GOOD MORNlNn BROOKLYN DEFEATS ST. LOUIS. 9-5 _Football * * .* * ★ ★★★ ★★★ _By GLENWARD BLOMME CUTS CARDS’ LEAD It is the miracle of the year to discover the schedule- Reach Five have TO First Division After Ten Years makers of the Big decided to get together and TWO CONTESTS have added a mend their ways. They few grey hairs in ar- the 1941 salte and promise the fans a Fat Freddy Fitzsimmons Re- ranging big game FIRST - - week of the DIVISION HOPE Sords every season. Much to the pleasure of veals Neat Relief SUBJECT CHICAGO By Jack HEAVY almost ...... BASEBALL conflicts have been ..y..i....v,-..^ the fans, virtually eliminated as far as Performance Of course there cannot r home games go. always be a slate TO 9-2 DRUBBING ms< and in a fie PROGRAM SLATED m suit everyone few cases some side-walk quarter- rue _STl LOUIS, July 31.—(J)—The Mowe may kick because two olJ hack Dodgers turned on the power and McCoy’s Healthy Round-Trip- CooXiH6r are playing on • J Service Teams and Cape Fear L favorites Gastonians Win Freddy Fitzsimmons, fat and 40, at different pitched per With Sacks Primed the game day well in relief as Brooklyn Loop Clubs Feature and he cannot be on Third Straight defeated the St. Louis Cardinals Paces Effort flints 9 to 5 Week-End Play F to tell how they should today and pulled back within nd From Albemarle two games of the National this or that league ve run playy. leaders. PHILADELPHIA, July 31.—UP)— This week-end will there is a vast im- be filled with i all-in-aU home run full , ALBEMARLE, July 31.—W>—The Brooklyn held control and it was ning with the bases of fast baseball as the over last year when the plenty army nvement Gastonia American Legion Juniors Billy Southworth, instead of Leo ning home run with the base full, teams invade Wilmington and tiie were next to a Barnum WAS am m Ldules defeated Albemarle, the 1940 world Durocher, who had most of >7 Fear circus or a Ripley Be- the the Athletics trounced Chicago, 9 /1' Cape Loop goes into action 1 Railev 6-4 troubles (' I BPRATiC PBRFbPMep. ■ exhibition. champions, today and took a pitching even though Whit again. it or Not to 2, today to replace the Sox in (JMtiu Mis ■ Se three-game lead in the current se- Wyatt, on whom the Dodgers had ; Pece/or the state fourth —■ Saturday afternoon the fast 36th In ries for the state title. pinned their chances of place—the first time in 10 MAPRiAee siajce fMeM S in evening Field Artillery team from Fort four outstanding games the was years the A’s have been in the first Me mas a^AMep up om aw, op The Approximately 3,000 fans sat in series, batted out in the ff will the Davis this season will be Duse the -TMe Bragg play Camp ,h state sweltering weather to see the That 2-j;un third inning which, division of the American league race a/aHomau t-BAeue's firsr at Dur.iam on 0hit a r- gfter- t0 be the May triple. Dolph Camilli smacked out his umph was Knott’s fourth in a row should enjoy them much noon contest. All three o fthe army and fans Gastonia got two more jn the nineteenth home run to start the and his third Of the season over the later in the schedule teams boast outstanding talent more than seventh when Grice’s homer Dodger second. Lew Riggs followed Sox, who traded him to the Athletics have to sit from throughout the country and then they may through brought in Lewis. with another. last winter. and sleet to watcn these games promise some of the snow Albemarle staged a three-run ral- Herman Franks was safe on Chicago took a short-lived lead in probable fastest baseball seen here this sea- team of