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EDWIN J. HAMLIN ==========■ Aflglc The Only Interest While the American league moves on with the top-hea vy Yankees submerging all others in a winning avalanche, the only real interest in Major League baseball outside of Major League territory is confined to the senior circuit, the National league. With the Yankees holding such a World’s Series monopoly recently, scribes of a more sarcastic nature have been wont to term the league of the Cardinals, the Reds, the Giants, etc. just “another minor league.” However, there and only there is found the big interest for fans of the nat ional pastime in the South, West and other sections of the nation not considered in Major League territory. While the Yanks are far and away ahead of the field in the Junior circuit, the Cards and Reds are running neck and neck only half a game apart in the National. Interest in the National league race is at fever heat among baseball fans the nation over. With five or six teams within striking dis tance of the lead there’s plenty of opportunity for intense rivalry and excitment to run high. For interest, this corner’s vote goes to the Senior loop every time. Thank Mr.Wrigle And the big surprise of the year is the way tne Cardin als, predicted for fifth or sixth place beiore the season opened, have come through. Their plucky fight has gain ed a flock of supporters and the Cards under Ray Blades Are again clicking as the old GaS House gang of old. Should the Cardinals come through with a pennant, a vote of thanks should go to P. K. Wrigley, the Chicago Cub’s owner, for providing the back bone of a first rate pitching staff. Cast-Offs, Both Currently, the two ex-Cubs are quite the rage in St. Louis. Warneke, sometimes known as the Arkansas Humming Bird, won his fifth game of the season, May 20, when he flap ped back the ears of the Dodgers, and Davis owns six of this year’s victories. These ten wins just about represent one-half of the Cardinals’ notches for the young season. Warneke and Davis both were what might be termed ■winning hurlers for the Cardinals last summer, but their general efficiency did not approach their form so far this year. Warneke is pitching with the same freedom that made him an outstanding moundster with the Cubs, beginning with 1932, when he had a 22-6 record, and Davis looks like the same clever workman who came up with the Phillies in 1934. Warneke, it will be recalled, was obtained by the Cards from the Cubs in the fall of 1936 in an exchange that sent Jimmy Collins and Bud Parmelee to the Chicago club, while Davis was used as wrapping paper, with Tuck Stainback and Clyde Shoun, for the $185,000 that came to the Cards for Dizzy Dean a little over a year ago. Sportsmanship In Pitching And speaking of Warneke, the following acount from Sporting News shows to some degree the character and per sonality of the man who is in large measure responsible for the Cardinals fine showing. “I’m not saying some pit chers whip their fast one at the head of a batter inten tionally, but I’m telling you I've never taken aim at a fel low’s head. What’s one game compared with the life of a ball player? When I’m being hit. I’ll take my beating with out trying to permanently in jure anyone. No pitcher tries to win harder than myself, but it’s rotten stuff when a man takes a ball in his hand out on the hill and deliberate ly uses a ‘duster.’ ” “Those views were express ed the other day by Lon War neke of the St. Louis Cardin als, who during nine years in the majors won 131 games and lost only 78—a record that proves a pitcher does not need to employ a bean ball in order to be successful. In fact, when a hurler uses a deliv ery that threatens to maim or kill a batter, it seems more a confession of weakness than •of strength. “Baseball is not a war, nor does life and death depend upon the outcome of a game. It is competitive, certainly, and should be kept so to the I ultimate limit that sportsman ship permits, but it isn’t ne-1 Lon Wameke and Curt Davis are this backbone and botn are former employes of Mr. Wrigley. When they were handed their social security transfers in Chicago and told to report to work in St. Louis, neither was expected to lay a new pennant foundation tor the Cards. Wameke had an arm complaint and Davis, in addition to arm trouble, had miseries in the midsec tion, That they had seen their best days, was the common suspicion cessary