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.wgIMSKHON By J. S. Merritt or Dick Puckett, one or the other. The Rains Helped • « Now you can play golf on the Roxboro course and "like it. Recent rains have helped the greens and fairways. Every thing should be much better on the local course and you putting ought to improve at least one stroke per hole. Winter grass has already been planted on the greens and this grass should be coming up by the first of next week Three greens will Jt)e improved this winter, made over, and the time spring roll around the course will be even better then it has ever oeen* Although the course attracted many last summer w predict an even greater season during the coming year. A of the old golfers will be back for more and there will bt many new ones. Golf is on the up-grade in Roxboro and 1 is not likely to get into a slump. We would like to see at least one tennis court made re:, dy at the club. Work was started on two courts a long tim ago, tut neither was completed. One finished court woul. probaoly attract a few more people to the club. o-o-o-o-o-o Basketball Starts One or two.schools in the county that do not go in for football have already started basketball. The basketball sea son is a long one and will continue through March. This spoi\ probably provides fun and exercise for more students in Per son county than any other sport. All students seem to man age to .nlay a little basketball during the winter. So far this column has'received no advance reports o;. the various teams over the county. We do understand tha. the annual tournament will be held in Roxboro for the high schools and keen competition for honors is expected. O-O-O-O-O-O Where Goes Big “Hass” Among the outstanding members of the Ramblers squad w T ho will be concluding their high school gridiron career this season is Hassell Whitfield, 205-pound tackle of the Bushy Fork section. Hass, who has been engegad in varsity play for the past three seasons at the local institution, has made quite a name for himself in the sports world. Several college talent scouts have made comment on his fine form in action and said they would like to have him at their school. We don’t know exactly what Hassell is planning on doing, but when he does make up his mind and expresses himself, some college mentor will have a good piece of material that can be easily molded, but hard to bend or break. OUTSIDER SCORES IN BOWIE LEADER > Baltimore, Nov. 15 The heavy holding mud of Pimlico’s racing strip proved just the dish for Sec ond Helping today. The three-year-old brown filly —owned by Conn Symthe, owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs hock ey team— stepped out to a three length victory in the SIO,OOO-add ed Bowie Handicap, befci’e a closing day crowd of 7,500. Belair Stud’s Dusky Fox was a soundly beaten second, and Mrs. Marie Evans’ heavily backed rou ter, Shot Put, finished third, an other four lengths back, without even having a wholehearted bid foi the winners purse og §10.200. Shot, winner of the Belmont Handicap here, lagged far back for most of the mile and five fur longs and didn’t have enough speed when the final test came. Second Helping, ridden by Jock ey Henry Lindberg and thorough ly at home in the sticky going, kept close to the pace set by Wal ter M. Jeffords’ Rollo and Mrs. Dion K. Kerr's True Call. The fily was just behind Dusty Fox when he took the lead at the one-mile post, let the Gallant Fox See the New Luxury Liner With Fluid Drive YOU’VE GOT TO SEE AND DRIVE IT WORDS CANT DESCRIBE IT- Arch Jones Motor Co. Depot Street Roxboro, N. C. colt pull away to a five-length lead, then moved up like a whirl wind on the inside in the home si retch and won easily. Second Helping paid $40.70 for $2. Her time of 3:02 for the mile and five furlongs attested to the heavy footing. , o KHA LOANS If you are interested in obtain ing a loan through F.H. A. we will be glad to assist you, and the minimum loan they will make i’> 82.500.00 and too the property even in country must have lights end water. 4’b r c interest from 10 to 25 years. No use to apply far loan unless you have an A-l credit. You do not have to buy life in surance to get the loan, but pro perty must be covered by fire in . i ranee. Monthly Payments per $1 000. 25 yrs. 55.36 per month: 20 vrs. 56.33 per month: 15 yrs. 7.65 per month: 10 yrs. SI 0.35 per month. Knight's Ir.s. Agency B. B. Knight SELL YOUR TOBACCO II ROXBORO. SPORTS OF THE TIMES The Second Great McAfee " MCAF££ * Wes McAfee, brother to George, who is now with the Chicago Bears, took honors yesterday in the game with the Tar Heels. Wes, a senior at Duke, has won wide acclaim since he has been playing with the Blue Devils, and is one of Coach Wallace Wade’s best backs. Ramblers Go To Sanford Tomorrow Tomorow is the big day for Coach George W. Wirtz and has IRoxboro Ramblers. They leave j in the morning for Sanford io| j meet the Sanford Yellow Jackets; j at 3 o’clock to battle it out forj j semi-final honors in the Class j 3 Conference. i Slated to lead the local's attack ' is Quarterback Red Day, wh > ! curing the r ear has gained con- ! tiderable honors for his field generalship and superiority in I | the running and pas.