SPORTS
SHELBY DAILY STAR
HARRY ROBINSON, Sports Editor
Sports Roundup
NEW YORK, April 13—(/P)—
Colgate’s Eppy Barnes, who is
making a real effort to organize
a federation of college baseball
coaches, advances the theory that
the college tutors can learn a lot
from high school coaches . . . The
Collegians—at least the former
professionals among them—should
have more technical knowledge,
but the high schoolers know more
about stirring up interest . . .
“They have activated champion
ship playoffs at regional levels and
are currently operating successful
leagues which act as a stimulus to
the game," says Barnes. That's
just about what he wants the col
lege coaches to do on a bigger
scale.
^ QUOTE, UNQUOTE
®Ed McKeever, explaining his
iootball coaching theories to Itha
ca, N. Y„ businessmen: "Charac
ter building is not made with los
ing ball clubs. It is only made by
those boys who won’t be licked."
. . . And there goes another beau
tiful alibi out the window.
SPORTS BEFORE YOUR EYES
Scoop Latimer, the Green
ville, S. C, scribe who pro
posed Jimmy Byrnes for base
ball commissioner, now asks
"why didn't I suggest Ty Cobb
in the first place? He's every
foot a man and would be every
inch a ruler.” . . . The Green
'Bay Packers’ coaching staff
has a background of 55 years
in the National league. Bosa
Curly Lambeau has been there
26 years, Walt Kiesling 19 and
Don Hutson ten . . . Paul Hirt
enstein, dean of mid-western
racing experts, has retired as
turf editor of the Chicago
Daily News . . . It’s really too
perfect, but the Southern as
sociation has an umpire named
Danny Dever. And, with all
the night games they play, It
probably will be morning be
fore the fans catch Danny if
they want to administer Klp
lingesque punishment.
SERVICE DEPT.
Capt. Maurice '‘Clipper’’ Smith,
former Santa Clara and Vlllanova
coach has been detached from the
Cherry Point, N. C., Marine Air
station to attend the Marine spe
cial service school, piloted by the
former navy coach, Capt. E. E.
"Swede” Larsen. . . . Pfc. Earl Mil
ler of Keesler Held, Miss., insists
that any list of best basketball
coaches should include Jack Ors
ley of Loyola (New Orleans), win
ner of the National Intercollegi
ate tournament, and Keesler's
Capt. George B. Huffman ... An
engineer battalion at Khorrams
hahr, Iran, has organised a deep
sea fishing club. The first trip,
of course, produced only an alibi.
Fifty W.omen Aquatic
Stars Will Compete
For National Titles
CHICAGO. April 13—'A*—Fifty I
of the country's top-notch gtrll
swimmers and divers, including j
three defending champions. to-;
night open the three-day National
A.A.U. women’s Indoor swimming
meet in the Chicago Town club j
poo!.
Headline billing goes to Ann1
Curtis or San Francisco and Bren-!
da Helser of Hollywood who have
been dominating the amateur
swimmiing competition for the last
two years. Miss Curtis, first wo
man ever to win the Sullivan a
ward, will defend her 320 and 440
yard free style titles. Mias Helser j
■II defend her 100-yard free style
umpionahip. In addition to chal-1
lenging the San Francisco girl in i
the 220 and 440-yard events.
The third title-holder, defend
ing her crown, is Patricia Sinclair
of the New York women's swim
ming association, queen of the 100
yard breast stroke division.
Furgol, Stranahan
Play For Golf Title
PINEHURST. April 13—'4b—Ed
Furgcl of Hinsdale, 111., who led
the amateurs in 12 of 16 tourna
ments on the winter tour of the,
professionals, faces Frank Stran
nhan of Fort Myers. Fla., over the
36-hole route today for the North
and South amateur golf title.
Never over par since tile quali
fying round Monday, Furgol blast
ed out Bobby Kay. Toledo. 0. 6
and 5, yesterday to move to the
finals, while Stranahan disposed
of Medalist Frank Edwards from
Caroleen. 3 and 2.
