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years. Williams
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innual dream games. He has
peared in six previous classics a
high for active outfielders and has
batted a rousing .500. The slender
Miuthpaw swinger has driven out
nine hits in 18 official trips tu the
plate. Last year he had a torn lib
i-artilege and his only Ali-Star act
ivity was a base on balls as a pinch
liilter.
Included in his blows are three
home runs, two aoauies ana ioui
angles. He has driven home nine j
runs. I
His best All-Star effort came in I
1946 at Fenway Park, Boston He
had a perfect day at the plate, j
vith two homers, two single: and a i
walk to lead the attack in a 12-0 j
victory the most one-sided of Hie (
11 American r.eague victories m
If) games thus far. Williams is the
only American Leaguer ever to hit
two homers in one All-Star game,
tional League in Detroit's Brigg
Stadium in 1941.
Williams is one of the realh
great hitters in baseball history,
and in Kbbots Field the rigid Held
fence. 297 feet on the foul line, is
made to order for the teriific pull
hitler.
Suppose Williams hits a home
run on his first trip to the plate'.'
Naturally, the fans, even though
most of them will he National
League fans, will stand up and
diner. They will expect Williams
to tip his cap in a guestuie of ap
preciation between tile time he
touches home plate and returns to
the dugout.
Brooklyn fans know their base
hall inside out but a lot of them
have yet to see Williams. Their
cheers, which usually are spontan
eous, may turn to boos guickh.
You see. Williams never tips his
cap for applause.
pod Trips Maryville
Ms 13-3 Sunday
Cs03 Hitter'' Ferguson Tops
Industrial l.ea-
of their hesl
lie sca-nn. roll-
llle Merchants
messee. 13 to 3
Hith (luminal
k-J at tin' end
tlic ui!hl!i bl
ur ill I'.iin soak-
jjvil in tlir first
the live run
king tin- nil.
tu open the
fd mi Sunt li -.
a hi lt nut
iiilli miiiier-.
I.i-hhi Huh
: Willi a
II held
lul tiller
V.lll lilu till
al I lit plate.
trllieldi-l . rup-
Jii'ti' hit- gatfl-
tor
fins huiled
C'Ollipli-l,. ri,.
r i- up one
Fee In! - while
Mter- in i lie
sanir Uiil be
lilt Mill the
lt',1 S.itiiiila-,
WNC Loop Hitters
With .469 Mark
Mark Ferguson, Beacon manager,
continues to lead the WNC Indus
trial League's individual batters
although Berkeley catcher Hay
.Slider moved to within seven point..
of him through the week. Ferguson
.'lands at ,4lil) and Slider al .4(i:.
Trull leads the pileheis with his
1-0 record. Berkeley hurler Kd
lliinniciitt has the most wins at
-even against one defeat.
Following are the averages re-lea-id
by Wilson Ayers, secretary
of the loop:
Leading Batsmen
Includes players who have par
lieipated in nine league games.)
I'LAYKK & TKAM Pet
M. Ferguson, Beacon - 4(1!)
Slider, Berkeley - - -.- AC2
iCvi fi CAees
vJU : V 'r-t"s
S : if ltV; I r VOORST
' ' . 'a"-!! f.aep
- .. . INHERITED THE
' ' v CELLAR OUTFIT
BACK WHERE HE I
BELOAIGG AS f
Waynesville Troop Wins
Boy Scout Water Meet
Frank
FRISCH,
MANAGER OF
&3 LEAGUE CLUB
TMS TME
CHICAGO CUBS
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FIRST HEK
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LOST 7 GAMES, SO
THINGS CAN'T
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fRANK UNLESS
HE RUNS INTO
CONSECUTIVE PoUBU
REAPER'S
Waynesville Merchants Top
Hazelwood 9-4 Saturday
The Scouts of Waynesville Troop
2 captured team honors yesterday
in the water meet held at Camp
Daniel Boone.
They had primed for the victory
the night before by winning the
treasure hunt, finding the big box
ot candy before any of the oilier
Scouts.
Actually, the Waynesville Scouts
won only two first places in the
water events, but piled up their
points in the second and third
places.
Wilburn Davis and Red Parhain
ul the Waynesville troop won the
nvu-man canoe race for Class C
swimmers, and Malcolm Clarke
and Bobby Compton gave Waynes
ville its other first place victory
by taking the two-man hand-paddle
canoe race.
