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Last Year’s One-Run History
About this time last year the Cleveland Indians were
leading the pack, but Oscar Vitt was beginning to show signs
that he knew it couldn’t last. The Tribe was beginning to lose
bail games by one run.
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dle of May and the goose was hanging high, but Oscar Vitt
knew better. He had seen his Tribe sneak through a number
of games by one run —shaky games that had the opposition
coming up in the late innings.
Then the tide changed and the Indians began to lose ’em
by one run. And that was the beginning of the end.
So far this year the Indians have won nine ball games
by one run. They’ve lost eight. The season is just a little
more than one-third gone and it’s interesting to compare
those figures with what went on in the same department
last year. The Indians got into an awful mess of close ones
—and came out with 27 lost and 22 won.
Yanks Take The Close Ones
But now let’s look at those Yanks, who’ve been setting
the fashion for success too many years. It gets to be a little
discouraging, comparing the others with the Yanks, but they
have the pattern.
So far this season, the Yankees have lost only two ball
games by one-run margin. They’ve come through to win six
by that squeak—a couple of times when they were held to
four hits.
You get only one guess as to which outfit was best in
coming from behind and making close winning finishes last
year—that’s right, the Yanks. Out of 24 games in which they
were behind or tied in the eighth, ninth or extra innings, the
Yankees won 18. And that, rather than any jinx operating
against their opponents in tough ball games to lose, is what
made them champions.
Pulling out of the tough ones means, for the most part,
effective relief pitching and a defense that won’t crack at a
critical point. And you doji’t have to be reminded that the
Yanks have had the most effective relief pitching, last year
and this.
Great Southpaws-Vanishing
Cleveland’s acquisition of young Harry Eisenstat in the
Earl Averill trade calls to mind the scarcity of great left
handers. It used to be that nearly every major-league ball
club had a top-flight southpaw—and pennants usually were
won by the club having another one better than average.
Lefty Grove who recently won his 277th victory in his
15 American League seasons, won’t be around much longer.
And that will leave Vernon Gomez as the only southpaw de
serving of star ranking. Grove is 39, Gomez 10 years young
er.
It’s the same story of vanishing greats in the National
League, with King Carl Hubbell at the end of the string.
Johnny Vander Meer’s accomplishments last year rank him
with the great, but the rest of the list includes such Ameri
can League castoffs as Milbuiyi Shoffner, Earl Whitehill, Bob
Weiland and the surprising VitoTamulis. A truly great
southpaw is a rare article these days, and young Eisenstat’s
record points him up as a pretty good gamble.
Various and Sundry
The Joe Louis - Tony Galento fistifarce on Wednesday
night is a big box office bust already (at $27.50 ringside) and
Louis isn’t helping it by nonchalant training gestures You
can’t exactly term it risking, but this is the seventh time
Champ Joe has put up his title in two years More than any
other heavyweight king ever did. But even the supersti
tious hunchers can’t see Tony as a natural.
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Brains Dep’t. Vincent DiMaggio, who was waived out
of the National League last winter, now is sought by at least
four major clubs for outright purchase from Kansas City,
which is enjoying the bidding contest, thank you—And who
owns the K. C .outfit ? Right the first time, those Yanks.
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If you are searching for an answer to the Tigers’ spurt,
settle on Birdie Tebbetts, who has been giving Detroit the
best catching it has had since Mickey Cochrane took off the
pads—His .330 hit average accounts for a lot of runs
And Hank Greenberg seems to turn on the heat against the
Yankees, accounting for the fact the Tigers have whipped i
the champs more times than any other outfit lt won tbe
much longer for Freddy Hutchinson at Toledo, with Ai Ben
ton failing to come through and Dizzy Trout nursing a sore
arm.
Welcome Visitors To Roxboro
During Hospitality Week while in Roxboro, visit our
: store. You will receive an old-time welcome. A com
plete fine of fancy groceries and meats.
