Nats Defy Predictions, Rise To Second Spot In League
Little World Series In
Charlotte On August 27
CLUB STANDINGS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W. I* Pet.
Detroit . 41 36 .612
Washington . .. 96 30 .545
New York. 37 31 .544
Boston - . 35 32 .522
Chicago _ -- 35 35 .500
St. Louis. 32 33 .492
Cleveland . 30 36 .462
Philadelphia.31 46 .318
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. Pet.
Brooklyn . .. 42 28 .600
Chicago . . 37 28 .589
St. Louis .. 39 30
Pittsburgh __ 36 32
^New York. 38 34
•Boston... 32 35 .478
Cincinnati . 31 34 .477
Philadelphia .. 20 54 .270
GAME RESULTS
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Bt. Louis 7, New York 5.
Cincinnati 6, Brooklyn 4.
Chicago 3, Boston 2.
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, rain.
.565
.529
.528
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 2, New York 1.
Washington 5. Chicago 2.
Detroit 9, Boston 8.
Philadelphia 3, St. Louis 4 (11
innings).
Penn Has 75 Grid
Hopefuls Working
PHILADELPHIA, July «. -4/P)—
Coach George Munger took a deep
tsr«ath, shrugged his shoulder and
iqt on his football worrying hat*
1945 style.
As thunder and rain threatened
from above, Munger watched 75
hopefu’ for the University of Penn
sylvania football team jog through
the first 1945 workout.
The biggest man on the field was
Jaime Anneux, 17-year-old Puerto
Rican scaling 220 pounds Navy
veteran Phil Heron of Philadelphia
weighed 135.
The squad looked a lot different.
Only Guard Joe Dickerson was
back from last year’s starting
eleven. Penn's All-America tackle
candidate, George Savitsky, was ex
pected to join the team later.
production of baby carriages,
) trailers, and walkers In 1944 total
M 1.636.000 units, an Increase jit 32
)er cent over that of 1943.
INDIANAPOLIS, July (Jt) —
The American Legion sponsored
Junior World Series will open on
Monday, Aug. 37, at Charlotte, N.
C., It. Worth Shumaker, acting
Americanism director, announced
today.
Pour sectional champions will
compete in the Carolina city, 11
regional events preceding the see*
tional meet.
Shumaker said 46 Legion depart
ments are participating in the ju
nior baseball program this year.
The Junior Series was pro
mised to Charlotte last year by
National Legion headquarters
as a reward for that city's fine
reeord of staging 11 successful
tournaments in past years and
the Series was given Charlotte
at the meeting of Legion lead
ers held June 24. Hornets Nest
Post No. 9 will sponsor the big
event with Robin 8. Kirby as
general chairman.
The series will be at least six or
seven games and will be held on
the double elimination plan used
at Minneapolis last year when Al
bemarle went to the finals. This
is the third time the Little World
Series has been held in the Caro
lines, having previously been play
ed in Gastonia, Spartanburg and
Albemarle.
Tulane Has 43 Freshman
Grid Prospects For '45
NEW ORLEANS, July «. —(*>)—
Coach Claude (Little Monk) Simons
counted 43 freshman football pros
pect.' from 13 states at the first
day of registration for Tulane Uni
versity’s fell semester yesterday.
Four war veterans were among
the new gridders matriculating.
With the Navy V-13 program cur
tailed, freshmen are expected to
play an even greater part in Tu
lane's 1945 program.
Notre Dome Grid Player
Named To All-Star Team
CHICAGO, July «. fit
Fllley, guard and captain of the
1943 and 1944 Notre Dame foot
ball teams, today was honored by
being the first collage player named
to the 1946 AU-Etar football team.
The all stars, to include some
two score college gridders, will meet
the Green Bay Packers, national
football league champions, at Sol
dier Field on Aug. 30 In the 12th
annual all star game.,
Longevity Afoot
SCOURBOUROH, England—(Jf) -
James Tennant, retired farmer, has
died In his 106th year. He attributed
his longevity to "plenty of walking,
and moderation In all things."
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Washburn Starts Game Tonight
SHELBY PLAYER
IN CHARLOTTE
FOR BOLT
CHARLOTTE, July 6. -4P)~
Schoolboy stars of the Carolina*
clash on the diamond here tonight
in the second annual Carolinas All*
Star boys baseball game. Thirty
two players from 24 towns are here.
