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Wm SSH 3 SLANTS flw By J. S. MERRITT ' o—o—o—a Ca-Vel Gets A Start The Ca-Vel baseball team seems to have secured a good start. They have won several games this week and appear to be playing good ball so far. Os course, the boys have not hit their stride yet, but they probably will in another week or two and when they do you can look out for trouble from the boys of Baxter Mangum. o—o—o—o Max Schmeling Again t Max Schmeling, former,heavyweight champion, would like to fight Joe Louis again if the pesky British would let ,him through the blockade- Schmeling, tough and brown as a betel nut, dropped in at the loreign correspondents’ club on the weekly “American flight” to chat about the 10 trips he made to the United Sta tes between 1928 and 1939 to whip or be whipped by the out standing fighters of that dozen years, when he was always •a contender and once a champion. "I should like to fight him,” said Schmeling. “I know better how he fights than anybody.” Mr- Schmeling should know how he fights but that does not mean that he has the proper defense for it. Schmeling was a good fighter, but we doubt his ability to fight as weil now as he once did. Then on the other hand, we believe that Joe Louis is just as good as he ever was- He doesn’t look so good in every fight, but then he comes back for the next one and looks his usual self. Anyway, our idea is that he could lick Schmeling again—and that very easily. o—o—o—o Elon Has The Ball . Lion college must have a ball team that is worth writing about. On Friday of last week that school had won its thir teenth ball game and Wake Forest was included in that croup. Lion had a game scheduled with Duke, but as usual it was rained out and our idea is that Duke was lucky. The boys lr °i r iJ' he Christian school must have something on the ball and they seerti to be using it to full advantage. o—o— o—o Send Us Your Games Times continues to call for reports from all ball games pkiycd by teams from this county. If we can’t handle S wm*? ga * meS ™ time ’ we will run them a little late, but we will try to get them in the paper sooner or later. them 11 y ° U need a feW SCOre sheets come down and get ©r or nome site? or Distinct* ion see— “SUNSET HILLS” And For Real Estate Os Any Kind See— THOS. B. WOODY WE BUILP FOR Roxboro and Person County With all Work Guaranteed. fIHBMHHHIi Change To SHELL No Job Too Lane and STOP AT YOUR SHELL Non ® To ° SnuilL STATION FOR ECONOMICAL SERVICE GEORGE W. KANE Humphries Oil Co EO xboro, n. c. "9'm Qlad 9 *l*Ued Kg Alka-Seltzer mM A„J They Say It With a Smile! j Do the members of YOUR family say this? If not, perhaps it is because you have never given Alka-Seltzer a thorough trial. 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C. — : The Slaughters Again yjjj If 9 p i&m , ■». / I w 7 j . ?v£: :• • Here’s another snapshot of the Slaughters—Haywood shows the technique that made Enos fa mous in catching Carlton off the bag during a practice session of the Ga-Vei team. Enos is now pound ing away at the ball for the St. Louis Cardinals,while Haywcod and Carlton are doing their duty here at home. It won’t be long before their young-er brother, Robert, will be helping some team to win. The DiMaggios have nothing on the Slaughter family. Professional Tennis Circuit May Be Established Soon Pinehurst, April 18 John Mc- Dougal, chairman of the tourna ment committee of the Profes sion Lawn Tennis association, an nounced today means had been provided to establish a circuit of professional tennis tournaments. More than 20 perfossionals are gathered here for the third an nual North and South profession al tournament and will move next week to White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., where a pro tournament has been held for many years. These are the only two tourna ments on the schedule now, but McDougal said that he expected to add others. “Virtually all the star players,” he said, “are in the employ of the equipment companies and officers of these concerns have promised support to provide the stars in building up pro tennis tourna ments in a similar manner to pro fessional golf.” Mr. Dougal reported that many chambers of commerce were in terested in having professional tennis tournaments in their cities. Some of these tournaments, Mc- Dougal said, would be played in doors during winter months. '■ o So. Boston Nips Lynchburg, 5 to 3 South Boston. Va., April 19 The slants of Kirby, Carey and Bortz were too effective for the Lynchburg, Virgina league Grays here this afternoon as the South Boston Bi-State league Wrappers whipped the Hill City team, 5 to 3. The Wraps’ infield served no tice that they would uphold their reputation as the best in the lea gue as they accepted chance after chance faultlessly. Two fast dou ble plays were executed by both teams. The deciding blow of the game was Jack Walker’s home run in the fifth with two on, Gor man, for Lynchburg, also hit for t{ie circuit in the sixth with the sacks empty. Score by inningß: R.H.E Lynchburg 020 001 000-3 8 1 S. Boston 000 040 Olx—s 8 1 A t o— TOBACCO i Barring serious blue mold at tacks and inclement weather, to bttCVO plants should bo available for transplanting in Wilson conn, ty between May 1 and 10. saya As- Up'tO'the'Minu te Sport News Solicited Drum Majorette - % ~~ w' s l .. I ’’ -«|i l '"■* m I ( * World’s champion drum majorette is Miss Jeanne Ladd of Swampscott, Mass. . She