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VOL. XXXV,
No. 58
THE CLEVELAND STAR
SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESD'Y, MAY 15, 1929
Published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Afternoons
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Carrier, per year (In advance) *3.00
LATE NEWS
The Markets.
Cotton, pc rpound __ 18c
Cotton Seed, per bu... 48c
Generally Fair.
Today's North Carolina Weather
Report; Generally fair tonight and
Thursday, except local thunder
storms Thursday afternoon in west
and north central portions. Cooler
Thursday night.
Debenture Plan Killed.
Shortly after noon today it was
reported over the Outr. and Slack
stock market wires that the house
of representatives had killed the de
benture farm relief plan that the
senate had passed a few days ago.
Gardner Offers
Reward For Mob
At Strike Scene
Give* I,cgal l imit To Catch Those
Who Destroyed Building Of
Strikers.
Raleigh, May 15.—A reward of
$400 for the apprehension and con
vicMon of the masked mob which
destroyed strike headquarters at
Gastonia April 8 is now offered by
Governor Gardner, who revealed
that so far all efforts, including the
employment of a private detective,
have failed to discover the identity
of the mob members.
The governor pointed out that
$400 is the limit of reward he is au
thorized to offer.
Lumsden's letter reveals that he
was called into conference by the
chief executive on April 22, and en
gaged to investigate the outbreak in
Gastonia. He reported going to the
scene of the trouble the next day.
All rumors that might lead to dis
covery of the perpetrators of the
sabotage, he said, were painstaking
ly followed out but without result.
Troops Praised.
The governor, who took occasion
to pay tribute to the conduct of the
state troops he sent to Gastonia to
maintain order, said he had delayed
offering a reward until the present
for fear such action might interfere
with the efforts of the local authori
ties.
Notwithstanding the failure of the
Gaston county grand jury to find
sufficient evidence to return indict
ments, and of the detective to ob
tain results, the governor declared
he was offering the reward because
“I believe It ought to be the policy
of the state to continue unceasingly
its efforts to apprehend and punish
the parties who were guilty of mob
vio.ence in Gastonia on the night of
April 18.”
Program For Postal
Meeting At Hollis
Rutherford And Cleveland Postal
Workers Gather There
On May 30.
A Joint meeting of the postal
service counsels of Cleveland and
Rutherford counties will be held at
Hollis on Thursday, May 30. From
£30 to 10:30 separate meetings of
the rural carriers of the two coun
ties will be held while a joint meet
ing of all other postal employes is
in session.
The public program, which begins
at 10:30 follows:
Song—America: invocation—Rev.
D. G. Washburn; address of wel
come—Postmaster Grady Withrow;
response—Carrier A. F. Collins;
music; “A Carrier's Opportunity to
Promote Morality and Law Obser
vation”—Carrier George A. Elam;
• Changes of a Half Century in the
Postal Service”—Former Postmaster
G. B. Pruette; reading—Miss EfTie
Davis; music; address—Prof. A. C.
Lovelace; music; passing the ques
tion box—inquiries to be answered
in afternoon adjourn one hour for
picnic.
Afternoon Session.
Music; quartet—postal employes;
reading—Miss Vida Price; address—
Rev. Rush Padgett; music; "Neces
sities for Efficiency in the Postal
Service”—Carrier Clarence Butler;
reading—Miss Laura Walker.
Editor Weathers
Under Operation
At City Hospital
Will Be In Two Weeks After Op
eration Tuesday. Recovering
Today.
Mr. Lee B. Weathers, president
and editor of The Star, was report
ed txiay to be improving after hav
ing undergone a successful opera
tion of a major nature about 11
o'clock yesterday morning at the
Shelby hospital. Although he with
stood tne operation nicely and is
Improving today he will likely be
confined to the hospital for a cou
ple of weeks.
Mr. Weathers' decision to under
go the operation for a hoped for
improvement In health was kept a
secret by him with the exception
cf a few of Ills associates on the
paper and very few of his friends or
it rn brrr of his immediate family
knrw ni the operation until it war
over.
