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If and when the Cincinnati Reds and New York Yankees
take the field for the 1939 World Series, the opposing pitch-,
ers probably will be William Henry (Bucky) Walters and
Charles Herbert (Red) Ruffing.
This prediction isn’t made with mirrors. The two have
earned the assingnment.
Walters, first hurler in the major to win 20 games this
year, copped his 23rd decision this week with a 5-2, five-hit
workout against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Besides contributing
a sterling performance, the rangy right-hander hit a home
run in the eighth inning to break a tie and start Cincinnati,
clicking.
He has been a stanchion for the sometimes quavering
Reds to tie to all season. His 26 complete games top all hurlers
in both major leagues. He has popped up with victories that
snapped Cincinnati losing spells no fewer than eight times
and he took the mound against the Pirates after only two
days' rest.
Ruffing obtained his 21st victory as the World Cham
pions stopped Boston’s bedraggled Red Sox 4-1 in a game ab
breviated to seven innings by rain.
It was New York’s third straight triumph over the Sox
but did not increase the Yankees’ lead because President Wil
liam Harridge of the American League took away a forfeit a
warded them at Boston Sunday when fans delayed the second
game of a doubleheader by strewing the field with straw hats
and bottles. The contest will be replayed Sept. 26.
As dean of the Yankee hurling corps. Ruffing’s right to
start the first series contest, expected to be played at Yankee
Stadium October 4, is unquestioned. He opened for New Y T ork
last fall and also in 1936. This is the fourth consecutive year
he has won 20 or more games and right now he appears as
strong as ever.
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Davey O’Brien, Texas Christian passer deluxe, is going to
have a lot of local atmosphere when he makes his delayed pro
fessional league football debut. “Slinging” Sammy Baugh,
another former T. C. U. great, will supply it.
O’Brien was billed to make his league start for Philadel
phia against Pittsburgh Sunday but poor weather and an un
satisfactory advance ticket sale prompted Philadelphia of
ficials to postpone the game until Thanksgiving Day.
Philadelphia’s next game comes Sunday against Wash
ington, and pitching passes for the Redskins is Baugh, who
preceded O’Brien into the pro field by two years. The contest,
at Philadelphia, will be one of four in the next week.
It’ll be interesting to see how this pair comes out in their
individual dual as professional footballers. Both billed as pro
bably the greatest passers in the game today, Baugh would
get this column’s nod, if a choice had to be made. O’Brien’s
fike will handicap his effectiveness greatly. The tall, heavy
set Baugh showed us plenty the few weeks he worked with
Ray Wolf at Carolina two years ago.
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Incidentally, Clark Griffith, the wily Washington Amer
ican league owner, must be getting a laugh out of the for
tunes surrounding Zeke Bonura and A1 Simmons in the Nat
ional League. Remember, the Washington press and public
spent many weeks heaping abuse at the Old Fox for letting
these popular_yeterans get out of the American League. But
today Bonura is riding the New York bench and Bill Terry is
looking around for another first baseman. The Bees finally
gave up on Simmons and A1 is hanging on to a major league
contract with Cincinnati.
EDWIN J. HAMLIN
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PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO. N. C. THURSDAY, SEPT .14, 1939
Lack Os Reserves To Handicap Ramblers
As|Local Golfers Inaugurate Home Course
Local golfers thronged the new Country Club course at Loch Lily for the three-day opening held September 2,3, 4. Shown a
bove are several shots snapped during the opening days. First foursome to tee off on the second day of play were Dr. Jack Hughes,
president of the country club, Jimmy Long, Tom Street and John Morris, lower center, who paused for the Times photographer leav
ing the first tee. Lower left, Country Club Secretary Howard Strang drives a long one from the first tee. Lower right, Country Club
Vice President Charlie Harris is shown just before sinking erne on the fifth green. Top photos show President Hughes at the left getting
off a long drive, and Thomas Bowles, Thomas Hatchett and Earl Bradsher, Jr. as they paused at the third tee, center. Jimmy Long had
just sunk a long putt when the camera caught him as shown above in upper right.
Helena Swamps Hillsboro;
Enters Championship Series
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Merry-Go-Round
Helena Ab R H A
Powell, ss 6 4 4 3
E. Lunsford, lf-2b ..5 5 4 1
E. Clayton, cf 6 4 5 0
Gentry, 2b-lb 6 4 4 3
D. Lunsford, 3b 5 2 2 0
Garrett, 3b 11 1 0
G. Hicks, rs ........ 2 0 0 0
Jones, rs 3 2 2 0
Hall, lb ...2 11 4
Poxley, 2b 2 0 0 0
H. Clayton, If 11 1 0
Ferbee, c 2 11 0
Wright, c 2 11 0
V. Hicks, p 0 0 0 1
Hobgood, p., 2 0 0 0
Ashley, p 0 0 0 0
Totals !. 45 27 26 12
Hillsboro Ab R H A
Summey, ss ........ 4 0 0 2
Heffner, c-p-3b 4 0 11
B. Mann, lb-p 3 0 1 0
Raynor, lb-p .... 1 0 0 0
Ashley, rs 5 0 1 0
Dixon, lb-ls 3 11 0
Hill, 3b 3 11 0
,T. Mann, ls-c 4 11 0
Bowles, p 0 0 0 0
Medlin, p-lb 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 7 4
Errors: Medlin, Bowles, Dixon,
Rayner. Runs batted in: E. Luns
ford 2, E. Clayton 4, Gentry 7, D.
