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SdE&r. $10,000 Tourney Offered To City In Fall Of 1948 It was a swell spring night in 1947 when some 20 city and civic leaders in Wilmington gathered at the Cape hear club for a pre-tourney banquet in order to form rules and regulations for the first annual Star-News golf tournament, which attracted the top amateur divot-diggers of the city. Out of that meeting came the rules, the proper method of qualification rounds, the flight pairings, etc. But, something far more important was born that night. After the diners relaxed from their vigorous attack on a defenseless bit of roast beef, it was evident that a decision • was being made out of the enthusiasm present, to eventually bring a real professional golf tournament to this city. Sometime later, several of the men who were present at that meeting, joined forces under Louis Orrell and formed a group pledged to drive for better sports attractions here. Of these, the same Professional Golf Association tournament was the first issue at hand. At the request of Orrell, we wrote to the PGA asking for all particulars concerning the staging of a first class classic similar to the $10,000 Opens held annually in Greens boro and Charlotte. Last week we turned the PGA answer over to the committee, and with a great deal of pleasure and antici pation, we await the meeting scheduled to be held soon, wrhich will finally decide w’hether Wilmington will be come a member of the lucky family of cities which are listed on the PGA circuits. The letter, which George Schneitner, PGA tournament manager, took time to write while he was competing in the Portland tournament, said that the association felt sure it could grant Wilmington’s request in the fall of 1948. It said that an appropriation of $10,000, plus 81,500 for an official scorer, program manager, and judge, would be necessary to get the top pros of the nation to come here. But, it definitely assured Wilmington that the best par-crackers in the United States would play . . . not a few, but practically the whole works. Schneitner is awaiting an answer now. He wants to know what dates Wilmington is interested in, and if the money can be ra;sed. October or November of 1948 is not as far away as it seems now. A year passes quickly. We need things of this sort here, and the chance is now laid squarely on the table. We most urgently appeal to those men who will finally decide the fate of this thing (Fred Willetts, E. L. White, W. A. Fonvielle, Ken Eaton. Jimmie Wade. JR. B. Page. Orrell, and the others on the committee) . . . NOT TO LET THIS CHANCE SLIP AWAY. We write this in advance of their decision in order to make this appeal, and in order to have these men realize that the opportunity to get what they admittedly wanted, and still do, is now knocking on Wilmington’s door. The facts are these: The Cape Fear Country club will be in perhaps its "nest condition in 1948. Should it be decided to use the 'unicipal course for one reason or another, there will be -ople time to get those links in top shape. While $11,500 sounds like a lot of money, let’s remember a few things. (A) There is probably no city staging a $10,000 tourney that doesn’t make money. (B) At $4.00 a ticket for four days of play, only 3,000 tickets would have to be sold in the four days to make a $500 profit. (C) Tickets are also