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PAGE SIX Senators Win Opener In Big Show; A’s Meet Raleigh BOSTON LOSES IN TEN INNINS GAME President Hoover Tosses Out First Ball For Wash ington Season Wa-*hlngton April 12 iAPV Bw ball put on one of ll.< finest «how> - an extra inning pitcher*' ha*tle —to usher in the 1932 major league i*e**on yfarntiy befor* ihe nation* Chlaf Executive and Fuat Lady. For the first time in the four year? Herbert Hoover a> President has been rowing out a new white baU for the ! Inaugural game the Washington team won Its opening game overcoming th*- Boston Red Sox I to 0 in the tenth or a walk followed by a routing double from the big ba of Heine ManutSt Through inning after inning the rival righthander* Danny MacFayden for Bonbon and Alvin Crowder for the Senator* - battle 1 on even terms with both team.- giving tnideeanon support on a diamond d.imp and Mow from recent ratna Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE Club W. L. Pet Washington ..1 0 100 T New York 0 0 000 Philadelphia 0 0 000 Cleveland 0 0 .000 Sr. Louit 0 0 000 Detrog 0 0 000 Chicago ... 0 0 OOC Boston 0 1 .000 Today*s Games Major league games today NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia at New York. Bert on et Brooklyn. Pittsburgh at St. Louis. Chicago nt Cincinnati. AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington nr Boston. New ork a» Plnlailelphia. St Louis at Chicago Cleveland at Detroit POLITICAL NOTICES Special Notice This U to notlfv all candidate* so office Ihbt political notice* puhlishei In this column or elsewhere in lh< Dally Dispatch are c«*h in advance Kate* furnislied upon application. FOR NIE SENATE I hereby announce my candidacy so the State Senate from the distrtc' composed of Vance and Warren covin tlea, subject to the Democratic pr mary of June 4. and will apppreciat< your support. w. s coßnirr. for constable This 1* to say to my friends Chat . ariH b? a candidate for constable o' Henderson towm-hip in the June ‘ Dewaoccatlc primary, and I solicit youi support, which will be greatly appre elated. J. C. CHAMPION. FOR STATE SENATE I hereby announce my candidacy ts represent Vance and Warren coun tie* In the Senate for the North Caro tiaa General Assembly, subject to th of the Democratic Primary June 4th., 1932. Your support will be deeply appre dated. D. P. MCDIJFFEE. Notice To Depositors of the First National Bank Henderson, N. C. All depositors who have not received a statement of their account since the close of business on December 31, 1931, will please call by the bank at once and get the same. If you have not had interest credited on your savings pass book up to December 31,1931, please bring your book in so that it can be done. R. G. Harrison, Receiver The First National Bank Henderson, N. C. _Eli_Crew_jn_Firgt_Outdoor Workout With the advent of real Spring weather, preparation for the season’s outdoor sports are in full swing all over the country. Here is the Yale varsity crew, shown during its first workout on the Housatonk Itivor, New Ilivcn nnii n”i : hintr on on their Duke Champions Enter Big 5 Chase Tomorrow Durham, April 12.—The Blue Devils f Duke, after six victories over out •f state foes, will start their cam aign for a fourth consecutive North ’arolina Big Five title by meeting lavtdson at Davidson tomorrow aft rnoon. The defending champions are the »st to enter the race. Wake Forest < at top with two victories in two ames and the Tar Heels of Carolina ave a win in their lone contest. State as dropped one and Davidson two. This year's race is going to be a ot one, according to Coach Jack oombv of the Devils, whose teams High School Stars Meet For Title At University Chapel Hill. April 12—A field of *i- Met 200 of North Carolina’s 2Snest *gh school track and tennis stars wiW ather at the University Thursday and 'riday w fight it out for Slate cfiam t on ships. Ten teams will compete for e-ac-h .tie, Durham. High Point. Salisbury, >akhurst < Mecklenburg county,) Char lie. Greensboro Mt Olive. Rocking imm. Winston-Salem and Wilming on have entered teams in the 20th nnual track championships to be run State Hopes For Victory Over Duke Next Saturday Raleigh. April 12—Enthused with its -5 win over the hard hitting Raleigh fcps last Saturday, the State College <aset>all team renewed practice yes erday for its game Saturday April 6. with Duke University on Fresh nan Field at State at 3 o’clock. Ooach Chick Doak of Stale was de ighted with h« way his players hit n the pinches in the Raleigh game. >oak said that work this would onsist largely of infcr&squgd games. The game wHh the