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Sports Parade
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ftfW YORK <Ol ftg League Baseball is collecting
its tiMMEI rtttms of f!NB newspaper space these days with
i ii 11 agMIBdMWgSS about the contract sign
goeSfb« dtete a little teagvte baseßall and it seems about
time junked m tee bandwagon and started
•stefi* it
They need it. Th«e is man h head-making and moan
ing m these times about juvenile delinquency. All too
little a done to ntwiifrif ii The upshot is each frightening
incidents as the recent basketball stabbings in fietroit.
The little league program is d great weapon against
delinquency as it teaches me truths of American sports
manship and fair competition. Already it has done a ter
rific job.
As example, hut season there were 2,828 leagues in
46 states, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, the Canal Zone, the
philipines and even to Korea. Making lip these leagues
were 11,837 teams afld a total Os 178,000 youngsters
between the ages of eight and 12.
GREAT FUTURE
These will be the great ball players of the future, the
ones who will thrill the fans in Yankee Stadium or all
the bther big BSague ball parks. And already they are
getting a taste of the fehriHs which await them as they
play in the little league world series at season’s end.
The little league idea was conceived in 11939 by Carl
E. St»tz of Williamsport, Pa. Stotz had been one of those
youngsters who sat disconsolately on the sidelines because
he was too young and too small. One of the heartbroken
as a boy, lie did something about it as a man by founding
little league baseball.
REGULAR BASEBALL
Actually it is regulation baseball with several ex
ceptions, necessary so that the strength of young players
will not be Overtaxed. These exceptions include lighter
equipment, fewer innings and smaller player fields.
The program is shepherded carefully from national
headquarters at Williamsport. Batters arid baserunners
must wbAt protective helmets. There are strict rules gov
erning how often a junior Walter Johnson may pitch so
he won’t hurt his arm. And insurance is made available
at reasonable premiums.
The cost for a 60-bqp4i(Uckleague~ is,- estimated care
fully at about SI,OOO for the first year anif, aided by car
ry-over equipment, at about $219 for both the second and
third year. This totate about $1,350 to keep boys off the
streets for three years and to train and guide them in
better Americanism. That figures out to less than $8 a
boy, a modest investment When all the returns are con
sidered,
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sHrtm work on your farm! Any * months you
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bring in your MMs to show what you spent, and
. well give you a check for half the full amount.
Now It stands to reason we couldn't make an
aJ&RLUke thia if we weren’t dead sure what this
tractor will do. We knew an Oliver Diesel will
MO feat MeH costs why down, down to less than
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maintaining your Offerer Diesel than yon would
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Herb Thomas Signs Up Hh
Two Major Stock Car Races
r DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Ml
’ Herbert Thomas, 1958 Grand Na
-1 tional circuit champion from Ollv
- la, has filed his entry for the aea
r son's first two Major races of the
season scheduled for West Palm
, beach, Fla., Sunday, February 7,
‘ and Daytona Beach Sunday, Febru
-1 ary 21.
The Tar Heel star wll: drive a
1954 Hudson Hornet in both these
events.
. The Daytona Beach program
. and 1954 calls for five days of speed
trials and time trials in addition
> to three major stock car races sche
. duled for the famous 4.1 mile beach
; and road course and the tourna
ment of champions program for
top modified and sportsmen’s driv
' era at the local city stadium Tues
day night, February 16.
Speed trials for American and
foreign cars are scheduled from
i Sunday, February 14 through the
Spruill On Sports
By FRANK SPRUILL, JR.
Record Sports Writpr
With the present basketball sea
son two-thirds gone, barring tour
naments anil other post-season en
gagements, eight of the 10 Harnett
County Basketball teams will play
tonight. Boone Trail and Benhaven
have open dates and the rest of
the 10 teams will be out still at
tempting to gain ground on un
defeated Lillington.
