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/gi PERSON Mszsa iI^JSLANTS By J. S. MERRITT o Basketball Tournament We notice that Person county will again have a basket ball tournament and it looks like every team in the county ■will be represented. The first notice from Roxboro High in dicates that the tournament will be under capable manage ment and there now seems to be nothing to stand in the way of a successful tournament. The dates are February 26, 28 and 29, which will give ample time for all games and a little time for the players to rest- It has also been indicated that the gymnasium will be kept warm as possible and that fans will be given their mon ey’s worth. How about making your plans to see the games. o—o—o—o Durham High’s Team basketball fans of Roxboro have been going to Durham to see the Durham High school team play ball. It isn’t often that you find a high school team so good that it will attract fans irom a distance of thirty miles. Those who have seen the team play say that they could lioid their own with any college team in this section. At this writing Monday, this team has won fifty-five straight games and has been up against the-best that was offered in high school and college freshmen circles. The question that is being asked now is: “Where will the players go to college?” It stands to reason that a few wiii go to Duke and a few to Carolina. Members of this crack team will probably meet again for several years to come—but on opposing teams. O—o—o—o Duke vs. Carolina Duke and Carolina will clash in a basketball game Satur day night at Chapel Hill. Which team is going to win? At this writing no one seems to know and you find about as many people willing to bet one way as the other- Everyone predicts a good game and it looks like the teams will be fairly evenly matched. Both teams have played good ball this year and both teams have played ball that was not so good. Both have good players that are capable of hitting the basket when they are going good. And so when you match up two teams like that you never know tvhat is going to happen. " " ' GUILD GETTING CLEAR PICTURES The eky backgrodhid help* thl* picture, because the subjects stand out clearly against It. Everybody wants to take good, clear pictures pictures that ere sharp and have plenty of detail. This isn’t hard to do —if you’ll watch both the subject AND the back ; ground when you’re taking a pic ture. To picture a dark subject, yon should have a light background. !Then the subject will stand out ; clearly. If the subject is quite light, [then a dark background is In order. ' Outdoors, the sky makes an ex icellent background for pictures of a person. By using a deep yellow color filter, you can make a blhe sky regis ter quite dark. By using no filter, yon can make the sky light. In this manner, you may adapt the tone of the sky, so that it yields « good con trasting background for your sub ject Indoors, a plain light-tinted or white wall makes a good light back ground. For & dark background, pose your subject in front of an open door, leading into a darkened room. Or, place the subject so that you can shoot toward the shadow end of the room. ( ' , The best backgrounds are plain, without obvious detail. If the back ground has * prominent pattern, it will draw too much attention to it sell For example, flowered wall paper makes a poor background. A steady camera is of course es sential for sharp pictures. If the camera moves, the picture will be blurred. Even in taking snapshots, it’s a good idea to make use of any convenient support—such as a post, fence, chair back or table edge. Just hold the camera against such a sup port, and it will Ibe steadier. For time exposures, always place the camera on a tripod, table, or similar firm support. When you shoot moving subjects, use a higher shutter speed. A person walking toward the camera de mands a shutter speed of 1/100 sec ond. For faster moving subjects, higher speeds are needed. To get sharp detail, the distance from camera to subject must be cor rect. Otherwise, pictures will be out of focus. When possible, measure the distance—either with a tape measure, or a photographic range finder. This is especially important in close-up shots. Watch these points. Hiey’re all simple —and you’ll get sharper, clearer, better pictures. John van Guilder SPORTS IF THE TIMES PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO. N. C. Airplanes End Starvation for 50,000 Wild Ducks ■Em /jmK; ri || Ptl j More than 50,000 wild docks were saved from starvation when niinois sportsmen distributed six tons of grain from the air along the Illinois river in the LaSalle region. The feed was distributed by the air planes in ice-locked sloughs and back waters. Top: Some of the hundreds of dneks already dead from star vation. Bottom: Loading shelled corn in the plane at the LaSalle-Pern, 111., airport. CHAMP JOE LOUIS. ! GODOY WORK HARD Pompton Lakes, N. J. Heavy weight Champion Joe Louis, weighing 204 pounds and appar-, ently in prime shape, treated 800 fans to a brisk six-round work-] out Sunday in his training camp ! here. He took on four partners dur-J ing the drill and with two of them, stood toe-to-toe and slugged it] out —until they backed away. Ntr drill was carried out on Monday, but Tuesday and yesterday he went six rounds respectively in final preparation for his title fight with Arturo Godoy, the Chilean challenger. o Alabama Gives Henry G. Crisp Leave of Absence Tuscaloosa, Ala. Henry G. (Hank) Crisp, athletic director at the University of Alabama, was given indefinite leave of absence Monday “for the purpose of re gaining his health.” The leave will begin in March ollowing the close of the basket-' ball season. Crisp is coaching' basketball. The