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The Greenwood Commonwealth from Greenwood, Mississippi • 6

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4 PAGE SIX GREENWOOD COMMONWEALTH, GREENWOOD, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 3, 1947. ADOPTED PLAYING SCHEDULE COTTON STATES LEAGUE 1947. Dodgers-Bucks Win One Each iMarsliall Reports To Nation AT HOT SPRINGS AT EL DORADO AT HELENA AT CLARKSDALE At GREENVILLE AT GREENWOOD 3 Apr. 29 30 May 21 22 23 May 11-x-ll 12 13 May 7 8 9 May 25-X-25 26 27 June 1-x-l 2 3 June 15-X-15 16 17 June 11 12 13 July 1 2 June 18 19 20-20 HOT SPRINGS 28 29 june 29-X-29 30 July 9 10 11 July 27-x27 July13-x-13 14 15 Aug. 6 7 8 July 22 23 24 25 Aug.

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31-X-31 Sept. 1 Greenwood and Greenville broke even in the double header played in- Greenville yesterday afternoon. The Dodgers won the first game by a rally in late inninjjs by a score of 7 to 2. Lee Edwards, farmed by the Memphis Chicks to the Greenville Bucks, pitched three hit ball in the second game, winning 2 to 1. Brings, pitching for Greenville, held the Dodgers to.

two hits in the seven innings of the first game, but five hits in the last two innings won for the locals. Dornberg of the Dodgers hit the first home run in the Greenville park to tie the score in the eighth. The game was cinched in the last inning. Box Score: F1KST GAME pilipfllliillllli I if. C- denotes Sundays.

Double numerals indicate doubleheaders. On Trust Is Derby Candidate Orphanage Boy Ruth's Visitor Ivy, yj SPORTS ROUNDUP I I w. itwiww its-. i IllllllllllllillipllH Greenwood AB II A Gregory, if 3 2 ,0 1 0 0 Siple, ss 5 0 1 2 3 0 Duchancy, If 2 0 0 0 0 1 Tace, If 3 0 1 2 0 0 Ozark, 2b 3 0 0 5 7 0' Lee, cf 4 113 0 0 Prcssly, 3b 4 10 110 Cruz, lb 3 119 0 2 Dornberg, 4 2 2 2 3 Oppliger, 4 0 1 2 2 i Totals 35 7 7 27 16 Secretary of State George C. Marshall sits behind a group of microphones in Washington at the conclusion of his radio report to the nation on the Moscow foreign ministers' conference.

He said Premier Stalin told him compromises are possible on the great issues splitting the wartime aTiies. (AP Wirephoto.) Greenville AB II A Giaratano, 2b 2 1 13 2 0 Brucella, ss 4 0 0 1 0 0 Lane, cf 3 0 0 1 0 1 Godwin, lb 4 0 0 9 0 0 Chozcn, 3 0 1 8 2 0 Webb, 3b 4 112 3 0 Mayo, If 4 0 1 3 0 0 J. Myers, rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 B. Briggs, 3 0 0 0 0 1 x-Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 xx-Edwards 0 0 0 0 0 0 According to an ancient myth, cotton bowls were once which reached down and grazed until the stalks grew too high and then starved until their bodies turned to fleece. General Electric Coolair ATTIC FANS Make your home glorious ly coolpthis modern, low1 cost way.

Survey of your home to determine adequate size and type fan made with-out obligation by qualified personnel. Estimates gladly furnished. Satisfactory installation guaranteed. J. D.

