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Jan lesville and Bear Grass Win Tourney Championships Martins Will Play Class A Team Here Hie local bale ball team will meet the Wililamsport. Pa., Class A olnc in an exhibition game here on April 19, according to an unofficial announcement received this week from J- Roy Clunk, secretary of the Williamsport Grays. The game here is one of several the Grays are slat ed to play while in spring training at Tarboro. The Pennsylvania club is schedul ed to start its spring training in Tar boro on March 96, and the manage ment is booking a number of exhibi tion games with teams in this sec tion of the State and in Virginia. In addition to meeting local clubs, the Grays are slated to hook horns with the Philadelphia Athletics at Green ville, Kinston and Tarboro. April 14 has been booked as Connie Mack day in Tarboro. Boy Scouts will be the special guests of the great base ball man there and see the Athle tic* play the Or?y? An exhibition schedule for the Martins has not been completed at this time, reports stating that the Williamsport game is the only one that has been definitely booked Finals Saturday Night Attract Large Crowds DIAMOND They ere working on the lo cal baseball diamond and field, and it's not Ihe WPA (hat's do ing the work. The LUley broth ers placed a disk plow and cut the field from one end to the others and around and around, leveling out the high spots and filling in the low. Grass will be planted and the field when com pleted will be equally as food as any in the Coastal circuit. Jamesville Will Enter A. C. College Tourney Annexing two championships in a row, the JamesviUe boys' basket ball team will seek new laurels in the spurt next week when they in ter the Atlantic Christian Collgc Tourney at Wilson. The champs won the cup at Greenville week before last and the Martin County title here last week Williamston Bovs, Jamesville's Girls Go Down in Defeat Champions Repeat Record And Gain Possession of Loving Cups By JBNIE PEEL The finals of the Martin County High School basketball tournament were held before an appreciative capacity crowd last Saturday eve ning. The Bear Grass girls detested Jamasvilla's lassies in the first of a scheduled twin bill and in the final game of the evening Williamston's boys fall before the attack of the favored Jamesville herring fisher men. Saturday's games brought to a close one of the most successful tournaments ever held here with large crowds and interesting games prevailing Following the final en gagement eups were presented to tlie winners who incidentally were repeaters from last year and thus gained possession of the coveted symbols of victory for another per iod of twelve months A brief description of the gamos follows: Bear Grass Girb Win In a game characterized by close guarding and frequent fouling, the misses from out Bear Grass way took the measure of the Jamesville girls by a score of 17-15 The game started slow with Jamesville count ing on several foul goals and Bear Grass hitting the loop for several two pointers Bear Grass sprang in to an early lead which was good un til Jamesville, led by Bowen, who had shifted from guard, started a rally which put them behind only 9-8 at intermission. After the rest period the two teams matched goals until finally with about two minutes remaining lo play Bailey aank aeveral free throws to set up a slight margin which the Jamesville girls were un able to overcome. M. Martin and Bowen paced the attack for Jamesville, each getting seven points, while Gardner, Har dison and Bateman offered stellar guard play For Bear Grass, Rawls and Rogerson led the scoring, with Britton, Rogers, Ward and A Bai 'ley featuring on defense The lineups: Jamesville?forwards M Martin 7, Bowen 7, Stallings 1, M Carson; guards, Gardner, Hardi son, Bateman. Williamston Defeated In the final game of the evening Jamesville's heavily favored fiaher men defeated Williamston by the score of 44-14. Jamesville, paced by T Martm, opened fast by taking an early lead which Williamston was never able to surmount. The lower county boys continued hitting the basket until at half-time they had an 18-3 advan tage Williamston profiting by the rest period offered superior work in the early part of the second half and matched baskets with James ville until their second team enter ed the affray and finished out the contest. Walters led for the visitors with 14 points, followed by E. Martin with 11. and T Martin with nine points. Carson and Brown offered good all-around play. For the coun ty sealers, A. Anderson led with six points and was followed by Peel. M. Anderson, Mobley and Roberson each with o?e goal. Peel and Sulli van were best on defense. The lineups: Jamesville?forwards A Holliday, Carson 2, E Martin 11; paster, T. Martin 9, Mizelle 2, guards, Walter# 14, Brown 2, D. Hol liday Williamston: forwards, Roberson 2, Peel 2, Mobley 2, Sullivan; can ter. J. Ward, Boykin; guards, A. An derson 6, M. Anderson 2, Critcher, Crofton, R Paal ?. ? a Headlines In New York Newspapers Rayon yarn consumption is run ning about 27,000,000 pounds a month or approximately 100 pa cent over 1B38 . . . International Nickel announces it is opening up new ore deposits (or immediate de velopment . . . Capacity of steal in dustry for production of ingots and steel for castings rose to 73,OdlJOO gross tons la IMS, the highest sa record . . . General Motors reports sales of Chevrolets increased II pa cent in