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By J. S. Merritt or Dub Hobgood, one or the other.
Tennis Time In February
The professional tennis troupe of Alice Marble, Mary
Hardwicke, Don Budge and Bill Tilden, which will begin a
tour of the country early next month, will play in Chapel Hill
the night of February 5 . . . Coach John F. Kenfield, of the,
University of North Carolina tennis team, is responsible for
getting the famous net stars to stop at the Hill. . . .
Miss Marble and company begin their tour in Madison,
Square Garden, New York city, January 6 and then move tn
to Chicago . .. . They play in Baltimore February 4 and then
jump to Chapel Hill . . . The university town will be their
first stop in a community of less than 300,000 population,
and will be the smallest town on their entire tour which ends
in either April or May . . . Later stops will be made in Char
lotte and Richmond.
The pro stars each night play two singles and one mix
ed doubles matches, with Budge facing Tilden and Miss Mar
ble playing Miss Hardwicke, the English star, in the singles
Miss Hardwicke and Budge will probably pair together
in the mixed doubles engagement . . . Jack Harris, of Chicago
a friend of Coach Kenfield’s, is promoting the tour . . . Once
before, in January, 1939, Coach Kenfield had Budge, Els
worth Vines, and a couple other leading pro stars to play in
Chapel Hill.
We have an idea that a number of Roxboro people will
go to Chapel Hill to see the ladies play, but Bill Tilden will not
draw much of a crowd. Bill has played in this section on sev
eral occasions and although, he is good he is not good enough
to draw a large crowd. Budge has also played in Chapel Hill
and on his last trip he played before a capacity house. That
was right after he turned pro. He was plenty good that night
and so was Vines against whom he was matched.
The February sth struggle in Chapel Hill should be out
standing from the standpoint of the mixed doubles, when
Miss Hardwicke and Budge met Tilden and Miss Marble.
WANTED
Wanted—a reporter for this paper to cover the Rose
Sugar, Cotton, Orange, etc. Bowl games. Expenses will not
and cannot be paid by this paper.
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Town learn
Roxboro has a fairly good town basketball team. The
boys have not played together a great deal, but they are
showing much promise. They lost the first game to Helena
by a good size score, but even at that they played good ball
and looked like they could play even better with a little more
experience. '
Rufus Womble is coaching the team and Rufus has had
quite a bit of basketball experience. He is going to try to pass
some of this along to the members of his squad. Then too
Womble plays on the team and this helps in a big way.
Sam Oliver is also a member of the squad and Sam
knows something about basketball. He has been playing i'Oi
many years, but hasn’t yet reached the point where old age
has him down.
The boys will play a number of games in Roxboro and
they ask your support. Go over to the gym and see them ev
ery now and then.
Broadway Star
In Film Debut
Because Director John Ford
went to a musical comedy in New'
York last year, Mildred Natwick,
famous New York character act
ress and native of Baltimore,
Maryland, is now in Hollywood.
Ford needed an actress to play
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the part of a Cockney drab in
his production of Eugene O’Neill’s
“The Long Voyage Home,” show
ing Monday and Tuesday at the
Palace Theatre, and he remem
bered Miss Natwick, whom he
had seen in “Stars n Your Eyes.”
So he wired for her to come to
Hollywood. In “The Long Voyage
Home” she plays in one of the
most important pictures produ
ced this year.
SPORTS OF THE TIMES
Football Classics That Hail the New Year!
bowl games
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O ran 9 e Bowl, Miami
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Sunbowl, El Paso •
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The principal grid battles which will be fought throughout the nation
on January 1, New Year’s day, are shown in the center panel. As in
other years, capacity crowds are expected to witness these football
classics in the great stadia, four of which are here shown. A festival,
typical of the region, will precede the game at each of these focal points
to which the eyes of the nation’s football fans will soon turn.
Coach George Wirtz Gives
Call For Basketball Practice
Coach Geo. Wirtz gave the cal
for basketball practice over a
week ago with a large number o
candidates responding. Although
practice was called just a few
days before the holidays began
Coach Wurtz wanted to get a look
at the material he would have to
work with. From the looks of
things we are going to have a
fast and scrappy quint from the
local school.
Two standouts were lost due to
graduation last year. They were
Wallace Moore and Luther Dick
erson, but we will have “Red”
Day, Gus Holeman, Buddy Clay
ton and Tom Hill Clayton from
last year’s five.
The first time the local eager;
were together was the first of
the week when they set back that
fighting five from Bushy Fork by
a score of 37 - 15 and then tramp
ed over Hurdle Mills 45 - 11.
Buddy Beam led the attack in
both practice games scoring 13
points in the first and 22 in the
second.
The captain will be elected
when the squad resumes practice
after the holidays.
We are expecting big things
from the local team this season
and we know coach Wirtz and
his boys will not let us down.
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Yancey County farmers con tin
ae their interest in forest tree
planting as orders for 300,000
free seedlings through the TVA
ere expected before the winter
is over, says Farm Agent R. H.
Crouse.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
—TO—
EVERY ONE
YVe wish you the best thing this
Christmas, and thank you at this time
for all favors extended us this year
and trust that we have served you
well.
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Belvin Barnett North Main Street
Up'tO'the'Minute Sport News Solicited
Blue and Gray
Stars Gather
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 21—
Northern and Southern Camps,
at opposite ends of the first Cap
ital of the Confederacy, buzzed
with activity today as gridiron
stars from both sides of the Ma
son-Dixon line began prepara
tions for the third Blue and
Gray All-Star Football Game here
Dec. 28.
From each side came exp res
sions of confidence.
Coach Lynn Waldorf of North
western, teaming with Carl Snav
ely of Cornell for the third time
in tutoring the “Blues,” toll
newsmen: “We think we have as
sembled the best squad we vt
ever had. I’m particularly well
pleased with the senior college
men I was able to get in the Mid
West, and I know Carl is bringing
down some fine boys from the
East.”
Coach Ray Wolf of North Car
olina, working with Jess Neely of
Rice on “Rebel” strategy, asserted
“Our men look pretty good—and
they should, considering their
records.”
Having brought along Paul Sev
erin, an All-American end, Yates
Kimball, All-Southern tackle,
and Jim Lalanne, a triple-threat
star, from his own club, Wolf
said the Dixie outfit “hopes to
open up” the Yankees with a
double-wingback attack.
Aiding the co-coaches are Joe
Davis, of Rice, for the South, and
Bert Ingwerson, of Northwestern,
for the North. Jack Stuart of
Mississippi was back for the third
time as trainer for the squads of
22 players each.
Learning plays and limbering
up occupied most of the morning
practice schedule. Both sides ex
pected to get around to scrim
mages by Tuesday.
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IN CONCERT
Miss Evangeline Fox, student
at Westminister Choir school,
Princeton, N. J., will again oe
among those students selected to
sing with the Arturo Toscanini
Saturday night radio program to
be broadcast on December 23.
Miss Fox will then come to Rcx
boro to be with her famliy dur
ing the holidays.
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Indians Scrimmage j
Stanford University, Dec. 21.—'
Scrimmage was ordered for the
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today by Coach Clark Shaugh
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running plays yesterday becausej
they were bruised and soi'e from
their first contact work since Nov. j
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SUNDAY DECEMBER 22, 1940
, 30.
The Indians lost Collin McClir
! lock, substitute center, for the
New Year’s Day Rose Bowl game
with Nebraska. He was bowled
oyer by Fullback Norman Stand
j lee and a shoulder muscle was
torn.
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