He was easily
the bast guard in. the Eastern con
ference. The Wolfpack will be glad
to get the black-haired giant, who
was known as “the strongest play
er on the Wildcat team.”
Both Swart and Johnson have
been working out with the Wild
cat squad lately so they will be
in fairly good shape when Wolf
pack Skipper Beattie Feathers
rings the practice gong the latter
part of this month.
NHHS Shake-Up
Even though Coach Leon Brog
den has put 'no one at any posi
tion yet in practice, here is the
way the lineup will probably shape
up this season.
Jimmy Piner and Jim Gibson,
both regulars in 1946, are certain
of the halfback slots. They are the
line plunging type of backs and
either boy is good for at least
three yards on every buck. Piner’s
defensive ability as a line backer
is unsurpased in the Eastern con
ference. GibsOn is expected to take
over the punting assignment of
Bubba Sykes this year. He has
been understudying Sykes for two
years.
Quarterback goes to either Irv
in Gore, who is being switched
from guard, or 1946 second string
er Johnny Crowley. Gore’s passing
is as good as any exhibited at the
Wildcat drills yet, but he must
learn the art of calling the right
signal at the right moment, a gift
that comes only with experience.
Fullback is the fast man’s po
sition in the Brogden T-formation.
WILLIAM SWART
It is the fullback who sweeps the
ends and tosses passes. Thus far
Charlie Smith, second string right
halfback in 1946 and the fastest
man on the 'Cat squad, and Homer
Brewer, junior varsity fullback, are
battling for the position. Both boys
are about on the same par. Smith
is a faster runner, but Brewer is
a much more shifty boy. Brewer
also has had experience at the po
sition. Brogden may alternate
them.
Weak At Ends
The ends, where New Hanover
High is weakest, are receiv
ing the most attention from Coacn
Brogden, who was a star wing
man at Wake Forest himself. Loyd
Honeycutt, a terrifying 175-pound
tackle last year, is being worked
on for one flank post. Linwood Tay
lor, Fritz Stelljes, Billy Quarles,
and Bob Lewis are also scrapping
for an end berth.
Billy Kuhn, 219-pound regular,
is set at left tackle and the right
tackle will probably be Deck Jor
dan, who tips the scales at 217.
The guards belong to Craig
Hampton and Co-Captain Doc Ven
ters, also a first stringer in 1946.
Bcbby Haas, a varsity player
for two years under Brogden, is
expected to take over the center
position of long Don Hyatt. Haas
weighs more than any other man
on the team, 222.
The replacements are what
Brogden is worrying about. He
needs two big tackles and guards.
Center behind Haas may be
Clarence Hilburn or Clayton John
son. Linwood Grissom and Mike
Austin are trying out for quarter
back and Johnny Daughtery is
working for the fullback slot be
hind Smith and Brewer. Who will
play the halfbacks as substitutes
for Piner and Gibson is just a ques
tion mark.
50 Runs Are Scored
In Softball Twinbill
Alpha Omega received a 16-1
trouncing from Spofford Mills and
the Atlantic Coast Line outslugged
the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks,
23-10, in last night’s Class A soft
ball doubleheader at Robert
Strange park.
Billy Baker, pitching for Spof
ford, allowed the Omega boys
three hits and those came in the
first three innings. He struck out
only one and walked three.
Spofford, on the other hand,
reached Clyde Jordan and Branch
for 12 safeties in their 16-run
spurge. W. A* “Weinie” Brown
Spofford outfielder, and Nig Her
ring were two of the leading Spof
ford Mills batters, each slamming
two hits for three tries. Baker, the
pitcher, got two for two.
In t’.e second game, the Coast
Line scored 10 runs in the second
inning to clinch the tilt before
Brotherhood got their arms warm
ed up. Thirteen more tallies fol
lowed as the Railmen got 18 hits
off the oferings of Whitey Auld,
Sam Rowan, and Tinkey Rogers.
Carl Paige’s home run highlight
ed the hiting in the skirmish. Vic
tor Barberhouse and Skeeter O’
Sulivan led the winers with three
for four and four for six, respec
tively. Whitey Auld with two for
two topped the losers.
Tonight in the Hanover league
the first place deadlock between
the Loyal Order of Moose and the
Veterans of Foreign Wars will be
broken as the two clubs collide at
7 o’clock at Robert Strange park.
The Post Office and Senior Frat
ernity will decide the cellar issue
in the second tussle at 8:30.
