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Shot Record
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., May 1&
Carolina's defending champions set
the pace here today in the qualifying
round of the 19th annual Southern
conference track and field champion
ships by coming through with 17 fi
nalists for tomorrow's closing com
petition as "compared to runner-up
Duke's 16 qualifers.
With the majority of tomorrow's
headliners under wraps, only Caro
lina's Dick White and the Devil's
Steve Lach chose to extending them
selves in their particular event. White,
in setting a new University mark
of 47 feet 7 inches, took second place
in the initial trials behind Lach who
came through with a record smashing
heave of 49 feet 11 inches, a throw
that broke the Conference mark of 48
feet 8& inches set by Strickler of
VMI in 1938.
As expected, the Tar Heels ran
over the large field in the high hur
dles and the half-mile, while conced
ing Duke an advantage in the weights
and dash events. Only Callahan of
William and Mary was able to break
into the finals in the hurdle event
with Mike Mangum, Johnny Jones,
lie Taylor, Warren Mengel and Dave
acroBsemem Meet Real .Indians
Today
Not to
Mince Matters
By Harry Hollingsworth
Don't be surprised when you read
it in a few more days, but a couple of
players whom Carolina would like to
have back next season for baseball will
not be around when time comes for
Bunn Hearn to start baseball practice.
Their names, already mentioned
in a couple of state papers, are Lefty
Cheshire and Hank Feimster. Both
men are seriously considering turn
ing professional at the end of the
season.
By word and mouth the informa
tion has been spread around, with
some degree of reliability, that Hank
will join the Boston Red Sox as a
member of a team in the Kitty
league, Class D loop in Kentucky.
Rumors say Lefty will cast his lot
with Danville of the Bi-State league,
also class D.
The loss would be sorely felt by the
team, but nothing could be done should
Gardiner of Carolina making up the the two decide to join the pro leagues.
other finalists. The half-mile also
showed Tar Heel strength to good ad
vantage when Dave Morrison, Rich
Van Wagoner and Johnny French fin
ished together in the first heat.
Henry Branch won the second heat
over Rockwood of VMI and Mike Wise
took third to give the Tar Heels five
out of eight finalists in tomorrow's
competition. ;
Carolinians Bill Groves and Roy
Cathey will represent the University
in the quarter-mile while Don Baker
missed qualifying by six inches in the
second heat. Groves won a surprise
triumph over Duke's Werner Brown
and Cathey finished second in the
last heat behind Gene Oschenxeiter
of Maryland; r --' -
Warren Mengel led the way in the
broad jump with a leap of 22 feet 7
inches while Percy Ashby qualified
in sixth 'position. Mengel also won
his heat in the 220-yard low hurdles
with Mike Mangum placing. a bare
third in the fast second heat behind
Sargent of Duke and Callahan of Wil
liam and Mary.
The mile and 2-mile races will be
run tomorrow as open events with the
mile relay finishing up the program.
On the basis of the first day's results,
it appears that Duke may win their
first loop championship since . 1937.
Yet, Bob Fetzer's Tar Heels are more
than a long shot and have a fight
ing chance of upsetting Devil field
and sprint power.
Track Summary
(Mary-Storer
100-yard dash Murphy
land). Masters (W&M),
(Dnke), McMullin (VPI), Vail (Duke),
Riley (South Carolina).
220-yard dash Brown (Duke), Mur
phy (Maryland), McMullin (VPI),
Storer (Duke), Pritchard (VMI), Ser-
gent (Duke).
440-yard run Cathey (UNC), Os
chenreiter (Maryland), Brown (Dnke),
Groves (UNC), Spence (Duke), Deve-
lin (Maryland).
Half-mile run Morrison (UNC),
Van Wagoner (UNC), Branch (UNC),
French (UNC), Wise (UNC), Rock
wood (VMI), Shipe (VPI), Oschen
reiter (Maryland).
120-yard high hurdles Mangum
(UNC) Mengel (UNC), Taylor (UNC),
Jones (UNC), Gardiner (UNC), Calla
han (W&M).
220-yard low hurdles Sargent
(Duke), Callahan (W&M), Maisch
(W&M), Mangum (UNC), Mengel
(UNC), Storer (Duke).
Broad jump Mengel (UNC), Vail
(Duke), Brenzier (Davidson), Ivey
(Clemson), Prinz (Maryland), Ashby
(UNC).
Shot put Lach (Duke), White
(UNC), McVay (Richmond), Mnha
(VMI), Walker (VMI), Krivonak
(South Carolina).
Discus throw Nania (Dnke), Lach
(Dake), Woods (W&L), Griggen
(Richmond), McVay (Richmond), Mof
fit (VPI).
