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The Bee from Danville, Virginia • 8

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The Beei
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Danville, Virginia
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SPORTS cr i SPORTS The Bee Danville Va Wednesday June 5 1940 uiyni 1 Ratings At Stake In Leaf Mayodan Series Meets Conn 0 1 30 17 10 0 13 41 11 30 5 lights of I The PA YO A SWELL EELING Having city but Dr Pritchett course Robert Murray to BLENDED 33 TIMES TO MAKE ONE GREAT BEER THE CRYSTAL LAKE BUS as BREWS OR UNVARYING GOODNESS! AVOID TERMITE DAMAGE I THE BUSES tunoM Dam tile Va i i I 4 THE SAVINGS AND LOAN CORPORATION OR THE INDIVIDUAL 004 050 which long action about richer line to second wasted a trap ten on 4 4 5 3 5 5 5 001 000 perhaps the wind they starts 2 5 4 1 1 2 7 3 10 2 0 0 2 9 0 8 2 0 Pint In th Komai Amarlca and hi largiil Sellins American leer In the Rest at the World I to an finish with ahooolng on easily would top flight 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 322 MAIN STREETDANVILLE VIRGINIA You may not be able to a for but you can save a little each' week or month until the principal and Interest amounts to a sum" equal to many financial reverses Consult with us now as to the con venience of banking here at Miss Lillian Wood champion In 1938 failed to 4 3 0 and Nature never yields two brews alike even with the same formula under strict scientific control why Pabst blends 33 sepa rate brews Expensive! Of course But what makes Blue Rib bon Premium Beer Its smoothness is unique its goodness never varies Sometime today have the plea sure of meeting Blue Ribbon a BRAND iw BONNtT with a BivsRIBBON ON IT HTKAAf 1 COULDN'T BEAR TO DEE OUT THE OPEN Hogan belongs tn the champlon shlp for high amazing scoring aver age on the winter circuit his triple triumph in the Goodall Round Robin and his record breaking runner up total In the Metropolitan Open among many other things Strafacl says the thought of Hogan sitting In Westchester would have blending that gives a certain coffee a particular champagne its own delicious flavorand keeps it that way the same with Blue Ribbon beer In every glass is a blend of not two not six or twelve but 33 sepa rate brews from 33 separate kettles! Each brew is as fine as 96 years of skill can make But brewing is a natural process there The Returns to Texas Where He Started Being Dizzy And Good To Start All Over AB 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 010 010 000 001 SLUGGER SNEAD DEPENDS TOO MUCH ON HIS CADDY Snead finished only four behind Beu Hogan in the Round Robin and knows 121 020 pestered him had he played in the Open "It just seem right for an erratic amateur like me to squeeze a high class professional like Hogan out of a qualifying smiles Strafacl who was capable enough to fllnlsh ninth In the 1937 Open It wouldn't have been right and It took a high class little sportsman like rank Strafacl to right the wrong 14 Innirig Win Takes Colts To Top Once More Woodell the Carolina cham who fought him to a draw in Point So close was the bout many of the fans thought Mar on the Passed Byers Winning pitcher Umpires Tighe and Cilber of three home an even 100 Normal either of these holes have placed her in the Weston Runs batted in: Powell Bak er Carolan 4 McDuffy Kalal Rautsaw 2 Novak Mazurek 3 Hendrix Two base hits: Warren 2 Rautsaw Novak Carolan Home run: Mazurek Sacri fices: Kaial Barnes Donner ree man' left on bases: Mount Airy 12 DANVILLE 9 Bases on balls: off Cress 5 Mattson 3 Rautsaw 1 Heath 3 Smola 1 Struck out: by Cress 6 Mattson 1 Heath 2 Rautsaw 1 Hits: off Mattson 6 in 4 1 3 innings off Davis 3 in 1 3 innings off Rautsaw 3 In 3 2 3 Innings off Cress 6 in 5 3 3 Innings: off Heath 5 in 3 2 3 innings off Smola 1 in 1 3 inning Hit by pitcher: by Mattson (McDuffy 2) Winning pitcher: Heath Losing pitcher: Smola Umpires: rey anrf Briggs Time of game 3:26 SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION Chattanooga 8 Knoxville 5 Nashville 6 Atlanta 3 Birmingham 7 Memphis 2 Little Rock 4 New Orleans 1 Though 2500 patents on schemes to replace wooden railroad ties have been granted In the past 50 years none has been as cheap and as good $60000 damages foot bridge constructe tracks caused a dlvier 110 PINT $210 QUART THE I A Little Sally isher 5 was $22 when she coaxed her net across the finish win the against 10 other speedsters in the Johns Hopkins Hospital Turtle Derby at Baltimore Nd TO 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 0 1 II PO 2 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 MOWN OftMAN nsmtesr company incovokated 41 luimUt KmIikSy Si 1170 Used widely that Diz Dean would hurl on a ladles night almost had a stroke when a called at noon and said Diz would be out 30 days with a sore arm? Well Diz bounced into the park 30 minutes before game time and said the was a practical joking friend Still chuckling the great one went out before the biggest crowd of the season and shut out Shreveport the Dean redAnkenman nursed to fame Says red: back but I'm glad some one else has the headache got too much of a sense of humor for 0 3 0 2 RICHMOND Va June 5 14 lnnlng 6 5 win over the Asheyllle Tourists last night car ried the Colts back into first place in the Piedmont League race George single with the bases loaded drove in Buster Maynard with the winning run In the longest league game of the season Tate ield the home park Dave Smith went the route for the Colts allowing eleven hits and striking out two men It was his ninth victory of the year Van homer over the I right field fence in the ninth gave Durham a second straight win over Portsmouth 5 4 Charlotte trounced the Norfolk Tars I behind the effective relief hurling of i Torres who took the mound in the fourth with none out and two men on base He checked the Tars allowing two hits the rest of the way Robert son paced 12 hlt attack with two homers The Winston Salem Rocky Mount game was rained out POLICE BETTER ARMED PARIS June 5 (P) Paris pollcB are exchanging for modern repeaters or machine guns the old fashioned rifles with which they were armed hastily a few days ago This is part of an accelerated campaign for prepared ness against possible parachutists and fifth columnists a The only former champion In the field of 40 In addition to Mrs Martin is Mrs A Wyatt Hampton win ner In 1925 whose qualifying score of 09 placed her in the second Hight When state enter only married women were left among the competitors Mesdames Martin and Allen Established as avorites In Annual Event By BARTON PATUE OLD POINT COMORT Va June Match play began in the 19th annual Virginia Golf Tour nament today with Mrs Lily Harper Martin of Portsmouth and Mrs Allen of Newport News established as favorites Mrs Martin who is seeking her sixth state championship and Mrs Allen who won the recent Tidewater Tournament and seems to be at the peat of her game tied for medal hon ors with in 18 hole qualifying round Young Mrs Martin launched the de fense of her title against Mrs Lillian oster of Hampton who qualified with a 95 and was forced Into a play off to earn a berth in the top flight The next twosome to leave the tee shortly after 10 a matched Mrs Edwin Lord of Norfolk against Mrs Hockaday of Newport News both of whom qualified with Mrs Hume Peabody Langley ield who shot an 85 yesterday met Mrs Grayson Dashlell Richmond who had a 91 and Mrs George Owens Peters burg finalist in the 1938 state meet engaged a fellow townswoman Mrs A Beekhuls whose qualifying card of 89 topped Mrs score by three strokes Mrs Allen launched competition in the second championship bracket against Mrs red Evans Langley ield 93 Mrs Addington Nor folk 88 met Jdrs O'w Chancellor Richmond 89 Mrs Helen Wise Langley ield 85 played Mrs Anderson Richmond 91 and Mrs Hamby Roanoke 88 engaged Mrs Hall Amelia 89 George Johnson Chamberlain Coun try Club pro who has been teaching golf for 25 years is supervising the tournament His first Job was at the Harrisburg Pa Country Club Later he was pro at Puerto only links Errors Spell Byers Mundo Payne Runs batted Wanny Vollmer 3 Robertson 2 Kenseckc 2 Sorensen Johnson Milner Anderson Spell Two base hits Milner Soren sen Teague Wanny Mundo (Special to The Bee) LEAKSVILLE June Bas sett salvaged Its second place stand ing in the league last night by scor ing five runs in a wild tenth inning for a 10 5 victory over threatening third place Leaksvllle Trips A hit two walks and a