Smith Is Named
Superintendent
Shelby Schools
Head Of Ruthrrfordton-Spimlale
.School Will Succeed Supl.
Griffin.
C'apt. E. L. Smith, now superin
tendent of the Ruthcrfonlton-Spin
dale consolidated school, was Mon
day night elected superintendent of
the city schools of Shelby to suc
ceed Prof. I. C. Griffin, who leaves
next fall to become associated with
the University of North Carolina.
The election of the new school head
came at a joint meeting of the re
tiring school board and the new
board.
Eaily Tuesday a committee from
the two boards journeyed to Ruth
erfordto 1 and informed Capt. Smith
that his application had been ac
cepted over some 25 or 30 others and
he immediately accepted terms
made by the committee.
Served In War.
Capt. Smith, still a young man in
a manner of speaking, is consider
ed one of the leading educators in
the state and is now a member of
the state textbook commission. He is
a native of Caldwell county and
during the World war served as
captain ana instructor at Camp
Upton. After the World war he be
came principal of the Forest City
high school and made an enviable
record there before resigning to be
come head of the new school form
ed by Ruthcrfordton and Spindale.
The new superintendent, who will
take up h\- auties next fall, is mar
ried and has one child.
Supt. Griffin, who is perhaps bet
ter acquainted with the educators
of the state than any other man,
and Supt. J. H. Grigg, of the county
scheols, both declare that Capt.
Smith is one of the most promising
school leaders in the state, and
members of the school board feel as
if their choice will meet with gen
eral approval in Shelby.
Training School
In Good Opening
Seven Courses Of Study Offered.
Begin Each Evening
6:30 O’clock.
The B. Y. P. U. training school
at the First Baptist church, this
week, began with a large number
present last night. The leaders say
that they are expecting more than
two hundred this evening at 6:30
o'clock.
The following schedule is observ
ed: classes 6:30 o'clock; supper and
recreation 7:15; classes, 7:45; prac
tical demonstration, 8:30; adjourn
8:45.
The teachers and subjects fol
low: Rev. Jas. A. Ivey, “A General
B. Y. P. U. organization,” Miss
Winnie Rickeit; "Junior and Inter
mediate Leaders Manual,” Judge
B. T. Fa.Is; “Intermediate Manual”
Mrs. Howard Camnitz, “Training in
Bible Study; Mr. Horace Easom,
“Junior Manual;” Mrs. Horace Ea
som. "Bible Heroes.” Mrs. Robert
Dogget: is doing spccal wort: in re
lief teaching.
The supper 1; <• t right was In
charge of the adult union. This
evening the supper will be served
by intern odiate No. 2.
On n°>:t Sunday a‘ 2 o'clock, a
visitation will be conducted. The aim
for next Sunday evening is 400
present.
Every member of the B. Y. P. U.s
as well as every member of the
church is invited to be "resent and
take the study courses.
Wilkins And Other
Inspectors Recover
Many Stolen Autos
Mr. D. D. Wilkins, former Cleve
land county sheriff and now State
automobile inspector, stated today
that he had recovered 10 stolen
cars during the past two weeks,
e'gbt of the ten being found in Av
ery county.
Auto inspectors of the State de
partment are now carrying on a re
markable work as is evidenced by
the fact that one North Carolina in
spector recently rounded up 42
stolen cars in cnc county of an ad
joining state.
Memorial Services
Palm Tree Sunday
Memorial services will be held at
Palm Tree church Sunday May 19.
There will be preaching in tire morn
ing. dinner on tire grounds, with
singing in the afternoon featured by
the Gaffney quartet.
On Friday night. May 17. at 8
o'clock the Cleveland county Ep- j
worth League iniimr will fold a
meeting at Palm free church. j
Strike Grievances Reach Senate
M
Binnie Green, 14 (left) and Henry Tetherovv,«17, undernour
ished mill hands, carried their grievances into the Senate, tell
ing talcs o£ 60 hours per week in the textile mills at Gastonia,
N. C., for which Henry earned a princely salary of $7 a week
and Binnie about $4.95. As a result the Senate is conducting
an inquiry into the conditions complained of.
