Today's
Sports Parade
By OSCAR FRALEY
United Press Sports Writer
NEW YORK (IP)—Gene Sarazen climbs aboard a plane
tonight which will carry him 17 years into the past.
TJie little man in the knickers is off to England where,
just as in 1937, he again will play Briton Percy Allis at
Southport. This time it is a 36-hole match, June 30-July
1, for the International Seniors championship.
To the day, it is 17 years since he defeated the same
man on the same course to give the United States its first
Ryder Cup victory on foreign soil.
Sarazen, who will be accompanied by PGA Promotion
al Director Fred Corcoran as he shoots for the Ronald
reache Trophy, won the United States Seniors crown at
Dunedin, Fla., last winter. Allis, his old rival, was selected
by the British Golf Writers Association pending the start
of the British Seniors championship.
It will be a grand reunion for the 52-year-old Sarazen
and the 54-year-old Allis, one made more interesting by
their current competition. Because to Sarazen that last
meeting still is a vivid memory and produced one of
the great Walter Hagen’s most memorable speeches.
Sarazen Tells Story
“I was three down at the 27th hole,” Sarazen recalls
that Ryder Cup match which decided the issue in 1937.
“Then I birdied the 10th, 11th and 12th to go even. On
thf short 15th I went 1 up when my tee shot hit a spec
tator and bounced 10 feet from the hole for a deuce.” Al
lis knocked in a 35 foot birdie putt on the long 17th, Sara
zen recalls, but Gene retained his margin by canning an
eight-footer. Then, on the 18th, as Sarazen reached for
his driver, Hagen, the non-playing captain of the U. S.
team, warned him with a shake of the head.
Sarazen reached for his brassie, and again Hagen
shook him off. Finally, Gene took a four wood and, as Ha
gen nodded approval, Allis turned to Hagen and said:
Asked To Play Hole
“Why don’t you play the hole for him?”
“All we want is a par four,” Hagen grinned, putting
the pressure on the Briton.
Allis tried. The Englishman laid his approach 12 feet
from the flag but the Imperturbable Sarazen stepped up
and laid him a stymie.
It was the winning point for the American team and,
at the presentation ceremonies, Hagen looked over his
English audience and said:
“Folks, it makes me very happy to captain the first
American team to win on home soil.”
“You mean foreign soil, don’t you, Walter?” he was
a&ked.
“Well,” shot back Hagen, who won four British Open
crowns, “you can’t blame me for feeling at home over
here.”
The slumping Asheville Tourists
were still in a first-place tie with
Spartanburg today, but only be
cause the teams in the Tri-State
League's second-division decided t
get mad last night. .
The Tourists bowed before last
place Greenville 7-8, and would
have fallen to second place except
that fourth-place Anderson upset
Spartanburg 5-2.
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..REVIVAL The Rev. E. Wel
don Johnson, pastor of Buie’s
Creek Baptist Church and Chap
lain of the college there, will be
gin a revival at the Second Bap
tist Church of Dunn Sunday even
ing at 8:00 o’clock. Pastor E. C.
Keller announced today. Services
will continue through the week.
Benson Ready
For Big Sing
Approximately 30,000 people are
expected in Benson Sunday for the
34th annual State Singing Conven
tion, one of the oldest and largest
songfests in the South.
A crowd of about 5,000 is ex
pected for a preliminary event, the
Four-County Singing Convention, on
Saturday. Winners on Saturday will
compete in the bigger event on
Sunday.
The mammoth sing, which attracs
people from many states is spon
sored by the Benson Chamber of
Commerce and the Junior Chamber
of Commerce.
President Harold Medlin of the
chamber said today that everything
is in readiness and many improve
ments in facilities and program ar
rangements have been made to
assure greater convenience and en
joyment of those who attend.
The singers come from every
where and in all size groups from
soloists to* glee clubs, choruses and
whole church choirs.
FOUNDED BY HONEYCUTT
On hand for the 34th year will
be the founder and manager, Simon
P. Honeycutt. “The Sing,”as it is
popularly known, drew only 1,000
people the first year and Honeycutt
never dreamed it would mushroom
into such a gigantic affair. In years
past, it has attracted nation-wide
publicity.
