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pirates Blast Sanford, 10 To 3; Now Tied At Three All
_______ ' * i *
Cabs Win Weed Series;
Edge OutDunn-Erwin 4-3
LUMBERTON, Sept. 8. — The
. mberton Cubs won the fourth
11 0f the seven game series
tre tonight as they edged out
L Dunn-Erwin Twins, 4-3, be
nre 2.700 roaring fans.
I The cubs will meet the winner
. the Wilmington-Sanford game
Cl be played tomorrow night at
Id American Legion Stadium. If
Sp Port City diamonders win the
tn eS tbey will be the host of
S!fcubs. but if Sanford wins, the
trL wiU be the visitors for the
IT i playoff for championship.
II The Cubs and Twins fought to
3 3 score for 10 innings until
Liph Dixon singled, and Bill
£;,,ptt hit into a double play, and
P l Spmer walked. Billy Wood
‘ banged out a triple to send
dicer over the plate as the first
f to end the ball game,
j’hnnv Tate, the losing pitch
tossed the only victory for the
iL,, when they won the sec
ond game of the series.
lumberton ab r h o a e
Woods, ss - 5 1 2 3 4 1
Stanley, 3b-4 10 12 0
Marx, lb-4 112 0 0
Jamin, If-4 0 110 0
Pearsall, cf- 3 0 1 9 0 0
Cabaniss, 2b__5 0 114 1
Dixon, rf - 5 0 1 3 0 0
Kivett, c- 5 0 2 3 0-0
Spicer, p - 3 1 0 0 3 0
TOTALS- - 38 4 9 33 3 2
DUNN-ERWIN AB R H O A E
Balia, 2b_ 4 0 1 7 2 0
Collinj, ss_5 0 1111
Denning, If-5 114 0 0
McQuillen, cf__ 5 1 2 6 0 0
Bass, If--. 5 116 0 1
Miller, 3b_- 8 0 0 0 3 1
Leach, lb_ 4 0 0 6 0 0
Hayward, c- 4 0 2 3 0 0
Tate, p- 3 0 0 0 3 0
TOTALS - 40 3 8 32 9 ~3
LUMBERTON 001 ■ 000 002 001—4
DUNN-ERWIN 000 200 001 000—3
Runs batted in—McQuillen, Leach,
Jamin, Wood, Marx. Two base hits —
Marx, McQuUlen. Three base hits —
Woods 2. Base on balls—off Tate 5,
Spicer 2. Struck out, by—Tate 3, Spicer
3. Sacrifices — Spicer, Jamin, Pearsall.
Wild pitch—Tate, Spicer. Umpires —
Mitchell, Ruch, Woodard. Time of game—
2:35. _
y/olfpack-Mullins Battle
Shifted To S. C. Gridiron
Whiteville Legion Fails To
Install Lights For
Season Opener
By JIGGS POWERS
WHITEVILLE, Sept. 8. — The
site of the Whiteville Wolfpack
Mullins Auctioneer football game
has been shifted, according to
Athletic Director Earl Brinkley
of the Local school.
The contest was originally
booked for the local Legion Me
morial Stadium for Friday, but
instead will be played in the
South Carolina city, with the
kick-off coming at 8 o’clock.
The change in schedule was
brought about, said Brinkley,
because of the inability of local
Legion officials to install lights
at the Stadium.
The local mentor has seven
games slated at home this year
and had depended heavily on the
lighted park to carry the ’Pack
grid program over in a financial
way. So, when Mullins officials
who have lights at their field,
came up with the offer for the
transfer of the game, which
opens the ’47 schedule of both
elevens, the local coach was quick
to accept.
A large crowd of Whiteville
Ians are expected to follow the
Blue and White to Mullins for
the opener.
Heavy scrimmages were on tap
as the ’Pack wound up its second
week of drills Friday afternoon.
Intensive sessions were held in
defensive work, as well as more
hard work in perfecting the “T”
model plays as designed by the
wily Brinkley.
New arrivals in the Wolfpack
camp included Joe “Honey” Russ
and Teboe Stevens, both of whom
played with last years Hallsboro
Tigers. Local fans will remember
Honey as the only Tiger who
was able to gain consistently
against the ’Pack forward wall
in the ’46 Tiger-Pack battle here.
He was also the only one to
advance the pigskin within the
local 30 yard marker. Brinkley
is trying to remodel Russ, who
has played only fullback, into
a quarterback. Brink thinks the
cool-headed Hallsboro lad has
the makings of such, an im
portant man in the tricky “T”
formations. Stevens is fast and
shifty and may fill one of the
rnd spots or may be used in the
backfield occassionally.
Both are most welcome additions
j° Wolfpack squad, hit hard
- graduation, and brighten the
dances of the Whiteville Class
‘^'1 enfry considerably.
