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Rain Threatens Bout Again Robinson Fovored Grodt Misses Down Maxim NEW YORK (UP)-- Joey Maxim may send him into the ring weak and Sugar Ray Robinson and scheduled to meet tonight in the'r Had the bout enjoyed good eatli- ppstponed battle of champions at er 'ot'ay. it probably would have Yankee Stadium, but there was a about 32.000 fans at $330,000 chance that rain again would ine advance sales yesterday totai- out the fight. Today's forecast was for humid weather, 'with a chance scattered thunderstorms and squally gusts in the aiternoon or evening In case of a second postponement, the 15-round fight for Maxim's light heavyweight crown will be held tomorrow night. It a originally slated for Monday but.ram laundered it. It could not be held last night because of a ball game at the Polo Grounds and a non-conflict agreement between the Yankees and the wants clubs.

eu S2TC.OOO. New sales far exceeded because of the postpone- On Unassisted Triple Play NEW YORK (VP--Two neat- misses by the rawest rookie and the littlest pitcher in the majors gave the seVond division Pittsburgh ll Bass-Teammate Arrangement Provides Owls Winning Puncli Allies Still Rocking of that long ball hit by Gair Allie at Now Oilcan; some time ago are still being felt here. Allie. just two years out of high and in his lust of piolei-1 sional baseball, has received somt of the best praise'New Tom Bass seemed to a new arrangement with his teammates today they began working together at Salisbury Tuesday night. And the cooperation resulted in an 11-2 victory for the Owls, who took the third game of the three-game set.

B.KS hurled a four-hit ga.no and received fine hitting and ting support from the rest of tne Owls. homer and batted in three runt. Bass struck out 12 and gavt up but two walks during hiK turn on the mound. Statesville left 11 men on base during the free scor- ina affair. Elkm is at Statesville tonight in a double header.

Game time is Three other Owl hitters had three 6:30 for the first contest. safeties." Charlie Irace. Bob Shapi-1 ville may move back into fourth Statesville picked up 14 hits off two Salisbury pitchers, four of them in four trips to the plate-by Bill Calc. including a homer, a double and two singles Hn home run came in the second with none on. ro and Bob Dccse, Shapiro had a sportsw riters can tickle from their tv pew i iters.

i-avii UMiUi IOUK. a Cesteiday Maxim to! sina11 conolation today as both i long ball is one that veteran New tuke olf weight and Robinson, to I tumbled further off the pace. Oilcans, sports fans will not soon keep limber. Joey Dick Groat of the i foi cl Chattanooga leading L-ep thiee sweat shirts, long tights and I mised making an unassisted triple a bathrobe while he shadow-boxedj play. Busy Bobby of the three rounds at Stillman's.

2-0 late in the game, the former Statesville high school athlete He removed the robe to punch the speed bag one round and to skip rope one round. His weight a reported as 174 i-2 Robinson did rounds of lope and shadow work at the Uptown Gvm in Hailem He scaled Middleweight champion Robi.vi lo 1 2 a the 0 Manager son was favored at 7-5 today to i George Gamiord sa.d he would re 0 'his tnird woild title Before Mon- lster "about 159 1-2" today The fight, scheduled for 9 p. in. ST will not be televised to homos and it i not be broadcast in the Umted States. However, it will be into 39 theaters in 25 cities.

Athletics just missed winning his oled ri ht out of the lot 12th straight game in a e-hit defeat that took no lustre off his record. Groat, signed last week for 000 by ihe Pnates as he stepped day's delay, the price was money." The slender New York ut string shortstop post, was i i inches of the unassisted triple play in the majois since May 31, 1927 in Boston. With runners on and second in the third inning. Gloat took a liner by Earl Torgeson and stepped on second to retire the speedy Sam Jethroe. He hesitated an i a to if he could run down Bob Thoipe, realized he had little chance and threw to first to sacrifice glory for a sure out.

The Braves went on to i 4 to 3. as George Crowe singled home G. Wilson of the girls' soft-1 the winning run in the ninth, nulli- ball league picked up in their I lying a three-run eighth inning eigh 4 IOr Ju i standings with a whopping 32 5 win I homer by Gus Bell, last non-tile bout on March 6. The, ovcr MooresMlle Hills Tuesday night. In the other gills' game.

Beau- nit edged out Empire 10-8 in an exciting contest Broad Street Methodist pummell- It came to a two-strike pitch with two men on board and Allie, as he lounded third, brought home the winning run. Gair is one of tluee rookies in the Pelican infield, one of two no professional Negro was made favorite because the postponement was expected to weaken Maxim, who had to keep pared down to the 175-pound limit for foday's weigh-in. -Robinson, whose title is not at 'ke, had no weight problem. He led 160 pounds at Monday's we gh-in. Maxim registered 174.