Blue Devils is he only tilt carded for State this veefc. Duke plays Davidson tomoi cm at Davidson. HENDERSON, (N. C.,) DAILY DIBPATCH TUESDAY APRIL 12 IMS technique lo: tnc important intercollegiate regattas to come. The men are boated as follows: Mayer, coxswain; Jackson, stroke; Knott, captain, is No. 7; Esselstvn, 6; Meyer, 5; Goodale, 4; Atwued. .i. Mnmit't 'I end U.Jlott. Bow of the past three years have made winning the Big Five title a habit at Duke. He favors Carolina to cop the championship this season. “They ap pear to be the strongest hitting team in the State," he said, “and also have a fine defensive club.” Big Tim McKeithan. giant right hander. will take the mound tomor row in the Blue Devils' opener. He worked the opening game of the sea son against Marshall college and started the Lion game, pitching three innings. He has allowed 12 hits In the 12 innings he has been on the rubber and baa fanned 18 men. off Friday morning and afternoon, and Raleigh. Durham, Dunn. Ohaptd Hill Washington, Hickory, Wilmington Chariotle, Rockingham and Monroe have teams entered in tihe 17th cham piomdiip tennis tournament to be held Thursday and Friday. Charlotte athletes will hold the spot light on both contests but the size and strength of the field indicate that the champions will have the toughest fany Charlotte team ever met here. John Lanning, Slate’s mound ace, will probably be opposed by Bobby Coombs of Duke. These two men air rated among the best college hurlers in the State. Duke is the second college team to face State this spring. Wake Forest was the first and Bhe Deacons won. 5-2. State, however, has played three exhibition game.-* with professional clubs. • HIGHSCHfIOL WEEK STATE UNIVERSITY / -r-y Pebatei and Athletic Event* Are To Be Held At Chapel Hill OhapH HiM. April 12-High School Week will open here Thursday, bring.- ing nearly 500 competitors and as many more backers and chaperonea from all over North Carolina to the University for State high .school chnm plonship contests in debating, track and tennic. A total of .77 t*ams from a 30Q-«4l«* radios, from CuHowhee on the west pi Manteo way down e-ast, wild send their boys nnd girls after the State debating rbomplonebdp and the Aycock cup There will be 22S speakers. 122 girls and 106 boys, these experts on the topic of compulsory unemployment insurance being the survivors of the preliminary triangular contents. In which 228 schools in 85 counties parti cipated. The 17!h nnrual state champion ship tennis tournament Thursday and Friday and the 30th annual track championships Friday will draw 200 more competitors. Ten teams are en tered in each contests, and several of the schools are sending as many as 20 trackmen after the title Charlotte has won the last three years in a row, Charlotte won the singles Raleigh the doubles, in last year's tennis champoin- Shlps. The debaters will all meet in Me morial Hall at 2 o’clock Thursday aft ernoon, to hear greetings from N W. Walker, Dean of the School of Edu cation. and the conduct their draw- ings. The first preliminaries wiW be nekl Thursday night at 7 o'clock in 14 sections which will meet in hall scat tered all over th i campus. The judges wnl pick the best affir mative and tli ? beat negative team from each section, and the 14 affirm ative teams will compete in the second preliminaries in th P Phllanthropic As sembly Hall, and the 14 negative teams in the Dialectic Senate HaD, on Friday morning at B:3U. Another set of judges will pick the beet affirmative and the beat nega tive team speaking in the semi-finals, and these two will meet in the grand finale for the Aycock Cup in Memo rial Hall Friday night at 8 o'clock. This program will also include pre sentation of the athletic trophies, pre sentation of th** Thomas Hume Cup in Journalism, won by Durham this year, and announcement of the win ning sohoofc in the academic contests held by the University and its Exten sion Division this year. E. R. Rankin secretary of the Bu reau of High School Relations, is in charge of the piogirnm and arrange ments. The wholiTUniveitdty campus i.