It looks like a hopeless cause in
most cases for no team is likely to
bea,t Lining ton's boys! any tune
soon. These sharpshooting boys
from the county seat have won 12
straight ball games this season. For
any team in the conference to over
take them in time to represent the
conference in the State Class A
Tournament now would take quite
some doing. , 1
Dunn, the team with the nearest
mathematical chance of doing this,
would have to njn the rest of it’s
games while Lillington was drop
ping three games to teams they
have already defeated this season.
And the rest of the teams would
have even greater odds to over
come.
The only team left on the Lil
lington schedule that should even
make it interesting for the Lilting
ton boys is Coats. At present Coate
has won six and lost six, but the
Goats boys started slow this seae
son and are just now approach
ing their peak. They should give
somebody a rough time m the
tournament in a few weeks.
Buie’s Creek and Dunn should
also be two of the teams to watch
in the tournament. Dunn has lost
but three games (two to Lillington
and one to Buie’s Creek) and Buie’s
Greek has only lost four.
GIRLS’ SITUATION
Tlie girls' race Is still wide open
and not likely to be decided any
tin* 30on. In fast, it may go right
doWn to the wire on the last play
ing date, February iff?
Benhaven is in the drivers' seat
as they have lost but one. (Nc
score has been found on the Ben
haven-Boone Trail game but all
other scores are in). Dunn has lost
two and Coats has dropped three.
Being in first place with two
thitds of the season gone means
something, but the Benhaven girls
will have to work harder than the
; Lillington boys if they are to re
peat as champions this year.
Tonight they have an open date
: ’.n order to prepare for the last six
games.
! : Bwwn plays tonight
Tonight the Qreenwaves will W
i playing at home again. They wfll
meet Erwin in the Dunn Armory
tonight in three games—the first
, 'starting at 6:30.
The last time the two schools
met, Dunn took two of the three
games played. The Erwin JVs won
1 * to 1G in the opener, but the
Dunn gffts cadie out on the long
end of a 41-38 situation. The Dunn
• boys ran wild In running up a
*6-41 score on the HecßKins.
! Since then, Erwin, has won three
games while the £>unn boys have
wen seven more, but the RedskjaA
beat LaFaryette Worse than the Wa
ves did last week. (Dunn wori by
two. Erwin by ton).
Wire Bunn boys are . averaging
52.r0 points p«f game—making 626
in 12 games. They have given up
479 or 39.92 per game, - -
Daley OofT is Tea,ling Dunn scor
ing wuh 253 points which is an
average of 21.08 a game. Ae also
had looked good with hie wdrk
untfcr the backboards. Mac Turllag
. ton is averaging ail With {fit
points and Bobby Godwin is aver
aging iotas. AB of me 61aver
age* arC under three points.
Tfct Tfrscve* hoW wins offer L*-
(2), Buies Sleek, Efenixav
en, Boone Trail, Angler. Coate,- Er
win and Anderson Civet.
Tfce Erwin bote have defeated
Anderson CfeCk, Angler and Laffay
; Currently the Dunn boys are ill
stand
, f«Tf<r tost six this season but have
. I usually made the score close. Dunn!
m DAILY KBCORU. DCTW. W. C.
11, including speed trials Oder the
measured mile course tor midget
rtoe cars Mtonday, February m:
Time trials WiU be held over the I
measured mile course February M
for all cars entered ih the thrde >i
weekend races.
Approximately 10* drivara are i
expected to compete in the Ho
rn tie sportsmen’s stock Car race
over the bench and mad course
Friday, February 19, starting at :
8:30 p. m. i
Practically every type late model
will take part in the 160-mile Grand i
National cicuit race Sunday, Feb- 1
ruary 21, starting at 3 o’clock With .
little BUI Blair of High Point de
fending the championship Won last i
year with a 1953 Olds 58. Blair ave
raged 89.5 per hour for the 160 rtiiles. ]
The Friday and Saturday races ]
will be wide open battle with new
records assured for b6th events. Ev- I
erett “Cotton” Owens of Spartan- !