Some years, prominent State lea
ders and other dignitaries have been
invited as speakers. But according to
tradition,, there will be no speaker
year since it’s a campaign year.
The then who run “The Sing” care
fully avoid any tangje with politics.
Saturday’s evebt -wai begin at 1
o’clock apd Sunday’s program wiif !
begin at 10 o’clock, with an hoyr out
at noon for luncheon. , < g
Major league
Standings
MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS
By UNITED PRESS
National • League
W. L. Pet.
New' York ' 42 23 MS
Brooklyn 41 24 .631
Philadelphia 32 29 .525
Milwaukee 32 30 .516
St. Louis 82 32 .500
Cincinnati 31 33 .484
Chicago 23 39 .371
Pittsburgh 21 44 £23
Thursday’s Results
New York 2 Milwaukee 1
Brooklyn 9 Cincinnati 6
St. Louis 5 Pittsburgh 1
Philadelphia 3 Chicago 2, lltnn.
Saturday’s Gaines
St. Louis at Brooklyn
Chicago at New York
Milwaukee at Philadelphia
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh
American League
Cleveland 45 20 j 892
Chicago 43 22 .662
New York 42 25 .627
Detroit 28 24 .452
Washington 27 37 .422
Philadelphia 26 37 .413
Boston 22 39 .361
Baltimore 23 42 .354
Thursday’s Results
New York 11 Detroit 2
Philadelphia 5 Cleveland 1
Chicago 5 Washington 2
Only games scheduled
Saturday’s Games
Boston at Chicago
Washington at Detroit
New York at Cleveland, night
Philadelphia at Baltimore
.FIRE Firemen were called to
the home of Mable Morgan, 405,
E. Vance Street, yesterday evening
when a oil stove flared up. lit
tle damage resulted, Howard M.
Lee, secretary-treasurer of the Fire.
Department said today. The home
is owned by Alfred Blalock. Twen
ty-one men reported for the a
larm.
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THE DAILY RECORD,DUNN,N.C.
Hero ttiemas PWJcess
Big Money In Races
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Lee
Petty, the Raadteman.N. C. stock
car driver who has been twice vot
ed the most popular driver In
NASCAR racing, is now adding
to his laurels by leading the field
for the National Championship In
the NASCAR late model stow car
racing.
Always rated a steady and heady
driver, Petty has often been dub
bed “Mr. Consistency,’* and that
title seems to be holding good as
present racing season approaches
the half-way mark.
Petty, who was runner-up for
the championship last year, has
finished among the top ten drives*
in each of his 17 races to date,
having won two of the events,
finished second three times;third,
fourth and fifth, twice each; sixth
three times; ninth twice and tenth
on one occasion.
Petty has won more than SB,OOO
to date in race purses, in addition
to awards from accessory firms,
and he has his eye on the mapor
share of the $100,000:00 point fund
which will be distributed at the
end of the year. Total purses in
the NASCAR Grand National Cir
cuit have topped the $180,000.00
mark so far this season, and there
is $200,000.00 more in the races
coming up before the season’s end.
In second place in the point
standings is Buck Baker of Char
lotte, n. C. who has accc^ntedtfar
It's All Baseball At
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Game In Cleveland
By CARL LUND4JUIBT
United Press Sports Writer
new york an —it will be
baseball and nothing else at the
1954 All-Star game in Cleveland,
Commissioner Ford Frick decreed
today. -■ ■ —.
Usually,- the dub owners ’\hoid
important mid-summer meetings
during the All-Star interlude, put
Frick scheduled the meetings for
New York on July 26, because he
wants nothing to detract from- the
excitement of the classic itself.
That will be a vital Joint session
of the dub owners in which: uttyey
will discuss the possibility of ex
ing inter-league games in the.man
ner of the pro football circuits, am)
settling the squabble with the play-;
ers on the pension fund.