Javelin throw Friedman (W&L),
Cleaver (Duke), Lewis (Dnke), Pa
lumbo (Duke), Fortunato (Richmond),
Unser (VPI).
Teams qualifying: Carolina 17, Duke
16. Maryland 6, VPI 5, VMI 4, Rich
mond 4, W&M 4, South Carolina 3,
Davidson 1.
Final Lacrosse
Game Features
Cherokee Squad
By Billy Woestendiek
The day of the big Indian battle is
at hand! . The full-blooded Cherokee
Indians will be out after the scalps
of the Carolina lacrosse team this af t
ernoon at 2 o'clock on the coed field.
The senior class is sponsoring this
battle, furnishing an anti-climax to
the Junior-Senior weekend.
The Cherokees are bringing in a
team composed of 18 small, fast men
who have the speed and endurance to
fatigue the Tar Heels. The wiry
bunch of redskins have been pointing
for this game all season long, for it
gives them their big chance to prove
that lacrosse is not a game to be play
ed only by the "pale faces." The col
orful Indians will provide a brand of
lacrosse playing that is fast, spectac
ular, and smart. They have a bag of
tricks that should prove to be a stum
bling block .to the Carolina team.
Locals Tricky, Too
The Carolinians are all set to show
the Indians a few tricks of their own
this afternoon, however. The Tar
Heels are in excellent physical condi-
I tion, with the exception of Bill Broad-
foot. A recurrence of an old charlie
horse will probably keep Bill on the
sidelines. Coach Al Cornsweet held
a light practice session yesterday as a
final preparation for today's battle.
The Carolina team, Indians in name
only, is determed to prove to the
founders of the game that the white
man has perfected it to the point
where he can play a superior brand
of lacrosse than the Indians. The
spirit of the Carolina men is high and
should match that of their red broth
ers. Momo Mahoney, def enseman
stated that he had an especially short
hair cut to prevent the "Injuns" from
getting a grip on his hair. "No In
dian can compare with an Irishman,'
said the big fellow.
Experienced
The Cherokees, coached by Bill
Tyndall, a full-blooded Indian who
starred on the Stevens Tech lacrosse
team, and who now holds a position
in the department of the interior, are
confident that they will be able to
stop Carolina playing in their own
Indian baseball style, without revert
ing to the use of tomahawks.
An aditional 1,000 seats have been
added at the field to accommodate the
large weekend crowd. The contest is
definitely something new in the way
of a lacrosse game, for it will mark
the first appearance of an Indian
team here. No admission fee will be
charged.
Durham High Wins
Class A Crown
From Salisbury
Pitching one of the best games of
his star-studded career, Fred Mor
gan led Durham High School to the
State Class A baseball championship
with a 7-0 shutout victory ever Salis
bury. Morgan baffled the Rowan boys
throughout with his zooming speed
ball and his sharp-breaking curve. He
yielded only three hits, two of them of
the scratch variety, and struck out
14 men. Occasionally he hit a wild
streak but he always managed to get
out of the holes by fanning his foes.
Salisbury's best scoring chance canoe
in the third when Morgan walked the
first three batters to face him but the
Durham boy rose to the occasion by
Ben Browning, co-captain of the ball striking out two men and forcing the
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SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1941
Carolina would have to get along
without them just as the team has
done without Jim Mallory and George
Radman this season. Both of those
men were supposed to have formed the
backbone of the squad this year, but
Mallory signed with the Washington
Senators and Radman helped Jim Ta
tum with the freshman football team
last fall.
With one of the best teams in years
last season, Carolina tied for the Big
Five crown and lost the conference
crown to Richmond, a team which
didn't drop a-, single contest last
spring.
Without Mallory and Radman this
year the Tar Heels won the Big Five
crown from Duke and is this after
noon playing VMI with the confer
ence title at stake. Nothing like
that was done last year with the two
lost members.
Another member of the present team
may end up with the Boston Red Sox
after the season is over today. That
man is Al Mathes, who has had a great
year at bat and afield, leading the Tar
Heels at bat through most of the sea
son. Mathes eligibility is out here as far
as baseball is concerned with the play
ing of the game today the last on the
schedule. Should he sign with Boston
he would probably be farmed in the
Kitty league.
The presence on the campus of Joe
Nelson, star pitcher on the freshman
team last year, has caused much
wonderment over whether the- big
righthander would be in school next
season. He was forced to drop out
the middle of the winter quarter be
cause of sickness but he appears in
excellent shape now.
Jimmy Howard's home run against
Duke Monday was his second in his
college baseball career. He hit for
the circuit against Virginia last year.
Charlie Rich's four-base smash
against Duke was his first of his
baseball career, and it was not a
"Hankie" as news reports said it was.
