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SPORTRAITS
Erne.it Rsofcrd "Mule” Shirley — j
hailing from Snow Hill, which’
makes him a sho’ null Tarheel —'
fresh out of high school on to Oak
Ridge — then to the University of
Nor.h Carolina, for four years —;
letted man in baseball there for
three of then. — always holding
down the inilia! sac's — elected cap
tain in his last yer,r there - started
professional ball with Washington.
D C. — two years, then on to i
Mobile in Southern League — from1
there to Greenville, S. C, for the
South Atlantic League - meandered j
on tc Birmingham in the Southern—
from there to Minneapolis with
American — in 1930 came to Chatta
nooga —• 1931 went to Nashville, in
Southern — '33 ‘34. '35 back in
Chaitanooga to skipper — up north
with Wilkes Barre, Pa.. '3t>, '37 —
still on the initial sock — ployed
first professional ball in his native
state last year when he took skip
pership for the Bugs — married a
Goldsboro girl — Miss Esther Lee
Epstein — who is assistant-most
able to the Bugs — "Mule" Is 6 ft.
11 in. with 210 lbs of baseball inter
est — has toe most individual strut
in the league — cun always be dls
hv th#» riroonv cants —
the playing skipper is showing the
boys how it is done on the first
base — says the first, last, and only
rule in baseball is “hustle” — didn't
want to talk much about ''Mule” —
everything led to the boys — likes
everybody and Mrs. Shirley says she
has never heard him say anything
uncomplimentary about anybody —
but there are some people he had
rather not hang around — likes to
play poker and the races — smokes
Phillies, drinks beer, and chews —
makes him a dyed-in-the-wool ball
player — likes color — delighted
with the red and white uniforms —
enjoys nothing like a good worth
while argument — folks with whom
he lives says he has excellent dis
position — thoroughly dislike*
pretense or sham people
who plain, ordinary people—
says of his team “the boys are ail
righl — they are doing all they
can" — he says “lime is the only
thing that can tell the story'' — in
the winter he "ditches" for T. A.
Loving — says that there is abso
lutely no other term for it — it’s
just plain "ditching” — asked him
if that was how he lost so muck
weight — didn't think he had lost so
much weigh — wil stay in baseball
as long as somebody will give him a
baseball job — doesn’t woof at his
boys, but asks only that they be
reasonable about the whole thing —
and that from the time they don
the uniform until the time they shed
it. only that they “bustle'' — the
boys don’t mind working for one
like “Mule” — that is, one that will
work with them — good luck. Skip
per, everybody hopes you'll piolt
that skiff right into the sunniest port
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William Marvin *'Bill" 'Lefty"
Floia, Jr.—southpaw pitcher from
Orlando. FI*.—born in old Alabama
but became a Floridan—three ,vea.rj
at tlie Miami University pursuing
a medical course—decided he didn't
like medicine and took up baseball
—0 ft. high and 160 pounds ret
hrown. wavy hair, gray-green eyes
started baseball with the Athletics
at Fort Myers -went to Oklahoma
City for two months—Des Moines
Iowa, about three months- weuthei
evidently didn’t agree with him
didn't feel well and went back Ic
Orlando—stayed out recuperating
for a year and then signed with
ThomasviUe, Ga.—won 13 for 11
pitched there—which, incidentally
ij quite a record reported back U
ThomasviUe the next season, but
arm went bad on him—signed with
Dothan. Ala., and Macon. Ga.
bought him the next year—Macon
traded him to New Bern in 1037—
left New Bern and reported to
Goldsboro July 4 of that year
stayed on here since then -working
with T. L. Blow out of season—mar
ried one of the town girls. Miss
Nancy Rachel Daughtry this past
December—says she's perfectly cool,
calm and collected when he pitches
—not like some other wives that
have the nervous Jitters—partial to
T. bone steaks, surrounded by
French-fried potatoes—likes lettuce
and tomato salad for accompani
ment—said he did like brown as
favorite color but wife broke him
of it—and, guess what?—his favorite
color now is blue—says he wouldn't
trade Goldsboro for any town in the
world—as long as they will let him
slay hare, he will stay—says his
main fault is his torrid temper—but
his temper is not the lasting kind —
slow-moving, and just about the
laziest looking person on the street
—but has a good deal of leashed
DOMVr-(inpen'r I i nvn in
un aiincf
any unnecessary-. w&on _ w,lks
rattjjc '^iconnectedly—that is. he
dues not assemble his powers ta
undergo any wasted effort while
sauntering—likes a nice, quiet even
ing at home with the wile and Col
liers—or the movies--Ginger Rog
ers and Fred Astaire his favorites
because of the musical slant to their
pictures—had much rather play
night ball than day ball—terms
himself a "night hawk"—plays the
slide trombone—what with all the
singers, and musicians, and what
have you. on the team, they should
be able to organise and have a little
dance after the games—"Lefty'
plays swing but is no jitterbug—had
rather play band music—says Golds
boro has a good ball club and will
be in the race—says the only t:m<
he remembers being in a huriy
one time he was frightened—re
fused to tell the cause of the frigh
— chews, smokes, but doesn’t drml
— ‘Lefty" ha3 shown up well thi;
reason and here's hoping that con
served energy holds out to chalk ui
for him more than his share of wins
BRIGHT PROSPECTS
The advent of more favorabl,
weather has considerably brighten
c:i prospects for a good crop o
wheat in Union county this year
reports T. J. W. Broom, farm agent
cmfwypMPtshrdlu cmfwp y-;
British weather men have sen
instruments to America to collec
samples of air from the America!
