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edwin Angle ! _ . White Hope In The Distance Youthful Lou Nova by unmercifully pounding the once merry madcap, Maxie Baer, into helpless submission Thurs day night in the Yankee stadium served notice that he must be reckoned with for future consideration in the heavy weight kingdom. Thursday’s battle proved to be the best heavyweight fight in years. It was Californian vs. Californ ian with youth finally being served. Beaten with such decis iveness, Baer will probably bow out of the picture for all time. Nova will get his chance against Joe Louis, probably next fall and although he will be beaten then, he may come back to trip the champion, as must necessarily be done even tually. Nova is young as is the champion but the champion, because of his position is required to do little fighting either for monetary or other reasons. Fighting rarely, the champion is bound to become stale and more or less, shall we say, inex perienced. The youngster learns by doing and Nova by con stant fighting stands a better than average chance of trim ming the champion sooner or later. Right not he’s the most promising of the challenging lot and the white hope we say most likely to wrest the crown from the negro’s head, not soon but maybe eventually. Tribute To Mack American League leaders suggestion that Connie Mack paid a fine compliment to the wa s named by President Will veteran Cornelius McGillicud- Harridge to oppose Gabby dy when they named him to H fth c b who manage the American League w . forces in the All-Star game was appointed by Ford Frick with the stars of the Senior following the usual custom. It circuit next month. For years was a fitting tribute in this the custom has been to select year of baseball’s centennial the managers of the league to a man who has seen, guid champions for this honor and ed and developed the game it was at Joe McCarthy’s own over most of those 100 years. The Yankee Monopoly The opinion that the Yan kees should be broken up in order to break the monoply of the American league is be ing heard, cussed and discuss ed all around the big league circuits with supporters on each side of the fence. We re port two well-expressed opin ions of divergent views. Dan Parker of the New York Mir ror writes: ‘To deny that the Yankees are a menace to baseball would be to refuse to acknow ledge a self-evident fact. But to suggest that their super excellence should be penaliz ed, instead of encouraged, would be tantamount to ad mitting that there is no hope for baseball unless a standard of mediocrity is set up as the ideal. There is no reason why the Yankees should break up their pennant-winning dom- The Opposite View Gordon Cobbledick of the Cleveland Plain Dealer inquir es what will the other clubs use for money when the Yan kees nail up the flag so early in the season. “Up to the pre sent time it has been difficult to get the owners of rival clubs excited about the menace of Yankee domination,” declares Cobbledick. “They would have preferred a closer race, to be sure, but then most of them are making money and those that were not couldn’t have showed a profit, if Boston, say, or Cleveland or Detroit had crowded the Yanks out of first place. But things are changing. There is a threat now that money won’t be so easily made this year and the gentlemen who run the shojy are exhibiting signs of worrying about it. New York is showing definite indications that it has become satiated with victory. Always the poorest baseball center in the country, considering its mammoth population, the met ropolis is getting tired of the Yankees’ lop-sided triumphs and isn’t turning out in the numbers that formerly made the Yankee Stadium turnstiles hum. The Yanks, themselves, to be sure, will make money, but the visitors won’t take the pro fits out of New York that they used to take when the illusion that the Yankees might be beaten was still alive. Prosperity can be restored only by equalizing the strength of teams and making the races close. If that isn’t done, by one means or another, the National League will soon be making all the money.” HULL’S NEW FOREIGN POLICY Washington, D. C.