In this event, the boys were re
quired to propel their canoes by
using their hands as paddles.
The Waynesville boys came close
to getting the greased watermelon
to shore, but the swimmers of the
Mills River Troop 12 Wolf Patrol
snatched it away to win the event.
Other results in the day's meet,
directed by Bob Garner. Daniel
Boone Council Scout executive,
were:
Hock and spoon race and candle
ran', both for non-sw ininiers won
l Donald Tatum. Asheville Troop
4;
rulyard free style cB swim
mers! --won by Ronald Harrcll,
Mills Hiver Troop 12;
100-yard free stylo iC swim
mers i won by Butch Crimes,
Mills River Troop 12;
100-yard back stroke C won
by Terry l.alhrop. Asheville Troop
4!
100-yard breast stroke C
won by Stanley Shaw, Asheville
Troop 8;
Two-man boat raci won by
Cerald Banks and l.yle Hose, Lone
Senilis, of Asheville.
State Softball Official
Confers In Canton On
Beacon Meets I Plans For State Event
Berkeley For
Title
All even at one win each, the
Berkeley Spinners and the Beacon
Mills nine urn- scheduled to battle
'for the reel. 111. 11 championship in
jthe NBC tournament at Balfour
! Field todav
In the opening champion- hip tilt,
! Norman Avers big righthander for
I Beacon, limited the Spinners to
seven bineje- while hi; mates
!"')ped out 11 10 take a lO-to-'J win
i-efty Pardue was the lo-er.
! Wade Martin sparked the vvin
I ners with four hits in five trips
ivhile Buddy Slepp's two for two
'paced the Berkeley nine.
1 The Line Score: R 11 K
1 Beacon 100 003 402 10 11 2
Berkeley 000 100 101 3 7 3
back in the
1 7 to ; vic-
Sams, Kcusta
Cudgei'. Enka
1'atlon. Enka
M.nlin. Beacon
T. Drake, Erusta
Sparks. Berkeley ... .
Alexander. Ecusta .
1'iice. Enka
O. Waldrop, Beacon .
Burgess. Beacon
Vount, Hazelwood
I) llunnicult, Berkeley
Duncan. Clearwater -Carlaiul.
Ecusta - . -
Tweed. Enka -
Docking, Ecusta
Huckner. ' Beacon
Bailey. Beacon
Abbott. Berkeley
I'itts, Hazelwood .
L. Drake, Berkley
V. Rnberson, Martel
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.430
.417
.400
.:iH2
.371)
The Waynesville Merchants,
plaving a hustling brand of base
ball, notched a !l-lo-4 win over the
llaelv.ood Industrial Leaguers
Saturday afternoon on the Waynes
ville High diamond.
The laelwod team was orig
inally scheduled to play at Berke
ley Mills hut the lilt was postponed
due to the Spinners' playing in
the finals of the regional NBC
tournament at Balfour.
Saturday's game was the first
Hireling between the local nines
and a fast brand of hall was dis-
j I laved.
1 Skipper Dudley and .lack Smith
'shared Hie pitching duties lor
; Hazelwood with Dudley receiving
J en dil for the hiss. Waller "Crip"
V.att weni the 1 nut f lor the Mer
chants and scattered eight hits
eflei lively.
Wayne Caldwell rapped out four
lot- in -i trip; for the winners
while Nell Wvalt and Huh Pitt
i .11 h had two lor lour tor Hayel
wo,,d. Both o W'yalt', were loii"
li iple
The Box Score:
WAYNESVILLE AB H 11
Richie. 2b
Close To Death fi Months Ago S
Horse Nearly Killed By
Fire Is Back In Training
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ICahlwell.
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Pitching Record
PLAYER & TEAM W
Trull. Enka . 4
Hoots, Berkeley 3
Hunnicult,- Berkeley 7
Avers. Beacon . .4
Randall, Enka 3
Alexander. Ecusta ..... 3
F Williams, Enka ...... 4
Anders, Beacon . 4
Keener. Ecusta 2
Ammons, Hazelwood 4
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.37(1 '
37a
.373 ;
.3C2 1
3(j2
,3.ri!l
.343
.34!) i
.33!) j
.327 j
.319 ,
.315 !
.311
.311
.304 i
Pet.