to use tactics likely to mean the .Joss of one player’s life, or even his serious in jury. “No one will hold a brief for the fraternization of play ers of rival clubs, or ladylike consideration of the opposi tion. Everyone wants the op posing performers to play as hard as they can and employ every legitimate method of winning, but no one wants to see a life taken or a player permanently crippled, simply because a player lost his tem per and deliberately tried to dust off a batter. There is no place in the game for that type of player, and though they are few in number, the few are too many and they should be eliminated, when known. “It is no surprise to hear such an expression from Lon Warneke. The tall Arkansan always has given his best to the game, whether with the Cubs, when they were on top, or the Cardinals in the second division, accepting good breaks and bad with the same even temper and proving by his record with sportsman like conduct brings more suc cess than the use of question able tactics. Class always tells in the long run—and the Ar kansas Humming Bird’s cre do furnishes aji example that might well be followed by ev ery pitcher, either in the ma jors or in the minors. SPORTS OF THI TIMES Up'tO'the'Miniite Sport News Solicited PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO. N. C. S-O-F-T-B-A-LL Tomorrow’s Game Kiononians vs. Court Street Wednesday’s Game Kiononians vs. Ca-Vel Office The Bible scholars put on most of the softball activity during the past week as the Kiononians won a brace of games, Longhurst and the Sander’s Class at Long Me morial church. Wednesday afternoon Long hurst held the local boys ooached by B. B. Knight to a 1 to 0 score until the eighth frame when they turned on' the heat to triumph 6-1. The next afternoon the Baptist boys took the measure of the Methodists 12-9 in a game fea tured "by lusty hitting, flour home runs being put on the scoring re cords for the day. The lineups: Kiononians Longhurst Millican Rice Holeman Saunders Knight Suitt Lunsford Gentry Short Bowes Bradsher Dickerson Kynoch Bowen Holeman Dixon Sanders Tyson Redman Roberson Kiononians Sanders’ Class Day W. Harris Knight Wilkins C. C. Holeman Fowler Car. Holeman Riggsbee Millican Bowen Short C. Harris Kynoch R. Wilkerson L. Holeman J. Wilkerson Dawes Professional Cards s. F. NICKS, JR. Attorney - at - Law First National Bank Bldg Main St. Roxboro, N. C DR. R. J. PEARCE EYES EXAMINED MONDAYS ONLY Thomas - Carver Bldg. Notice To Public! 30 Day Offer For the next thirty days we will clean and adjust spark plugs, clean and adjust carburetor, check gen erator, check battery water, tighten fan belt, check and toe in line front wheels, clean battery terminal wires and check distributor points, all for $1.50 This includes laber only. If your car has not been checked it will pay you to take advantage of this of fer. It is very important Harris Garage Phone 2331 Court street Next To Tom’s Battery Co. C. : . ......... • NETHERCUTT IS UNO BAT STAR Catcher Pounds Ball At .488 Clip During Season; Hudson Leading Hurler. Chapel Hill Top honors for Carolina’s 1939 baseball team were shared jointly by George Nethercutt, catcher and co-cap tain from Roanoke Rapids, and Henry (Bud) Hudson, under hand pitcher from Asheville. Averaging almost one hit ev ery two times he batted, Nether cutt smashed out 40 hits in 82 attempts for the impressive per centage of .488. He was also high man during the 1938 season with a mark of .440. Nethercutt was also first in the important runs-batted-in depart ment, driving home 20 men. In extra base hits he made eight, tying with Matty Topkins, star shortstop and co-captain-elect. Hudson ranked first among the pitchers for the second consec utice season. He won seven gam es and lost only two. Last spring Hudson racked up eight victor ies against only two setbacks. By hitting safely 31 times in 80 tries Topkins wound up the season as the Tar Heels’ sec ond best hitter with a percent age of .387 .He also led in num ber of twojbase hits with five. Others hitting above .300 were George Radman, pitcher-outfield er, .319; Harold Jennings, right fielder, .323; Jim Mallory, cen terfielder, .316; Harold Bissett, first-baseman and 1939 co-cap tain, .306; George Stimweiss, second baseman, .302. Leaders in runs batted in, ex tra base hits and pitching are as follows: Runs batted in: Nether cutt 20, Mallory 17, Bissett 16. Cox 16, Jennings 13, Stimweiss 12, Rich 10, Radman