passed ball had giveu the Trips a 5 all deadlock when one run was scored in the ninth but in the tenth Teague wno gave up 17 hits In all just get the urniture Makers out until the dam age had been done Peeler vtho relieved Ollie Byers during the tying rally in the ninth then fanned three straight bat ters in the home half of the tenth to end the game The box: Bassett will run this summer on Sunday only be ginning next Sunday June 9th best single shot was made by Mrs Peabody garbed in purple slacks who missed a hole in one on the 205 yard third by six Inches There were tales of woe but Mrs Wessells of Roanoke had the most costly single hole a 12 at the par four fifth which kept her out of the title flight It Is a 335 yard dog leg over water and Mrs Wessells slicedher tee shot away from the turn to where she needed a 200 yard to clear the creek There she eight shots before reaching on the other side 'She had a the 15th coming in but excellent fir ing on the other holes enabled her to 1 1 3 VIRGINIA INDUSTRIAL LOAN CORP 0 0 2 0 2 1 5 (I By McKMGHT DALLAS June Of Diz light grew fainter sadly down here in Texas where its glare was blinding just a decade ago The plodding farm boy who quit the rear ranks of an Infantry unit at ort Sam Houston (San Antonio) 11 years ago to lend professional baseball his brilliance and eccentricities still fans the flicker remaining from a stunning career Diz Dean is back in the Texas League optioned to Tulsa by the Chi cago Cubs The comeback he three months ago has died in the muscles Of A tired 'pitching arm have to take thehu milatmg return to the minors The great righthander and Mrs Dean have been careful with their money It the money the gabby heart and pride that will be pitching for Tulsa Not a man in 10 years has touched his mark of 303 strikeouts in 1931 the memorable year that saw him win 26 games lose 10 post an earned run average of only 153 pitch 304 In nings work the full nine Innings in 28 of his 41 games finally go up to the St Louis Cards and glory Only one man an old timer named Harry Ables who struck out 325 bat ters years before Dean has more whiffs to his credit? Remember when Diz in warited to marry Patricia Nash the present Mrs Dean on second base in Houston one night? Well President redAnk enman wouldn't let him Remember when Ankenman adver our of High undefeated amateurs invade the Luna ring riday night in what appears to be one of the best fight cards yet pre sented by the Danville Amateur Asso ciation Heading the all star card Jack Scruggs of South Boston clashes with Purcell Klmsey High Point ace middleweight in the feature attrac tion Scruggs who holds a decision over George Ashby and a one round knockout over Raymond Kanary the state 160 pound champion will be gunning for the State title which Klmsey holds Klmsey rated as a clever boxer an artist at using the one two punch out boxed Ashby in High Point a few weeks ago to earn the decision Both Kimsey and Scruggs are expected to weigh in at 160 pounds Marshall Meets Woodell Buford Marshall classy Danville featherweight gets a return shot at Billy pion High that shall was the winner but the three judges votpd for a draw Marshall Is confident he will be able to come through the winner on riday night Marshall will come Jn at 124 Wooden at 126 pounds Brooks aces Ellington Earl Brooks Danville's hard punch ing 135 pounder clashes with Hign Point's Oscar Ellington in what Is expected to furnish plenty of fire works Both boys are punchers and most anything can and probably will happen before it goes the full three rounds Porter Meets Keeyer James Porter Schoolfield 120 pounder meets Ray Keever 119 of High Point who won oven Ball in High Point ans will have a chance to size Porter up against a boy who has been winning right along in North Carolina rings Ball Tangles With Cage In the opening bout popular little Calvin Ball takes on Cage South Boston in a 130 scrap habited houses in England There are more than 200 air host Women Start Match Play In Dean's Light lickers Back Down in Dixie The last bus from the Lake will leave at 6:45 ONLY PABST BLUE RIBBON BRINGS TOGETHER THESE 33 SEPARATE points Goodall Canter bury where he was runner up to Guldahl and Horton Smith in the Western Open of 'three