giants fight and ly in its half of Frank the first on Don 5 hot the seventh to Crespi’s error and Peewee Kolloway’s single, son. sweat for the love of old alma knot the score at 4 all. Reese singled to center to send a walk to Joe Kuhel and A1 Bran- don’t like these Skeet James an- mater. Maybe you The Gastonians came back in Franks to second and starting cato’s error that filled the bases. Pepsi managr was there a nounced last night that his selections but what else the ninth when Harrelson loaded Cardinal pitcher Harry Gumbert Taft Wright hit into double play 1Z(£ Picares Atom uoor -tb regular' the to but scored. lineup which won the first half to do? bases on walks and Robinson the showers. Wvatt drove in Kolloway rie/AifZ.ELMA^10 CARR*/ Schedules? The Athletics came back in their pennant race would be in action How About singled. Harwood, wfyo relieved Reese with the third run of the Terry Moore. and Moses and Sain Chapman’s out- fully recovered from suf- of material, etc., of each team presumably from the heat, and Kemp Wicker, who replaced injuries field fly scoring McCoy. They added fered earlier in the season and which I will pas son to you fans was carried from the field. Wyatt, lasted only two thirds of another on Bob Johnson’s single, will be back at and will take forcussin’ and discussin’. The fourth game of the series an inning, giving way to a pinch third, followed by Siebert’s double w'ith his turn on 20—N. C. State and will be played in Gastonia hitter in the fourth. Fitzsimmons regular the mound. September tomor- two out in the third. piTTseURGA PiRktesoorAPAvJ '"'**4 take the air in a nigr.t row at 4:30 p. m. ; allowed only three hits in six inn- Norman Farmer who has had a Hichmond In the big fourth, Frankie Hayes Pg\ZFLoPi/sl& inIto OAJg OF tMg aJAIio/OAU in Raleigh; North Caroiina ings, Jimmy Brown’s two week vacation will also be game including started off with a single and Pete UeA6u&'S Most FFFgCfWg FrgUgftS Lenoir at the lumbia; North sixth which ypOAle back, on the initial sack. opens with Rhyne Carolina and Ford- inning triple scored a Suder singled. Jack Knott hit to Johnny Davidson entertains Rol- ham clash cleats in run and Edens is having his best season "Hill”; Chapel Hill; Gerry Moore’s seventh Kolloway but Tom Turner dropped the State ever and can be counted on to lins of Florida at Davidson. Wolfpack plays another inning homer. He also executed a the ball at home to permit Hayes to night contest at a September 27—Wake Forest has Greenville with perfect squeeze play sacrifice in score. Brancato advanced Knott always give good performance. the Furman the Red a a tough assignment against Duke Hurricane; Davidson seventh to drive in a run. with a sacrifice and Moses walked Masked ‘Shadow’ Meets Hansley newly signed player and BOXING PROGRAM is at Durham while Davidson and Sewane met at Chattanooga. Estel Crabtree who had hit safe- to fill the bases and set the stage showing up first rate and is number one State renew their rivalry in a night Duke-Colgate' ly in 12 of his last 15 trips to the for McCoy’s home run. utility player. Young' a “Huner” Benson is another lad game at Greensboro. North Caro- October 18—Duke and plate as pinch hitter and was a The Sox scored their second run McGill On Mat S TED AT CAMP Colgate Tonight that shows much in the when Luke promise. lina and South Carolina play for bring a crowd of fans to their feet chief cog Cards 6 to 4 in the sixth Appling of their at in faded reached second on McCoy’s wild All in all the Pepsi Cola team the honor governors