is pictured leading the annual festival of states parade in St. Petersburg, Fla. She won her title at the American Legion con vention in 193 g, Deaths Increase During Quarter Just Gone By Raleigh, April 20 During the first qurater of 1940, there were 933 more deaths in North Caro lina than occurred during the cor responding period of 1939 and only 325 more births, according to reports compiled by the State Why Strain Yourself ? You can get new Auto Tires and pay as you ride —pay by the week. . . "• > ,■ t . • - Use Our Budget Plan for General Tires Let us explain the plan to you - Bumpass & Day Board of Health’s Vital Statistics Division, of which Dr. R. T. Stimp son is the director. Through March, there had been 19,056 live births in the State this year, as compared with 18,731 the first quarter of last year, while 1940 deaths numbered 9,334, as com pared with 8,401 a year ago. There have also been more deaths among infants under a year old this year and more ma ternal deaths. During January, February and March, 1940, 1,317 North Carolina babies under a year old died, compared with 1,- 210 last year, while the number of maternal deaths the first quar ter of 1940 was 111, against 103 last year. Influenza took a heavy toll “the first two months, but deaths .from that cause eased off a bit in March. Through the first quar ter, influenza claimed 543 North Carolininas, as 'Compared with 302 the corresponding period of 1939. Pneumonia deaths for the 1940 period under consideration total ed 911, against 901 a year ago, showing only a slight Increase. Deaths from what the Board of Health styles “preventable ac cidents” has shown an increase this year, the total through March having been 345, as compared with 315 a year ago. So far this year, accidental burns have claimed 86 victims, as compared with 79 in 1939. Both homicides and suicides are r up this year, as compared with last. Through March, 1940,‘there had been 82 homicides and 75 sui cides reported, against 76 and 6t the first quarter of 1939. Ramblers Victorious In Henderson Game Thur. Os Little Revenge Nova Now Thinks ■ V _ ' Los Tngeles Lou Nova, a willing punching bag for Tony Galento last fall, announced to day that he had tossed his study of yoga out the window and that he soon will start out to avenge the defeat by the barrel who walks like a man. After a critical illness with a blood infection six weeks ago and now resting to regain his old strength cilrly-headed Lou said, “That Galento fight was a tough lesson, but a valuable one, be cause the next time I’ll know how to handle him and how to dodge those Ibutts he slipped in which closed my eye for almost the en tire fight. “He’s a hard one to handle, all! right, but it will be different when I fight him again. This time I’ll box him—slap him silly and keep clear of those barroom, tactics he uses in the infighting.” Nova, still slightly shaky from his month siege in a hospital, said the result of that fight hasn’t discouraged him. He added that he was a sick man before the bout, suffering from the same blood infection which finally sent him to the hospital. Bronzed and hearty from long hours at the beach or a nearby swimming pool, Nova appears to be hale and hearty, but he insists it will be several weeks before he even thinks of a training routine. o Players Defeat Duke Tennis Wake Forest Durham, April 19 Duke’s varsity tennis team hit its victory stride at the expense of Wake Forest, defeating the Deacons 6-3 in a match playe4 on the Duke courts here this afternoon. Defeated for the first time this year by Carolina in their last start, the Blue Devils came back to win their eighth victory of the season. Spotlighting their tri umph was Don Buffington’s 6-1, 6-4 triumph over Ralph Earn hardt, in the number one singles match. Picnic Time .. ♦ Picnic Time is here and the family needs to get out doors for a little fun and recreation* Pack your lunch and be sure that sandwiches are made with SUNRISE BREAD Roxboi^ SUNDAY, APRLI 21, 1940 Roxboro high school pullM out her big guns Thursday afternoon and defeated Henderson high school by a score of 10 to 3. Hen derson has established an excel lent ‘reputation for ball playing this year, but the Roxboro boys paid very little attention to that. Henry Yarboro and Red Day hit home runs for Roxboro while Fred Woods .for the locals, and Warwick, of Henderson, came through with three base hits. Buddy Clayton was the winning' - pitcher and allowed only six hits during the entire game. The box: Roxboro Ab R H A Yarboro, ss 3 2■ 2 1 Davis. rf-3b 4 0 1 0 Dixon, 2b 4 0 0 1 Holeman, cf 5 11 0 Moore, lb 4 11 0 Whitfield, If 5 2 3 0 Day, c 5 2 2 1 Woods, 3b 2 1 2 1 B. Clayton, p ..4 11 1 T. Clayton, rs 2 0 0 0 Totals 38 101 13 5 Henderson Ab R H A R. Turner, ss 5 0 1 3 Parrish, If . % 4 11 0 Hunt, 2b 5 0 0 2 Warwick, lb 3 1 2 1 Allen, cf 4 0 2 0 Bobbit, rs ....2 0 0..0 Wortham, p 4 0 0 0 Mitchell, 3b 3 0 0 I V. Turner, c 10 0 0 McGhee, c 2 1 0 0 Powers, rs 1 0 0 0 Totals 34 3 6 6 Score .by innings: Roxbcro 060 201 001 lO Henderson 000 100 011 3 Errors: Whitfield* R. Tymer, Parrish, Yarboro, Woods, Hunt. Runs batted in: Day 2, Yarboro 3, Davis, Woods, Clayton 2, Al len 2, Whitfield, Parrish. Two-base hits: Yarboro, Whit field. Home runs: Yarboro, Day. SEE US FOR YOUR FERTILIZER NEEDS We have the brand and the analysis that you want. PASS, HESTER & JONES Hyco Warehouse
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