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Today's
Sports Parade
By OSCAR FRALEY
United Press Sports Writer
NEW YORK (TO—World heavyweight champion Rocky
Marciano expressed solid satisfaction today at being re
matched against Ezzard Charles because “it will help me
prove to the world that I’m a fighting champion.”
The Rock is a proud man underneath his honest hu
mility. And, he admits, he long has been hurt by the re
flections cast on his awkward style and his infrequent
trips through the ropes.
“I’ve felt bad, real bad, about the talk that I don’t
fight often enough,” he assented as he was pronounced
physically fit for his impending September bout against
Charles.
Here’s Reason
The actual reason why he has made only three de
fenses against Jersey Joe Walcott, Roland La Starza
and Charles since he won the crown in September of
1952 may be summed up in one word. Taxes. Right now
he supposedly will have to give up most of his September
purse to Uncle Sam.
But there is an eagerness to fight about Marciano
which gives you the feeling that he would make this one
if the government took it all. For the Brockton shoemak
er’s son essentially is one of the finest men who ever wore
a boxing championship and the pain caused by his critics
is clearly evident.
So he will sign Tuesday to meet Charles again, either
at Yankee Stadium on Sept. 15 or at the Polo Grounds on
Sept. 21. And already he is established as a worthy 3 to 1
favorite to win his 47th bout in an unblemished career
studded with 40. knockouts.
Not Walcott Fight
Yet, with an ever-growing poise, Rocky protests that
this will not be a second Walcott fight such as the one in
which the old warrior took a first round seat merely as a
means to a quick and painless payday.
“Charles won’t go that way,” Rocky insisted. “I hurt
him Several times and at least twice I thought sure that
he was going to go down. But there’s a man that proved
his courage to me and, I guess, to everybody else.”
Yet the champion believes he will do “better this
time.”
“I believe I picked up several things from his style on
which I can profit,” the Rock explained. “Maybe they’re
just little things, but they should help.”
The 10-stitch gash which he suffered in the fourth
round of that June bout, in which Marciano took a 15-
round, decision, left. a. line ~unxter Jtoeky’s
brow.
“That may be a target for him, but the doctors say
it is okay,” Marciano mused. “Certainly he can’t open it
much quicker than he did the last time. It sure bothered
me bad, in at least two pounds. I kept trying to wipe the
blood off my eye, even using the thumb of the glove, but
it didn’t help much.” [ ,
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Jaycees Go Down
12 to 1 Under
Essoites Defeat
SOFTBALL STAGINGS
Team W L Fewt
Skinny’s IS J -830
Johnson’s 11 3 AOO
Cannady’s • # -871
Legion S 9 .387
Jaycees 4 11 -287
Nat’l Guard 3 1* .14*
Skinny’s Esso defeated the Jay
cees 12-1 last night as Skinny Bn
ills pitched three hit ball and his
teammates slammed six home runs
to defeat the fifth place team.
Ennis had a shut out going with
two men out In the bottom of the
fifth when his third baseman Gar
land Roebuck, one of the better
third basemen in the league, miss
ed an easy bounced ball to third
which let Durwood Godwin score
the Jaycees only run.
The bjg Inning for the Essoites
came in the fourth inning when
they hit five home runs, two dou
bles and four singles to score 10
runs. Garland Roebuck and Sham
rock Denning each had two home
runs, with Roebuck’s two homers
coming in the big fourth inning
rally. The Essoites had a total of
14 hits, with eight of the hits be
ing for extra bases, and no one
man collected oyer two hits.
The Jaycees were able to get
only three hits off Ennis and Bill
Stanley’s hit went for a two bagger
for the only extra base hit by the
losers.
Ralph Sechrest pitched good ball
for the Jaycees although he was
tagged for 14 hits, some of the hits
should have been easy outs In the
outfield but the balls were mis
judged. Sechrest did not walk a
single man. Skinny Ennis pitched
his usually conservative type game,
although he gave up one free base
on balls, which is unusual for En
nis.
SKINNY’S AB It H
B. Barefoot If 4 1 2
Hutaff 2b 4 0 0
M. Barefoot lb 4 2 1
Denning es 3 2 2
Stevens c 3 2 2
Roebuck 3b 3 2 2
Bayles ss ...3 1 3
"Tagferd-r*.^3 12
Ennis p 3 11
Total 30 12 14
JAYCEES Ajß R H
West ss 2 0 0
B. Stanley cf 3 • 1
O’Neal If .13 0 0
Furr lb ,3 0 1
G. Jackson 3b ......... 3 -0« 0
Sechrest p 2 0 0
Godwin 2b 3 11
Young ss 3 0 0
Jefferies cf 1 0 0
Cretin! rt 1 0 0
Total 10 J 3
Skinny’s 300 (10)0-12
Jayoees 000 01-1
Doubles: Stanley, Bayles, Twyford
Homers: B. Bareloot, Denning 2,
Roebuck 2, Stevens
Base on balls: Sechrest 0, Ennis 1
Struck out by: Sechrest 0. Ennis 1*
Hot Race On At
Raleigh Tonite
' RALEIGH.—Rough-riding Ojrtta
Turner, the Roanoke. Ys., timber
man, appears likely to take over
the lead in Raleigh Speedway sea
son point standings Friday night
unless Tom Webster, of Winston-
Salem, can turn on more steam
than he has shown in recent sport
sman races here.
Figures released today by SJMBfe
way officials show Webster stffl
atop the standings, but only six
points ahead of second-place Tur
ner. The Virginian edgUd up m
Webster in the last sportsmaf Pro
gram by winning s heat, whfk the
best Webster could do was take!
third, place in the same heat.
