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:lf PEKS()N SLANTS By J S. MERRITT o—o—o—o 1 Chicago Gets A Good One It was learned yesterday that George McAfee, former Duke university star halfback, had come to terms with the Chicago Bears of the National pro football league. We think that this is one pro club which has made a wise choice and no matter under what conditions they will profit from the trans action. McAfee is one of the fastest and shiftiest backs the Blue Devils have ever known and the college is sure to feel the effects of his loss during the coming season. This gridster had the speed, form and most anything else a coach would ask for, and with the coaching he got from the shrewd men tor, Wallace Wade, in our opinion, the Cub’s opponents had better watchout for the flash that hails from Duke. o—o— 0 o Whitten Takes The Bumps . During the past week one of our locals has been over at Carolina assisting in the teaching of coaches from many different states in the union and he is none other than Big Bob Whitten, who is a student at the university and who we expect to be a prominent member of the coming Tar Heel edition. In talking with Whitten we found out a few things about a coaches school that were unknown to us before. It seems as though the instructors go through a lot of hard work and collect quite a few scratches trying to help some football coach in showing his high school and prep school material how to maneuver and protect themselves better, and also har den them for college play. While talking we noticed that Bob had a few bruises and scratches which were secured that day in demonstration blocks and drives. o—o— 0 o Cush Wished To Health George Cushwa, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Cushwa, who made a name for himself last year on the local gridiron, was last week admitted to Community hospital for an appen dectomy and after hearing from hospital attaches that he is doing nicely, we start wondering if he will be able to do anything towards his football career this season. George is going to Mars Hill and here’s hoping he’ll be able to at least take some work-outs so that when the ’4l season rolls around everything will be right for action. GUILD LANDSCAPE PICTURES A good foreground, interesting material In the distance, and a filter to reduce haze and bring out the clouda —these are the secrets of Interest ing scenic shots for your album. PICTURES of outdoor scenes form an Important part of your album, and opportunities for these landscape pictures can be found wherever you go. However, to make the most of an outdoor scene, here are some points to keep in mind. First, always include a fore ground—especially when you shoot broad, open scenes. “Foreground” simply means something of inter est near the camera. If you are on a hilltop, and want to picture the valley below, don't stand at the very edge of the hill. Back up a little way so that you can include a tree or a guard rail —or better still, a person admiring the scene. Second, when you shoot distant scenes always use a color filter if there is the least bit of haze In the air. With the popular types of “chrome” and “pan” films, a yellow filter will show the scene Just about as you see It; bnt without a filter, the distant parts may seem too hazy. For great clearness in distant scenes, nse a deep yellow G filter; or use “pan” film and a red A filter. Third, don’t overlook pleasing nearby bits of landscape. The Inroad distant scents appeal to the e ye—but often small scenes make more attractive pictures. A curving brook, a little waterfall, a pasture corner formed by an interesting stone wall or rail fence, a torn In a country road with overhanging trees —all these can yield delightful pictures, when you choose your camera position with care. The camera position has a great deal to do with the success of your scenic shots. Note the picture above. The fisherman makes a good spot of interest In the fore ground, the mountains lend Inter est in the distance, and a filter brought out the clouds. However, the picture would be still better if the camera had been held lower, and nearer the fisherman. That would narrow the strip of water, and bring the man’s head higher in the picture space—thus break ing the straight, level water line In the distance. • Remember these points In shoot ing scenic pictures—a