Team W L Pet.
City Optical . 7 2 .778
Atdantic Coast Line ..... 6 2 .750
Spofford Mills - 4 4 .500
Brothrehood ....._ 3 7 .300
Alpha Omega ...- 2 7 .222
Louisville Sluggers Boom
Around Tobacco Circuit
*
Tobacco State league bats were
booming as never before last night
as 5^ runs were scored in the three
games played around the circuit.
The greatest number occured
at Smithfield where - Sanford
edged the Leafs, 13-12. Wil
mington gained an even split in
their two-game series with, Red
Springs by thumping the cellar
dwellers. 13-1, and Dunn-Erwin
squeezed out a colorful 10-9 vic
tory over Warsaw. Clinton’s game
with the Lumberton Cubs was rain
ed out.
A nevr-say-die Dunn-Erwin base
ball team rallied for four runs
in the last of the ninth last night
at Dunn to overcome the Warsaw
Red Sox, 10-9.
Behind 9-6, going into the final
frame, Ken Jackson started things
boiling with a single. Sham Den
ning popped out to shortstop and
Carl McQuillen flew to left field
and, of course, the crowd started
drifting out of the ball park. Micky
Balia walked, but things still looked
slightly on the dismal side. Riley
Leach hit to the first baseman
and with Jimmy Milner having to
snag the ba}l and step on first the
gam© would be over. Milner let
it roU th-rpugh his legs, however,
and Jackson scored Dunn’s seventh
run. Earl Bass was sent to bat to
pinch hit for catcher Hayward.
Bass lined out with a tremendous
triple that cleaned the sacks, plac
Dunn in a tie, 9-9. Pitcher Hamp
with men on- second and third.
Conn nervously looked at Bass
making faces on third and
heaved the ball wild. That was
the ball game as Bass slid across
paydirt safely. What an ending!
In another gallant victory stab
against almost impossible odds at
Smithfield, the Smithfield-Selma
Leafs were not so lucky. They
were behind 13-2 when they started,
but in the eighth inning nabbed 10
runs to cut the Spinner’s margin
to 13-12. They failed to get the ty
ing counter through and it was
another vain attempt. Their effort
was somewhat wasted.
Two-base hits featured this San
ford tussle as Wilson, Nesselrode.
Pugh, Watson, Eonta, Mason, and
Shoffner all dumped out doubles.
Even though the score was so high
and sluggers were abundant on
-both sides no one clouted a four
master including Hank Nesselrode.
Jimmy Quinn with four for sev
en and Oehler with two for three
paced the hitters in the slap-base
hit happy ball fracas.
PORTLAND FANS
FAVORING HOGAN
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 13. — {JP)
— Topped by defending champion
Ben Hogan most of the country’s
outstanding golf professionals set
off here tomorrow in the first
round of the third annual 72-hole
Portland open tournament.
The $10,000 prize money event
shaped up today as a wide open
scramble although Hogan, the
“Little Mr. Big” of golf, possibly
rated slight favoritism in view of
his past performances on the
scenic, stroke-exacting Portland
club course. He won the event here
in 1945 with a sensational 261, a
new P. G. A. record score for a
par 72 course and 27 shots under
par for the four-round test.
In winning last year’s national
P. G. A. title over the same lay
out, Hogan came from behind to
knock over Ed Oliver in the finals.
The 35-37—72 par course apparent
ly was made to 'order for his low
trajectory shots.
Touring the course today with'
George Schheiter, P. G. A. tourna
ment committee chairman Hogan,
kept an eye out for suggestions on
ways to toughen it up for the Ry
der cup matches set for November
1 and 2.
He said he was “off his game”
but hoped to recover in this tourna
ment.
The 140-pound Hershey, Pa., ball
belter had every reason to get back
on his stick. Among the top hands
firing for first prize will be cur
rent P. G. A. champion Jim Fer
rier of San Francisco, U. S. Open
title holder Lew Worksham, Wash
ington, D. C., and such proven
stars as Ed Furgol, Pontiac, Mich.;
Johnny Palmer, Badin, N. C., Gray
Middlecoff, Memphis, Tenn., Clay
ton Haefner, Charlotte, N. C., Dick
Metz, Chicago; Ellsworth Vines,
Los Angeles; George Payton,
Hampton, Va.. and Herman Rei
ser, Akron, O.