yelling frenzie at Durham in the victory yesterday, today. Leon Sykes will present his regu- sue a challenge to any of the fight- then LaFrance Will Twelve is now its old self and Hill. choice of After Brown doubled in me eighth throw after forcing Wright, lar of at Stage this will Chapel game the day; State Friday night wrestling ers appearing on the card to face 4—The Tar Heels and he batted for Martin Marion and scored on Brancato’s error. mean poison to the opposition. October again works under the arcs against Thalian Hall tonight at 8:30 o’clock Matches at Camp Davis flied A ladies’ day crowd of 13,262 wit- him in thhe ring. Other Cape Fear clubs will be in Davidson Wildcats scratch the turf Wake Forest at Raleigh; the Heels to Dixie Walker. with two of the fastest bouts seen nessed the game, finale of a three- Leon a mmatch Tusday Night action and a full schedule at Davidson; State and the mighty will be in New Orleans with Tulane The two clubs have played 15 here this season. Sykes arranged Sunday this not game series In which the Athletics with the fast Cecil McGill from will be announced Sunday morn- Clemson pit Tiger against Wolf at as host; Davidson and Virginia tinges season, counting The doors will open to the hall won two. 2 Wake Forest and Fur- Tech it out at Tesday’s 7 to 7 tie, with the at 7:30 o’clock to Texas and fans will see perhaps Charlotte; fight Davidson. Ab B H O A promptly give Another big boxing card with 12 ing_ Cardinals and the CHICAGO— the fastest match of the night in man fight for the championship oi October 25—State plays Newber winning eight Kolloway, 2b- 5 113 3 the fans a chance to get a good matches slated has been arranged in a at Dodgers seven. 2 lb__ 3 0 17 2 seat either at or in this bout. the Baptist at Grenville '.light ry Raleigh in another night Kuhel. the ringside by Ivan -'Frenchie” LaFrance, for COMFORT FOR BROOKLYN— AU- R H O A Kreevich, cf _ 4 0 2 2 0 game and Duke and Tennessee vie game; Davidson faces Furman at the regular admission seats. Just The final will bring the fans Walker, If- 4 10 6 0 Wright, rf_ 4 0 13 0 Tuesday night, August 5, at Camp their old 5f for honors at Durham. against Wake Forest at Wake For- Herman, 2b_ 5 13 0 3 Appling ss_ 3 1113 one hour latqy the semi-final bout bad'man the Texas Davis. October 11—Duke takes on a est; Duke and Pitt tackle each Reiser, cf_ 4 118 0 Solters. If__ 4 0 0 3 1 will open the card with the speedy plains in Cowboy Luttrall w‘‘ c will rf_ 5 3b__ 4 0 0 0 0 The first program, put on July 23, slightly smaller foe in Maryland other in Pittsburgh. Wasdell, 1110 Kennedy. Cecil McGill facing the phantom face the sailorman Bar,;.) Hil. This Camilli, lb- 5 12 8 0 Turner, c_ 3 0 3 2 0 was a big success, both from an at College Park; Wake Forest and November 1—Wake Forest Dea- 3b- 5 2 4 1 c_ 10 0 10 of the grunt opera, "The Shadow. is the first meeting of the cowboy Riggs, 2 Dickey, and a financial 10 0 11 artistic point of South Carolina mix it up at Co- cons pray for victory at Hanting- Franks, c_ 1 0 0 0 0 Rigney, p___ The final bout will pit the two and sailor and somebody is either c_1- 4 12 2 0 B. x _ 1 0 0 0 0 view, and Frenchie promises that Owen, Chapman, to be or tied in ton, W. Va., against Marshall; 10 0 11 prime favorites of local fans, Sail- going bulldoggeh Reese, ss_ 4 1111 Humphries, p_ the fights Tuesday will be even North Carolina kicks-off to State 10 10 0 xx_ 1 0 0 0 0 or Barto Hill and Cowboy Luttral, a thousand sea kno‘s. Wyatt, p_ Hoag, better. at Chapel Hill in the battle of the Wicker, p_ 