Shelby Highs Drop First Game
Of Season To Cherryville Team
Here Friday; Bobbles Numerous
lurtins Of Whisnant, ( Hitting Of
Ifarrill Give Club Same Prom*
lse Of Power.
Shelby high school baseball
teams, Including the four state
championship aggregations, al*
ways get off to a poor start at
the beginning of a season, and
the youthful 1931 team upheld
that habit by losing to Cherry
villc 10 to 3 here Friday after
noon.
H was the first game of the sca
nt! and "with t he weather more fav
> able tor football than baseball
e players were at a disadvantage
’ uthe spectators were equally ill at
:.-e. •
Few Kegulars.
With only four regulars left from i
We 1930 championship team, the I
: iorrismen a t rare lntedvals look- j
e-.i promising, but more frequently j
W heel otherwise. It should be re-1
-'inhered, and fans were gracious)
• Wait it. that the weather handb-j
'apped the rebuilt team, and, also,!
that it was the first, contest in which j
the outfit had worked together.)
Another angle that minimizes the
defeat was that Self, the Cherry
ville hurler, is a pitcher who would;
<>are given last year's champs plen-j
ty of trouble. •
Two Good Bets.
But in taking a licking there were
quite a number of things of a cheer
ing nature to fans. The continuous
rumbles and wild throws were those
of nervous youngsters undergoing
their first test. The outstanding
bright spots, however, were con
tributed by two youths wearing
Shelby uniforms for the first time,
both kid brothers of stars who have
given Shelby baseball fans plenty
of thrills in bygone years.
In the fourth inning Coach Morris
sent Woodrow Whisnant, younger
brother of “Dutch" Whisnant, to the
mound, and despite the erratic sup
port tendered him his display of
mound ability brought the verdict
from fans that “there’s the boy who
will wear Sherrill Hamrick's shoes.”
The younger Whisnant, who ere
'ong will be known as "Dutch” as
• as his brother, is as much like his
brother in appearance and method
of delivery as is possible. He has the
•ame hook and hop on the ball as
Dutch had, but seemed to cut loose
more speed on his fast ball than
could the brother who checked up
14 straight wins for Shelby a num
ber of years ago. Five of the first
even batters to face him were
strikeout victims.
The other promising rookie was
Bill Harrill, tall, gangly brother of
Tommy Harrill, former State college
captain and Virginia leaguer. Young
Harrill on his first trip to the plate
let it be known that he is a natural
born slugger by pummeling the j
horsehide to deep right for a triple.
He rapped out a double later in the [
■ ame and smacked the ball on the
bose every trip up. What glory there:
as for the Shelby boys the two
new youngsters, Whisnant and Hat-j
rill, took away from McSwain. May-!
l ew, Philbeck and Wilson, the vet
erans. Johnny Corbett, making his j
debut on the varsity, displayed like
ly hitting power.
Otherwise it was a drab affair for!
Shelby. When the ball was not be- J
lag kicked around it was being toss-!
d about wildly. j
"Big” Peters, the South Shelby
boy, started on the mound for
Shelby but was unable to get the
n.inks out of his arm because of the
cold. Although tapped for several
: iefty blows, including two triples
And a brace of doubles, Peters’ per
rmance was pleasing enough to .in
dicate. that he will be one of the
chief moundsmen for the champs.
' pparentiy he is of the Hamrick j
ype—a hot weather hurler, and
iioukJ improve as the season getsj
older.
Whisnant, called “Woody” by his
ammates, started off like a house i
:t fire. Mixing up his quick-break-!
sag hooks with a rapid-fire fast ball
no kept the heavy-hitting Cherry
lie boys baffled for two frames,
t hen Cherryville did score three or
our markers on him errors were
f.-ponsible. In one inning he struck
cut three of the first five hitters yet
Cherryville scored two runs and got
mother man on the paths.