eight, Hud son five, Davis four, Howard and Brame two. Extra base hits: Mallory, Bis sett, Cox, five each, Jennings four, Radman three, Rich, Hud son, and Davis one each. Pitching: Hudson—won seven, list two; Radman—won two, lost one; Davis—won two, lost four. Coach i 7| ||jr ■ * v‘ : v? Tom du/fA/£TT * - B/ic*C Tom Burnette, former UNC athlete and star in both football and baseball, last week entered the high school coaching ranks by signing up with the Rockingham school. MAJOR LEADERS BATTING J. Martin, Cardinals 382 Amovich, Phillies 374 McQuinn, Browns 369 Foxx, Red Sox 367 Kuhel, White Sox 359 McCormick, Reds 352 RUNS BATTED IN National League Goodman, Reds 34 McCormick, Reds 29 Ott, Giants 28 American League Greenberg, Tigers 28 Wright, Senators 28 Hoag, Browns 27 HOME RUNS National League McCormick, Reds 8 Mize, Cardinals 8 Ott, Giants Lombardi, Reds 7 American League Greerfberg, Tigers 8 Gehringer, Tigers 6 Chapman, Athletics 5 Keltner, Indians 5 Foxx, Red Sox 5 Selkirk, Yankees 5 Gordon, Yankees 5 FRIENDLY SERVICE Standard Oil Go. Products, Telephone Service No. 4711 ROCK - INN SERVICE STATION I Fertilizer I We have the following H brands ready for you: ■ ARMOURS ■ AGRICO ■ BAUGHS ■ BLACKSTONE ■ EASTERN ■ FISH BRAND ■ FARMERS OBERS 1 RICHMOND j§ ROYSTERS S ZELLS I Pass, Hester ■ And Jones ■ At Hyco Warehouse Ca-Vel Drops 6-3 Clash To M cEweti Another McEwen Ab R H A Frazier, 2b 4 2 1 2 Collins, ss 3 2 2 6 Starling, If 4 1 2 0 Glassom, rs 4 0 1 0 Tysjnger, cf 4 11 0 Wamble, lb 4 0 0 0 Hahn, c . ..3 0 0 1 Roach, 3b 4 0 0 4 Simmons, p 4 0 1 2 Totals 34 6 8 15 Ca-Vel Ab R H A Powell, ss 4 11 1 James, 2b 2 0 0 4 xHumphries 1 0 0 0 Anders, 3b 4 0 0 5 Briggs, rs 3 11 0 H. Slaughter, lb .... 4 11 0 Wheeler, If 4 0 0 0 C. Slaughter, cf .... 3 0 0 0 Dunn ,c 3 0 0 1 Shotwell, p 3 0 0 3 Totals 31 3 3 14 (x) Batted for James in 9th. Score by innings: McEwen 101 120 010—6 Ca-Vel 100 000 002—3 Errors: Wheeler, C. Slaughter, James, Frazier 2, Wamble, Po well. Home runs: H. Slaughter, Ty singer. Three-base hits: Stealing. Two-base hits: Collins, Frazier. Stolen bases. Starling. Sacrifices: Collins, James; Double plays: An ders to James to H. Slaughter; Simmons to Collins to Wamble. Base on balls—off: Simmons 2, Shotwell 1. Struck out—by: Sim mons 6, Shotwell 1. Hits—off: Simmons, 3 in 9; Shotwell 8 in 9. Left on bases: McEwen 3, Ca-Vel 3. Wining pitcher: Simmons, Los ing pitcher: Shotwell. Umpires: Evans and Mathews. Time of game: 1 hr., 50 min. Palace Theatre Monday . Tuesday, May 29-30 EXCITING DRAMA... Gloriously Set to Music! Prize star cazt of 19391 Nelson Eddy VIRO.N.A with VICTOR * BRUCE • McLAGLEN nznnuuAK. EDWARD BARRYMORE * ARNOLD Ouy Kibbee • Charles Butte rworth JACK I \ HARRY ) R APr MM Special Morning Show Monday 10:30; Afternoons Daily 3:15-3:45; Admission 10-25 c Evenings Daily 7:30-9:15; Admission 10-30 c Ca-Vel SUNDAY, MAY 28.1939 McEwen of Burlington proved too strong for Ca-Vel here Fri day afternoon and the locals lost another Inter-City league clash 6-3. Simmons, who hurled for the visitors was invincible over most of the stretch, allowing Ca-Vel only a measley three hits during the game. Shotwell, the former Bethel Hill ace, went the route for Ca-Vel. giving up eight dur ing the afternoon. The local pitcher kept the visi tors hits fairly well scattered but his mates could do nothing with the slants of Simmons. With the score 6-1 at the beginning of the ninth, the local rallied somewhat when Haywood Slaughter hit a long homer with one on to bring the count up to three. That was all they could do however and the game ended 6-3. CollihS with a double and a single and Starling with a triple and a single were the hitting leaders for the day. Home runs were made by Haywood Slaugh ter and Tysnger. Two sparkling double plays were the fielding features of the game, Anders to James to H. Slaughter and Simmons to Col lins to Womble for McEwen. DOLLY MADISON THEATRE Monday . Tuesday, May 29-30 SENSATIONAL DRAMA ABOUT NAZIACT.miI IN AMERICA] ms Confessions of a nui I EDWARD G. 1 1 ROBINSON I I FRANCIS LEDERER- Pari Ukas 1 1 Cterg* Siafcn • Italy O’MII W I Directed by ARATILE LITVAK W. I Presetted by WARMER RMS. S IS Sum. Roy by Milan KHaa and Ma fit fH Waitiay • Taahakol odvlioc lam 9. Taftm, H jf fonaar O-Mon •A Dm Mataaal Roam M> No Morning Shorn; Afternoons daily 3:15-3:45; Admission 10-25*. Evenings Daily 7:36-9:15;
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