sold for one day and at, for example. $1.25 per customer, even fewer ducats would have to be sold to make a similar profit. Let’s stop those who would shout, “What if it should rain?” by remembering that weather insurance can protect any sponsors. (Incidentally the prices quoted here are only used as examples and are not even suggested prices.) Is there any person living in Wilmington, or its surrounding area, who doesn’t believe that at least 3,000 persons would trek out to one of the courses over a period of four days to see Ben Hogan, Jimmy Demaret, Cary Middlecoff, Lew Worsham, Sammy Snead and the rest? The profit, in fact, will probably be tremendous and if the match is so scheduled to have the 36 hole finals played .on Sunday, the Sabbath crowd alone will probably meet expenses for the entire tournament, with the crowds on the qualification day, and the first and second 18-hole round days, complete gravy. But, that is not the important thing. Admittedly word of mouth advertising is the best in the world. Is there any reason therefore to feel that the publicity gained for Wilmington through a major $10,000 tourna ment (when Wilmington datelines would be sent all over the country through the wire services by top sports writers who would be here during the classic) would not be worth even more than an outlay of $10,000? In other words, we believe the city should get in on this. Then look at it this way. Privately, we’ll wager there are at least 100 men who journey to Greensboro or Char lotte in the spring to see the best pros in the country play. If there is anyone of these men who can spend less than $100 for a four day stay in one of these cities, we’d like to know how he does it. So it stands to reason that if he were to underwrite a major tourney here for the same money he would spend in another city, ‘ he’ll bring the stars to Wilmington, and save himself a trip. In any case, there can’t be any logical reason why this Reliance should be passed up, even if it were not practically ■ assured that money would be made. " Let’s not muff it, fellas. There’s a year and a half • to raise the money, and a real chance to do something that will boost the stock of Wilmington, North Carolina. Isn’t that what we all want? Tire Sales & Service PENNSYLVANIA TIRES & BATTERIES -SHELL PRODUCTS BOY( E C. YERTON, Owner and Manager 700 North Third St. D al 2-0047 t— in Edens Wins 15th Of Season Beating Lento, Leafs 5-4 _ w - - ■ — ———' ■ ... " _ i i i«'irlOi CHESHIRE GOES IN WARSAW; STECKEL SLUGS Johnny Edens came up with his 15th victory last night, defeating the Selma-Smithfield Leafs and ex-Pirate A1 Lento 5-4, thanks to some dependable clutch hitting by the Bucs, and Bob Steckel in par ticular. The loss dropped the Leafs into the Tobacco State league cellar, as Red Springs defeated Lumberton. Steckel slammed out his fourth hit of the night in the ninth ining, scorring Hoggy Davis who had walked and moved to second, for tht winning run. A half inning earlier, with Bar bee on third and no outs.Buc Boss, Jim Staton called for a pitch-out from Edens, and caught Barbee tring to score. Staton also had a hand in the fourth run for the Bucs which tied up the tilt in the eighth. Johnn Musk-ovitch doubled to open the eighth and moved to third when Steckel beat out a hit. Staton bunted safety and Muskovitch scored on the squeeze. The Leafs had scored