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Angle Don’t be surprised if there is a big hullabaloo ere next baseball season rolls around about moving the St. Louis Car dinals franchise of the National League to another city. There’s already been plenty of serious discussion on the question but there are also several obstacles which appear almost unsurmountable. It is believed that Sam Breadon, Cardinal owner, has a strong desire to place that franchise of his, of which the fans in St. Louis have shown such little appreciation at the gate during the past two years, in De troit, a red hot baseball town. However, Walter Briggs, the Tiger owner, is opposed plenty to the idea of sharing Detroit with the National leaguers and since a vote of American league owners would be necessary, Detroit is likely to remain a one-club town, with Sam Breadon still out in the cold. ******** Another idea which has been put forward is that the -Cards be moved to some town now in minor league territory, the most likely being Columbus, Ohio, already owned by the Cardinals as an American Association team. Advantages are that Breadon already owns both the park and franchise there; the park seats 17,500, has a lighting plant and is compara tively new; Columbus has a population of 308,000 (1930 Cen sus figures) and has always given baseball good support. On the other side of the ledger, there is the question of appeasing the A. A. for a surrender of one of its charter cities; the park and its seating capacity would be too small for “big days” and a World’s Series crowd; what to be done with the Columbus club if the transfers were made. It’s all very complicated but you can’t blame Breadon for wanting a change if St. Louis won’t support the team at daytime ball and the Browns, his co-tenant at Sportsman’s Park, refuse to go 50-50 on installation of lights for night play. ******** The latest interesting story about Lou Gehrig is the one told by the Iron HoVse himself sometime after the Lou Geh rig Appreciation Day was held at Yankee stadium on July 4. The disabled veteran of the Yankees says he forgot one thing lie had planned to say in his speech. “What I was going to say,” laughed Lou, “is this: “A couple of years ago I was on the Huskies radio pro gram and accidentally mentioned Wheaties. Today I under stand these ceremonies are being broadcast by the Wheaties company and I just want to say this one word, “Huskies.” , ******** * * When the famed left arm of Robert Moses Grove ceased to function last year, they said he would never again throw a strike in the American league. They said this lanky veteran, who had come out of the Maryland mountains to win pen nants for Connie Mack, would once again become a perman ent fixture in the back-woods town of Lonaconing. But Grove has won eight games for the reawakened Red Sox al ready this year and he’ll likely win as many more ere the leaves turn'brown in October. Pitching with his head as much as with hiskjarmr Bob Grove still can do things with a baseball to make the young hurlers of this day green with 1 what stand others may take, but for this writer, Lefty srove gets the verdict .as the greatest south paw developecFfts the American league in this modem pitch ing era. SUNRISE BREAD Is Just Like The Sunshine-Fresh Every Day * Call for Sunrise Bread, Rolls,' Cakes, or anything in the bread line. There is none bet ter and when you insist on Roxboro products yon are I simply insisting on quality. Roxboro Bakery Co. Reams Avenue Roxboro N. CL ' V ?e» SPORTS OF THE TIMES ——— T«————— Up'tO'the'Minute Sport News Solicited PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO. N. C. Ormsby Family Pays Tribute to Connie Mack Earl Mack, coach of the Philadelphia Athletics and son of Connie Mack, venerable manager of (hat club who is recuperating from an illness, receives a plaque in tribute to the “grand old man'’ of baseball from the 12 children of Umpire Emmett T. (Red) Ormsby before a game in Shibe park. Mrs. Ormsby, left, superin tended the presentation ceremonies. CLARKSVILLE STOPS CA-VEL Sam Davis, former University of North Carolina hurler, pitch ed his Clarksville, Va., team to a 3-0 victory over Ca-Vel at Clarksville Sunday. Davis was in rare form as he allowed only four hits, struck out seven and did not give a single base on balls. Not a man reached third base and only two got as far as second. Tom Frye, U. N. C. freshman star, starred afield for Clarks ville while his teammate at Caro lina, Bob Smith led Clarksville’s hitting along with Longmyer, both of whom got two apiece. Briggs, Ca-Vel’s first baseman, who had previously hit four home runs at the last four times at bat, was held hitless by Davis; going down twice on strikes. The lineups: •jaw- Ca-Vel Ab R H A Powell, ss 4 0 1 3 James, 2b 3 0 0 2 aShotwell 1 0 1 0 Gentry, 3b 4 0 1 2 Briggs, lb 4 0 0 1 Anders, If 3 0 0 0 Wheeler, rs 3 0 0 0 Humphries, cf 3 0 0 0 Wright, c 2 0 1 0 Fuller, c 1 0 0 0 Bowles, p 3 0 0 0 Totals 31 0 4 8 Clarksville Ab R H A (Continued On Back Page) S-O-F-m-L-L MONDAY City Service vs. Methodist at 5:45. Rinkadinks vs. Longhurst No. 2 at 6:45. TUESDAY Ijjast Roxboro vs. Roxboro P. O. at 5:45. Rinkadinks vs. Kiononians at 5:45. WEDNESDAY Longhurst No. 1 vs. City Ser vice at 5:45. THURSDAY Court Street vs. Methodist at 5:45. VUDAY Roxboro P. O. vs. Longhurst No. 1 at 5:45. Court Street vs. East Roxboro at 6:45. Legion Team Takes 4-1 Victory From Burlington With Lefty Jackson on the mound the local Junior American Legion team defeated Burlington by the score of 4-1 in a ten-inning encounter on Burlington soil Thursday afternoon. With both teams playing heads up ball the score was locked at 1-1 through most of the the game. Then came the extra stanza at which time three runs came in for the locals to end the uneasy feeling. Bob Whitten, Red Day and Bar ton took hitting honors for the