THE OUTSIDE VIEW
By CATHERINE BAILEY
Perhaps it was because folks thought the game would be
a walkaway for Shelby—which it was—or perhaps it was
because of its being Wednesday night, but the Gaston county
game here drew fewer fans than any game has this season.
Tne stands are usually packed
for junior tilts, but Wednesday
night there was Dlenty of room to
spare. Needless to say, the game
was loose and uninteresting in
most spots, but still It had its
points if one likes baseball. Per
haps the locals are just saving up
for the playoffs next week — and
fans are doing the same.
Maybe you haven’t noticed, but
Allan Washburn’s playing reminds
me quite a bit of the way young !
"Toad” Brooks of Mooresboro used j
to play for the local juniors. 1
“Toad" was the stealingest base
ball player I've ever seen and, in
the 1942 season when the Shelby
boys took the state title, he set a
record of bases stolen, including
two sneaks home.
Allan can steal with the same
style "Toad'’ had and he seldom
gets caught. For instance, on
Wednesday night he snitched three
bases and that’s a pretty good
mark for one game. Perhaps it's
because the other team isn't too
algrt^but Allan's quickness has a
lot of bearing on his success..
There are some people who can
sneak to a base and some who
can’t. In fact there are some peo
ple who can't even run to a base
on a safe hit and make it.
So we'll give Allan the credit
and say we enjoy watching him
play, sans the errors, and we hope
he doesn’t get caught next week.
NO HARM MEANT
There is some talk going around
that If Charlie Hutchins would for
get the grandstand and play ball
when he should he'd be a much
more valuable third baseman for
the locals. Charlie has been in the
error column more than somewhat
lately and his errors are getting
pretty costly to the Shelby lads, j
We realiee fully well that Charlie
hit a couple of homers earlier in
the aeason, but there's more to a
season of baseball than two home
runs—so get your eyes on the j
ball, Charlie, and let's not have
anymore playing like we've seen
this week. You're too good a player
for such carelessness.
Young Bomgardner. who did
a bit of catching duty in the
losing battle with Charlotte
here earlier this week, suffered
a broken finger for his effort.
We're sorry to hear of his
misfortune and hope the injury
won't cause him any di/'om
fort.
WE HEAR - - -
"Pee Wee" Jones, the "Mr.
Know" of the Shelby Legion ju
niors, Informs me that Don Cheek
and Jack Bridges should both be
back in action on Monday when
the district finals start and that’s
good news to all of us. Don has
just recuperated from an attack of
summer flu and hasn't been out
until Wednesday night. Jack hurt
his finger in a game and couldn't
do catching duties, but expects to
be back on the job Monday.
Incidentally, Weaver took over
the catching position Wednesday
night and turned in a very neat
performance Apparently what he
needed most was some practice,
because he had certainly improved
since his first experience the night
before. We're glad to see Coach
Simmons has n good second-string
catcher to rely on. what with the
finals coming up next week.
REMEMBER?
Some of you who have always
been Interested in baseball Jiere
might have noticed the litt^ item
in a daily paper yesterday which
concerned Glenn Gardner, a right
handed pitcher recently purchased
by the 8t. Louis ' Cardinals after
he had appeared in 31 games this
year for their Rochester club.
Gardner pitched for the Car
dinals’ farm team here back
in 1936 and ’37 over at the old
Kerr ball park. Although he
didn’t do any sensational play
ing then, the folks who remem
ber him are glad to see he has
made the big time now and
hope he will be able to stick.
He’s been tossing balls around
ball parks long enough to earn
a break.
FAMILY AFFAIRS
I read In the papers that my
brother-in-law, Barnard DeForge,
now at ORD Greensboro where he
pitches for the camp ball team,
beat the famed Max Lanier 3-1
in game there last week. Lanier is
on the Fort Bragg team. The
Greensboro team will go to the
national service team playoffs
again this year and Barney tells
me that his team will borrow
Lanier from Ft. Bragg lit is per
mitted in service teams) even
though the former Cardinals tosser
did get beat by a former minor
leaguer. Barney was a sensation
as a rookie with Durham, was sold
to Birmingham after a series of
shut-out games to his credit and
later wound up in Montreal. Can
ada. after spring training with the
Dodgers at Bear Mountain, N. Y.
He's played for the Greensboro
team since going there when he
first entered service and tossed
them to the semi-finals in the
national contest last season.
