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IN THE WORLD OF Sports © Smithfield Hi Wins Second Game From Mt. Olive'* 14-13 * * * ® * *********************** Business Women of Smithfield Meet and Organize Basketball Team « Out of the Club a Team of “Daisies” Will Be Picked To Play Match Games ’ >' -- r . | A speedy basketball team is being organized among the “business girls” of the town. By the courtesy of Mr. Jim Cobb warehouse manager, and the appreciated assistance of several “gentlemen friends,” a first class court has been laid off in the Co-op warehouse on Third street, and steady practice goes on each evening from seven till. eight. Out of the club a team of “Daises” will be picked for match game purposes, and if the high school girls expect to keep their championship title clear. they’d better play up. The first game will come off as soon as the team gets lined up and warmed up. Miss Cherrie Gurley and Mrs. Jesse Coats are the ringleaders of the crowd and the other ten are Missee Gladys Turnage, Ida | Blackman, Ruth Brown, Mae Stephenson, Vara Sanders, Ethel Barbour, Hattie Stephenson, Neta Ennis, Helen Gay and, Mrs. L. R. J. Cutler. Miss Cora Belle Ives, assisted by Miss Ruth Wilson, will coach the team. Basketball League Is Formed At Goldsboro Goldsboro, Jan. 27.—At a spirited meeting of the basketball fans of the city held here last night, the Golds boro Basketball League was organ ized and the rules and regulations drawn up and accepted. In the or ganization are Rosewood, St. Mary’s, The Giants and The Basketeers. Wade Dorset was elected president of the combine, S. F. Teague, vice president, and Father Manley, secre tary and treasurer. A schedule of games has already been arranged and the four teams will offer lovers of this sport in this section of the State splendid entertainment. Dunn Highs Wallop Outfit From Clinton Dunn. Jan. 28.—1The Dunn high school basketball team defeated Clin ton here last night in a fast game, the score being37-22. Dunn piled up an early lead, which Clinton wras never able to overcome. Cooke was the star of the game both on the offensife and defensive and with 13 points to his credit. Williams was the outstanding ’tar of the visitors. The Dunn team has not been beaten by a high school team this season and expect to make a strong bid for the state champoin- 1 ship. Interest In Cinder Track Is Revived Thanks to Paavo Nurmi, the phan to mFinn, interest in the cinder track is being revived in America. Already he has become an idol among New York school boys, an dit is safe to ven ture that interest in track and field events will gain such momentum in the 1 ext few months that the sport of run ning will take the position it right fully deserves in the varied category of American athletics. —Greensboro Daily News. Movies Get “Barney” Washington, Jan. 26.—Following the example of a long line of athletics who have refused to let the pleasure of *port dim their business eye. Wal# r Johnson, the Washington pitcher ace. may soon be seen disporting himself before the moving picture camera and at $2,000 a week. @ Sports of any kind will be gladly re ceived by The Herald. FOUR OAKS DEFEATS WILSONS HILLS One of the most interesting games of the season was played on Four Oaks court Monday afternoon when the second team of Four Oaks defeat ed Wilson’s Mills. Four Oaks suffered a defeat from Wilson’s Mill in the first game of the season. Stanley led throughout the entire game, scoring 18 points. The line up and summary follows: Four Oaks Wilson’s Mills Stanley.— R F.Smith Wellcns_L F.Thomas Johnson.. C .Uzzle, E Allen.R G.Uzzle, J Substitutes for Four Oaks: Mas sengill for Allen; George for Johnson. Scoring field goals for Four Oaks Stanley, 9; Wellons, 2. For Wilson’s Mills: Thomas, 2; Uzzle, E., 2; Uzzle, J., 5. Foul goals for Four Oaks: Wellons 1, Johnson 1. Referee: Lewis, of Four Oaks high school. Four Oaks Boys And Girls Lose The boys’ and girls’ basketball team played Buies’ Creek or the lat ter’s court Friday. The score for the girls was 12 to 6, in favor of Buies’ Creek. In the third quarter the score was 6 to 6, both teams fighting hard. During the fourth quarter Buies’ Creek scored six points. The Four Oaks boys suffered a defeat by the score 32 to 24. During the first three quarters Buies’ Creek walked over us, while in the fourth quarter with a new player Four Oaks led. Pine Level Wins Closely Fought Game Pine Level, Jan. 27—The Pine Lev el high school basketball team de feated the Princeton quint here last night in a closely fought game, the score being 19-18. This was the sixth championship game. The Pine Level boys have won five out of six games. They play Glendale high schiol next Friday. This will be a championship game. Lumberton Out For State Championship Lumberton. Jan. 27.—The Lumber ton high school basketball team de feated the Fifth Artillery team of Fort Bragg here tonight in a fast and exciting game 20 to 9. At the end of the first quarter the score was 2 to 0 in favor of the lo cal players. At the end of the first half the locals had piled up fifteen more points and Fort Bragg only three. Lewis Throws Munn In First Legal Tilt Independence1* Mo., Jan. 27.— Wayne (Big) Munn, who recently defeated Ed (Strangler) Lewis, former heavyweight wrestling champion, lost his first legal bout with Lewis today when Circuit Court Judge \V. P. Hall declined to issue a temporary restraining order against Lewis. Munn charged that Lewis had interfered with hi.s title as champion, and had adopted a policy of threats and intimidations.. He asked a tempo plication for an injunction. Judge Hall explained that his refusal was not absolute and asked Munn and his manager to show some authority for their action. The Court advised Munn to bring a damage suit based upon a specific of interference and slander. ~ _- _ 1 Phantom Finn Winner In Spectacular Contest MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York, Jan. 27.