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"Tournament
Well, it looks like Dear Old Duke is going to have a hard time
getting in the Southern Conference Tournament at Raleigh. The
Slue Devils have a strong team, but for some reason they have not
been able to register enough victories this season.
Duke started the season in a big way and at one time it looked
like they were going to clean up everything in sight. Then they
started to losing and so far they have not been able to put a stop
to that bad habit. Cameron has two good teams at his institution,
but even the two teams have not been able to come through with
enough wins to get a place in the Tournament—yet.
Carolina was just the opposite from Duke, no one expected the
®ar Heels to do so very much and for a short time it looked like all'
their predictions were right. The Chapel Hill unit lost game after
game and just about the time that everyone was getting ready to
count them out of the race they started hitting the basket and now
they are figured in the race in a fairly big way. .
We predict that, if Duke does get in the .Tournament, they will
make it hot for the other teams. You cannot deny he fact that the
Devils have a team that is worthy of mention and they might start
playing ball that will win at any minute.
Many fans around this city are planning to see one or two games
of the tournament series. Duke, State, Davidson, Wake Forest and
Carolina all have many supporters in this city and these fans are
going to see a game or two. A majority pick Wake Forest to win.
Locals
While we are talking about basketball it might be well to men
tion the local high school team. Roxboro has one of the best teams
that it has had in a number of years. Many people say that it is
much better than the team that represented Roxboro last year and
that was the year that Stewart and Jones, both freshmen players
«t State now, were on the Roxboro team.
Yanceyville managed to tame the boys in one game, but then
Boxboro has one win over Yanceyville and that ‘sorter’ evens things
up.
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Tennis
Everyone here is expecting a big tennis season in the county of
A few of the fellows have already started working on their
courts and the tennis balls will start flying within a few weeks.
There are about seven courts in and around Roxboro and It
docks like some one hundred boys, girls, men and women are going
to take part in this sport. Even Gordon Hunter says that he is going
to try this sport as a means for reducing.
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Charlie Harris, prominent golfer of Roxboro, says that the golf
course will be ready by spring. Chalie should know because he has
taken about as much interest in this course as anyone in this coun
ty. It’s men like Harris who really put thing over when they start.
He even offers to take people who have never played golf and teach
them a few fundamentals
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PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. C. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1939
PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. C. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1939
Fe w Holdout Worries For Major Loops
PLAYERS EXPECTED
TO SIGN CONTRACTS
INPLENTYOF TIME
Yankees And Cubs Have
Largest Number Os Dis
guntled Performers.
New York Reserve a spot in
the nearest museum of extinct
wildlife for the holdout wran
gles. They*!re rapidly becoming as
passe as the bustle, Babe Ruth’s
SBO,OOO salary and the nickel hot
dog.
A quick look over the situa
tion today revealed that, with
the possible exception of the two
pennant-winning) teams, there’s
more worry in the various front
offices over painting the furni
ture than over those players still
unsigned.
Os course, there’s always dif
ficulty of sorts on the champion
ship clubs. Each individual per
former, right down to the .080
hitter and the kid who sells score
cards, thinks the team wouldn’t
have had a chance at the pen
nant if it wasn’t for his particul
arly fine work. That’s why the
Yankees and Chicago Cubs are
boasting the outstanding lists of
unsign-ees at the moment.
Joe DiMaggio, Bill Dickey, big
Red Ruffing, Frankie Corsetti
and Joe Gordon are still among
the ten missing on fthe world
champions’ list. So Ed Barrow,
the club prexy, shows his concern
by calmly sitting back in his
swivel chair, knowing that as
sure as three strikes are out
they’ll all come through with
their John Hancocks—or they
won’t play ball. DiMaggio wants
$30,000, may settle for $26,000;
Dickey wants $25,000 and Ruf
fing wants more than $20,000.
CUBS ARE DISPLEASED
Owner Phil Wrigley, out in the
Cugs’ bailiwick, was pleased over
the way his lads came on to win
the National pennant last fall,
but wasn’t at all impressed—who
was?—over their swan song in
the world series. So fellows like
Augie Galan, Stan Hack, Carl
Reynolds, Lefty Larry French
and about five others want more
than Phil figured they were
worth. There may be adjustments
made in some of the offers, but
there’ll be no bitter feuds in any
case.
Otherwise, along the various
other big league fronts, there
isn’t any more fuss than you’ll
find in a dead rabbit. Most of
the clubs still have one or more
players who haven’t agreed to
terms, but, as one fellow said, “we
have to eat, don’t we?”