years ago only trouble is that he doesn't think right at as serts also depends too much on his caddy "He lost the 1939 Open on the final hole at" Spring Mill because a caddy told him he could get the ball up out of the grass with a wood He got It up all right but only quail high' and the ball caught the trap that led to that fright ful eight He could have knocked the ball up to the "green with a No 3 Tense and cramped putting cost Ben Hogan a qualifying place Hr the New York district and rank Stra facl had to graciously step out let Texas' mighty mite get In as alternate Hogan has Tony case a eood nreccdent' Manero failed to qualify In 1936 but went to Baltusrol as an alter nate and came roaring down the stretch with a record score to overtake Harry Cooper Lighted Softball Diamond in County Pittsylvania county Is taking to night softball with the completion ot a field at the Intersection of the Ringgold road and Route 58 just beyond Crystal Lake The new dia mond has been fitted with for night playing A team has been organized known as Clark's Esso boys squall is composed entirely of county players ot that section At present the team is attempting to" arrange games through Manager Jack Clark of Ringgold Mount Airy DANVILLE 002 Errors: Powell Donner Baker Cecil It will leave Masonic Temple corner every hour and half hour from 12 (Noon) to 6:30 PM tTtPMANO HP I I Ql I1 BOTHtM lb I I 4 High Point Pugs to ight Locals riday Another Outstanding ight Card Drawn Up for Luna Lake Arena Early Times KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKY Gus Lesnevich battles Billy Conn lightheavy king in Detroit foi the 175 pound crown June 5 Basses Score 5 in 10th To Elude A Drop Threatening Leaksville Team Suffers Wild Rally After Extending Game earned ita ticket last nifflit in a ninth inning oer lowing with thrills and today turned to an invasion of Mayodan to open a three came series that will go far in deciding the status of the Leafs for das to come The Leafs in sixth place are only a half game behind Mayo and a game behind South the rear iruanl of the first division hollowing the game today the teams ic tum tomorrow for a twin bill with games in Bi St ate park aj 4 and 8:15 The local champs maneuvered themselves into position tor the crucial test lat night with a 9 victory over Mount Airy whoTcreives South Boston today in a game uiat also nears on Danville's standing for the next few days Howeir an umpires decision most cost the Leals a second loss this season Umpire Percy Brigss saw th'ngs differently from a large majority of Ians and players lart night and ruled Leonard Donner sate at first in the opening of the thnll ftudded ninth then came home to tic the score ahead of Mazurek who homered Defeat appeared imminent for Dan ville in their half of the ninth with two nut and one on: Carolan 'Alio had doubled Kalal drew a pass put ting the winning run on bae Hen drix who had made four outs in as many trips to the plate then came to bat and hit! The single by Hendrix scored Caro lan and the game was tied again At 'the same time Manager Emile Baines was frantically waving around Kalal from first Eddie Weston was fumb ling with the ball In let Uleld and big Dick displayed his amazing speed and headed down the home stretch In a neck to neck race with home Tt was close at home with Kalal safe and Catcher Warren muffing the ball The game was thus won and the ninth had completely oier shadowed the early see saw battle Mount Airy took the lead in the first inning with a double and four bases on palls for two runs Dan ville evened the count in the thirdwith two' bases on balls a fielder's choice and a single going for two rtins Carolan the batting star of the game paced a five run rally irt thc fifth that put the Leafs ahead but the visitors came roaring back with four runs tn the next period throw ing the decision into the ninth in ning outburst BAN GAME Danville Away Today Before Twin Bill in Bi State Park One of Two Teams Stands Chance to Invade irst Division in Three Games By HARRY GRAYSON Ma (NEA Service Sports Editor) CLEVELAND June Any con testant believing he is going to have a picnic on Canterbury's wide fairways where the National Open championship is to be settled June 6 8 Is due tor a rude