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The Bee from Danville, Virginia • 10

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The Beei
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Danville, Virginia
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TEN THE BEE DANVILLE VA THURSDAY APRIL 1 1937 Leafs Start Competition or Club Berths informal an eyes of the Non Orleans manager exhibit ion received nke Hcn nui'i game tins former catrliei making quite an imiHc Mon with mngiik or (ho Xeu onon a liendri I Hendrix Impresses New Orleans Skipper tow out for a regular women most avored hv excellent weather con ditlons mote than a score of young baseball players began spring training activity at Hi State park And all had but a single thought in mind beat the other berth on the club Manager HubBrett celled his first ion tor 11o'clock this nimninc and wa only short time before the park was a bee hire of activity The practice scs slon was to last until about three It was intention to 'ohseiie a straieht through four hour session daily rather than split prac ticcs It was a spry and energetic snay youngster which began uoiking out this morning Many of them arc ad vanced in training and the threc weeks sessions to them will mean con 'ccntrating their effort to ward per lection of play These Include the group of Rod Sox boy sent hole front the training camp at Little Rock Bos Over Score Of Players Begin Grind Excellent Weather Conditions avor Start of Spring Training at Bi State Park Bowling ans eminine Spectators Outdo Men in Whooping it Up for Their avorite Bowler Bi MIRY 1 I IZ MIETH MMIlt NEW YORK April Add feminine achievements: women are this voclfcinus bowling fens ton farm The local club managcmint in svltes fans to witness the training ac tivities but requests that they stay 'in the stands and not venture onto the paying field at any time The management extended a special in vitation to feminine fans to come out and watch the players The 1937 "schedule announced to day shows that Danville will an opening day gameon Thursday April 22nd with Basset as their opponents The team will play away the following riday and Saturday travelling to Bassett and Mayodan respectively However the following week they will play three games the following week opening that Monday against dan and taking on the new South Boston entry on the following Tues day If anyone doubts let him visit the tournament of the Bowling Congress and hear some of the women whoop for their favorite bowler amid 1 the rumble of 16 pound halls and I the clatter of pins Get in there and pick up that spare! Try a looper!" seemed their favorite' battle cry today at the tourney which the sex is not allowed to compete I But they know the sport Just the 1 same They know the difference be tween a and a a and a a and a ner The technical vocabulary of bowl Ing an official said is becoming as familiar to women as the of football baseball and the prize ring just the wives of bowlers Official Schedule of Bi'State League for 1937 Season At South Boston At Danville At Reidsville At Leaksvllle At Bassett At Martinsville At Mayodan At Mt My 8 25 May 3 39 May 12 27 Mav 4 21 ay 6 22 April 29 SOUTH BOSTON ur Tune 11 26 June 3 21 12 29 j'une 23 jlne May 17 THE July 5 PM July 8 26 July 19 July 9 27 IS JTune 1 18 AU fii 7 10 27 Aug 3 20 Aug 12'30 Aug 5 23 I4 AUly Aug 2 17 Sept 6 Sept 3 1 Aug 7 24 April 28 April 30 April 23 May 10 26 May 17 May 1 19 May 13 31 May 5 20 io oy DANMLLE June 10 28 RITfiYCTK'D June 2 18 June 3 21 June 15 June 7 ay Iay July 5 AM 15 July 3 23 July 7 26 July 220 jX Io tT iV29 25 A 23 £2 Sept 6 April 29 April 22 Anril 26 a May 1 18 May 15 May 10 25 May 6 22 Mav 11 28 Mqv 1 REIDsMLLE June 4 19 June 1 17 AND Junc 11 2e JunG 8 24 Jiine 12 30 Bine July 7 24 July 14 22 July 5PM 16 July 12 29 jXA fl 2 11 28 Aug 3 24 31 AW 1M1 18 Sept 6 gept 8 i April 26 April 23 