Only three of last year's quartet
of veterans were performing at their
■cgular berths—Shorty MeSwain on]
cond, Ken Mayhew oil short, and i
joe Philbeck in center. Hubert Wil-]
on, outfielder and catcher in other
years, was on first base. Carter, a j
w boy, did the receiving. Purp|
larrett was on third and hit well
ut was throwing wildly. The
her outfielders were Harrill, who
jromises to be the slugger of the]
am, and Johnny Corbett.
Play Charlotte.
Tuesday Shelby goes to Charlotte
or a game with the Skidmore team
iiich is already looking at the 1931
uampionship. Tire locals are in for
neither drubbing if they play as
icy did Frida}', but with some of
iQ nervousness out of their system
:d a little more acquainted with
jiking together, they may give
i Queen City tossers plenty of
tart* lament,
.’riday of tiris week Kings Moun
,.n com** here for a game, and by
,n. time, local fan* can teh pretty
.1 how the r ?w K. in is develop
In Big Time
Pete Webb, the elder, of. Shelby's
famous golfing brothers, will leave
Wednesday to play In the Pinehurst
open. This will be Webb’s first tour
nament as a professional in which
he will compete with such stars as
Sarazen, Farrell and others.
Pete Webb Enters
Pinehurst Tourney
Young Shelby Golfer To Take
Crack At Crown Big Players
Seek.
Pete Webb, young Shelby golf
er, will leave Shelby Wednesday
for Pinehurst where he will en
ter the annual Pinehurst open
tournament, one of the biggest
golf tournaments of the year. He
will enter as a professional and
play for the big cash prizes of
fered.
Webb will be accompanied by
W. II. I.yle, former Shelby pro,
who is now the pro at the Spar
tanburg Country club. The tour
nament opens Thursday and
among the famous stars playing
will be Gene Sarazen anU
Johnny Farrell.
Cherokee Loan Fund
For Farmers Ready
Gaffney —Cherokee county’s $10
000 allotment for fertilizer and seed
loans Ls now available according to
an announcement made by County
Agent S. C. Stribling. A committee
to supervise the distribution of the
fund is composed of Frank Mc
Cluney, chairman; W. Ross Ham
bright and J. Mack Hodges.
Three local committees have beer.j
appointed to cooperate with the \
central committee. For the southern j
part of the county the committee is]
as follows: John R. Huggins, ctyiir- ]
man; Adam S. Goudelock and L, j
Kay Littlejohn, Upper county: C. P j
Green, chairman; B. Tillman Moore
and J .P. Mullinax. Cherokee town
ship: John D. Wilson, chairman;
Solon A. Moss and W- Jeff Martin.
Distribution of the farm loans
will begin at once according to the
officials in charge.
DON’T FEED SAWDUST TO YOUR
HORSE
A fanner once, when feed was scarce, fed his horse
some sawdust with his hay—increasing the amount of
sawdust and decreasing the }iay, until soon the horse’s
diet was ALL sawdust. The farmer congratulated him
self daily on how much money he saved. And it was all
very fine until the horse died.
A merchant, once when business was slow, thought
he would save money and not advertise. Pretty soon his
business had slipped away, customers had gone and his
business had died.
STAR ADVERTISING IS VITAL, POWERFUL.
It’s not only the greatest medium of reaching the con
suming public in this territory, but it is the cheapest.
Free advertising cut service and the services of an
expert advertising man at the beck ami call of Star ad
vertisers.
CLEVELAND STAR #
North Carolina’s Only Every-Other-Day Newspaper.
16th In Circulation Among The 205 Newspaper
In North Carolina.
To Asheville
t’llnc Lee (Above! former Shelby
high star, reported today to the
Asheville baseball club of the Pied
mont league. He Is a candidate for
the second base job.
Star Photos
It’s All Right To
Wear The Moonshine
Chicago.—It’s all l ight to wear a
moonshine necklace.
It may not be stylish, or what the
well dressed man Is wearing, but it
certainly isn't disorderly conduct.
