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McCree Keats Owls For A's STANDINGS C. State Leavue Yesterday's Results Lexington 5, Slalesville 4. Hi-Toms 13, Concord 2 Hickory at Mooresville, potilpon- lisbury 5, Landis 1 CLUB STANDINGS Hi Toms 76 i8 Vlooresvillt 03 43 Landis 61 4fi 45 61 Lexington 45 61 Hickory 44 60 Concord 44 61 Salisbury 43 62 Today's Games Lexington at Slalesvillc Hi-Tome at Concord at Hickory Landis ai Salisbury American League Ywrterday's No semes scheduled CLUB STANDINGS New York 73 Boston 72 Cleveland 69 Philadelphia 63 Detroit 65 Chicago 50 St. Louis 40 Waahington 38 Today's dimes New York at Detroit Philadelphia at Chicago Boston at St. Louis Washington at Cleveland National League Yesterday's Results Boston 7, Brooklyn 6 Only games scheduled CLUB STANDINGS 71 44 Johnson Set To Take Mound Here Tonight Slony Point's favorite son, Pet.

GB i a McCree. started off a .731 .584 14 .575 15'4 .425 32 .425 32 .423 32 410 Iji'xiiigtoii park. Plak advanced Smith, who had singled, to second with a single in the ninth and then Junior Barnes tapped the first pilch off Bernie Carpenter for a Daily Record Tuesday, August 23, 1949 NEW YORK, Aug. winning rally with two out in l.hp ninth to give Lexington a 5-4 decision over our Owls la.sl night in a chilly Beetle-browed Max Lanier, with his future in jeopardy, goes onto the Ebbets field pitching mound today to lackle a job he started and no one could finish. That job was a chips-down game- Lanier Takes Mound Today In Cardinals' Big Attempt score Dark and break up the ball game.

That was the only game scheduled in the majors yesterday. Today there's a full the National, Chicago at New York, Pitts- burgh at Boston and Cincinnati at Philadelphia in addition to the Dodger-Card tilts; in the American --New York at Detroit. Philadelphia at Chicago, Boston at St. Louis and Washington at Cleveland. 42 46 48 54 56 67 80 77 Pet.

.635 .810 .590 .538 .537 .427 .333 .330 Pel. double which ended the ball game. Carpenter had relieved Frank Smilh. Tonight, the two clubs come back to Statesville with the Owls, now tied for fourth place with Lexington, ready to throw everything but the cushions in stands at the visitors. II will be Ernie Johnson himself in person on the hill lonight for the Owls, Business Manager George Cathey was happy to announce today.

Ernie always draws a big crowd, even if he has been 1 os-ing lately. Ollie Wall, who has failed to come up to expectations in the hitting department since he left the Hi-Toms in favor of the Owls, got started could be a against the Brooklyn Dodgers July 25 in the torrid National league race. The Cards had won three games in a row from the Dodgers to seize first place for the first time in more than a month, and Lanier took over to hold that lead. He was belted from the box, but thei no one ever wt tne ganie. It was called with the score tied at 4-4 after nine innings to allow both teams to catch trains.

Now, with the Cards leading the Dodgers by two games, the lie will be played off today. In addition, I ho (wo teams tangle in another game lonight and a third tomorrow in this vilal series. And niifc again Lanier is on the spot. In that July 25 game Lanier was not only alter saving the Card lea- last night on what gue lead; he was out to make good real batting after three years of exile as a (J I vl 1 v. i Ollie rapped out four for four to Mexican It-ague jumper.

pace the Owls. Freddie Daniels, St. Louis 71 44 .617 Brooklyn 69 46 .600 Boston 60 56 .517 Philadelphia 60 58 .508 New York 58 57 .504 Pittsburgh 54 61 .470 Cincinnati 48 89 .410 Chicago .45 74 .378 Today's Games Chicago at New York Pittsburgh at Boston Cincinnati al Philadelphia St. Louis al Brooklyn, two games. day and nij-lit HIGH HOWLING SCORES Wigh bowling scorw at Sunset Bawling center week were by L.

P. Boll with 22.1 on tonplnc Billy Martowe wid Firtk with 196 on duckpins. BETTER THAT WAV? Painters ftomelimes work with canvas upside-down, in order to on the abstract Beabs of a scene, according to the Encyclopedia Britannlca. the old pro, had two for four and Slats McKinney continued his line batting pace with two for four. Bill Raehse collected home run Brooklyn.

