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* SLANTS By J. S. MERRITT Should Be Good Fred Main, golf “pro” at the Country Club, will play the course this afternoon. This will be the first time that he has played the entire course at one time. Marvin Long will play with Fred, but refuses to bet even money on even strokes. This column is expecting Fred to shoot around par. He may be a little under or a little over. We expect Marvin to shoot a good game, but hardly expect him to keep up with the “pro”. We understand that no local golfer has ever played tne course in par, neither has there been a hole in one—yet. o_o— 0 o Ca-Vel Keeps Winning The Ca-Vel baseball club is having a winning season. It looks like this team is going to hang up one of its best years. Whether the team is playing against real competition is rather hard to figure, but anyway the boys are winning from the teams that they play. There are some good heavy hitters on this club. Practic ally every game produces one or two or three home runs and batting precentages are running rather high. We wish that Roxboro had a team to put up against C. and A. This would make swell competition o—o—o—o We Hope N0t........ The sports editor of the Durham Herald said that he had heard that all tickets for the Duke-Carolina football game had already been sold. He didn’t know whether the report was true or not and neither do we. We hope not. We honestly think that something should be done about this year’s game that is scheduled to be played at Chapel Hill The stadium there simply will not come near holding the crowd and this year’s game will probably be “one of those things”. On the other hand it does not seem fair to play the game at Duke every year and there you are. It looks like the university will have to enlarge its stad ium sooner or later and if that is the case we favor starting the work now. Duke too, will have to enlarge hers before long as the stadium there will hardly take care of such crowds as you find at the Carolina, Pitt or Tennessee games. WAVA'AVA’AV.VAV.VA ( IJjp TODAY’S “ favorite ■v.wvwvvvvvvvvvvvvvv> ifu ?y\ f BABY’S BEST , Pi: A PLATE OF PURE ICE CREAM j! AT ;! ROXBORO DRUG i; COMPANY | Don’t leave baby outside, jj. Take her in and give her a ;», real treat. Our pure South- ;! ern Dairy ice cream is not jl only good for you but jl baby, too. ■! We’re taking time out to tell you that no time is too late or too early for a call to us at 2451 for servicing your car, or pulling you out of “a jam!” We have a day and night staff ready to go to work for you and your car. PERSON MOTORS, Inc. BUCKJONES FOR Public Hauling OR Transfer Service nm—r BUSINESS PRINTING commercial Consult with us about you let terheads we’ll make them speak the language .of .your business. Phone 4501 Person County Times SPORTS OFJLHE TIMES Us}'to«the*Minute Sport News Solicited PERSON COUNTY TIIVJES ROXBORO. N. C. This ‘Haymaker’ Explosive Was No Dud i I" II 3L 8p m f - M jfe J JHKp . <&; MBHMHf • No dud was this lethal missile which Ken Overlin, middleweight boxer, explodes against the chin of Harry Balsamo, his opponent, in a 10-round charity non-title bout in New York city. This fight action was caught by the 1/100,OOOth-of-a-second photographic speed of the camera. The bout ended in the ninth round with a knockout victory by Overlin. Coach Wade ! To Instruct Grid Classes Durham, July 25 Duke Uni versity’s tenth annual summer school for coaches opens here Monday and advance indications are that there will be one of the biggest enrollments on record. The school, conducted by mem bers of the Duke coaching staff, will offer instructions in football, basketball, track and training, with the grid course, under the personal direction of the famous Wallace Wade. This year, at last, Coach Wade will stress the kicking game, in the teaching of which he is recog nized to be without peer in the land. All departments of that all important department of play will be covered, the Duke mentor said line play and the fundamentals of blocking and tackling