in their half of the eighth after Howard singled and was sacrificed to second by Bernstein. He moved to third on an out and scored when And Poklemba booted Eames’ rooler. rne Lears went anead in me third stanza when, after Barbee and Lento had fanned, Carroll beat out a bunt down the third base line. Oehler tripled off the right field wall, and a perfect peg to the plate caught Carroll, but Staton dropped the throw from Davis and the run was charged up to the Buc pilot’s error. Wilmington came back to tie the game up with Davis opening the last half of the third with a single to left, and scoring on Po klemba’s blistering three base clout to the right center field fence. After Muskovitch grounded to short, Steckel hit to Bernstein and Pok was out at the plate on a pretty play. Staton then followed with a single, but it did no damage. In the fifth, again with two outs, the Leafs struck. Lento continued his merciless attack on the Pi rates by singling through the box to start the rally. Carroll doubled to left and this set the stage for another two bagger by Ochler, whv’n socked over two tallies. A moment later the Bucs tied it up again. Edens tripled off the Jeff field wall. Eddie Hardisky fanned. Freddie Muscemeci hit to Howard who pegged a strike to Eames for a force at the plate, but Edens slid in safely. Muscemeci stole second and Bill Benton was hit by a Lento curve. Davis was robbed in center by Carroll, Muscemeci going to third after the catch. Poklembe shot a line hit to left, bringing home the tying run. The Bucs play Warsaw today with Lefty Lou Cheshire the prob able hurler. Cheshire will be seek ing his 18th win of the year. SELMA-SMITHFIELD AB R H O A E Carroll, cf _ 4 2 2 3 0 0 Ochler, lb _ 4 0 2 7 0 0 Howard, ss _ 4 110 3 0 Benrsteln, 3b _ 2 0 0 1 2 1 Eonta, If _ 4 0 0 3 0 0 Eames, c _ 3 0 18 10 Wiggs, rf _ 4 0 0 2 0 0 Barbee, 2b _ 4 0 1111 Lento, p _ 4 1110 0 TOTALS_ 33 4 8 26 7 2 PIRATES AB R H O A E Hardisky, 2b _ 4 0 0 1 0 0 Muscemeci, ss_ 5 10 14 0 Benton, If _ 4 0 0 2 0 0 Davis, rf _ 4 2 1 0 0 0 Poklemba, lb_ 3 0 2 13 0 1 Muskovitch, cf _ 5 1110 1 Steckel, 3b _ 5 0 4 1 2 0 Staton, c __; 3 0 1 8 0 1 Edens, p _ 4 1 2 0 6 0 TOTALS _ 37 5 11 27 12 3 SMITH FIELD _ 001 020 010—4 PIRATES _ 001 020 011—5 Runs batted in: Oehler 2, Muscemeci, Poklemba 2, Staton, Steckel. Two-base hits: Oehler, Carroll, Steckel, Musko vitch. Three-base hits: Edens, Oehler, Sacrifices: Bernstein, Staton. Double Poklemba. Stolen bases: Muscemeci. plays: Barbee to Ochler. Left on bases: Smithfield 6; Pirates 12. Bases on balls —off: Edens 1, Lento 3. Struck out, by Edns 6, Lento 7. Hit by pitcher, by Eames. Wild pitche: Edens. Passed balls: Staton. Winning pitcher: Chandler and Mitchell. Time of game: 2:29. CLINTON POUNDS DUNN-ERWIN, 7-3 DUNN, Aug. 23.—Clinton defeat ed Dunn-Erwin here tonight 7-3, with Marsh supplying the punch and hurler Corbett scattering eight Dunn-Erwin hits over the route. Marsh sparked a four run fourth inning rally with a triple to deep left field. He slugged out an other triple and a two base hit for his night’s work. Ed Kulkulka, of Clinton, and Hayward of the Twins also had three hits each. CLINTON AB B H O A E Cielinski, 2b _ 4 0 1 5 4 1 O’Shields, lb_ 5 2 1 7 0 1 Marsh, If, ss _ 4 2 3 5 0 0 Kulkulka, Sb_ 4 0 3 1 3 0 McLean, If __ 2 0 1 0 0 0 Latta, ss _ 2 1 0 0 2 0 Haynes, rf _ 4 0 0 2 0 0 Holland, cf_ 3 10 