team is a leader in the Southeastern conference. The leave was granted at the request of Crisp who has suffered; a sinus ailment fer the last five years. _ Athletic director since 1930, Crisp came to Alabama in 1921 as -assistant to Charlie Bernier and emained with Wallace Wade. He was appointed athletic director with Wade’s departure for Duke. o Bethel Hill To Play Allensville Friday night, February 9, Bethel Hill school and Allens ville school will play a basketball doubleheader in the Bethel Hill gymnasium. A basketball official from the Durham Y. M. C. A will act as referee. This will be the first game be tween these two teams this year. Allensville girl’s team has lost only one game this year while Bethel Hill girls have been de feated twice. The Allensville girls should have the edge over the Halltoppers, although it will be & hard fought game. _ The Bethel boys have been de feated only once this* year, when they lost to South Boston High school by a small margin. Up-to-the-Minute Sport Sews Solicited ||!|l|K lump Rollins (Red) Sevier, leader of the Red Terrors of State college, did some fine work with the rest of his team last night as they secured at 33-32 -win over the Demon Deacons of Wake Forest. Winner Os Boxing Scrap Unconscious Since His Victory Austin, Minn. Luveme Pike, 17-year-old Brownsdaie, Minn., amateur boxer, won his fight but he may never know it. Competing in a Golden Gloves tournament, Pike was knocked out after the bell rang at the end of the first round. Leo Hoveland, Albert Lee, Minn., his opponent, started a punch he couldn’t stop. Pike won, therefore, on a foul. That was Saturday night. Tues day he was unconscious, victim of a brain concussion and a physician said his condition was serious. The boys were featherweights. For Quality COAL CALL 3371 Gas - Oil - Tires - Tubes - Coal Central Service Corporation Roxboro, N. C. Ed Lucas Lost To Basketball Team of ’Cats Ed Lucas, Jr., promising Dav idson college sophomore from Greensboro, may be lost to the college’s baseball team because of injuries sustained recently while sledding in Winston-Salem. Lucas gave promise last year cf developing into a consistent pitcher at Davidson. He won con sistently as a right-handed frosh. He was an outstanding all-a round athlete at Woodberry For est. o Guernsey Is Sold Bamsville, Va., Feb. 7 The American Guernsey Cattle club, Peterborough, N. H. reports that a registered Guernsey bull has been sold by R. P. Barnes to T. O. Pass of Roxboro, N. C. This animal is Paymaster of High View 280634. WANT ADS 0 CASH PAID FOR CEDAR TlM her, either on the stump or in logs or lumber —Geo. C. Brown and Co. of N. C., 1730 W. Lee, Greensboro, N. C., Phone 4118. 9-21-ts-ts U. S. 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There was no evidence of a brain concussion, which had at first been feared. White said Apostoli, on leav ing the hospital, had insisted he would return to the ring in “six months or so.” “But,” the manager added, “I am still telling him he should quit. I hope I can change his mind about fighting again.” o 38 Years Without It, Refuses Makeup Incredible as it may seem, Frank Craven has never worn makeup in all the thirty-eight years in which he has appeared on stage and screen, and he has no intention of starting now! Craven, who is featured oppo site Fay Bainter in “Our Neigh bors^—the Carters”, poignant dra ma of family life which Para mount will present today and to morrow at the Dolly Madison theatre, proved during the film ing of the picture that he intends to stick to his refusal to wear makeup. Approached with an offer to appear in a new play, the veter an character actor listened to the outline of it, then asked whether he would have to wear make up. He was told that he would Craven, always laconic, replied, “Sorry, don’t want- it then.” o HELP After changing his cows from grass hay to lespedeza hay, F. L. Corriher of the Nathans Creek community in Ashe County noticed an almost immediate in crease in milk production. GARDENS J. A. Wilson, farm agent of the State Colllege Extension Service, is urging every Polk County family to grow at least 15 vege tables in its hame garden this year. Gasoline gives you more power More mileage, quicker starting. Esso is re- H I gular price gas takes the of our old high test. For those who want best motor on the American mar- ]H ket - Esso Extrai can’t be beat. When aym sa you fill up with Essp E^t.l Extra you can tell the difference- Just as soon as you step on the starter. LISTEN TO YOUR ESSO REPORTER FOR LAST MINUTE NEWS. Snow and Ice is hard on your car Let us rban and grease it today. ROCK INN SERVICE STATION ESSO DEALERS Bouth Main Street J. Lester Clayton. Prop. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1940 Chapel Hill After a week’s delay by the weather, winter foot ball got underway at North Caro lina Monday with 62 candidates receiving equipment and 40 tak ing part in the first indoor drills. Several leading performers were tied up with other sports and some with labs, but Head Coach Ray Wolf put the squad through a good (blackboard ses sion and drill on fundamentals, and even put in four plays. Jim Learning, outstanding tack le prospect for last fall until he tripped over the scholastic hurd les, returned to school and prac tice. Coach Wolf appeared pleased with the outlook and particular ly in the line, and was busy al ready talking possible shifts and plans for next season. However, he foresees a big job replacing Stirnweiss and Radman and re building the Carolina backfield. Nine lettermen turned up for the first drill—Elliott, end; No well and Sieck, tackles; Faircloth, guard; Smith and Guntheimer, centers, and D. 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