It was a good, hard drive between
right and center field and neither
fielder had any business catching the
ball.
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club, and Bob Hennson are going with
the air corps as soon as school is out.
Ben says his number comes up June 15.
Hermson is the man who stole the re
cent Monogram club show with his
antics. One of the people connected
with the Playmakers requested him to
spend the summer holidays in Chapel
Hill and appear in some productions.
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Major League Scores
National League
Pittsburgh 3, Brooklyn 2
St. Louis 4, Boston 0
New York 4, Chicago 2
r American League
St Louis 6, Washington 7
.Chicago 5, New York 6
' Cleveland 9, Boston
Detroit 5, Philadelphia 4
third man to ground out.
Durham did most of its scoring in
the early innings. Successive singles
by Dallas Branch and 5 Bill Gettis
coupled with two Salisbury errors and
Shuler Loftis' outfield fry produced
one run in the first.
In the second inning Pitcher Mor
gan doubled with two away and scor
ed on Branch's sharp sinsie to left
field. -
Pete Jones' long home run to right
field scoring first Russ Perry featur
ed a three-run splurge in the third.
This hit was a hard smash that sailed
over the right fielder's head and rolled
to the hedges.
Clyde Drye, who pitched Salisbury
to the Western title, proved easy for
the Durham team. He retired in the
sixth with none away and two on
base after yielding, nine hits and five
See DURHAM HIGH, Page 4
CHARLIE RICH and BEN BROWNING, co-captains of the Carolina
baseball team, lead the Tar Heels against VMI today in a game which
will decide the Southern conference crown. Rich will be at third base and
Browning at first.
Tar Babies Compile Splendid
Record Over Season's Course
, By Earle Hellen
This year's freshman baseball nine compiled record that will' go "down
along with best of Tar Baby diamond teams. Pre-season predictions had it
that thi3 was the best bunch of ball players ever to perform for a Carolina
frosh team, but the team didn't quite live up to advance notices, it gave an
excellent account of itself throughout the season and several outstanding
players were uncovered.
The Tar Babies ended -their season
against Duke freshmen two weeks ago
by dropping a close 4-3 decision.
This defeat left the season's record at
10 victories and three defeats. The
club finished second in the Big Five
competition with three wins and three
losses. Duke took the title this year
with a record of six victories against
two defeats.
Swept Aside
With competition outside of Big
Five games confined to. the leading
high schools of the state, the Tar
Babies swept aside all challenges of
the high school clubs. The largest
score of the season was run up
against a weak Hillsboro high nine,
17-2. The fastest game of the season
was the Charlotte high affair which
was run off in an hour and twenty
five minutes and won by the Tar
Babies, 2-1.
The club, while it wasn't a real pow
erhouse at the plate, was so weak hit
ting team. In a number of games it
displayed a heavy batting -attack. Six
men bit over .309 for the seas cm.
Dub Johnson, who (didn't get into the
lineup until the middle of the season
because of illness, vras the leading hit
ter, sporting1 an average of .417.
Utner plays nitrnrg over .i00 were
Emmett Cheek, 333 -Jack Hussey
.325; Mac Morris, ,321; Clay Croom,
316. P. A. Lee, reserve zmfielder, had
four hits for eight times act -bat for an
average of .500,
Jack Hussev and Clay Cream led
the club in home runs with two
apiece. Emmett Cheek, Brant Waters,
Craven Turner, and Leon HeCaskiH
each had one circuit clout. McCas
kill s homer came jn tne opening
game against Durham high and clear
ed the right field hedge, the first ball
ever to be hit over the hedge.
Emmett Cheek, the hard hitting left
fielder, led in triples with three. 11c-
Caskill had two three baggers and
Hussey and Boseman one each. Lew
Hayworth led in doubles with five.
Cheek, Morris and Hussey had two
doubles apiece. f
Coach Jim Tatum's pitching wasn't
the best that frosh teams have had
in past few years, but it was far from
being the worst. Bill Boseman, a
right-hander from Weldon, had the
best record, three victories and no de
feats. All of his wins were relief
roles since he didn't start a single
game the entire season. He received
'VMI Upset
Would Give
Duke Crown
By Harry Hollingsworth
: The Carolina baseball team seeks a
title that has evaded it since 1933
when it plays Virginia Military insti
tute this afternoon on Emerson field
in a game which will decide whether
Carolina or Duke wins the Southern
conference championship. The game
begins at 3 o'clock.
Now tied for first place in the con
ference with 10 wins and three losses,
Carolina and Duke failed to decide the
champion in the recent three-game
series. A victory today for the Tar
Heels would give them the title by a
half game margin over the Blue
Devils. Should VMI pull an upset and
defeat Coach Bunn Hearn's men
Duke would take the crown by a half
game margin over the Tar Heels.