Caliches Billy Laval of New
berry College, bead of the 8oath
Carolina crew and William (Doc)
Newton of Guilford College, Tar
Heel bew, have their charges
primed for a stirring tussle.
In addition to the team glory,
the youngsters will be shooting for
a prized Individual award—a trip
to New York and a place on the
£11- Star Eastern squad Babe Ruth
will pit against Ty Cobb’s Western
Stars Aug. 28 at the Polo grounds.
The vote of the fans for the
standout player in tonight’s con
test will decide the award.
The starting line ops:
North Carolina: Milton Bolick,
Charlotte, second base; Allan Wash
bum, Shelby, shortstop; Charlie
Gabriel, Cherryville, right field;
Herman Vick, Wilson, left field;
Frankie Pack, Forest City, center
field; Fred Caswell, Whiteville, first
base; Doc Queen, Gastonia, third
base; Bill Fowler, Charlotte, cat
cher; pitcher undetermined.
South Carolina: Barney Husen
berry, Florence, second base; John
Hunter, Clinton, third base; George
Taylor, Woddruff, centerfield;
Holmes Duncan, Greenville, first
base; Harold Jordan, Effingham,
shortstop; George Watts, Wood
ruff, catcher; Kenneth Ashley,
Woodruff, right field; Joe Farrow,
Greenville, left field; pitcher un
determined.
CAMPERS VISIT
BATHEGR01D
Fresh Air Comp Drawing
Enthusiastic
Praise
A hike to the Kings Mountain
battleground Thursday featured
another bu»y day at the Lions
sponsored Fresh Air camp at
Camp Cherokee and sent a weary
lot of youngsters off to bed tired
last night.
Visitors at the camp have been
impressed with the orderly effi
ciency of the place, while the
youngsters enthusiastically acclaim
the food of which they are eating
plenty. Milk is served at every
meal.
A point system, with prizes to
be awarded at the close of the
camp, is an Incentive to cleanli
ness and orderliness among the
sixty-odd boys who comprise the
successful encampment, first of a
program the Lions hope to make
annual.
Next Tuesday evening members
of the Lions club, together with
their ladies, will go to the camp
for the regular meeting.
Ella Softball Team
Defeats Eastside
The KUa mill softball team held
its lead In the Industrial softball
league by copping its eighth vic
tory yesterday afternoon in a
game at the Sastside mill.
Grant Duncan tossed a two-hit
game for the winners who took
the victory by a 6 to 1 score.
Crocker was the losing hurler, al
lowing ten hits. The only score
for Eastside came in the fifth
frame, while the Ella boys scored
j one in the first, two in the second,
! two in the sixth and one in the
| seventh.
Increased Attendance
At Pleasant Ridge
PLEASANT RIDGE—An increase
in attendance at Sunday School
Sunday morning was noted.
The pastor brought the message
at 11 o’clock after which the
Lord’s supper was observed.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Blalock of
Baltimore, Md., are spending this
week with the former’s parents,
Rev. and Mrs. Jesse Blalock.
Pvt. George Emmitt Lookadoo of
Fort Benning, Ga., is visiting his
parents and other relatives for a
few days.
Murrlell Brooks left last Friday
for Washington, D. C., to visit her
sister, Bernice Brooks, who holds
a position there.
Those spending the week end In
the mountains were: Mr. and Mrs.
Winfred McSwain and son, Jerry;
Mr. and Mrs. Wyvon Jones and
daughter, Jackie; Mr. and Mrs.
Purvis McSwain and daughter,
Vickie.
Mrs. Shelton McSwain spent the
week end with Mrs. Clara Baker
of Marion.
A. W. Martin AOM 3/c has re
turned to Banana River. Fla., af
ter visiting his wife and children
for ten days.
Mrs. Lynwood Kendrick and
children, Martha and Betty from
Charleston, are visiting Mrs. Max
Mc§iiin for a few days.v_
The Outside View
By CATHERINE BAILEY
Charlotte seems to be the center of junior baseball this
season with both the Carolinas’ all-star game and the Little
World Series being played there. Junior ball fans may cer
tainly get their fill of games this year.
l/iiv ou'oi/hi s nui v
be played in Griffith park in the
Queen City beginning at 8:30, as
most of you know, wid Shelby’s
own Allan Washburn will be hold
ing down the shortstop poaition so
a number of local fans are expect
ed to be in the stands. If you’re
planning to go over, do get your
car full because there are a num
ber of folks, especially the junior
players here, who wish to attend
if they can get a way to Char
lotte.