A second postponement probably would boost Robinson's price to S-5 as Maxim literally "sweated out irain of keeping below 175 now Wilson Adds To Standings i peiience But New Orleans is a ing he'll be around for a long time. a Mart writer the Distiict Semimo league homo run lecord i 20 roundli ippei during the suiniuei ot ol -As a fieldei, Allie leaxes little to be desned Few balls net him and he can realh mle 10 ball to He nits at bad balls, as is shown In many times he lias reached fiu-t base on free passes The Pirates statcsville 11, Salisbury 2 are so badly need of intieldeis i Hi-Toms 3. Lexmcton 2 UO innings) that Allie seems a cinch to uo up jiooresv illc 15, Elkm IS Standings Pet. Hi i 34 15 fi'14 Vouu'willc 33 19 i i i 31 20 11km 18 31 18 32 16 35 N. C.

STATE Results a sensation in t'ic He could be majors Bill Keolc. in i i i i tho the had this 'to sav Quite A Sensation of "It was quite a sensation sii plua i N'ight. Pittsburgh (Toilet 2-7) at Boston (,8111 kont 4-6). St Louis (Staley 9-5) at Brooklyn place since the Owls trail Elkin on just half A game. The box score: STATESVILLE Shapiro, ss 5 Linn, 3b 3 2 Decse.

Ib 6 1 AB 0 A 6 2 3 0 3 3 1 2 0 3 2 3 11 0 Sasso. If (Erskine 6-1). i a rf 5 Cale, 2b 4 t.OS Nest" in the New ting thcic i i a imiine a Central Wins Over Eupeptic Central edged Eupeptic Springs 4-3 in Saturday's top Iredell county league battle. The winners picked up a single run in the eighth and then ed two more in the top of the nin th to go ahead for the victory. Both teams collected on six hit.5, whila Central had five errors and Eupeptic five.

7 McLain was the ffltfy Central batter to have more Sran two hits. Billings was the winning pitcher. In another league game, Southern Screw scored 11 times on 15 hits to top Modern Cleaners 11-S. Russell Hepler had three for three to lead the winners at the plate. J.

D. Josey was the ning pitcher; he gave up 11 hits. ed Semmole 14-2 and Harris Gulf swamped Mooresville Mills 19-5 in men's play. The Exchange team of the Little league continued its winning ways with an 8-4 victory over the Cards while the Jaycees blanked the Yankees 13-0. The Junior league Wcstview Hawks turned back the Braves 7-0.

Total westward movement of the center of S. population from 1790, when fixing oE a center was inaugurated, to 1950 is 644 miles. First center was placed 28 miles east of Baltimore, which was the most northern point for the center. About two pounds of the alum- ina from bauxite are needed to produce one pound of aluminum. TATE Now Showing Shows 1--3--5--7--9 SHOWING AT POPULAR fht and JOSE FERRER Cyrano de Bergerac MALA POWERS AM MOKIHS CAHNOVSKY HAIPH CLANTON LLOYD CORRIGAN Salisbury Road Phone 5878 DRIVE-IN ILLCRESj TUESDAY New fcmntic Team! WEDNESDAY JAMES JUNE i STEWART ALLYSON WSTRATTON STORY At the other end of the National League, the New York Giants gained a game on the Brooklyn Dodgers and wound up found behind them by i i Cincinnati, 3 to 1 and 7 to 4, while the Dodgers topped the St.

Louis Cards. 6 to 0. then lost, 7 to 4. The Philadelphia Phils whacked the punchless Chicago Cubs. 6 to 0 and 2 to 1, to extend their losing streak to nine games.

In the American League. Sh.intz, in a duel with Early Wynn of the Indians gave up only five hits in defeat while Wynn yielded five in victory. But two of the Cleveland hits, a single by Bobby Avila and a homer by Al Rosen occurred in the third inning and the As never could catch up. The Indians moved back to second, three games behind the New York Xankees, who topped the St. leans States, had this to say: "The Pittsburgh Pirates, 'crying' for infield talent at this time, may the greatest major league shortstop prospect in any of the a i systems in Gair Allie.

no-v playing i the Pelicans. He'll be a revelation for the Pittsburgh fans he eventually goes up because Pirate supporters have been accustomed to seeing little men at short, like 'Scooter' Koshorek, for example. Out Of the Fire "Allie pulled a game out of the fire last night i a home run off Al Sima However, it hasn't been his hitting so much that has impressed those who have watched him perform It's the way he covers ground for a big fellow. He weighs 190 pounds and is six feet chmg Al Sima the a i Lexington Today's Games Klkih at Statesville (2) heroes. When two men i Salisbury at Lexington out and Sima got two i on Hi-Toms at Mooresville Gair Allie I figuied it a all ovcr.