April 30 Anri May 11 28 May 3 18 Mav 8 26 May 15 Mav 7 24 i in on LEAKSWLLE June 14 30 June 4 19 June 10 28 June 2 17 june 9 24 Junel5M jJX 7 Ju1y July 8 24 July 5 Nite BEE Jul' 14'22 July 13 29 July 21 20 jX lfl 27 Aug 419 Aug 11 26 July 15 Aug 7 24 Aug 16 31 ffi 6 21 aepi Aug 2 17 Sept 2 a April 22 May 7 24 April 29 April 27 racci tt May 5 20 May 14 29 June 9 25 May 17 May 10 25 Mav 1 19 Mav 27 BASSETT June 7 22 June 16 July 13 30 June 1 18 OR June 11 28 jUne 3 21 jX 1429 July 28 July 1 21 Aug 14 July 3 23 July 5 PM 16 Julv 7 84 Julv Aug 13 28 Aug 5 21 Sept 1 Aug 9 25 July 31 27 AuJ 20 3 Aug 18 Scpt Mov1 I2? 11 Vo AO April 24 May 6 22 April 28 30 MART1NSVHI i31 t1 rl21 lay 12 27 June 8 25 May 8'26 May 17 May 1 19 MARTINSVILLE June 15 June June 14 29 July 12r30 June 10 26 ATVCT June 2 18 June 3 21 a AU July 19 14 SAM 15 LATEST July 323 July 8 26 Aug 6 21 Aug 12 30 Awg 3 20 Sept 1 Aug 2 17 Aug 9 24 Aug 2T S' Sept 2 Sept 4 MAAODAN Ttey o'm May 5 20 1 2B May 3 18 W1 MAAODAN June 9 24 June 12 30 June 7 22 June 16 Junc 4 19 jUI Time 11 26 AU xU 19 July 10 27 TuIy 1 21 July 8 26 juiy 14 22 SPORTS July 5 16 31 Aug 16 31 August 4 19 Aug 13 28 Aug 5 23 Aug 11 26 Aug 725 Aug 18 kpPt 4 Sept 3 April 30 May 6 24 April 28 ArH26 mt TIay 15 June 8 25 May May 4 21 May 11 28 Mav 3 18 Mav ihjm MT AIRY June 2 17 July 12 30 June 15 June 5 23 June 12 30 ne 4 19 jX 28 a i42 14 July 2 20 9 28 July 17 jGk 7 24 NEWS Aug 9 25 Sept 1 Aug 6 21 Aug i2 30 Aug 4 19 26 Sept 2 Sept 4 ptnwall Pa and 1 Elephants are said by scientists to have inhabited the earth at least SO 000 years before man and cUnoaaura are believed to have lived 30000000 years before the elephant Annual Racing Award Planned INDIANAPOLIS April (Pop) Meyers vice president and gen eral manager of the Indianapolis Mo tor Speedway announced today the establishment of an annual award to person connected with automo bile racing deemed to have contribut ed the most to that sport during the The award he said will be made in memory of the late Eddie Edenburn former chief steward of the annual 500 miIe Indianapolis race Meyers explained 'that anyone will be eligible for the award he be driver mechanic automotive en gineer or an ordinary flagman at the a College Boxing Tourney Opens SACRAMENTO Calif April orty six young men of education start swinging padded gloves in the 1937 National Collegiate Boxing cham pionships tonight The biggest show of its kind in the country comes to the west coast for the first time with 21 conference champions and half a dozen former titleholders Eight new champions ln divisions ranging from the 115 pounders to the heavyweights will be crowned here Women Play Semi inals At Pinehurst playing her second tournament of the season defeated Mrs William Hocken Jos of West Orange 6 and 5 Mrs Page co holder of the course record of 72 for the No 3 course where the tournament is in progress won handily from Mary Kuhn of As Virginia Guilfoil Meets Jean Bauer While Glenna Vare Tackles Estelle Page PINEHURST April 1 The semi finals of the annual North and South Women's Golf tournament to day pitted Virginia Guilfoil 19 year old Syracuse collegian against Jean Bauer of Providence I and Mrs Glenna Collett Vare of Phila delphia against Mrs Estelle Lawson Page of Chapel Hill The blonde Miss Guilfoil advanced to the penultimate round with a sen sational upset victory yesterday over Kathryn Hemphill of Columbia a pre turney favorite who won three titles in the lorida campaign The youthful won 2 I and 1 I Miss Bauer by defeating Deborah Verry of Worcester Mass the de fending champion one up avenged her defeat in the finals of last tournament A drive into the rough I from the 18th tee cost the titleholder a half which would have sent the I match to the 19th hole on which she! I won in 1936 I Mrs Vare six times national chain I I pion and tourney medalist who is mARVCLS CIGARETTES I me home to too1 lcotne