Iron dark colored and pique
wash dresses on the wrong side.
Press the seams open so that the
dresses will fit smoothly.
Country Club’s
Annual Barbecue
Is Postponed
Due to the Lions Club holding
their Indies night meeting tonight,
and the Rotary club having their
ladies night on Friday. April 20,
the Cleveland Springs Country
club's annual barbecue has been
postponed temporarily, and a date
will be announced in the very near
future. This annual occasion has
always created much interest among
the members of the club and since!
so many of t!he members belong
to one of the civic clubs another
date will be set so that they may
attend the barbecue and business
meeting that will follow’.
All Service Men
Ticketed For A
Taste Overseas
WASHINGTON—Every able-bod
ied man in Uncle Sam's army is
ticketed for a taste of overseas ser
vice
War Secretary Stimson says so.
He reported in a letter to Rep
resentative Mahon. Democrat, Tex
as, that of 2.900,000 men on dutv
in this countrv in February 'some
1.400,000 already have been select
ed for duty overseas and are being
| trained for t hat purpose.
An additional 18.000 are in armv
hospitals, but of the remainder—
j now service jobs:
“Everyone of these soldiers, ex
cept those who have already seen
overseas service or who are phy
sically disqualified, is ear-marked
for foreign service, as soon as he
can be replaced by an overseas‘re
turned or a limited service man."
Mahon had written Stimson sug
gesting that "the bottom of the
barrel” be scraped of soldiers still
in the United States before sending
combat troops from Europe to the
Facific.
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President Roosevelt Was Nation’s No. 1 Sports Fan
Major Leagues Preparing
For Next Week’s Openers
NEW YORK, April 13.—(/P)—Three hurlers apparently
won the honor of pitching next week’s opening games for
their respective clubs as a result of stellar performances in
yesterday’s exhibition contests.
Sig Jakucki or tne st. thorns
Browns gave the Cardinals five
hits In seven Innings as the
American Leaguers prevailed by 8
to 3, taking a 4-1 lead in the
seven-game city series.
Big Paul Derringer of the Chi
cago Cubs went five Innings and
allowed two hits in his team's
15-3 triumph over the White Sox.
Brooklyn’s Curt Davis showed up
well as the Dodgers trimmed the
New York Yankees, 3-1, going sev
en innings and giving six safeties.1
This was a Red Cross benefit af
fair which netted $22,390.50.
Due to President Roosevelt's
death, several scheduled games
have been cancelled, Including
today's Yankees-Dodgers clash;
the Cubs-White Sox contests of
today and tomorrow and the
Red Sox-Braves game of Sat
urday.
Other training items:
New York Giants—Johnny Gee,
Whom Giants got from Pittsburgh
for $7,500 waiver price last season
after Pirates paid $75,000 for six
foot, nine-inch hurler in 1939, slat
ed to make first start of training
season Saturday against Newark
Bears. Believes old arm injury
disappeared.
Pittsburgh Pirates — Manager
Frank Frisch said Frankie Zak
will be at short for Pirates when
season opens Tuesday.
Philadelphia Phillies — Big Bill
Lee, 35-year-old pitcher, arrived at
camp and promptly was hit on
his arm by ball in first practice.
Philadelphia Athletics — Connie
Mack announced purchase of
Charles Qassaway, southpaw
moundsman, from Milwaukee for
reported $16,000. A s took nip and
tuck game from Washington Sen
ators, 7-6.
Cleveland Indians—Ed Wheeler,
who reported Wednesday, will play
third base today in team’s second
exhibition clash with Pittsburgh.
Steve Gromek slated to pitch for
Indians.
Fights Last Night
FALL RIVER, MASS.—Walter
(Popeye) Woods, 168, New York,
knocked out Bill Johnson, 170,
Wilmington, N. C., 3.