]
girls have usually been involved in !
close games too. They have won 10 ;
games. i
The Dunn girls have scored 606
points this seasor for a 50.5 average ;
while yielding 44.5.
Kack White has been the big gun '
in most games and is now sporting
a 19.47 average which is somewhat
under her usual performance. Alice
Prince is averaging lg.O a gatfle
and ‘ Mary Lou Westbrook Has’ a
10.57 average. Margaret Godwin,
who has turned in some excellent
plftying in the past few games, is
averaging 4.57. Margaret has scored
56 points this year and 48 of them
have been in the last three games.
The three Greeqwave starting
guards—Hack Butt, Nancy Jemtgan '
' and Jean Sorrell, rank with the
best in the county, but tbeylf have \
to be good tonight to stop Gerry '
Matthews. Her exact scoring CvC#- 1
age isn’t known, but ft is some
where near 46 points per game.
Erwfn is currently tied with La-
Fayette for fifth place; the Wives
are in second.
Harnett County Conference games
tonight:
Erwin at Dunb; Lining ton at An
gler; LaFayette vS Anderson Creek
at Lillington: Buie's Creek'at ©oat**,
Boone Trail open; and Benhaven
open.
Games Tuesday; Dunn at Coate;
Boone Tra« at Buie’s Greek; An
gler at Benhaven; Anderson Creek
at Erwin and Lillington at LaFay
ette.
Harnett Training
School Team Wins
Harnett County Training School
basketball teams, both boys and
girls, have had a top week with
three games being played.
Monday night the school played
Bladeh County Training Schfcfcl
with the game between the girls
ending in a tie 23-23. The boys Horn
the local school won over Bladen
by a scote of 55 to 34.
Tuesday night LaOrange school
played the local teams with the
Dunn girlswlnning over the school
30 to 13. The Dtmn boys also won
with a score of 49 to *4 being
racked up. Thursday night both
teams lost m a game With BhsatJeth
town; with the Bote Idfclng S3' to 38
and the girls 31 to X.
The most outstanding offensive
man for the local school was- James
Toon. Fcr the girls Ha set Lee ra
ted best. Best defensive players ra
ted the most outstanding were
Frances McLean and Lena Ccunail.
Next Thursday night the teams
meet Lincoln High School of Louie-'
burg.
George Washington
To Test Strength
RALEIGH, N. C. UP George Washington Univer
sity, basKethall pride of the old Sduthem. ConfeMtoce
w ades into the “tough’’ ®f it* Schedule next ***&
and l Coach Bill Reinhart Witt dtoeeter how good his sqttott
rtally is.
lt*i
li ; 'g^ccrlug * tactics
. W WmM m Si'
burg won the 106-mile raoe last;
year which Was open to raodlUeti
mid sportsmen's cart, averaging
9154 miles Per hour. Owens am
paced the qualifiers with aft aver
age of 130.48 miles per hour over
the straightaway Measured mile
course.
Heading the Held for the Grand
National event this year will be
Herb Thomas w>d Le e Petty of
ftandleman, N. C.. runner up in
the 1054 campaign, chiving a 1954
Dodge. Fonty Flock of Decatur,
Oa„ one of the Ideal favorites, will
Be driving a Bulek Century, and
Jim Heed of Ossining, N. Y, the
1963 short track champion, will
drive a 1954 F6rd.
Joe Weatherly, Norfolk, Va..
1953 modified champion, and John
ny .Roberts of Brooklyn, Md., 1953
national sportsmen's champion,
head the field of entries for the
Saturday and Friday races.
SPORTS
SHORTS
FLEMING Macken’s scoring fam
ine ended just in thrie to lift the
Boston Brutes into a three-point
lead over the New York Rangers
today In the battle for the final
playoff Berth in the National Hook
ey League. Mackeß, who- had gone
iff straight games without scoring,
had a hand in all three goals
Thursday night as the Brutes beet,
the Chicago Black Hawks, 3-2, to
gain ffroUnd oh the Rangers, who
tied Detroit, 3-3.