-:r.g depart men.s. i | A release from Sanford slate 3 j l ihe the Yellow Jackets have won j i five of seven contests and secured ..£■ points to opponents 16. The Ramblers are yet undefeated and have scored 102 points to. their opponents 20. Games played and won are as I folows: Oxford 7-0. Henderson 19-0. , 1 Cary 25-14. Hillsboro 32-8, Schoclfield 18-0. Four of the locals who arc corrv ■ pletihg their high school careers 'his season are: Lev. lvn-ce (Gus) Iloleman, qo capiain, weight 135, has made 4 touchdowns and one extra point Also fine cn defense. Fred (Dink) Woods, co-captain, weight 180, plays guard, power ful and fast, stays in enemy back field good portion of time. Made three successive tackles for five yard losses against Henderson, al so blocked three punts in same game. Lewis (Red) Day, quarterback, weight 165, passes, runs and kicks. Noted for smart general ship and accurate passing. Has passed for six touchdowns and run over eight. Hassell Whitfield, tackle, weight 205, fast and powerful, Against Hillsboro he got seven straight tackles which is worth recording. 1 Up*tO'tlie‘’Mimite Sport N 2ws Sdinted AAU Championship Dim 1 cs'i, national A. A. C. senioi • erass-csiinlry champ, who will again : compete at tlis A. A. K. national srtilcr cross country championship to he held in Detroit November 28 '. SSI ABELIEVED NEARER XXS FOLLOWING TALKS 1 ov.n Vyacheslaff Molotoff A T.’f Hitler have fixed Scv t Russia’s sphere of interest in ; r authoritarian now order for . pc, Africa and Asia, sources '•-.ally in the know asserted this - c.k after the Russian’s depar ‘: ■ i f;r home. Officially, the Hitler-Molotoff ' alks, led to “mutual accord on all important questions of interest to Germany and the U. S. S. R.” But neither the question nor the de ! isions were listed. Unofficial but reliable sources left no doubt they were firmly convinced Russia is ranging lier ielf on the side of the Rome-Ber- I in-Tokyo axis. ABUNDANT American farmers are bringing to a close another year of abund ant production, with cash income estimated to be the second larg est since 1929, reports the U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Ecocom lies. Merle Hapes Has Evidence Os Ability As Star Os Grid rail back Os University Os Mississippi Praised By Ri vals For Fine Work Oxford, Miss., Nov. 14.—Should election of an Al-America team e decided in court, on the trerigth of documentary evidence and testimony of expert witness ,:s, Merle Hapes would be willing '.) submit his petition before the ughest jury in the land. Superlatives have fallen like onfetti about the 190-pound Cal- Cornian playing fullback for the University of Mississippi. In eight games he has carried he mail 83 times for a net 553 r-rds, an average of six and two birds yards per try—and he’s t fullback! He has passed 15 .tries for seven completions and luce touchdowns, and his punt ing average is 45.8. He is lead ing the Southeastern Conference in scoring. Long Jaunts Merle obviously isn’t the kind of a fulback that nudges a yard here and there as needed, al though he does that too. His scor ng runs have included jaunts of 75, 70 and 56 yards, and several times he’s picked up 30 to 35 at , a gallop to aid a touchdown drive. As Coach Wally Butts of Georgia described him and his manner of play: “Finest tailback in the South. . . Only he’s play ing fullback.” “The best back I’ve seen in many a year,” was the comment of Louisiana State’s Bernie Moore. “He’s the gentleman who sank us.” “The best back I have ever seen,” improved Joe Sheeketski cf Holy Cross, who played with Notre Dame in the days of Sch wartz and Savoldi. Pass Helps Club Buff Donnelli of Duquesne credited a pass by Hapes with mining the tide against his club and bringing its first defeat in wo seasons. "That seemed to be the lift Mis sissippi needed,” he said. “For Hapes began running through us as though we weren’t there.” Frank Thomas, whose Alabama earn, doesn’t play Ole Miss but v. ho saw Hapes perform, asserted. ’He's truly a great back. Get ov ■i y thing.” Merle’s own coaches won’t pub licly go out on the limb for nim, but their sentiments are known o be heartily in accord. And Hapes, with another triple theater, little Junior Hovious, who is second in conference scor ing, will be back next year. ’ IT’S ABOUTTIME ’ THE 3! CHANGED IT r Southern Conference to Get Proposal to Remove a Breeder cf Hypocrisy ff The Richmond News-Leader re -11 ports the Southern Conference's ° annual meeting will receive 4 pro lt posal to “lighten” this item in ! the conference’s code: “Rule 10. Any college athlete who signs a contract or enters J into any agreement, explicit or implicit, with a professional team ’■ shall not be eligible for intercol legiate athletics.” The Richmond paper says the move is “to keep eligible athletes ! who signed pro contracts bul ig neither played any pro ball ncr 1- accepted any money." ie The proposal probably will be ( a little different from that It is 5. taken for granted that college 1- boys are too smart to sign con tracts unless there’s some re- First Ski Tournament of Season A a *. 