Lunsford 5, Jones 2, Hall, J. Mann
3. Hits—off; Hicks ,4 in 4 2-3;
Ashley, 0 in 1; Hobgood, 3 in 4
1-3; Bowles, 4in 1 1-5; Medlin,
3 in 1-3; Heffner, 10 in 1; Ray
nor, 8 in 3 1-3. Time: 2;50. Um
pires: Lloyd and Blalock.
Locals Go On Hitting Spree
In Opening Innings; Finals
Probably On Saturday.
In the last game of the semi
final play-off series Saturday
Helena Trounced Hillsboro by a
score of 27 to 4 in the Tri-County
league.
The locals having won the best
two out of three tries, qualifies
to meet Erwin Auditorium in
the pennant race. This series
wlill start on Saturday of this
week, according to tentative an
nouncements.
The boys from Helena started
off in a big way in last Saturdays
contest scoring three runs in the
first inning and coming back in
the second to add seven more. Af
ter these profitable at-bats, the
locals were never endangered the
least bit, and went on with their
mery-go-round of hits and runs.
Powell, E. Lunsford, E. Clay
ton and Gentry were best at the
plate for Helena. Gentry got five
safe blows and the rest received
four each. No Hillsboro man was
able to get more than one safe
hit during the entire encounter.
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CA-VEL TEAM
TO SEE MAJOR
LEAGUE GAMES
Ca-Vel’s baseball team, 18
strong, will leave tomorrow for
Washington where they are sche
duled to see major league base
ball games Saturday and Sunday.
The drip will be given the boys
by Collins and Aikman Corp. in
appreciation for their play dur
ing the past season. It has been
the annual custom of the com
pany to give the team a trip at
the close of the season since the
baseball team was inaugurated
several years ago. Ca-Vel has
been a member of the fast Inter-
City league during the past sea
son.
Saturday, Manager Baxter
Mangum and the boys will see
the Washington Senators engage
St. Louis’ Browns while Sunday,
the Washington-Detroit game will
be their source of amusement.
This weekend was chosen over
the following weekend in order
that three teams might be seen
in action instead of two.
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WE MAY WIN
TWO GAMES ” ,
WIRTZ LAMENTS ,
A serious lack of capable re
serves seems to be the main prob
lem facing Coach George Wirtz
as the Ramblers complete their
second week of pre-season drills.
The loss of seven stalwarts from
last year’s outfit was bound to
leave a serious problem on the
hands of the new mentor succeed
ing Coach Donald Dunlop. Pros
pects are that the Ramblers will
present a first team probably on
a par with most of the opposition
but the lightness and inexperien
ce of the few available replace
ments offer a serious handicap.
The boys were put through a
stiff scrimmage yesterday after
noon and Coach Wirtz admitted
following the heavy workout that
some improvement was shown
over the previous day. He de
clined, however, to be one bit en
thusiastic over prospects for the
season. “We may win two games,”
he drawled pessimistically.
He indicated that the Ramb
lers would probably open the sea
son away from home, at Littleton,
■cn September 22. A complete
schedule has not been arranged,
he pointed out.
Several of the boys ran well in
yesterday’s scrimmage, Junior
Cushwa and Red Day both are
showing up creditably in the
drills. Both got off long runs on
several occasions.
Captain Hassell Whitfield at
tackle and Lawrence Holeman at
end proved effective in the line.
Two-Ton Wagstaff, who will han.
die one of the guard posts, will
supply added weight to the line.
Bing Plays At
Dolly Today
And Tomorrow
Bing Crosby, who appears in
the title role in Paramount’s “The
Star Maker,” which opens today
at the Dolly Madison Theatre,
claims to be the laziest man in
Hollywood. But his record is a
gainst him. In the past nine
years, Bing has appeared in more
than a score of pictures, made
hundreds of recordings, and in
one hectic period appeared five
times daily on the stage of New
York’s Paramount Theatre, sand
wiching in two night radio pro
grams.
Those making the trip will be:
Tommie Crawder, Earl Humph
ries, Jack Blanks, Ruby Dunn,
Clyde Wright, Hayward Slaugh
ter, Lester James, Francis Powell,
Howard Anders, Reuben Wheel
er, Carlton Slaughter, Herman
Bowles, Sam Shotwell, Morris
Briggs, Harold Clayton, Rufus
Buchanan, Matt Dickerson, and
Manager Baxter Mangum.