day. This was the fourth win of the season for the local Legion team, and with every game they show more strength. Diana of the Bow and Arrow Wins at Skeet Shooting, too v • A NEW star has arisen among wo men skeet shooters. She Is blue-eyed blonde Diana "Dinny** Bolling, who won the Woman’s Championship this year at the 11th Annual Great Eastern Skeet Cham pionships held at the Remington iGun Club, at Lordship, Stratford, Conn., not only with an almost per fect score but refuting several the ories of this Increasingly popular sport Most surprising, Miss Bolling, 'who lives at Old Greenwich, Conn., has been shooting for only a year and a half, indicating that the time element in reaching winning form ,ll> not so exacting as was thought And her 98 out of a possible 100 is ’better than last year's top soore of 95. • l But, especially, the gentle, pretty wavy-haired miss is a study In con tradictious In that she completely Calls to rosamhla the popular ccn oaptlon of a sportswoman. Bho la at alight build, medium height and la a research chemist in the Psy chiatric Institute at the Medioal tenter, hi Ne# Ydcfc. Court Street Downs Rinks On Tuesday With the contest going into an extra stanza the heavy-hitting Court Street boys, managed by James Brooks, defeated the Rink adinks by the score of 6 - 5. At the end of the second inn ing the Brooks boys were on the little end of a 4-0 score, but by the sixth were one ahead. In the first of the seventh Red Day singled, and then scored on Charles Ball’s long double to cen terfield, which tied the score. Court Street was held hitless during their part of the seventh, as were the Rinks in the first half of the eighth. During the last part of that frame Sam Oliver, Brooks’ wonder behind the plate, got on and Pitcher Millican hit A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College In 1933, she nlajored in chemistry and did a year’s post graduate work in that field at Co lumbia University. The famous war time aviator, Capt. Raynal Bolling, one of the first aces to be killed in the World War, and for whom Bolling Field, Washington, D. C., was named, was her father. The name “Diana” seems to be particularly appropriate, for Mias Bolling is also an expert with the bow and arrow. She has won the Connecticut State Archery chain-, pionahip Cor two years running as; well as the Metropolitan and Mass-, achusotts Open championships. But, chemistry is stm her chief interest. 1 aßhsUgh she she might w ter the National Championship l Shoot shoot beginning on Anmmtj CMh ganFranottoe, oScmiij Football Drills Begin Early Here Lunsford Hurls Good Game For Court Street Behind the heavy hitting and good pitching of Lunsford, Court Street won an easy victory from East Roxboro on Wednesday af ternoon of last week, the final score being 16 -7. R. Scarborough gave up 21 hits during the encounter. Hitting leaders for East Roxboro were T. Day, J. Carver and Pug Phillips, all three getting two apiece. Lunsford, Court Street’s hurler, got three, to take the honors for the day. The lineups were as follows: East Roxboro . T. Day, short field; D. Phillips, second base; Duck Morris, short stop; Pug Phillips, third base; Runt Scar borough, pitcher; C .Harris, right field; J. Carver, center field; W. Carver, left field; F. Chandler, catcher, and T. Carver, first base. Court Street . Ashley, second base; Yarboro, short stop; Oli ver, catcher; Wilson, right field; Millican, third base; Lunsford, pitcher; Long, center field; Gar. rett, short field, Brooks, left field, rnd White, first base. a long one to score him and cmch the game for Court Street This was the Rinkadinks first active defeat. Batteries were Millican and Oliver; Ball and Puckett. o “Everywhere in life, . the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.” —Carlyle. “As we are, so we do; and as we do, so is it done to us.” where ST 1 Alany -@(tilittes }£ I k ARE needed ■ ■ * An executor is called upon H to perform many complex tasks. His duties embrace such diverse matters as taxation, accounting and investments. In all there are over thirty steps to be completed in the settlement of an estate. • Obviously ability, experience and the proper facilities are essential to the satisfactory com pletion of such an exacting responsibility. That is why so many men name our institution as executor in their wills. • May we have the opportunity to explain our qualifications as y our executor? /llßtx II s! wu '*•***•“'NSl 311 imram\aJEJJ Peoples Ba|^| Roxboro, nJ SUNDAY, JULY 23,1939 Bob Whitten, captain of last year’s gridiron Ramblers of Rox boro high, yesterday said prelim, inary practice for local high school players and those plan ning to go out for college teams would begin at the local athletic field on August 7. Whitten, who made a sensa tional record as a backfield per former at the local institution, plans to make a determined bid this fall for a berth on the Uni versity of North Carolina fresh man eleven. He was mentioned on several-all-star high school outfits at the conclusion of last year’s campaign and later was chosen a member of the North Carolina squad for the annual Shriner’s All-star game in Char lotte. In commenting upon the com ing practioe sessions, Whitten said a number of former high school players as well as prospective gridders had indicated a keen de. sire to participate in the drills, which will be confined entirely to light, limbering up work. These sessions, it is believed, should give college grid candi dales a chance to get off to M good start when the college prac tices begin as well as form a neu clus for the coming high school season. o Bi-State Games At South Boston Sunday, July 23rd., Mayodan, 3:00 p. m. Wednesday, July 25th., Leaks ville, 8:15 p. m. Saturday, July 29th., Mt. Airy, 8:15 p. m. o ADVERTISE IN THE TIMES DIAL 4501.
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