Umpire Taken In
On Assault Charge
Cincinnati, July 20 — i/p,~
George Magerkurth, National league
umpire, today faces charges of as
sault and battery as a result of an
altercation with a spectator last
night at the end of a doubleheader
ball game between the Cincinnati
Reds and the Boston Braves.
Henry E, Dolle, deputy munici
pal clerk, said the charges were
contained in a warrant signed by
Thomas J. Longo, Dayton, O., res
taurant operator.
Longo. who admitted '‘heckling"
Magerkurth, during the Rames.
charged that the umpire "came
after him" as soon as the second
game was over and "began swing
ing."
Magerkurth declined to com
ment.
Says He's Tossing
Biggest T win Bill
BROWNWOOD. TEXAS, July
20-——Lt. Jack Knott, former
Brown and Philadelphia Athletic
hurlcr. figures this war is really
the biggest double-header ever
scheduled — and he's determined
to be in there pitching.
A veteran of the fighting in the
Belgian bulge. Knott is on leave
here with his wife. He reports
August 3 to San Luis Obispo,
Calif.
Post-war plans? Connie Mack
will take care of those.
Knott says, with either a coaching
Job or a Minor league manager’s
post for his former pitcher.
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Pennant Boom By Chicago
Cubs Draws Record Crowd
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WYSE COPS 3-1
VICTORY OVER
BROOKLYN BUMS
Soaring Wrigley field attendance
figures reflect a full-scale pennant
boom in Chicago where Charley
Grimm's Cubs are threatening to
re-enact their 935 success story.
In fifth place when they left
home less than a month ago,
the Bruins stormed through the
east at breakneck speed, grab
bed the lead in Philadelphia
and came home to lengthen
their advantage to 3 1-2 games.
Since returning to Chicago, the
Bruins have drawn such banner
week day throngs as 42,047 (a 15
year-record) and 29,513, and a six
year Sunday high of 43,803. The
total for the eight-day stand is
approximately 160,000. counting the
10,128 who watched yesterday’s 3-1
triumph over Brooklyn.
Hank Wyse continued to estab
lish himself as one of the premier
curvers in the circuit by limiting
the Dodgers to five hits as he
notched his 13th decision, high
man on Charley Grimm’s totem
pole. It was a seventh straight
success for the 27-year-old Okla
homan, six of them coming since
he rejoined the club after flunk
ing a final pre-induction physical.
SPLIT TWIN BILL
St. Louis continues to have trou
ble beating the Phillies who drop
dead at the sight of any other
club in the league. The Cards have
beaten them only 8 times in 15
starts and they had to scramble
for a seven-run rally in the eighth
inning last night to stay out front
in the season series.
After the Phils had taken the
opener 3-2 for Oscar Judd’s first
success of the year with the help
of Reliefer Andy Karl, the Red
Birds finally snapped out of it to
grab the finale, 9-4. Red Schoen
dienst, rapidly moving himself to
be the kind of player everybody
thought he was in the spring,
smashed three hits in the second
tilt and stole another base boost
ing his league-leading total to 16.
Clneinnati climbed out of
seventh place for a spell but
dropped back after losing the
I nightcap of a twi-night dou
bleheader to Boston. Woody
Williams’ ninth - inning single
scoring Frank McCormick beat
Johnny Hutchins in the first
4-3. Batch Nleman’s three-run
homer in the nightcap tied the
score at 5-all in the seventh
and he walked to set the stage
for the Braves' 6-5 decision in
the tenth.
Rip Sewell, apparently back in
his old effective form, shut the
idoor on the New York Giants, 4-9.
The Pittsburgh ace was effective
in the pinches, pitching himself
out of two jams for his 11th win.
Thornton Lee was in and out of
hot water all day in Boston but
the Chicago White Sox veteran
Lefty survived to hand the Red
Sox a 5-3 setback. The 37-year
old southpaw walked seven but left
14 stranded. All other American
I League contests were postponed
j because of rain and wet grounds.
Ladies Quartet
Sing At Kiwanis
A musical program was render
ed last night by a quartet from
the Cecelia Music club before the
Kiwanis organization at its week
ly luncheon. Singers were Mrs.
A. C. Farmer, Mrs. Ben Suttle,
Mrs. El. B. Jarrett and Miss Annie
Lou Toms whose numbers were
Remember Thou Thy Creator,
Steal Away, Swing Low Sweet
Chariot. Lassie O’Mine and Nur
sery Rhymes.