BOSTON—Bert Lytell, 152, Fres
no Calif., knocked out Johnny Ryan
151 1-2, Detroit, 3.
HIOHLAND PARK, N. J—Vln
nie Jones, 153, Tampa, TKO’d Joe
i Butch 1 Lynch, 159, Plainfield, 7.
Baby Beau, 138, Augusta, outpoint
ed Jimmy Mason, 131, Camp Kil
mer, 8.
FBI MAN SPEAKS
TO KIWANIANS
Ed Kennedy, Former As
sistant To J. Edgar
Hoover Speaks
Ed C. Kennelly from the Char
lotte office of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation was guest speaker
last night before the Klwanis
club, telling of the work the FBI
is doing to combat crime in Amer
ica.
“We have ninety-five million per
sons fingerprinted in America and
these records are on file in Wash
ington where they are mad^ avail
able to every law - enforcement
group in the country,” said Mr.
Kennelly. The value of finger
printing is useful in the detection
of crime alone, but helpful In
Identifying missing persons. Every
service man, eleven million of
them, has been fingerprinted.
FBI LABORATORY
Mr. Kennelly told of the labor
atory which the FBI maintains in
Washington where scientific studies
are made in the detection of
crime. He told of the training
program for FBI workers before
they enter upon their duties. Sixty
FBI men are engaged in North
Carolina and all are graduates oi
the National Police Academy. The
FBI has closed a half million draft
cases and 20,000 cases of sabotage.
However, in no case of sabotage
was it discovered that an anamy
nation had any part in the crime.
Lee Weathers presented three
service men as ‘the Three Mus
keteers”: Sgt. J. W. White, Corp.
Sheppard Hamrick and Corp.
Hugh Pegram. These three Shelby
boys are members of the same
crew on a B-24 and have been in
training in Colorado. They are now
ready for overseas assignment and
are at home on furloughs of thirty
days. Each of the boys has been
a newspaper carrier, two of them
for The Star.
President Reid Misenheimer ask
ed that the entire group of Ki
wanians stand for a minute of sil
ent prayer over the sudden and
shocking death of our nation's
chief.
William Henry Harrison, ninth
president of the United States was
I the oldest man ever elected to the
office. He served the shortest term,
one month, and was the first
president to die in office.
Lods is a Polish textile center,
and is sometimes called tire “Man
chester” of Poland.
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CAROLINA WILL
PLAY RED SOX
AND WOLFPACK
CHAPEL HILL, April 13—North
Carolina’s Tar Heels hitched up
their belts today and looked for
ward to a heavy schedule, begin
ning this weekend with tough en
gagements with the Roanoke Red
Rox in Durham Friday afternoon
and a return meeting with the N.
C. State Wolfpack in Raleigh Sat
urday.
Friday afternoon’s exhibition
contest with the Roanoke Red Sox
of the Virginia league will be held
at 3:30 in the Durham Athletic
park and will b£ a tough assign
ment for the inexperienced Tar
Heels. However, they’ve been
working hard for the last few days
and expect to give the Red Sox a
tough battle.
The Hearnmen have a strong
corps of pitchers to fall back on,
and the defensive play of the Tar
Heels has been very good. But on
the offensive side of the ledger
■the Carolinians haven’t shown too
much power, and will have to in
crease their effectiveness in this
department, when they take on the
Red Sox.
Coach Hearn announced that
he will probably use John McEl
rath, freshman from Winston-Sa
lem, on the mound, with Ronald
Frazier, another yearling star
from the Twin City, taking over
behind the plate.
Saturday the Tar Heels meet N.
C. State’s slugging Wolfpack in a
return engagement, and the latter
will be out to gain revenge for a
14-3 defeat handed them by the
Tar Heels in Chapel Hill last Sat
urday. William “Red” Forrest, only
remaining veteran of the club, will
probably take the mound against
Coach Beattie Feathers’ outfit.