* co-operating In preparing enter tainment forth? university's guests. Results AMERICAN LEAGUE Wathinglon 1. jpordon 0. Only game schlcfufed. If you paid for ELECTRICITY AS YOU USED IT „ or - vooa X J ® >e , A PENNY t, a ,L*„ utm, but it la, Ib„n a c.M yau does a big job when invested clean a carpet or wash a whola in electricity. For nearly every tub of clothes. And so on down service electricity performs may be the line, practically every service paid for with pennies. One cent, electricity performs costs just as for example, will light a lamp for little. Considering the time and several hours. It will cook a meal labor it saves, what money you ' tor one peraon - 11 wll > Wng you spend bring, you greM „ return ia radio entertain- comfort end convenience? ■feSjl CAROLINA i"l ' Power & Light Company GAME IN RALEIGH DURING AFTERNOON Durham Bulls Come Here Tomorrow For Lee Mead ows Day At Park The A‘s < kept idle yesterday by rain, motored over to the Capital Ctty to meet the Raleigh Capa of the Pied mont League this afternoon at 3 o'clock in the second meeting of the two clubs this season. The Cap* swamped the As here 22-6 kaot Fri day . It was learned that Manager Pa hi man is bolstering up his pitching staff for the game this afternoon. Hi* pitching was hie weakest point in the previous gome with the Capa. He bor rowed George Petty from the Caps who twirled for five innings and the game was interesting but when he sent in his own pitchers, the Raletgh bats men practically ran themselves out. Durham Here Tomorrow To celebrate Lee Meadows Day, the Durham Bull so? the Piedmont League will be in town tomorrow to meet the A’s out in their pasture at 3:15 o'clock. It has been announced that Lee Mea dows, former big league pitching star, “bo is n ow with the Bulla, win be the mound for the Bo vines, and wiO the possibility of the local fans seeing Lefty Wilson, former Gamecock, get in a share of the work for the after noon . Manager Pahlman haa not announc ed his pitcher for the afternoon but it Ls thought that he ia pulling a few .strings to get a good pitcher here tor tomorrow’s game, which should be a good exhibition, and many of the local flans are expected to turn out to see the game. CONTESTANTS TO RECITE ON COOPERATIVE ESSAYS Raleigh. April 12—More than 400 contestants in the fifth annual essay contest of the North Caro Una Cotton Growers Cooperative Association will publicly deliver their emays during the 10 da>»» between April 10 and 20. This group Ia made up of the best four writers in each of the more than 100 Strte high schools which entered the competition. To Enter DciaUa, Raleigh, April 12.—After a fine show ing in the national debating tourney held last week in Tulsa, Ok la., where they placed among the first fifteen teums and won third place in the in dividual oratorical contests. State College's crack three-man debating i team ia now preparing for the South | ern debating and oratorical champion ship contests scheduled this week in | Anheville. High School Bulldogs Playing Bethel Hill Nine This Afternoon The Henderson High Bußdoga were in Person county this afternono me**- Ing Bethel Hill nine in the fourth conference encounter of the season ft>i the local club. The locals have not worked out since they were drubbed 17-0 by Chapel HHI lasi Thursday The A*s had the park Friday and "Old Jupe” had it yesterday, so the locals go into the game this afternoon without a workout etnet* Thursday. •I. Mill*, Catcher, Quit a Today, the team will be without the services of J. Mills, regular catcher who has turned in his uniform because l he did not wish to catch, it was said. The position wat amigned him by Coach Payne after M. Kearney and William Watkins were declared inel igible because of scholastic difficult ies. Kearney and Watkins were the only reserve catchers from last sea son. and the high school mentor had no experienced man for the job be hind the plate. Mills is a good bail player and the coach was trying to make a receiver out of him in hopes that he could strengthen his team in that department. Team Evenly Matched Bethel Hill lost to Oxford 9-5, Hen derson topped Oxford and the Per son county nine nosed out Middleburg 9-8. while Henderson has won one and lost one to Middlebuiy this season. A good fame was in prospect for th<- afternoon when the two teams hooked up. The line-up for today’s game as an- TAAVO NURMI IS CLEARED BY FINISH OFFICIALS Helsingfors. Finland. April 12 <AP> -The Finnish athletic league ha* cleared Paavo Nurmi of charges of mand formally protest ed his suspension by the international anraiteur athletic federation. Through President Kekkonen. the j Finnish organization informed the I. A. A F. that the charges against , Nurmi were false. For Better Printing Phone 62 ALFORD'S PRINT SHOP The Urgent and best equipped job shop In town. nounced by Coach Payne was as f r ,|. lows. Bryan c; Hants p; Edward* lb; Jnacoe 2b ; Hight «; Stain lie ok 3b; E. Watkins if; K. Mill* cf; l*ofctc rs Hall rs. ONE CENT SALE Thursday, Friday and Saturday April 14, 15 and 16th. See large ad in Wednesday's Dispatch PARKER'S DRUC STORE THE Y«*ait ORUO STOM