The Pack mentor stated that
"o men for every position would
5° carried as varsity members,
Jhh the remainder classed as
layers on the Junior Varsity
quad.
However, he said that any
■une a member of the “B” eleven
“°'ved enough improvement to
* Promoted to th<e varsity, he
*ould be given such. Lacy
5,me> former Duke University
has been secured to
wncile the JV’s.
e has been on the local to
,“cco market and is no new
;®er in these parts, having as
j„ec* poach paui p0well here
■ 939 with the ’Pack team
'g™ reached the state finals.
rame Played several seasons
..i,. 'ne Reidsville high eleven
1 ci were state B champs, go
8 irom there to the Durham
^Jjtion, where he played
D°G collars
at your
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freshman ball in ’38 and was on
the varsity the following fall
until he dropped out of school.
His JV’s open their calendar with
Bladenboro here, September 18.
Running on the first team Fri
day were Jack Vereen, Co.cap
tain Joe Inman, and Kenneth
Walters, at the ends; Co-captain
Calvin Smith, Sonny Callihan,
and John Hasty, at tackles; Bil
ly Memory and Billy Davis, at
guards; and James Garrell;
while in the varsity backfield
Russ and Inman alternated at
quarter; Bill Ellis, Eldred Wil
liamson, and Stevens at halves;
and big Bob West at Full.
Outstanding were little Ellis,
who broke away for several runs,
and hard driving West, who is
out to force local fans to forget
last years great Billy Cook.
GIANT OUTBURST
WRECKS PIRATES
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 8.—In
coming from behind an 8-0
count, the New York Giants
broke loose with seven runs in
the eighth inning today and then
defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates,
10-8, on Lloyd Gearhart’s two
run homer in the ninth.
A paid crowd of 3,936 fans
saw veteran Fritz Ostermueller
pitch no-hit ball for five innings
and two-hit ball for seven before
the Giants blasted him off the
mound with a five-hit attack
good for as many runs.
After Jim Bagby relieved Os
termueller with men on first and
second and two out, the Pirate
reliefer committed a balk ad
vancing both runners. Pinch
hitter Joe Lafata drove them
home with a single.
Gearhart’s winning four-bag
ger came after Bill Rigney had
doubled off Bagby in the final
frame.
The pirates roughed up Shel
don Jones, Joe Beggs and Andy
Hansen for seven of their nine
hits and all of their runs but
couldn’t score in the last two
innings on fireman Ken Trinkle
who received credit for his
seventh victory. Bagby was
charged with his fourth loss.
NEW YORK AB II H O A
Rigney, 2b - 5 2 3 ? jj
Kerr, ss - 4 12 2 3
Thomson, cf- 2 0 0 2 0
Gearhart, cf- 2 2 i 2 2
Mize, lb - 5 2 2 7 0
Cooper, c - 5 113 0
Marshall, rf - 4 0 0 2 0
Gordon, If- 4 12 3 0
Lohrke, 3b - 3 10 2 0
Jones, p _—— 1 0 0 0 1
Beggs, p_- 0 0 0 0 0
Witek, x _ 2 2 2 2 ?
Hansen, p- ® ® ® ® £
Lombardi, xx - 1 ® 1 2 2
Blattner, xxx _ 0 0 0 0 0
LaFata, xxxx_ 10 10 0
Trinkle, p - 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS _28 10 12 27 10
x—Struck out for Beggs in 5th.
xx—Singled for Hansen in 8th.
xxx—Ran for Lombardi in 8th.
xxxx—Batted for Blattner in 8th and
singled. „ |
PITTSBURGH AB R H O A
Wooling, cf - 8 0 2 1 1
Gustine, 3b- « 2 2 ® 2
Cox, ss _ * ® ® \ 3
Kiner, If -- 2 2 2 2 2
Greenberg, lb - 2 3 J \ ®
Westlake, rf - 3 J ® } ®
Bloodworth, 2b- 2 J J \ 3
Kluttz, c - 4 13 5 1
Ostermueller, p - 3 ® ® ® ®
Raebv o -_ 0 0 0 0 0
Lvons’ p 0 0 0 0 0
Salkel’d, z - 1
TOTALS _ 35 8 9 27 9
z—Flied out for Lyons in 9th. _
NEW YORK 000 000 073—10
PITTSBURGH 103 010 300— 8
Errors — Lohrke, Rigney, Wooling.
Runs batted in—Bloodworth, Kluttz 2,
Ostermueller 2, Wooling 2, Mize 2,.