(lnt*ruatlotia.i K«wn«il>
How Will Democrats Stand
On Simmons’ Reelection?
Smithiles Still Hold Grudge Against
Veteran Senator. Fight
Likely.
(Bost. In Greensboro News '*
Raleigh —Federal Judge Isaac M.
Meekins is not one bit offended at
the suggestion that he beat Senator
Fumifold McLendell Simmons for
the United States senate, though a
prominent prohibitionist-preacher
who voted for Mr. Hoover in Novem
ber is back from Washington and
he represents Frank A. Hampton as
mighty murh mad at the untoward
turn in state politics.
This preacher who did big work
for Mr. Hoover is just back from
Washington. He docs not say that
Mr. Hampton, authorized him to tell
the mood that the secretary to
Senator Simmons was in when the
clergyman went to the capitol. The
story that the person tells sounds
most reasonable Mr. Hampton is
presented in a rather impious pose.
He had sat back in Washington
waiting for the disgruntled Demo
crats to trot but their man against
"the senator." Mr. Hampton and
his friends thereupon, so the story
goes, were to nave walked to the
polls, were to have gotten their
beating, then turned their faces
homeward were to have smitten the
anti-Simmons nominee even as they
smuck Smith last fall. But these
blamed Smith fellows are rather
indisposed to take it twice. ' They
arc now meanly discouraging any
body to run for the senate. By stay
ing away from the primaries they
are in better political position than
v.as Mr. Simmons last year. Just
about 150.000 of them are “laying”
for Senator Simmons.
They have their chance now to
get him. They have taken tnetr
skinnings In the days when Cam
eron Morrison, Josian William
Bailey, Charles A. Webb, Clyde
Hoev, Judge Heriot Clarkson, and
Angus W. McLean were not to hunt
when Mr. Simmons had a never
dying soul to save. There are limi
tations upon tire love of this sex
tette now. Perhaps all of them will I
vote for Mr Simmons it he is nom- j
inated. And he will be. There is no- j
body to run against him. And if the j
maddened Smith men and many
anti-Smiths, who were regular las' I
year, take a notion to punish they j
can give him a humiliation, the like |
of which he never administered toj
anybody.
Meekins Undecided.
With none of this has Judge
Meekins anything to do. He has >
svery sort of friendship for Mr.!
Simmons. But the judge would like j
:o be in the United States senate.,
Efe might have to retire from the;
tench but he would iie-d to be in |
10 hurry about it. ir lie made an
icthc campaign uf course he would.
get off the bench, but a fight
would not be necessary. If Mr. Sim
mons is the unopposed Democratic
nominee all that Judge Meekins
would need to do would be to offer
an occasional prayer that the elec
tion machinery do not drift back
into the Simmons hands.
The re-election of Senator Sim
mons would be possible and even
probable should he get into a hot
primary, win it and thereby tie up
all the Democrats who entered the
contest. He would stand a much
better chance of winning his sixth
term if he could get vigorous oppo
sition in the primaries. He would
pell much more of the strength of
the party after the contest than
his successful opponent in the pri
mary would. The Smith men are
lar better sports than the anti
Smiths. At least, the Smith men do
not have to pretend that they are
too holy to vote for Mr. Simmons.
But if Mr. Simmons snould be
beaten the good folks would have
Still to be good. It will, be a des
pertcly hard fight if the Democrats
beat Senator Simmons and the odds
are much against the candidate who
does defeat him. Yet. it seems
hardly possible that Mr. Simmons ■
could be renominated if a tirst
rale man should give him battle.
The old party shibboleths are
gone ana uemocrais wno ordinarily
would find it impossible to swallow/
th > Republican doctrine of protec
tion. hr\e but to remember the
campaign of 1923 and to watch the
capers of the North Carolina dcle
B3t*on .i> congress. Senator Sim
mons still pays a lip service to
what is called the historical prin
ciple of the Democracy on tariff,
but it is remembered that Flank
McNinch blackguarded Mr. Sim
mons all over North Carolina in
1912 because the senator was so ir
regular on the tariff. Mr. Simmons
all over North Carolina in 1912 be
iContinued on page ten i
Who Holds School
Record In County?