The only game he in the first, driving in Wall ahead lfts Thr(lf mps 1hp Today, a month later, Lanier still i.s first victory of the has pitched in eight games and has been knocked out of the box in seven of of him. Bill Stewart robbed George Bradshaw of a screaming double or triple by pulling one of his drives off the deep center fence with a jumping stab. Kain halted the game temporarily in the ninth and alter the lull, I lie A's came back to rap Smith, finished, he lo.st. Three times the Cards were able to save the games even after worthy Max was belted. One of Brooklyn's major problems is in keep from falling apart in the clutch.

Again the Dodgers blew a lead yesterday when they were beaten by the Braves, 7 to 6, in the ninth Inning. The Dodgers were ahead, 6-5, go- hard The cold weather chilled his i in into 'he ninth. Eddie Stanky, aim and when plaf was resumed i who had not hit a home run all he -Hve the home'team a couple year, finally clipped one off Ralph of good ones that they liked. BranL a lhp ln ri Dorfo nit hf "Box score: 'Big Jawn'Mitt Bought By Yanks For Flag Drive NEW YORK, Aug. (U.R)—Johnny Mixe switched from the New York Giants to the New York Yankees "no room for regrets but plenty of room for improvement." The 36-year-old first baseman, after 10 years in the National league, was sold to the Yankees yesterday in a straight cash deal estimated between $50,000 and $75,000.

He took with him a record of 18 homers and a .265 batting average thus far this season. Chewing reflectively on a cigar, the huge, 215-pound Mize said: "I wouldn't say I'm glad to get. away from the Giants. I got along all right with Durocher although I didn't always agree with him. 1 didn't leave with any hope." Mize shifted his feet, took a long puff on the stogie and blurted: "Hell, I've never been sentimental over anything.

I'm not built that way, I guess. "As far as I'm concerned, I'm makjng a clean start with the Yankees. There's plenty of room for improvement and I hope those bats over there will help me." Mize pointed to a carton containing four bats which porters were loading on the train. "They're all brand new," he smiled, "and maybe they're what 1 need. Whether Mize will be all the Yankees need to go on to the American league flag was still a question as Manager Casey Stengel took the news of Big John's addition without enthusiasm.

"I don't know what I'll do with him," declared Stengel. "I'll have to take a look at him first. I'm certainly not going to move Tommy llenrich off first base." Mize, a left-handed pull-hitter, has hit 315 home runs during six seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals and five campaigns with the Giants. He tied Pittsburgh's Ralph Kiner for the National league home run championship during the past two seasons, walloping 51 round trippers in 1947 and 40 last year.

His life-time average of .324 is one of the highest in the majors. Gastonia Fans Show Poor Sportsmanship DROWNED BY CLOTHES About 600 B. Draco, the la- noui lawgiver, made a stirring Mid was smothered' to by a deluge of clothing, an Athenian show appreciation of kpeakeitf and actors. LAST TIME TODAY FIRST CITY SHOWING BARRY FITZGERALD il News and Short Subject CRESCENT Wednesday and Thursday "JUNGLE GODDESS" lying With Music" MAR.IORIE WOODWORTM "OREGON TRAIL" Ch. 13 Wall, B.

Raehse, Ib Bradshaw, Lisk, cf Daniels. 3b Riitigliano, rf McKinney. It C. Raehse. 2b Smith, Carpenter, Tola's Barnes.

If Sides, rf Stewart, cf Hampton. 2b Milner, Ib Smith. 3 Talbert, Mauney, McCree, Trexler. rf Totals Slate, svitle AB 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 0 4 0 1 11 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 A 2 2 0 2 Si i 0 35 4 5 1 3 0 2 1 4 0 0 2 0 I) 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 3 1 3 0 15 3 1 A 0 0 0 6 1 5 2 2 2 0 3IS 5 13 27 18 out when winning run scored. Statesville 200 000 011-4 Lexington 010 003-5 McKinney, Raehse 2, McCree, Hamp-' Ion, Wall, McKinney.

Barnes, Trex-. lor 2 2, Wall McKin- ney. Raehse. Raehsf to C. Raehse; Hampton, Talbert to Milner.

BB 1 2, McCree 3. 12 in Carpenter 1 in 0. LOB- 4, I- 6. U- Suggs. Branca, the third Dodger pitcher.