1.000
1 .000
.87a
.800
.800
.750
.067
.607
.500
.444
lb
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Wvalt. p
Total-
11 .i:i.vooi)
Amnion- .
Trout mail. 3!)
Yoiin!. :'li
Siultb. c-p
Case, cl
Pilts. it
Wbitner. 11)
Wyatt. If
Dudley, p-lb
Totals
Ti iplr-s Kit. hie. Younl
J.oMiig Pitcher. Dudley.
Fuller and Burleson.
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5
4
4
44
AB
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
34
2 '
1
4
1
1
2
0
0
13
II
1
0
1
1
0
2
1
2
0
8
Wyatt 2.
Umpires,
Champion Y To
Meet Florida
Club Wednesday
By RALPH D 11 ALL
AP Nowsfcaturcs
SARATOCA SI'HIN'CS. N. Y
Although unraceii, Coppei light, a
three-year-old pacer with a heart
of steel, already has scored one
of the greatest triumphs possible -a
winning lighl again-1 death.
Nearly six months ag.o the pacer
owned by Miss Helta Sonneilberg
of sjtoningloii, Conn , somehow
managed to fiee liim-.ell from his
stall and escape from a Saratoga
raceway barn in a $ir,o.000 blare
that trapped 23 hoi e" in one of
harness racing's wor-t disast ers.
Copperlig'lit was (he sole sur
vivor but so near death that
many horsemen lliou.uhl it best
thai he he destroyed. His liips
and Hanks were burned, his head
and cars siiwd, his rip lit eye
swollen hadlv and his luilf.s
linked with smoke.
Standing nivleadily near the
nioiihlei hi," ember-. all that re
mained ol Hie bain and the other
line lion . Coppei lii hi looked as
though death was his 1 ider.
Todav. however, the stalwart
pacer ' -ound a am horse could
h, and lie onlv clue ol Hie tragic
lire i a eat 011 his left Hank.
Yt t. tm d.r . he hovered close
to di;iih I. vrn biealliiug was a
. 1 rie "le Bui his coin ageoiis heart
continued In'liliiig 'I'hat. together
with the 'kill of man's medicine
and wonderful recuperative powers,
saw Copperlight through. Smoke
damage to his lungs proved the
greatest threat to recovery, and
Dr. V. C. Fabian, the Raceway's
veterinarian, pumped heavy doses
of penicillin into the horse, to
I ward oil' pneumonia.
Slowly but noticeably. Copper
light summoned back his strength,
eating lightly at first and then
wilb considerable vigor. Trainer
Aubrey Rodney began to jog him
easily when he appeared strong
enough, finding the horse's wind
surprisingly good.
Under the careful, patient
grooming of George Legett and
Martin Gibbons, Copperlight 's
burns were healed and only the
scar on his flank, actually a badge
of rare courage, remains as a stark
reminder of the fire.
At first, it was derided that
Copperlight would be raced this
season at the Saratoga oval.
Later, when Copperlight dis
played snch promise in training,
it was decided not to take a
chance on hampering his future.
Thus, Copperlight has been
moved to his owner's farm where
he can romp to his heart's con
tent for a year and absorb more
strength.
When he finally races for the
first time, he will have a consider
able following. His backers feel
that a horse with a sire named
Torchlight and a heart that con
curred death cannot be anything
hut outstanding.
The Spinners calm
second game to take
tory and even the series.
Bill Anders went the route for
Beacon while Ed Huniiicutt and
Hoots split the pitching lor the
winners with Hoots taking credit
for thi' win
Noah (ioode sparked the winners
with three lor live with two of
the hits being round trippers
Anders, with two for four, was the
big sticker for the losers Fd Hun
iiicutt also hit for the circuit for
the Spinners.
The Line Score: R H F.
Berkclev 130 001 020 -7 9 0
lieacon 000 203 000 - S it fi
In Thursday's semi-finals, the
Beacon nine upset the favored
Enka Rayonites 13 to 5 and the
Berkeley Spinner-, came through
as expected to wallop the Sylva
Plowboys and move to the finals
with a 12-to-!i win
In the fir-t game. Hie Beacon
team was never in serious trouble
as Bill Anders limited Hie Rayon
ites to nine well scattered bingles
The Rayonites stalled Enroll Wil
liams but ended up using five
pitchers.