'Vhat boy or girl in Cleveland
county has been in school the
longest without being tardy or
absent?
There must be several boys
and girls in the schools of
Cleveland county who have not
missed a day in two or three
years, and perhaps longer. The
Star would like to publish the
names and records of those who
hold such records, and students
who have not been absent in
wo years or more are asked to
sen-1 (heir namrs togelhe- with
their reeords and schools n(
tended to The star.
W. A. Maaneyls
Dead; Funeral
To Be Thursday
j ITominrnt titirzn OF Hints Moiiii
And ('aunty Pied
l.ast Night.
JtJr W. A. Mauney, .it one time
representative for Cleveland county
in tlic general assembly and for
many years one of the outstanding
citizens of Kings Mountain and the
entire county, died shortly after
midnight Tuesday night in the
t harlotte sanatorium after an ill -
ne s of seieral weeks.
rJ he icneral services will be held
at 30 3C Thursday morning at the
Lutheran church in Kings Moun
tain ami interment will be in
Mountain Rest cemetery there.
Mr. Mauney, who was 87 years
ol age last Jlecembcr. was a mem
ber of one of tlie pioneer families
settling and building up this section
o. the sta'c and during Ins long life
tic was a grr: t factor in the for
ward nevclopment of his town and
section.
He was one of Cleveland comity's
largest landholders, owning around
I. 000 acres or more, and lie "as ac
tively Identified with nearly nil the
textile industry in the Kings Moun
tain section as well as in the First
National bank there and other mer
cantile and industrial interests.
Surviving arc his last wife and
the following children: Hunter
Mauney, of Lincotnton; Mrs. W. A.
Ridcwhour, Mrs. C. E. Neisler, Mrs
J. E. Herndon and Mrs. F. R. Sum
mers, of Kings Mountain.
Due to his important family and
business connections and the fact
he has been an integral factor in
the forward march of his section
in all lines it is expected that large
throngs will attend the funeral to
morrow of the man who was wide
ly known as ‘Qleveland county's
grand old man.’’
—
Young Musicians
In Glee Clubs In
Contests Thursday
Elementary Glee Clubs Of Shelby
Schools In Program. Public
Invited.
On Thursday, May 16, at 2:00 p.
m. at the Central high school, the
glee clubs representing the elemen
tary schools of Shelby will hold a
contest. This contest is being held
to determine which school has made
the most improvement during their
first year in public school music, un
der the supervision of Miss Evelyn
Coleman. The contestants were
chosen by elimination contests from
the fifth, sixth and seventh grades
of each school.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
Couples Of Section
Married In Gaffney
Tiie following couples front this
section were married in Gaffney.
South Carolina, last week: Frank
Padgett and Virginia Lowery, of
Ellenboro; Arthur Moss, of Shelby,
and Martha Marie Hamrick, Blacks
burg'route one; Hugh Sellars and
Carrie Moore, of Kings Mountain:
John Harris and Novella Lewis, of
Kings Mountain; Frank Green, of
Mooresboro, and Ola White, of
Henrietta: Hazel Canipe and Dcssie
Johnson, of Lawndale.
Boyer Makes Talk
To Charlotte Pastors
Dr. Hugh K. Boyer, pastor Cen
tral Methodist church here, was
the speaker before the meeting of
the Charlotte ministerial associa
tion in Charlotte Monday. Dr. Boy
er was a pastor in Charlotte prior
to coming to Shelby.
Mr. Cline’s Father
Is Seriously Sick
Mr. A. E. Cline, Cleveland county
business manager, was called to
Statesville Saturday to be at the
bedside of his father. Mr R. F.
Cline, who is critically ill. A tele
phone message from him today stat
ed that he would likely bo out of his
office several days as there is only a
slight hope for the recovery of his
father who is a veteran of the Civil
war.