0 0 0 0 0 against each other. The semi-final bout will be two- Coscarart, x_ 1 0 0 0 0 Totals_ 35 2 9 24 11 Several of the gladiators who won day; Davidson and VMI toe the This masked one who calls him- out-of-three falls with a 75 minute Fitzsimmons, p_ 1 0 0 0 1 their bouts on the first card will SIZZLING F££T x—Batted for Rigney in 5th. self the “Shadow’ is not known in limit and the final W’il be two- line at Lexington, Va.; Georgia Hot sidewalks are on xx—Batted for Humphries in 9th. have matches on the coming pro- tough sweaty Tech entertains the mikes in At- Totals_— 40 9 15 27 7 the local ring, but at last Friday’s out-of-three falls and of 90 minute feet. Relieve the x—Batted for Wicker In 4th. gram. blistery. sizzling ianta. PHILADELPHIA— AbR H O A match stepped into the ring to is- time limit. 1 misery. Use medicated MERITT ss 4 12 2 7 The complete program will be an- November 8—Davidson ST. LOUIS— Ah R H O A Brancato, POWDER. dust on feet and in attempts rf_ 4 2 13 0 Just Crespi, 2b__ 5 2 2 1 4 Moses, nounced soon. to stop the mighty Devils at David- 2b_ 5 2 2 3 3 shoes. Contains chemically active Moore, cf_ 4 114 0 McCoy, If_ 4 113 0 that counteract the son; State and VPI argue it out Hopp, if- 4 0 2 2 0 Johnson, ingredients If_ 1 0 0 0 0 Del Baker To Continue the fiscal year of 1940, of at Winston-Salem; Carolina and Mize, lb_ 3 0 0 9 0 Miles. Buying symptoms Athlete’s Foot, Ex- Siebert, lb_ 4 0 3 10 0 meals were served to Slaughter, rf _ 3 10 2 0 227,000,000 cessive and Richmond settle the at Rich- S. cf_ 4 0 13 0 Perspiration. Chafing issjie J. Brown, 3b_ 4 0 2 0 1 Chapman, C. at a cost of c_ 4 1 3 2 0 300,000 C. C. boys Prickly Heat. 50c at drug stores. mond and Wake Forest goes to Marion, ss_ 3 0 0 4 1 Hayes, Suder. 3b_ 4 1113 As At Detroit 13 cents a meal. 3 L jston to battle the Bean- Crabtree, zz_ 1 0 0 0 0 Manager (with Knott, p_ 3 10 0 1 towners. * Lake, ss_ 0 0 0 1 0 Mancuso, c_j_ 2 0 0 1 1 WATSON SPOELSTRA camps, Baker came -■ The edible of a Totals _ 37 9 14 27 14 By spring training portion ripe DukeCarolina W. c_ 2 0 0 3 2 Cooper, home in front last year watermelon consists of 92.4 0 0 0 0 31.—W—Delmar bounding per November 15—Wake Forest and Gumbert, p_ 1 Chicago _ 100 001 000—2 DETROIT, July and the Cincinnati Reds to cent water. 3 _ pushed Clemson fight and claw it out at Lanier, p 1110 0 Philadelphia 301 500 00*—9 David Baker win be back next Shoun, p_ 1 0 0 0 0 seven in the World Series. 2FVU will year as head man of the Detroit games Clemson; Carolina and Duke Nahem, p_ 0 0 0 0 1 Errors: Brancato, 2; McCoy, Wright, batted in: authori- draw the house of the day Padgett, z- 1 0 0 0 0 Turner. Buns Siebert, 3; Tigers, it was established The fates haVe been unkind to &CMSSFS capacity McCoy, 4. Two base hits: Sie- Hutchinson, p_ 0 0 0 0 0 Chapman, tatively today, even though the Baker this year. First the at Durham and Davidson and Home run: Sac- slugging zzz _ bert, 2; Triplett, 1 0 0 0 0 Hayes. McCoy. club should continue its dive Hank Washington and Lee will play at rifice: Brancato. Double plays: Suder, power Greenberg went to the army. and for the first time in the football in State Totals 35 5 8 27 11 Brancato and Siebert; McCoy, Brancato lodge Young Pat Mullin, who was on Lexington, Va.; and and Sie- z—Batted for Nahem in 7th. Siebert; Brancato, McCoy American league cellar. his way to recognition as the plays in the su n 1 i ght against zz—Batted for Marion in 8th. bert. Left on bases: Chicago, 8; Phila- current league’s top rookie of the year, Georgetown at Washington. zzz—Batted