So did almost evcrvhodj cl.se "Then Voin'e to think of it, a Allie is a dangerous man i two strikes on him. lie just now is i i out lum he can hit Danny Mm laugh had been Idling him all along he can i those left field blcatheis and fences The big kid must lie ton- vinccd now. lie MM civ doesn't let two strikes, discouiage him "A couple of weeks ago I remarked a if Gair Allie a a $. 0.000 baseball piospect I saw one. I'd like to ise a NATION XL Results Brooklyn f-4 St Louis 0-7 New 3-7 Cincinnati 1-4 Boston 4 Pittsburgh 3 Philadelphia 6-2 Chicago 0-1 AMERICAN Yesterday's Results Cleveland 2 Philadelphia 1 sow i 8 St 1 ouis 3 ashinglon (5 Chicago 2 Detroit 7 Boston 1 .3111 Standings Pet New Yoik eland 36 29 Boston 35 29 Clucaco 35 30 3,18 Washington 31 28 St.

Louis 29 35 4:3 Philadelphia 25 31 146 Detroit 20 42 323 Today's Probable Pitchers Philadelphia (Kcllner 5 7 a Pet Cleveland (Lemon fi-7). 0 0 1 0 2 9 0 1 1 1 4 1 Bass, 5 0 0 0 41 11 14 27 10 AB 0 A 3 0 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 Embler, 2 0 0 0 0 Tot ah SALISBURY DeUlado, ss Wilson, cf Hampton, 2b Slat fold, 11) i i a 3b 36 23 .610 i Johnson, rf Pacotte, Newsome. 4 4 4 4 3 4 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 4 9 0 0 43 16 7'0l Washington (Slcalcr 3-2) at cago OvOgovin 5-fi) Biooklyn Now York 30 20 Chicago 3 4 2 8 548i Boston i i 0-1) at De- St Louis 35 32 522, troit 3-0) i i a i 29 34 4001 New Yoik (Raschi 6-2) at St Philadelphia Boston Pittsburgh 27 34 143, Louis i 3 7). 26 37 17 49 .258 i a now kick It up to i a Probable Pitcheri $100.000 And a a they're saving i i a i Chinch York (Gregg 0-1). 0-2) at New Louis Browns, 8 to 3, while the Tigers retarded Boston 7 to 1, and Washington again punished Chi- cago, 6 to 2.

The Giants parlayed two unearned runs and a homer by Hank Thompson to give Jim Ilearn the margin for his eighth victory against one defeat in opener. In the second game Bobby Thomson hit his 14th homer and a double and Bob Elliott conked a double and triple to give Hoyt Wilholm margin for his fifth victory in a two-hit, six inning relief role. Preacher Roe made it one inch. He's the most improved about our boy in the big city, i Chicago (Kelly 1-5) at Philadel- ballplaycr in the league. 'When Allie came here in the spring, he had no previous professional expeiience.

The tall, powerfully built shortstop had the advantage of playjng alongside Danny Mui laugh, who helped bung him along. can see the big fellow improve evciy says Danny. "I've been wailing for him to hit one out of the park. When he finally connected on the last road trip, I could see him with a smile from ear Jo ear as he rounded third and "looked at me on the coaching I "Incidentally, when he won last night's game, Allie was almost mobbed by his teammates who rushed up to the plate to greet him. Everyone on the team has been pulling for him to start hitting a long ball.

He has the power but found pitching in the Southern association a little more i i to solve a in Nova Scotia, Canada, where he broke TRI-COUNTY LEAGUE Long Island 9 Scotts-Stony Point fi .1 Penney 2 Trout man 2 900 Totals 32 2 4 27 10 Statesville 242001020--11 Salisbury 100 010 000-- 2 E--Hampton 2, Williams. Sasso, Lopez RBI--Hampton, Euiy, Calc, Shapiro 3, Deese 2, Ir.icc, Ciaven. HR--Cale, Shapiro. 2B--Shapiro, Deesc 2. Wilson, Irace, Kury, Calc.

DP--DelGado to Stafford BR--Bass Newsome Emblcr 5. SO--Bass 12; Newsome Emblcr 5 HO--Newsome 7 in 1 2-3; Emhler 7 in 7 1-3. LOB-Statesville 11: Salisbury 6. Wild pitch--Bass. PB--Padgette.

Balk-- Gf.7 Emblcr. HBP--Sasso by Emblsr, .222 LP--Newsome. U--Strives and Mil .222 her. I 1 WEEK END! STORE 117 E. Broad St.

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