The most novel reason for not
signing still is the property of
Paul Waner, who says his wife
mislayed his contract, although
he doesn’t point out whether it
was before or after she noticed
tbe Pirates’ terms. He, Jim Tobin
and Gus Suhr still are missing
from the Dues’ list, but Bill Ben
swanger thinks more about the
press box the club built on For
bes field last year for the world
series—and then didn’t use.
MEYER WANTS MORE
Buddy Myer, although offered
a raise, wants more—and what’ll
you bet he signs at Clark Gris.
fith’s terms? Luke Appling and
Rip Radcliff offer only a mild
headache to the White Sox. Clev
eland’s Cy Slapnicka expects
“no trouble” with either rollick
ing Rollie Hemaley or Bobby
Feller—so long as he can keep
the latter from behind the wheel
of his automobile. Jeff Heath, of
fered $9,000 and asking $12,500,
is “very dissatisfied”. He’ll pro
bably sign for between SIO,OOO
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Charlie Peterson ot St. Louis, Mo., fancy bilUard shot champion of
the world, after trying for two honrs, balances three billiard balls atop
one another on a billiard table during a New York exhibition. He
claims he is the only one to do this trick, and admitted that this was the
only photograph ever made of him performing it successfully. #
Jess Willard Is
Now Case Host
Miami Beach, Fla. Twenty
lears after Toledo, poor Jess Wil
lard still is a bewildered stooge
for Jack Dempsey. The only dif
ference now is that Jack is pay
ing great, lumbering Jess well
to play the buffoon instead of
cutting him to ribbons with mur
derous fists.
There have been few stranger
associations than the present one
between the two former heavy
weight champions. Big Jess, down
on his luck and tremendously fat,
was brought here by the success
ful Dempsey to act as host, or
something, of the barroom in his
hotel on Miami Beach. «
It was and still is a fine ges
ture on Dempsey’s part, for his
barroom needed such a host about
as urgently as it needed steam
heat, which is to say not at all.
But there the greying Jess is, the
look on his face one of incredu
lous delight that the world should
treat him so handsomely after all
these years. He sits at a table
with the same awed tourists for
hours on end.
Dempsey’s motive in hiring the
hulking creature he battered into
obscurity was not, of course,
completely altruistic. Jack is a
sage business man these days, and
the good will of his public is a
large part of his stock in trade.
Jess makes the perfect foil for
publicity pictures. He and the
once-hungjT) kid who knocked
his brains loose at Toledo have
posed so much together they’re
beginning to look alike.
and what he wants.
Buck Newsom howls for $22,-
500 from the Browns, tells pals
he’ll settle for $20,000 —and pro
bably will wind up taking $15,.
000. Ducky - please call me Muse,
les—Medwick, the Cardinals’
chief difficulty, is only waiting
until Uncle Sair. Breadon or
Branch Rickey goes to work on
him in Florida, at a $20,000 fig
ure. Pepper Martin will take
what he can get— because he real
izes those wild horn days are go
ing fast. Bill Werber feels Connie
Mack didn’t treat him kindly in
giving him a alight cut—but Mr.
Mack has handled fellows like
that before.
The Cincinnati Reds and De
troit Tigers announce “no hold
outs”—which when you get right
down to will he the answer
everywhere; just as soon as Am
DiMaggio Plans
For Big Year
San Francisco Limited to a
week and a half of actual train
ing his first three years in the ma
jors, jolting Joe DiMaggio, the
Yankees’ outfield star, plans to
get in shape for the opening of
the 1939 season.
DiMaggio will leave for the St.
Petersburg, Fla., camp of the
worlds champions on March 1,
in time to arrive for the opening
of training four days later.
Because he expects to be in ex
cellent shape for the opening
game, DiMaggio predicted “this
is going to be my big year." This
should be bad news for American
league pitchers, whom Joe maul
ed for averages of .323, .346, and
.324 in his three years in the
big time.
“Do you know that in three
spring training camps that I
haven’t had over one and a half
weeks of actual training?” Di-
Maggio asked.
“The first year, I had my foot
burned and I was thrown out of
training. The second year, I had
my tonsils removed, and last year
it was my own fault, (he heldout
until after the season was under
way) but the fact remains I have
yet to open a season with the
Yankees in first-class shape.
“For once I would like to start
off feeling that I am fit for any
thing that comes along, and bar
ring accidents, I am going to be
in that kfhd of condition this
year.
“I feel that this is going to be
my big year.”
DiMaggio said he was going
after the humble basehit, and
not homers this season.
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IN CHARLOTTE
THANKSGIVINGS
Wake Forest Plans To Play
Big Teams In Charlotte-
Privilege Os Renewal.