for Hutchinson in 9th. delphia, 7. Bases on balls: Off Knott, Out of the club’s losing 2; off Rigney, 1: off Humphries, 1. streak have grown rumors that became incapacitated by injury November 20 (Thanksgiving)— -_ 030 400 200—9 Brooklyn Struck By Rigney, 1; by Knott, St. Louis- 102 001 100—5 opt: the 49-year-old pilot, who some- for the rest of the season. Two games today with the age-old 2; by Humphries, 2- Hits: Off Rigney, Error: Crespi. Runs batted in: into between Carolina and Vir- Hopp, 10 in 4 innings; off Humphries, 4 in 4 how got his team last year When Buck Newsom had trouble classic Camilii, Riggs, Wyatt, Mize. Slaughter, Hill and Wake For- innings. Losing pitcher: Rgngy. Um- the World Series would be re- getting started, Rudy York ceased ginia at Chapel Reiser, Wasdell, 3; J. Brown, Reese, Stewart, Summers and Rue. Time Fitzsimmons, Moore. Two base hits: pres: placed, possibly before the end of and be- est and George Washington at of game: 1:48. Attendance: (Actual) 13,- hitting Charley Gehringer Crespi, Hopp, Herman, Riggs, Reiser, 262. the season. Jimmy Dykes of the gan declining so swiftly that his Washington. Camilii, Owen, J. Brown. Three base White Sox, and Steve deficiencies were obvious to the November 22—State and Duke hit: J. Brown. Home runs: Camilii, Chicago one of Baker’s most distant the club’s wait for their turkey to settle be- Riggs, Wasdel, Moore. Sacrifice: Fitz- Sam Eliminates O’Neill, lieutenants, blechaerite, simmons. Left on bases: Perry were most mentioned back was broken and the down- at and the Brooklyn, 7; prominently fore Raleigh St. Louis, 5. Bases on balls: Off meeting Wicker, Nabers at Linville as his successor. ward slide began. Citadel opens fire on Davidson at 1; off Fitzsimmons, 1; off Lanier, 2. At the present the Tigers Davidson. Struck out: By .Fitzsimmons, 2; by La- While owner Walter O. Briggs pace, 1. will finish the season with the end of nier, 1; by Shoun, 1; by Hutchinson, 31.—(^1—Sam declined to dignify the rumors of approx- November 29—At last Hits: Off Gumbert, 4 in 1 LINVILLE, July inning, (none dismissal b imately 70 victories, their lowest season for the 5 and I out in off 6 in 2 1-3 Perry of Birmingham, Ala., played Baker’s y denying the Big second); Lanier, total since 1931 when finished off 4 in 2 2-3 on neither has he made formal they am still hotter than a firecracker innings; Shoun, innings; sub-par golf the back nine to- them, off 0 in 1 off Hutchin- to seventh. times in 40 a Nahem, inning; in medalist declaration of his intentions keep Only eight —N. C. State and William 1 in 2 off 5 day defeating Hugn son, innings; Wyatt, in the eleventh of Detroit’s years have the Tigers won fewer at 2 1-3 off 0 in 2-3 in- Nabers, also of Birmingham 1 up, manager Mary’s Indians Williamsburg; inning; Wicker, been in than 70 games. ning; off Fitzsimmons, 3 in 6 innings. in their second round match of baseball club, which has In Wake Forest takes on Texas Tech’s But the front office is Royal Clowns WMFD Wild ptch: Lanier. Winning pitcher: the annual Linville men’s invita- the. league four decades. Tiger ,1“n' hard broncos at Charlotte. 1 Fitzsimmons. Lanier. with Baker. 2 Monday Sat. 6:40 P. M. riding Losing pitcher,: Such a statement may not be sticking through Umpires: Jordan, Conlan and Goetz. tional tournament. forthcoming at this time, but that MOUND SCRAP Time of game: 2:28. Attendance: Perry was three down at the 9,676. doesn’t necessarily mean that Bak- <£>> — turn as Nabers toured the outgoing WHI ASHEVILLE, July 31.