Miss MacNichols and Miss Bev
erly left today for High Point to
attend the state nurses's conven
tion.
Mesdames Lee B. Weathers, H E.
Kendall, Horace Grigg and Miss
F'awces Whisnant spent yesterday
m Charlotte. They were accom
panied as far as Charlotte by Mr
He .ry Kendall who was cn route
•o Dam-jilt. Va . after a week-rnd
visit to his mother.
Washburn Is
Victor In Race
For City Board
ThreeTn-One Winner Our l.rdfnrd.
Present Alderman lor
Ward One.
Mr P M Washburn, of thr Eagle
Roller Quills, t the late t addition
to Shelby's new city board, winning,
in the 'city election rtin-oft here
Monday by more than a three-to
enc lead over his opponent. Mr. j
F. Ledford, present alderman for
ward one.
The official count as given out
by Register Mike ,\u tel! gate
Washburn 752 votes and I.edford
223 rotes, a total of 874 votes al
though 980 names were on the
books as having voted. One vote not
marked for cither candidate was
found in the box and presumably
five others gave their names to the
election officials and then failed to
vote.
In the run-off Mr. Washburn
lacked only 35 votes of receiving ns
many as he did in the first election
Monday a week ago when his total
was 787. Mr. Ledfords vote, how
ever, dropped from 000 to 22.
A Heavy Voir.
The voting Monday for only one
oftice was considerably heavte
tlian had been estimated, very few
people believing that more than
750 votes would be cast during the
day, and due to the unexpected
vote additional tickets were printed
at noon.
Witii the run-off ejection now a
matter of history tire city board
which takes office two weeks from
Saturday is ns follows: Ward one -
P. M. Washburn; Ward two—Ab
Jackson; Ward three—John F.
Schenck, Jr ; Ward four—Z J.
Thompson.
Lorene Morgan Is
Prettiest Girl At
B. S. Junior College
Student Body Of Baptist College
Picks Superlatives In
Students.
Miss Lorene Morgan is Ur pret
tiest girl at Boiling Springs college
in the opinion of the student body
there in selecting their superlatives.
Other auperlatives at the Baptist
institution follow:
Most popular—Irene Price; most
studious—Janie Wilson, Carl Mor
ris; most athletic—Lillian McEn
tyre, Grady Haynes; most original
—Margaret Small, Curtis Beck;
Most romantic—Louise Bettis, How
ard McDonald; most serious—Patsy
McDowell. Lottie Knox; most ver
satile-Irene Price. A. V. Wash
bum; most attractive—I. ouise Bet
tis; most ambitious—Maggie Cole.
Butler Pruett, best sport—Jane Ir
vin, Cone Coble, best dressed—Mary
Francis McWhorter, Carl Morris;
sheik—Pete Green; neatest—Irene
Price, Huburt Huggins; best all
around—Mozelle Gold. Grady Hay
nes; most handsome—Butler Pruett.
Shelby Highs Defeat
Norwood; Will Play
j For Western Title
Shelby Plays For
Western Title On
Saturday 3d Time
Win At Concortl Will Send Morris
Tram To ( hapel Mill
T iimls.
Of llir scores of high schools
in Western Norlh Carolina
Shelby is one of the few ever to
send three trains into the fi
nals for the western baseball
crown. This will happen Fri
day when the Shelby highs, un
defeated In series play, go to
Concord to play either Winston
Salem or Sprnrrr.
Five years ago Dick Gurley, now
Lenoir*-Rhyne coach, carried n
I Shelby team to Charlotte nnd de
feated Spencer for the western
title, and then moved on to Chapel
i Hill where lie won a state cham
pionship. On the follow ing year
Casey Morris came to Shelby and
duplicated, except that his team de
feated the strong Bessmcr team for
the title in Salisbury beating Lefty
Briggs, now a renowned college
pitcher at Finn. The Salisbury vic
tory was followed by another at
Chapel Hill and Shelby had two
state baseball crowns.
