Sam Snead Favored In Charlotte Open Outboard Racing Club May Be Formed CHARLOTTE, March 27.—(JP)_ Augusta Masters’, final on Meet W hite Phantoms Ninth Street Sluggers thing in golf right the event Aggies The hottest now, winter calendar. BANKS CHANNEL of Hot Springs, Beat Nesbitt Court Owls Sam Snead Va., frnmnTCiPai contention is expected third M*ngrum of Los An- jj,e year's ranking money tew G. Britt and Stouden- T°yd Demaret of E. Jimmy ‘inner, is favored to reap his Tev rt fy Houston, SITE FOR RACES harvest of Heafner of Charlotte mire teamed up yesterday evening •nird straight the fast- and'’ ml!yt°n tour Dutch Harrison to lead the Ninth Street Sluggers fading winter which opens a of T itti4 ^lnner R°Ck' Ark- a11 ^-s^- Interested Parties 16 over Charlotte open stand to- vire^, Asked to a one-sided to 0 victory four-day vicemen as is Snead. morrow. Nesbitt Court Owls, at Mangnim, third to To Contact the hapless of the Greensboro and Snead at Wrightsville Winners Where his Robert Strange diamond. opens in his last two Dun?tlSb0t0, magnificent Committee Jacksonville the who is batting at a torrid in which he was 34 strokes stmttg-Shared sP0thght with Britt, starts mmy s blasted a home- for 144 superb slugging turned .500 average, long under Par holes, Snead is Outdoor motor races will 61ght Under Par 64 agair. out of the park, while Stouden- his top form. He sparkled off Practice be held at a| Wrightsville Beach this a no throughout the yesterday over the Myers mire hurled brilliant ihe tee Greensboro p°Jh'l ^ ub s summer if plans of a committee where his 6,410-yard course. game, striking out ten men in the tournament booming, Tne formed of local ma- husky Heafner, in the first boating fans shutout. drives were something to 10 at accurate Greensboro, takes on added terialize, Tommy Cofer, a mem- Smith He reached a peak of 350 ber of Tommy Turlinton, Billy sec. sta.ure here as he owns the a newly-formed committee with one prodigious course Louie Clark, Gene Warren, Carl y.ards poke. record of 60, set to encourage the sport, announced would have several years Warren, Robert Brown, Meltor Sel- Surer putting lowered had 30 last night. several a§0,. each nine, scoring and Eddis Johnson also play- his score by strokes. 1~ lers, birdies and six pars, and “Several years ago racing was Last the Virginian today ed a big part in the Ninth Street- year dropped he banged out another 30 a popular attraction at the beach- marathon here to Byron on the er’s first win. a Nelson, front nine, five es and with the lifting of wartime tied him on the last and bagging birdies, who day and tw’o restrictions on 18-hole eagle, pars and going over gasoline, motors then -.vent two playoffs be- on one hole. and parts this season could be a SKATES fore the decision. A gaining Nelson, field of 130 will tee off Thurs- banner year for outboard with Ben Hogan, is not fans,” FOR BEGINNERS glong com- day in quest of 7,500 in Cofer said. this time, the prize pair having with 18 holes peting money daily through ‘Tentative plans call for races elec.ed to rest until next week’s Sunday. to be held on Banks Channel at Wrightsville Beach with invitations being sent to drivers in parts of the country,” he continued. 114 MARKET Persons interested in organizing | the club were asked to Yanks’CharleyStanceau contact Cof- er at P. O. Box 1537 or by telephon- Blanks ing 2-1956 for further details and [ Hitters plans. ---—-! “A meeting of interested per- From AP and UP) sons will be held sometime (Compiled Bobo gave up three walks in the in ,he Stanceau pitched a five- first near future,’’ Cofer said. Charley for a rr r but that A’s and ; shutout yesterday became bounced back to win 5 to 3 New York Yankee Sid the first to go Gordon slammed a homer for JUNIOR “Y” PLAYOFFS full nine in an exhibition the the Giants other runs while hits I this as the Yankees de- Ford The final game of the game year by Garrison and Vernon Ben- the Dodgers, 5 to 0 Stan- son YMCA Church league junior feated sparked the winners attack .! ’s playoffs will be held at 8:30 to- ceau a'as recently moved up from Braves, although outhit tne by night. Teams playing are the the Yanks’ B team Bobo New- Phils, beat the Quaker City Tabernacle and the rune, 4-3 Baptists In the first picture of the North Carolina-Oklahoma A&M NCAA title game to be published in a North Carolina newspaper, Hugh some pitched for the Athletics yes- yesterday by virtue of a loth Temple Baptists. Each has Morton’s camera has caught seven-foot Bob Kurland (90) in a char icteristic pose, controlling play. Other, Sam Aubrey (85) is the terday with indifferent results inning by Nanny won contest. other Aggie player in the picture. Kurland obscures Bones McKinney but the Phantom between the two Cowboys is Box Paxton while a between the Philadel- Fernandez In