—ln a note to Congress, Secretary of the State Hull suggests as a basis for a re statement of U. S. foreign policy, abolition of the present arms em bargo; curbing-of American ship ping and travel in war areas; Federal control over the the solicitation of funds for belliger ents, which reached almost the proportions of a racket in the Spanish Civil War, and a continu ation of the Munitions Control Board for the regulation of traf fic ln_ munitions. New laws baaed on these considerations may be sought before adjournment bination. The course of treat ment prescribed for what’s ailing baseball is more clubs run on the Yankee plan. In stead of cutting down the Yankees to mediocre standard of ttie rest of baseball, the aim of all other club owners should be to build up to the Yankee level. But there are too many club owners in the| major leagues willing to grab what crumbs they can from the boards of club owners who spend money to improve their investments, to hope for such general improvement. How ever, it is encouraging to find men like Tom Yawkey and Powel Crosley following the Ruppert plan with ever-in creasing success. More of their kind are needed to drive tne shoestring magnates to cover.” WANT ADS 1 FOR RENT—Six room house on highway 144, two miles out. Rent reasonable. J. Irvin OTJriant I 6-3-2 t-st ! 0 . FOR RENT—two or three room s apartment all modem convenien ■ ces. Also one furnished bed room. Apply to Times Office. 1 6-4-ltp o i ADVERTISE IN TRE TIMES FOR RESULTS. SPORTS OF THI TIMES Up-to-the-Minute Sport News Solicited PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO. N. C. POST OFFICE DEFEATS CA-VEL AT SOFTBALL Uncle Sam’s boys of the Post Office rallied brilliantly in the sixth inning of their softball game with Ca-Vel Thursday af ternoon and won 5-4. Trailing 4-1, the Post Office boys came to life in their half of the sixth and with two away, Lunsford singled, B. Clayton and Brooks did likewise and H. Um stead crashed out a long home run to win the game. Ca-Vel was unable to soore in their half of the seventh. A double play, Fowler to Pear ce to B. Clayton was the field ing feature of the game. The box score: Ca-Vel Ab R H A H. S. Barnett, lb .... 3 11 1 J. Crowder, sf 3 1 2 2 J. Walker, 3b 3 1 2 3 J. Clayton, ss 3 0 2 2 G. Walker, c 3 0 0 0 G. Clark, 2b 3 0 0 2 P. Buchanan, cf 3 0 1 0 D. Stephens, p 3 0 1 2 B. Winstead, rs 3 0 0 0 M. Gentry, If 3 11 0 Totals 27 4 10 12 Post Office Ab R H A Day, If 3 0 1 0 Fox, 3b 3 0 1 2 Pearce, ss 3 0 0 4 Lunsford, p 3 1 2 2 B. Clayton, lb 3 11 1 Brooks, sf 3 11 1 V. Clayton, cf 2 0 1 0 H. Umstead, of 11 1 0 Garrett, c 1 0 1 0 O’Briant, c 1 0 0 0 C. Barnett, rs 11 1 0 M. Umstead, rs 1 0 1 0 Totals 28 5 11 12 Score by innings: Ca-Vel 101 002 o—4 Post Office 001 004 x—s Runs batted in: H. Umstead 3, Broks 1, Day 1, J. Calyton 2. J. Crowder 1, G. Walker 1. Three base hits. M. Gentry. Home runs: H. Umstead. Double plays: Fow ler to Pearce to B. Clayton. Left on bases: Ca-Vel 3, Post Office 4. Hits—off: Stephens, 11 in 6; Luns ford, 10 in 7. Losing pitcher: Stephens. Winning pitcher: Luns ford. Time of game: 50 minutes. o KING ZOG’S GOLD SEIZED Tirrana, Albania—ltalian bor der guards seized $25,000 worth of gold tableware and ornament belonging to King Zog, exiled King of Albania, who is a refu gee in Turkey. Suspicious of a heavy suitcase carried on a bus destined for Greece, the soldiers demanded of its custodian what it contained. “Cheese’, he cried; then disappeared in neighboring woods. Want To Buy Chickens, Eggs, and All Kinds of Country Produce. HIGHEST MARKET PRICES PAID Heavy Feeds, Horse and Fancy Groceries, Fresh Mole Feed, All Kind of Vegetables Daily. Stock Feed. Gulf Gas And Oil Saw Mill Supplies. ’ Mansfield Tires Our Prices Are Always Right. Come And See Us. 6. B. Short Service Sttttoo Bod Grocery T. H. Gentry, Manager. Norik Main St. Leader ipjra* 5 „ Leading the National league home run parade is Dolph Camilli of Brooklyn’s daffy Dodgers. Al ready he has 10 for the records and seems to be going strong. DUKE AWARDS LETTERS TO 52 Durham, N. C . Letters have been awarded to 52 members of spring sports teams at Duke uni versity. Four student managers for the 1940 seasqn were also named at the same time. In addition to the awards to players and student managers, Walter Erich also received a varsity letter for his services as student manager of intramural athletics. The student managers named for 1940 were Burnette Hall, for the track team, John J. McNeilly, manager of the varsity baseball team, E. L. Bloodgood, manager of the freshman baseball team, and Jack Holliday, manager of tennis. The letter awards: Baseball, Captain Russell Bergman, Char les Carey, Lawrence Davis. Tho mas Gaddy, Frank Hoye, William Jessup, Walter Kerr, Richard Leopoldt, Joe Levinson, James McGrory, Joe Morris, John Per ry, Carl Pierce, Glenn Price, Wil lard Rue, Edward Shokes, Eric Tipton, Everett Tompkins, Sid ney Truesdale, Robert Vickery and William Rhodes, student manager. James Rathbum was given a minor award for his ser vices as student manager of the freshman baseball team. Track, Lawrence Brett, C. S. Fyles, E. H. Johnson, Ralph Jones, Don Kinzle, Robert Montfort, Robert Moyer, John Nania, Cap tain Hubert Reavis, A W. Sieg friedt, Harry Sullivan, J. I. Will mott, H. M. Winterson, Harvey Sloan, student manager .Golf, S. M. Alexander, Guy Ber (Continued