TWINS 10, RED SOX 9
WARSAW AB R H O A E
Salyer, 2b _ 5 110 2 0
Jordan, ss - 4 1 2 5 0 0
Milner, lb _ 4 119 11
Scrobola, cf-■_ 5 0 110 0
Stephens, rf_ 5 112 0 0
Bohannon, If _ 5 2 2 2 0 0
Jones, c _ 5 2 3 7 0 0
McCarty, 3b __ 5 1 3 0 3 1
Whitmire, p__ 5 0 3 0 2 0
Conn, p _v- 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS _ 43 9 17 25 8 2
DUNN-ERWIN AB R H O A E
Collins, ss _ 5 0 2 0 6 1
Miller, 3b _:_ 4 0 0 0 1 0
Jackson, rf _ 4 1 2 0 0 0
Denning, ?f _ 4 10 10 0
McQuillen, cf _ 5 110 0 1
Balia, 2b _ 3 3 1 5 3 1
Leach, lb _ 4 1 0 13 0 0
Hayward, c _ 4 1 3 8 0 0
Vinajerrs, p _ 2 10 0 10
Pritchard, * p _J_ 2 0 0 0 2 0
Bolink, p _ 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bass, z __ 1110 0 0
TOTALS _ 38 10 11 27 13 3
z—Batted for Hayward in 9th.
WARSAW 110 003 004— 9
DUNN-ERWIN 000 022 024—10
Runs batted in—Jones 3, Collins 2,
Miller, Whitmire, Balia, Leach, Hay
ward, Milner, Bohannon, McCarty, Bass
2. Two base hits—Jones, Hayward,
Stephens. McCarty, Whitmire, Bohan
non, McQuillen. Three base hits—Jones,
Balia, Bass. Stolen bases—Milner, Salyer,
Jackson. Sacrifices—Salyer, Milner, Mil
ler. Left on bases—Warsaw 10: Dunn
Erwin 7. Bases on balls—off: Pritchard
1, Whitmire 5. Struck out, by—Vina
jeras 3, Pritchard 2, Bolink 1, Whit
mire 9. Hits off*. Vinajeras 9 in 5 2-3 in
nings; Whitmire 10 in 8 2-3; Pritchard
3 jn 2; Bolink 0 in 1-3. Conn 1 in 0.
Wild pitches—Conn. Winning pitcher —
Bolink. Losing pitcher—Conn. Umpires—
Ouzts, Reveille and Chandler.
SPINNERS 13, LEAFS 12
SANFORD AB R H O A E
Guinn, 2b _ 7 1 4 5 5 1
Holliday, lf-cf _ 7 1 3 2 0 0
Wilson, cf-p _ 3 2 2 1 0 0
Nesselrode, rf_ 6 1110 0
Shoffner, lb _ 5 1 2 8 0 0
Pugh, p-lf _ 6 1110 0
Clegg, p _ 0 0 0 0 1 0
Watson, 3b _ 6 12 2 10
Keane, ss _ 5 3 2 1 5 1
Ham, c _ 5 2 2 4 0 1
Hedrick, c _ 1 0 0 2 1 0
TOTALS _ 51 13 19 27 13 3
SM1THF1ELD AB R H O A E
Howard, ss_ 6 2 2 3 5 0
Carroll, cf .. __ 5 1 3 3 0 0
Bernstein, rf-3b_ 7 1 3 3 0 0
Eonta, 2b_ 3 2 2 1 4 4
DiOrio, If _ 1 0 n o n l
Mason, cf _ 0 2 3 0 0 0
Oehler, lb _ 3 1 2 13 u o
Eames, c-rf _,411411
Popelsky, 3b-c _4 1 2 0 0 1
Zaykoski, p _ 2 0 0 0 0 0
Lento, p _ 110 0 10
Osos§ky, p - 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS _ 41 12 13 27 11 7
SANFORD 221 007 010—13
SELMA-SMITHFIELD COO 020 0100—12
Runs batted in — Holliday 2, Nessel
rode 2, Shoffner, Pugh, Bernstein 3,
Eonta, Mason 3, Oehler 2, Popelsky. Two
base hits — Wilson, Nesselrode, Pugh,
Watson, Eonta, Mason, Shoffner. Three
base hits—Oehler, Keane. Stolen bases—
Wilson. Sacrifices—Oehler. Double plays
—Keane, Guinn, and Shoffner; Howard
and Oehler. Left on bases—Sanford 14;
Selma-Shiithfield 13. Bases on balls—off:
Pugh 6, Wilson 1, Clegg, Zaykowski 4,
Lento 1. Struck out, by—Pugn 3, Zay
kowski 2, Lento 1. Hits off: Pugh 13 in
7 1-3 innings; Wilson 3 in 0; Clegg 2 in
1 2-3; Zaykowski 15 in 5 1-3; Lento 3
in 1-3.. Osossky 1 in 3. Wild pitches —
Pugh, Wilson. Winning pitcher — Clegg.