— (jPaid), be BOTTLING COMPANY nine in er is slated to replaced. On Jim Bivin bested Milt Lowery in a par. .New Beach The Detroit front office still has Wrightsville here tonight, 2-1. The Severin Given Leave The match was all-even at the mound scrap profound respect for Baker’s rep- WRESTLING Highway—Phone 7388 Tourists outhit the Colts, 8-4, but I6th. The 17th was halved, and To at tation as a sound baseball man. the home safeties were scattered Play Chicago Perry won on the 18th when Nabers 8:30 That’s almost three years ago Tonight hit his drive into the and why over six frames. rough to rela- new of to the they turned the Paul Severin, director was forced to take a penalty stroke. day, New Hanover tively unknown thirdbase coach as athletics for the Tomorrow Perry will play Don Thalian Hall successor to the hard-driving Mick- county school system, will definite- McRae of Asheville, who elimi- 90c Cochrane. FULL PINT ly play in the All-Star Chicago nated Johnny Thames of Birming- ey Aluminum in unlike Cochrane, was Night Bears football game Chicago 2 and 1. Baker, Children admitted for of aluml- ham, farm after piece developed on a tiger __ FULL August 28, Dr. John T. Hoggard, Bab of Red Springs, nninj^i^companiedjn^ai^adult. an- Covington the manner of playing talent. A chairman of the school board, finalist last defeated QUART year, Lloyd Eormer Detroit catcher who spent 2 Falls Out of 3—90 Minutes nounced yesterday. Withers of 5 and Tom $J.75 Charlotte, 4. most of his career in the Minor MAIN BOUT Members of the board of educa- C White beat Richard Wharton of installed in 1930 Coach Severin a leave leagues, he was i* tion voted Greensboro, 2 up. Covington ; d •Thir Whiskey to as manager of the Tigers’ Beau- fm&\ of absence to permit him play White will meet tomorrow in the 4 'years old about mont club of the Texas league. BART0 HILL and he will leave the city lower bracket match. 2 —vs.— In three years he earned promo- August 14 for Chicago. an tion to the job of Detroit coach Wild and Severin was tor three years under manager Bucky Harris. smootn^Vvi; outstanding end on the University Bears LUTTRALL Chicago Sign When came the And nice. eleven and is Cochrane along mighty of North Carolina 2 Falls Out of 3—75 Minutes Jim Lalanne Eolowing year to lead Detroit to A the North Carolina football ‘Sweet* quality smoke only its first pennant in 25 years, Baker star ever selected on the All-Amer- was on the scene as traffic cop At a for two years in succes- CHICAGO, July 31.— UP) —The "The Shallow" lower ica squad at home the Bears announced the third base, waving —vs.— price sion. Chicago today _ There he signing of rookies Jim "Sweet” rejuvenated Tigers. rated stayed until Aug. 6, 1938, when MOTORS Lalanne and Bill Glenn, both OUTBOARD Briggs designated him as the new Cecil McGill FOR expert passers in college competi- AND BOATS HIRE., Tiger pilot. Tickets on Sale at PRIVATE STOCK Pier On tion. At Our VVrigtatsville The club that sea- Baxter’s Billiards, Lalanne was a star back for North finished fourth S. Bird. Davis’ Service Station Straight RYE Whiskey mfiRV€LS Beach Waynick of son and in 1939 slipped into the lhe Carolina, completing 50 per cent (stage) -$1.10 Cigarette of second division for the first time Ringside Quality his pasSes, last season. Glenn, East' Reserved Sec. (Entire Orch.) 75c for in six Then with an over- less money PICKARDS ern Illinois Teachers back wat a years. Gen. Adm. (Entire Balcony) 55c 9ROTHCR5. St. Dial 8284 JiTCPHANO 809 Market sensation in small college play. J »ge team that was the ridicule of