“Red” Hughes, regular short
stop who has been out of action
with an ankle injury, has gotten
rid of his crutches, but will prob
ably be another two weeks before
he can play, Coach Hearn said.
Allen Eiger, hard-hitting outfield
er who was struck on the arm by
a pitched ball last week, is expect
ed to be out of the lineup for an
other 10 days.
CAMP CREEK
BOY KILLED
Pvt. Hord Hamrick Dies
In Germany; Plan
Memorial Day
CAMPS CREEK—Mr. and Mrs.
“Short” Humphries and family of
Gaffney, spent Thursday night
with Mrs. Ester Humphries.
Miss Ella Nora Goforth of
Gaffney, spent the weekend with
Miss Elizabeth Jones.
The G. A.'s held their monthly
meeting at the home of Misses
Jackie and Deanie Hamrick Wed
nesday evening. A large number
were present and a good program
was given. Refreshments were
served by the hostess, assisted by
Miss Dorothy Humphries.
Miss Prella Humphries of Shelby
spent the weekend with her par
ents.
Miss Velma Hamrick spent the
weekend with Miss Adger Ham
rick of Spartanburg.
A committee was appointed Sun
day to arrange for the memorial
day services which will be held the
fourth Saturday in May. The com
mittee is as follows: L. B. Self,
G. D. Jolley, Velma Hamrick, Her
man Humphries, Johnny Bridges,
and Mrs. Earl Bridges.
KILLED IN ACTION
Mrs. Hord Hamrick, who former
ly lived in this community, re
ceived word from the War de
partment last week that her hus
band, Pvt. Hord Hamrick, was
killed in action in Germany.
Miss Elizabeth Jolley of the Duke
Power plant spent the weekend
with Miss Mozelle Harrington.
Dewey Martin of Cramerton,
spent Sunday with his mother,
Mrs. John Martin.
Mrs. Thames Humphries has
returned to her home from the
hospital and is doing fine.
Saturday dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. G. D. Jolley were Mr
and Mrs. I. V. Moore and family
Mrs. Melvin Skinner and son of
Grassy Pond and Mrs. Jack Skin
ner^and daughter of Gaffney.
Pvt. Edwin Harrington is spend
ing a furlough with his parents
and wife,
To Hold Service For
Pfc. Harold Shelton
NEWTON.—A memorial service
for Pfc. Harold Shelton, who was
reported killed in artion in Ger
many on March 4, will be held at
the North Newton Methodist Sun
day afternoon with Rev. C. A
Morrison in charge. Mrs. W. M.
Rice of Woodleaf will be in charge
of the music for the service.
•STEAMBOAT’ READY FOR SEASON—Harry “Steamboat” Johnson,
the veteran Southern Association umpire, warms up at his home in
Memphis, Tenn., for his 35th season behind the plate. The colorful, 57
year-old strikeout caller, one of the oldest umpires in point of service in
organized baseball .tries out the whisk broom he has used to brush off
home plates for the last 15 of the 25 years he has been in the Southern
Association—(AP Photo)
McCOOL SCORES THREE SUCCESSIVE
SHUTOUTS IN STANLEY CUP PLAY
TORONTO, April 13—(/P)—Frank |
McCool, 26-year-old Calgary sports
writer who was discharged from
the Canadian army Decause of sto
mach ulcers, is the first goal-end
er in hockey history to score three
successive shutouts in Stanley cup
play.
The quiet, soft-spoken McCool
last night blanked the Detroit Red
Wings 1-0 for Toronto in the third
game of the Stanley cup finals. In
the first two games he registered
1-0 and 2-0 shutouts.
His three successive shutouts
betters the record of two by a for
mer Detroit goal tender now in
the RCAF, Johnny Mowers, who
blanked the Boston Bruins for De
troit in the last two games of the
1943 Stanley cup finals.
McCool won the National Hock
ey league award this season. He
had four shutouts and was scored
on 152 times in his 50 league
games.