It was Eddie's seventh homer in seven years in the majors. Elble Fletcher, next up, walked. So did out of the game, and Erv Pallca took over. At Dark hit into a force play at second, but then Jeff Heath whammed a long double to Long Island Nine Forfeits Game In Loop Playoffs President. Alwyn Morrison of the Tri-County league ha.s announced that for the first time in his loop's history a game has been forfeited by a team for failure to place a team on the field at game time.

This was the case at Mooresville Saturday night when the second-place Long Island Combers, according to Morrison, failed to show up for their scheduled game with Mooresville Mills. The third game in the series was scheduled to be played yesterday afternoon but late this morning this newspaper had not received a report from Morrison on its outcome. Mooresville up to yesterday held two victories against no defeats in the three out of five series. According to one report, Long Island has lost some of its players with the end of summer and decided to quit the playoffs rather than field a make-shift lineup. FOOTBALL Jimmy Knotts, left, and Capt.

Louis Allen, tackle, show how two players should not fall on a football as the Duke veterans get ready for fall practice in Durham. Yanks Fear McCarthy, Red Sox Most Of All BY HARRY GRAYSON a won every place he has ap- NEA Sports Editor Louisville, on the N'a- NKW Me-, tioiial league s.de in Chicago anil Carthy has always reduced base- a Yankee Stadium, ball to its simplest form. 29 yt (1 of mana ying, me three to throw it, four earthy has been in the second to bit it and two to make the double play, and I'll win in any he used to say. What he meant, of course, was division just once. lie won 11 pennants, was eight times second.

And Miirse Joe scarcely was in three big pitchers, four swatting a p0s tum U) llsn button all the long ball and a stick combina lion around second base. Joe McCarthy Bill Goodman Well, in Boston now McCarthy has his prescription tilled, and some. He has six throwing TODAY STATE THURS. HAVER-BOLGER-MacRAE Guesses Wrong On Power Of Law VIRGINIA, Minn. (U.R)—Robert Oksa, 29, Aurora, knows now that Virginia police aren't the to take challenges lightly.

He telephoned police wrotn'a' local tavern, saying he was drunk it in Dobson, Kinder, Kramer, last summer, the while. In June a year ago. the Red Sox were 124 games off the pace, but McCarthy straightened things out by making a first baseman of Bill Goodman, an outfielder who had turned shortstop. And the Back Bay Millionaires played off with the Indians fo the title. Because of faulty pitching, a complete job only half the time, the Red Sox were 12 games back on July 4 this trip.

When the I pitching out with the I recall of young Maurice McDermott, the Bosox reeled off 31 out of 39 to come up within easy striking distance. The Red Sox came from far off the pace to run at the Indians Gastonia Gains First Round Win Over Little Rock SUMTER, S. Aug. N. today held the advantage in the sectional tournament of Junior baseball teams, after a first-round victory over Little Rock, Ark.

Gastonia shut out the Doughboys, 3 to 0, when Pitcher Jimmie Stowe allowed only seven bits and struck out nine. Errors helped in two of the Gastonia scores. In second inning, Little Rock threatened with a double, a successful bunt and a walk, but the session ended with the bases loaded. Little Kock plays Lake wood of Atlanta tonight. The linescore: Gastonia .000 001 9 4 L.

Kock 000 000 7 2 Stowe and Armstrong; Lucas and Cauthron. Lutherans Trip Race Street Team Parnell, McDermott and Stobbs. lie has as many hitting it in Dom DiMaggio, Zarilla, Williams, Stephens, Doerr and Pesky. And there are worse double play manufacturers than Junior Stephens and Bobby Docrr, in addition to which the shortstop is a home-run thumper. The Red Sox have some depth, formance repeated season to per- run the Yanks and Indians.

Skillfully Carthy, the of them all. i and ought to be arrested. They ar- I 00 When Bill Goodman pulled rived at the tavern and agreed, up with a sore foot, Billy Hitch- But Oksa changed his mind and cock was considerably more than said there weren't enough officers adequate at first base. When in Virginia to arrest him. Johnny Pesky pulled his side, Mer- He was wrong policemen rill Combs didn't hurt the dub Attend Matineer.

Avoid the Night Hit Songs From Picture Available On Records From Bunch Furniture Dept. took him to jail. PLAYHOUSE TUfc.SL LAST DAY Also SAND' Ui i WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY BASED ON FILES OF THE U. S. DEPT.