filter, a fore ground, and a well-chosen camera position. Practice landscape shoot ing In the late summer and antnmn months, and be ready for winter scenes later. Good scenic shots add valne to yonr album —no matter what their season. John van Guilder SPORTS OF THE TIMES # 1 " Up'tO'the'Minute Sport News Solicited ~ ~~ SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 1940 George McAfee, star Duke halfback, came to terms with the Chicago Bears National pro football club Thursday. Owner-Coach George Halas said the speedy rokie probably would be used at right half. McAfee, drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles, was obtained by the Bears in a trade. "Mighty Casey’ Saddened At Death Os Poem Wri f er Silver Spring, Md., Aug. 22 There was sadness in Silver Spring today for the “Mighty j Casey” had just learned that Er nest L. Thayer was dead. “I think,” said 77-year-old Dan iel M. Casey, “that Mr. Thayer always thought I was mad at him for writing that poem. I want ev erybody to know I wasn’t.” Thayer, who died of a cereb ral hemorrhage in Santa Barbara, Calif., yesterday, published the famous Casey at the Bat which became an American classic in 1888. He never admitted that he had any particular ball player in mind when he penned his account of the strikeout that plunged Mud ville into dispair, but Dan Casey believes an incident in his career was the inspiration. “I did my strike cut the year before,” Casey said, “Mr. Thayer,: arho saw it, moved to California and wrote his poem, or at least published it out there. I thought he held it back because; he thought it would hurt my feel- 1 mgs.” Casey recalled the details of the day. “I was pitching for Philadel phia,” he said, “and we were playing the giants. It was 4 to 3 in the ninth inning, the bases were full and two were out when I came up to bat.” Excitement ran highsr than usual because Philadelphia was in a race for the pennant and earlier in the season Casey had hit a homer to beat Boston. Thayer’s poem at this point reads: “There was ease in Casey’s man ner as he Stepped into his place; There was pride in Casey’s bear ing And a smile on Casey’s face. And When, responding to the cheers, He lightly doffed his hat, No stranger in the crowd could could doubt ’Twas Casey at the bat.” Casey thought for a moment. “I guess,” he said “they were thinking of that hit against Bos 7)?.vMIKEP D. C. (Peahead) Walker, Head Coach of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, said recently he expect ed his back field to be heavy and fast. ton. Anyhow, by George, try as I might, I didn’t so much as toucn that ball. He got me, one, *wo, three.” There was glcom in Philadel phia that night, gloom as deep as there ever was in the joyous Mudville. Out in Silver Springs, things were sort of that way today, for the Mighty Casey was sad—sad der, he said, than he’d been in a long, long time. o Love, we are told, is blind ... but ... it has a perfectly mar velous sense of touch. No one ever built a successful enterprise by being impatient with subordinates. Funny, isn’t it . . . that people have the best times at the parties you didn’t attend . . . or, Is it’ WANT ADS Apartment For Rent Three rooms downstairs, unfurnished, available September 10. Mrs. H. G. Simpson, Academy street, Roxboro. ltp EDWARDS RETURNS TO DEACON FIELD Wake Fcrest, Aug. 24 News that Marshall Edwards, Wake Forest halfback, would return to school this fall instead of enter ing the Army Air Reserve Corps, has brought about a boost in the Deacons’ football stock for the coming season. Edwards, a senior from Soray, N. C., was the regular Deacon fullback in 1938 and gained much recognition that season for his outstanding performances, fore most of which was his selection at a halfback position on one of the most prominent All-Southern clubs. Last fall, he alternated with Tony Gallovich at the wingback and with Jchn Polanski at the spinner back post. Edwards is considered by Coach Walker as one of the outstanding nlayers on his squad. He said this about the big halfback recently while discussing prospects for the coming campaign: “Marshall is one of the best football players cn our squad and I ,t would not surprise me to see him in the starting lineup at a halfback or blocking back posi tion this fall. He is the type of player a coach likes to work with—never