Judge Samuel Trude so ruled in
the case of Foster Parrett, a negro,
brought Into his court because he
was wearing around his neck a hot
water bottle filled with moonshine
whiskey.
*‘I didn’t drink and I didn't sell It,
judge," the prisoner protested.
“Then what?" asked the court,
“was the idea."
“I was just wearing it to keep me
warm.” the prisoner replied, and
lacking any other evidence the judge
dismissed the charge,
It Pays To Advertise
FOR THE
LAST 18 MONTHS
Conditions have not been
so hot—But there’s a big
difference now—
Think of the folks who
have been carrying B. & L.
Shares for a number of
years and had money on
hand when the bottom fell
out. All they had to do was
to go to the B. & L. and get
their money as they needed
it.
Then think of the folks
who have not carried B. &
L. Shares—what they have
gone through with for the
last 18 months. No money,
no job. Been mighty hard
for them—but for those
who worked and saved their
money while times were
good, have gone through on
top.
You. Too. May Have
Money If You Will
Only Work And Save
The B. & L. Way.
START TODAY AT
THE
Cleveland
Building & Loan
Association
J. L. Suttle, See.-Treas.
Baseball Time
* * *
Shelby Boys In
Lee In Asheville Today,
-Ralph Gillespie With
Sister.
Round about Sliclby baseball
fan* are this week giving the
sport pages a thorough reading.
Here and there in organized bait
are several former Shelby stars
and, for that matter, Shelby and
Cleveland county know almost
us much about baseball activi
ties as about politics.
• • • •
Cline Owens Lee, former Shelby
high captain and Southeastern lea
guer, journeyed up to Asheville yes
terday and Is working out today
with the Asheville club of the Pied
mont league.
All Lee has to do Is to beat, out his
manager, Ray Kennedy, for the sec
ond base job. A half dozen young
sters are also in the competition, but
Kennedy has Informed the Shelby
boy that if he shows enough stuff,
he will stick. Kenedy does not plan
to play regularly—not on second—
and may also do some catching.
It U also known that several
other clubs In the Piedmont
would like to have the Shelby
boy if Kennedy catiot find a
place for him.
Over in Greensboro Ralph Gil
lespie. former Shelby and Wake
Forest star, is getting considerable
attention. Ralph belongs to Gabby
Street's St. Louis Cardinals, but has
been farmed out this year to Ro
chester. at St. Louis farm. In prac
tice games ut Greensboro Gillespie
has been catching part of each
game on the first string team on
[which George Staler, the former
major leaguer. Is playing first base
If Ralph falls to beat a former
major leaguer out for the regular
catching Job with Rochester, he
may be left with Greensboro, In the
Piedmont, another St, Louis farm.
Incidentally, he may get some op
position from another North Caro
lina boy, Jimmy Mans, university
star and a Greensboro native.
Those who remember Gilles
pie's catching ability and Ills
throwing arm are pretty certain
Ije will play the year out some
where In organized ball
When the Shelby highs journey to
Charlotte Tuesday for a game they
will recognise tire Charlotte catcher j
I to bo o funner Shelby boy. The
Charlotte sport writers suy Charlie
Beam, known there as “Cool
Springs" Beam, has cinched the re
ceiving berth for the Skidmore out
fit, Charlie Is n son of Merton Beam,
who once pounded a linotype for
The Star; and he learned quite n
bit about catching from Casey Mor
ris during the years he lived here.
Talk here ami there about
town ha* it that Shelby nvay
have a textile mill league dur
ing the summer.
Some of the Piedmont league
chibs ure passing up a good bet If
they fall to gel Sherrill Hamrick In
uniform. The Piedmont loop ruling
has it that each club must carry
four men a ho have never played
pro ball. If you were a manager and
had to sign up four rookies, would
not the lanky right-hander be one
of tlie quartet? It would draw a lot
of local fans to Asheville to tee
Hamrick and Lee on the same team
there.