Also, those who attend have
a chance to vote for their fa
vorite player, and winner of the
voting contest gets a jim-dandy
trip to New York. We’d like to
see Allan get that trip, so you
folks who go over might do a
Uttle lobbying for our young'
star.
Johnny Brewer yesterday re
quested that we run the official
standings of Legion teams on this i
page each day and we'd love to be'
able to oblige. However, the only
way we have of keeping up with
the games is through the newspa
per reports each day, and if games
aren’t reported we get behind. At
present, though, Charlotte and
Bhelby are running neck and neck
with no losses and three wins. To
morrow night the two teams will
settle that question when they
play in Charlotte at I o'clock
So far in elimination play Bhel
by has had little competition but
the boys may expect a tough bat
tle in Charlotte tomorrow. Last
time they pleyed in Charlotte they
looked pretty sorry, even though
Kent did tou a good game. So
fans hope they will tighten up on
their fielding this time and break
the Griffith Park jinx that seems
to hang over them when they hit
the Queen City.
I mu told that Mae Poaton,
stuffing outfielder for tbo lo
cals, rot a rather serious injury
to his foot Wednesday nifht
when ho slid to second after
a hit. Indications now are that
he won’t be back In play this
season but wo hope the injury
isn’t as serious as it seeir^ and
he will be able to play in fu
ture fames.
Hirettt tk
My remarks about Jack Bridges
and Bobby Lane's musical talents
in this column the other day im
mediately brought a request that
those two Legion bnseballers sing
for the Rotary club luncheon today
—and the last we heard they were
going to oblige. If the Rotarians
did get thorn today, they had a
treat in entertainment for Jack
and Bobby brought the house down
over at Shelby High school in the
spring when they gave a perform
ance there in their class' vaude
ville show. They were encored un
til they had nothing left to sing
and had to leave the stage.
And we still say they can shade
the Brlarhoppers any day on those
hill billy tunes.
OP ‘TEE WEE” JONES
There is one fellow who is a
part of every ball club, does a
great deal of work and is depend
ed on for numerous things who
never gets any notice—he 1^ the
official score keeper and general
handy man—and in this case his
name is "Pee Wee” Jones. "Pee
Wee” is an ardent lan of baseball
and is a necessary part of the
local team, helping them out in
so many ways they just couldn't
get along without him—and he also
helps us in keeping our records
straight.
"Pee Wee" la also sort ox an un
offlcal coach of the team. Up at
Forest City the other day he al
most scared himself, though. It
was in the sixth inning with a
0-0 score, Kent and Washburn
were on base for Shelby two bat
ters were out and Don Cheek was
up. Don is a left-handed batter
and was standing quite a distance
from the plate. “Pee Wee” was on
edge and couldn’t see why Don was
standing off so far, so he began
making motions for Don to move
in closer. Don mlacontrued the
meaning, thought he was getting
the signal to bunt, even though
he couldn’t understand why what
with two outs, but he obeyed and
beat out an infield bunt to score
the first run. Needless to say, "Pee
Wee’’ would have been terribly
embarrassed had that bunt not
worked, because Don is a heavy
hitter and Coach Simmons was
hoping he'd connect for a long sin
gle on that trip up.
HARVEST PEACH CROP
COLUMBIA, S. C.—(A*)—Many of
the German prisoners of war in
South Carolina camps will start
peach harvesting early this month
at Hendersonville, N. C., and later
at York, S. C., Maj. Gen. Edward
H Brooks, head of the Pourtn
Service command, said yesterday,
Around
Capitol
Square
Dally star Bureau
Amo. Afternoon Dallies
By LYNN NISBET
SOLID—Visitors who want to
sign the register in the governor’s
office can now do so without call
ing for assistance in holding the
big book still. A new stand, look
ing somewhat like a pulpit, has
been received to hold the volume,
replacing the spinly-legged device
upon which it has heretofore
shakily reposed. The book acquir
ed another famous signature
Tuesday when Sydney Blaekmer,
noted stage and screen actor, vis
ited the eapitol and registered as
from Salisbury.