iftWerprice A better smoke Jf a greater saving Minimum Price 10c lu State RerenueStemp 99g Tei where euch eilata gtg Stephtno Bro Philo a s2r This SAN Pie club advantage Dade last three in At Winter Haven la Philadelphia vs Los (N) (A) ts cup held the reigns i and Wes enell the Rod Sox pitch QUs (Blackie) Ing aces will oppose each other in to Long Island smothered 21 10 count Bland a good drive through in the first by the be de BliOWXS ORLANDO Al cup (By lie As ix mil'll Philadelphia fN) 1 Brooklyn (N) 0 Cincinnati (N) 11 Boston (N) 10 Detroit (A) 12 Boston (A) 2 New Yoik (A) 5 St Louis (N) 4 Pittsburgh (N) 16 Chicago (A) 12 Chicago IN) 10 Los Angeles (PC) 4 Cleveland (A) 11 Milwaukee (AA) 1 Tulsa IT) 5 St Louis (A) 0 San Antonio (T) 15 Philadelphia I LOOKING BACK ON SPORTS due for another test He six inning prai tire game The for per the se Ariz NEW ORLEANS La 1 GT) Johnny Allen was scheduled today for his first mound appeal awe of the season as the Cit inland Indians at tempted to make it two in a row over the Milwaukie Brewers The only 20 game winner last was to be followed by Pitchers Al Mlinar i nd Dnnny Gakhotue 1 GAME SARASOTA Bob (Lefty) Grove Training Camp Briefs guess cause made not trying to start anything or trying to force my wray into the big the 21 year old out fielder added It was not considercd likely Landis would rule on the case during his stay here Scheduled to appear before him are Henrich officials of the Cleveland Milwaukee and New Or leans clubs and Billy Evans manager of the Boston Red Sox farm system and former general manager of the Cleveland Indians is accused by Clevelands President Alva Bradley of stirring up the whole business Landis Takes Up Henrich's Baseball Czar Delves Ownership of Player Claim ing He Is Being ered NEW ORLEANS April and Henry tackle Lenoir Rhyne on the North Carolina school's 'home lot while Washington and Lee tackles the Wake orest" tjeacons at Wake orest Dartmouth moved off to a com manding lead with a ten run splurge in the initial innlne at Hamnden Sydney yesterday and the Tigers who contributed hcduled to getP0 wlti eight eirors i a uabtinan mu I I Oliohlln tin nAj 44 i i vuiuuij uj Ji prtituu uaivuig lecoia a homer triple double and single in four chances Lynchburg college dronned its first 4 baseball plaved in seven years 10 the iJriivArsitv 1 ri vv CM K) I uy viriue of snaky fielding uawaie Jumped into the lead in inning and the Hornets outfitting the invaders ten (By 'I In in mled pn Today a year ago Lawson Littlr and British amateur golf cham pion turned professional: Wilmer llson named captain 8 Davis team Three years Davis squad of iank Shields Wilmer Alli son Lester Stocfen Sidney Wood and George Lott ordered to report May 14 for practice at Philadelphia ive years ago Matt Halpin fam ous quarter miler and manager Olym pic teams' l0f6 and 1920 died EXHIBITION GAMES At Clearwater la St Louis (N) vs Brooklyn (N) At San Diego Calif Pittsburgh N) vs San Diego (PC) At Los Angeles Chicago (N) Angeles (PC) At Lakeland la Cincinnati Detroit (A) At Sanford la Washington Chattanooga (S) BROM XS Hlllil 1 OR A SAN ANTONIO The Browns Grilled today in preparation for their first games against a major league ojponent the Philadelphia Athletics rida Saturday and Sunday drive was will divide the St Louis pitching job with Si Johnson STILL ATER BOXING CO MH TAMPA la Assigning Peaches Davis and Jake Mooty to hurl against the Detroit Tigers today Manager Chuck Dressen of the Cincinnati Reds I said he still was looking for a boxing coach and would like one who could as a1 bull pen catcher ROOKIES I 1 1 1RL DIEGO Calif Manager fillX'T PITCHING SVME GULPORT The New York Giants will start the season with sub Istantially the same pitching staff that hurled the club to the National League I pennant last year Only Cliff Melton secured from Baltimore is new to the I corps winch Manager Bill 'Terry