THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1951 TODAY'S SPORT PARADE BY OSCAR FRALEY UP Sport* Waiter NEW YORK, April 19—«fi—It was opening day, with the flags whipping in a stiff breeze and mammoth Yankee Stadium filling rapidly—and Mickey Mantle had the Jitters. Hailed as the most precocius Juv enile to hit the Big Leagues since Mel Ott, Mantle didn't feel -like a prodigy as he contemplated his swift Journey from obscurity. A few short months earlier had been a nonetity in the tiny lead mining town of Commerce, Okla., a brawny youngster with a year and a half of Class C Baseball behind him. Now he stood behind the batting cage at Yankee Stadium, wearing those famed Yankee Flannels. In a few minutes he would be sent out there into right field, and al ready he could feel the weight of critical eyes judging the man lab eled as Joe DiMaggio’s successor. The spikes on his restless feet cratched a big “M" into the brown dirt back of the batter's box. It probably stood for “Mantle,” but from the tenor of his conversation it could have meant “minor” league. Right Attitude “I haven't even made the ball club, yet,” he asserted in a low, tense Voice. “I don’t think I’m a big leaguer.” Mickey stole a quick look at the vastness of the filling stadium and added, as he looked down at the dirt again: For Body and Fender Repairs See Henry's Body Shop So. Clinton Ave. Dunn, N.C. SAyS: 1/ “My mommy knows that milk is I our very best food buy! . W) She also says that kids and !j : | yJC, ~ grownups, too, get lots more W’i-jB energy from milk.” tr” y Ballentinc's \ DAIRY ' 1 THERE’S NONE BETTER I IVARINA, N. C. |{ Now Serving Harnett 3 MILK IS VIJ Aft* T 0 HEALER * —= HHET ™ r AT AUTO SALES & SERVICE COMPANY IN DUNN SUPER DeLUXE 1947 Ford VS Four-Door Sedan 1946 Pontiac Four-Door Sedan >1948 Pontiac Silver Streak 1946 Ford V 8 Deluxe Tudor FULLY-EQUIPPED * / 1949 Ford V 8 Custom Tudor 1948 Four-Door Chevrolet Sedan 1942 Chevrolet Club Coupe All Os These Cars Are Offered At Sensationally-Low Prices SEE THEM TODAY - - ACT AT ONCE! THEY WON'T BE HERE IONG! I “I think I belong in the minors. II don't want the same treatment Ott had-sitting on the bench.” Mantle almost sounded convinc ed that he had come too far, too fast. Two years ago he graduated from high school and walked hope fully Into the Joplin club of the Yankee farm system to ask for a tryout. He was a shortstop, and not e very polished one at that. But, despite his errors, they grabbed him when they saw him belt the ball. He finished 1949 hitting .313 for Independence and last year wen the Western Association Batting Crown by hitting .383 for the Jop lin club. This spring the 190 pound, six footer went to spring training with the Yankees, expecting anoth er trip back to the minors. But he batted .402 in 27 spring games and blasted NINE home runs. So here he was, on opening day, expected to start in right field. Mickey, a solemn 19 - year-old, hadn’t had long to make his con version from shortstop. And he was worried. Timid Ptise He could manage only a weak smile when photographers asked him to pose with DiMaggio and Ted Williams of the rival Red Sox. And he was the first to duck his head and bolt away when they were through. Grabbing a bat, he jump ed into the cage and, after taking his licks, almost walked into the fungo bat Coach Bill Dickey was weilding on the sidelines. Then they took their places and the kid from Commerce jogged in to right field. It was a spot which, one short month ago, he said: “I can’t make this year.” The figures of that 5 to 0 Yan kee victory proved he did Just fine. He handled three chances flaw- PITTSBURG PIRATES 1951 PLAYER ROSTER (Before cutting) ' PITCHERS HOMETQWN 1951 CLUB Lombardi, fiv Bakersfield, Calif. Pittsburg ' MacDonald, BUI AfiwnMa, Ca*. Pittsburg Muir, Joe Oriole, Md. Indianapolis Dempsey, Con San Francisco, Calif. Pittsburgh Chesnes, Bob Sacramento, Calif. Pittsburgh Chambers, Cliff Bellingham, Wash. Pittsburgh Queen, Mel Woodbridge, Calif. Pittsburgh Pierro. Bui Brooklyn, N. Y. Indianapolis-Pitts. Law, Vernon Meriden, Ohio Pittsburgh Friend, Bob Laffette. Ind. Waco-Indianapolis Werle, Bill San Francisco, Calif. Pittsburgh Wa|sh, Jim Dickson Cfty, Pa. Pittsburgh Flshpr, Harry Wardsville, Ontario New Orleans Dickson, Murry Leavenworth, Kah. Pittsburg Gregg, Hal Anaheim, Calif. Pittsburg Petit, Paul Lomita, Calif. New Orleans CATCHERS McCullough, Clyde Stellton, Pa. New York -(NL)-Pitts. FitzFerald, Eddie Norfolk, Va. Pittsburgh Mueller, Ray Sacramento, Calif. Pittsburgh-Indlanap. INFIELDERS Basgall, Monty Bison, Kan. Pittsburgh-Ind Strickland, George New Orleans, La. Pittsburgh Schenz, Hank Aurora, Ind. Pittsburgh Merson .John Elk Ridge, Md. New Orleans Castiglione, Pete Greenwich .Conn. Pittsburgh Murtaugh, Danny Chester, Pa. Pittsburgh Coogan, Dale Los Angeles, Calif. Indlanapolls-Pitts Grunwald, A1 Los Angeles, Calif. Indianapolis-New Or. Rojeck, Stan N. Tonawanda, N. Y. Pittsburgh Dilllnger, Bob Montrose, Calif. Phild. (AL)-Pitts. Phillips, Jack Merilla, N. Y. Pittsburgh OUTFIELDERS Kiner, Ralph Alhambra, Calif. Pittsburgh