OF JUSTICE LEG AL KItfTR With an in no liy I'. S- Attorney General Tom Qlark AUo Cartoon and News OLD PERFUME When Howard Carter opened the tomb of King Tutankhamen, he found many rich cases holding perfumes still elusively fragrant after many thousands of years. ONC OF MVOMTK OWNERS had WESTERN AUTO ASSOC. STORE owntd by HOWARD 111 East Broad any at third base. The Yankees now fear the Red Sox more the Indians.

And they fully that the Bosox won't be exactly handicapped spending the better part of September at Fenway Park, with its friendly left field net. The old pros with the McCarthy much as the Red Sox, what a tremendous man Tom athletes have in their corner. Joe Hi Maggio, Henrich, JnhiiMin and Lindell played for McCarthy. missed him when he shuffled off to Buffalo late in May of 1946 to sit out the rest of thai mid the next season. They know how McCarthy picks up a number of yami's each season on managing a liltle fixing here, a liltle tion there.

Jimmy Dykes called McCarthy a push-billion manager, meaning that whenever he wanted a slick- out performer or a base hit all do was ring the bell. It is true that McCarthy worked only for millionaires Wil Ham Wrigley wilh the Cubs. Col. Jacob Ruppert with the Yankees Tom Yawkcy in the Huh. is also so that McCarthy Last night at Baptist field in the church league softball play-offs, St.

Johns Lutheran defeated Race Street. Methodist, 22-7. The Luther- at an team scored in every inning except the fourth to take the game guided by Joe Me- with ease. They collected 22 hits winningest manager off the offerings of Grose and Brawley, pitchers for Race Street, while B. Lippard and Dulin were allowing Race Street only seven hits.

Jake Troutman with four for five led the hitting for St. Johns while D. Sherrill with two for two led Ihe hilling for Race Street. Broad Street Methodist otithit First Baptist, but First Baptist won 10-4. Going into the sixth inning with Broad Street leading by 4-2, the Baptists began hitting and scor ed four runs in the sixth inning, and then scored four more in the seventh to take the game.

Moose with two for four led the hilling. In the industrial league Jenkins Cleaners won over Turners by a forfeit and the Wheel, Paola game was raided oul. Games tonight at Baptist field: 7, Broad Street Methodist vs. First Baptist, and 8:30, Race Street i Methodisl vs. St.

John's Lutheran. Jn the girls play-offs at Abernethy field: 7, Front Street Pros- bytefian vs. Bethany Presbyterian, aiid 8:30, J. Penney vs. First A.

P. Gastonia's bawball fans are coming in for plenty of criticism about their behavior at the recent American Legion baseball tournament at Kannapolis. It seems the Gastonia mob showed anything but southern hospitality to some of the visiting teams and coaches. Sports writers around the have had much to say about it. A pitiful picture is painted bj Mack McKa of the Salisbury Post, who knows what it is to be friendless in a foreign land.

McKa writes: Those who heard the 2,000 Gastonia fans "go to work" on the Covington, American Legion Juniors at Kannapolis last Thursday afternoon, will agree that the old time fans were not so different from the bitterly partisan of 1949. A Costly Way To Win Impartial sports fans agreed that the roar and stomping of the Gas- Ionia mob, and the waving of towels and jackets by players on the Gastonia bench, and insults hurled by fans, had much to do with the clean-cut Kentucky boys blowing an 8 to 1 lead. Some people claim that all is fair in Love, War and Baseball, but it seems that Legion Junior baseball is indeed on a shaky foundation, when the crowd has to "win" a flustered team's important ball games and that is said in a spirit of fairness by a sports writer who hag been urging fans in this area to get behind the Gastonia team as our State champions. We want them to win with good pitching, good fielding, and by ing out plenty of base knocks but we don't enjoy seeing them win by their supporters scaring the daylights out of a crew of 13 lone boys under 17, 700 miles from home, with none of their home fans present. Vicious Taunts By Crowd The Kentucky coach, a fine young sportsman with a bad limp from infantile paralysis in his younger days, was all broken up after that game, stating that vicious insults and taunts were hurled at his kids as they sat on the bench, by Gastonia supporters sitting in the stands behind their bench.