LANHAi SUPPLY CO. 211-213 WEST MAUKET Greenwood, Mississippi. 4 V2? Totals 31 2 5 27 7 2 Ran for Chosen in 9th. xx Batted for Briggs in 9th. Score by innings: Greenwood 000 001 0247 Greenville 100 100 0002 Summary: Runs batted in Mayo, Tace (2), Dornberg (3), Oppliger (2); Two-base hits Cruz, Chozcn, Webb, Home run Dornberg; Stolen base Brucella; Double plays Pressiy to Ozark to Cruz; left on bases Greenwood (5), Greenville (6); Winning pitcher Oppliger; Losing pitchei- Briggs; Balk Briggs; Base on balls off Briggs (2), Oppliger (4); Struck out by Briggs (9), by Oppliger (2); Hit by pitcher Gregory by Briggs (2).

Umpires: Rosar and Elder. SECOND GAME Uncle Sam Says Here is a sale sign, friend, which offers you a safe, sure, profitable purchase for your future. Wherever you sec it at your bank, postoffice or where you work stop, look and act. By action I mean joining the Payroll Savings Plan. Or if you are a professional man or woman or self-employed ask your bank about the Bond-a-Month Plan by which you can buy Savings Bonds automatically out of money in your checking account.

Your Uncle Sam sees you in this Minute Man symbol, because every time you buy another Savings Bond you are standing guard over the security of yourself and family. 0. S. Treasury Department KANSAS CITY, W)U will rain or snow here May 21 and 22. J.

R. Lloyd, president of the National Association of Weather Forecasters who hold their convention here on those dates, made the forecast. Then he added that the precipitation will be artificial, accomplished with dry ice. The demonstiation will be for the benefit of the visiting us.sAvikcs Ji i Danny Williams, an orphanage boy from Jackson, has flown to New York for a visit with Babe Ruth, the homerun king, who also spent his boyhood in an orphanage. This picture was made as Danny changed planes in Atlanta en route.

He knows Betty Graham, Delta Airlines stewardess, one of the baseballs he took along for Ruth to autograph. His expenses are paid by baseball fans in Jackson. (AP Greenwood AB A Gregory, rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 Siple, ss 3 0 0 2 1 0 Duchaney, If 4 112 0 0 Ozark, 2b 1 0 0 2 1 1 Lee, cf 4 0 0 2 0 0 Piessly, 3b 0 0 3 4 1 Cruz, lb 3 0 0 7 0-1 Sumncrs, 3 0 0 7 2 0 Meier, 3 0 0 0 2 2 Totals 29 1 3 26 10 5 jutrfMn'tffflvr ON TRUST mmS iUW. On Trust (above), owned by at Churchill Downs in a work-out Jockey Clyde Turk is in the saddle. COTTON STATES LEAGUE STANDINGS Pet.

Clarksdale 5 0 1.000 El Dorado 3 Greenville 2 Greenwood 1 Hot 1 Helena 0 1 1 2 3 5 .750 .667 .333 .250 .000 Yesterday's results Greenwood 7-1; Greenville 2-0. Clarksdale 6-3; Helena 1-2. Eldorado 9. Hot Springs 8. No games scheduled By The Associated Press Clarksdale's Planters are getting a good head start in the Cotton States league race, thanks to some cooperation from Helena.

The Planters stretched then-winning streak to five straight yesterday, defeating Helena, 6 to 1 and 3 to All their wins have been at the expense of the Helena club. Meanwhile, Greenville and Greenwood divided a pair, Green wood taking the first game 7 to 2, and Greenville taking the second, 2 to 1. El Dorado moved into second place by taking a ten-inning, overtime contest from Hot Springs, 9 to 8. Lefthander Sam McCraney pitched a three-hitter for Clarksdale in the opening game. Helena made a battle of the sec-end affair until the Planters' catcher Lawrence Berry poled a home run in the ninth to break a 2-2 tie.

Pitching was featured in the two games at Greenville. Opp-linger of Greenwood limited the Bucks to five hits in the opener. Les Edwards pitched a three-hitter for Greenville in the nightcap. The teams are idle today. LAKEHURST.