Bell, Gus LouisviUe Ky. Indianapolis-Pitts. Reiser, Pete St. Louis, Mo. Boston (NL) Westlake, Wally Sacramento, Calif. Pittsburgh Saffell, Tom Etowah, Tenn. Pittsburgh Beard, Ted Woodsboro, Md. Indianapolis-Pitts. Metkovich, George Angel’s Camp, Calif. Oakland Restelli, Dino San Francisco, Calif. Pittsburgh-Ind. Casey Stengel Yankee Manager Casey Stengel Is beginning his third year as manager of the World series Champions, the New York Yankees. As a baseball team manager, Stengal has won two straight pennants for the Yanks and a pennant for Oakland of the P.C.L. the year before coming to the $24 island to give him three in a row. Charles Dillon Stengal Is from Kansas City and received his nick name through his home town name K. C., so Casey. Stengal began his baseball career In 1912 when he came to the Brooklyn Dodgers straight from Dental school to take a worn spot In right field. He stayed in the National League until 1925, and he was connected with Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New York, and Bos ton during this time. In 1925 Stengal became a manager, and his first club was Worces ter of the Eastern League. After his first Job, he went to Toledo where he remained as field directer for six years. Casey Stengal hit the big time toith the Dodgers in 1934 and stay ed there through ’36. In ’3B, he took charge of the Boston Bees which later became the Braves as he remained through 1943. During his first ten years, Stengal had no team to go higher than fifth place; however, he has made up for that in the past three, that is, as much as he and the Yanks are concerned. Kiner Plays First Base- That's All CINCINNATI, 0., April 17. (UP)—Ralph Klner’s debut as a Big League Frst Baseman was a lukewarm success. The former (and maybe future) Pittsburgh Pirate Outfielder played his first regular game as a first baseman yesterday In an experi mental lineup switch. He handled 10 putout chances without a flaw. But he was charg ed with one fielding error he fielded a ground smash and threw badly to Pitcher Cliff Chambers, who covered first. Kiner got one single in three tries as the Pirates beat the Cin cinnati Reds, 4-3. lessly, one of them a tough try. He came through with a slashing sin gle which scored the third Yankee run—and he was grinning when It was over. The youngster from Class C base ball was on his big league way! FOR MAYOR This is to announce my | candidacy for Mayor of our town, subject to your wishes as voters in our coming mun icipal primary. For the past two years II have senredyou asamurdss to«s b^Smrability™ Your support and vote will be appreciated. Thank you. THE DAILY RECORD, DUdM, If. C. Capital Set (Continued From Page One). rejected MacArthur’s “Asia first” ideas. " Tie said that extension of the'Far 1 Eastern war beyond the boundaries of' Korea would “gravely imperil world peace.” The Capital was humming like , storm-taut rigging with the politi , cal overtones of MacArthur’s ap pearance here. He is the central figure in a bitter. party row. Half a mile from the hotel where Ach ; eson addressed the women Journ alists, the annual meeting of the Daughters of the American Revol , utlon provided another forum. ISSUES ARE DRAWN There Sen. Robert A. Taft, R„ 0., told the DA.R. that MacArth ur was right—we should bomb com munist China and send Chinese Nationalist troops to invade her if that be necessary to win the Ko rean War. The partisan political - issues were sharply drawn. The “Bataan” was half way across the nation as Acheson and Taft spoke here. President and Mrs. Truman had gone to a movie. It was the British-made ‘“rales of Hoffman” shown a* a benefit for National Symphony Air fine check points logged the “Bataan’s” eastward flight. The far west, the mountain states, the western plains checked 'her high overhead—and gone, flash ed MacArthur over the com belt and Chicago beckoned. The' Con stellation swerved north to purr over that city blinking its binding lights In salute. MacArthur’s challenge to tfie Far Eastern policies of Truaian, Ach eson and the Joint Chiefs of Staff approached with the deadly whine of a blockbuster. Whether It falls a dud, or detonates, the launching Ceremonies have been terrific. Deposed and rebuked by his com mander -in - chief, most generals would be crushed, disgraced. Charg ed by the president with disobed ience to direct orders, aljiy soldier might expect public disfavor scant sympathy. MacArthur looks like Public He ro No. 1. He acts it, too. , Honolulu cheered him. Son Fran cisco broke its own rebords for tumult and applause. A great of ficial welcome started here early today for the old soldier despite the government’s first inclination to ignore him. An estimated 1,000,- 000 persons were expected to whoop It up on this “MacArthur Day” and New York Is ready tomorrow to pour upward of 5,000, #00 persons general's Mtmhattarf s^enj^OWU gp£ HMTjSk the right. HR: ~ Anxious pohtlcians and others wondered if MacArthw beUeved he ination next year for ptjesidbßtik hy « The 86Q8TU flattened that one cisco tfcrong he said he would not [*£?% BWtl