'f: A will have the first ski tournament of the winter in the i... J: : •. —i r Arnold Lunn downhill race, on November 24. Pictured re is the we: id’s longest single unit chair-type ski lift, costing $89,000, hieh was but:: this year at Timberline Lodge, Ore., by the WPA and i. S, forest sc: vice. Mt. Hood’s peak appears in background. iurh—-direct or indirect. Shucks, athletes don’t even sign contracts A go to college unless there’s I cmething in it. There long has been feeling that this rule is unfair and very pro ductive of hypocrisy, something the college rules-makers say they abhor. In its present form, the inle penalizes a boy who is such a good baseball player that some major league team is willing to pay his way back through college merely in the hope that he’ll be ome a better baseball player and will join that team when he has completed his college education. Many boys enter into such agree ments —hut there’s always the danger of being exposed and rul ed out of college athletics and there’s always that “hypocrisy.” (The rules now permit anybody— except a professional team—io pay an athlete’s way through col lege.) The conference’s annual meet ing will be held in Charlotte or. December 13-14. 0 Jim Gallagher Boss of Cubs Must Acquire New Man ager' of Team. 1 Chicago. Nov. 15.-—Jimmy Gal ’agher, a hustling young Irish man with a mania for details and statistics, today replaced the ‘ Wrigley - Weber - Rowland - | Drake “brain trust" as boss of the Chicago Cubs. His appointment yesterday by Ov>. ncr Phil K. Wrigley was dc (signed to eliminate front office confusion resulting chiefly from j lack of centralized authority. Wrigley, personally engaged in, i the chewing gum business, often , was unavailable for immediate in formation. Clarence Rowland, chief scout and trademaker, Pub hcator Charles Drake, and Vi:e- President Charles A. (Boots) Weber, seldom were in a position to speak directly for Wrigley and their often evasive answers caus ed baseball writers over the na j tion to label them “the confused I Cubs.” i Gallagher now is in position to speak for the club. ‘ You can call me for informa-1 > tion or blast me for whatever isj - wrong with the Cubs,” said the i 36-year-old former baseball writ er. Gallagher is winding up 13 ; years with the Chicago Herald -5 American. Since 1933 he travelled r on baseball assignments either l with the Cubs or White Sox. Wrigley, never much of a base ball fan, decided early this week :• to reorganize his club from top s to bottom. He started by releas t ing Manager Gabby Hartnett, r who took over the club in 1938 rnd finished his 19th year us star : catcher for the Cubs last Fall. ! The Cub owner was visibly re :, lieved to have someone else in - command. | - “Now I can get back to my SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1940 Soccer Team Has « Splendid Record High Point, Nov. 14--The High Point College soccer outfit, pere nnially ranking among the top teams in the south, has just com pleted another successful season by capturing the state champion ship. It was the third state title in a row. In racking up their record of four wins, one tie, and one defeat, the Panthers defeated such pow i erful teams as Duke, Davidson and tied the eastern collegiate champions, Frostburg (Md.) Tea chers 1-1. A unique coaching setup adds further to the attention that the team annually draws. This year Millard Cable of High Point and Elvin Lewis of Mineral Springs served as coaches and the record speaks when considering the suc cess of the team. o James Wong Howe Is Camera Genius James Wong Howe car photo graph a plain white wall and get a picture that will have any dra matic, tragic or other emotional quality you may name. He has just finished photo graphing Edward G. Robinson’s new starring picture for Warner Bros., “A Dispatch From Rout , et's showing Wednesday at the Palace theatre. Julius Reuter founded the great British news gathering service that still bears his name; the first such service to operate. It requires somewhat different handling from his last previous picture, which was "Torrid Zone.” | “In that I* went after effects of I biilliant tropical sunlight and tire deep, cool blackness of jungle nights,” Howe eplains. “For ‘A EJispatch From Reuter’s, much of which takes place in London, Paris and New York, I maintain the key of the temperate zone but handle each setting a bit dif ferently. Paris, at least as I re member it and I guess the weath er has not changed, requires the . feeling and appearance of plenty 'of light and air. London is a I grey city, even when the sun shines. business,” he said. “I’m sure Jim . my can straighten out our orob . lems.” I “A job like this is new to me, 1 ' Gallagher said. “I’ve worked on newspapers all my life. I don’t knew exactly what I’ll do but I’ll start in easy. “We have to get a manager. That’s first. We expect to make that announcement some time be fore the major league meetings in December. The next step is to get that manager what he wants j if we can.”
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