The Hershey Bears took over
sole possession of third place in
the American Hockey League to
day on the strength Os a lopsided
victory over the Hague-leading
Buffola Bisons. Buffalo jumped off
to a 1-0 lead in the opening minutes
of the game at Hershey, Pa., Thurs
day night but then the Bears took
over and went oh a roll up an 8-3
decisions as Arnle Kuilman, George
Sullivan, and Obfe O'Brien led the
attack with two goals each.
——
Most National Basketball Asso
ciation teams own one good, center
but the champion Minneapolis Lak- ’
ers have' two— George Mlkan and
rookie Clyde Lovellette. The two
giant Lakers combined to score 40' L
prints Thursday night to lead Min- F
neapolis to a neasy, 104-82, victory (
over the Baltimore Bullets. And in
turh Mikan and tovelette held Bul
lets’ canter Ray Felix fa a mere, 13>
points, after’the skinny center had
collected 32 against the Lakers
Wednesday night.
HaiN FRaN«SC’G rtW Having
conquered just about * everything
else in the world of sports, Bob
World’s Greatest Athlete Mn
thias, today is turning his hand
to the job of becoming a top-flight
golfer, “fra through as a track and
field man,” says the youngster
who captured the world Olympic
decathlon championship at the ago
of 17 in 194*. ’T dOh’t particularly
care to piny football or any othe*
sport. From now on Its golf for
me." And so saying, the 2teyesf-old
graduate of Stanford University ts
applying all the work, zeal arid
general thoroughness that he pot
Into other sports.
.. NEW YORK Iff! J. Noiman
Lewis, the baseball players’
ney, charged today that they stiff
art being given the rite-around oil
their pension plan and that their
prdpostta would be ignoMRT during
Saturday's joint meeting of the
American add National Leagues
Lewis was particularly Irked be
cause he felt the owners had suffi
cient UiSe fa frame their answers
to tee player's proposals. “9 can
not understand why our proposals
will not 06 cdHtMtefed as ffiai
meeting Because they MMW Hitt
plenty of time td thififc them
over," the attorney shift
Reinhart ffkes, will be the fourth
all tdaton, Reinhart feels confi
dent, however, that his squad dan
w*Bpi I***
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nrilefti ie.
Lee a 4 3a vi, ison-South Carolina.
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They Write Songs
About Everything
: NEW wont m Ratwy Sosnik
B urn dwtafci 0* two types of
mafl he'll He getting early to the
;heW year the Christmas MB*
and songi aimut the H«h*-Rubi
rOsa romanoe.
“The amateur songwriters a
round the country lea* no time
in turhteg out ditties based <m biff
news events;” said the veteran ra
dio arid television composer and
oondactor. ‘'Softie of them send
their works directly to publishers
but most of them aren’t familiar
with that procedure and conse
quently send them on to mysAf
and others M the mimical field
whose names they know because
of our work to radio. and TY.
"The HUtton-RUblrosft marriage
looks like a natural for the ama
teurs, although it Would seem that
B'ifly Rose' took care,4f that years
Pffb When he Wrot£ '“I FOund A
Million Dollar Baby In A jive and
Teh Cent Store,”
LA ROSA AFFAIR -
Sosnik said that the last previous
event to bring a flock of amateur
songs Wife the Godfiby-ia RoSa af
fair. Practically all of the songs
were buiit on the "Humility” theme,
as might be expected. , •%. ,
“That affair resulted in more
songs than any event slnoe Cap
tain Carlson and his effort to save'
his ship, the Flying Enterprise.’'
