Shelby Plays Smart Baseball To
Defeat Lincolnton In Title Race
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’em a week or two in which.to Warm
up and they'll be showing vou .that
they're not dumb."
Friday afternoon the Shelby team
exhibited just that. Nut more than
half of the 15 runs were reallv
earned by slashing hits of the
squatty portsider from Lincolnton
because the Shelby lads stole or
tricked their way to at least a half
dozen tallies by bunting, staging
the hit-and-run play, pulling the
double steal, stealing home, forcing
the opposing hurler to balk, and a
little bit of . everything known as
smart baseball In iact the local
could have taken every hit out of
their hit column and yet would have
won the game on bunts and trick
plays. Casey Morris ha the opin
ion that a runner who gets on and
never gets around is worth no more
in winning a game than if lie had
been out on strikes, and Friday his
pupils exhibited his pliilo bpli.v in
starting to steal the second they
reached first and keeping it up un
til they slid homr. and nearly every
time they did it .suc.ee lullv.
It- Is without doubt 1110 smartest
baseball team. Shelby has ever fol
lowed whether or not it w ins a
tit If*
llamrick Cicls Better.
However, it should not Ij<‘ over
looked that She mil Hamrick, the
tall speed-ball artist who has won
all three of Shelby’s championship
Rames, was keeping ttie Uncolnton
boys hitting while his mates were
running up their biR score. Sen
sational stops by Lee at short, a
thrilling catch by Bridges, and oth
ers by Harrelson and the three out
fielders. helped Hamrick put over
his shutout victory, but Hamrick
meantime was letting tne visiting
hitters down with tour scattered
hits. When lie started the game on
the mound there were tans who be
lieved he was being worked too
often, having hurled Tuesday's vic
tory, but in three innings, at the
outset he struck out six hitters and
gave up not a hit. Thereafter he
eased up a bit and give his sup
porting cast a chance to shine
Gold, who hasn't been able to hit
a lefthander all season, got Ills rye
on the ball to lead the Shelby team
with three hits and four runs out
of four trips to the plate. Bum
gardner, Lee and Rippy secured two
hits each, while Mauney garnered
two of Llncolnton's four hits.
With the group title now stored
among other honors and trophies
collected by Shelby high athletic
teams in bygone days, students ot
the local school are now talking in
terms of "the state tltif."
The box score:
Shelby AB R II E
Bridges, 2b - 4 1 1 0
Bumgardner, cf - 4 2 2 0
Gold. 3b .._- 4 4 3 0
Lee (c), ss___ 5 3 2 0
Parris, c -.. 3 110
Harrelson, lb .. 4 0 0 1
Poston, rf-...- 4 3 0 0
Rippy, If ....._ .4120
Hamrick, p ..4 0 0 0
Totals 36 15 11 1
<*
Lincoln ton AB H II E
Beal, cf -. 4 0 0 1
Mauney, 2b _ 4 0 2 0
James, rf _ 3 0 0 0
Johnson, e ..— . 4 0 1 1
Keener, If. _ - .4 0 0 0
Portenbury. 3b ...... . 3 0 0 0
Leonard, ss ... . 3 o 0 2
Rudasill, p _ 3 0 0 1
Proctor, lb .... ... . 2 0 0 2
Ross, lb . 2 0 11
Totals 30 0 4 8
Stolen bases: Bumgardner i2i:
Lee 12', Farris, Poston <2>, Rippy,
Gold.
The Osborne Farm.
(From The Franklin Press.''
A nip to the Osborne dairy farm
four miles up the Pigeon river from
Canton is one that, every Macon
county farmer should make This
farm is owned by Arthur Osborne
and his sisters. Misses Lou and
Florence. Miss Florence is general
manager of the farm and always
has the hundreds of details of man
agement at her finger tips. The
farm in question lias been in the
possession of the Osborne ianriiy
since 1784. when an immense tract
of land was conveyed to Ephrun
Osborne, grandfather of the pres
ent owners. An ancestor. William
Fit* Osborne, commanded half ot
the army of William tire Conqueror
in the battle of Hastings 10U6. when
Harold, the last of the Saxon kings
was defeated. As a reward for his
services in that battle William Fitz
Osborne was made Earl of Hartford
and was given the Isle of Wright
by the Conqueror.
Taking Treatment
For An Eye Trouble
Nat Bowman, well known local
coal dealer who has been in a
Charlotte hospital undergoing treat
ment for several weeks for iritis, a
very painful eye trouble which has
threatened the sight of both eyes,
Js resting better and indications
are now that his sight will be re
stored. He has been in a dark room
for several weeks while being
treated.