"If this is Southern hospitality and an exhibition of good sportsmanship, give me my old Kentucky home," said one of the Covington stars as the tired Kentucky boys straggled out to deep center field to lie on the I ground and rest alone, after their three hour game with Gastonia. i Regionals may come and region! als may go. but those present at i the Kannapolis park last Thursday will always respect and admire the fine boys from the Blue Grass i State. Al Thorny of the Greensboro Daily News puts it very well. too.

Al says: I would take this opportunity to apologize to the Covington, Kentucky, Juniors for the conduct of the Gastonia fans in the tournament. It is our hope that the boys from Covington don't mistake the conduct of the to representative of North Carolina sports fans. i There are some things that just i aren't considered good taste i and I think the followers of Gas! tonia who whooped and hollered for their boys violated this public standard in the tournament. Although I believe Gastonia would have eventually won the champion- i ship and beaten Covington, I don't think the victory belonged to Gas: Ionia on Thursday night. It longed to the Gastonia fans, who, incidentally, have no standing in i the Legion race.

Now don't get me wrong. I think that cheering has a place in 1 every baseball game and sometimes the occasion calls for a polite boo or two. But the display of floor-pounding, yelling arid program-waving put on by the fans here Thursday night has no place in baseball or any other sport. The fans weren't content to hurl noisy distractions at the Kentucky champions for one inning; they maintained their pace throughout the latter part of the game, even when Gastonia had a comfortable five-run lead. First Time Away From Home To me, the collapse of the Ken- lucky team was a pitiful sight.

JUST AN OLD HABIT Steed, 69, was seized in the act of searching a Loop restaurant for loot. A check on his record revealed that he began his crime career in 1896 and included horse stealing among his specialities at one time. ANOTili-Ji; compurini' Dermuli with ihey're Maurice Grove. 3 VILLA HEIGHTS DRIVE IN "Iredell County's First" HICKORY HIGHWAY LAST TIMES TODAY 'The Night A Thousand GAIL RUSSELL Wednesday Thursday "WELCOME STRANGER" Boys who had a confident air about maybe a cocky air- when the game started auddenlj became beaten athletes and nol by the opposing team. They beaten by the fans, who outmun bered them by a 300-tq-l ratio.

Thai in my books, is not fair play. Sure, it's legal to boo and dia tract an athlete. No policemal will throw you behind bars foi "rattling" a baseball player. Put yourselves into shoes these young baseball players froni Kentucky. They had won the stati championship, and due to the fac that Kentucky is not a coniirtnw baseball state, very few spectator! attended their games.

The largf newspapers in the state did noj think enough of the to aetH a reporter with them. These young boys, all under 11 and many just 14, 15 and 16, into a foreign state to continuj their quest for the national Ameri can. Legion championship. Thej played the finest type of baaebal when they upset highly-regarded Memphis, Tenn. Then came Gartonia whicl didn't scare them.

They got fivi hits in the second inning to seort seven runs. Tragedy was right around corner. Crowd Continues Antics Larry Bergfield, Covington south paw, ran into control in the fourth inning. Jle walked two batters. At this point the fani started their unmerciful foot pounding, chanting, handkerchief waving.

The Kentucky pitcher was shah en. He made a pathetic effort to ap pear calm, throwing the bail inti the air and laughing at the stands His bad been sup erb to this wai erratic and feeble. The (Jrowd continued. The Cov ington coaSfi, seeing the situation replaced Bergfield with Dick Ur lage, the second baseman. survived a couple of innings he soon, fell victim to the crowd.

Players from the Covingtoj bench looked around the park amazement. They couldn't under stand what was going on. had they done? They were undei the false impression' that they in a baseball game to be by play on the field, know final score. Gas tonia went on to win the game The Covington youngsters every error in the book, the short stop booting three or four, ditti for the other infielders amd out fielders. Is this right? If the fans wanl to "rattle" the professional base ball players, they have that right But to disillusion a young boy taught to be a sportsman in vie lory and in defeat, is nauseating.

The Gastonia players reporter the noise bothered them almost at much as it hindered Covington. The Legion program should build good-will as well as cham pions. Let's not forget that. Stafesville DRIVE-IN Today-Wednesday "EMPEROR WALTZ" (In Technicolor) JOAN FtWTAWE CENTER "Pride of Harmony" LAST DAY WEDNESDAY ONLY "ROSE OF THE YUKON" Completely Air Conditional.