Buckner paced the winners al
the plate with two for lour. Wal
droup, Martin and Mark Ferguson
each rapped out two for live to
aid the winners Pinkerlon gath
ered two for four for Enka
The Line Score R H K
Beacon 000 !l 005 13 13 1
Kuka 010 100 120 5 9 7
With Hoots going the route and
although touched for 12 blngles,
he was in complete control
throughout The Berkeley team
roared into the lead by scoring
twice in the fust and live times 111
the second
Rex Benton started for the Plow
boys hut was relieved by Jack
Amnions in the fourth, who pitched
three-hit ball the rest of the was.
Barnwell and Brown paced the
Plowboys at the plate with two for
lour while Abbott and Drake
rapped out two for three for the
winners.
The Lint
Slva
Berkeley
Jim Day of Reidsvilln, executive
secretary of the North Carolina
Amateur Softball Association, was
in Canton from Wcdnesda until
Fiiday, polishing plans tor next
month s 14 annual men's state soft
ball championships.
The tournament, si hediiled to be
the largest ever staged, will be
held al C hampion Park under the
direction of Champion YMCA Ath
letic Director .lack .lu-lice.
ThH will be the iii-1 tune the
event has ever been held 111 We-I-ern
North Carolina
Eleven teams, iui ludim? nine dis
trict champions chosen h playoff,
the host Champion nine, and the
defending titleholders Hie Roanoke
Rapids Ramancos. will compete in
the double tournament which will !
j run from Augu-t I(i through Aug-
ust 20.
Mr. Day indicated, as lie revealed '
1 the tournament plans, that interest
I in Softball is currently at a record
; peak in Not I h Carolina. j
More Tar Heels are playing soft-
ball than ever before, he declared.
"My office," Mr. Day said, "has
been Hooded with requests for
, tournament information in the nine
districts for both men's and wo
men's events."
The association secretary said 22
teams started a district tourna
ment at Durham Thursday night
for the single berth in the stale
event.
Mr. Justice, who is the Western
North Carolina district Softball
I commissioner, said the tournament
to deride the District 8 representa
tive in thi' stale event will open
August 8.
If Champion wins the district
1 single-elimination playoff, however,
I the runnerup will enter the state
j tournament as the district repre
sentative. Champion will be play
I ing in the slate championships any
way as the hosl team.
Dislricl II covers Avery. Bui -combe.
Cherokee. Clay. Graham.
Haywood. Henderson, Jackson, Mit
chell. Polk, Swain, Transylvania,
and Yancey counties.
Champion incidentally, is rated
as one of the loughesl contenders
for I he stale cl own held by Roa
noke Rapids.
Menwhile. Mr. Justice reminded
softhall players that the deadline
for filing entries in I he district
playoffs is August 3.
'file schedule fur the slart of oth
er district tournaments Is: Wilming
ton, July 18; North Piedmont at
Welco Tangles With
Merchants Wednesday
In Softhall Twin Bill
The Waynesville Merchants
and the Wellco roamtreads will
tangle iu a settball double
header on the Waynesville
High diamond W edneaday
night.
The first pa me is scheduled
to get uiideiway at 7 o'clock,
with the second game follow
ing immediately.
Although Waynesville does
not have snllball this season,
the Wellco plant is sMinsoring
a girl's and boy's team under
the new athletic set-up, and a
la-st team has been fielded in
previous games. The Merchants
are combining softhall with
their baseball to xive the Well
co team some competition.
A small admission charge
will he made for the game to
help defray the cost of lights
and getting the field.
AMKRM'AN 1. FACTE
HOLDS 11.4 EDGE
Al Newsfeatures
li If () () K 1. Y N, N. Y. The
American League holds a seven
game margin in victories over
the National League for IS pre
vious All-Star games. The previ
ous results follow:
Year City Winner Score
1933 Chicago AL 4.2
1934 New York AL 9-7
1935 Cleveland AL 4-1
1936 Boston NL 4-3
1937 Washington AL 8-3
1938 Cincinnati NL 4-1
1939 New York AL 3-1
1940 St. Louis NL 4-0
1941 Detroit AL 7-5
1942 New York AL 3-1
1943 Philadelphia Al, 5.3
1944 Pittsburgh NL 7-1
1945 No name
Hltfi Boston AL 12-0
1947 Chicago Al, 2-1
1948 St. Louis AL 5-2
The acreage planted to whei
Score
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'J Spends Million
Industrial League ! To Build Dallas
Into Great Uub
Ecusta 6, Enka 4
Hazelwood at Berkeley, ppd.
