m What Next in the World Things . . and games do have away of being settled. The calm of a Sabbath afternoon saw the World Series, 1939, go over lock, stock and the other word, to the Yankees of Manhattan. As the headlines had it, “Cincinnati Blows in Final Two Innings” and that Is all there is to say. And now the housewives and husbands and the on-the-street agonizers will have to wait another year before baseball’s mercury climbs the thermometer tuble of public interest, though it does seem true we do still have hot and most unfootball wea ther right here with us in Person and Roxboro. 0 O' 0 1 0 What “Red” Thinks • Our young friend, and we hope our good friend, “Red” Day, some times known as Louis, is a two and three job man. He makes good as a Roxboro Rambler full-back, studies La tin and the like, when he has to, and fills in nights with courteous curb-service at one of our few later-at-night food spots. Over a friendly and harmless glass we talked to “Red” about the coming Friday contest with the South Bostonians, in Virginia. Reports have it that the South Boston men have a goodly number of their best men left over from the 1938 season and “Red” thinks the game will be full of fight. Also, he thinks, hopes and believes his own team can continue its good record of the present season. Too, he tells us that Charles White, of quarter-back fame will be back in the game after an enforced on the bench per iod following the injury he received in the Ruffin game. We can just guess that will be good news in Charles’ own house and on the Roxboro gridiron and we wish the boys good luck, in advance, while they don’t need it. o—O—o—o Pugilistic Social Note From Las Vegas comes word that Maxie Rosenbloom, who is, as the AP has it, “33, fighter and Hollywiid night club owner”, has married one Muriel Faeder, of New York. Maxie never was the playboy or the fight would-be-big shot that the other “Maxie” (Baer) wanted to be but the lesser Maxie of whom we are writing has had a certain ring-side color all his own. And the good people who have never gotten used to this hail and farewell marriage business of New York and Holly wood famous folks will rejoice in knowing that this marriage is Maxie R’s first, as well as Mrs. Muriel’s. But it is true that the two of them had to observe a mere trifle of Holly wood conventionality—they flew from the celluloid holy wood to Las Vegas. o—o—o—o Southern Pigskin in the News .... Looking over a first of the week edition of one of our across county dailies we discover that Bill Boni, the New York sports writer who has come down south for some of our better intersectional football contests, says that “Goth am”, the wise one at last, “wakes up to Dixie football”. This opinion, as Boni says, was aired at a session of the Mertopo litan Football Writers association. This news is, however, no news to us. Person county has l he good luck to be within a most convenient 50-40-30 mile driving distance of some of the best football in North Caro lina. And that, brother and sisters ot the sport, is the equi vilent of saymg, are close to some of the bestest best Dixie” special and' across the counter football, service a la King. » Last week the Tar Heels, of the hill where the chapel is, won by a close but respectable 13 to 6 score from V. P. I , and Duke ready whipped Colgate, 37 to 0. And our neighbor of the Durham Herald, Ed Mitchell has observed quite sanely, i3?th a gentlemanly touch, that the weather as well as the Blue Devils had more than a mite to do with the undoing of the men from Andy Kerr’s Colgate. But Mr Kerr, if “Old Professor” Whitney Martin quotes aright, speaks m this wise. “When you are struck by light ning, you don’t even know what hits you . . . The McAfee brothers may yet become as famous in football as the Broth ers Karamazov in literature”. vr keep North Carolinians from being too proud .N. C. State came out on the small end, but Wake Forest piled up a score against Florida’s Miami and Davidson, in charac tenstic fashion dealt a small, if losing score to V. M. I J h j s jing I e figures belongs to past