January over IBM . . , Look ing over the earnings reports: hi?i or?Canada Dry, Irving Air Chutsa; lower?Standard Brands, Amerieea Brake Shoe and Foundry. Local Martins Win Consolation Tilt In ECTC Tournev 'Bosko' Anderson Wins An . other Award For His ?Stellar Play After a temporary lapse last Thursday night, when they were forced to play two games in the same evening, losing the latter af ter taking the first, the Williams ton Martins came back strung Fri day night to defeat the E. C. T C. varsity 38-34 in an overtime con test in the consolation finals of the Independent ' Teams Basketball Tournament held in Greenville By virtue of their triumph the locals have another trophy to add to the one they had previously won This game was one of the best of the entire tourney, in which four \ teen teams competed, and the only 1 one which went into an extra pel I iod. The half-way intermission found the Teachers out in front by a 21-13 count, but the locals came back with determination and gradually cut this eight-point lead until they trailed by only two points, 32-30, with about 80 seconds to play, and then Jefferson sank one of his spec ialties. a one-handed beauty from way out, to put the teams at a dead lock, which was the way the regu lation time ended In the extra per iod. the locals took the ball and Anderson attempted to shoot, but wis' fouled He converted on both tries to give the Martins a two point lead, which went to four points when Jeff sank a crip The teachers scored on a long shot, but again Jeff found the mark and the game was soon over. "Bosko" An derson, with 12 points, led the Mar tins. In addition to winning the tro phy the Martins placed "Bosko" An derson, crack guard, on the All Tourney team. Anderson was also chosen the most outstanding play er of the entire tourney and was awarded a medal This us twice that Oscar has been honored in this respect, in two tournaments this year. The lineups: MARTINS (38) G F T Cobb, f 113 0 0 0 Taylor, f-g 3 3 8 Jefferson, c 4 19 Hose, c 113 Anderson, g 4 4 12 RUNS > Turn Crockett, popular figure mild leader on the I'nlversity of North Carolina track team, par ticipated in the Southern Con ference Indoor event at Chapel Hill last week-end and despite a recent leg injury made a cred itable showing. Competing with Atlantic coast, the local boy mile until near the end when the injury pulled him back and he came in fourth. Tarboro Club Vi ill Train In Florida a The Tarboro Baseball Club will train in West Palm Beach, Florida, with the Portsmouth baseball club. John R. Youngblood, president of the Tarboro club announced here The reason was given as one of economy and convenience for Tar boro's visiting Class A team from Williamspbrt, Penn., in an effort to give them entire use of the Bryan Park in Tarboro. Tarboro will send Guy L. Shatzer, their manager, and about twelve signed ball players of known qual ity, to work out daily in West Palm Beach with the hall club of the Portsmouth Cubs. The teams will play exhibition games all the way back to North Carolina, i The plan was adopted today, af | ter the Tarboro directors voted to allow the local club to go south, so 1 as to have a working baseball club by the time the season opened Many rookies signed, now in Flor ida, will be added to the club there The boys will report in West Palm Beach, March 20th, and start north the first week in April Tarboro is planning to play away from Tarboro during the week of April 11, 12, 13, and 14 when Mr. Connie Mack and his Athletics and Williamsport Grays will engage in four games in and around Tarboro. W Cook, g 0 2 2 Totals 13 12 3tt E. C. T. C. (34) G F T Glass, f 3 1 7 Cox. f 1 0 2 Martin, f 5 1 11 Carson, c 0 1 1 Hatem, g 3 3 0 Riddick, g 2 0 4 Totals 14 6 34 Martin Bees Lost1 Came To Everetts The Wilson-Martin Varsity game < called off on account of sickness ? among the Wilson players, the Mar-( tin Bees locked horns with the Ev-1 * L'rjtts All Stars to feature the sports 1 program in the local gymnasium last t evening tgcFhy Cherry's floor work 4 and scoring, the visitors chased the Bees" back to their nives with a?1 2B-22 score On Thursday evening, the Mar tins go to Windsor to meet the Reb els in their last scheduled and for tieth game of the season Next week, the Martins will en Rabbits Do Big Damage To Peach Trees In Moore Out of 4,000 peach tract two yeart aid in one of Hawley Poole's or chards in Moore County, not over KIO have escaped damage from rab uts which have eaten the bark eff entirely around the trunks of the roes. Only about 200 trees were left flfrthotit any d8nit)^? whittvtr or Hit' Quid Medal Tournament in Rocky Mount, meeting some of the strongest teams east of Raleigh. It is likely that the Wilson en gagement will not be filled this sea son, Manager Wheeler Manning said today. We ve Shortened the MILE! Not literally, of course?aThlle Is still 5,280 feet?but customers who bank here BY MAIL find that distance from the bank matters little when handling routine transactions. Our dependable service comes to you so that you can bank regu larly, safely and conveniently regardless of distance, bad weather or lack of time. Your financial affairs deserve efficient, modern banking service. We are ready to assist you either in person or by mail with a complete range of facilities and willing co operation. Make this bank YOUR bank! Branch Banking & Trust Company "THE SAFE EXECUTOR" Williamston, N. C. 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