Shelby Highs Play
Norwood Tuesday In
Big Semi-Final Game
(Continued from page one.)
Charlotte Friday it was believed
that the no-hit expert, already be
ing sought by professional baseball
icouts, would be pitted against the
strong Charlotte team, but C. Wintz
Norwood's other pitching sensation
Worked the game against Charlotte
—anjj what a game! He struck out
16 men and the heavy hitting Char
lotte boys, Wood. Gadd and the
Dthers, secured only one scratch
hit.
So, if its either Ross or C. Wentz,
and Ross struck out 11 men in his
last game, on the mound for Nor
wood here Tuesday it will be the
hardest test the Shelby lads have
ever faced.
Can either Ross or Wentz Keep
Capt Owens Lee, "Milky" Gold.
Charley Harrelson, and the rest of
the Shelby boys from securing a
hit? Can either one of them keep
"Rooster" Bridges and the other
bunters and base stealers from get
ting on around home, boys who
have been scoring more than 13 runs
per game? Maybe so, but that’s
just what every person who loves
his baseball in this section will be
piling into the city park at 3:30 to
morrow afternoon to see.
Five Games Here.
The playing of the semi-finals
game between Norwood and the lo
cals in Shelby sets a record in that
Shelby will have played all of her
live games so far with the home
town fans looking on. This was
brought about by some clever ma
neuvering by Coach Morris and in
the games so far the attendance
has hardly covered the expenses
with an admission of only 25 and
35 cents while other teams have been
charging 50 and 60 cents for title
games. Norwood telephoned to Shel
by Friday night and offered to put
up $100 for the Shelby boys if they
would go to Norwood for the game.
Morris’ answer was “Were going to i
play it here at home . just ns we :
drew it but and signed the line at
Salisbury." This, means that many J
a fan will have to pass through the!
gates here tomorrow to keep the;
school boys from losing the guar
antee that must be given Norwood j
for playing the game here, and in j
order to do so the admission will be j
boosted back to 50 cents, the price ;
charged by other teams for all title
games.
But, in the eyes of the rabid fans,
it will be worth 50 cents to see
Ross and Wintz trying to keep
Capt Lee of the Shelby team from
shearing at least one hit, much less
the struggle they will have to make
against the other Shelby hitters.
liamrtcK s nope.
Meantime it shouldn't be forgot
ten that the Norwood boys have
slugged out wins over Gadds and
other promising high school hurl
ers, but they have never faced Sher
rill Hamrick, Shelby's pitching ace.
Young Hamrick, who has another
year of high school ball, has sent
four strong high school teams back
home licked and dropped from the
state race this year. His big hope is
to send Norwood back the same. If
Coach Morris sends him to the
mound tomorrow, which he will j
likely do, Hamrick's admonition to
his teammates is "Make me a few
runs and stay in behind me and t
we ll do it again."
Can they make the runs for him. ,
and can he keep that far-famed
Norwood front chasing about the
base paths too many times? Well,
tomorrow we ll be seeing.
casey,s camp chatter
So far In Shelby high’s cham
pionship baseball march the locals
have been winning their games by
stealing home, or pushing runners
over on hit and run plays, but con
sidering that the Norwood hurlers
are no-hit boys the big task for
Morris’ boys Tuesday seems to be
stealing first base or getting there
by some unknown hit and run out
fit.
Opposing coaches and players
who have met the Shelby team this
year would no doubt part with a
tidy bit of cash to know the inter
pretation of the signals Morris
yells at his boys when they get on
the base paths. Every time this
year that a Shelby runner gets on
third and another runner gets on
first the runner on first walks
off as if in his sleep and the
the opposing pitcher throws it be
hind him at first, no doubt think
ing to himself “Aren’t those boys
dumb?,” but a second or so later
he sees a cloud of dust at the
plate and realizes that the runner
he trapped off first base in reality
trapped the pitcher to permit the
runner on third to score. Just how
the Shelby boys know when to put
on that play nobody on the sidelines
knows—Morris keeps yelling “Get a
little action out there,” "Shake it
up” and so on. Some of these re
marks mean something and some
do not. The signals with a mean
ing attached produce a lot of ac
tion as the local youngsters tear
about the paths hook-siiding and
■coring.
