Charlotte Nine Hand Locals First Defeat Of Series! THE OUTSIDE VIEW By CATHERINE BAILEY Last night's Legion junior game, which was Shelby's first defeat in ten tries, brings to mind the closing line of the noted poem "Casey at the Bat” which goes like this: “The mighty Casey had struck out!” snelby s mighty juniors finally i “struck out” in the elimination 1 series and suffered a beating. Their j only consolation is that it wasn't the Forest City team that gave it 1 to 'em. Their reason for losing i was quite evident — three first stringers on the bench. Not until last night did any one fully realize what a valu able young catcher is Jack Bridges. Jack was out with a bad finger he hurt in a pre vious game and his post could { not be filled by Substitute Bumgardner, although the lad did his best. Bridges is one of th« quickest young catchers in the district and it is his alert ness that has done quite a bit to hold opponents of the locals In check. When the Charlotte nine saw he wasn’t in action last night, they certainly took advantage of Rookie Bumgard ner. Coach Simmons did his best fo shift the lads to various spots m an effort to tighten up the field ing. but three men out of a nine man lineup leaves about as many hole* in the field as one might find in a kitchen sieve. So Char lotte won the game and Shelby fans were thoroughly disappoint- , ed. But the loss, if Shelby doesn't allow any others, will serve to make next weeks playoffs much more Interesting than they might have been had the locals kept on winning and the Charlotte folks, if Charlotte Is the second team will make a stronger effort to be out to support their boys knowing they are liable to pull an upset. Meanwhile we hope Jack's finger will heal quickly and Don's illness , will pass away and leave him tn ! fine shape for play again. Mac Poston's foot, we fear will keep him benched for the season He was atill on crutches yesterday. GOOD NEWS The plans for a ‘ municipal park here including a lake and swimming pool sound better to us than anything we've heard since the war ended tn Ger many. It was indeed time for the city of Shelby to wake up to the need of such a park and we hope the plans will more right along and the park will be ready for use hv an other summer. All of you folks who have been wishing for a park and pool here should get interested in this thing and aorta push It along. It sounds almoat too good to be true, hut we rertainly hope it is true enough to become a reality soon. OF HORSES Frances Thompson caught me uptown yesterday long enough (or a chat about horses, especially horses that go to horse shows. Frances who has won a number of ribbons already in shows this season, hopes to be bringing home some more when the fall circuit opens in August. She rides the W. J. Jones horses at the moment, but she hopes to get one of her owm before the fall circuit ends. A neat young rider, Fiances says she wants one horse that’s so good any judge will keep an eye on him —and that's what she’s out to get. Wed almost be willing to lav a good 6 to 5 she gets one, too. if such a horse Is now living in this section. Meanwhile, she’s continu ing her riding, looking forward to the Blowing Rock show in early August and the Greer, S. C.. and Rock Hill, S. C.. shows later that month. DOGS—AND MUSIC You dog lovers should make it a point to see the "Lassie” iru*ie at the Rogers this week. It’ll make you want a collie even if your backyard isn’t big enough. What I enjoyed most about the picture was the background music. Throughout the picture Grieg's Concerto in A Minor was played and it is indeed one of the mo:-t beautiful compositions the compos er gave to the music world. If you see the picture tonight, listen to its stirring bars. Haegg Out To Run Four-Minute Mile MALMO, Sweden, July 18.