The stunt may be repeated for the
third time Saturday, at Concord,
and it may not. Anyway, the same
roach is in the finals for the sec
ond time, which is a record, and
mother unique incident is that the
captain and shortstop of the pres
ent Shelby team is the kid brother
ot the captain and shortstop of
Shelby's last championship team
tour years ago. Such makes base
ball history.
Indications now are that a big
percentage of Shelby will bundle
into the family cars Saturday at
noon and torm a procession to Con
cord along with the high school
band and tile major part of the high
tchool student body.
Cars Arc Needed.
So far Coach Morris docs not
have enough cars in which to trans
port his players to Concord Satur
day and local people who plan to
attend the game and will have an
extra seat or so are urged to' get
in communication with Ralph Gard
ner. the team manager, so that they
ir.ay take one or two of the players,
members of the band or student
body.
[College President
Is Memorial Speaker
Dr J. B Davis, president of Bail
ing Springs junior college, will
make the memorial address at
Sandy Plains church on Saturday,
May 18, at 1.30 in the afternoon.
Boy’s Dog Followed Him From
Asheville To Nebraska Town
Remarkable Story Of Do* Follow
Inc Young Master Across The
Country.
Asheville.—Back in May. 1927.
Bobbie Paradise lived here with his
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Para
dise. That fact is not terribly im
portant bcause this story is about
Laddie, Bobbie's little water span
iel.
Laddie was just a boy's dog- a lit
tle w ooly fellow, with long shaggy
hair and plenty of enthusiasm. On
May 4, 1927, Mr. and Mrs. Paradise
moved from Asheville to Cedar
Bluffs, Nebraska, a distance or ap
proximately 2,000 miles.
Bobbie went along, of course, but
Laddie was missing. Several days
before the family left he disappear
ed. A search was instituted but all
efforts to find the pet proved futile.
Bobbie was broken hearted. He fac
ed the prospect of the long trip to
his new home without his pal. with
all the fortitude of a stoic, but his
little world had come crashing
about his ears. Laddie was missing.
Whad had become of him? Many
times Bobbie asked himself the
question, but always the answer was
the same. Nobody knew.
The long trip was made and the
family settled down in a new com- I
munity. Bobbie soon found play-!
mates and was happy with his new i
world, but every cnce in a while his
mind would go back to Laddie, his'
pal left behind in North Carolina, j
end there was always a strange lit-!
tic tug a* his heart. He had loved i
lerldl" and rnr rd him
Month.- went by. The wound in
Bobbie's heart began to heal. He
had not forgotten Laddie but the
memory of his pet grew less pain
ful. The months stretched into a
year—two years.
Then e miracle happened. The
Paradise family awoke last Satur
day morning and found a dog that
looked like Laddie scratching at the
door and whining. Bobbie opened
the door and the dog leaped upon
him with every sign of canine
greeting. He wriggled and jumped
and whined without avail. He licked
Bobbie's hands while soft eyes
pleaded for recognition.
The boy called his parents and
the dog went through his antics
again. This couldn't be Laddie!
Such a thing was impossible. Two
thousand miles across the country,
two yars rolling by and yet—
Fred Paradise had assisted Bob
bie in teaching Laddie some tricks.
There w-as a chance. He called the
dog by name and sa7/ the busy tail
waggle in canine ecstasy.
He gave a sh3rp order. The dog
hesitated and then with the precis
ion of a carefully trained animal
executed the trick He looked up to
see recognition of his master and
found only puadement.
Tlun Bet bin remembered some
thing—a positive identification
mark a few white hairs on a cer
tain place about his neck. He look
ed and there they were. Bobbie was
satisfied. His arms went around the
dog and Ladcuc—for It really was
Laddie—wriggled end waggled his
satisfaction.
Examination l that tne lit -
• Continued on page ten.)
(jirral Hurling; Of Ilamrick And
Brilliant Fielding; And Hitting
Of Fee Win.
