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■■ fli EDWIN ~ Angh ‘ ■ The Sensible Thing America’s millions have a right to be cocky about their heritage. In fact the masses in dear old U. S. A. must be just a little smarter than their forebears across the billowy Atlantic. ' . -.. This year we’re celebrating the 100th. anniversary of the game of baseball, a competitive contest in which two teams of nine men each get together, throw around among them selves a horsehide covered sphere, crown the same sphere with a circular shaped piece of willow with all their might and main and then race from one sack to another until fin ally crossing the original plate from which it all started- Watching this display of apparently insane activity (to the average European) may be a crowd composed of anywhere from 10 to 100,000 Americans, all receiving the utmost in en joyment and being treated to excitement, the likes of which is practically unknown in many lands On The Other Hand 1 While scenes such as above are going on in every city and hamlet throughout this broad , , . land, young men in many oth- er countries are enrolled m “bund” camps, are learning to “America’s Anchor” Baseball is more than a national game. Someone has writ ten “It is America’s anchor. It keeps the ship of state fast to its moorings in a balanced life. American boys are not con scripted into army service, they play baseball. ‘Play ball’ is their battle cry, not ‘Heil Hitler.’ While little Fascists are learning to toss hand grenades, little Americans are learning how to groove one over the plate. Vein Os Democracy The point is that the A merican boy learns how to use his eyes and his good right arm, and can use it in battle if he has to do so, but first of all he will use it for the con structive purposes of life. You don’t have to be a des cended of that little May The Centennial Spirit Yesterday the mails brought these verses from L. H. Ad dington, publicity director of the National association of baseball leagues whose office is in Durham. They describe the great Amrican game so clearly that I am reprinting the poem in its entirety below: 1839 BASEBALL’S CENTENNIAL 1939 (Dedicated to Baseball upon the occasion of its 100th. Birthday.) , One hundred years of Baseball, Turn back historic pages; The game that’s now a century old ; ‘ Has flourished through the ages. A hundred years of wholesome sport, - i RepQete with skill and action; A game that knows no boundary lin® c Os race or creed or faction. 1 A game that’s thrilled the rich and poor, The mighty and the humble; Each knows the joy of sparkling play, , The tragedy of fumble. The melting pot of human souls, Where elbows rub together; Where banker cheers with tradesman At the crash of bat and leather. One hundred years of Baseball! May it thrive a thousand more; May it show a winning record When prosperity asks the score. Support At Home . . .... Next Saturday finds the In ter-City league of which our own Ca-Vel is a member of ficially opening the 1939 sea son. If you like good baseball you’ll foDow the local entry; during the coming season. The! Inter-City loop is about the; fastest semi-pro outfit in ! North Carolina, which, by the I so Refreshing COCA-COLA BOTTLING WORKS Roxboro, North CudUu _ - . TT ' 0 march and fight and are hav ing their heads filled with talk ° f . war and m tngue. Young minds are be ing B blackened with hate for their fellow man and the joys 0 f real sport are unknown. ■ | flower band to play baseball i in the United States. The . great national pastime is just ’ another artery through which ' j the life blood of democracy 1 flows. Baseball is a part of • America and a part of the life which is hers. May each sur ■ vive for the glory of the oth • er - way, has its share of this class leagues. The schedule will bring good, strong teams to Ca-Vel for games with our own boys. Support our entry, i Get behind Manager Baxter | Mangum’s boys with plenty ; of support and I believe plen , ty of tight, winning baseball i will be the results. SPORTS OF THE TIMES Up-to-the-Minute Sport News Solicited PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO. N. C. SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 1939 Clouter HBL. ~ - ■ ny : 'la is?" Big gun in the Duke baseball offense this year is the big foot baller, Eric the Red Tipton, who has been leading Blue Devil hit ters for three years. He’ll probably sign with the World champion Yankees when the college season is over. Bulls To Open Home Season Under The Lights Tomorrow Durham, April 22 Followers of the Durham Bulls will be treated to something different this year, getting their first glimpse