\ Page 2 THE S^ifLVA HERALD AND RU]rlALITE Thursday, June 2, 1949 t ..MW^ewuHUlUJH, I.J I iimmniw.. I Highlights The HeraldSylva Highlights 1 Hollanc1 500 Mile Classic -- Cops i -- orts Section I FOR LocalSp National International SETS NEW RECORD SPEEDWAY AS SERIOUS 110 PAINFUL, BUT NOT For The Fans Bobby Terrell . Sports Editor Phone I ROSE DROPS OUT IN 193RD LAP Big Bill Holland set a new recor d only other mishap, sp#un off the to win the Indianapolis Speed Rac:e tne track in his Auto Shippers of 500 miles Monday before a rec!- Special. ord crowd of 150,000 fans. Ht© The first five places in the classic around the track at breah are as follows: Hi Takes Bird 6-4 sped , town, 'e Sylva neck speed to bring in an averag 1.Bill Holland, Blue Crown On Friday night, May 27, the of 121.377 miles per hour. Special, 121.377. softball team downed Sylva High ... Alan Mover Mauri Rose, last year's winn<-r Kurtis-kraft a of 6 FIRST AT THIRD By 2.Johnny~Parsons, the Birdtown boys by score went into the pit with only 20 moi e Special, 119.813. to 4. The game showed a tightly miles to go with engine troubl 0. matched game with both teams befor 3.George Connor, Blue Crown Last year, ana the year 8' 119.595. scoring but Sylva High coming Holland tailed Rose across thie Special, out on the big end. finish line to bring in second. Th 4.Myron Fohr, Marchess was as 118.791. The line-up for Sylva year he had sowed to be in fror cial, Spelt follows: C.P. Rhodes, P.J. when the flag of triumph floate^ 5.Joie Chitwood, Wolfe Special, 1st b.Zollie Fincannon,Cunningham, into the track. 118.757. 3rd b. 2nd b.Weslev. Warren, master mechanic Lo u C. Cunmrfgham, ss.J. Hoxit, If. Although Moore's cars still took first plac:e Glenville Independents C. Bumgarner, cf.E. Bumgarner, this stiii Cabe. and also third year, they Lose To Waynesville, 14-4 rf.T. did not come up to their usuial Tucker lost his second The High boys have a Jennings Sylva standard. For the two :s of the season when record of 2 wins against 1 loss to past yeai game Sunday have first and second the bats date. That is an average of .666. they copped Waynesville boys big with Rose and Holland too much for him. He held On Tuesday, May 31, the byiva place proved them in. This year Moor e them to 1 run until the 7th boys will try to make it 3 wins as bringing inning, had for first, second, and That one to be take on the Soco boys. The hopes big inning proved they third since he had three cars en his came lineup will probably be the same undoing. Waynesville tered. this dream would from behind a 2-1 score to drive in as the one for the Birdtown game. Maybe have been real if Rose had been 13 runs and walk away with a win race. able to finish the * tucked under their belts. The Only three cars were wrecked Glenville boys played a good game, in the race but none was seriously but the Waynesville batmen were a burned not to be ry injured. Nalon, favorite, stopped, ^'H up the track for a few laps and Glenville will take on WHEN MANAGER LOU BOUDREAU was hit by a pitched ball thrown then on the 24th lap, threw ville again Saturday afternoonWaynesaon by Orval Grove of the White Sox during a game in Cleveland, the hit the wall twice and burs;t their home field and try to avenge Tribal fans groaned, especially after watching Lou's pained facial wheel, for the leader of into Nalon was badly the took last Sunday. expressions. But it turned out not too serious great flames. be&ing they fha Indiana uraa exneoteri trt return to action after a dav'S rest. LOU burned and the racer in bad J. The bats of will shap< big Waynesville 5) has the elbow examined a trainer after being hit. Others Next was Charles Van c>f have to to take them (No. by Acker, really swing in picture are Joe Gordon, Coach Qteve O'Neill (No. 45) of Indians r ational South Bend. He gave the fans a twice in a row. and Catcher Joe Tipton (No. 15) of the Sox. (International) League scare when his maroon speedsteT (Games through Sat., May 28) overturned on the northwest tun\. Alabama's farm population has W L Pet. He walked away from the wreck - decreased by about 10 per cent in .Read Herald Classified Ads For Profits. Boston 21 15 .583 age uninjured. George Lynch, tlle the past 18 years. Brooklyn 20 16 .556 New York 19 16 .543 2 Cincinnati 19 16 .543 Philadelphia 17 17 .500 9ftp*efiiurMAN St. Louis 17 17 .500 OF Chicago 13 20 .394 /Jj9§ TF£^^M/U.!£Sy W.-^ijMg^65i^ Pittsburg 14 23 .378 ' Gallon American League ACCOftP/i/cf*72> MAtfA W L Pet. New York 24 10 .706 Boston 18 15 .545
T~> u : i. .1.. i . u : ~ nrt * >t e « i X XlUUUt-'lJjniil £.\J X*- ,.)tl koikiiv tkkiikm/k Washington 19 18 .514 \ mm.# | Detroit 18 18 .500 Chicago 17 18 .486 ()>t K OVER Cleveland 14 17 .452 1 St. Louis 10 27 .270 pppfv-;-'' Tri-State League | niijicL-p g VixVM (Games through Sat., May 28) (Written by a fan in the absence to us that we cannot have a league '_^ZmJtm&!*rrr~m0^^ W L Pet. of the usual writer) of our own sojwe can see our own Asheville 28 14 .667 teams play locally. Florence 27 16 .628 Well, folks, the fans of Sylva at The teams have to travel the Spartanburg 22 19 .537 last can get a taste of softball since distance of approximately twenty '**i JtfflmJ Rofck Hill 21 23 .477 Sylva High and Kirk-Davis have miles to get a little recreation and '^'''V^mB Anderson 20 23 .465 lined up ball teams. It seems that the fans must also if they wish to ^H°'- //\:>v...^tviv'*** xi^MHP^ Sumter 18 23 .439 the only trouble is that they play see a game. Are the sports of a MF*:-:. Charlotte 18 24 .429 of their games in Bryson City son county to die out becauseJackmostthere Knoxville 14 26 .350 since they have joined the soft- is no fan support or because there ball league there. Why is Sylva, is no support of the backing that a large business town, not capable is necessary to any team or league, ashevile tourists of having a league of their own, the backing of responsible men when Bryson City is no larger, but and businesses? Let's all work still can pull teams from our own toward a better end for a town Ssasiiiiaa Hr:>r>^. take lead in town to theirs for the only league that likes sports and wishes to see they can join? It seems a shame them played.
tri-state league tioewon Tire*, ai n'wxrrarwo, VVfiite By means of an 8 to 3 victory available at extra cost. over the Florence Steelers the Asheville Tourists grabbed the! l