Cooper 2. LaFata 2, Gearhart 2. Two
base hits—Gustine, Mize 2, Rigney. Home
run—Gearhart. Sacrifices — Westlake,
Ostermueller, Kerr. Left on bases —
New York 7. Pittsburgh 12. Bases on
balls—Ostermueller 4, Jones 3, Beggs 1,
Hansen 3, Trinkle 1, Lyons 1. Strikeouts
—Ostermueller 5, Jones 2. Hits off
Jones 2 in 2 2-3 innings; Beggs 1 in
1 1-3; Hansen 4 in 3; Ostermueller 7 in
7 2-3; Bagby 3 in 2-3; Trinkle 2 in 2;
Lyons 2 in 2-3. Hit by pitcher-by Jones
2 (Bloodworth, Westlake). Balk—Bagby.
Winning pit< her—Trinkle. Losing pitcher
—Bagby. Un lires—Reardon, Goetz and
Barlick. Time 2:38. Attendance 3,938.
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TAR HEELS NURSE
MINOR INJURIES
CHAPEL HILL, Sept. 8—(IP)—.
Nursing some bruises but no
serious injuries from Saturday’s
full dress scrimmage, North
Carolina’s Tar Heels plunged
back into two hard workouts to
day with additional contact
work bn the program.
Among those out of harness
were Fullback Walt Pupa, Ends
Bill Pritchard and John Tandy,
and Tackle Ted Hazelwood.
Pupa and Tandy had Charley
horses, Hazelwood a pulled liga
ment and Pritchard an injured
knee.
Joe Kosinski, a back was shak
en up in the scrimmage and sent
to the infirmary for a check up.
All are expected to be back in
the running again within a few
days, including Pritchard who
sustained his injury Friday in
going after a pass. Pritchard
was unable to take part \ in
Saturday’s sessions.
Expressing himself as fairly
well satisfied with the scrim
mage, Coach Carl Snavely said
the squad was still a long way
from being ready for the big
time opener with Georgia’s
Bulldogs here Sept. 27. “They
looked pretty good and we are
pleased with the improvement
in passing, also with the way
some of the new boys showed
up,” he said, “but we have a lot
to do before meeting a team like
Georgia.”
Two drills daily will be con
tinued this week and on up un
til the fall college session opens
a few days before the game
with Georgia.
FELLER’S RELIEF
WORK BEATS YANKS
NEW YORK, Sept. 8. — (ff) —
Bob Feller Cleveland’s great
right-hander, turned in a bril
liant relief performance in the
ninth inning tonight to enable
the Indians to squeeze out a
4-3 victory over the New York
Yankees. Feller came to Bob
Lemon’s rescue with nobody out
and runers on first and third
and retired the next three bat
ters without allowing a run.
CLEVELAND AB R II O A
Mitchell, if _ 5 1 I 1 0
Metkovich, cf _ 4 0 0 2 0
Edwards, rf___ 5 0 13 0
Boudreau, sa _4 0 10 5
Fleming, lb _ 3 1 1 15 1
Keltner, 3b ._ 3 1113;
Gordon, 2b _ 4 0 10 4
Hegan, c _ 2 0 13 0
Peck, x _ 1110 0
Lopez, c - 0 0 0 1 1
Lemon, p _ 4 0 3 1 3
Feller, p _ 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS __ _ 35 4 11 27 17
x—Doubled for Hegan In 8th. i
NEW YORK AB R II O A
Stimweiss, 2b _ 4 0 0 3 4
Henrich, rf _ 4 110 0
Lindell, If _ 4 0 0 6 0
DiMaggio, cf _ 4 0 12 0
McQuinn, lb _ 4 2 3 11 l
Frey, z _ 0 f» (' ' ■*
Johnson, 3b__ __ 4 0 0 0 3
Robinson, c ___
Rizzuto, as - 4 0 0 1 4
Newsom, p _ ^ ^ .
Page, p _ 0 0 0 •••
TOTALS _ 34 3 6 27 >3
z—Ran for McQuinn in 9th.
CLEVELAND 110 000 020—4
NEW YORK 010 101 000—3
Errors—McQuinn, Fleming. Runs bat
ted in—Boudreau, Metkovich, McQuinn
2, DiMaggio, Peck, Lemon. Two base
hits—Boudreau, Henrich, Robinson, Peck.
Home runs—McQuinn 2. Sacrifices —
Hegan, Boudreau, Keltner. Double plays
— Stirnweiss. Rizzuto and McQuinn.
Left on bases—Cleveland 9; New York 5.
Bases oil balls^-off Newsom 2, Lemon 1.
Strikeouts—Lemon 3, Newsom 1, Page 1,
Feller 1. Hits off—Newsom 11 in 7 2-3
innings; Page 0 in 1 1-3; Lemon 6 in
8 (none out in 9th); Feller 0 in 1. Win
ning pitcher—Lemon. Losing pitcher —
Newsom. Umpires—Rommel, Passerella,
Hurley and Boyer. Time 2:21. Attend
ance 53.101 paid.