will also be taught. Assistant Coaches Eddie Camer on, Dumpy Hagler and Dutch Stanley will assist the Duke men tor in the grid maneuvers, Cam eron dealing with his department, the backs, Hagler with the line and Stanley with the ends. Cameron will also have charge of the basketball course, His Duke teams have always ranked right at the top in the south. Eob Chambers, track coach and train er, will handle those two courses. o LOUIS - BAER OFF New York, July 26 Promoter Mike Jacobs today abandoned without explanation, plans for a September title fight between Joe Louis and Max Baer, recent con queror of Tony Galento. He said, however, that he plans ♦o throw either Billy Conn or Bob Pastor against Louis in Sep tember if*either was impressive in their August 13 fight at the Po lo Grounds. o HEAT DOESNT WORRY THESE GRID HOPEFULS Oxford, July 25 Whew, wipe off that brow, and read this: Two of Oxford Orphanage’s star football halfbacks—William James and Sherrill Beasley—have borrowed a football from -Coach E. T. Regan, and the boys are in • dulging in punting and passing sessions each night after supper. Most of the players on the Orph araee squad have joined in the unofficial workouts. Regan has announced that of- J ficial drills will get underway August 15. Oxford opens it sea son by playing Wilson at Wilson, September 13. Kinnick Leads In Grid Poll Chicago, July 26 Nile Kin hick, the halfback who led the University of lowa’s Iron men to a series of “miracle victories” last year, today topped the list of college all-stars selected to play the Green Bay Packers in the annual charity football game here, August 29. Kinnick, in a poll conducted by 92 newspapers and radio sta tions, received 1,189,076 votes for a place on the all-star team. Joe Thesing, Notre Dame fullback whose home is Cincinnati, receiv ed the next highest vote, 981,276. A total of 1,575,957 votes were cast by fans. The All-Stars will play the Packers, champions of the Nation al Professional Football League, before an expected crowd of 80,- 000 or more at Soldiers’ Field. o GRID FANS ONLY HOPE THAT BELL IS CORRECT Dallas. July 25 Football de spite threats of military conscrip tion and general world unrest, will thrive this Fall and prove the break needed for war-weary A mericans. This is the opinion of two men whose fingers touch the pulse of a great fandom. Coach Matty Bell and James H. Stewart, business manager of ath letics of Southern Methodist Uni versity, home of the famed aer ial circles, weighed 1940 football from every angle today, and con cluded a big season was ahead. “I can’t believe that college students will be included in fiist conscriptions under the proposed government plan,” said Bell. “It seems logical that those of other groups will make up the bulk of the first group. “Too, not many college boys have reached the age of 21 until thier senior years. “Football should be that point of relaxation needed for Ameri can people this Fall.” “We have a good criterion right here at Southern Methodist —a university in the midst of a vastly populated and football crazy area. Our season tickets do rot go in sale until August 15, but hundreds of requests already have been received.” o—— — MUSEUM The United States is the only major agricultural country with out a National agricultural mus eum, and there is agitation that such an institution be establish, ed. ——o ADVERTISE IN THE TIMES FOR RESULTS. Ca-Vel Gets i Decision From Helena Nine Ca-Vel trounced Helena Wed nesday afternoon by a score of 9-2. Blanks pitched for Ca-Vel e.nd Hicks for Helena. Lunsford for Helena poled out a home run. Clayton for Ca-Vel came through with three hits out of five times up. The Box: Ca-Vel Ab R H A R. Gentry 3b 4 11 3 .Tames, ss 5 2 2 2 Shotwell, 2b 5 11 2 Slaughter, lb 3 11 0 Clayton, If 5 2 3 0 G. Gentry, cf 5 11 0 Crowder, rs 5 1 2 0 Dunn, c 4 0 0 1 Blanks, p 4 0 1 2 Totals 40 9 12 10 Helena Ab R H A T. Lunsford, 2b 2 1 2 5 Rhew, ss 4 0 1 3 Briggs, lb 4 0 0 1 F. Barton, c 4 0 0 0 Kiger, 3b 4 0 0 3 Buckley, rs 3 0 0 0 Chambers, cf 3 0 0 0 R. Barton, If 2 0 0 0 Ashley, If 11 1 0 Hicks, p ... 