Miss Toms, one of the city’s
youngest and most accomplished
musicians featured in the solo ren
dition of My Lover Was a Fisher
man, When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
and Smiling Through. Mrs. H. S.
Plaster played the piano accom
paniment.
Charlie Burrus presided In the
absence of the president, Reid
Misenhelmer, and a number of spe
cial guests were present. The mu
sical program was greatly enjoyed.
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Sports Roundup
NEW YORK, July 20—(^—Ser
vice football schedules that are
just beginning to roll in give a |
pretty good idea of where strength
will be found on the gridiron next
fall . . , The seven air force teams
should be just about the tops
(they’re already “screening” per
sonnel to move the best players to
headquarters) . . . The Fort Pearce,
Fla., Navy Amphibs must have
j something or they wouldn’t have
scheduled five of the air force
| clubs . . , The Jacksonville, Fla.,
! Naval Air station and Shoemaker
Navy in California also figure to
be strong as well as the Fort
Benning, Ga., Infantry school and
probably Great Lakes Navy —
though Lt. Paul Brown is moanin’
low over the loss of material . . .
i Some of the others that appear
on the big guys’ schedules include
Miami Naval Training center,
Keesler Field, Miss., Camp Lejeune
and Cherry Point, N. C., Marines,
Camp Peary, Va., Navy; Bunker
Hill, Ind., Navy; Fort Warren,
Wyo. . . . But you’ll have to wait
till the season starts to learn just
how good these—and others—may
be.
FOOLS BARGE IN
The Maryland State Racing
commission has arranged for
barges and tug boats to trans
port nags from northern tracks
for the fall season and Flori
dians are considering the same
idea ... A lot of bettors fig
ure they should have hired a
tug boat for Pavot in the Dwyer
last Saturday.
SPORT FOURRI
Durham, N. C., fans are won
dering if their Carolina league
| club isn’t the youngest bunch of
ball players ever assembled in or
ganized baseball. The baby of the
team, Pitcher Tom Poholsky, is 15
years old. Two of the kids are
! just 16 and five are 17 ... Ox Da
1 Grosa, Holy Cross coach, tabs his
| navy-dischargee, Stan Hoslowski.
as a “great” back. The rest of
the team is green, he says, but it
is better than last year’s squad
. . . The Yankees’ new uptown of
fices will have more than 10 rooms,
including a big office for George
Weiss, who will run the farm clubs
from New York instead of Newark
... Comdr. Jack Dempsey is doing
road work daily in Central Park
with Abel Cestac, the Argentine
heavyweight, just to be in shape
in case he gets another Pacific
assignment . . . Welterweight
Johnny Greco, who learned to box
at the age of five, later became in
! terested in Canada’s national sport
and almost switched to skating ...
On thin ice?
CLEANING THE CUFF
Pfc. Jack Graham, the ex-Dodg
er who manages the Camp Keems,
Utah, ball club, also has been do
ing duty as pinch-hitter for Cpl.
Lefty McFadden, sports columnist
Ion the post paper . . . The Mar
' quette and Villanova football
teams will meet each other half
way next fall and play in Buffalo,
N. Y., because both have V-12
squads and couldn’t make the en
tire trip within the 48-hour time
limit . . . Some sort of a record
was established July 4 when Man
ager Charley Gehringer of the
Jacksonville navy flyers won an
argument with an umpire ... It
was estimated Charley actually
said 125 words.
THUMBS UP IS
FAVORED HORSE
CHICAGO, July 20—(/PI—'Thumbs
Up, Louis B. Mayer's big horse,
staging a great comeback after be
ing sidelined for a year, won't get
a chance to battle the veteran
Equifox in the $50,000 added Ar
lington Stars and Stripes handi
cap tomorrow, but there’ll be plen
ty of speedsters for him to worry
about.
Equifox, winner of the first di
vision of the Equipoise mile and
the Great Western handicap, had
been rated gs the horse Thumbs
Up would have to beat in the rich
Arlington race.
But Owner Howard Wells has
withdrawn the famous son of
Equipoise from further racing this
season because he said his favor
ite horse suffered a leg injury in
the Great Western handicap. The
8-year-old son of Equipoise has
won $133,160 in 21 victories for the
Lexington, Ky., horseman.