WADE MOVES NO. 2
TEAM TO VARSITY
# * ——
DURHAM, Sept. 8—( AP)—
As a result of Saturday’s scrim
mage when the second team
turned in a five touchdown to
one triumph over the first
team, Coach Wallace Wade
changed the names of the two
outfits as Duke started the sec
ond week of fall drills and prep
arations for their Sept. 27, sea
son opener with N. C. State here
today.
With Saturday’s first team
now the no. 2 outfit, the first
club is composed of Fred Hard
son, a tackle last season, and
Bill Duncan 1946 reserve, at
ends; Louis Allen, 1946 starter,
and Lloyd Isenberg, who played
here in 1944 and returned from
the service this spring at tack
les; Bill Davis, a sub last year,
and Ted Marshall, Jayvee in
1946, at guards; and Carl Perk
inson, 1946 sub, at center.
In the backfield are Red Fol
ger, Jr., ..who has been one of
. the outstanding backs in fall
drills and who was a letterman
last year, at wingback; Ben
Williams, reserve last season,
at fullback; Rollo Hodges,
another 1946 letterman, a tail
back; and Jack Eslick, sub
blocking back last season, at
that post.
The Blue Devils put in two
through drills today but there
was not much contact work.
There were no injuries reported
from the skirmish of Saturday
and John Montgomery, regular
blocking back last season, who
was out all last week due to an
infected throat returned to ac
tion in full uniform.
While the varsity men
worked, the Jayvees put in a
heavy day of separation under
Coaches Carmen Falcone and
Bob Cox in preparation for*
their opener on Saturday
against High Point a t High
Point.
Although they have had little
time to get ready for the con
test, the Junior varsity outfit
is expected to make a good
showing Saturday against the
powerful Panthers.
Stranahan Wins First Round
Of Amateur Golf Tourney
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif., Sept.
8 — UP) — Tournament favorite
Frank Stranahan of Toledo, Ohio,
whipped famed Pebble Beach
course with two under par golf
today to charge through the first
round of the U. S. Amateur
Championship with a 7 and 6 win
over Douglas W. Bajus of Van
couver, B. C.
The straight-hitting amateur
star, who has played the big
professionals on even terms in
open tournaments around the
country, took the first hole from
his opponent and built up the
lead from then on. His 34 for
the first nine of the heavily
traped layout was two under
standard requirements. He was
5 up at the turn, Bajus taking
a 39.
Stranahan fired par fours at
his rival to bag the 10th and
11th and closed out the match
with a par 3 on the 12th. The
Toledo entry’s birdie fours on
the 480 yard second and the 502
yard fifth were made in flawless
fashion. He dodged trouble all
the way.
Farmer Champion Johnny
Goodman, of Omaha, back in the
big league competition he domi
nated in 1937, came through his
initial test with a 3 and 2 win
over Herbert P. Smith of Orlan
Football Dodgers Trade
Dobbs For Hoemschemeyer
BROOKLYN, Sept. 8. — W—
The Brooklyn Dodgers of the
All-America Football Conference,
today traded Glenn Dobbs, vot
ed the loop’s most outstanding
player last year, to the Los An
geles Dons in a three-cornered
deal that brought Angelo Bertel
li to the Chicago Rockets and
Robert (Hunchy) Hoernschemey
er to the Dodgers.
All are backfield standouts.
No cash was involved in the
deal, Brooklyn officials said.
Dobbs will leave immediately to
join his new mates and Hoern
schemeyer will practice with the
Dodgers tomorrow in their prep
arations for Friday night’s game
in Ebbets Field with Cleveland.
Dobbs, former Tulsa Universe
ity All-America player in 1942,
received 41 1-2 votes out of a
possible 42 this winter in the
balloting for the most valuable
award.
78-Yard Punt
He established a conference
record last year with a 78-yard
WALKER HAS EDGE
ON BATTING TITLE
NEW YORK, Sept. 8 —W—
j Harry Walker of the Philadel
phia Phils virtually removed all
doubt during the past seven days
as to the identity of the National
League’s 1947 batting champion
by adding two points to his total
for a 36-point lead over his near
est rival.
Walker, younger brother ot
Brooklyn’s more widely known
Dixie, "belted out nine hits in
the 22 times at bat in the week
that ended Sunday and moved
his season’s average from 354
to .356. Meanwhile, Phil Cavar
retta of the Chicago Cubs re
mained at .320 to permit Walker
to increase his advantage.
The National League schedule
has only three more weeks to
go, virtually assuring Walker of
the title Stan Musial of the St.
Louis Cardinals took last year
with .365. Dixie Walker won the
crown in 1944 with .357 and
should Harry remain on top the
Walkers become the first brother
team to win the honor.