3 0 0 2 Totals 3 2 4 16 Score by innings: Ca-Vel 120 002 103 --9 Helena 000 000 020—2 Errors: R. Gentry, Blanks, Luns ford, Rhew 2, Barton. Runs batted in: James, Shotwell, Slaughter, Clayton, Crowder 2, Blanks, Lunsford. Two-base hits: James, Slaughter. Home runs: Lunsford. Double plays: Blanks to Slaughter, R. Gentry to Shotwell. Left on bases: Ca-Vel 8, Helena 4. Base on balls-off: Blanks 2, Hicks 4. Struck out —by: Blanks 6, Hicks 5. Hits—off: Blanks, 4 in 9: Hicks, 12 in 9. Hit by pitcher: Blanks (Lunsford). Wild pitches: Hicks. Passed balls: Barton. Los ing pitcher: Hicks. Winning pif cher: Blanks. Time: 1:50. Umpis es: Mangum, Chisholm. o TODAY’S HO HUM Baton Rouge, La., July 25 Louisiana State University, one of the football strongholds of the south, today steered a course to ward more emphasis on education and less on the gridiron. Governor Sam Houston Jones, addressing the new Board of Sup ervisors yesterday, said that the university exists for something more than football. “The State university exists for something else than puting out winning football teams.” he said. “By that, I mean the activities of the university should not center about the gridiron, but on edu cating the youth of our state.” His talk was in contrast to the lush days before the scandals when L. S. U. teams were accom panied by Kingfish Hoey P. Long and the student body, in special trains to games. o GOLDFISH It has been found that goldfish will control mosquito ‘wrigglers’ in ponds and pools a. little better if the fish are allowed to go hungry. WAR Experts of the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture think that the war will result in a change in the breeds of livestock raised in Denmark, Holland and Belgi um. 1 LAND POSTTSD "siGNS AT THE TIMES OFFICE Duke Mentor Bill ■* ij 8 . * ||l mm Ilj|i a.- WALLACE WADE- Wallace Wade, Duke university football coach, will conduct a coaching school at Duke starting Monady. Instruction will be giv en in football, basketball, track and training. Hocutt Warns Os Curves In Roads ; _____ ' I Raleigh, July 27 With no in- I tention of being facetious, Ron ald Hocutt, director of the High way Safety Division, commented this week that North Carolina drivers might just as well quit trying to straigthen out curve} in the State’s primary road sys tem. Hocutt’s admonition was promp ted by a study of accident reports showing that 75 North Carolin ians were killed the first six months of this year in accidents wherein drivers failed to make curves and left the roadway, over turning or smashing into some fixed object. “There are literally thousands of curves on the highways of this state.” said Hocutt, “and it is going to take the State Highway Commission considerable time and involve vast expenditures of money to straighten all the dan gerous curves on our roads. Mean while, Tar Heel drivers might as well decide to make the best of matters and hold their speed down to a point where they can safely and successfully negotiate any curve in the highway. “The State plainly marks all curves, and drivers who persist in holding to high rates of speed when entering curves are surely flirting with danger. There are many curves that you just can’t make at 50 and 60 miles an hour, and the sooner every North Caro lina driver learns this fact, the safer our highways will be.” “When you see a curve marker, decrease your speed and increase j*ur caution,” the safety director added. n ■ WILT Wilt is playing havoc with the tobacco crop of Granville county, j reports C. V. Morgan, county farm agent of the State College Ex tension Service. o ALFALFA Alfalfa, good as it is, could be. much better and plant breeders of the college Experiment Station and the U. S. Department of Agriculture, are at work seeking to improve on the existing varie. ties. SUNDAY, JULY 28, 1940 fcHELy Change To SHELL STOP AT YOUR SHELL STATION FOR J ECONOMICAL SERVICE Humphries Oil Co Vacation Time Is Here! 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