—oPi— The four-minute mile, long con sidered an impossibility by many leading track and field experts, is going to be accomplished soon says Gunder Haegg and the swift Swed ish runner believes he's going to be the one to turn the trick. The long-striding haberdashery salesman came pretty close to do ing it yesterday when he was clocked in the record-shattering ume of 4 01.4 in betfring the old standard set bv his rival country man, Arne Andersson. on July 1, 1943, The old recognized mark of 4 02 fi also was beaten by Anders son who was caught in 4 02.2 >n the first meeting of the two this sea-on. The 29-vear-old schoolmas ter ran a 4 01.fi mile a year ago today but that mark has not been acted on yet. Production of dairy farm machin v and equipment in 1944 had a value of $30,000,000 compared with $23,000,000 in 1943. and $22,000,000 in 1941. BASEBALL AMERICAN LEGION ELIMINATION SERIES Shelby vs. Gaston County WEDNESDAY, JULY 18TH 8:00 P. M. ADMISSION 30 & 50c (Tax Included) SECTION FOR COLORED PEOPLE. tpm:y—Brnetrits in Atlanta, Ckartollo, CholionMta. Norfolk, Orlando R tPffijjft_v ,P)— About twenty years ago Jimmy Slattery and Jack Delaney fought a six-round main bout in Madi son Square Garden because Slat tery was too young to fight the regular route ... On Friday 19 year-old Tony Janiro will tussle eight rounds against Johnny Gre co in the first Garden feature since the Slattery-Delaney affair in volving an under-age scrapper ... The manpower shortage is partly responsible, but this bout still puts the Youngstown, O., youngster in to a very select group of boxers who have achieved top billing be fore reaching the age of 20 . . . Abe Attell was born in 1884 and by 1901 he was fighting 20 round ; bouts against such rivals as the then declining George Dixon. Ben ny Leonard, Johnny Dundee tV.d Billy Conn were meeting top-rank rivals at 19 . . . And Nat Fleisch ! er’s invaluable record book lists; i one Ed Dunkhorst, "the human! ! freight car,” as having been born j in 1883 and fighting his first im-! ' portant bout in 1895. Maybe it's J a misprint. n i THE LOAN RANGER Georgia U. football follow ers are chortling over the sum- j mer showing of Halfback John Donaldson of Jessup, Ga , who ■ came to the university on loan from the Naval academy . . . Donaldson, rated by Coach Don Faurot as an outstanding back on his Jacksonville navy team last fall, was discharged from the regular navy to ac cept an appointment to An napolis . . . But the 1945 acad emy class was filled so Donald son was allowed to take a year at Georgia . . . Coach Wally Butts, who figures Donaldson may be his best running back since Franklin Sinkwich land Chariey Trippl, probably is working out some fancy plays for him already—say, a lend lease reverse. SHORTS AND SHELLS The U. S. Lawn Tennis associa tion likely will ignore the perform - acne of Mr. and Mrs Elwood Cocke in the men s doubles at the , Tri-State tourney and discourage any such entries in future events, even though they're a better com bination than most two-men teams . . . Lou Pieri, the Provi dence. R. L. hockey man, wants the Pacific Coast' Ice league to step up to the professional class and hold a playoff against his American league . . . Army-dis carded Red Ruffing may make his first start for the Yankees against the White Sox next Sun day—would you say that Frttzie Zivie, who has quit the ring four times in succession after losing fights, has suddenly developed a 1 retiring nature? SERVICE DEPT. According to Billy Herman, manager of a navy team in Ha waii. Marine Pvt. Wellington i Wimpy i Quinn Is ready for the big leagues right now. Quinn, who hails from Winslow, Wash., played third base at the U. of Oregon, was up with the Cubs for a trial as a pitcher a few years ago and then was converted into a first sacker by Pants Rowland at Los Angeles, where he played before entering the marines. Wim | py hit .366 and made only two er rors in 60 games up to July 1. Britain Has New Boxing Champion i LONDON, July 18.—(Ari—A 24 ! year-old Yorkshire railroad worker, who has been fighting profession allv only a short time, Is the. new British and empire, heavyweight j boxing champion. I Hard-hitting Bruce Woodcock, i who had knocked out 18 of his 19 ■'professional opponents, made the ljump to fame last night by stop , ping Champion Jack London in j the sixth round of their 15-round [title bout. The new titieholder immediately was hailed by London's fight ex perts as Britain's best prospect for a world championship match since Tommy Farr. His manager, Tom Hurit, hopefully awaited offers from the United States. A sell-out crowd of 38,000 that paid up to *50 for the ringside seats and included many cheering American soldiers packed the To tenham football ground* in north London for Britain’s first major outdoor fight since the European war started. Asheville Tourney In Quarter-Finals ASHEVILLE, July 18—Quar ter-finals in the North Carolina State Open Men's Tennis tourna ment were up for decision today, with two of the country’s ranking netmen still in the running. Top-seeded was Capt. Gilbert Hunt of Washington, slated to match strokes with Dudley J. Cow den, Chapel Hill, N. C„ while the No. 3 seeded, Lt. Seymour Green berg, Cambridge, Mass,, drew as his opponent John Stephens, An derson, S. C. Dick Covington, Asheville, N. C„ and Peyerre Kennedy, Spartanburg, S ,C., were dowh for the other quarter-final test of the day. Meanwhile, second-seeded Mrs. Legion Scoreboard Box score: Charlotte AB R H Bolick, 2b.4 1 2 Martin, lb.4 1 1 10 Helms, cf . .. 