Losing pitcher—Osossky. Umpires—Wood
ard and Mitchell. Time of gam'* 2:30.
RACE DRIVER DIES
FROM HEAD INJURIES
NORFOLK, Va„ Aug. 13.—OP)—
Marvin (Shorty) Miller of Lans
dale, Pa., midget auto driver, died
today at 8:20 a. m. at DePaul
Hospital without regaining con
sciousness after suffering head
injuries in a crackup last night
at Princess Anne Speedway.
Miller was taken to the hospital
in an ambulance soon after his
car slipped on the severth lap of
the opening 10-lap qualifying heat.
The accident occurred, as track
officials explained, when Miller
“broadsided” the guard rail on
the backstretch as he came out
of the turn.
IKE, BOBCAT REMATCHED
NEW YORK, Aug. 13.—OH— I
Lightweight Champion Ike
' Williams of Trenton, N. J., and
Bob Montgomery of Philadel
phia have agreed to a 15
round return title match at
Mad'son Square Garden Jan
uary 18, it was announced by
the 20th Century Sportluff (HI
today.
Lefty Louis Racks 17th
As Locals Mangle Burch'
Pirate Southpaw Strikes Out Nine Batters;
Wilmington Raps 15 Safeties;
Clinton Here Tonight
Three Red Springs Robins collected singles to take
home with them last night, but that’s the oniy thing they
got. Lefty Louis Cheshire, aided by a 15-hit Pirate plate
production and abetted by six Robin miscues, coasted to a
13-1 win at Legion stadium, his 17th of the year against
STANDINGS
TOBACCO STATE LEAGUE
Team Won Lost Pet. Games
Behind
Sanford _ 74 30 .712 —
Lumberton _ 63 41 .606 11
WILMINGTON _ 58 48 .347 17
Dunn-Erwin _ 51 54 . 486 23 1-2
Warsaw _ 49 56 .467 23 1-2
Clinton _ 47 60 . 439.28 1-2
Selma-Smithfield_ 41 65 . 387 34
Red Springs - 36 69 -343 38 1-2
Yesterday’s Results
Red Springs 1; WILMINGTON 13.
Sanford 13; Selma-Smithfield 12.
Warsaw 9; Dunn-Erwin 10.
Lumberton at Clinton (ppd„ rained
out).
Today’s Games
Clinton at WILMINGTON.
Red Springs at Warsaw.
Dunn-Erwin at Sanford.
Lumberton at Smithfield.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
T'ams W L Pet. Games
Behind
Brooklyn _ 67 44 . 604 —
St. Louis- 62 46 . 574 3 1-2
New York _ 57 48 . 543 7
Boston - 59 51 .536 7 1-2
Cincinnati- 53 61 .463 15 1-2
Chicago - 51 59 . 464 15 1-2
Pittsburgh _ 47 64 .423 20
Philadelphia _ 43 66 .394 23
Yesterday’s Results
Boston 5; Brooklyn 10.
New York 2; Philadelphia 5.
Chicago 2. Pittsburgh 10.
(Only games scheduled).
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W L Pet. Games
Behind
New Y'ork _ 71 38 .651 —
Boston _ 59 48 .541 11
Detroit - 56 50 .528 13 1-2
Philadelpuhia_ 56 53 .514 15
Cleveland - 51 53 . 490 17 1-2
Chicago - 51 60 .459 21
Washington _ 46 58 . 442 22 1-2
St. Louis _ 40 70 .364 31 1-1
Yesterday’s Results
Philadelphia 2; New York 8.
Detroit 7-5; New York 1-6.
Washington 3. Boston 10.
Cleveland! 7; Chicago 8.
JACOBS SIGNED
BY BLADENBORO
By JIGGS POWERS
WHITEVILLE, Aug. 13. — Cole
Jacobs, Whiteville American Le
gion All-State pitcher, today decid
ed to play with the semi-pro Bla
denboro Spinners of tire Eastern
Semi-Pro Baseball league instead
of accepting various offers to pitch
for professional teams. The move,
Jacobs said, would keep him eli
gible to hurl for the Williams High
school team next year.