Charlotte The Charlotte Ob
server has announced that Wake
Forest college, through Athletic
Director Jim Weaver, had sign
ed a long lease on the Thanksgiv
ing day date for football in Char
lotte’s Memorial stadium.
The contract calls for the Dea
mon Deacons to have use of the
stadium on Thanksgiving Day
from 1940 through 1950, inclu
sive, thus guaranteeing appear
ance of the Deacons here for 11
straight years. An option to re
new for the same period is con
tained in the contract, thus mak
ing it a 22-year contract if the
Deacons so desire.
Davidson Next
Wake Forest will meet David
son here next Thanksgiving but
the two institutions are breaking
off football relations after that
date. Wake Forest will meet
South Carolina here in 1940 on
the holiday, but in 1941 the
Gamecocks and Deacons will play
here in October instead of
Thankjsgiving. On jturfkey day,
1941, Wake Forest probably will
meet Temple, Mississippi, or
Florida, the Observer said. In
1942 the Gamecocks and Deacons
will renew their Thanksgiving
day date here and it will be run
continuously from that date on.
Wake Forest may play another
game here this fall in addition to
the final game with Davidson.
Safeguard Deacons
The Observer said that the
Charlotte parks and recreation
commission specified that no oth
er football game may be played
in the stadium on Thanksgiving
morning or the day before.
The newspaper also said that
Davidson college desired to meet
the Citadel here for the next two
or three years on Thanksgiving
day and later start a similar ser
ies with Washington and Lee,
but the commission felt that
those would not be “major lea
gue” games and that Wake For
est with its fast-improving team
could bring larger games here
and attract bigger crowds.
Clemson and N. C. State start
a five-year series here next fall.
Negotiations are underway for
Duke university to play here in
1940, the paper said.
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ARE UNSIGNED
Looks Like More Contract
Trouble For World Champs;
Wilson May Catch Some.
New York Ed Barrow in
sists the Yankees are having no
trouble with regulars, although
such standouts as Red Ruffing,
Monte Pearsons, Bill Dickey, Joe
Gordon, Frank Corssetto, Joe Di-
Maggio, Tommy Henrich, Spud
Chandler, and Charley Keller re
main unsigned.
Now that everyone seems to be
lieve that Hugh Mulcahy and
Claude Passeau are great pitch
ers, Doc Prothro has decided to
keep them for the Phillies.
Although Jimmy Wilson is not
listed on the Cincinnati roster as
a player, his coaching contract
calls for active play if he feels
that he cn do himself and the
Reds justice. Bucky Walters was
most effective when caught by
his old manager and Biss Mc-
Kechnie hopes they can get to
gether again in 1939. It was Wil
son again in 1939. It was Wilson
who switched Walters from third
base to the box.
No current National league has
a higher base-stealing average
than old Tony Lazzeri, who has
averaged 13.2 a campaign for 13
years.
Tony Galento trained for the
Natie Brown affair in Detroit at
the Fine Arts A. C.
Harry Baxter, manager of K. O.
Morgan, has turned down an op
portunity to put the Toledo ban
tam-weight in a championship
match with Sixto Escobar in Pu
erto Rico, March 20. . . . He de
mands that the fight be held in
Detroit.
Bill Brandt is distributing the
1939 edition of the National Lea
gue Green Book. Among other in
teresting tidbits it is worthy of
noe that:
There were 147 home runs hit
at the Polo Grounds last season,
103 in St. Louis, 82 in Brooklyn,
81 in Cincinnati, 65 at Wrigley
Field, a total of 58 in the two
Philadelphia parks, 44 in Pitts
burgh, and 31 in the Boston Bee
Hive.
! Johnny Vander Meer has the
lowest opponents’ batting aver
age against him, .213. Van Lingle
Mungo, who used to top this de
partment, is not included in
1938’s leading 27.
Chuck Chuckovits looked like
an over-rated basketballer in
Cleveland, where he was held to
two field goals the John Carrolls
edged Toledo, 43-40.
Johnny Leßoutillier, center and
captain, contributed three goals
and an assist to his team’s total
at St. Paul's undefeated hockey
team nosed out Exeter, 4-3.
More than half of the co-edu
cational student body of 170 at
Scarborough is actively engaged
in tennis. . . . The school pro
duced the eastern interscholastic
champion for the second year in
succession in Billy McGhee.
Eddie Riska, a sophomore, is
leading the Notre Dame hoopers
in scoring with 158 points in 14
games.
Oregon, with nine victories sad
one defeat and with six gnMi
to go, is virtually in as champion
of the Pacific Coast conference.
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