3 1 Fowler, c.5 2 Deese, rf . 5 1 Webb, If . 5 1 Bennett, ss . 3 R. James, 3b.4 B. James, p . _ 2 1 Hunter, p . 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 Totals . . Shelby Washburn, ss . Bowen, cf, lb McKee, lb, p .37 12 7 27 9 AB R H A . 4 2 2 3 2 .512 5 2 3 9 0 1 8 Hutchins, 3b.. 5 112 Bumgarner, c . _ 2 0 1 Webber, rf . 5 1 3 Paige, If, cf . _ 4 Megginson, 2b __ 4 Kent, p, If. 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 l^eaver, c . 3 0 1 0 Totals...41 9 15 27 16 Charlotte_ 060 024 000—12 Shelby. 103 200 021— 9 Summary: Errors — Fowler, Mc Kee, Weaver 2. Bowen. Washburn 3, Webb, Hutchins 2, Bumgardmr 4, Megginson. Runs batted in—Mc Kee 4, Deese, R. James 3, B. James, Helms, Hutchins, Bumgard ner, Webb. Two-base hits—Helms, McKee 2. Hutchins, Bumgardner, Webber, Weaver. Stolen bases — Fowler. Deese, Washburn. Sacrifice —Martin, Double plays—Webb and Martin; Washburn, Megginson and Bowen. Base on balls—off Kent 2, McKee 3. Hunter 1. Struck out— bv McKee 7. Hunter 2, James 5. Hits—off Kent 4 in 2, McKee 2 in 7, James 8 in 4, Hunter 7 in 4. Left on bases—Shelby 11, Char lotte 7. Passed ball—Weaver. Bum gardner. Winning pitcher—Hunter; losing pitcher, McKee. Umpires— F. Jones and J Jones. Time of game 2 hours. The Scoreboard CLUB STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. i Chicago .. 4ft 30 .615 St Louis . 46 34 .575 Brooklyn . 46 35 .568 Pittsburgh .. 41 39 .512 New York . 43 41 .512 Boston. 39 41 .488 Cincinnati . 37 39 .487 Philadelphia_..... 22 63 .271 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Detroit . 44 32 :S79 Washington .. 40 34 .541 New York . 41 36 .532 Boston. 41 Chicago . 40 St. Louis .. 37 : Cleveland . 37 37 .526 39 .506 38 39 Philadelphia .. 26 51 .493 .487 .338 GAME RESULTS AMERICAN LEAGUE ' Cleveland 6, Boston 1. Other games postponed, ram. NATIONAL LEAGUE New York 2, Chicago 1. Brooklyn 5, Pittsburgh 2, Philadelphia 3, Cincinnati 1. St. Louis 3, Boston 2. -o TODAY’S BASEBALL (Eastern War Time) AMERICAN LEAGUE I St. Louis at New York <2j, 1:10 i p.m. and 3:30 p.m. 1 Chicago at Boston. 2:30 p.m. Cleveland at Philadelphia (2), 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m, Detroit at Washington (2>. 6.30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE New York at Pittsburgh (21, 1:48 I p.m. and 3:45 p.m. Brooklyn at Chicago (2), 2.SO p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Philadelphia at St. Louis (2), 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 pm. Boston at Cincinnati, to be play ed at later date. -o-— TOMORROW'S SCHEDULE AMERICAN LEAGUE St, Louis at New York Chicago at Boston Detroit at Washington (night) Cleveland at Philadelphia. NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyin at Chicago New' York at Pittsburgh (night) Boston ; t Cincinnati (2) I Philadelphia at St. Louis (2—twi nighti. Ardith Miller of Memphis moved ahead in the women's play with a 6-2, 6-1 conquest of Helen Morri son, Asheville, to pace har field. Top-seeded Betsy Harris, Arden, N. C., has yet to make an ap pearance. 19-Y«ar-0ld Boxer In Garden Tonight NEW YORK, July 18.—(/P)—Tony Janiro, the 19-year-old Youngs town, Ohio, battler who has lost only one of 40 professional fights, will be facing the toughest op ponent of his career Friday when he meets rugged Johnny Oreco of Montreal in the Madison Square Garden feature. The bout will be limited to eight rounds because of Janirp's youth and in compliance with state athletic commission rules. Three Shelby Boys Are Out Of Action Playing with a crippled team—three regular players are out of action—the Shelby American Legion juniors lost their first game of the district elimination series at the local hall park last night when they suffered a 12 to 9 defeat at the hands of the Charlotte juniors. Aunougn me snemy mas out hit the