Casey Morris' Shelby highs, con
sidered hereabouts as the niftiest
high school hrrsehide handlers it
captivity, are to play in Con
cord Saturday for the Westerr
North Carolina championship
thanks to a brilliant victory hcrt
yesterday berore a record crowd ol
Ians over Norwood, and Norwood?
eelebrat d no-hit pitchers. Kos:.
Went?, and company. The locals 01
Saturday wil meet the winner of to
day's Winston-Spenccr contest.
The score v.as 3 to 0, an indica
tion of a fast baseball game in it
self but it doesn't begin to tell the
happenings of a game in which «
young Shelby pitcher and his cap
tain and shortstop carved a couplt
of niches in (he local hall of fame
f >r athlete which will never be oc
cupied by 11 hers. And it doesn't tell
either, of a celebrated ball tean
w hich car. e to Shelby doped to wlr.
and left never knowing by experi
ence that there were more than
two bases on a baseball diamond, for
not a single Norwood player ever
traveled farther than second base.
It was a baseball game for the rec
ord books, and none of the fans In
major league parks yesterday wit
ness'd more brilliant fielding, more
timely hitting. 0- better baseball of
anv vari ty than did the mammoth
crowd, connng from all round
about sections, which attended yes
terday's game What they saw was
nothing more than tire best base
ball team shclby high has ever
known lick the best team they have
ever played. And who could ask
me.' e for a mere half bunk?
For three Innings it v as a nip
and-tuck struggle with neither side
scoring or threatening to score as
Hamrick and Ross, who has hurled
two perfect no-hit games this year,
pitching masterful baseball while
Cline Owens Lee. Shelby shortstop,
snatched Hamrick out of all the
embarassing holes he slipped into
by grabbing up sizzler after sizzler,
labelled for hits, around shortstop.
Meantime the young Shelby team in
its entirety was clicking like a ma
chine around the brilliancy of Lee
and Hamrick. But in the fourth in
ing Lee's bat began working and
:t worked just enough druing the
day to send Norwood out of the
tlie state race, and after singling
Lee stole second, slid into third
when the Norwood catcher failed tc
nolc! to the ball and was acros;
home p.ate for the first run wlier
Norwoods shortstop failed to get
Harrelson's roller away in time
Then n the sixth Bumgardnei
singled. Cold reached first on an
error, Le? stepped out a single
Farris was caught at the plate but
Gold scored on a fielder’s choice
and then Lee slipped into home
with his tecond run on an infield
ptey. and there the scoring ended
for the game—3 to 0. It was in that
inning that Ross gave away tc
Wentz, Norwoods other noted ball
chunker, and off his deltvery the
Shelby teds banged out two more
hits and threatened to score again
although their major aim. which
was achieved, was to keep the game
just where it was.
Where Men Became Boys.
Sensational plays by both team
abounded in almost every inning
With ,Lee as the outstanding per
former, but the ninth inning saw
baseball of a type seldom exhibitec
in high school circles. There wa;
'till a fear that the slugging Nor
wood boys, although they didn i
look so against ‘’Waco” Hamrick
would crash through in the final
frame and win the game. The feai
increased when Ross, first up in
the ninth, slashed out a single
Then C. Wentz hammered a scorchci
tow cud second that had all the
earmarks of a single or double but
o..i of his position flashed the
Shelby shortstop, a perfect pickup,
a whip throw to Bridges on second
another whip throw to Harrelson
and the only double play of .he J
game proved an anerthetic to the
Norwood rally. Fans seeking the |
gate stopped in their tracks as -|
Honeycutt dro\e out another hit, 1
The game still looked dangerous. 1
Then J. Wentz caught one ol Ham
rick's fast ones for a screaming a
grounder between thud and sheet. J
Ic seemed impossible to field fcut |
Lee flashed to the right dived, ||
came up with the hard-hit bail an<: M
manage J to make a throw over his ||
. houider to second for the third out
of the game. U
Some I cat ares.
Six Norwood hitters, ir.budhig J9
both Poss end V;c.ur, o-c.in trilj' rJ*
(.Continued on puge tea.)