game Jimmy Tabor, belt- John Dillon is at right. and the New York ■ --- phia team Giants ed two home runs and two singles fielder Johnny Rizzo and for the Blue Jays' while Ron Northy Herman Franks and Mike Sand- board and room expense while In r—---! was good for a GOLDSBORO TEAM round-tripper also lock Goldsboro. Rollie The Indians cut adrift le Hemley recently bought three Any player who shows promise REPAIR the Phils hopefuls yesterday .Pitch- ANNOUNCES DATES PARTS by from the Yanks caught and is signed to a contract with the the er Ambrose (Bo) Palica was sold entire nine innings for the Phils ! FOR PLAYER SCHOOL Goldsboro Coastal Plain club with FOR— outright to Oakland, Bryan Pitcher Ben Cardoni, released which New Orleans has a working the Stephens was sent to the coast club by Braves to Little Rock refus- March 26. —Roy agreement will be refunded his ex- on recall option and Stan GOLDSBORO, -BICYCLES ed to report and Watch pense money. yesterday went Dissinger, head scout for the New instead to his Benjamin was given his outright Morning 70* GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS LANTERNS home in Jessup, Pa. -COLEMAN release The Giants sent Pitcher WITH Orleans Pelicans of the Southern CUMMINS-COLLINS DISTILLERIES Left-hander Tommy Gor’mon, Red Cross chapters arrangeed -SILEX COFFEE MAKERS had Frank Seward to the Association, will conduct a free who trials with the Braves and for housekeepers for servicemen’s LOUISVILLE I NT U C K y| Seals Ray Lamanno Golds- ,|K the Giants this spring will baseball player school at the wives returning home with new -CORY COFFEE MAKERS pitch for ait a two-run homer in the seventh Edward Sachs the Mexican league Hoot Evers, boro Municipal Stadium April 3 babies. inning yesterday to give the Reds ALSO— Tiger star won’t be able 7. a 4 to 3 triumph over the World through April to play for at least six weeks, it Take Your Pick Champion Tigers Hank Green- The school is open for try-outs Tires was learned yesterday Evers Bicycle oerg. Detroit Tiger for between the ages of is suffering from a fractured ankle Boston’s Red Sox and the have any player s taking a few days off in the a student and Tubes* and will be released from been established in the winter books as the favorites 16 and 23 and who is not Henry rest would his leading Ford in ropes the sharpen interest- hospital Detroit today to win the race. when in high school. Any player oatting eye .. The former Army Therefore, Four Brooklyn Dodgers have turn- ed should to the Goldsboro is not in his usual the United Press and Associated Press sent report ed down :aptain hitting through dis- -NTERPRISC Mexican bids it was re- Municipal Stadium April 3 with style Scoring in every inning last United Press the Yanks ported yesterday, the top offer be- patches night—the discussing his own shoes, glove and other SPORT SHOP out the fourth, sixth and seventh, a $30,000 bid to Cookie and the Associated Press, the Red Sox — it was a equipment and if possible his own ing Lava- the beat their good 105 S. Front Dial 2-1830 getto for to the uniform. The players must furnish three years Others Louisville Colonel 10-8 chance compare two clubs. farmhands, their transportation to and from who are sold American are Out- The two teams batted out a • • • Goldsboro and must bear their total of 24 hits with Louisville Third Leo Petersen of the United Press pointed out that the '■ ■ —.. .. Baseman Don Lang hitting a homer New Yorkers will be on ,1 ..— »n mm ———■ V* $ depending several unknown quan- A inside the park Big A1 Benton, tities for their pitching success while the MacPhail Tiger pitcher was the hurler who charges howisyourS.A.today? will be able to boast one of the better j gave up all of the Reds’ runs in the infields in either cir- cuit. With Joe Bengals 4-3 defeat The Sensa. DiMaggio flanked by , or , the Yanks well be the tors laced the pitching of Chat- may people’s choice for an o/VTivee&iM entry into the . tanooga staff-members yesterday J • • * • as the American league team won He uses On the other hand Jack Hand of the Associated -naturally! v\ 11-1 Outfielder Press to be ... correct, points out that Dave Ferris and Tex the There’s A Hughson give Still Brand Blades! and Catcher each hit two homers Hospital Beantowners the makings of an excellent staff and with Wolff hurled and pitching Roger gave Ted Doerr and have a a Williams, Pesky, York, powerful batting He makes swell impression every- four hits in six up innings average. So maybe you better put down your two bucks on Boston. time, everywhere. He’s keen... 1 ^JjUi he's clean...he's on the beam. Now In Stock! Spot by spot it looks something like this. At first, the Red Sox He uses Hospital Brand Blades. AND BASEBALL will start . "York is the first baseman of the minute,” BIG JOB AHEAD ! 5 BLADES SHOES says Hand. “But has been slow rounding into form and may give way i to either Rookie A1 Flair or Paul for 254 ALL SIZES Campbell (of Charlotte) if he doesn’t regain his old home-run punch.” The Yanks will counter with Nick JRUGGISTS Before there will be for \ PICKARD’S Etten "whose bat gives him an edge over the pre-war sackers—Buddy telephones 209 Market St. Dial 2-3224 Hassett and ,” Petersen writes. In other words, just about even-Steven for both nines. all who want them