stratosphere.
Moulding and Cohuuu
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SKIPPER OF THE GOLD BUGS
Manager "Mule" Shirley
Vibrations From
The Quakes
By Fate Sasser)
Sports fans of Goldsboro and
Goldsboro High School should be
proud of their athletic team for
their good behavior out of town. j
While passing through Raleigh
Tuesday, stopped over at State Col-j
lege to see Raleigh High and Dur-j
ham High fight it out for honors in
the Class A Conference of eastern j
North Carolina. While we were
watching the game Raleigh pulled
a ploy that Durham didn't like. «/?
for a while there wr£ a free-for-all
between uam fans and Raleigh
before the policemen could stop
them. At this point we left the game
with Raleigh in the lead
Friday afternoon Goldsboro
Quakes will clash with Raleigh Caps
In Ratelgh. The game was scheduled
for Friday night, but something
turned up so the time was moved to
3:30 in the afternoon.
Goldsboro high's swimming team
will travel around eight hundred j
miles this week end, leaving Friday !
morning for Sumter. S. C.. where
Ihey will swim in the afternoon.
Leaving Sumter Saturday morning
they will swim against Central High j
of Charlotte. From there back lo
Goldsooro.
Wh:!e we arc talking about th *
I swimming team. do not forget about
: the bonkey baseball gair.e which
; will be held Tuesday night out at
Griffin Park at eight o'clock. The
main reason for this is to raise]
money for the Goldsboro swimming
team. So everybody come out to the
ball park Tuesday night to help
' your State champion swimming team.
1 Thursday afternoon the Goldsboro
■ Earthquake track leant will meet]
Wilson high at 3:4fi, back of the!
high school This will be their fifth
duat meet of the season.
May the 19th will be the big day
In Goldsboro high school for all the
. fahtletes w^0 have won 193B and
'39 monograms in Goldsboro high
school That day everyone who has
won a monogram will receive one
In the next issue we will give you a
. list of athletes who will receive let
] ters. So adois. until there are more
! tremors from the Quakes.
BIG RODEO TO SHOW IN
GOLDSBOBO mat *«-**
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bull dog^mg. known as th€ world 5
most dangerous sport. A cowboy
leaping from the back of a running
horse, grasping a running steer by
the horns, stopping him, then seeing
Goldsboro Baseball Schedule
WEEK STARTING THURSDAY. MAY II
Thursday, May 11—
Greenville at Goldsboro, 8:00 P.M.
Friday, May 12—
Goldsboro at Greenville
Saturday, May 13—
Goldsboro at Wilson
Sunday, May 14—
Wilson at Goldsboro, 3:00 P. M.
Monday, May 15—
Tarboro at Goldsboro, 8:00 P- M.
Tuesday, May 16—
Goldsboro at Tarboro
(Wednesday, May 17—
Goldsboro at Snow Hill
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how quickly he can (wist him lo the
ground, A thrill you will never
forget. One of the best events will
be the trick and fancy riding. Four
cowgirls and four cowboys doing
all sorts of seemingly impossible
feats of agility while their nor*:
runs at full speed down the arena
Mr Hobbs, owner of the stock
yards. is cooperating in every way I
lo make this event a big success
and hopes to make it an annual
event each year at the close of the
mule season.
The Lions Club, a worthwhile
civic organization sponsoring the
show, is bending every effort lo
make it a success.
Mr. Huff and his sowboys, com
•rivli, d7ni Indians promise to make
the performance fast and wild, fun
ny and furious. He also promises
next week to tell us something about
his feature acts and who some of
the top notch performers will be.
Don't forget (he dates, and see^
this wonderful shew of thrills, chills
and spills
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