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■Martin County League Officially Opens Play Here Sunday light Teams Ready o Take The Field Washington And Janesville Join Loop This Year Koo^lcr^. (.ill**. Be«u> uiul Ham' 0|M*n \l Honii1 Tli i-- Season There’s not likely to be too much ceremony about it, but all signs point to some really keen competition when the Martin County Baseball league starts the 1950 championship season this Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock as the umpires in Roberson ville, Bear Grass. Oak City and Everetts call out the old tune. “Play Ball." The only team which had an nounced its starting pitcher late in the week was Robersonville which, listed its old reliable left hander, Ben Scott, to get the sea son open against the V\ illiamston Martins As for the Martins, it appeared that either Ed Rowland or Billy Peek might get the nod although there are one or two others who could be picked for the opener since Managei J. P. Hedspeth has said he would not name his starting lineup until the opening date. There is nothing official from any of the other teams but it is likely that Garland Wynne, a left hander who worked with Wil liamsto.n last - > uson. w ould start for the Bears at Bear Grass. He plavi'd with . Beni Gras* Before corning to Williamston lust season. The Farm Life team will furnish the opening game opposition for Bear Grass. Washington, one of the new; teams to the league, will open in Everetts while Jamesville, a team which came very near opening with the league when it was first organized but only got in this year, will travel to Oak City for their first game. The teams will reverse the ord er on Wednesday afternoon for three games as Robersonvillo moves over to Williamston, Oak City goes to Jamesville, Bear Grass plays at Farm Life while Everetts meets Washington in Washington under the lights for the first after dark game of the ' season. Washington is promoting the opening game for all they can since they hope to get some funds to give the team a boost for the rest of the year. It is reported that the Boy Scouts and possibly some other organizations in Wash- j ington art sponsoring the sale of tickets to the opening contest, re ported to be the first time that' Washington has played in an or ganized league in a score of years. It will be the first night game in the league for 1950. Most of the teams in the league will be watching the attendance at the games in Washington and Jamesville as it will help to givej some indication as to the success of the venture into organised ball in those two towns. Local fans content that Washington has not proved too good a supporter of baseball in years past so consid erable interest will be focused on the turnout for the first home game in the B«vuf«ri County capital. W1111 local talent being used more exclusively this year than ever be 1 roe m the league it is ex pected that intrest from a home town standpoint will be high. Since the league is extended over a wider territory now there is more talent available to the teams in the loop than had been the ease in the early years ol the league vi hen teams tried to get their players from the same sec tions and in some eases from the very same townships. For a while it is likely that the matter umpire's will prove a problem. Most ol the teams felt that the system used last year cost more than it was worth and a new approach to the problem is being tiied this season. If out of town umpires can be had reasonably and the fans turn out in large enough numbers to make it pos sible to pay them, the officials of the league will likely try the im proved service For the most part it is felt that there is competent umpiring available in the counties affected if the fans and players will give the arbiters a break. At the recent league meeting it was: pointed out that protesting a de lusion and arguing mildly about it was one thing and getting fighting mad and using abusive and inde eent language was something else again since this rough and rowdy attitude is disgusting to the aver age fan and puts an unnecessary strain on the onicials. Whereas, baseball fans were once limited to members of the male sex, it is pointed out now that an increas ing number of women arc attend ing ball games and their presence should be taken into account. T; : .dent Howard Gaylord has declared that the league intends| to see that the officials at the hall games jre protected and! has wanned the managers and: players that they will be held re sponsible foi any untoward inci dents occurring in their parks or caused by their players at home or away. One other thing the president has touched upon is the matter of i g i showing proper spirit or pep on j the field and at but. He remind-1 that the fans get tired of seeing ed the managers and the players players go about their tasks in a| listless fashion regardless of what i brand of ball they might be play- ! ing. He wants the teams to take the field when they should and promptly and to be ready to go to , bat when the umpire calls "bat- 1 ter up." A little more enthusiasm on the part of the players will do a lot to whet the interest of the fans at the various parks, he de clared. CIGARET DEATH Baltimore.—Mrs. Agnes Huber, 53 died of burns received when she fell asleep in an overstuffed chair while smoking a cigarette. Completely enveloped in flames. Mrs. Huber ran into the street. A passerby extinguished the flames, but she was so badly burned, she later died in a local hospital. 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A new gauge does just that. An amber light flashes when one quart of oil -is needed: a red light means two . . . Doll makers are going in for realism in a big way these days: the Ideal Novelty and Toy Company has just introduced one tlita’s almost human. It puckers its lips, moves its tongue, sucks its thumb, and even has an audible “heart beat.” Winding a disguis ed key and operating a plunger mechanism at the back of the neck puts the doll through its re pertoire. A handy innovation in paint products is a line of household! enamels packed in pressurized! ; cans. The paint can be sprayed j right from the container. . . . Now j you can polish silver, jewelry, and ; even your shoes without using el- 1 bow. grease—just slip a new lamb’s wool device over the head | of an electric mixer. . . . New kitchen aids include: (1) the "Waste A-Matic," a new style electric garbage disposal unit' adaptable to any size sink drain; a freezer designed to double as a counter, providing six square feet of additional work surface. DID NOT LAST LONG London—In asking for an an nulment of her marriage, Mrs. j Lillian O'Leary testified that her husband, Patrick, deserted her just 30 minutes after their mar riage in October, 1946, following an eight months’ engagement. A rase of a man marrying at leis ure and repenting ifi haste, the judge commented. Under the Moors, Cordoba, Spain, was the largest city in Europe, according to the Ency clopaedia Britanniea.__ Last Call To DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS All Delinquent Tax Accounts Will Be ADVERTISED Thursday, May 11 Pay Your Taxes At Once And Save Additional Cost and Penally. M. L. PEEL Martin County Tax Collector _* WILLIAMSTON, N. 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