On Back Page) Winstead Court Champs Triumph In Thursday Match Thursday night Long Court tennis champions, “Count” Ne well and Jimmie Long went down in humiliating defeat before “Cap” Thompson and Curt Oak ley, self proclaimed champs of the Winstead court. The scores, by the way, were 6-1, 2-6, 6-1 and 6-1. As a result of the Thursday match the Thompson-Oakley duo are proclaiming to one and all that they are Roxboro’s undis puted champions. It’s being rumored around town that the only way they will be able to hold their championship is to not play again this summer. A return challenge has been is sued by the losers. Time alone will tell. o Major Leaders BATTING The three leading batters in each major league for play to date: Pet. Amovich, Phillies 377 Dickey, Yankees 372 Campbell, Indians 365 Foxx, Red Sox 358 Hassett, Bees 353 Lombardi, Reds 333 RUNS BATTED IN American League. Wright,Senators 37 Williams, Red Sox 37 Greenberg, Tigers 35 Selkirk, Yankees 35 National League. Goodman, Reds ............ 36 McCormick, Reds 34 Lombardi, Reds 33 HOME RUNS American League. Greenberg, Tigers 11 Selkirk, Yankees 10 Williams, Red Sox 8 National League Camilli, Dodgers ..'. 10 McCormick, Reds 9 Lombardi, Reds 9 Mize. Cardinals 9 PMVLEGE LICENSES Are Now DUE This applies to all places of business and also to dealers in beer and wine. Pay Now and Save 5 percent. M. T. CLAYTON SHERIFF OF PERSON COUNTY 7 * Ca-Vel Entertains Oxford Nine Today Smooth Here’s the smooth swing of Jimmy Demaret, the young Tex an, who has been playing great golf recently. Demaret shows an ease of execution and coolness under pressure which has drawn the admiration of seas (Hied golf observers. BULLS OBSERVE SPECIAL NIGHTS > Durham Two special attrac tions will spice up the home stand of the Durham Bulls next week, during their series with the Portsmouth Cubs, who will be making their first 1939 appear ance in the local ball park. Tuesday, June 6, will be ‘Tow ers Night”, when the veteran catcher of the Bull Herd: will be presented with the most valuable player trophy of the Cotton Sta tes League for 1938. Powers led the league with an average of .345 and was also the pacemaker in driving in runs with 111. A committee of league sports wri ters selected him as the outstand ing player of the circuit, and he is to be presented with the Sport ing News trophy, emblematic of SUNDAY, JUNE 4, 1939 Ca-Vel, the weather man per mitting, will play Oxford’s Dod gers at Ca-Vel park this after noon at 3 o’clock in the first sche duled exhibition clash of the sea son between the two teams. The Dodgers, a strong semi-pro outfit, is expected to be primed this afternoon when they meet the locals, making their debut this year in the fast Inter-City semi-pro league. A near capacity crowd will be expected to throng Ca-Vel park for the game. Manager Baxter Mangum has given no indication who he will send to the hill against the Dod gers although it is likely to be Lefthanded Tom Crowder, Jack Blanks or Harold Clayton. Ca-Vel’s probable lineup for the other positions will be: Cotton Powell, short stop, Les- ter James, second base, Howard Anders, third base, Morris Briggs, right field, Haywood Slaughter, first base, Reuben Wheeler, left field, Carlton Slaughter, center field, and Ruby Dunn, catcher. the honor. The trophy is a beautiful elec tric clock, surmounted with the figure of a batter in action. Pow ers has been doing yeoman set-_ vice behind the plate for the Bulls and a large delegation of fans is expected to turn out in his honor Tuesday night The following night, June 7, will be “Sweetheart’s Night,” with couples being admitted for one dollar. Each sweetheart will be presented with a rose, the gift of a local florist. With these two attractions add ed to the improved play of the Bulls, President Florence is look ing for large fan turnouts. In recent games, the Bulls seem to have regained their form of the early weeks of the Pied mont season and are playing vastly improved ball. The club, generally, is clicking better, and the individuals have become uni fied into a more efficient mach ine. New players have improved previous weak spots, and under the fine handling of Manager Oscar Roettger, the team is set to go places in the Piedmont race. A large delegation of out-of town fans is expected for the game of Sunday, June 4, with the Norfolk Tars, 1938 champions, as the opposing club. o There are many who still feel America’s supremacy is the of private ownership and enterprise. Arund 17 percent of the farm homes in North Carolina now re veive the benefits of electricity. the spot where pra epastinatioxv made paupers of a family Automobile Indemnity is the safeguard. THOMPSON INSURANCE AGENCY Roxboro, N. CL %%&&! |
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