10 0 Sanders, c __ 4 1 0 6 0 0 Corbett, p _ 4 10 0 12 TOALS _1_ 36 7 10 27 10 4 DUNN-ERWIN AB B H O A E Collins, ss _ 4 112 3 0 Leach, lb __ 5 0 2 9 2 0 Jackson, rf--— 3 0 0 0 0 0 Denning, If _ 3 0 0 1 0 0 Bass, If 6_ 2 0 0 1 0 0 McQuillen, cf _ 4 1 2 0 0 0 Balia, 2b _ 110 3 10 Stringfellow, 2b _ 2 0 0 2 2 0 MiUer, 3b- 4 0 0 0 2 0 Hayward, c- 3 0 3 7 1 0 Vinajeras, p--— 4 0 0 2 2 0 TOTALS - 35 3 8 27 13 0 CLINTON - 200 400 100—7 DUNN-ERWIN- 110 000 010—3 Runs batted in: Marsh 2. Kulkulka 2, Denning, Corbett 2, Cielinski, Hayward. Two-base hits: Marsh. Three-base hits: Marsh 2. Stolen bases: McQuillen. Double plays: Cielinski to O’Shields <21. Left on bases: Clinton 4: Dunn-Erwin 10. Bases on balls—y£f: Corbett 5. Vinageras 2. Struck out, by Vinajera* 5; Corbett. Time of game: 2:35. Pirates Cheer Boy During Illness Here Young Craig Keen, batboy of the City Optical softball team, and one of Wilmington’s most enthusiastic sport fans, now ill at the James Walker Memorial hospital, played host during the week to members of his favorite baseball team, the Wilmington Pirates. Said to be improving slight ly while making a valiant fight to get well in time to see some more baseball, young Keen was visited by Freddie Mus cemeci, Eddie Hardisky, Andy Poklemba and Johnny Musko* vitch durnig the week. Baseball In Brief TOBACCO STATE LEAGUE Won Lost Pet. Sanford _ 79 35 .692 Lurnberton - 66 45 . 600 WILMINGTON _ 63 51 .551 Dunn-Erwin __ 57 56 .504 Warsaw _ 55 59 .482 Clinton _ 5 1 63 . 44S Red Springs _ 42 72 .369 Smithfield _ 42 73 .365 GAMES TODAY Clinton at Smithfield. WILMINGTON at Warsaw. Dunn-Erwin at Red Springs. Lurnberton at Sanford. AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pet. G. B. New York _ 77 42 .647 Boston - 62 52 .544 12 1-2 Detroit - 62 55 .530 14 Philadelphia _ 63 56 .529 14 Cleveland - 60 56 .517 15 1-2 Chicago - 55 64 .462 22 Washington _ 49 68 .419 27 St. Louis __ . 42 77 .353 35 GAMES TODAY New York at Chicago—(21—Shea (11-4) and Newsom (9-8) vs. Haynes (8-5) and Ruffing (2-2). Philadelphia at Detroit—(2)—Coleman and Flores (3-141 vs. Trucks (9-6) and Newhouser (12-14). Washington at St. Louis—(2)—Haefner (7-10) and Cary (1-0) vs. Fannin (4-6) and Sanford (4-11). Boston at Cleveland—(2)—Ferriss (10 10) and Dobson (13-7) vs. Harder (6-3) and Gettel (8-6). NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pet. G. B. Brokolvn _ 75 47 .615 St. Louis - 63 52 .567 6 Boston - 67 54 .554 7 1-2 New York _ 60 57 .513 12 1-2 Cincinanti _ 58 66 .468 18 Chicago _ 53 67 .442 21 Pittsburgh _ 52 69 . 430 22 1-2 Philadelphia _ 49 70 .412 24 1-2 GAMES TODAY St. Louis at Boston—Dickson (9-12) vs. Sain (17-9). Chicago at New York—(2)—Borowy fa ll) and Wyse (4-6) vs. Jansen (14-4) and Iott (3-6). Pittsburgh at Brooklvn—Bonham (9-6) vs. Branca (17-9). Cincinnati at Philadelphia—(2)—Peter son (5-10) and Lively (5-5) vs. Jurish (0-4) and Rowe (11-9). BASEBALL’S BIG SIX Player and Club G AB R H PCT. Walker, Phillies _117 429 67 152 .354 Williams, Red Sox_115 384 95 130 . 338 Mitchell. Indians_ 83 319 47 107 .335 McCosky, Athletics _101 401 62 134 .334 Reiser, Dodgers _ 83 297 58 96 . 320 Galan, Reds _104 318 48 101 .318 RUNS BATTED IN NATIONAL LEAGUE Mize. Giants _105 Elliott, Braves _98 Kiner, Pirates _94 AMERICAN LEAGUE Doerr, Red Sox _80 Williams, Red Sox _76 DiMaggio, Yankees _75 Heurich, Yankees _75 HOME RUNS— NATIONAL LEAGUE Mize, Giants _39 Kiner, Pirates _37 Marshall. Giants _ 30 AMERICAN LEAGUE Williams, Red Sox -25 Gordon, Indians _23 Heath, Browns _ 23 FAIRCLOTH WINS 14TH OVER SPINS WARSAW, Aug. 23.