of the local Piedmont en try under the lights. The Bulls will inaugurate the current home season by tackling the Richmond Colts at Durham Athletic park, Monday night, April 24. It will be a distinct innovation, for the Bulls usually have waited until the season was several weeks old before turning on the mazdas. This city’s entry in the Pied mont’s twentieth campaign is calculated as the surprise club of the circuit. Although the Bulls finished in sixth place last sea son, they should rise to a much loftier spot this year under Oscar Roettger, successor to Johnny Haddock as pilot of the dub. The 1939 edition of the Bulls has power, good pitching and good catching, three factors that make for the success of any club. Stand outs among the Bulla include Charley Hawley, who won 22 and lost 14 for El Dorado last season; Allen Hunt and Toni Gridaitis, powerful hitters who will patrol the outfield; Chuck Aleno, stellar _________ t. I . , ■ Get" Your Car Ready For Spring Motoring IT’S SPRING!—Let us get that f winter sluggishness out of your car. The most important thing to your car /W is changing grease in transmission and differential—change to Summer weight grease. Drive in tomorrow for a complete Summer Lubrication Job. | After a trial you will say that our service is better because all work Y ** done by experienced men, and our service equipment is the best STANDARD OIL PRODUCTS ICE COL BEER AND SOFT DRINKS ROCK INN SERVICE STATION South Mata St. J. L. Clayton, Prop. I ; third baseman; Van Harrington, : shortstop, Pudge Powers and Roy ; Easterwood, catchers, and Pitcher Murray O’Flynn. Hunt and Gridaitis hit over .340 for Columbia and Ogdensburg last season. Aleno had .333 aver age for Muskegee. Harrington en joyed a great season at Thomas ville, N. C. Powers was the most valuable player in the Cotton States loop and the leading bit ter, batting .345. Easterwood caught for the Bulls and O’Flynn has hung up 35 wins in his two seasons at Durham. It’s virtually a new team and Bull officials are keeping step with the tradition of the Cincin nati organization in setting pre cedents. Cincinnati had the first profes sional baseball team and the first night major league games were played in the Red strong hold. It was the first major team to bring all its farm clubs to one training camp at Greensboro. , So Durham, this year, will set the pace in the Piedmont by hav-’ ing its first home game at night. | The contest is to be called at 8:15 o’clock. RAMBLERS TAKE 2-0 WIN OVER EAST ROXBORO Roxboro High’s baseball Ramb lers nosed out East Roxboro at the local High park Thursday af ternoon 2-0. Jackson hurled four hit ball for the high schoolers while his mates were getting at Sanders and Phillips, the East Roxboro pitchers, for a total of nine safe ties. Dixon for the Ramblers hit safely on three trips to the plate to lead his mates at the plate. Harris got a triple and Ladd and’ Holeman hit doubles for the only extra base knocks during the game. The Box: Roxboro Ab R H A Buchannon, rs 5 0 0 0 . Taylor, ss 2 11 1 Green, If ........... 4 11 0 Dixon, 2b 4 0 3 2 Whitfield, cf : 1 0 0 0 Moore, lb 2 0 0 0 Woods, 3b 4 0 2 2 Day! c 2 0 1 0 Jackson, p 3 0 0 0 Holeman, cf 2 0 1 0 Clayton, lfo 1 0 0 0 Yarborough, c 1 0 0 1 ■ Totals 32 2 9 6 East Roxboro Ab R H A Mundy, 2b 4 0 0 1 Day, c, 3b 3 0 2 0 Harris, lb 3 0 1 0 Phillips, ss, p 3 0 0 1 Carver, 3b, ss 3 0 0 1 Morris, cf 2 0 0 0 T. Ladd, rs 2 0 1 0 E. Ladd, If 3 0 0 0 , Sanders, p 3 0 0 1 , - Cj Totals 26 0 4 4 i Score by innings: r Roxboro 001 010 000—2 . East Roxboro 000 000 000—0 ’ . i Errors: Roxboro - Green 1; ; East Roxboro - Day 1, Carver 1; Runs batted in: Dixon 2; Two , base hits: T. Ladd, Holeman; : Three-base hits: Harris; Stolen . bases: Taylor 2, Dixon 1; Left on i bases: Blast Roxboro 4, Roxboro 9; Base on balls—off: Jackson 2, Sanders 3, Phillips 1; Struck out— i by: Jackson 5, Sanders 2, Phillips 1; Hits—off: Jackson 4, Sanders 6, Phillips 3; Passed balls: Rox boro; Losing Pitcher: Sandeis; Winning Pitcher: Jackson; Um pire: Pugh. Professional Cards > s. P. NICKS, JR. Attorney - at - Law . First National Bank Bldg 1 Main St- Roxboro, N. C i DR R J. PEARCE EYES EXAMINED MONDAYS ONLY j Thomas • Carver Bldg. ■ Fertilizer B We have the following I brands ready for you: I ARMOURS AGRICO V BAUGHS f BLACKSTONE EASTERN 1 FISH BRAND FARMERS OBERS RICHMOND 1 ROYSTERS i ZELLS m Pass, Hester I And Jones V At Hyeo Warehouse Golfers, Note! All Roxboro golfers interest ed in playing in a dual meet with Louisburg on May 3rd. should register as soon as pos sible with John Mon-is, Tom Street or Wallace Harris, mem bers of the local Country Club tournament committee, it