Galan Third
Augie Galan of Cincinnati, is
third with a .319 aggregate and
is followed by Pete Reiser of
Brooklyn, with .316; Walker
Cooper of New York, .314; Bob
Elliott of Boston, .310; Tommy
Holmes of Boston Ralph Kiner of
Pittsburgh and Dixie Walker,
all at .308; and Frankie Gustine
of Pittsburgh, .307.
The Philadelphia Wralker leads
the league in hits with 172 and
in triples ivith 16. The Brooklyn
half of the family tops the cir
cuit in doubles with 30.
Johnny Mize’s 46 home runs
gives him a bulge of, five over
Kiner. The New York first base
man also heads the circuit in
runs with 119 and run* batted in
with 123. Jackie Robinson of
Brooklyn, has an almost two-to
one ration in stolen bases over
his closest rival. The Dodger
first baseman has pilfered 24,
compared with 13 for Johnny
Hopp of Boston.
Jansen Leads Pitcher'
Larry Jansen, rookie right
handed pitcher with the New
York Giants, continues to top
the pitchers on a won and lost
basis with a .773 average, built
up on 17 victories and five de
feats. Ewell Blackwell of Cin
cinnati, ranks second with 21-7
but commands the strike out
wizards with 185 as compared
with Ralph Branca’s 128 in
Brooklyn’s cause.
BONHAM FINED
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 8. —W—
The Pittsburgh Pirates today re
ported that Pitcher Ernie Bon
ham h«d been fined $50 by Na
tional League President Ford
Frick for unnecessarily delaying
for 10 minutes Saturday’s game
here with the Chicago Cubs.
Frick said Bonham was slow in
leaving the game after being
ordered out by Manager Billy
Herman in, the third inning. The
Pirates won 7-6 in 10 innings.
I
punt and also set another mark
when he completed 23 passes in
a game against the San Fran
cisco 49’ers.
Bertelli starred at Notre Dame
and signed with ■ the Dons dur
ing the war. A few days later
he signed another pact, this one
with the Boston Yanks of the Na
tional Football League. In the
subsequent court battle Bertel
li was awarded to the All-Amer
ica club.
Hoernschemeyer played for
both Indiana University and the
Naval Academy during the war
and was the directing general of
the Rockets in their two games
this year.
Cliff Battles, coach of the Dod
gers, said “that I know I am giv
ing up an edge in kicking by
trading Dobbs but Hunchy will
give us a superior field general.
Dobbs made several strategical
mistakes this fall. In addition,
Hoernschemeyer is five years
younger than Dobbs.”
GEORGIA, CAROLINA
CONTEST SOLD OUT
CHAPEL HILL, Sept. 8.—
(PAL)—The “sold out” sign
today was hung on the North
Carolina - Georgia game
here Sept. 27, with Vernon
Crook, athletic association
office manager, announcing
that no more tickets of any
kind are available.
More than 42,000 seats
have been sold for what is
generally conceded to be the
nation’s most outstanding
opening day contest. The
normal capacity of Kenan
Stadium is 24,000, but over
18,000 temporary grandstand
seats have been added. These
will remain intact for all
Carolina’s home games,
In discussing these other
games, however, Mr. Crook
emphasized tickets are still
available for them. This in
cludes Wake Forest, Oct. 11,
Tennessee, Nov. 1; N. C.
State (homecoming), Nov. 8;
and Virginia, Nov. 29. Ad
vance sales for all home
games have been the great
est in university history and
other sellouts are anticipated.
The sellout for the Georgia
game means also that no
more season tickets are
available and any future ord
ers will have to be returned.
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LEADS AMERICAN
CHICAGO, Sept. 8. — W — j
Boston’s Ted Williams slipped j
three percentage points last I
week, but his .337 kept the Red
Sox thumper 10 points ahead
of the field in the American’
League batting race.
Williams actually gained a
point as runner-up Dale Mitch
ell of Cleveland dropped four
points to .327. Ted collected nine
hits in 30 trips during the week,
while Mitchell banged 11 in 39
appearances.
Biggest hitting thunder of the
week came from the bat of Chi
cago’s Taffy Wright, who climb
ed 10 points to third spot with
.325 as he cracked out 12 bingles
in 27 chances.
Joe Di Maggto of New York
and Barney McCoskey of Phil
adelphia improved seven and
nine' points respectively to tie
for fourth place with .322 each.
Other leaders through Sun
day’s games were Johnny Pesky
of Boston, 321; Manager-Short
stop Lou Boudreau of Cleveland,
.319; George Kell of Detroit,
.312; Luke Appling of Chicago,
.311; and George McQuinn of
New York, .302.
Williams continued to monop
olize the specialized department,
slamming two homers for a bag
of 29; swelling his RBI total to
94 with five more; and scoring
seven runs for a 110 aggregate.