hurt, can go sixty min.l es if necessary, knows the signals for more than one posi tion, a deadly tackier and block er, good on pass defense, and a fine team man, willing to cooper ate to the fullest. “We will miss him greatly if he does not return, but we are mighty happy to learn of his in tentions to be back fcr his last year.” Edwards, life-saver at a Char lotte swimming pool during va cation, indicated in a newspaper interview this summer that ha had tentatively planned to enlist in the air reserve corps. However, it was learned from an authorit ative source that he will forego his aviation training until after graduation from the college next June. With Edwards and Polanski in the same backfield, Wake Forest will have two first rate ball car riers weighing over 200. Polan ski tips the beam at 226 at this time, but is expected to bring this down to 215, while Edwards goes a few pounds over 200. o Tickets For Game With Duke Going Rapidly Going Wake Forenst, Aug. 24 Ac cording to A1 Dowton, Wake Forest’s Business Manager of Ath letics and Alumni Secretary, the advance sale of tickets for the Duke-Wake Forest game Octo ber 26 is expected to set some kind of advance sale record as far as Wake Fcrest is concerned. The ducats for this important Southern Conference tilt were placed on sale just this week and already over 3,000 have been dis posed of. If the orders continue to come in as fast as they have this week, a sell-out of the remain ing 12,000 seats in the concrete stands in a certainty. With a seating capacity of 15,- 000, Wake’s new stadium will be YetYy Tor the first home tilt of the season with Furman, Oct. 5. Marshall College of Huntington, W. Va„ is slated to oppose the Deacs here Oct. 19, but dedication of the new football arena will feature the Blue Devil contest, Oct. 26. ! PeP malaria VW COLDS Lnum - T«un - ; ■ i . . SM.W N— Dm" *****—* ** Tl» W«*M UM Outlaw’s Widow I Witnesses Film ■ t A gray-haired, motherly-look ing woman proved to be a his- j t rical spectator during the pro- 1 c jction of Universal’s new fron-j tcL action epic, “When the Dal tons Rode”, playing at the Dolly Madison theatre Monday and Tuesday with Randolph Scott and j Kay Francis in the leading roles. The onlooker was Mrs. Emmett Dalton, widow of one of the mid • west’s most famous outlaws. She was present at the cinematic re creation of the celebrated Coffey ville, Kan., bank raid of 1892. W. S. Van Dyke II Was Stage Star At Age Os Five W. S. Van Dyke 11, director of “I Love You Again”, which co stars William Powell and Myrna Loy and which will be shown at the Palace theatre Monday and Tuesday, was born in San Fran co, Calif., on March 21, He went on a s’age tour witn his mother at 1 an early age, and was himself starred at the age of five in a San Francisco stage play. As a youth he entered vaudeville and landed j in Los Angeles in a Western play- j let. He made his film debut as a “water boy” for D. W. Griffith, and later became a director in his own right. ... -t\ ADVERTISE IN TIMES FOR RESULTS J. a Wedding I Announcements | Invitations e Calling; Cards Stationery PERSON COUNTY i TIMES Life Insurance I CAN BUILD YOUR ESTATE One of the easiest, quick est and surest ways to build up a nice estate is by means of life insurance. In addition to that you get the best protection in the world. We will be glad to explain. WALKER INSURANCE AGENCY J. S. and BILL WALKER ! Roxboro, N. C. Help The Refugees Bring your old shoes to our store. We are gathering up old shoes to send to the 6,660 homeless refugees in Eastern Carolina. Bring them in and we will box them up with the odds and aids that we are sending from our stock. Roxboro Shoe Store *** ~ 11 FRIENDLY SERVICE Standard Oil Co. Products. Telephone Service No. 4711 ROCK-INN SERVICE STATION BE WISE “Go West Young Man’’ Buy and Build in SUNSET HILLS Thos. B. Woody, Agent The Devil chuckles whenlxe sees 3l home left unprotected by fire insurance- See us and forget Kim! THOMPSON INSURANCE AGENCY Roxboro, N. C. Palace Theatre Monday - Tuesday, Aug. 26-27th. '■ K n 1* I m |jjg t i 1 JSu/fl Soimb PUy by Chub* Ltdtiti, G»org» Opp.nh.ira.r and Harry KnrniU A Matro-Goldwyn-Mayar Picture Diractad by W. S. VAN DYKIII No Morning Show*; Afternoons Daily 1:15-3:45; Admission 10-30 c. Evenings Daily 7:15-9:15; Admission 15-35 c.
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