UBEL—it 1* generally known
that newspapers are accountable
at law and liable for damages
when they publish false state
ments derogatory to character or
reputation of any person. Not so
well known is the fact noted in
a current digest of opinions by
the attorney general that any
person who furnishes such false
information to a paper and thereby
Obtains publication of it is guilty
of a misdemeanor. The paper can
be sued in civil court for damag
es, the informant can be indicted
in criminal court and imprison
ed.
CHIEFS—Current vacancies in
the post of chief of police in two
of the state’s largest cities has at
tracted attention of leading state
law enforcement officers. Willard
Oatling, chief agent for the state
bureau of investigation has been
mentioned as a possible successor
to Raleigh to head the combined
highway patrol and safety divis
ion. John Armstrong, retiring
major of the highway patrol, is
being considered as chief of police
at Raleigh, succeeding Winder
Bryan who was this week elected
chairman of the Wake county
ABC board. Reports around Cap
itol square have it that both
Charlotte and Raleigh police de
partments are tangled up in local
factional policies, making the post
less desirable than otherwise it
would be.
POLITICS — Side line political
dUcussions at Hendersonville last
week and around the square indi
cates growing belief on part of
state officials that the change In
national administrations may
have far-reaching effect on state
politics. First of all there is the
very evident trend in Washington
toward traditional check and bal
ance of the three main divisions
—executive, legislative and Judic
ial—instead of domination of the
entire setup by the executive. That
trend is expected to give senators
and perhaps representatives more
prestige in their home states than
they have enjoyed for the past
decade. Then, too, the more con
servative atmosphere around the
national capitol is expected to
strengthen the never lost, but
somewhat lessened, influence of
the conservative element in North
Carolina politics. It is the con
census that the average voter will
give more attention to ability of
candidates to deliver than Just to
the promise of easy times. This
attitude is also based on general
knowledge that the tremendous
national war debt will preclude
federal largest on the scale of the
middle and late thirties and that
states and communities will have
to stand on their own feet.
Beef Subsidy Plan
Outlined By Moore;
Make Dairy Payments
Beef subsidy payments of 60
cents per hundred pounds are now
available to growers who meet the
requirements that such animals be
Grade A, weighing in excess of 800
pounds and commanding a price
of not less than 14.8 cents per
pound, Dan Moore, AAA chair
man, stated this morning.
No payments will be made that
do not come up to those three re
quirements.
Mr. Moore also stated that sec
ond quarter dairy feed subsidy
payments are being made by his
office now and will continue
through July and August for those
who qualify for such.
I ' A
Sports
Scene
NEW YORK, July #—<£■)—Navy
Lt. Ted Schroeder, who isn’t at
sea where tennis is concerned
though his present address is with
the Atlantic fleet, rises to take is
sue with Weiby Horn's recent se
lection of 10 professional racquet
eers who could lick the ranking
amateurs . . , Schrodder’s ratings
are based on 1041—"Amateur ten
nis’ last representative year” —
while Van Horn was counting only
currently active amateurs. Still,
Ted’s opinions are worth a hear
ing.
NOT TENNIS BUMS
“Don Budge, at or near his
best, could whip any player in
the world, pro or amateur, but
Don below par could be beaten,
as he was in New York in
March, 1044—and by an ama
teur, too," Schroeder says...
"Bob Riggs, probably the most
under-rated player in the
game, was beaten in #940 a
mateur championship, and in
the 1041 championship he was
maybe just a little fortunate
to win his semi-final match.
Both his opponents in those
two matches remain amateurs
. . . Frank Kovacs is a genius
with a tennis racket, yet he
has lost twiee as many match
es as he has won against
Frank Parker and Gardnar
Mulloy . . . Van Horn may be
a great player but his record
doesn’t show it . . . Wayne
Sabin to a good tennis player,
yet he was able to rank siyth
in 1941” ... Ted adds that
Fred Perry and Bill Tilden,
top* in their day, have long
since passed that day and
other leading pro* admittedly
aren't in the same class as
these leaders.
SIMPLE SOLUTION
‘"Hie truth to that professional
tennis needs the amateurs far
more than the amateurs need the
proa,” Sehroeder ooneludes . . .