Pesky kept the lead in hits
with 177, while other unchanged
leaders were Boudreau in
doubles, 43; Micky Vernon of
Washington in triples, 12; and
Bob Dillinger of St. Louis in
stolen bases, 29. !
do, Fla. Goodman’s golf was not
comparable to that he flashed
here 18 years ago when he
sidelined the great Bobby Jones
in the first round, but he held
Smith even on the outgoing nine
with a 39 and putted himself
into the lead coming home.
The first big upset of the open
ing round saw Bob Cochran of
Overland, Mo., outlast Arthur
Armstrong of Honolulu to win
1 up on the 20th hole. The lad
from Hawaii, several times
amateur and open territorial
champion, led more than 2,000
players in the national qualifying
for the 1947 championship, shoot
ing a 36-hole 136.
He ran into a sleeper, how
ever, in Cochran, one of the top
amateurs of Missouri. Cochran
posted a par 36 to grab a one
nu lead at the ninth, Armstrong
carding 37. The Honolulu entry
evened it on the tenth, lost the
12th and 13th and squared the
match with wins on the 15th
and 16th. -They had scores of
75 for the eighteen.
Crochran, former St. Louis
open and Missouri state winner
dropped a 15-footer on the second
extra hole for a birdie and the
victory. Armstrong barely missed
his putt from 17 feet.
TENNIS TOURNEY
RULES RELEASED
Entry blanks and tournament
rules were released yesterday
by L. N. Boney, Jr., a member
of the Wilmington Tennis Club,
for the 1947 Wilmington Tennis
tournament to be played Sep
tember 14 through the 21st.
Boney said that the deadline
for entering the tournament will
be September 11, and the fees
will be two dollars for singles
and one dollar for each one-half
of the double teams.
Rules governing the tourna
ment are as follows:
1. Matches must be played
by deadlines set by officials
scorer or forfieted, 2. If clay
courts are not available all play
able matches must be played on
asphalt courts, 3. Results of all
matches must be phoned to of
ficial scorer or J. T. Watts,
phone 2-2866,, 4. New balls will
be furnished for all matches,
5. Best two out of three sets
will be played in all matches ex
cept semi-finals which shall be
the best three out of five, 6.
Suitable trophies shall be pre
sented to winners and runner
ups. 7. Seedings, drawings, rules
or tournament decisions shall be
made by a committee, appointed
by president of the Wilmington
Tennis Club, 8. All entrants
must be residents of New Hsi
over County, 9. Blanks properly,
executed and accompanied by
required funds shall be dispatch
ed to reach one of the following
places on or before 12 o’clock
noon, September 11, 1947, Foy
Roy Company, Hines Sporting
Goods Co., Enterprise Sports Co.,
L. N. Boney, Jr., 120 S. 5th St.,
or P. O. Box 986.
STANDINGS
TOBACCO STATE LEAGUE
PLAYOFF SERIES
Team W L Pet.
Lumber ton - 4 1 .800
WILMINGTON _ 3 3 .500
Sanford -—-- 3 3 .500
Dunn£Erwin _ 1 4 .200
i Yesterday's Results
WILMINGTON 11; Sanford 3.
Lumber ton 4; Dunn-Erwin 3.
NATIONAL LEAGUE _
__»i ■ -
W L Pet. Games
Behind
Brooklyn _ 84 52 . 618 —
St. Louis _ 77 56 .579 5 1-2
Boston__-_ 76 61 .555 8 1-2
New York __J_ 69 64 .519 13 1-2
Cincinnati _ 65 74 . 468 20 1-2
Chicago _ 59 74 .444 23 1-2
Philadelphia - 55 79 .410 28
Pittsburgh _ 55 80 .407 28 1-2
Yesterday’s Results
New York 10; Pittsburgh 8.
(Only games scheduled).
NEW YORK, Sept. 8—(M-Probable
pitchers for tomorrow’s major league
games (won and lost records in paren
theses) :
Today’s Games
New York at 'Pittsburgh—(night) —
Hartung (8-6) vs Roe (4-12).
Brooklyn at Chicago—Lombardi (11-9)
vs Schmitz (9-17).
Boston at Cincinnati —(night) —
Spahn (17-9) vs W'alters (7-7).
Philadelphia at St. Louis—(night) —
Judd (3-13) vs Dickson (11-13).
AMERICAN LEAGUE
NEW YORK, Sept. 8—(ff)—American
League standings, including tonight’s
game:
W L Pet. Games
Behind
New York _ 86 51 .628 —
Boston _ 72 61 .541 12
Detroit _ 72 62 .637 12 1-2
Cleveland _ 71 63 .530 13 1-2
Philadelphia - 69 66 .511 16
Chicago _ _ 62 73 .459 23
Washington __ 58 76 .433 26 1-2
St. Louis _ 48 86 . 358 36 1-2
Yesterday’s Results
Cleveland 4; New York 3.
(Only games scheduled).