Somick said: “Among the titles of 1
Jack Paar Finds
His Niche In TV
new York —j*ek pwr,
Who has been one’ of the unhspnlest
misfits in broadcasting from time
to time, feels he has at tost found
life proper niche tn television:
hu feeling seems to he cbn
flrtned by the fact the Columbia
Broadcasting System made Kim a
GhrUtma* present of an hour show
instead of the half hOW he Had
been running stone Nov. IF.
“The trouble with me Ms been
that I have only thing to sell
-arid that’s the gift of gab,” tor
Pah'. “If they let toe get up arid
talk, I do all right.
[ “But it serine that in the ..peat
1 Was always getting involved, in
programs with formats not origi
nally eoncetvrii Wf fße, griff jrtte
! writers; ptots Or contgWgnts Wffrtf 1
eaWays getting In- toy way—or rice
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that stwffect that r fe
wer* “The Dari* That Bared
tHe Deep” and 'He Gave Davey
Jobes the- Deep SbL*
"At felr years tick there were
«MhO songs inspired by the ball
point pen. “My Pen Is Writing Un
der Tears’ Was one title. Another
writ ‘Get On the BbU Point Pfffe
and Write I Love You.’
“The"first KteSUy report wax
productive. A couple that I recall
offhand were 'DOST Lfft Mr. Min
aev Foot Yds? and 'Love Is Ncit
A Matter of The second
Rinaey Voltttoff didn't serito to in
spire the amateurs, however. FVe
only heard of ohe title stemming
from it Wf. Hteaey, How nee
You!'
“Among the more sedate ’ titles
of songs inspired by the Chris tine
Jorgenson case were ‘FVe Meter
Been To DenmarW, So IB&nr and
Tve Been Fooled.’
"Florence Chadwick, the English
Channel swimmer, came in for her
share of attention at one time.
There were ‘Watch Flo Go’ and
■There’s Nothing Fishy About Flor
ence.'
“It seam* a shame that people
waste- their time writing this sort
of firing. Even if by a miracle
one such song should be good, the
event would be ancient history be
fore anything could be- done
with it,”
Paar's variety show on CBB-TV
from Ml to II ajr. BBT each Fri
day is exactly what he’s always
wanted. U’s true that he hae sing
ers and- good ones soch as
Richard Hayes and Edith Adame,
ifigOnue lead in Broadway’s "Won
derful Town,” on the program. He
alto has air Miptok Latin nameri
Plipl Eampo, who is something of .
a comic in his own right ffi welf
as beteg the show's oriyo test lead- I
if. But none of these get in Paar’s
i ' MOSTLY AD-LIB
“We jus* ran the show on w i
cateh-as-caFch-can basis,” Paar ex
plained. “Thff mueie numbers have
to be refiearSed, of course, but the
I reto of the program to pretty much)
os an ad-lib. basis.”
A good example Os Fear’s meth
ods oScur during the program.
TV* ever don*/’
they ate listening from 'wTHwte
calls are compiled the industry's
rating that, seems to be sot im
portant to advertising agencies and
"I just told the listeners they h
fsbfttbteg; W«t to btf called,’’ ihtaM
said, ‘'After all, bow many peOpie T
dd you know who’ve ever racetvCd
one of those phone ehecls? I an
nounced the Chicago and New
York phoht numbers of ohe of'
those outfits and said It might be
a nice switch if the people called
Up and skid they were listening
to tee Jack Paar show.
“Actually, I did that hi satiric
vein, Without thinking anyone
would take It seriously. But Utter I
found out—in no uncertain terms—
that them two switChMtifde had
faeeh jammed for hour*. The com
pany didn’t like ft. CBS offletal*
told me never to do such a thing,
again, then added that it was a
pretty neat stunt anyWay.”
One way to test the temperature
of f4t for deep frying is with a
cube of breed. A one-inoh square#
of bre&tS will brown in 40 seconds,'
in set hot enough for deep fa*,
cooking of potatoes or croquettes.
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Anti-Freeze
Today
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