The "little Wall street'!, brokers
here we la yin* two-to-one odds
that Norwood’s no-hit pitchers
cannot hurl a no-hit game against
Lee and Gold, even if the other
•Shelby boys do not try to hit. And
the same odds are offered that
neither Wints nor Ross will strike
out 17 Shelby batters.
“Lefty’* Moore’s cunning method
of catching runners off base has
given local fans their biggest laughs
of the year. In the two opening
frames of the game against Black
bum “Lefty” picked a runner off
first each inning, one being caught
so flat-footed that several minutes
passed before he came out of the
fog and realized what happened.
Such is his skill in pulling the trick
that the home town fans an the
sideline seeing him work often
cannot tell when he’s going to
throw the ball home or to first.
* • *
One local fan after watching the
Blackburn game expressed the op
inion that “the Shelby highs could
Warn near lick the New York Yan
kees if the rules would permit Ham
rick to pitch to the batters and
Moore to pitch to what runners are
lucky enough to get on base.”
« * *
The fan perhaps never thought
■bout it, but such could be possi
ble. If Moore and Hamrick were
both good outfielders, the Shelby
coach could play Moore in rightfield
while Hamrick pitched and after a
runner got on Moore could legally
come to the box, catch the runner
off first base, and then go back to
rightfield so Hamrick could con
tinue pitching, provided, of course,
that Hamrick and Moore merely
swapped positions. As long as a
player remains in the game he may
be switched to any position.
What Shelby and Cleveland coun
ty baseball fans will be worrying
about when they enter the city ball
park here: If only one Charlotte
player got to first base by getting a
hit off the Norwood pitchers, and if
no Albemarle or Badin players ever
reached first on. Ross,. Wintz &
company, how many, If any, Shel
by players will get there?
Capt. Lee. the Shelby shortstop
still leads the Shelby team in hit
ting both for the season and the
championship scries. In 17 base
ball games this year he has hit for
a clip of .474 and has stolen 11
bases, hit two homers, one triple
and seven two-baggers. In the four
games of the title scries he is pol
ing the horsehide for the remark
able average of 533. Gold ranks
second for the entire year with an
average of .366 and nine stolen
bases, and Harrelson is hitting third
with an average of .340. Harrelson,
however, is the second leading hit
ter in the title series with an even
.500 average to top Gold's .430
average.
The three leaders have hit as
follows in four scries games:
riayer AB R H Av.
Lee.15 0 8 .533
Harrelson_ 18 5 0 .500
Gold-.... 14 9 6 .430
With baseball interest at a boil
ing point here fans are arguing the
merits of Shelby’s three best base
ball teams—the present outfit, the
team Coach Morris won the state
title with four years ago, and the
one Dick Gurley won the crown
with five years ago. Most of the
fans string along with the present
team as the best-balanced, although
admitting that the teams on which
Fred Beam and Ralph Gillespie
catched and “Dutch” Whisnant,
Melvin Peeler, and Jack Hoyle
pitched and Cline Lee played short
were better In those positions, but
not better as an entire team. And
plenty of them will tell you that
the team on which Cline Lee play
ed was not so much stronger at
shortstop than the team on which
his kid brother is now playing at
short.