Today’s Games
Chicago at Washington—(night)—Lopat
(14-11) vs Cary (3-0).
St. Louis at Philadelphia—(night) —
Kinder (6-13) vs Marchildon (16-8).
Detroit at Boston—Trucks (10-7) vs
Dobson (15-7).
(Only games).
BASEBALL’S BIG SIX
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
(Three Leaders In Each League)
Player and Club G AB R H Pet.
Walker, Phillies 132 483 73 172 .356
Williams, Red Sox 134 454 110 153 .337
x—Mitchell, Indians 100 39& 54 128 .372
McCosky, Athletics 117 465 68 151 .325
Wright, White Sox 107 338 43 110 .325
^Cavarretta, Cubs 114 422 52 135 .320
Galan, Reds 117 367 58 117 .319
RUNS BATTED IN
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Mize, Giants - 125
Kiner. Pirates _'— 109
Cooper, Giants - 103
AMERICAN LEAGUE
x—DiMaggio, Yankees __—*_- 88
Williams, Red Sox _ - 94
x—Henrich, Yankees - 88
HOME RUNS
Mize, Giants --—- 46
Kiner, Pirates _ 41
Marshall. Giants -- 35
Williams, Red Sox _— 29
x—Gordon, Indians _ 26
Heath, Browns . 25
j x—Plays tonight.
GONZALES STANDS
OUT AT NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Sept. 8.— W —
Richard (Pancho) Gonzales, a
19-year-old stick of tennis dyna
mite from Los Angeles, came
near throwing the National
championships completely out of
kilter today when he carried
Davis Cup star Gardnar Mulloy
of Miami to five screaching sets
before bowing out in a second I
round match at Forest Hills.
The hot tomale from the coast. |
owner of a searing service and a
deadly stop-volley that baffled
Mulloy, once stood at 4-2 in
games in the deciding set and
1 again .was ..within one point of
I making it 5-3, on his own service,
j Only Mulloy’s cool head and vast
i experience finally pulled him but
I ox a nasty situation. The scores
were 6-3, 6-3, 2-6, 9-11, 6-4.
And then Gonzales began to
play a brand of slashing, net
rushing, tennis that no one knew
he possessed. By the time he had
reeled off the third set and then
squared the match by winning
the long-drawn fourth, practi
cally all the several thousand
spectators on the premises had
jammed themselves into the sec
ondary grandstands where the
match was being played Jo watch
j Pancho make his bid.
A tabularium is a room con
taining memorial tablets.
Benton Gets Homer, Doable, •
Single; Edens To Hurl Tonight
Seventh And . Final Game
Of Series To Be Played
Here At 7:45 Tonight
The Wilmington Pirates base
ball club knocked 14 hits off Bil
ly Stone and Hoyt Clegg last
night before 3,000 fans at the
American Legion Stadium to
win the sixth of the four out
of seven game series to notch
a three-all game win with the
Sanford Spinners.
Johnny Edens will take the
mound tonight for the champion
ship game of the series while
McFadden or Lefty Bortz will do \
the Spinners’ hurling.
The Pirates and Spinners held
out for three initial innings last
night with neither team scoring
until the last of the fourth when
the Statoneers hammered out
four runs to take a lead of 4-0 at
the fourth inning.
Freddy Musumeci grounded
out in the fourth inning as Billy
Benton knocked one to right
field to get to first base, and
stole second. Heavy hitter Hog
gy Davis collided with one and
sent it to the right field fence
as Benton scored for the first
run of the game.
Poklemba walked, following
the first run, and Harry Bridges
dropped a hit by third base to
load the bases. Stekel then sac
rificed down to first base line
scoring Davis. Staton singled
bringing home Poklemba and
Bridges. Lamb singled as Hoyt
Clegg went into pitch for San
ford and Hardisky grounded to
Clegg to complete * the fourth
frame, with four runs, five hits,
and no errors.
Salford tallied two runs in the
the fifth frame to take their first
runs of the game as Clegg sing
led and Quinn doubled to right
field. Nessing then knocked a
single to center field and scored
Clegg for the first run. Wilson
then flied out to Poklemba and
Nessing stole second, as Nessel
rode threw an intentional pass
to load the bases. Shoffner for
ced Nesselrode as Quinn crossed
the home plate and Hedrick end
ed the frame by forcing Shoff
ner.
A home run over the right
field fence in the fifth inning by
Billy Benton was the lone run
of the Inning as the 340 foot
dj;ive by the homer drew the
crowds to their feet.
Quinn walked for the seventh
inning opening as Nessing doubl
ed to center field and advanced
FIRST BIRTHDAY FINDS
TINY TINA GAINING
NEW YORK (U.R)—1Tina Jeanne
Soifer eighed only one pound, 14
ounces, when she was born a year
ago, but now she’s up to 12 pounds,
13 ounces, and is thriving.