At second is back for the Yanks and Is just as good for the Red Sox, so all again it is all-even. Ph!l Rizzuto will take care of the Yanks’ shortstop worries and while There is still a tremendous construction job ahead of us he has an edge over the Red Sox’s Pesky in the field he can’t hit with the Boston’s shortfielder. No noticable edge again with before we can furnish telephones to all who want them. New at the both teams masters -play. switchboards must be first manufactured and then installed • • in a At third, both clubs start the season with their fingers crossed. great many cities and towns. At other places buildings The Sox will have either Ernie Andres, a former basketball must be constructed or to facilities great, or Eddie Pellagrini who would be playing first-string short- enlarged provide housing if it wasn’t for stop Pesky. , last year’s batting for this new central office before it can be champ and standout will attempt to changeover to equipment the hot corner for the Gotham outfit but Snuffy has been plagued by installed. a series of minor injuries and a long holdout this season. Whether the late start will handicap him remains to be seen but on paper, at look at least, the Yanks stronger third. We are well along with our three hun- dred million dollar In the outfield each team has a big gun, and Joe expansion program to beer, well in DiMaggio—both have hitting very and provide more and better service for the Joe remains as the top defensive outfielder in the game. Anyway, you won’t find a major league in either circuit who would South. However, in some of the more con- not give the war debt to have either one of these boys. The other —Henrich, Keller and Lindell of the Yanks and Dofii gested communities considerably more DiMaggio, Leon Culberson, George Metkovich, Pete Fox and time will be to catch on Johnny Lazor of the Red Sox—are all proven big leaguers. Culber- required up son one of the of the season with his has been surprises spring held orders for service. But we can long distance hitting. • we are on • • say that our way to furnish Behind the the Red Sox have an Hal hit .330 plate edge. Wagner service to those who want it. before going into service and has proven that he can handle a big league pitching staff. For those Sunday double-headers, the Sox have another smoothie in the veteran, JTrankie Pytlak, who will be aided by Rookie Conroy. The Yanks are counting on , a question mark when you consider his long*_ absence from the game and his advance baseball age, 39. Dickey’s' relief, Aaron Robinson and have yet to prove their ability, although, they have been around for a couple of years.

On the mound Joe Cromn can count on two 20-game winners, and Dave Ferris plus , Jim Bagby, Bill Butland Earl Johnson, , Larry Powell, Mel Deutsch, Emmet; O’Neil, Pinky Woods, Randy Heflin, Charley Wagner, Mike Ryba and Mace Brown. Not at all a bad staff and if Rookies Powell and Deutsch come through, a strong one.

The Yanks’ pitching is that team’s weakest department. , Holdout Ernie Bonham and then what? Rookie , , Fioyd Bevens and A1 Gettel figure to be “front liners’’ but they will be long-shots at best. If Mel Queen got his happy papers from the Army in time he could help the Yanks’ cause a great deal. this whiskies seven years straight whiskies in straight the bench the Yanks have an undisputed edge. While a large whis- On ten straight of Boston’s fans contend that has not delivered with are five or more old, percent section The years results from his high material, no one has i product ten the best possible priced kies six years old, percent such a charge about Joe one of baseball’s all- old. percent straight ever made McCarthy, Thirty-five Joe has taken other whiskies five years old. time top leaders. clubs including his last Chicago straight a with weak whiskies,sixty-five percent grain Cub outfit through to title departments and he may do it 86.8 Proof. neutral spirits...fifteen percent again. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED There they are and make your own pick. It looks like a shut York, New York the two teams but for all we know, the Seagram-Distillers Carp., New battle between Indians, Tigers __ have their own plans on the or Senators may awarding of the 1946 be. 1 flag. Could

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