—Cy Fair cloth coasted to his 14th win of the season here tonight as the Red Sox went on a hitting spree and clubbed Hoyt Clegg and the league leading Sanford Spinners for 18 hits and a 16-2 victory. Andy Scrobola hit a home run in the Warsaw offensive, and every Socker scored at least one tally, and collected at least one hit off Clegg. Hank Nesselrode was the only Sanford batter to have any luck with Faircloth, betting three hits including a double. SANFORD AB R H O A F, Guinn, 2b - 5 0 1 4 2 0 Nessing, 3b _!_ 4 0 1 4 4 0 Wilson, cf_ 4 1 0 2 2 0 Nesselrode, rf__ 4 1 3 2 0 0 Shofner, lb_ 4 0 0 7 1 0 Hedrick, c_ 3 0 1 5 0 1 Pugh, If-4 0 110 0 Keane, ss-- 3 0 0 1 0 0 Clegg, p- 3 0 0 1 1 1 xHoliday- 1 0 0 0 0 0 TOTALS_ 35 2 7 24 10 2 x—Grounded out for Clegg )n 9th. WARSAW ABIHOAI Salyer, 2b _ 5 2 2 4 4 0 Jordan, ss _ 6 2 3 4 4 1 Milner, lb _ 5 1 3 8 0 0 Stephens, rf _ 3 3 2 1 0 0 Scrobola, cf_ 4 2 2 3 1 0 Bohannan, If_ 4 112 0 1 Jones, c _ 5 2 3 5 0 0 McCarty, 3b_ 3 2 1 0 3 0 Faircloth, p __3 110 12 TOTALS_ 38 16 18 27 13 4 SANFORD_ 011 000 000— 2 WARSAW _ 000 321 46x—16 Runs batted in: Pugh, Salyer 2, Jor dan 2, Milner 3, Stephens, Scrobola "2, Bohannon 2, Jones, Faircloth 2. Two base hits: Nesselrode, Jordan, Jones. Three-base hits: Guinn. Home runs: fices: Milner, Faircloth. Double plays: Schrobola. Stolen bases: Jones. Sacri Nessing to Shofner, Jordan, Salyer to Milner. Left on bases: Sanford 9; War saw 12. Bases on balls—off: Faircloth 2 Clegg 10. Struck out, by Clegg 5; Fair cloth. Time of game: 2:12. Stranahan, Barnum In Golf Finals CHICAGO, Aug. 23 —(£>)—Frank Stranahan of Toledo, O., and John Barnum of Evanston, 111., today won their semi-final matches and the right to battle for the Chicago Great Lakes amateur golf cham pionship in the 36-hold finals to morrow. Stranahan was forced to go 15 holes to win from Jimmy Frisian PIGGY-BACK PLAY AT HOME PLATE—Emil Verban, Phillies second baseman sprawls over Catcher Joe Garagiola of the Cardi nals, as he makes home safely in the second inning of a twin bill nightcap at Philadelphia. Obscured by the home plate mixup is Um pire Butch Henline. Verban came home on Shortstop Ralph /a Pointe’s single to center, beating the throw from Centerfielder Terry Moore. The Phils won the first game 9-2. The Cards took the second 13-3. (AP Wirephoto). ____ Dyke To Defend City Golf Title - -f Top amateur golfers in Wilming ton today begin polishing up their game for th; City Open champion ship tournament which gets under way next Saturday at the Munici pal Golf course. Qualifying rounds get started Saturday and will continue through Sept. 21. Match play begins Sept. 28 and will continue until the Oc tober finals. The qualifying rounds will be 36 holes, and the championship fin als will be a like number of holes. All flight winners and the qualify ing medalist will receive prizes. Bil Dyke, long hitting Wilming tonian, will be on hand to defend the crown he won last year in a play-off with Louis Orrell, and Or rell will also enter the tournament it is expected. Certain to take a favorite’s role this season will be Jess Ellison, champion of the Star-News tour nament last spring. Runner-up in the tournament, and