As has been the custom in the past
season when the Tar Heels were in a
tight pinch, Coach Hearn will prob
ably call upon . Lefty Cheshire for
PROBABLE LINEUPS
VMI ..." CAROLINA
-Simpson, lb Howard, 2b
P. Williams, 2b Mathes, If
Wray, ss Browning, lb
Carney, 3b Reynolds, rf
- Catlett, c Jennings, cf
W. Williams, rf Rich, 3b
Ellington, cf Hearn, ss
Sotnyk, If Myers, c,
Spessar, p Cheshire, p
credit for victories over Durham high,
Raleigh high, and State freshmen.
Jack Fitzgerald, a left-hander from
Thomasville, had two victories against
no losses. He wasn't used until late
in the season and turned in two fine
performances when given starting as
signments. His best game was hold
ing Morgantpn high to three hits and
one run.
Monk Whiteheart, the slender Winston-Salem
right-hander, was the No.
1 pitcher of the team. He won two
and lost one, a 4-3 decision to Duke.
His two victories were probably the
best performances of any pitcher on
the team. He held Charlotte high to
five hits and one run, striking out 11
men. Against Wake Forest frosh he
limited the hard-hitting Baby Deacons
to 'free hits and two rams, while he
fanned 12 men. While touched for 11
hits by Duke, WhJteheart whiffed
eight Imps. Stricfly a curve-ball
piteher, Wh2tebeart used Iris bender
very effectrpfcly and showed great
promise as varsity material.
Big Frank (lied) Cantrell pitched
some good iall, iwiaining two and los
ing two. He defeated State frosh
and Greensboro hagh, losing to Wake
Forest slid Dnke ifrosh. His best
game was tthe Slate game Sve-hit
performance. He pitched well against
Duke haft didn't receive any hitting
support 3xom Ins "mates. Jack Hus
sey received credit for one victory,
over E3U, T)trt appeared -ss relief
hurler several times. He spent most
of his time in the outfield because of
his heavy hitting.
An Abraham Lincoln room contain
ing more than ILjDOO items of Lincoln-
iana was recently opened in "the . Wil
liam I. Clements library at , the Uni-
versfry eff HichSgan.
mound duty. In the Duke series Lefty
pitched 16 innings, winning the sec
ond game. He hurled seven innings
of the first game in Greensboro; but
went out for a pinch hitter' before the
Tar Heels started their late inning
rally. Red Benton received credit for
the victory.
The contest will be the second of the
season between VMI and Carolina.
Early in the season the Tar Heels
beat the Kaydets in a slugfest, 12-8.
Big Train Hank Feimster pitched that
win, but Mike Bobbitt played the big
gest role in the triumph.
He collected a home run, a double
and two singles for five trips to bat
in. five of the Tar Heels' 12 runs.
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Since the victory, however, the VMI
team has demonstrated marked im
provement. Tuesday it defeated
Maryland, 5-4. Only two weeks ago
the Terps beat Carolina and Lefty
Cheshire by the same score.
Frank Carney, hard-hitting third
baseman, broke up the VMI-Maryland -game
by hitting a long home run in
the eighth inning to score Dick Wil-.
Hams.
Rutherford Spessard, big righti
hander, who hurled six-hit in-t4e-
win over Maryland, will probabl jr be -in
the box for the VML, Possessor i
bf great speed and a , sharp-breaking -curve
ball, Spessarj should provide.
plenty of competition for the Tar -
Heels, and the d.ael between Cheshire -
unr? Kirn KhrvnlV K n-na n-f -flico. Kocirv
the season. . ; ; . j
Today's ame marks the end of the
Carolina "baseball careers cf Co-?apr -tains
BejQ Browning and CharlicISch i
aad Mike Bobbitt, Hal-Jennings; Les:
Tomlinson, Al Mathes audi Jimmy
Howard.
'All have been regulars except Bob
bitt and Tomlinson. Mike, played his
sopnomore year ana snowed plenty of
promise, but he broke Iris ankle in
pre-season practice last spring and
was out the entire season. This year
he has been an alternate for Hal
Jennings in centerfield and Bo Reyn
olds in right field. He usually played
in the right field position when the
Tar Heels were facing portsiders.
Tomlinson, a pitcher, never played
in a Southern conference or Big Five
game until this, his last year.
He went the route against Michi
gan early in the season and allowed
only six hits, but poor fielding cost
him the game. He started against
Navy but was relieved by Cheshire.
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Radio Broadcast
Radio station, WPTF, Raleigh, will
broadcast the Carolina-VMI game
this afternoon, starting at 3:05 o'clock.
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