N. May 2 (P) Dr. Hugo Eckener, noted German derigible pioneer who said he had come to the United States to serve as a consultant for the Goodyear Corporation, picdicted yesterday that freight of the future w7ould be moved, mainly by lighter and stronger airships that would cross the Atlantic in two days. A 4 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 1 6 1 0 8 1 0 110 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 27 9 1 Greenville AB Giarantano, 4 Brucella, ss 4 Lane, cf 5 Godwin, lb 4 Chozen, 3 Webb, 3b 4 Smith, If 2 Bodner, If 2 Edwaids, 4 Totals 36 LOUISVILLE, May 3 (Pi Most Kentuckians like to be called horse lovers, and after a few days here you can unaer- stand how a person can love horses and hale horse racing Derby Day probaoly shows racing at its worst A huge mob of people, lured by the spectacular aspects of the affair, swamps "the overgrown Churchill Downs rac ing plant, spending gobs of mon ey and hoping to win it back, pushing one another around, try ing desperately to have a good time There really isn much fun 111 it Lost somewhere in the throng there still are some whb'd go anywhere, any time, just to see horses run and horses that ca nstir up such sentiments This is to tell you about one of them. Derby Favorite A year ago on Derby Day a shiny, slender-Jogged two-year-old skimmed over the muddy Downs track to win his first race He was Jet Pilot, who probably escaped death in the disastrous fire that almost wiped out Mrs.

Elizabeth Graham's string when he was shipped here for that one race Someone re marked: "Maybe you just saw-next year's Derby winner." Since then Jet Pilot has been horse There's no special icason except that there was something about the horse that excited interest and affection Jet Pilot raced in New York, Il linois, Maryland, Florida, California; he won sonXe big stakes and be out there today running for the $100,000 stake that has been his main objective all this time Some experts say he 3 just a speed horse who can't go more than a mile; they say he has no chance unless the track is muddy that makes! no difference he's still the Derby favor-it to this writer Probably every other horse in. the field is someone's personal favorite, too, so don't consider this a "tip." P. S. The --weather the past few days won't hurt him. One Error During one of yesterday's show-, ers the address announcer at the Downs came in with the weather forecast for today fair and warmer.

At that Walter (Pounds) Haight of the Washington Post procleimed: "That's the worst example of A. timing Mnce the Bears were leading the Redskins 73-0 and the announcer came in with 'get your season tickets for next year early." Chart Comments Agent H. S. Cuttriss, the first to appear publicly with a Derby entry yesterday it was Rifcko- later tried to appear very casual it He looked through his mail, remarked: "I might as well put that horse in while I'm here." Then added, for the. record: "He's the winner.

The last" one I entered got beat. That was head play." Jockey Jack Westrope, who worked both of Harry M. Warner's horses in the morning then appeared with a big cigar, and a big grin to sign the entry blanks, insisted "They're both all right today; I don't know about tomorrow which a writer was explaining that one of Double Jay's owners is a liquor distributor, a colleague wisecracked: "So is Brownie Leach." Brownie is the track's publicity man. Last "Word Fast-talking Duke McCue, who trains Double Jay, tried to sound optimistic about his nag's chances when he said: "It's a long way to those races." and, brother, its a long way home if you don't have a winner. 0 0 5 I i 0 0 By Pap Every Pot a Happy Pot With PURE GOLD COFFEE "Absolutely the Best" "FINISH" '1 SPORT SLANTS 7IL The first mechanical process for the manufacture of felt is believed to have been discovered about 1820.

0 The fundamental process in making modern paper reduces wood to pulp and mixes it with water. T'S THE Earl Stice, gallops around the track to prepare for the Kentucky Derby (AP Wirephoto.) Double-Header Here Sunday Dodgers Play El Dorado Two Games That Afternoon. The Greenwood Dodgers will play a double-header here Sunday afternoon with the El Dorado team, Bill Svilich, business manager announced today. The first game will start at 2 o'clock and be a nine inning affair. The second game will be a 7 lniiing atfuir probably by agreement.