"What I would like to see to for
everyone concerned, not excepting
myself, to hold their peace until
after an open match Is held. Then
statements can be based on some
thing more substantial than opin
ions do not claim the amateurs
would win—I do not admit the
pros would ... I’d certainly like
to see such a match materialize,
‘as I believe it would provide a
great stimulus to tennis, both
amateur and professional.”
JUST HORSING AROUND
Alex Robb, the Thoroughbred
Racing Associations, Inc., comes
up with the yarn of a horse that
had a walkover and still couldn’t
win (sounds like some we bet on)
. . . Seems a horse named Tilllcum
was being vanned to the Polk
stone course in England, where he
was the only starter in a race-...
The van broke down and Tilllcum
failed to arrive in time to walk
over the course.
“Just another parade
for our local Pahst
Distributor!**
Oh WELL—maybe our dealers
dorit really honor us with parades.
But as far as we can find out, they’re
pretty darned pleased with our ef
forts to keep them supplied with
Pabet Blue Ribbon.
And if there isn’t always enough
to go around—it’s just because so
many folks have discovered the ex
tra-special Savor of this truly great
beer. So, if you can’t always find
Pabst, the blended beer, ask again
next time, won’t you?
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Bluege’s Boys Are
Hottest Team Out
Jy JACK HAND
Associated Press Sports Writer
Washington is the latest shining example of the any
thing*can-happen-in-wartime baseball thought.
* ttncu i/U nmu 111 biic vcuai,
the time fate decreed for the
Brooklyn Dodgers, Ossie Bluege’s
amazing Senators are the hottest
team in either league today.
Winning 14 of their last 18
starts, 11 of 14 on a sizzling wes
tern tour, the Nats are in second
place, ahead of the New York
Yankees and only 4 1-2 games back
of front-running Detroit.
The pitching that was sup
posed to make them a pennant
contender a year ago but flop
ped into an eighth place fin
ish, has come through for
Btuege. With some strong
support form Rookie Marino
Pierettl, the holdover quartet
of Dutch Leonard, Roger
Wolff, Mickey Haefner and
Johnny Niggeling has turned
in 12 complete games during
the current streak. Sixty per
cent of Washington’s starters
have gone the route in the first
66 contests.
Leonard did the job on Chicago
Nate swept the four-game set be
yesterday, 5-2, a nine-hitter as the
fore a disinterested gathering of
only 1,648 White Sox fans.
Jeff Heath, coveted unsuccess
fully by the Yankees after the
loss of Johnny Lindell, beat New
York in a Cleveland uniform with
an 11th inning homer, his third,
man his third decision, 2-1. Klie
man his third decision, 2-1. Klei
man set a record for pitchers with
six putouts.
GREENBERG SAVES DAY
Hank Greenberg's pinch single
with two gone in the last of the
ninth saved the day for Detroit,
scoring two runs for a 9-8 shade
of Boston. It was reliefer Zeb
Eaton’s third straight success.
Dolph Camilli walloped a round
tripper for the losing cause.
Bobo Newsom went 11 inning*
to lose his 12th straight and 13th
of the season when he walked
Prank Mancuso with the bases
loaded to hand the St. Louis Brown*
a 4-3 night verdict over Philadel
phia.
Chicago and St. Louis closed
in on the Brooklyn Dodgers, l
1-2 games ahead, by racking up
victories while Cincinnati took
the Brooks, €-4. Joe Bowman,
a Boston Red Sox castoff,
captured his sixth decision for
C'lncy, outpitching Curt Davis.
The Cubs bunched three of their
nine hits after two were out in
the sixth for Hank Wyse's ninth
triumph and Jim Tobin’s eighth
setback in a 3-2 nod over Boston.
But the Braves’ Tommy Holme*
ran his consecutive game hitting
streak to 32, one short of the Na
tional record.
Ken O’Dea, a former New York
Giant, doubled to cap a five-run
seventh inning spurt that enabled
the Cardinals to dump Mel Ott’»
crew, 7-5. Whitey Lockman, a 19
year-old Jersey City grad making
his Major league debut, socked a
home run on his first trip to th*
plate. Doubled later and added a
sensational catch of a 400-foot
drive to start a double play.
The Pittsburgh-Philadelphia tlifc
was rained out.
The Oder and Rhine rivers flow
through some of Germany’* rich
est industrial, mining and faming
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