MEETING PLANNED
There will be a meeting of the
16 major league player representa
tive in Cleveland with their coun
sel, J. Norman Lewis, and the two
ner and Allie Reynolds, but Lewis
said he expected littlednews to de*
velc/pe from It
“That Is the only time-during
the season when the player repre-
Mrs. Freeman Is
Club Hostess
School on Mo^Ly B S^tag S,l J^e
21.
The living room where the meet
ing was held was attnettvaiy dec
orated with. red roses and other
summer flowers,
Mrs. T. E. Johnsoa, Jr.presided
and followlng .the irastfin
Mrs. DonaldChpps directed* pro
gram entitled “Proclaiming Christ
in Formosa.” Appearing on . the
program were Mis. Btßy Parrish,
Miss Annie ‘Mae -Hill, Miss -Gerry
Britt, and Miss Mae Byrd.
- The hostels servedlantburgers,
cookies, nuts, and iced drinks.
two victories and placed In the top
ten In 15 Os the races to date. His
earnings have also topped the SB.-
900 figure so far.
Dick Rathman of Daytona. Beach
na. Is running third In the quest
tor the National Championship and
breathing hard on the necks of
the first three is the reigning
National Champion, Herb Thomas
at Sanford, N. C.
Thomas, who gave up a lucra
tive fiusinefcs to devote
his fuu efforts to NASCAR stock
car racing, is the heavy money -
winner to date, with weU over
$10,000.00 already In the kitty.
Thomas has won seven of the
races to date, and has been among
the first ten finishers 14 times.
With, the season approaching
the second half, and with the big
money races on the calendar for
the next three months, the compe
tition wUI get rugged as the top
drivers go all out in their quest
for thf> national title.
As to makes of cars, Hudson con
tinues to dominate the field, in
crease.:? its lead steadily, having
accounted for 10 victories to date.
In necorid place, in points earned
Is OMsnmbile, moving up fast
through ihe field, having won five
races this season.
Percentagewise, Chrysler has the
best score, chalking up a ‘batting’
average of .500, while Hudson is in
second spot on a- basis of percent
age -yinta, scoring 319.
sentatives can get togethr,” Lewis .
wht
will be bn the agenda. Each club’s
representative discusses problems
and grievances with the players on
the team and makes his report at
the meeting. These matters are dis
cussed, suggestions are made an
the club ownrs are advised of
j what went on.”
BEFORE GAME
Lewis said the meeting would be
on JUly: 12,' the day before the
game.
Last year, the club owners drew
considerable criticism when they
held two full days of meetings
prior to; the game on July l 4 at
OtaoinnaU. They discussed switch
ing the -Browns’ franchise, ar
ranged post-season barnstorming
Mura, and went into a long study
of various player grievances.
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SHORTS
WAKE FOREST (W Pending
approval of the board of trustees,
end coach Pat Preston wUI take
over July 1 as athletic director of
Wake Forest College.
A special committee of the trus
tees recommended last night that
Preston be named to succed Jim
Weaver, who has resigned to be
come first commissioner of the At
lantic Coast Conference. Approval
by the trustees is expected to be
a formality.
The Bur-Gra Pirates continued
to hold a two-game lead in the
Carolina League today after a 9-6
victory over Winston-Salem.
In a three-hour game last night,
it was a six-run rally in the fourth
that put the pirates ahead.
Second-place Fayetteville whip
ped the Danville Leafs 6-2. Harry
Elmer gave up only nine hits to
give hotnself a 2-3 record.
The hitters found out last night
that the South Atlantic League is
still one of the country’s toughest
pitchers’ loop.
In five games the wod-wielders
could manage no more than 73
hits and 27 runs as the pitchers
hegan hitting their warm-weather
stride.
The fans at Jacksonville got
treated to the best show as the
loop-leading Braves and the second
spot Macon Peaches halved a doub
leheader.
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terservlce got
underway here today but for most
fans tomorrow will be the big day.
The big events tomorrow win fea
ture .former University of Kansas
runner Wes Santee, now represent
ing the Quantico Marine base. San
tee is entered in the 880-yard riu 1
and the mile.