In 1946 he was with the White
ville Comets, one of the teams who
bid for him this season, where he
won six games without a defeat.
He was picked as the lefthander
on the All-Eastern State league
honor team of '46. The spring of
'47 saw him hurling for Williams
High School and win eight games
while losing three.
It was through Jacobs’ brilliant
hurling that Coach Earl Brinkley’s
Whiteville Juniors reached the
State semi-finals. Jacobs, who is
16, hurled a no-hit, no-run game
against Laurinburg this season and
at one time ran his string of score
less innings to 37. These feats,
along with a splendid 9-1 record,
gave him a spot as the only south
paw flinger on the N. C. State All
State American Legion team as
picked by the Greensboro Daily
News.
CHISOX 8, TRIBE 7
CLEVELAND AB R H O A
Mitchell, cf _ 5 0 14 0
Edwards, If _ 4 0 10 0
Peck, rf _ 4 13 0 0
Robinson, lb - 4 1 2 12 0
Bockman, 3 b - 3 0 0 0 3
Gordon, 2b _ 4 114 4
Hegan, c _ 4 12 2 0
Conway, ss - 3 10 2 2
Feller, p _ 2 10 0 2
Fleming, x _ 1 0 0 0 0
TOTALS ___ 34 6 10 23 11
x—Flied for Feller in 9th.
CHICAGO AB R H O A
Kollo way, 2b _ 5 13 2 5
Hodgin, If _ 4 12 10
Wright, rf _ 3 1 U 8 0
York, lb _ 4 12 8 0
Philley, cf __4 1110
Appling, ss _ 4 110 1
Michaels, 3b _ 4 0 10 0
Tresh, c _ 3 117 1
Harrist, p _ 0 0 0 0 0
Gebrian, p _ 1 0 0 0 0
Tucker, z _* 1 1 1 0 0
Caldwell, p _ 1 0 0 0 0
TOTALS _- 34 8 12 27 7
z—Hit home run for Gebrian in 7th.
CLEVELAND C06 C01 000-7
CHICAGO 130 000 40x—8
Errors—Harrist. Wright. Runs batted i:i
—York (4); Kolloway (2); Hodgin.
Mitchell, Edwards, Robincon, Gordon
(3). Hegan, Tucker. Two base hits —
Peck, Kolloway. Home runs—Gordon,
Hegan, Tucker. York 0. Stolen bases —
Kolloway. Peck, Philley. Sacrifices —
Harrist, Feller, Tresh. Double plry —
Appling, Kolloway and York. Left on
bases—Cleveland 4; Chicago 5. Bases on
balls—Harrist 3. Struck out—Feller 2;
Harrist 1, Gebrian 2, Caldwell 3. Hits
off Harrist 5 in 2 2-3 innings; Gebrian
5 in 4 1-3; Caldwell 0 in 2. Hit by
pitcher, by—Feller (Wright). Winning
pitcher—Gebrian. Umpires — McGcwan,
Grieve. McK'nley : nd Jones. Time 2:03.
Attendance (actual) 37.103.
Pails, Bromwich Face
Czechs In Cup Singles
MONTREAL, Aug. 13. — l/P) —
John Bromwich and Dinny Pails
were named today as Austral'a’s
singles players for the Davis Cup
interzone tennis finals against
Czechoslovakia opening here to
morrow.
The official draw matched Pails,
the Australian champion, against
Jaroslav Drobny, ace of the Czech
forces, in one of the opening sin
gles matches and the veteran
Drcmwich against Bohous Cemik
in the other.
Gray hair begins to show on
white persons at the average age
of 24. In Negroes, this occurs
seven years later.
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six losses.
Fred Townsend will gun for tho
Clinton Blues tonight in tho stadi
um jf somebody else doesn't. Tho
game starts at 7:45 o’clock.
Cheshire, calm, cool, and col
lecting strikeouts, whiffed nine
basement boys. He ran into trou
ble only twice. In the sixth inning
he walked Catcher Papa and threw
wrong to second while trying to
catch the Robin backstop on los
ing Pitcher Jim Burch’s grounder.
Papa later scored on a grounder
by Joe Mangini, which turned into
a fielder’s choice. That was the
Robins’ only tally, and the Bucs
already had five.