Martel at Canton, ppd.
Clearwater at Beacon, ppd.
YMCA Softball
the Clearwater
state champions
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BOYS MORE RECKLESS
NASHVILLE. Tenn. (UPl Twice
as many boys as girls are involved
in accidents that cause students to
loe time at school. F. C. SowelK
chairman of the chamber of com
merce safety committee, estimates.
Sowell said that during this school
year 717 pupils were involved in
accidents that cost 1.991 days of
school attendance.
on
pense
)al this week
if flA JKJO
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-urt House
The Champion
team will meet
Bombers. Florida
for the past three years, in a
doublchcader Wednesday night at
Champion I'ark in Canton.
.lack .lust ice's Champion outfit
derailed Saturday night 4-3 by
Koano Anderson of Oak Ridge,
Tenn . will he seeking to get back
the winning irarK ai me
of the team raieo. as men
toughest opponents 01 me sea........
Champion swept a Fourth of
Julv doublchcader from Crutch
field's of Spartanburg. former
South Carolina state king, ft-1 and
7-fi belore taking their third loss
nf the sea-on from the Oak Ridge
nine.
The Canton rlub will go into the
Clearwater series with a season's
record ol 14 victories in 17 games.
Gerald Overcash, with 18 victor
ies , 19 games, heads the power
ful Clearwater pitching corps in
the Bomber s invasion of Canton,
while Nazi Miller and Windy Sams
are the ace Champion hurlers.
Club
Berkeley
Enka
Beacon
Ecusta
Martel
Hazelwood
W
12
11
10
8
5
4
Clearwater 2
Canton 2
L
2
4
4
7
8
8
10
11
Pet.
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.733
.714
.533
.385
.333
.167
.154
TUNA CHAMP CATCHES BIRD ON FLY
The C S. Amateur golf title
went to Bobby Jones in 1924. 1925,
1927, 1928 and 1930 more times
than to any other player.
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THIS IS REALLY a bird of a Bah itory, and with a plctnra to prova It. It
seems that Walter McDonough, winner of last year's Main tuna cham
pionship, wai trolling off the New Jartey coast when a flock of birda
went after his lure. One was hooked Id tha bill and, aa ahawn he
turned out to be a shearwater, of tie petrel family. (Intfnmtf
(AP Newsfcaturi'SI
DALLAS-- Dick Buret! has spent
over a million dollars to build the
Dallas club of (he Texas League
tnir. n nnwprlmiisr. There are many
stories of his lavishness.
Bobby GofT. business manager
of the club, always tells this one
when the question of Burnett's
spending is under discussion:
GofT. who used to work for the
St. Louis Browns noted for spend
ing as little as possible was try
ing to buy a player lor the I'M!)
club. Burnett sat by and let Bobby
do the bargaining.
"This player was pretty good,"
say's Golf, "and I wauled him. Well,
these other people didn't like our
offer and I kept going up and up.
wondering what Burnett was think
ing. He never said a word.
"Finally. I offered $1 9.000 in
cash and hall players. They still
said no, so I gave up.
'On the way back to the hotel.
I was afaraid that Burnett would
think I had' lost my mind, offering
that much money for a guy who
was going to play in Class AA ball.
I figured he'd fire me.
"Instead of that, he rode along
for a while without saying a word
And finally he told me: 'Trouble
with you, Bobby, is that you worked
too long for those Browns. You're
too conservative'."
Reds To Hold
Tryouts At
Hendersonville
Outstanding community, and
semi-pro baseball players will be
aiming for a toe-hold in profession
al baseball at Hendersonville July
21 and 22 when the Cincinnati Reds
hold their try-out camp.
Cincinnati Scouts Neal Millard
and Norman Shepard of Davirson
College will hold the tryouts at
Henderronville's city stadium.
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Waynesville, N. C.
this year in the Ceiled Slates will
be by far the largest on record.
Greensboro, July 27; and Northeast
at Roanoke Hapids, August 2.
The state women's tournament
wllll open in High Point on Aug
ust 4.