"I brlieve this one is a better all
around tram than the. one with
which I won the title,'’ Morns says,
“but I ran t, say about, Dirk's team "
Have it anyway it. suits you but all
three were fast, high school teams,
two being fast enough to lick the
state, and—
The third one may do It. Much
depends upon this tussle here to
morrow with the odds making Nor
wood the favorite in other sections
of the state, but not in Shelby, if
you please, Ulr. Galloway,
Some Trickster
So far this year Coach Morris has
had his young Shelby high baseball
squad so well trained that they
have moved to the semi-finals of
the state race merely by ‘'out
smarting" their opponents. But the
question is now, does he have the
youngsters so well vrrsod in inside
baseball that they can defeat Nor
wood here tomorrow, Norwood the
team that has pitchers who do not
give up hits and are unaccustomed
to seeing opposing runners on the
bases? Star Photo
Waco School To
Close This Week
The Waco school -w. ill bring its
year's work to a close with the com
mencement exercises which will be
gin Thursday night, May 16, and
end with the commencement ad
dress on Monday night, May 20
The school cordially invites its pa
trons and friends to attend all of
these exercises.
The program will be as follows
Thursday night, at 8 o'clock, ex
ercises by the grades include op
eretta, “Over the Garden Wall," by
first and second grades. May pole
dances, songe. drills etc.
The senior play “The Path Across
the Hill,” will be presented Friday
night at 3 o'clock. Everyone inter
ested in the senior class and in the
school is urged to attend. The ad
mission fee is small. The charac
ters are:
Samuel Crawford—J. L. Hord. jr..
Robert Post—Mildred Hord. Walter
Comrod—Lucy Dellinger, Dr. Jim
mie Reed—Florence Beam, Sol
amander Alexander John Henry
Jones—Lamar Cline, Mrs. Davis—
Evelyn Hord. Ruth Conrod—Kate
Whitworth, Flo Gray—Clayton Cline
Sutie—Mary Pearl Wolfe, Luzu—
Jeanette Lackey.
On Saturday night the senior
class day exercise will take its place
on the program and will be con
ducted in the following order:
Processional.
Welcome song by the junior class.
Presentation of the class by Gale
Beam—class mascot.
Commencement song — senior
class. Salutatory address—Evelyn
Hord, class history—Lucy Dellinger,
class prophecy—Mildred Hord, piano
solo—Clayton Cline, class musician;
class motto—Florence Beam, class
poem—J. L. Hord. last will and
testament—Mary Pearl Wolfe, ora
tion to juniors—J. L Hord, presi
dent of senior class, response—
Broadus Eaker. president of junior
class, giftorian—Jeanette Lackey,
valedictory address—Kate Whit
worth, class song—senior class.
The baccalaureate sermon will be
preached by Dr. J. B. Davis, presi
dent of Boiling Spring junior col
lege. The Sunday morning service
will be held at the Waco Baptist
church and at the usual hour—11
o'clock. Rev. J. W. Suttle will con
duct the opening services and in
troduce the speaker.
Beginning at 9:30 o’clock Monday
morning the music students, under
the instructions of Miss Clara Adele
Self, will render their concluding
musical recital of the year. The
declamation and recitation contest
wall also take place at this time.
Much enthusiasm has been mani
fested by the students taking part
in this recital and contest. It is
hoped that, the interest of the par
ents and triends will be shown by
their presence at this exercise.
The commencement address by
Attorney J, C Newton of Shelby
Monday night at 8 o'clock will be
the final feature of the commence
ment exercises. Diplomas will be
awarded to the seniors, and at this
time also Prof. F. W. Simpson will
awrard to various students of the
school the medals merited for ex
cellency in different phases of the
school work^
Locals Capture
A Hard Contest
From Blackburn
Heavy liming And Fast Base Run
ning Keep Shelby In Fight
For Crown.
Thr Shelby highs stepped up
to three games of the North
Carolina high school title here
Friday afternoon by defeating
the slugging Blackburn team
14 to .1 before the largest croud
of fans of the year.
■But in so doing, and prior to the
fourth and fifth innings, the fence
busting lads from Blackburn kept
the Shelby sidelines shaking with
chills. In the seventh frame, and up
to that time it was anybody's game,
the big Shelby bats began to click
—singles and more singles, stolen
bases, bunts, all the tricks in the
Morris’ bag. and then a sizzling,
hard-hammered drive to the right
field wall for three bases by Gold,
and there the game became a mat
ter of electric refrigeration; nine
runs in one inning in which 14 men
batted was just too much for the
visitors.