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Jefferson tied
1- 3
2- 3 :
in :
sixui grnao contest.
Second Contest—6tli tirade.
School Grade Aver.
Washington ... . B 93 1-3
Jefferson .. .6 93 1-3
Winners: Clrnhnin—2nd and 3rd
grades. Washington—4th and 5th
grades.
As this report indicated, Graham
and "Washington tied, as both
school won two contests each. These
two schools will go into a final
contest this week for the cup.
It is interesting to note some ol ■
the words commonly misspelled. In
the second grade: soap, paint, thim
ble; in the third grade: loosely,
thirsty, promote; in the fourth
grade tomorrow, neighbor; In the
fifth grade: shoulder, hospital; in
the sixth grade: feigned, particle,
flexible, visible; In the seventh
grade: pjecedlrijL Mast of the errors
were due to erasures, retracing let
ters, and omissions of the “dotting
ol l's and the crossing of t's.”
In the high school, the contest
had as its goal the T. W. Hamrick
gold medal, all high school pupils
bring eligible After the contest had
narrowed down to nine. namely.
Mary Frances Carpenter. Virginia
Hunt, Johnnie. Morehead, Estelle
Harrell, W. D. Lackey, Marietta
Hoyle, Lois Scott, Mildred McKin
ney, and Evelyn Short, the following
100 words were selected for the
final contest:
employees
| exquisite
familiar
financier
intelligent
mistletoe
opportunity
peculiar
persevere
reproached
rinsed
treachery
decision
principle
accommodate
accuracy
countertcit
dessert,
digestible
immense
leopard
marmalade
millionaire
mucilage
orchestra,
parliament
perceived
possess
precipice
recommended
resemblance
restaurant
seized
superintendent
surgeon
thoroughly
judgment
recommend
allege
acquaintance
cemetery
eliminate
endeavor
enthusiasm
extraordinary
millinery
mortgage
parallel
physician
porcelain
recipe
syllables
tortoise
apologize
appropriate
cauliflower
chandelier
discipline
dispensary
fatiguing
immediately
kerosene
menagerie
mischievous
municipal
persistence
privilege
stationery
sufficiently
vaguely
combustible
guarantee
incessant
lieutenant
occurrence
pneumonia
proficiency
villain
abyss
cantaloupe
embarrassment
poultice
sovereign
syndicate
appendicitis
chauffeur
hippopotamus
maneuver
miscellaneous
penitentiary
souvenir
hallelujahs
inflammable
rhinoceros
conscientious
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dissension
jardiniere
naphtha
rendezv ous
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medal having made a fade of 96.
The "demons'* in the list for her
were accommodate, naphtha, render
vous. and cantaloupe. She omitted
an ' m" from the first, an "h" from
i the second, the "z" from the third;
and substituted an "e" for the sec
ond "a" in cantaloupe Virginia
Hunt and Marietta Hoyle tied for
| second place, each scoring 90.
SAMPSON COUNTY SOW HAS
.‘>t> CHILDREN IN 1 YEARS
; Goldsboro.—A sow belonging to
i Marshal Warren of Sampson coun
j ty is said to be the mother of 56
| pigs, all under two years of age. In
a letter now 10 days old. there are
17 baby pigs.
PERSONALS
j Judge and Mrs; J. L. Webb re
turned Sunday from Raleigh, where
Mrs. Webb had spent three weeks.
They were accompanied home by
Miss Stella Murchison.
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By QUIN HALL
WHILE this year’s gallop in
the American league has
just got under way, the
boys who follow the standings of
the clubs from day to day have
at least had a chance to get a
bird’s eye view of the comparative
strength of the various clubs.
Connie Mack and his Philadel
phia Athletics arc. cither on their
way to another second spot such
as they won last year, a pennant,
or a .place in the second division.
Any number of combinations can I
be figured out for Mack’s team I
this early in the year but there is
one thing that is sure. Mack and
his hired hands will be fighting
for a banner to decorate Shibc
Park all Summer. They were fight
ing for it last Summer but they
couldn’t hold the pace they set
after they passed the Yanks.
While the rookies were trying
•ut for jobs at Fort Myers during1
the training grind. Mack made up
his mind to stand practically pat
on his last year's line-up. Despite
the fact that his gang faltered
when they were on top of the
heap lost season and allowed the
Yanks to again overtake them and
win, Connie apparently is satisfied
►with his old layout. Undoubtedly'
Connie has a Rood ball club. Per
haps the experience the boys went
through last Summer will teach
them that they can’t falter and
win a pennant.