The starting lineup for El Dorado will probably be: Ballard, ss; Cookson, cf; Reese, 3b; Roberts, If; Hunnicut, 2b; Price, rf Gray, lb; Palazzani, Colvin, p. Uncle Sam Says SAVI 1ACH win AND YOU Will HAVI IN TIIH J0O.74 73 334. 11 I.440.M I.IM.4V My nieces and nephews kaow that figures tell the truth when the figures deal with the results of systematic savings through the Tayroll Savings rian. Take a look at this chart. Circle the figure you need to achieve some goal for yourself or your family.

Then move over to the column which tells you how much you need to save each week in U. S. Savings Bonds to attain your objective. The whole thing is as simple as adding one to three, be--cause your Uncle Sam pays you an extra dollar for every $3 you put in Series Savings Bonds when you hold the Bonds to maturity 10 years hence. U.

S. Treasury Derailment 0 i 1 AFTER WE "SILENT BREEZE" Wc can also urnisb sheets from blowing off Keep Cool With A 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 Score by innings: reenwood Greenville 000 100 0001 100 000 0012 Runs batted in Godwin; two base hits Lang (2), Godwin, Gregory; Stolen bases Brucella (2), Lee; Left on bases Greenwood (5 Greenville (12); Base on balls off Edwards (2); off Meier (2); Struck out by Meier (5); by Edwards (7); Hit by pitcher Ozark by Edwards. Umpires: Elder and Roscr, OPEN NOW! GUEENWOOD GRILL HOME OF Glorified Hamburgers'-and Other Quality Foods USED CARS PRICES CUT FOR TEN DAYS ON MOST MODELS Our Used Cars are carefully inspected and fully reconditioned. See these bargains now. 1942 Mercury Tudor Fine mechanical condition.

A beautiful car. Maroon finish. Was 1,295.00 NOW $1,165.00 1941 Olds 78 Hydramatic Sedanette A beautiful green car. Motor and transmission completely rebuilt. Was $1,195.00 Now 1,065.00 1942 Chevrolet Sport Sedan Fine condition.

Good rubber, black finish. Was $1,250.00 Now $1,195.00 1946 Willys Jeep was $1,195 now Slightly Used. New Jeep Station Wagon Only Less than list price. 1941 Plymouth Special Deluxe Coupe $995.00 One of the best cars in. our stock.

Replacement motor. Good rubber. Clean throughout. 1940 Plymouth Spec. Deluxe Fordor Was $785.00 Now $695.00 1941 Ford Sedan Delivery $595.00 THAT COUNTS PAINTING and BODY REPAIRS Scratches, Bumps, 'Wrecks and Smashed Grills Are Made Like New.

Body, Trim and Fender Parts Are Available. Have the Men and Equipment To Give Your Car a Brand New Factory Finish. Use Our Convenient Budget Plan DELTA CHEVROLET CO. 1361 PHONE 1362 INSTALL THE ATTIC FAN lead weights lo keep the your bed. This Summer Holcomb Hoke' "Silent Breeze" Attic Fan NO DOWN PAYMENT 36 MONTHS TO PAY THE APPLIANCE CENTER Headquarters For Miss.

Sportsmen Good mechanical condition. New grey paint job. 1940 Pontiac Sedan $895.00 1941 Buicfi Special Sedan Was $1,295.00 NOW $1,195.00 We pay cash for used cars, and sell them on convenient Universal C. I. T.

Credit terms. See Us Before you buy or sell. GREENWOOD MOTOR COMPANY NEW AND USED AUTOMOBILES 101 Walthall St. Phone 1895 Notice to John-Deere and Ford Tractor Owners POWER LIFTING HARROWS Patent Pending up with POWER-LIFT, the fastest in the field No wear or tear in dragging. You pick-up and go Guaranteed to please McCARLEY WORKS Henry Street Phone 48 Greenwood, Miss.

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