Lee, tire Shelby captain, had a
perfect day at bat, three hits and
two runs out of three trips to the
plate, but Harrelson, the first sack
er who has found his batting eye.
also secured three timely hits as
did Bridges and ‘’Mud" Poston. The
speedy Bumgardner slashed out two
hits as did Hamrick to help win
his own game, while Gold confined
his efforts to his long triple, two
stolen base, and a few lessons he
gave the Blackburn boys on inside
baseball of the type he learned un
der the professorship of Morris.
"Shorty" McSwaln. playing in the
right garden for Poston, who was
shifted to Rippy's berth In left, con
tributed several nice running
catches, but the scintillating field
ing performance of the day was the
double play exhibited by Lee and
Bridges to keep Hamrick from los
ing his first title game. In the
fourth frame the Blackburn boys
started hammering the offerings of
"Lefty" Moore again, despite the
iaci, mao me ponsia^ cnumicr nau
picked two of them off first in his
characteristic style. It was then
that Morris sent Hamrick from the
bull pen to the mound with the
bases loaded with Blackburn play
ers and only one out. The game
was tied and Shelby hopes were at
low ebb. The Blackburn pitcher was
at bat and he hit a screamer be
tween short and second. Lee flash
ed over made a remarkable pick-up.
snapped the ball to Bridges, who
pivoted hurriedly on the bag and
threw to first for a lightning-like
double play which stopped the
dangerous rally.
That double play and the bar
rage of hits in the seventh were the
only things that kept Shelby in the
race for without doubt the locals
had an off day, an off day of the
type that will send them down in
defeat Tuesday. The fielding, the
catching and the throwing was er
ratic, and the hitting just wasn't
there in the early frames. And
there is little likelihood that there
will be such a seventh inning
against Mister Ross or Mister Wintz
here tomorrow, so the fielding and
the throwing will have to be better
to keep the opposing score down.
How it happened:
Shelby AB R II E
Bridges. 2b .■_ 5 3 3 1
Bumgardner. cf -- 4 2 2 0
Gold, 3b . ... 3 2 11
Lee <c), ss - ___ 3 2 3 0
Farris, c .... 4 0 0 1
Harrelson. lb - --. 5 2 3 0
Poston, If - -----. 5 13 0
McSwain, rf _ ..- 5 I 0 0
Moore, rf . ----. 10 0 0
Hamrick, p . -- 3 12 0
Totals . . 38 14 17 3
Blackburn AB R H E
Johnson, ss. 4 1 1 2
Correll. If - 3 0 *0 0
Cobb, rf.----- 4 0 2 0
Robinson, lb __ 4 1 2 0
Kilby. 3b - -----. 4 0 12
J. Robinson, p . -- 4 0 11
Hilton, 2b . 4 0 10
Whisnant, c . -----_ 4 111
Jarrett, cf .. 4 0 2 0
Totals . 35 3 11 6
Three base hits: Gold, Poston
Two base hits: Lee. Stolen bases:
Bridges, Bumgardner, Gold (3),
I/Co <3>, Farris, Hamrick, Johnson,
and C. Robinson. Head umpire:
Ledford 'Kings Mountain.)
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BEAVER DAM DOTS
OF CURRENT NEWS
A cordial welcome Is extended to
nil to uttend Memorial services nt
Beaver Dr.ni .Sunday May 12.
Our community was .saddened to
k: in of-tin death of Mr. Charlie
Wrr.st, M • Wcast and family for
merly lived in our community and
were h.'fT.iv e. t.omed A large crowd
attended the funeral at Beaver Dam
Thursday afternoon.