A literary advertisement, accord-’
itig to the Boston Transcript, which
discovered it, tells readers: “Send
us j’our MRS for candid criticism
and advice.” Veil, try to do It! —
Philadelphia Inquirer.
That New Baseball!
Walter Johnson, manager of thei|
Washington Senator#, examines!
the new baseball closely, as he j
ponder* the question of whether)
the ball will Increase or decrease
the effectiveness of his hurl ere. i
Lot.*, of people are against Prohibi
tion because It doesn't work, while
others are against it because it
works too well.—Dallus News.
i
WHO SAID
There Wasn't Any Money
Around Here?
Our Clean Sweep
5 ■/• ■: v ; ..V , ' '■ - \ ■ ■
Removal, Out Of Business Sale
Opened Last Week
And We Bank Exactly
Not So Bad
It is Our Wish to Sell Every Piece of Furniture In Our Store This
Week If Possible.
WE ARE GQING TO TURN THIS $25,000.00 STOCK OF FURNI
TURE AND HOME FURNISHINGS INTO CASH BEFORE WE
MOVE APRIL 1ST.
EVERY ITEM HAS BEEN PRICED TO MOVE IT. THE LOWEST
PRICES EVERY OFFERED IN SHELBY AND CLEVELAND
COUNTY BY US OR ANY ONE ELSE — YOU WILL BE THE
LOSER IF YOU FAIL TO BUY NOW DURING OUR 9-DAY SALE.
The Paragon
Furniture Co.
SHELBY’S LEADING FURNITURE STORE FOR 15 YEARS.
"Over a year ago, we planned to discontinue this business, but on account of having a lot
of merchandise left from our Department Store we were compelled to carry on, so Mr. Nash
and Miss Rosa Mae and Miss Tinsalora stayed with us. working off this stock—and we thank
them as they have done a good job—Every piece of this merchandise has been sold, lock,
stock and barrel. So we are now down to our furniture stock and accounts which we will
dispose of as soon as possible.
Mr. Nash has planned for months to go into the Ladies' Ready-to-Wear business—So you
see, folks, his plans and our plans are working out to a T. Come and buy this furniture at
prices less than factory wholesale prices—So Spangler can get out and attend to his ouside
interests and our plans will be worked out completely. THE PARAGON;;;
I
t
OVER
A YEAR AGO
WE PLANNED
to do what we are doing
now, but on account of hav
ing a big lot of merchan
dise on our hands left from
our Department store a
year ago. We were com
pelled to continue business
or make a big sacrifice on
this merchandise. Well, we
replenished our stock, both
dry goods, notions, shoes,
clothing and furniture; sc
for over a year we have
been working the old and
new department store stock
off—AND WE WORKED
j IT; Don’t you forget.
Saturday, March the 14,
a couple of our-of-town
merchants came along and
jumped at this stock. On
the next Monday morning
they backed up trucks to
our back door and hauled
off every piece of it—after
giving us a check of course
—And Joe Nash, our floor
man, has planned to go in
business for himself.
So his plan* worked out
and he is now handling the
beautiful things the ladies
like—DRESSES, and a lot
' of other things.
He is a good one—-we will
i
1 miss him, and we wish him
well in his sew business.
His new Ladies Store is
next door to Suttle’e Drug
Store and Wool worth’s.
Our plans are working
out—Spangler wishes to
give his outside interests
his attention so we will
close out our furniture
stock soon as possible and
collect all accounts.
On April 1st we will move
our office to room next door
to the Kendall Medicine Co.
and what furniture we do
not sell during this 9-day
sale—
Now folks, we do not J
want to move a piece of ’
furniture, so we nave cut
prices less than wholesale
factory cost. You cannot
afford to miss the oppor
tunity of buying now-—:
You’ll never have this op
portunity again perhaps.
We have a big stock, all
paid for and we are going
to let it go as we wish to
•airy out our plans to a T—
Which were announced
over a year ago.
-THANK YOU —
THE
PARAGON
FURNITURE
CO.
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