Thumbs Up, winner of the San
ta Anita handicap, has been as
signed top weight of 130 pounds
and in the mile and a furlong race
he will face such classy runners
as Daily Trouble, War Jeep, Sirde,
Old Kentuck, Take Wing and St.
Josck. Daily Trouble, stablemate
of Equifox, won the second divis
ion of the Equipoise mile.
George S. Seine On
Lincoln Draft Board
LINCOLNTON—George S. Saine,
Llncolnton, has been appointed
new member of the Selective Ser
vice board for Lincoln county. Mr.
Saine was appointed to succeed
Dr. S. H. Steelman, who resigned
a few months ago. Mr. Saine toon
the oath of office at the last meet
ing of the board July 10.
Shirts and dresses are now being
made from a Florida weed, known.
as ramie, originally imported from
CLUB STANDINGS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W. L. Pet.
Detroit .. 46 32 .590
New York . 41 36 .532
Washington _ 40 36
Boston
Chicago . 50
St. Louis _ _ 47
Brooklyn _ _ 47
New York _ 45
Pittsburgh_ 41
Boston_39
Cincinnati _ 37
Philadelphia _ _ 23
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42 38 .525
Chicago. 41 40 .506
St. Louis. 37 38 .493
Cleveland ... 37 39 .487
Philadelphia. 26 51 .338
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L.
31
35
37
41
41'
41
39
64
Pet.
.617
.573
.560
.523
.500
.488
.487
.264
GAME RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
St. Louis at New York (2 games
postponed, rain).
Chicago 5, Boston 3.
Cleveland at Philadelphia (2
games postponed, rain).
Detroit at Washington (postpon
ed, wet grounds).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 4, New York 0.
Chicago 3, Brooklyn 1.
Cincinnati 4-5, Boston 3-6.
Philadelphia 3-4, St. Louis 2-9.
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TODAY’S BASEBALL
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
St. Louis at New York (2), 1:30
p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
Chicago at Boston, 2:30 p.m.
Detroit at Washington (2), 6:30
p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
Cleveland at Philadelphia (2),
6:30 p.m., and 9:00 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York at Pittsburgh, 3:15
p.m.
Boston at Cincinnati, to be play
ed later date.
Brooklyn at Chicago, 2:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Bt. Louis, played
as doubleheader July 19.
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TOMORROW’S SCHEDULE
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit at Philadelphia, Cleve
land at Washington, Chicago at
New York and St. Louis at Bos
ton.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia at Chicago, Brook
lyn at St. Louis (night), Boston
at Pittsburgh (2) and New York
at Cincinnati.
Ted Atkinson To Ride
Gallorette Saturday
NEW YORK, July 20—(AV-Jock
ey Ted Atkinson has been engag
ed to ride Gallorette in Saturday’s
rich Empire City handicap at Ja
maica. The field for the $50,000
race likely will include Pavot, Red
Stick, Coincidence, Post Graduate,
Michaelo, Esteem, Rick’s Raft and
War Trophy.
‘It*s a problem. Smith's
allotment is 211 and
two-thirds bottles!" ,
An RIGHT—well admit we haven’t
pet had to figure in fractions of bot
tles when we divide up the available
mpply of Pabet Blue Ribbon among
>ur retailers. The point is, though,
hat we do try to make sure that
•veryone gets a fair share of this
jreat beer.
Tbday, more and more people are
liscovering that no other beer tastes
piite so good as blended Pabst Blue
Ribbon. So ... if you can’t always
ind Pabst... ask again next time,
won’t you?
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FRUIT & PRODUCE CO.
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SHELBY, N. C.
Distrftatirs if Pabst Mm MlAn Imt
BIG BOUT FOR
YOUNG BOXER
NEW YORK. July 20.—(JP)—Last
year Tony Janiro was voted the |
outstanding boxing prospect of!
1944. Tonight in Madison Square j
Garden the 19-year-old Youngs- j
town, O., boy gets his chance to
show he has moved out of the !
•'prospect'' class.
Janiro, one of the youngest box
ers ever to fight a main event in
the Garden, faces experienced
Johnny Greco of Montreal in an
eight round tussle. Both are ex
pected to weigh 145.
Greco, a paralyzing puncher,
made a poor showing in his last
Garden bout against Bobby Ruffin
and is out to redeem that in an
effort to get a title shot at
Champion Red Cochrane.
