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.
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Red Barrett tosses Tenth Win For Cardinals
HELPING RED
BIRDS TOWARD
FOURTH FLAG
| ____
I Sam Breadon's right to be
known as the David Harum of
j baseball remains unchallenged to
j day off incomplete returns of his
Cooper-for-Barrett - and - a -
I barrel-of-cash deal with Boston.
Mort Cooper yet may win a
| pennant for the Braves when
the millionaire owner* exca
vate enough supporting talent
but the proof is on the table
that Charley "Red” Barrett is
doing a great job of tossing
i the Red Birds toward a pos
sible fourth straight flag.
President Breadon of the world
; champion St. Louis Cards must
I have been well satisfied by Bar
rett's 3-2 victory over Boston last
j night for it was his tenth since
! joining the Birds and twelfth of
the season. His previous high for
i an entire campaign with the
! Braves was 12 in 1943, his rookie
i year.
Neither pawn of 1945's biggest
j deal is a spring chicken, Cooper
admitting 31 summers and Bar
rett 30. but the red-haired chuck -
er from California has been the
more impressive. Although Coop
er's won and last mark of 9-1 is
I tops in the league, he has beer,
troubled by an ailing flipper, hasn't
j started a game since June 27 and
! has worked only four complete
tilts since he was sold May 23. Two
of his successes, both on relief,
were scored at St. Louis' expense
while Barrett's only decision a
cainst his old Boston mates was
last night's nine-hit job against
Nate Andrews.
BUMS SQUARE UP
The Dodgers squared their series
with Pittsburgh by trimming the
Pirates 5-2, taking advantage of
sloppy enemy fielding. Fcur boots
by the Buccos cost Nick Strince
vich the verdict to Hal Gregg al
though neither one lasted.
I Dick Maunev of the Phillies
won't forget July 17, 1945 for many
a moon because he celebrated the
birth of a second son by notching
the second triumph of his big
league career The score was 3-1,
and. ju$t like back cn July 1 when
he broke into the win column, the
victim was Cincinnati. Mauney
allowed only three hits.
Bill Vni*elle clipped Chica
go's wing* with a five-hitter
for hi* eleventh triumph, 8-1.
Danny Gardella's single with
the baste* loaded in the fourth
i provided the decisive margin
over Paul Erickson. The result
snapped a Giant five-game
losing streak and a Cub five
tilt victory mareh.
Chicago’s loss and St. Louis’ win
'sliced the Cubs' lead to three games
as thev go into an important se
ries with Brooklyn, only 3 1-2
lengths away. Two games today
ran make or break the Dodgers
western trip.
Detroit goes into Washington
tonight for a twi-nieht double
header. inaugurating a five-game
vital series in which the Nats
could go over the top. Detroit at
New York and St. Louis at Wash
ington were rained out yesterday
and the Chicago at Philadelphia
contest was moved back because
of transportation difficulties.
Cleveland stopped Boston. 6-1,
for Steve Gromek's 11th decision,
in the only American league con
test. Johnny Lazer's homer saved
! the Sox from a shutout but they
dropped to fourth and Jim Wilson
i suffered his sixth setback.
I Talbert Withdraws
! From Tanni* Match
NEW YORK. July ig._i^i-Billy
I Talbert, the national clay court
i tennis tltleholder from Wilmington,
| Del., has withdrawn from the
1 eastern clay court tennis cham
pionship. Top-seeded in the tour
| ney, Talbert sent word from Chi
] cago that he is in a hospital for
I* check-up.
Sports Roundup
NEW YORK, July 18 —(>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.
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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.
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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. It is hoped that Catcher
I Eridges will be back in play to
' night to insure the lads against
a repeat performance.
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