Celebrating her first birthday,
Aug. 8, Tina, daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. Hyman Soifer, resembled a
happy doll as she acknowledged
congratulations and said goodby
with a wave of her tiny hand. The
average year - old baby weighs
about 21 pounds.
Tina, prematurely born by 13
weeks, was kept alive by intraven
ous feeding in an incubator. Peni
cillin warded off infection when an
abscess threatened at an injection
spot, and sulfa drugs and strepto
mycin guarded her against other
diseases.
As she passed her birthday, how
ever, Tina was taking a milk for
mula, a cereal, eat, vegetables
and fruit.
“She’ll be smaller than other
babies for a couple of years,” Mrs.
Soifer said, “and after that we’ll
expect her to" catch up.”
Comb or coomb was on old Brit
ish corn measure, containing four
bushels. In many localities hol
lows or valleys among the hills
are called “comb” or “coombs.”
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to third on a throw-in as Quinn
scored for the Spinners final
run of the ball game.
Hardisky made a sensational
shoe string catch on Wilson’s bit
and doubled Nessing off third.
Hardisky knocked a high fly
back of the pitchers mound a*
the entire Sanford team watch
ed it for a hit, then Musemeci
singled and sent Hardisky to
third base. Benton -.doubled .to
score Hardisky as Davis hit a
400-foot drive into right field
to score Musemeci and Benton.
Poklembo singled to center field
as Bridges hit the top of the r^ht
field fence for a double scoring
Davis. Steckel then was fanned
and Staton hit to Keane who er
rored as Poklemba scored. Lamb
then struck out to end the in
ning.
The Pirates final run came in
the eighth as Musemeci singled
to centerfield and Benton was
walked. Davis then singled to
short to score Musemeci for the
last run of the ball game.
Billy Benton was the heavy
hitter for the victorious Pirates
as he connected with three hits
for four trips to the plate. He
knocked out a homer, a double
and a single. Hoggy Davis seed
ed second for the hitting hon
ors as he drove four men in with
three trips to the home plate. „
The Pirates will tangle with
the Sanford Spinners here to
night for the championship of
the four out of seven game series
with the winner playing the
Lumberton Cubs. If the Wilming
tonians are victorious tonight
they will journey to Lumberton
to play, but if Sanford wins the
series they will be host to Lum
berton on their own diamond.
Much' praise was given last
night to Manager Jim Staton a*
the fans continously commented
on the Pirates ball handling and
the superior work being done by
their manager.
SANFORD AB R II O A E
Guilin, 2b -- 3 2 2 4 2 0
Nessing, 3b - 5 0 2 1 3 0
Nesselrode, rf___ 3 0 0 0 0 fl
Wilson, cf - 4 0 1 2 0 0
Shoffner, lb —. - 4 0 2 9 0 0
Hedrick, c - 4 0 0 5 0 C
Holliday, If - 10 0 10 0
Keane, ss - 4 0 0 2 2 1
Stone, c - 1 0 0 0 1 0
Clegg, P --_ 2 110 0 0
Watson, x - 1 0 0 0 0 0
Pugh, If ___ 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS _ 32 3 8 24 I I
x—Hit for Clegg ni 9th.
WILMINGTON AB R II O A I
Hardisky, 2b - 5 117 8 1
Musumeci, ss- 4 2 2 2 0 C
Benton, cf -<---—4 3 3 1 0 1
Davis, rf _-_ 5 2 3 1 0 C
Poklemba, If - 4 2 1 1 0 C
Bridges, lb -- 4 1 2 9 1 (
Steckel, 3b - 3 0 0 3 4 1
Staton, c _ 4 0 1 3 2 3
Lamb, p _—- 4 0 1 0 3 (
TOTALS _____ 37 11 14 27 18 1
SANFORD 000 020 100-r 3
WILMINGTON " 000 410 51x-»ll
Runs batted in — Quinn, Shoffner,
Steckel, Staton 2, Benton 2, Nessing,
Bridges. Two base hits—Quinn, Nessihf,
Benton, Davis, Bridges. Home run —
Benton. Stolen bases—Wilson, Benton.
Sacrifices — Steckel. Double plays —
Steckel to Hardisky to Bridges (2>.
Quinn to Shoffner, Hardisky to Steckel.
Left on bases—Sanford 9; Wilmington I.
Bases on balls—off: Stone 1, Lamo 4,
Clegg 1. Struck out, by—Stone 1, Lamb
3, Clegg 4. Hits off: Stone 5 in 3 2-3
innings: Clegg 9 in S 2-3: Watson 0 in
2-3. Hit by pitcher, by—Lamb, (Holli
day and Pugh). Passed balls—Hedrick.
Losing pitcher—Stone. Umpires—ReveiUe,
Zuk, Baker. Time of game—2:10. »,
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