Sports Trail Optical Downs Canton In State Meet City --------:-------- [The WHITNEY By MARTIN 1 U MARTIN the OPTICS ADVANCE TO MEET gv WHITNEY most astonishing eating place. STANDINGS (AIDERS 21 m Random It accommodates about 900 at Come From Behind PARIS. Aug. Giants of a well-grounded observ- once, and must have been modeled RESULTS YESTERDAY lh° TO SECOND ROUND National League TONIGHT sweating it out all after an automobile PIRATES who. after assembly line, 9t. Louis S, Boston 4. is about con- when you reach the 1. ,r'. al the airport, end of the line 21.—Bat- Pittsburgh 12, Brooklyn GREENSBORO, Aug. New York 4. Air Raiders and the that the airplane is here to you are fully equipped from beans 4 Chicago 3, Bogue Field d To 3 other teams to the To Defeat at with 15 Cincinnati Philadelphia (night game) on the runway. to butter. tling Pirates will clash al Speaking of food, some- __Chicago, I Wilmington ,inC, right 1945 State this second round of the •’iL leader of party one should write an on American Leagne al current essay the Tournament here, :he American Legion stadium Ken Men’s Softball NEW YORK, Aug. 21.—(A*)—The New York 3-6. Chicago 0-2. scribes is Colonel Red Cross doughnut. the /stranded During the City Optical team of Wilming- Veteran Claude Passeau, who has 1 SEVEN CLUBS PLAN Washington 11, Cleveland S. 530 o’clock tonight. This will ba took seven of the nine endless waits for the Philadelphia 7-8, Detroit 6-7. rpids who transportation ton downed the Canton, N. C. team beaten the National YANK PROS DOWN the Raiders’ first to F when he was every club in Boston St. Louis 2 (first trip Wilming- awards Red Cross huts are a life saver FLORIDA 1, game). nrarv 4-2 last in a duel a TRAINING in night pitchers’ League except the Giants, met ton and the first time the Buci from West Point 1933. and if you do a little dua'ed get bogged between Miller of Canton and tartar the New STANDINGS again today when have a the field where we down from a diet of and TAMPA, Aug. 21.—(A5)— met Cherry Point aggrega- Hill, doughnuts Jordan of Wilmington. Yorkers struck from behind to de- PALE HOSE TWICE Fla., NEW YORK, Aug. 21.— OP) —Major B:\in visits to Lon- Blg! landed on two coffee every half hour it is better The Cincinnati Reds, one of a league standings including all day games tion this season. Both hurlers allowed three hits. feat the league leading Chicago of Aug. 21. scene of the Battle than slow starvation. dozen or more big league base- was the Where they Cubs 4 to 3. CHICAGO, Aug. 21. —KJS)— Two National Leagne Little was known of the Ma- a8' this The Optics featured four double ball teams that in tain. It was from bleak, come from is a mystery, but trained Teame Won Lost Pet. rine Airmen last night, except that , Br the With the Cubs leading 2 to 0, old New York Yankee pros team- during game. They Florida the was the _ 74 40 649 that the few they’re holes and all. plays in past, Chicago have some hitters expanse always there, the Giants across a pair 70 47 .598 they strong LoUte opened their scoring in the first pushed ed up on the Chicago White Sox seventh team to St. Louis_ : took off to chal- the signify today 63 52 548 among their semi-pro and profes- RAF pilots two of runs in the seventh to knot Brooklyn horde of Ger- inning by taking runs, the as Red hurled his its intention of returning next New York_ 64 54 .542 sional ? the invading Stars and Stripes keeps Gee Eyes to Cubs go today Ruffing players. first a walk and the second was count only have the 62 53 .517 Winston well spring to their old stamping Pittsburgh_ Earlier this month Field bombers, prompting posted on sports at home and in the next first shutout since discharge from 54 06 .450 Bogue l‘n on a sacrifice hit Neil to the front again Boston_ that never gained by grounds. defeated Davis 4-0 on the declaration races are •Cincinnati _-_ 45 88 398 Camp major league watched frame when Peanuts Lowrey and the Army in a 3-0 ooener and Char- Churchill's Cockerham. The Eyemen picked General 34 81 .289 Davis the owed so much to so closely. You can in an argu- Manager Warren •Philadelphia diamond, and following jo many get one more in the third Heinz Becker hit consecutive Keller lashed his jjave up inning. ley (King Kong) Giles telegraphed: “The Reds week blanked the same team at ment over various teams here as singles and were aided b. one of National Leagne few. , In the fifth frame Jordan walked first homer since leaving the Mari- are to return to Point 6-1. __ planning No games scheduled. Cherry easily as at the Yankee Stadium. Manager Mel Ott's rare errors. and scored on hit. time Service in the 6-2 finale. for if Bert Kite of the Buc- and expressions The hardest to in France Bailey's Tampa spring training Manager British speech thing get A triple by Rookie Mike Schem- didn’t allow a American Canton scored one run in the Ruffing Chicago facilities are available. We League caneers announced that his hurlers the Yanks. One said in is a drink of water. It is stuff 48 .till just er, his fourth straight safe blow, hit in the first five frames until Detroit _ 66 579 would puzzle fourth off a and an erroi have always regarded your be Johnny Wilbourne and wish these that build so single the Washington _ 65 49 .570 .Deration "I people they bridges over, opened the Giants’ half of Cass Michaels broke his lead- spell as one of the _. Pate with Wilbourne The by the Optics. The Canton ten city top training Chicago 59 55 518 Fish, prob- learn to talk English. lar as the French are concerned. ninth. Buddy Kerr, tvould Singles by ing off the sixth with a single. in the The ••St. Louis _ 57 53 .518 the most picked up their second and last grounds country. ably getting starting assign- are the Homecoming Gee Eyes are not and Hausmann, Cleveland _ 58 55 .513 Bobbies probably Billy Jurges George Although the Pale Hose bunched fact we have been there for 11 ment. run in the fifth on a walk and an -_ of all the when head for a the New York 56 54 .509 and respected kidding they place the latter two bunts, produced three of their five blows in the Kite his the courteous error the years is proor.” ••Boston _ 53 61 .465 says line-up in in- officers. They where can by Wilmingtonians. two runs to win they tank up on milk. needed the game. _ 36 75 .324 w enforcement sixth they couldn’t score. At Plant Field Philadelphia field and the outer-garden will re- It is nonexistent here. Tonight’s victory pits City Opti- Ace who Jack present •Playing single night game. stop a bank robbery, triple practically Adams, relieved (rmST in main unchanged. could cal against the Rex Stuart soft- GAME) Tampa’s baseball park, is ••Playing twi-night doubleheader. and arson by saying Even the picture of a cow would Brewer in the eighth, received The box: murder ballers in the second round games the hands of the Army but can’t do that. look And if this column is credit for the in his 53rd New York Ab R H O A heah! you good. not triumph are that It will be PROBABLE PITCHERS "heah. which get underway tomorrow Stirnweiss, 2b _ 5 0 0 2 2 indications know.” a sprightly sports piece, appearance as a relief hurler. The YORK. Aug. Junior Legion Games the law, you please Metheny, rf _ 4 0 13 0 back to the city within NEW 21.—(jp)—Probable Against night. turned pitchers for tomorrow’s overlook it this time. There is no defeat coupled with the St. Louis Martin, If _ 4 0 12 0 major league Other first round winners to- a few months. games. (Won and Lost records in Are win over cut the Etten. lb _ 3 0 0 10 0 pa- Postponed Again best food of the tour so far sport in standing around an air- Cards’ Boston, rentheses) The night were: Stainback, cf _ 3 0 0 8 1 Other clubs that have signi- beat- until th'nk are Cubs’ lead to five and one-half American found in, of all places, port pilots you the Grimes. 3b _ 4 0 4 2 1 return- League »a< MooreSville 2, Elkin 0. fied their intention of New York at CHARLESTON, S. C„ Aug. 21.— bewildered Nuern- are always games. Crosetti, ss _ 3 10 0 1 Chicago—Holcombe (1-2) battered and Roger they talking Allen to are: vs. (8-10). (.Pi— For the in three er, Jay 1, Laurinburg-Maxton Garbark, c _ 4 110 0 ing Florida Lopat second time mess is about. The box: London officers’ Boston at St. Louis — berg The AAB 0. Chicago Ab R H O A Cruffing, p 4 110 2 The New York Yankees and (2-twi-nlghtV days rain tonight forced postpone- Heflin (1-7) and Ferriss (19-6) vs. Jak- 3b _ 4 0 2 2 3 Winston-Salem Badin 1.