victor over Ellion in the club matches, Lyn Walsh, Jr., will also be one of the men labeled as favorites in the coming city clash. With Ellison, Walsl}, Orrell and Dyke prepping for the 1947 classic, the course record of 68 set by Jim Crighton, brother of the Muni pro Dave Crichton, will be in for a rough time. Besides the four men tioned Glenn and Jim Herring and Ben Washburn, low seventy hit ters will be set to go come Sept. 28. LATE SCORES CAROLINA LEAGUE Leaksville 12-9; Martinsville 5-1. Greenbsoro at Winston-Salem, ppd, rain. Two games.. Burlington 7; Raleigh 6. INTERNATIONAL Buffalo 6: Montreal 4. Toronto 9; Rochester 2. Baltimore 15; Newark 3. Jersey City 4; Syracuse 3. AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston at Chicago, postponed, rain. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE Columbus 7; Jacksonville 6. Macon li; Savannah 10. Greenville 8; Charleston 7. Columbia 10; Augusta 7. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION Chattanooga 5; Mobile 4. TRI-STATE LEAGUE Asheville 4; Spartanburg 2. NORTH STATE LEAGUE Landis 3; Concord 2. Hickory 3. Statesville 0. Mooresville 8; Salisbury 4. Lexington 7; Thqmasville-High Point 4 ROBINS LEAVE WEED BASEMENT RED SPRINGS, Aug. 23—The Red Springs Robins emerged from the Tobacco State league cellar with a 10 - 2 blasting of the second place Lumberton Cubs. Jim Miller handcuffed the Bruins with just six scattered hits, while his mates joyfully moved into the seventh place by belting Dob Spicer and his relief hurler, Zmijewski for 12 hits. Mangini led the Robins assault with a triple and driving in two runs. Ciayton with just one single in four tries belted home three tallies. LUMBERTON AB R H O A E Wood, ss _ 4 0 1 0 3 1 Stanley, 3b - 4 0 1 0 0 0 Marx, lb_ 3 1 0 11 0 C Jamin, If _ 4 0 110 0 Pearsall, cf - 2 1 1 5 1 C Cabiness, 2b- 4 0 0 1 5 0 Dixon, rf - 3 0 0 2 0 0 Knisely, c _ 4 0 14 10 Spicer, p _ 1 O C 0 0 0 mijewski, p_ 1 0 0 0 1 0 xBerger__ 10 10 0 0 xxRayonk-- 1 0 0 0 0 0 xxxCrummie —- 1 0 0 0 0 0 TOTALS___ 33 2 6 24 11 1 x—Singled for Spicer in 6t#i. XX—Grounded for Dixon in 9th. xxx—Grounded for Zmijewski in 9th. RED SPRINGS AB R H O A E Rogers, 2b_ 5 3 2 3 2 0 Wolfe, 3b _ 5 3 4 1 2 1 Mangini, lb _ 5 1 3 11 2 0 Clayton, If _ 4 110 0 0 Parnell, rf_3 112 0 0 Brown, cf_— 4 0 1 2 0 0 Jackson, ss _ 4 0 0 3 1 0 Papa, c_ 3 0 0 5 0 0 Miller, p_ 3 1 0 0 3 0 TOTALS_ 36 10 12 27 10 1 LUMBERTON _ 000 200 000— 2 RED SPRING.-S _ 322 102 OOx-lO Runs batted in: Dixon, Knisely, Wolfe, Two-base hits: Wolfe 2, Pearsall. Three Clayton 3, Mangini 2, Brown, Jackson base hits: Mangini. Stolen Mangini. Bases on balls—off: Spicer 2, Miller 2. Struck out, by Spicer 2, Miller 3. Hits off: Spicer in 4 innings 9; Zmijewski in 4 innings 3. Wild pitches: Spicer. RANKED NO. 1 GREENSBORO, Aug. 23.—(JP)— A lone defending champion, Anne Martindale of Greensboro, who has won more state tennis titles than any other person in the 13 year history of the championships, was ranked No. 1 in the six di visions of play beginning Mon day in the North Carolina closed tournament. Laffoon Leads Pros With Five Under Par By RUSS NEWLAND RENO, Nev., Aug. 23 —tD—Vet eran Ky Laffoon of St. Andrews, 111., knocking par groggy, swept into the lead of the 72-hole $15,000 Reno Open golf tournament today with a three round total of 204 He carded a 34-33-67 to jump to the front of the field. Par