CLAYTON’S CASH STORE
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SPORTS OF THE TIMES
Up-to-ihe-Minute Sport News Solicited
PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO. N. C. SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 1939
NATIONAL CHAMPS HEADING EAST
FOR 11th LORDSHIP SKEET SHOOT
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Grant luseN©
* IHS Gilmore Red Lion team of
1 * Los Angeles, Calif., naUonal
champions, will face the foremost
teams In the naUon June 23, 24, 25
at the 11th annual Great Eastern
Sheet Championships.
Held under the auspices of the
Remington Gun Club, Lordship,
Connecticut, the Great Eastern Is
the country’s oldest and largest
■beet tournament.
The Red Lions, led by Ralph
Cook Scott, hold the national team
record. 1238 X 1250, In addition to
the national team title which they
annexed at Tulsa, Okla., last sum
mer. They won the National
Telegraphic event at last year’s
Great Eastern by a score of 431
XMO.
Odis Welding and Grant Ilaeng ]
are both former holders of national .
long run records, Welding’s former j
mark being 462, while Useng broke i
JMgJgj’geta without a mips. 1
S-O-F-T-B-A-L-L
MONDAY
City Service Sta. vs. Metho
dists 5:45.
Rinkadinks vs Longhurst No.
2 6:45.
TUESDAY
Kiononians vs. Rinkadinks
6:45.
WEDNESDAY
Longhurst No. 1 vs. City Ser
vice Sta. 5:45.
Barnett’s vs Longhurst No. 2
6:45.
THURSDAY
Court Street vs. Methodists
5:45.
Kiononians vs. Barnett’s 6:45.
FRIDAY
Roxboro P. O. vs. Longhurst
No. 1 6:45.
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Garagemen
Take Softball
Game 8-7
Tar Heel Chevrolet entered the
softball wars last week and
punched out an 8-7 victory over
Longhurst No. 1.
The winners opened with five
runs in the first frame to take a
commanding lead.
With the score knotted in the
seventh, L. Morrell poled out a
long homer with none away to
win the game.for Tar Heel.
E. Jones’ three hits for Long
hurst took hiting honors for the
game.
The box score:
Longhurst No. 1 Ab R H A
C. Gentry, ss 4 2 1 0
J. Tyson, 3b 4 1 0 ■W
A. Carver, sf 4 11 0
B. Bowes, c 3 11 0
E. Jones, rs 3 1 3 0
E. Bowns, If 3 0 0 0
H. Bowns, cf 3 0 1 0
R. Pointer, lb 3 0 1 0
Kiker, 2b 1 0 0 0
C. Gilliand, 2b 2 11 0
R. Dixon, p 0 0 0 0
Wilson, p .3 0 0 0
Totals 83 7 9 0
Ta rHael Chav. Co. Ab RH A
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Ralph Scott Jp
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Charles Rapp Alex Kbrr
Ilaeng and Alex Kerr, another
team mate, hold the naUonal two- <
man team record of 498 X 500 also :
hung up at the Tulsa matches last i
year. Scott and Charles Rapp, the
fifth member of the team, are :
among the foremost shooters on :
the Paeifie Coast
Rinkadinks Win
Two Straight
League Contests
On Tuesday afternoon at 6:45
Ihe Rinkadinks met the Barnett
Service Station ten on the East
Roxboro diamond and won by the
small margin of a single score,
coming in the last half of the
seventh. The final score was 6-5.
Charles Ball, Rink hurler, al
lowed the Station boys only three
hits, but due to several errors
they managed to push five runs
across the rubber.
A. P. James and H. K. Sanders
were the leading hitters of the
day with three apiece.
Thursday proved to be a much
easier day for these boys as they
entertained the City Service Sta
tion bunch, managed by Hassell
Long, and were on the long end
of a 17 - 10 score.
The hurling duties were held
down well by Bobby (Screwsy)
Stephens, and combined with the
good fielding of Logan Jackson,
H. K. Sanders, Malcolm Duncan,
Pridmore Thomas, Bill Kane and
A. P. James, the winners never
had to worry for a minute.
Fowler, member of “gas house”
gang, did o. k.. both in the field
and at the plate.