Last night’s shutout brought his
play-off total to four as he had
one in the semi-final series in
which the Leafs ousted Montreal
Canadiens, N.H.L. champions this
season and Stanley cup winners a
year ago. His four in a play-off
series equals a record set in 1926
by Clint Benedict of the Montreal
Maroons.
A native of Calgary, McCool
played for a time with Gonzaga
university of Spokane before join
ing the army.
$72,080 Paid To
Veterans In March
RALEIGH, April 13.— i/P) —The
Unemployment Compensation com
mission paid World War Two vet
erans $72,080 in readjustment last
month, while jobless workers re
iceived $32,579.78, UCC Chairman
I A. L. Fletcher said last night.
FDR Established Record Of
Nine Baseball Opening Day
Appearances In Washington
By JOE REICHLER
NEW YORK, April 13.—(/P)—Baseball has lost its No.
1 Fan.
Sports people in general and baseball in particular feel
the tragic death of President Roosevelt robbed the athletic
world of its best friend and warmest admirer.
LOCAL BOWLERS
DROPPED MATCH
TO CHARLOTTE
Playing a return match in Char
lotte last night, the Shelby boys’
bowling team was defeated by a
margin of 69 pins by the Model
Tone team, sponsored by the
Model Laundry in Charlotte. In
their first meeting, the Charlotte
team was victorious in a close
match, winning by only se^en pinsJ
Charlotte obtained a lead of 17
pins in the first game and was
never seriously threatened through
out the remainder of the contest,
as they gained 39 more pins lr the
second game and Shelby, rolling
their best games of the night, was
trailing by 13 pins in the final
tilt, that gave the Model Tone
team the victory by a margin of
69 pins.
Smith, of the Charlotte team,
led the scoring as he broke the
hundred mark in each of his three
games, rolling scores of 109, 103,
and 105 for a total of 317. Perree
was the individual high scorer for
Shelby with 304 pins to his credit
| during the match.
Box score:
'Charlotte—
Halroyd . 292
McCellan_271
Gilbert . 307
Smith _____... 317
Feimster ... 302
1489
Shelby—
Revels .:... 302
Farris .. 256
Cabaniss __ 261
Ferree . 304
Morrow .. 287
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oiarK Griffith, president or the
Washington Senator* and friend
of the President, expressed the
sentiment of sport* people gener
ally:
“We've lost a warm persona!
friend and great champion of base
ball."
On several occasions Mr. Roose
velt spoke up for baseball, when
prospects appeared none too bright
for the continuance of the game
during war time. First was in
1942 when he gave his blessings
to the national pastime in its first
precarious moment.
Only last month, Mr. Roose
velt referred to himself as the
“Nation’s No. 1 Baseball Fan”
and removed any lingering
doubts that baseball would be
allowed to carry on In 1945, its
fourth wartime season.
In accepting a 1945 season
pass from Griffith, he told the
“Old Fox” it was not beyond
the realm of possibility he
would be able to attend the
opening game in Washington
April 16 and throw out the
first ball.
Mr. Roosevelt established a rec
ord for Presidents by making nine
opening day appearances at Grif
fith stadium—1933 through 1941
in addition to throwing out the
first ball during World War I,
acting as a substitute for Presi
dent Wilson. He was then assist
ant secretary of the navy.
In many other respects, the
President showed deep interest in
sports. He was intensely interest
ed in national physical fitness af
ter the war, and was himself a
swimming enthusiast.
Griffith recalled that in F. D.
R.’s school days at Groton and
Harvard he was “quite an athlete”
in boxing, tennis, track, rowing
and baseball.
CHERRY TO SPEAK
OXFORD, April 13—(AV-Gover
nor Cherry will speak at the an
nual meeting here Sunday of the
North Carolina Inter-Denomina
tional Ushers association. The
meeting will be held at the negro
orphanage.
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