The only other inkling of Robin
run-making appeared in the next
inning when Harry Bridges fum
bled the ball on Don Brown's
grounder that opened the frame.
But Gene Armbruster was out on
a dangerous-looking fly to Johnny
Muscovitch in center, and Ches
hire handled the next two batters
easily.
Burch weathered the entire Pi
rate attack, and most of the runs
were unearned. However, he did
not have clean hands. When the Pi
rates climaxed their night’s
splurge with five runs in the last
of the eighth, Burch walked Billy
Benton on a 3-2 pitch with two
out with nobody on base to start
things popping.
They popped, too. Harry Brid
ges took first on Joe Manglni’s
second error, and John Muscovitch
slapped his only hit of the night,
a double, into left field to tally
Benton. Roy Lamb then doubled
to clear the bases. Freddy Musu
meci beat out an infield hit to
move Lamb to third. Uncle Jim
Staton, the batting star of the
evening with a single and two
doubles, drew a pass to fill the
bases. Then Cheshire cracked a
clean single into center to talljr
Lamb and Musumeci. Bobby La,
Blanc popped up to end the rally,
but he, like everyone else in the
Buc lineup, had his hit for the
night.
Lamb did a capable job at bat
to sut) for the still-absent Hargrove
Davis, banging out two doubles in
five trips to tally three runs.'Hi*
first double came in the initial
Pirate rally in the third to score
Harry Bridges. But Johnny Mus
covitch rvas cut off at the plate
trying to score from first on the
same play to make the third out.
The Robin infield had fallen apart
during the inning. Don Carter,
Robin second baseman, made three
errors in four plays to put Ches
hire, Hardisky, and Benton on
safely. Shortstop Elton Jackson
also miscued and let Muscovitch
go safe. Hardisky and Benton lat
er scored on a single by Bridges,
and Bobby LaBlanc markered on
one of the errors for a four-run
total.
The Pirates also scored once in
the fifth and three times in the
sixth.
Before the game, fans took »
lock at the American Legion state
championship drum and bugle
corps, which cut the same capers
they’ll do at the American Legion
convention in New York late rthis
month. Very pretty, too. Also,
there were fireworks, complete
with the “Atomic Bomb”. Notice
the quotes, please. It made plenty
of noise, though, and looked like
an atomic bomb is supposed to
look.
RED SPRINGS AB R H O A E
Wolfe, 3b _ 3 0 0 2 4 0
Mangini, lb - 4 0 0 12 0 2
Carter, 2b _ 3 0 0 2 3 3
Wood, 2b _ 10 0 10 0
Parnell, rf - 4 0 0 0 0 0
Brown, cf _ 3 0 0 1 1 0
Clayton, x _ 1 0 1 0 0 0
Armbruster, rf - 3 0 1 2 2 0
Hockenbury, xx - 1 0 0 0 0 1)
Jackson, ss __ 4 0 1 1 3 1
Pao?, c _ 2 10 3 10
Burch, p _ 2 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS _ 31 1 3 24 17 6
x—Singled for Brown in St'i.
xx—Flied out for Armbruster in 9th.
WILMINGTON AB R II O A E
LaBlanc, 3b_ 3 2 112 0
Hardisky, 2b _ 5 113 6 0
Benton, If —-_ 3 3 2 0 *0
Bridges, lb _ 5 2 2 9 0 1
Muscovitch, cf - 4 112 0 0
Lamb, rf_ _ 5 1 2 0 0 0
Musumeci, ss _ 5 113 11
Staton, c - 4 13 9 10
Cheshire, p _ 5 1 2 0 0 1.
TOTALS ... 41 13 15 27 10 3
RED SPRINGS 000 001 000— 1
WILMINGTON004 013 05x—13
Runs batted in—Bridge3 3, Lamb 3,
Mangini, Hardisky, Benton, Muscovitch*
Cheshire 2. Two base hits — Lamb 2,
Bridges, LaBlane, Staton, Muscovitcn.
Double plays—Hardisky. Musumeci and
Bridges. Left on bases—Red Springs *?:
Wilmington 9. Bases on bails — off’
Burch 4, Cheshire 2. Struck out. by
Burch 2, Cheshire 9. Hit by pitcher, by
. -r Burch (Museovitch): by Cheshire
(Wolfej. Passed balls—Staton. Umpires—
Baker, Davidzuk. Time of game 1:59.
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