Neither placed In top three
in the feature, which Winston- i
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Cannaay Will enter
Protest To Defeat
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Cann*day's Stars, asmT toT would
file s written pretest to Oonaitu*
sloper Paul Waggoner t»d«? be
cause the umpires stopped the ball
game between Canrmday’s and
Johnson when time .we* ten m l !*-
utes of playing time remaining.
The ball game was * good con
test all ' the way with the score
3-3 in Johnson'S favor at 4fit end
of the first inning, but Cannaday’s
kept adding runs until they had
the score 3-3 in their favov and
the bottom of the fifth coining up.
Johnson banged out she hits, a wag;
and two errors, to score eight runs
to win the ball game. Daley Goff
with two for four was the lead
ing hitter, one hit* was a triple.
Roy Tart had a homer and &.
Jackson had a triple for tht Cot
toneer’s. V r ' -
The Losers out-hit their oppon
ents 12 hits to nine but the last
inning was too much for them.
Buddy Jemigan with a perfect
night at bat with three for three
was the big stickman for' Genna
dy's. Harold Bain, - Gene Driver
and Click Beasley each had two
hits to follow Jemigan in the hit
ting attack.
The victory would not .mein
anything to CannadAy’s Store if
it should happen to be ruled in
their favor, but Robert C'annady
reported that It was hot the vict
ory that —”—H tortagteksfi tb r
idea of being tilt
The two umpires ,both agreed that
the two teams had used up all
Salem'SJßfflyjMjyefs dim . to^o^er
serious contender for place to
the standings.
AH of Oft front-running sports
man drivers wig be baek for Fri
day night’s race program, which
will include a 30-lap race for wo
men drivers ift sddfttoh to the
usual seven-card event for amat
eurs and sportsman drttors. First
race is set for 8:30.
The top 10 in point standings:
*?"’ tom Webster,
Salem
2. Curtis Turner, Roanoke. 486
3. Pee Wee Jones. Winston- 434
Salem
4. Billy Myers, W install- 431
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6. Glenn Wood, Stuart, Va. 336
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Duke Football Team
By TED MANN
DURHAM, —There is mete than
the usual amount of speculation
about Diike University’s upcoming
football team and a major share
of It is centered on the fact tltat
Jumpin’ Jerry Barger and Worth
(A Million) Luts will be in the
tame backfield.
After alternating them at quar
terback for the past three years.
Coach BUI Murray shifted Lute
to the fullback spot this spring so
this fall the Duke gridiron faithful
will see them in the same foursome.
It wii} indeed lend versatility of
the highest order to the Blue DevU
attack. Roth can pass; punt ami
rtm. There can be quick kicks
from either the quarterback (ft
fullback spots, there can be pitch
Town of Dunn , N. C.
Summary Os Uaifurm Annual Budget Estimate ,
Fur The Fiscal Year 1954-55
—' , \ J " p^-"* ,u , ■' ' " -
; ' - n J gßnfol Fund Debt Servici Fund | Public UtilMet Fund
1 $263/621.00 $21,825.00 | $15^876.10
KTIAMOI OF WCOMf FROM SOURCES I &JQ ibf aa _ 10c TAA AA
TP BE levied | $79,65X00 5125,700.00
SURPLUS JUNE 30, 1954 | $38,151.00 1 $8,000.00 | $26,170.10
swt'Svr $117,836.00 $8,000.00 $151,870.10^
IKs. $145,785.00 $13,825.00 | =
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Total bonded Indebtedness os of June 30,1954-$624,000.00
Estimate of Property VahMtlen-(9,$00,000
I : Ralph E. Hanna,
wteyto J
Town of Dunn, N. C. .
ill
B 3b 111
Sigßp ill
Csnnady 330 31-0
Johnson 300 00-11 ’
Doubles: Driver,
Triple*: D. Jackson, Goff.
Homers: R. Tart
Base on bells: Bass 3, Beasley 4
Struck out by: Bass 1, Beasley 3
outs from Barger to Lute with long
passe* from there, Lute at any
given time can take over under the
center with Barger going to full
back or halfback.
In fact, almost anything can,
and probably will be done with
theee two lads In the same com
bine.
Murray would not trade the two
for any pair in the country. He
simply thinks there are no better
football players in the land than
Barger and Luts.
There are still some worries about
the trick knee that popped out on
Luts in the second game last sea
son, an injury that handicapped
him throughout the year. He saw
little action in off-season drills
due to an injury to the other knee
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 80, lOM
Tbt careers of ihwe two boys, j
unustSf indeed. Thej^^eiiter- :
ed as freVhmen to 1981. Bargeft
came to February when Murray,
took over as coach and was immed
iately installed as the split-T quar
terback.
Luts entered to the fall and spent
moet of the year at a defensive
halfback spot under the old two
platoon system although he did
see offensive action at quarterback
and halfback in some agames. He
waa the offensive leader in Duke's
14-14 tie with unbeaten Georgia
Tech that year.
In the final game that year,
Barger suffered a knee injury and
was out of spring drills with the
result that Luts moved into Bar
ger’s quarterback spot and the
little fellow played second string
to Luts throughout 1982 as the
Blue Devils campaigned to an 8-2
record and the conference champ
ionship.
Lutz started off as the No. 1 man
last fall but in the second game
sustained that trick knee and Bar
ger again moved in to the No. 1
spot with Lute as his relief man
as Duke took the co-championship
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