The Rinkadinks are as follows:
Buddy Allgood and Bobby
Stephens, pitchers; Dick Puckett,
catcher; Logan Jackson, Ist base;
Pridmore Thomas, 2nd. base; /
Bill Kane, shortstop; A. P. James,
3rd. base; Buddy Clayton, left
field;H. K. Sanders ,Jr., center
field; Malcolm Duncan, short
field, and Charles Ball, right
field and pitcher. Clabome Dix
on, Glenn Titus, Red Day, Clyde
Murphy and Ben Thaxton also
are players.
F. Roberson, ss 3 6 0 0
B. Riley, c 3 11 0
G. Redman, sf 3 0 0 0
R. Gentry, lb . 3 11 0
J. Dixon, 8b 3 1 t •
J. Pulliam, If 3 11 0
J. Roberson, if 3 11 0
O. Yarborough. 2b-p .8010
In their last appearance at the
Great Eastern in 1934, the Red
Lions captured the team champion
ship. This year the California
champs are out to wrest honors
from the Roseland, New Jersey
five, current holders of the Great
Eastern team title.
POST OFFICE
TOPSLONGHURST
IN SOFTBALL
Uncle Sam’s Post Office soft
ballers proved too strong for
Longhurst No. 2 with the latter
being nosed out 3-I.'
The Post Office got off to a
two-run lead in the first and add
ed another in the sixth. Long
hurst failed to score until the
final inning.
Clayton and Phillips for the
Post Office and B. Riley for
Longhurst were hitting leaders
with two apiece. Ernest Luns
ford’s long homer was an out
standing feature of the game.
The lineups:
Post Office Ab R H A
Snipes, cf 3 0 1 0
Umstead, If 3 11 0
Garrett, Jr., sf 3 11 Q
Lunsford, p 3 11 2
B. Clayton, lb 3 0 2 2
P. Phillips, ss 3 0 2 5
Garrett, Sr., 2b 3 0 11
Brooks, rs .. ..2 0 11
O’Briant, c 2 0 1 0
R. Phillips, 3b 2 0 0 1
Totals 24 3 11 11
Longhurst No. 2 Ab R H A
F. Roberson 3 0 1 3
J. Pulliam 3 0 0 0
J.-Roberson 3 11 2
J. Dixon 3 0 0 2
G. Redman 3 0 0 0
B. Riley 3 0 2 1
S. Snow 3 0 0 0
E. Dixon 2 0 0 0
W. Fears 2 0 1 0
O. Yarborough 2 0 1 2
Totals 27 1 6 10
Score by innings:
Post Office 200 001 x—3
Longhurst No. 2 .... 000 000 11
Rus batted in: Lunsford 3, B.
Riley 1. Two-base hits: J. Rober
son. Home runs: Lunsford. Left
on boses: Longhurst 5, P. O. 3.
Struck out—by: Lunsfort 4, Yar
borough 1. Time of game: 45 min
Umpires: Day.
E. Dixon, cf 3 1 0 0
L. Morrell, 2b 2 1 2 0
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Totals 31 8 11 0
Longhurst No. 1 .. 80S 001 I—7
Ifcr Baal Chav. Co. Ab R H A
Legion Nine Wins
First Clash, 6 - 4
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Roxboro Ab R H A
Clayton, rs 6 1 3 1
Slaughter, ss 6 11 4
Robertson, p 4 0 1 4
Jackson, If 6 1 0 0
Hall, lb 5 0 11
Buchanan, 2b 5 0 11
Tlavis, 3b 4 1 0 2
Barton, cf 4 1 2 1
Yarboro, c 0 1 0 0
Day, c 3 0 0 2
Totals 44 6 9 16
Durham Ab R H A
Loftis, 3b 3 11 5
Levy, If 3 11 0
Lloyd, ss 3 0 1 3
(a) 11 1 0
Byrd, c 4 0 0 0
(b) 10 0 0
Perry, lb 5 110
Jones, cf ....... 4 J 11
Thompson, 2b 4 0 11
Godowin, rs 4 0 0 1
Dennis, p 3 0 0 4
Wods, p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 7 15
(a) Batted for Lloyd in 11th.
(b) Batted for Byrd in 11th.