calls "the best pitching staff in baseball" GOMIZ MOST ST PETERSBURG On the eve I of an exhibition tour in Texas and I Oklahoma Joe McCarthy manager of I i tnu huw iuik i iiKres nuniPfl vt'rnon Cvnmn'Z thn nlotfAM A Baltimore (I) 9 House of David he squad Montieal (I) vs Rochester (I) car celled Manager Moore Starts Prac tices Additional Exhibi tion Gaines Arranged EIDSVILLE Anril 1 training by the Reidsville entry in the collccted bul four Bi sraie league was scl Under way here today Manager Char ley Moore has a formidable squad on to seien were never able to offset the early Six Irarlers marched to the mound (in the Long Island Roanoke slugging ioee but "Shorty" Grant tucked the i game away for the visitors hnldinv j' uoanoxe mticss in the of Gas i nines Lynch Ror hemin gave Long Briggsj stall with a home run Leary (the right field fence iTraynor will send three rookie pitch ers Kenneth Heintzelman Wasco and Ballers against the San Diego in an exhibition game tonight AI 'IER Bill 1 OX la Clark Griffith owner of the Washington club ad mitted today the St Louis Browns are trying to get Catcher Cliff Bolton who left the Senators' camp without leavejtwo weeks ago Griffith seek ing to strengthen his outfield has his eye on Joe Vosmik of the Browns III RS GO 1OXGER PASADENA Calif Chicago White Sox pitchers' who have been working on a schedule of three hurlers each game will go on a two man game basis tomorrow when American Leaguers start a touring (lies with the Cubs at Yuma with the third game ol the spring" The Chicago Cubs faced Los An geles today in their final game of the training season on California soil SCORE SIH TOl WINTER HAVEN The Phils tackle tlie fast stepping Washington Senators at Denison ield today seek ing a thud consecutive triumph Bucky Walters and Wayne Lamaster turned in their second shutout at the expense of the Brooklyn Dodgers as the Phils won 1 to 0 yesterday hand for opening practices Pitcher John (Mike Rascoe of and Bernard Shumaker of Leban I uw nrt arrivals and others subsequently reaching the city 14 1 xwunvM piVtlHT IHDK UiaVOS and Ai atsennwir Infieldeis and abhoutih utuny Hjdlj Ui UICUO Ohio with the team last season: Hack Gaylord outfielder Dick Cherry pitcher and Bob McCready first of Williamston: Vi ki ptchcr of East Aurora Wilson shortstop of upper state Art Smith' outfielder and Nathan Goff of burg Va catcher Pltchrr and Heioerl (Rabbit) our more pre season Gaining or 1 stanza cxhlbtlon games have been adnd to the list ol four pirvlously sched uled according to Business Manager Hunter Mobley These games are with th Thomasvillt "Chau SalUbuiy Colonials respectively The Luckies will visit Thomasville on riday April 9th and the chair boys will visit Lucky Strike Park henon Saturday April 10th On Monday April 12th the locals will go to Salis bury end the Colonials will repay the visit here on April 13th (Tuesday) The Chair Makers will be managed Dy JnUD) "uv uuu iuc fcrrr Jat van while formtr Trl Cities skippet win be lhe head of the Colonial team southpaw will hurl for the rezulai of Salisbury ria errell will serve for the scrub' One new addition from Mount Airy Raymond Cote considered one of the i best all round fly chasers in the cir cuit along with Brett and Ruther ford pitchers and Taylor Sanford mammoth fust sacker who was shift 1 rd to second last year to make room 1 for Campbell in" the Leafs infield will form the nucleus of the club With the remainder of the starters i 'coming from rookie talent picked" up i by Brett during the off seaion Eight first year men weie sent here by the Red Sox and arrived in town last night These along with twelveUkely looking youngsters who were signed by Brett independently rf the parent organization formed the squad which began practice this morn ing Brett had several of the early ar rivals out at the park yesterday going "through limbering up exercises and will