for the Washoe County course is 36-36—72. Laffoon’s five-under-par third round enabled him to pass the halfway leader, Ellsworth Vines of ,Los Angeles, who blew up to take a two-over par 74 and fall back into a three-way tie at 208 strokes. In between were Paul Jopes, La Habra, Calif., and E. J. Harrison York, Pa., tied at 206; and Na tional PGA champion Jim Fer rier, San Francisco, and Herman Keiser, Akron, Ohio, deadlocked at 207. Jopes, little known major tour nament competitor, scored a hole in one during his round. It was on the 120-yard third hole and he had a 32-36—68 for the round. Harrison had 36-34—70; Ferrier, 32-37—69, and Keiser, 35-35 _ 70.' Ferrier played the round after be ing ill last night. Vines, former tennis star, start ed out with a two-stroke advan tage over his nearest rival, and posted a 35 for his outgoing nine, but ran into difficulties on the in coming stretch. He was still one under par at the fifteenth hole but hit his ball into a trap on the sixteenth and knocked it out over the green to go two over par. Tied with Vines at 208 were Bill Nary, Phoenix, Ariz., and Jimmy Demaret, of Ojai, Calif. Demaret shot a 67 to get back into conten tion after his miserable opening day 75. Pre-tournament favorite, Ben Hogan of Hershey, Pa., also card ed a 67 which gave him a 54-hole total of 209, the same as Al Smith of Winston-Salem. N. C. --r-~ “Cushman” Dial 2-8224 Robinson Moves Into Net Finals To Play Raleigh Dark Horse; Local Girl Wins Crown Defeating John Farfour, of Goldsboro, in straight sets. 6-1, 6-3, 7-5, Jerry Robinson, Wilmington’s ranking amateur tennis star, moved into the Eastern Carolina Tennis as sociation championship tourna ment finals last night, and faces the amazing Bill Wea thers, of Raleigh, today at 1:30 for the crown. Seeded fourth in the tourna ment Robinson would normally be a slight favorite to defeat Weathers who is unseeded, but the Raleigh racket wielder, who had a poor season, has suddenly caught fire and is unbeaten in the tourney to date. He climaxed earlier victories last night by up setting the top-seeded Whit Cobb, of Durham, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, in the cracker-jack clash of the matches so far. Mary Johnson, of Wilmington, seeded first in the Womens’ di vision, and upset for the singles title, combined with Farfour to win the mixed doubles title. Miss Johnson and Farfour defeated the Kinston pair, Mrs. E. Cummings and Ed Barry 6-1, 6-0 last night. In addition to his title clash for singles championship, Robinson will also pair up with Cobb today and will be favored to defeat Ed Gloyd and Weathers, Raleigh duo, for the Mens' doubles crown. A third Wilmingtonian won top laurels during the tournament. Dick Hewlett smashed past all opponents to take the Junior Boys championship this week. Cobb’s defeat was the Ijiggest upset of the tournament. A large crowd of tennis fans gasped as Weathers refused to be beaten, although obviously playing against a more polished foe. In today’s battle with Robinson, Weathers will face another topflight player, and the net fans are wondering if the young Raleigh player can con tinue his exhausting pace. Wallace Announces Football Schedule WALLACE, Aug. 22 — Jackson ville High school has been added to the Wallace High football schedule fr 1847, it has been an nounced by Coach Thell Overman of Wallace. Overman