Score by innings:
Roxboro 001 000 000 05—6
Durham 000 000 001 03—4
Errors: Clayton, Jackson, Bar
ton, Loftis, Lloyd 2, Byrd, Perry,
Thompson 2, Dennis.
Runs batted in: Clayton 2, Per
ry, Hall, Noel, Riley. Two-base
bits: Thompson. Three-base hits:
Clayton. Home runs: Perry. StoL
en bases: Loftis 3, Levy, Hall.
Sacrifices: Loftis, Day. Double
play: Dennis to Perry. Left on
bases: Roxboro 11, Durham 4.
Base on balls—off: Dennis 3,
Robertson 5. Struck out—by:
Dennis 3, Robertson 10, Woods 2.
Hits—off: Dennis, 7 in 10; Woods,
2 in 1. Hit by pitcher—by: Den
nis (Robertson, Barton.) Wild
pitcher: Dennis 2, Woods. Passed
balls. Yarboro, Byrd 2. Losing
pitcher: Dennis. Time: 2:15. Um
pire: Morgan.
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At South Boston
Bi-State Games
Sunday, June 25 . No Game.
Monday, June 26 - Mt. Airy,
8:15 p. m.
Thursday, June 29 - Martins
ville, 8:15 p. m.
Friday, June 30 - Reidsville
8:15 p. m.
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Inning Contest Roxboro
Hurler In Fine Form.
STANDING OF TEAMS
Club Won Lost Pet.
Burlington 5 1 .833
Raleigh 3 2 .600
Durham 2 4 .333
Roxboro 1 4 .200
Playing their second extra-inn
ing contest of the week, the Dur
ham American Legion juniors
dropped a tough, 6 to 4, decision
to the Roxboro juniors on the
Long Meadow field Friday af
ternoon in an 11-inning battle.
Robertson went the distance
for the winners and kept seven
hits well scattered. The little
right-hander allowed Coach Tom
Rogers’ boys only four hits until
the 11th inning and whiffed 10
batters. He let only six men get
on base during the first eight
rounds and two of these were
thrown out trying to steal.
John Dennis, in his first start
of the season, also pitched great
ball for Durham, allowing only
three safe blows until the ninth.
ROXBORO LEADS
Roxboro took a one-run lead in
the third inning and stayed in
front until the ninth frame, when
the locals knotted the score. Da
vis first up for the Person coun
lads in the third was safe when
Shuler Loftis fumbled his ground
er. Barton lined out to Dennis,
the pitcher, who doubled Davis
off first. Yarboro then received
a base-on-balls and scored on
Tom Hill Clayton’s- three-base
blw t left field.
The visitors seemed to have
the game in the bag but Sid Levy,
first man up for Durham in the
last half of the ninth, drew a pass
and was sacrificed to second by
Lacy Lloyd. Charlie Byrd popped
up to the pitcher for putout No.
2 but Russ Perry hit a long fly
to left field which hit in Jack
son’s glove but dropped out, al
lowing Levy to score with the
tying run.
Davis started Roxboro off in
the 11th with a base on balls, fol
lowed by Russ Perry’s miscue on
Barton’s grounder. Woods reliev
ed Dennis and fanned Day, but
Clayton lined a single into left,
scoring Davis. Slaughter, brother
of Enos Slaughter, outfielder for
the St. Louis Cardinals, singled
to load the bases. Robertson fan
ned, but Thompson errored Jack
son’s grounder, allowing two
more runs to cross the plate and
Hall singled to score the other
runs, but was caught in a chase
and was tagged out for the third
: putout.
| RILEY SINGLES
[ Homer Riley pinch hit for Lacy
J Lloyd in Durham’s half of the
[ 11th and singled to right field
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I rightfielder let the ball get
i through him. Shuler Loftis sing
! led to left, moving Riley to third.
! Homer Noel hit for Byrd and
! grounded out, but Riley scored on
> Play- Russ Perry then con
nected for a home run into deep
left field to account for Durham’s
other runs.
Clayton and Barton led the
the hitting for the day, the former
getting three blows and the lat
ter two. No Durham player Was
®Me to get more than one hit.
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