Janiro, an exceptionally clever
boxer, has only a fair punch al
though he has stopped five of the
eleven rivals he has met this year.
In 40 pro bouts, of which he has
won 39, the Youngstown youngster
has not met anyone with Greco's
class. The betting is 6-5 and take
your pick.
FINAL TENNIS
MATCHES TODAY
ASHEVILLE, July 20—(A5)—The
first ’ championship match of the
Biltmore forest club’s state net
tourney was slated today when
Billy Coxe, Asheville, was to meet
Tommy Bartlett, Knoxville, for the
junior singles crown.
Coxe moved to the finals by de
feating Sam Banks, jr., Lakeland,
Fla., 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
In women's singles Ardith Mil
ler, Memphis, reached the final
round by defeating Peggy Feight
ner, Ft. Lauderdale. Fla., 6-1, 6-4.
Top-seeded Betsy Harris. Arden,
IN. C., reached the semi-finals by
disposing of Margaret Ericson,
Juniors Wind Up Play
At Gastonia Tonight
With three regular players still on the bench but with
the substitute players improving with practice, the Shelby
American Legion juniors travel to Gastonia tonight for a
game with the Gastonia city team, final tilt of the current
elimination series for the locals, who hold top spot in the
league' with ten wins to one loss.
Coach Pod Simmons says his bo,s ;
are in good shape for tonight's
battle with the exception of Don
Cheek, first baseman who has !
been out with flu, Jack Bridges,
catcher who has a hurt finger, and ,
Mac Poston, who has a foot in- i
jury that put him out for the
season.
Cheek may *ce a little ac- i
tion tonight and expects to be
hack in the regular starting
lineup next week when the ju
niors will play either Char- j
lotte or Forest City for the
district title. Bridges will pro
bably be benched the entire
game tonight, but hopes to be
in playing condition by Mon
day.
Meanwhile, Weaver is doing a ,
good job behind the plate in the |
absence of Bridges and, since the
substitute player has had two j
games for experience, Coach Sim- {
mons isn’t worried about that j
position tonight. Weaver performed
well in Wednesday night’s affair
and will likely do even better to
night.
Harry McKee is slated to hurl
tonight but, since the lads will
have a busy week beginning Mon
day, Coach Simmons may work his
second-stringers Wilson and Cooke.
Both have a . full game to their
credit with wins in each try so
the coach thinks they may be able
to hold the Gastonia city lads in
check, letting McKee work on first
Knoxville, 6-0, 6-0.
In men’s doubles Capt. Gil Hunt
and Dick Covington defeated Dud
ley Cowen and H. S. McGinty,
Chapel Hill, N. C., 6-0, 6-0.
The team of Peggy Feightner.
Ft. Lauderdale. Fla., and Martha
Williamston, Atlanta, moved in fhn
women’s doubles final round by
[disposing of Virginia Ketner and
Eloise Oliver, Greensboro, 1-6, 6-2,
'6-2.
as he did Wednesday night.
UNDETERMINED SECOND
The Charlotte and Forest City
teams will settle their rained out
came today but, since both teams
have games tomorrow night, the
second spot winner will not be de
termined until after those tilts.
Shelby definitely has the top spot
in the bag and after tonight will
be eager to see who takes the
runner-up position to tangle with
them for the district title.
44th Division To
Reach Home Today
NEW YORK, July 30. —(IP)— The
gallant 44th infantry division; which
battled through France into the
heart of Hitler's fortress Europe, ar
rives en masse today from France
aboard the Queen Elizabeth, largest
ship in the world.
As the 14,766 soldiers with the
orange-and-blue shoulder Insignia
file down the Queen’s four gang
planks, it will be the first time an
entire army division has debarked
in the United States from one ship.
Troops of the 44th will be among
28,340 American soldiers arriving in
New York today aboard six vessels
—the largest number of GI’s to de
bark here in a single day. More than
34.000 troops arrived here July 11,
but many were Canadians.
Other ships due are the Monti
cello Le Jeune, Bret Harte, Nish
maha and Frances Y. Slanger. They
are bringing home the 23rd and
38th regiments of the Second In
fantry division, the 11th regiment
of the Fifth Infantry division, 1,561
casualties, 12 liberated air corps
prisoners of war and members of
scattered units.
Three cotton-growing states—Art
j zona, Florida and New Mexico—
I have no cotton-spinning mills.
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