also disclos ed that negotiations are underway for a game with Burgaw. Here is schedule of the Wallace team for the coming gridiron sea son: Sept. 19—Jacksonville, here; Sept. 26—Warsaw, here; Oct. 3— Mt. Olive, there; Oct. 10—Clinton, here; Oct. 17 —LaGrange, there; Oct. 24—Burgaw (tentative); Oct. 31 — Smithfield-Selma, here; Nov. 7—Ayden, there; Nov. 14—Farm ville, here: Nov. 21—open. All of the tilts except Jacksonville and Burgaw are East Central Confer ence games. Players who are expected to play for Jacksonville are: Max Sykes, Earl Casey, Thomas Town send, Jimmy Herring, Jimmy Powell, Max Morrison, Dick Knowles, Roger Askerman, M. B. Pope, Charles Carr, Billy James, Ralph Carlton, and Jimmy Lock amy. TIGERS BEATEN" BY WASHINGTON DETROIT, Aug. 23 Detroit Tigers slipped ba , a virtual tie f0r fourth k the Philadelphia Mhletie, * *'J as Marino Pieretti and Mi 3 dim pitched their v.av 0.. cb Waschington errors to hr? £;» Nats a 5 to 3 victory Tigers. y °Vet f’t Pieretti. who retired after« innings with a sore elbow ^ Candini, who relieved him 151 bined to hurl a four-hitter was credited to Candini, “* Freddie Hutchinson, who ed the last two innings aVo:*' third Detroit pitcher, Wa, ^ ed with the loss when Gerry tSf dy’s single and Frank Man™? double broke a 3-all tie l ? ninth and Mancuso scored'V* second on Buddy Lewis’ tHr?' of the game. "”t: Only one of the Washington nil cues figured in the scoring \\\" successive fumbles by third 0j» man Eddie Yost, first basera-' Mickey Vrnon and Piretti loa? th bases with nobody out in ? Detroit fifth Pieretti bore dor? fan Vic Wertz and Dick Wakefield and entice George Kell to CH, tribute a force play grounder”' WASHINGTON ABB a,, Sullivan, ss _ 4 « , . Lewis, rf . 5 l 3 p, McBride, If - 3 0 0 ■» { Robertson, If- 1 o 0 ( 1 Vernon, lb - 4 i j ( I Spence, cf - 4 1 o i, Yost, 3b - 2 o o ' • Travis, 3b - 1 I) 0 J1 Priddy, 2b- 4 1 j ■ j Mancuso, c -4 1 2 i ■ Pieretti, p - 1 0 0 (, xChristman - 1 D 1 »j Candini, p- 2 0 0 ") TOTALS --_ 36 5 10 27 1J x—Singled for Pieretti in 6th. DETROIT ABRHOj Lake, ss- 1 o 0 p zzCramer __ - 1 o 0 ' Webb, ss- 0 0 0 0! Mayo, 2b--- 2 0 0 l j Wertz, rf - 4 0 0 1) Wakefield, If- 5 0 0 21 Kell, 3b - 3 1 2 O' Evers, cf- 4 1 l j | McHale, lb- 2 0 0 12 i Swift, c - 3 0 0 3) zMullin-- 1 0 0 0 5 Wagner, c_ 0 0 0 2 ? Overmire, p - 2 1 1 ; Benton, p _ DOOM Hutchinson, p _ 0 0 0 J | TOTALS _ 28 3 4 27 ;• z—Grounded out for Swift in 9th, zz—Flied out for Lake in 9th. WASHINGTON _______ 000 000 2;:-l DETROIT _ 020 (100 100-3 Errors: Yost, Vernon 2, Pieretti, ftj. livan, McHale, Swift. Runs batted Priddy, Muncuso 2, Lewis, Overmire. Two base hit: Mancuso. Three base hit: Kell. Sacrifices: Yost. Lake 2, Mayo. !:■ ers. Double plays: Sullivan, Priddy art Vernon; Overmire. Lake and McHale, Left on bases: Washington 7; Detroit” Bases on balls: off Pieretti 3. CandirJ * Overmire 1, Benton 1. Strikeouts: V Pieretti 3. Overmire 2. Hutchinson 1 Hits: off Pieretti 3 in 5 innings. Car.dlr! 1 in 4; Overmire 6 in 7; Benton 1 in*: Hutchinson 3 in 2. Wild pitch: Pieretti Winning pitcher: Candini. Lor.rj pitcher: Hutchinson. Umpires: McKinley Weafer, Passarella and Hubbard. Tint* 2:19. Attendanace: 15,670. DOG C 0 LL AR! AT YOUR SEHSii 114 Market Street Mai «» BASEBALL SUITS ) For Youngsters O QC Complete_ One Gallon Thermos Jugs . 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