visitors 15 to fi, the lineup ot the locals was so confused their fielding was sorry and ten costly errors let in the wanning runs. Out of action was the ace catcher of the local team, Jack Bridges, the first-string first sacker and heavy hitter Don Cheek, and the alert second-baseman and hard knocker Mac Poston. Bridges has a hurt finger. Cheek is i'll and Poston has an injured foot. With such a predicament fac ing them, the locals tangle with the Gaston county team to night at 8 o'clock In the high school park, hoping they can check the Gastons one way or another. They can't afford more than two losses this week to stay in their secure spot on top of the circuit and earn themselves a place in the dis trict playoffs. The locals wrcre off to a good start last night as they marked up a run in the first frame when Washburn started off by taking base on error. Bower hit and Washburn got home safely as Hut chins beat out a grounder. Char | lotte was held to three batters in the first frame and so was Shelby in the second. But in their second inning the visitors scored six runs to take a steady lead. BIG SECOND Fowler opened with a hit and stole second. Decse hit and Webb was safe on Megginson's error, Fowler scoring. Bennett walked and R. James hit to score Deese. James advanced on Bowen's error as Webb scored and Pitcher James was safe on Washburn's error as Bennett scored. Bolick walked and i Martin hit to score R, James, j Titcher James scored on Helm's j double, Bolick was tagged at third, | Fowler and Deese grounded to re tire the side. Charlotte's third frame was un eventful but the Shelby lads got three runs. With one away, Wash burn singled, stole second, Bowen filed and McKee hit to score Washburn. Hutchins doubled to score McKee, Bumgarner doubled to score Hutchins and Webber hi* but Paige flied out before the two runners could make the rounds. Shelby got two more In the fourth to tie up the score on Kent and Bowen's singled and McKee’s two-bagger. But tbe visitors came hack in the fifth to add two for themselves on three errors by Hutchins, a passed ball and a stolen base. The Charlotteans added four more in the sixth on two walks, three catcher's errors and j a stolen base, moving their | tally to an even dozen runs. I The locals started on a rally in ! the eighth when two runs were I chalked up on hits by Webber, | Megginson and Washburn, but I three fly balls checked the lads before they could even up the score and, although McKee started out with a double in the ninth and tagged up on Webber's single leaving the Simmons Kids onlv three runs behind, they couldn't seem to push anymore across and lost the battle. Coach Simmons shifted the lads around considerably during the game in an effort' to check the loose fielding, but the boys could not tighten up and they suffered WADE BACK AT DUKE BUT WILL NOT BE COACH DURHAM July 18 —'APi— Tha football coaching elite of the na tion has lost one of its most gift ed members—for the time being, at, least,. Wallare Wade. Duke Univer sity mentor for 11 rears before he went into service in March, 1942. has been discharged from the army and will return t« Duke after a brief vacation— but not as head football coach. The university announced yes terday that Wade, who returned as a lieutenant, colonel on July 5 from 15 months of overseas service, will resume his duties as director of athletics and physical education only. On his recommendation and sug gestion, Eddie Cameron, who di rected the club in his absence, was named head coach. With a record of five Rose Bowl teams in 11 years since comlhf here from Alabama in 1931, Wadi now turns his attention to estab lishment, of a comprehensive phy sical training program for all col lege students. He said his experi ence in army training centers and in actual combat convinced him of the need for a full program te meet the requirements of post-wai youth. Cameron, who led the Bine Devils to the Southern Con ference championship last fall and followed up with a smash ing Sugar Bowl victory over Alabama, is no stranger to | Duke. In fact, he's been sr^. around i the campus longer than Wade, thia being his 20th season here. A for mer athletic great at Washington and Lee, he served as backfield .coach under Wade and turned id an enviable record of his own with the basketball team. I defeat. 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