—Paavo Nurmi scored one of the most spectacular victories of his American invasion tonight, When he won the 3-4 mile race, featuring the opening night of the Melrose games, conquering Joie Ray and three other rivals. The phantom Finn not only beat Ray by ten yards in a brilliant finish, after trailing the latter’s pace for seven laps of the 8-lap journey, but shattered the world’s record for the distance, which he cowered in 3 ! minutes and 3 4-5 seconds. FOOTBALL GROWS ALL OVER NATION Believes It Will Replace Baseball In Colleges May Even Become the Great National Sport—Baseball Losing Ground Chicago, Jan. 28.—Football is destined to become the American national sport and in the future, if stadia are built to accommo date them, crowds of 125,000 or more may be found watching the game, Major John L. Grif fith, commissioner of the West ' ern Conference, believes. His view of the sport’s future ! comes from observation of the growth in popularity of football | in the past few years. “The greatest single drawing attraction in sports, amateur or professional, had been a world's championship prize fight with the heavyweight title in view.” Major Griffith said. “I suppose 90,000 is the cor | rect estimate of the greatest crowd the boxers have drawn. “ Of the Stanford-Califomia game on the Pacific Coast this I year outdrew that by several thousand. And the return of the American intercollegiate football code to Stanford and California has been comparative ly recent.” Interest in football now ex tends beyond the colleges, their students and alumni, Major Grif fith declared. This has come with the development of individ ual stars or combinations like “Red” Grange of Illinois nad the “four horsemen” of Notre Dame. Baseball, he believes, is expe riencing a slump in popularity in colleges and has been aban doned by one collegiate confer ence, the mid-west. Mills Tire Company Team Defeats Selma I Selma, Jan. 26.—The MiHs Tire | Company basketball team of Raleigh defeated the Selma Athletics here tonight in a fast game by thhe score of 48 to 38. The game was played in the Selma Athletic Club’s gym nasium. Mills Tire Company won with a brilliant spurt near the end of the last half. Warren and O’Dell featur ed the winning spurt with 3 goals each. Warren led the scor;ng account ing for sixteen of his team's points Holcombe featured for the Athletics with nine points. Athletics Position Mills Richardson 68 O’Dell 21 R. F. Holcombe 9 Candler 2 Jeffrev 7 L. F. C.' r. g: Warren 16 Lizzard 9 Goodman 6 j Schuler 6 Wright 1 @ L. G." Subs: Athletics—Creech (2); Griff,. (4); Short; Mills—Edwards, (4>; Bagwell (1); Coley. Raferee Parker. I STATE-WIDE GAME BILL Raleigh, Jan. 22.—A state-wide game bill providing lor the protec tion of all game birds and wild ani mals will be introduced in the two houses of the legislature tomorrow It invests enforcement of the law in the state fish commission, chang ing the name of that bods’ to the state fish and game commission. It abolishes the Audubon society and provides for the transfer of its property to the fish commission. The bill provides for open and dosed seasons on all game. A li cense fee for hunting is expected to supply sufficient revenue to make the enforcement of the act self-sustaining. COLORED TEAMS TO FLAY The colored basketball team of Smithfield will meet the Shaw univer sity quint in Raleigh tonight S1IHFIELD WINS BUT THEY KNEW THEBE WHS BULL GAME Fast Mount Olive Outfit Played the Boys to a Standstil for Three Full Periods. The Mount Olive High School five gave the Smithfield High school boys a hot fight at Mount Olive last Tuesday when they played the locals a 14 to 13 game. It was nip and tuck until the very end and was not j at all comfortable for the locals when Mount Olive led by one point until the last 56 seconds of the game. The rooting was somewhat rough. The local yell artists and the Smith field vocalists kept the building shak ing throughout and especially so in that hectic final period. Down on the floor in the meantime the battle was j waxing hotter and hotter and in the general meelee the only person who appeared to be keeping cool was the referee. In the first two quarters of the game the Smithfield boys were out played. The seore at the end of the ; first half stood 6-4 in favor of the Mount Olive aggregation. In the third quarter the Smithfield five played the Mount Olive boys off their feet. The score at end of the third period stood 8-10. Smithfield at the big end. In the last quarter Mount Olive tied the score and led by one point until the last 55 minutes of play when Watson, substituting for Caa~ dill, shot a goal from half way th* court which broke the tie and put the score at the final whistle. 14-15_ w'ith Smithfield the winner. There was no starring. All the boys played a mediocre game amt were handicapped somewhat by thr rough court which they had to play on. Last week the Smithfield team woft from Mount Olive here by a large score 26-^. Smithfield (14) Mount Olive (13$ Kirkman. J.r.f_Flowers Kirkman, D. . __Belt Caudill, ----c... .Martin, I>, Stephenson .r.g.__.-Moore Adams -l.g-Martin, ML SMITHFIELD-ROCKINGHAM GAME IS CALLED OFF On account of the roads being im passable between here and Rocking ham the game which was scheduled, for Wednesday night between Smith field and Rockingham was postponed until a later date- The game between the local girls team and Four Oaks scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, was also postponed. NOW GOING ON A sale that is going to be remembered. 10 per cent above factory cost. Axminister Rugs OA 27x 54 . <{?£• A O ALL ITEMS REDUCED ACCORDINGLY J. D. Spiers Agent for The Eagle Range and The Edison Phonograph. Smithfield, N. C.
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