probably be a stiff session split in today despite the fact that it 'is the first of the year The eight newcomers who were sent here from "Little Rock are reported to be in mid season condition due to the long drills they have been indulging in at the Boston baseball school in the Ar kansas capital Those on hand include seven pitch ers: Petrizzie Barr Nikkei Ruther ford PfWi Malone and Brett: catch "ers Robertson Jenkins and Bresnan infielders Smigeiski a first baseman Mason a shortstop Signalgo a sec ond baseman Biershank a second) baseman Timmons third base Po dein shortstop Taylor shortstop and outfielders Cote lint Block and Dernback Taylor Sanford the slugging Leaf infielder whose home run mark has been near the top since the league was organized will not report for legular duty until after the com I mencement exercises at Hargave Mili tary Academy where for a number of years he has been athletic director and coach of four sports Luckies Begin I raining With Many On Hand Cose Today i CO! NTS OX ROOKIE eTV'JRIVlTTn Plo iVs Hamlin lflto a 33 year old rookie is counted on by Manager Burleigh Grimes to help Van Mungo and red rankhouse lead ing' Brooklyn Dodger hurlers the pennant chase Dodgers meet the St Louis Cardinals today and Paul sore arm a "big ques Kenesaw Lnndis 'high tion "mark in the Cardinal pennant commissioner has chosen April 1 to learn whether there was any fooling when young Tommy Henrich hard hitting outfielder was sold to Mil waukee by the New Orleans club of the Southern Association i ormer Judge Landis will delve into the ownership of the ex Pelican today behind closed doors with only interested parties in attendance Henrich who has expressed belief his sale to the Brewers with Pitcher Ralph Winegarner for $7500 was a "cover deal engineered Cleveland Indians wants to dared a free agent if his suspicions are substantiated But if the judge finds the sale 'was proper Tommy says be ail right with him i rom the' Milwaukee train ing camp at Biloxi Henrich aired his views on the case just before leaving for the hearing am not suretl am ready for the big league this Tommy said would rather wait a year and not go until I knew I was ready 5 But right now I want to know who owns me and why and If I am entitled to free agency I want "I just got tired of telling folks: Milwaukee bought me but I Cleveland still owns me oe I see all the deals are being vith who come to these tournaments he said "but also women who are keen on the spoit "Some men think the game is too husky for women and give a hoot and hurrah to see women play but the women like it" Undaunted by their exclusion from the A tourney where 20000 men aie listed to compete women hold tneir own national meet is at Rochester Three types of feminine bowling fans are: 1 The scholary kind non vocal She watches intently applauds a good play i 2 The kind Her de meanor Is that of an excitable femln inine baseball fan 3 The still more emotional fan who tears hair and gnashes teeth Three State Nines Meet oreign oes Dartmouth Vermont and Le noir Rhyne Invade Vir ginia for College Games' RICHMOND Va April 1 I Three Virginia college baseball teams will suing into action on home dia monds today against out of state op position while two others' journey to North Carolina for inter collegiate encounters Dartmouth's Indians who walloped i Hampden Sydney yesterday 24 to 3 will move to Williamsburg for a tilt vvith William and Mary last year's Virginia co champions The University of Virginia" will at tempt to hold the University of Ver mont batters who nosed out Navy yesterday 5 to 4 in check at Char lottesvllle and Virginia Tech will be host to the heavyhitting 1 university nine which Roanoke college under a at Salem The Wasps of Emory I win IThii'KLMaIM lE I iTw 11 CONTINENTAL DISTILLING CORPORATION PHILADELPHIA I 40 CIGARETTES.

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