history now., ,We can took forward this week to Carolina and N. Y. U., and 1 t nd Pl + t ’ t 0 , mentlon on, y four-star events, and we tw +° Ur typ , e , wirte r keys (because we have no money) Imp! ! W ° + or * bree Roxboro gentlemen of our acquaint “ to th e finish this time, ’cause last week they on «f b tv, Ck h °,T f blt to ° soon ’ and were Properly cheated orite team Slght ° f S ° me *°° d laSt minute work by the ir fav- BLUE DEVILS ARE OFF TO ENCOUNTER PITTS WARRIORS Durham After a final hard workout this afternoon, DukVs Blue Devils entrain tonight for Pittsburgh whe<re on Saturday afternoon they will meet the bril ilant Panthers who rolled over Washington and West Virginia. The Duke Special, which also carries the big Blue Devil band and a host of followers of the team, is slated to arrive in Pitta burgh Friday morning at 9:30. Duke wlil make headquarters in the Hotel Schenley and will work out in Pitt stadium Friday after noon,; PERSON spokts SLANTS By THOMAS J. SHAW, JR. As the boys worked today, they were in good physical con dition for the battle and the same lineup that started against Col gate last week was slated to go against the Panthers. The game looms as one of the greatest tests a Blue Devil out fit has ever faced. True, Duke won it’s two opening games 26-6 over Davidson and 37-0 over Colgate, but the Wademen didn’t face the tests in those two games that the Panthers did in defeat ing Washington 27-6 and West Virginia, 20-0. i Duke has worked hard all week in attempting to build a defense for the mixture of Pitt passes and running plays. Where a year ago all that was needed to do was to look out for the Panth (Continued On Next Page) SPORTS OF THE TIMES PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO. N. C. NYU’s Ace Passer v Kpf| , V, l " jSB ’ - |||pßs , *'+ i SHBHM ■PIW& ! < * Sr. ; . ; Ed Boell, Back—New York University ’ Big Ed Boell (above), New York. University’s 205-pound quar terback and one of the nation’s finest passers and punters, will lead the Violent Violets against North Carolina Saturday in one of the biggest intersectional contests the State will see this year. Duke’s Fast Man a ||K| | > ? I |i||! | min iii|i|i"» J Qecxzqe. mgafee. Ready to go is George McAfee, left halfback, of the Duke Blue Devils. George and his brother, Wesley McAfee, right halfback, are slated to face Cassiano and Narick, who play similar positions on the Panther team, in Saturday’s game at Pittsburgh. WAKE FOREST AND STATE IN NIGHT GAME ATRALEIGH Raleigh Wake Forest’s De mon Deacon football machine, ranked as one of the best in the Southern Conference, will be holding the heaviest odds in many years over North Carolina State when they meet under the arcs of Riddick Stadium here Satur day night Wake Forest’s stock gained considerably after the Deacons Up-to-the-Minute Sport News Solicited ran up a 33-0 score over Miami University last Friday and are given a better than 50-50 chance of subduing the Wolfpack this week. Saturday’s game not only will have a big bearing on both teams’ standing in the Southern Confer, ence and Big Five, but also decid es the championship of Wake county— a championship that has gained in importance over a span of 30 years. In that period the Deacons have beaten the Wolfpack only eight time. The State boys enjoyed 21 victories. The other games ended (Continued On Next Page) Stevens Leading Strongest N* Yo U. Against U. No C* Ta:- Heels Expecting Hard est Game cf Home Season; Slimy “Will Be There.”