was announced here yesterday This will be the first sche duled meeting between golfers of the two cities this year and widespread interest is already being shown in Hie coming ev ent. Several matches between these rivals were held last summer. Probably about 20 golfers will take part in the coming match on both sides, it was re vealed. Allensville Tops Weak Bushy Fork High Team 10-1 Allensville’s fast moving high school nine walloped the inex perienced Bushy Fork baseball team at Bushy Fork Tuesday af ternoon to the tune of 10-1. Robert Slaughter, the winning pitcher, gave up only three bin gles during the game while Clay ton, his opponent, was allowing the Allensville hitters 10 hits. The winners scored seven runs in the initial frame to get things started off right. Averette and 1 Crumpton for Allensville scored 1 three and two hits respectively to top the day’s hitting. The Box: Allensville Ab R H A Averette, ss 4 2 3 0 C. Slaughter, cf 3 1 0 0/ Gentry, rs 4 11 0* R. Slaughter, p 4 11 1 Hicks, 2b 4 2 1 0 Davis, c 3 1 0 0 O’Briant, 3b 3 1 0 1 Knott, lb 3 1 0 1 Crumpton, If 3 1 2 o! Talley, ss 0 0 0 o| Hughes, cf 1 0 1 0 1 Denny, 3b 0 0 0 0 Ttals 32 10 10 2 Bushy Fork Ab R H A A. Howerton, lb 3 0 0 4 G. Howerton, If 3 1 0 0 Clayton, p .3 0 1 0 Newton, 2b ..... 3 0 0 1 Long, ss 2 0 0 0 Horton, cf 2 0 1 0 Crabtree, 3b 2 0 1 2 Whitfield, c 2 0 0 0 Bowes, rs 2 0 0 0 Hall, rs o 0 0 0 Totals 22 1 3 7 Score by innings: Allensville 71 0 0 2—lo Bushy Fork 001 0 0 1 Errors: C. Slaughter, Crabtree 3, A Horton 1; Runs batted in: R. Slaughter 2, Averette 1, O’- Briant 1; Two-base hits: Averette, Horton; Stolen bases: Averette 2, C. Slaughter 2, R. Slaughter 3,1 Davis 2, O’Briant 2; Left on bases: j Allensville 7, Bushy Fork 4; Base* on balls—off: Clayton 3, R. Slau-| ghter 3; Struck out—by: R. Slau ghter 4, Clayton 2; Hits—off: Slaughter, 3 in 5 innings; Clayton, 10 in 5 innings; Wild pitches: Slaughter 2, Clayton 3; Losing pitcher: Clayton; Winning pitch er: Slaughter; Time of Game: 1 hr. 15 min.; Umpires: Slaughter, Clayton. this winter; we have all ■ ( kinds and can give you CENTRAL SERVICECORP. I ROXBOMMJ^ HELENA SCALPS ALLENSVILLE HIGH NINEJ7-14 Helena’s strong baseball nine took a 17-14 decision over Coach Thomas Gentry’s Allensville High team at Allensville Thursday af ternoon in a game marked by plenty of lusty hitting as well as numerous errors. The losers outhit the winners 11 to 10 but errors in the latter stages of the game proved a jonah for the home team. Robert Slaughter, who hurled for Allensville gave up 10 bingles during the encounter but secured a triple, double and single out of five trips to the plate to lead the hitting for the day. He fanned five. Ashley and Chisholm secured two hits apiece for Helena. A total of seven two base hits were made during the contest which saw the lead change sev eral times. Allensville opened with four runs in the first. Hel ena tied it in the second and went ahead with three more in the third and another in fourth. Al lensville went to town with 10 in the fifth, which ended the scor ing for the home club. Helena added four in the fifth and tallied three and. two respectively in the last two frames to sew up the contest. The Box: Allensville Ab R H A Averette, c 5 1 0 1 Sherman, cf 3 1 0 0 Talley, ss 5 3 1 2 Young, lb 5 2 2 5 R. Slaughter, p 5 0 1 0 Long, rs 5 0 1 0 Hicks, 2b 4 11 3 Crumpton, If 3 1 0 0 O’Briant, 3b 4 1 2 1 ja C. Slaughter, cf 211 0 b Hughes, If 1 0 0 0 Totals 42 14 11 14 (a) Batted for Sherman in sth. (b) Batted for Crumpton in 6th. • Helena Ab R H A I Blalock, 2b 5 11 1 * Rogers, If-., 5 3 0 0 I Rhew, ss 5 2 1 4 Hall, 3b 5 2 1 10 Ashley, rs 5 4 2 0 Chisholm, .c 5 2 2 0 Clayton, lb., 5 0 1 2 Barton, cf 5 2 1 0 Gates, p 3 11 2 a Allen, rs 1 0 0 0 Totals 44 17 10 19 (a) Batted for Gates in 6th. Score by innings: Allensville 400 0100 o—l 4 Helena 043 143 2—17 Errors: Rhew 3, Clayton 3, O’- Briant, Long 2, Sherman, Crump- I I ton, Talley, Averette; Runs bat ted in: Young 2, Slaughter 3, O’- Briantl, C. Slaughter 1, Clayton 1, Hall 1; Two-ibase hits: Talley, Young, Long, Slaughter, C. Slau ghter, Hall, Clayton. Three-base hits: Slaughter; Stolen bases: | Talley 5, Slaughter 3, Hughes 1, ■ j Chisholm 3, Ashley 3; Left on ■ i Bases: Allensville7, Helena 3; | Base on balls—off: Gates 3, Slaughter 5; Struck out—by: j| Slaughter 5, Gates 4, Hall 3; Hits It —off: Slaughter, 10 in 7 innings; § Gates, 6in 5 innings; Hall, 5 in i| 2 innings; Hit by pitcher—by: B Slaughter 1, Gates 2; Losing pit- B cher: Slaughter; Winning pitcher: B Gates: Time of Game: 2 hrs., 15 « min. Umpires: Slaughter. |j
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