awakening In fpur practice rounds Ralph Gul dahl the two time titleholder who bagged the Western Open there In 1937 failed to crack 73 The result is that the Nonglegged Norwegian Is more than ever con vinced par is still tough to beat' on a good course "The Canterbury club allowed Its fairways to bulge to the right to take care of members who says Guldahl "but look so wide If howling Canterbury measures 7000 yards plays so it wears you out "Players like Paul Runyan Johnny Revolta and Harry Cooper who are not noted for distance are going to have a tough It Is because Sam Snead is a belter and back on his game that Guldahl fears the Virginian most Kirby Throws Away Thriller Won by Miller Senators Near Top Bracket (Special to The Bee) MAYODAN June A rous ing Mayodan rally aided by a wild pitch that sent the winning runner home found Mayodan downing South Boston 7 6 here last night and climb ing within half a game of the first bracket Ed Kirby uncorked the wild tnrow In the ninth to let Mutt Miller race home claiming further honors for the night Miller had singled two home in the fifth hit a two run homer In the eighth singled the first runs In the ninth and came Ask or A ree Inspection Call 4 SQUIRE A CO 310 South Boston Mayodan Errors: Prather Kostal Kasper Runs batted In: Bohl Prather Koa rique Mobley Miller 5 Amaral Two base hits: Siciliano Kasper Home runs: Miller Stolen bases Prather: Sacrifices: owler Mobley Double plays Prather to Bohl Prather ow ler and Bohl Siciliano and bhemo Kostal Shemo and Bond Leit on bases: south Boston 12 Mayodan 1U Bases on balls: ot! Kirby 3 Kusta 10 Struck out: by Kirby 6 Kusta 4 Wild pitches: Kusta 2 Kirby Umpires: Lindstrom and Clemmer Time ot game: County arms To Be Visited riday CHATHAM Va June A demon tratlon tour ot several Pittsylvania county farms will begin at the Chat ham elementary school: riday at 9:30 a sponsored by the and the extension division ot I The purpose of the tour of the seven or eight farms will be to study methods of crop rotation tn use in this area Other farming methods are to be stressed by County Agent Jackson The tour will be conducted by Harvey Perry and Dick erson of the Soil Conservation Serv ice and County Agent Jackson MORAL VICTORY Hertenstein won his point in a damage against the all He claimed a over railroad slon of traffic from In front of bls property The Pennsylvania utilities commis sion made a year long study of matter then handed down a four page decision awarding Hertenstein six cents wBhe Ribbon move tr Cnpyrlcht 1940 Pabst Jhiwlng Campsny Milwaukee Stolen base Sacrifices Byers Milner Double Cashier and Kenseckc Left on Bassett 12 Leaksville 10 Base on balls off Byers 4 Teague 1 Struck out by Byers 5 Peeler 3 Teague 8 Hits off Byeu 11 In 8 1 3 Peeler 0 in 1 2 3 Hit by Teague (Sorensen) Peeler Time of game 2:10 Wrappers Give Mayodan Start Towards Climb jh MS 4 jM hji rir 1 Save A at iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiM A Ik Wanny cf Hodgson If Casbler ss Vollmer rf Robertson 3b Kensecke lb Sorensen 2b Byers Byers Peeler Totals 5 Leaksville Mundo 2b Johnson 3b Milner ef Payne cf Anderson Spell If Ransone Usiack ss Powell If Teague Totals Bassett 300 Leaksville 220 Mount Airy Ab A Kapurs 3b 4 0 0 I 1 Novak ss 5 0 12 4 Warren 5 1 3 2 2 Weston If54 1 130Donner lb i2 'a2 4 1 Powell 2b 4 11 6 1 Baker cf 3 0 0 4 0 Mazurek rf 5 2 3 4 1 Mattson 2 0'0 0 1 Davls 0 0 0 0 0 3s 1 2 0 0 8mola 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 8 1126 2 out when winning run scored DANI ILLE Ab 11 A reemai 2b 4 1143 Cecil as 5 2 2 1 2 Barnes rf 3 0 120 Sanford lb 3 1 0 9 0 Carolan cf 5 2 3 1 0 McDuffy If 3 1 1 2 0 i Kalal 3b 3 12 1 3 Hendrix 5 0 1 6 3 Cress 2 1 1 1 1 Heath 1 0 1 0 0 Totals 34 9 13 27 12 win the game South Boston All a Rogers If 5 1 10 owlei 2b A 0 0 3 3 Prather ss 4 2 2 1 5 Boni lb 4 0 IO 1 Nesselrodjf 4 10" 0 Rodriguez 3b 0 1 1 Stewart cf 2 0 1 2 Mobley c' 3 0 0 1 1 Kirby 1 1 1 Totals 33 6 625 13One out when winning run scored Mayodan Ab A Bond lb 5 12 9 1 Kostal ss 5 2 2 3 3 Scagg rf 3 1 2 0 0 Miller If 4 2 3 3 0 Amaral cf 5 0 1 1 0 Shemo 2b 4 0 1 5 4 Siciliano 3 0 1 5 1 Kasper 3b 4 0 2 1 3 Kusta 4 11 0 3 i Totals 39 7 15 27 15.

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