. Chapel Hill With New York U. reportedly bringing the strong est eleven Coach Mai Stevens has put out, Carolina is expecting and preparing for the hardest game cf the home season Saturday. The big Violet grid machine is the first Tar Heels have gone up against with a good or strong at tack on both ground and air. And Coach Ray Wolf and the players, who are noted for their own wide open attack and light ning air thrusts, did an about face today and concentrated on stop ping the powerful and driving New York attack. The clash between the two un defeated powers and wide-open offenses is expected to produce a brilliant exhibition and dogged contest which will draw a near capacity crowd to Kenan Stad ium. G. E. Shephard, Assistant Ath letic Director, said today that the advance ticket sale was well ahead of the Wake Forest game, which drew 20,000 and set a new early season record, but plenty of good seats were still left. With General Stirnweiss and Frank O’Hare alternating with Sweet Lalanne at quarter, and Bob Smith and Jim Mallory also rounding into shape again at center and end, Tar Heel strength today was on the rise over last week. Stirny and Frank were both held out of the Virginia Tech game with injuries. And Lalanne, who sparked the victory and scored both touchdowns, had to play 53 minutes, his only relief coming when Redman shifted from half to quarter for a few minutes late in the first half. The Flying Dutchman’s return would round out two Carolina attacks and permit the Tar Heels to muster their full backfield strength for the first time since Stirny was hurt in the opening minutes of the Wake Forest game. Two sophomores, Harry Dun kle at fullback and Bill Fair cloth, at right guard, have been seeing considerable service with the first string this week and may possibly get the call over Sadoff and Abemethy Saturday. However, Carolina scouts say the Tar Heels will have to be at their best Saturday, and it is a question then whether they will be equal to the test. New York with its 198-pound line and 188-pound backfield has long been noted for one of the finest aerial games in the nation, and the Violets have shown an even stronger running attack this season. Big Ed Boell, 205-pound tail back and one of the best passers and punters in the country, leads the offense. Other standouts in clude LaManna, Campanis, Mik ulka, Frank and Barmals, backs; and Conlin, center. o Ramblers Go To Virginia City For Annual Classic > Facing a strong South Boston team, Coach George Wirtz’s Rox boro Ramblers will leave here about noon Friday to meet their Virginia foes on South Boston’s gridiron. The game will start at 3 o’clock Friday afternoon in the Virginia city. A survey of the proposed local lineup for the contest reveals the fact that the team’s regulars will (Continued On Next Page) Hilltoppers To Play Hosts To Wakelon Friday Bethel Hill plays Wakelon High of Zebulon Friday on the locals field at 3:15. Bethel Hill is handicapped due to the injury of several players. Shotwell has not taken part in heavy scrimmage during the week due to an ankle injury but it is thought that he will see action in the game. Coach Gibson has been work ing on punting, passing passing defense and timing of plays dur ing the week and it is believed that there will be an improved ball club on the field Friday. It is not known yet who will start the game as substitutes are push ing the regular members. Reports from the visitors are that they have a fast, experienced ball | club so Bethel Hill is looking for a hard fought game. Now Is The Time To Get A Set Os U.SROYAL^& SAFETY TIRES 1939’s Quicker Stopping Safety Tires Endorsed By Car Engineers • QUICKER- STOPPING “BRAKE-ACTION’! TREAD... 2500 extra gripping edge* open np the in*tent brakes are appliede. .(rip and hold thafoadee *atop©an<|«i©ker f straifhter, safer on even tha slipperiest of wet pavements. • 38% MORE NON-SKID TREAD MILES • CHOSEN FOR AMERICA’S FINEST 1949 CARS • ENGINEERED TO MATCH NEW CAR PERFORMANCE FREE y v LOOK AT THESE OTHER MONEY SAVING OPPORTUNITIES New Tires Cost Only A Little More Than Old Re capped Or Retreaded Tires. Why Use Old Tires When Youi; Life Is At Stake And The Difference In Cost Is So Small? , : i Batteries $3.95 ZT GE 2 Gallons Oil 85c We Install Window Glass TOM’S BATTERY COMPANY Phone 2261 1 Court Street THURSDAY, OCT. 12, 1939 Carolina’s No. 1 v. . ..... « is-.: j ■ * >v, i t ■ . <sa«ff£ ST/fWAVe/ss~q<jAsrKAeAci£ Here is “General” Stirnweiss, Carolina’s quarterback and co captain of stellar grade, who is expected to put extra punch in to the Tar Heels’ contest with New York University Saturday afternoon in Kenan Stadium.

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