Taking a slant at the make-up
of the Athletics, it must be admit
ted that Mack has a lot of pitching
strength, especially if Jack Quinn
again comes through as he did last
Summer. As far as catching staffs
are concerned Mack has a corps of
excellent receivers—as good as
any in the American League. He
has a lot of hitting power in his
outfield and, while nis infield may
not be as efficient as that of the
Yankees, it dovetails in nicely
with the rest of the departments,
so that the whole organization
should be able to pound its way
into the front ranks and stay
there. The Athletics seemed to
lack something last year. Whether
they’ve found what they lacked, so
that it can be used in the drive
this year, remains to be seen.
Mack is exceedingly fortunate
in having a few hired hands who
are amazingly versatile. In fellows
like Koxx, Haas and Jimmy Dykes,
Connie has some boys who can
work well in almost any spot on
the diamond.
Mulo Haas is one of Connie’i
►best gardeners and hell probably
be seen scampering in the tall grass
regions during most of the season.
But if needs be, Haas can be as
signed to the infield and give a
very good account of himself.
Foxx, the youngster who started
with the A’s as a backstop and was
revamped into a first sackcr and
a third baseman by Mack, will be
working in every game. Just
where Mack will eventually decida
to place him permanently is some
thing else again. In the Floridian
exhibition games, Jimmy was hold
ing down the third corner but, if
anything happens to upset the in
field, Foxx is likely to be shifted
to other quarters.
At Fort Myers, Connie was pay
the board of fewer recruits than
any manager in the big leagues
this Spring. While many of the
clubs had quite a tableful of rookies
Mack was feeding about a half
dozen extras and most of these
were pitchers—three being left
handers. That’s enough to prove
that Mack is either cutting down
expenses or thinks he already has
a real ball club.
Remember, Mack is one of these
fellows who will go out and buy
players if he thinks he needs ’em.
OormtM. 11-9. Kin* rratsrM SSndln:*. Ine.
A Trust Fund Of Millions
Established To Promote
The Health Of Children
Detroit, April 20 Creation of a
trust fund of $10,000,000 to be known
ax the Childrens Fund of Michi
gan. to “promote the health, wel
fare. happiness and development ot
the childre nof the state of Mich
igan and elsewhere throughout the
world,” was announced hero, today
by United States Senator James
Courcns.
The fund, including principal and
interest is to be expended in its
entirety within 25 years after May
1, 1929. with the income to be de
rived from the tund during that
time. Arthur J. Lacy, personal at
torney for Senator Couzens and one
of the fund trustees, estimated that
approximately $17,300,000 will be
disbursed.
The trust agreement provides that
approximately $700,000 shall be ex
pended annually in carrying out the
purposes ot the fund. While it is to
be devoted primarily to the welfare
of the children of Michigan, the
powers vested in the trustees are
such that they may take their re
search work into any part of the
world.
The gift brings Senator Couzens'
charitable contributions during the
last ten years to approximately $20 -
000.000.
Senator Couzens. who names him
self one ol the trustees, reserves the
right to "alter, amend, enlarge or
restrict the gift."
In addition to Senator Couzens,
Dr. Hugo Freund and Mr. Lacy, the
trustees are Frank Couzens. the
senator's son; McPherson Brown
ing, president of the Detroit and
Security Trust company; William J.
Norton, executive secretary of the
Detroit Community fund and Clar
ence E. Wilcox, prominent Detroit
attorney. -
Many of Senator Couzens chan
Tedder Gave Away
Idea Of Catching
Fish With Lights
You place a light In the air at
night and it attracts birds and wa
terfowl. Place a light in the sea at
night and it attracts fish. The first
is a proved fact; the second is a
brand new idea, originated by our
fellow townsman. D. A. Tedder.
Tedder deduced this. and told
somebody about it. and that some
body told somebody else, until the
idea got to the coast where some
shad fishermen tried it out. And it
is reported they loaded their nets.
Now Tedder has a lit of the blues,
for gi\ ing away a perfectly new
idea that bids fair to make some
body a good deal of money.
Graveyard Cleaning.
All people who have friends and
relatives buried at Kadcsh grave
yard are requested to be there
early Friday morning May 10. to
clean off the yard.
Memorial And Mothers Da.'.
Memorial and Mothers day will
be observed at Kadesh church the
second Sunday in May. the 12th.