A large crowd attended roin
meneemeut nt Baltimore last week
lifts; Merttce Bridges and Mr Jul
ius Wilson were members of the
senior class
Mr. and Mrs. n W McCurrv and
children and Mrs J. L. Blanton
visited Mr and Mrs, R. I. Short!
near Kings Mountain Sunday. I
Misses Hannah McCurrv and 1
cousin, Miss Pearl Short, attended j
the graduation of their cousin. Miss j
Tullie MeCurry at Chcrryville high
school and other commencement
exercises this week. They were ac
companied home Thursday night
by Misses Tullie and Bewls Me
Curry.
Miss Mildred Parker from near
Shelby visited Miss Ola Lee Olasco
Tuesday,
Miss Zola McCurrv spent, last,
week-end in Chcrryville with Mr
and Mrs. C. E. MeCurry and fam
ily
Mr. J. L Blanton attended
Memorial at Zion last Sunday.
Miss Thelma Spangler from near
Shelby spent Tuesday night, with
her school mate Miss Cecelia Pad
gett.
The parents of the community are
especially invited to the special
Mother's day program in junior B.
Y P. U. Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. James McGinnis
and children spent Sunday in Kings
Mountain with relatives
Mr. Lowell McSwatn of our com
munity was also a member of the
senior class at Lattimore.
Little Miss Evelyn Cilasco spent
the week-end with ber uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs, Robert Oates
near Asheville.
Mrs. Weathers and Mrs. Zora
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WEAK, RUN-DOWN
Alabama Lady Could Hardly
Lift Her Head. Began
To Feel Stronger After
Taking Cardni.
Loxley, Ala—"I was to an awful
bad state of health,” says Mrs
Charles Jerkins, of this place. “1
was all run-down and weak as coulc
be. I did not have the strength oi
a kitten. Some days I could hardly
lift my head from the pillow.
*‘I looked like a skeleton, I wai
so thin and haggard. It took all
my will power to drag myself arounc
the house. I never walked any far
ther than I had to, for it hurt me
to stand on my feet.
‘‘My back and sides hurt me until
I thought I could not stand It.
“I saw myself growing gradually
weaker and I did not know what tc
do. I tried several things but
nothing helped me.
‘‘One day I read about how othrt
women had been helped by taking
Cardui. so I thought I would try It
I found it a splendid medicine. Af
ter I began to take it, I soon began
to feel stronger and able to dc
things.
“From that time to the present
I have taken Cardui several times
when I was run-down in health. It
has never failed to help me."
Cardui should help you, too.
Get a bottle today.
Champion from Zion visited Mr,
and Mrs D. J. Glasco Sunday.
Miss Pearl Glasco spent Sunday
with Miss Lena Bridges.
Miss Edna Brooks spent Sunday
with Miss Brj’te Glasco,
Miss Libby McCurry spent the
week-end with Mr. and Mrs. E. L.
McDaniel.
The many friends of Mrs. Isabelle
Blanton will TPgret, to learn of her
illness. We wish for her a Speedy
recovery.
Mrs. J. L McCurry was the
spend-the-dny guest of Mrs. A. H.
Padgett last Sunday
Mesdames Zeb and Glenn Blan
ton visited Mrs Alonza Hamrick
Sunday afternoon.
Misses Louise, Thelma, Buna
Blanton, Nancy Jones and Cecelia
Padgett and Mr Floyd Hester visit
ed friends in Gastonia Sunday.
Girl’s Temperature
112, But She Lives
Ran Francisco- Physicians here
were discussing what they believe
to have been the highest tempera
ture e\rr rcorded In a surgical ease
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in which the patient, continued to
ihc.
Records at the Children's hospital
reveal that Rose Lombardi, nine
year-old daughter of Mr. mid Mrs
Peter Lombardi, of San Francisco
while under treatment for a mas
told last week, registered a tem
perature of 112 degrees, which is
six degree., higher than most pa
tients have survived'.
The gtrl was reported on the way
to recovery. Last Saturday night
when the child's temperature reach
ed 106 degrees two physicians were
called to perform an operation in
an effort to save her life. When
the operation was completed the
girl's temperature was taken again
and it stood at 112 The amazad
physicians ordered it retaken and
the temperature was confirmed.
Dr. D. M. Morrison
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