All day . service. dinner on the
ground. Everybody invited.
table contributions during the last
10 years have been in the interest
of children Approximately $2,000,000
has been given to the children’s
hospital of Michigan; $650,000 was
given to Harper hospital in Detroit
for a nurses' home and a like sum
in 1923 to the University of Michi
gan for a nurses home. ,
Two Forest City
Stores Are Burned
Forest City, May 4.—Two stores
in the county have been destroyed
by fires, doing a damage of approx
imately $9,000. The store of D. F.
Beachboard at Caroleen, was com
pletely destroyed and only the quick
work of neighbors saved an adjoin
ing feed storage room from being
burned also. Nothing was saved
from the large stock of goods. The
loss is estimated to be about $5,000
with $2,750 insurance.
A combination garage, store and
dwelling house, belonging to H. F.
Coffey, at Alexander, was burned
to the ground, causing a damage of
approximately $4,000. Practically
everything was destroyed, the fire
having gained such headway when
discovered it was impossible to save
anything. The building was insured
for $1,800. The origin of the fire is
unknown.
GERMAN CROSSES ATLANTIC
IN TWENTY-TWO FOOT BOAT
Gibara, Cuba —Paul Muller, Ger
man sailor, arrived here after a
safe crossing of the Atlantic in a
22-foot life boat called the "Aga."
He used a sail as well as oars to
propel his craft. So unexpected was
his appearance that he was detain
ed because of lack of papers. He
continued toward Havana later.
Penny Column
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Jersey cows, fresh. J. C. Campbell,
Cherryville R-5. 3t 6p
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I
BLIND SB HS. !
» MS SIGHT
Now Orleans.—The world is
a miraelr to Mrs. Betty Anna
Wagoner, blind for 48 years,
and non gazing upon the un
known to her from her ward in
Charity hospital here.
Obtaining first, sight through a
careful operation the first marvel
to Mrs. Dagoncr was the face of a
human being, the nose, the eyes and
tire mouth of the surgeon which
she had only known through touch.
She next called that her son visit
her so that she might view his
countenance and she wants to learn
to read by siglu.
‘‘I clenched my hands and tried
not to scream," the patient said, as
the bandages were being removed
trom the right eye and sne saw. "It
seemed like a blessing too great to
come to me after all these years. T
thought what it might mean to. see
my son who is nineteen years old.
to learn to read books. My husband
has been dead for years and 1 won
dered how he looked."
Looking out of the hospital win
dow Mrs. Wagoner had to be told
what a church spire was. She only
knew the objects she had felt.
Mrs. Wagoner was born blind in I
Montgomery, Ala., 48 years ago. She
came to live in Colfax, La., when i
she married. Five months ago she
became ill and was brought to the ;
hospital for an operation. While
there skilled surgeons became con
vinced through a chance examina
tion that unless the muscles of the
eyes had atrophied from years of j
non use the woman could be made |
to see.
Successful on the right eye, the
same operation was applied to the
left which still is bandaged.
Still Keeps Silent
Miss Anne Morrow, shown
with her mother, Mrs. Dwight
Morrow, as they left their train
at New York enronte to their
Englewood, N. J., home, didn’t
have a word to say about her
coming wedding to Colonel
Charles Lindbergh. She is re
ported to be here to buy her
trousseau for the wedding
which probably will take placr
at North Haven, Me., where
the Morrows have a summer
home.
At The Theatres *
"The Hole in the Wall,” an all
talkie, a* unusual and strange as
the title, is the feature picture at
the Princess today and tomorrow.
It reveals a tale of spiritualism and
underworld crookedness—a mystery
thriller, sponsored by Paramount
This is expected to be one of the
best of the talkies the Beams have
imported. The audience sees a
beautiful girl calling for help upon
the souls of the departed—and the
dead speak to her. You wifi be in
troduced to the spirit world.
“The Barker.” starring our old
friend, Milton Sills, is the top lin
er at the Webb today and tomor
row. Dorothy Mackail, Betty Comp
son and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. are
the headliners with Sills in the all
star cast. "The Barker” Is a color
ful picture of carnival life, with all
the atmosphere and romance and
flurry and life of the traveling
shows. It is a colorful picture, made
from the Broadway hit. The Webb
is advertising "The Singing Fool,”
and "Broadway Melody” as coming
next week and the week after re
spectively.
She.
(From The Louisville Courier
Journal.)
Scientists are at odds about the
age of the earth, which is aptly re
ferred to in the feminine gender.
Scientists have found that milk
contains some of the chemical ele
ments used in making fireworks.
Maybe that's why the youngsters
occasionally act the way they do.—
Marshall County (Minn.) Banner.
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