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MOI SIX THE BURLINGTON (NX.) DAILY TIMES NEWS, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, T949 Capitals Defeat Bees, 6 3, In First Of Series At Eton Park Cards Hosts To Dodgers In Crucial Series Brocktvell Is Victim Of Attack Golf Meet Starts At Asheville Over Hundred la Annual Southern Amateur Tourney Fohty Flock FarAheadOf Nearest Rival Late Rally Falls Short; Teams Play At Eton Tonight Several Major League Clubs Making Trades New York, June 4. (P Five Major League baseball players swapped uniforms today amid rumors that maybe a half dozen more would change clubs before the trading deadline at midnight tomorrow. The Boston Red Sox, in a bid to strengthen their wobbly pitching staff, sent Lefty Mickey Harris and outfielder Sam Mel to the Washington Senators for Righthander Walt Maslerson. The New York Giants shipped catcher Walker Cooper to the Cincinnati Reds for backstop Ray Mueller. Raleigh's Caps combined five Martinsville 24 32 .429 11 hits with six walks for six runs in 1 Rcidsville 22 30 .423 the early innings of play last, night to turn hark the Bees by I AMERICAN LEAGUE 6 3 in the first of a lwo Pc4 series at Won Park.

32 M0 clubs elose out play for the week at the local park tonight and then ihe Bees open a seven game tour that ends in Durham on Sunday afternoon. The outcome of last nights battle was settled in the first three innings of play when the Capsj jumped on starting hurler Dick; Brockwell for four runs on three! hits and three walks. They oushedi across two more markers off Larry Hartley in the next two inning; Teen Age Girl May Try To Swim Channel Somerset, June 14 JP) Shirley May France, 16 year old Somerset High School sophomore, will attempt to swim the English Channel late next month or early August, depending upon the tides. "1 made up my mind to do it three years ago," the 177 pound girl said. "1 know I can swim the channel, for 1 have swam much farther than its 17.8 miles distance under conditions almost as difficult." The stocky schoolgirl, her father.

Walter, a former long distance swimmer, and her backer. William Entin, a Fall River attorney, will sail for England shortly. The party will make its headquarters in either London or Dover and the channel crossing will be attempted from Cape Gris NWZ, France, to Dover. A total of 14 men and 10 women have accomplished the punishing feat. Gertude Ederle set the womens record of 14 hours.

31 minutes for the channel crossing in 1926. Miss France boasts of being the only of her sex to swim across the 33 miles wide Lake St. Claur in Michigan. Last September she finished behind nine male rivals in a race and then successfully fought off a late Burlington rally to gain the Philadelphia, triumph, in the game which hampered by rain. Cincinnati and then ship Wakefield or Kokos to New York for Stirnweiss.

There's also a chance that the Yanks and Senators will do business. The addition of Mel from the Red Sox gives the Nats six outfielders not including Sherry Rob ertson, who currently is playing tne inheld. The Yanks have soured on Righthander Fred Sanford, pur chased from St. Louis for $100,000 last fall, and would let him gc Outfielder Ed Stewart, one time Yankee Farm hand. Bullet in Graham's Legion Juniors, using a make shift lineup, will go after their fourth straight triumph at 8 o'clock tonight when they take ok.

Madison's hard hitting nine in a loop Same at Graham Park. Coach Jim Malory indicated today that he would pull Henry Perry in from the outfield to fill the shortstop vacancy created by an injury to Bob Phillips. He stated that if Madison starts a lefthander he will use Lacy Hail, Ted Ferrell and Bill Gutherie in the outfield and if the visitors use a righthander James Mcpherson, Bill Wilson and Hall will see action in the outfield. Ken Crumpton is to hurl for the Graham Club. The Alamance County team will play their second straigt game at Graham Park on Friday night when they take on Greensboro.

The grapevine has the Giants planning a wholesale shift in their personnel. They departed for Cincinnati last night without Mickey Livingston, who along with Cooper had done their catching. Livingston said he didn't know why he was left behind "unless a deal is cooking." Reports had Livingston going to either Pittsburgh or the Chicago White Sox. However. General Manager Roy Harney of the Pirates said "there is nothing" to the report that the Pirates were after Livingston.

Outfielder Willard Marshall and First Baseman Johnny Mize also are reported on the block. The Giants are looking for an established second baseman and according to the boys in the know they have their sights trained on Ed Stanky or Sibby Sisti of the Boston Braves, with Marshall as the pawn. The Braves are seeking an outfielder of Marshall's class. The rumor Mart also was working in. the American League, with smoke brewing in the ranks of the pace setting New York Yankees, the runner up Detroit Tigers and the last place St.

Louis Browns. New York is pining for an outfielder and it is understood that Manager Casey Stengel will take a chance on Detroit's problem child, Dick Wakefield. The Yanks also would welcome Dick Kokos of St. Louis. The Browns are said to be willing to trade Second Baseman Gerry Priddy if they can land a suitable replacement.

Yankee Second Baseman George Stirnweiss is the lad the Yanks are rumored as dangling in front of St. Louis and Detroit. The Browns might trade Priddy to Detroit for Wakefield and cash or a pitcher. CAROLINA LEAGUE Teams L. Danville 34 UU GroLMisboro 32 24 .571 Raleigh 29 26 .527 Durham 27 28 .491 71 Burlington 27 28 .473 8Vi Winston Salem 25 30 .455 9' Detroit 30 22 .577 3 Philadelphia Washington Cleveland Chicago St.

Louis 24 .538 5 24 .510 61 2(i 25 .510 62 24 .500 7 29 .431 im 36 .294 1V2 NATIONAL LEAGUE Teams W. Pet. G.B. Brooklyn 32 2( .615 Louis 29 21 .580 2 30 22 .577 2 28 25 .528 4U 27 25 .519 5 22 30 .423 10 19 31 .380 12 Pittsburgh 19 373 12'2 Yesterday's Results CAROLINA LEAGUE Greensboro 4, Durham 3. Winston Salem 22.

Martinsville 2. Raleigh 6. Burlington 3. Danville at Rcidsville, rain. AMERICAN LEAGUE No games hednled.

NATIONAL LEAGUE NTo games scheduled. Today's Games CAROLINA LEAGUE Durham at Greensboro. Danville at Rcidsville (two). Raleigh at Burlington. Martinsville at Winston Salem.

AMERICAN LEAGUE (All nigrht ffames.) St. Louis at Washington. Detroit at Philadelphia. Chicago at New York. Cleveland at Boston.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia at Chicago. Boston at Pittsburgh (night). New York at Cincinnati (night). Brooklyn at St. Louis (night).

Cubs Enter New Baseball Regime Today Chicago. June 14 The Chicago Cubs, embedded in the National League's seventh place, entered a new baseball regime today under the leadership of fiery rranKie risen. The light touch era of affable Charlie Grimm, steered to the plushness of a vice president's chair, has been supplanted by i man with a whip in his hand. Frtsch is a hard driving gradu ate of the old John McGraw school whose brilliant playing won him niche in baseball's Hall of Fame. He was an acid tongue "toughie" with the New York Giants am carried his whip lash playing tac tics wilh him in his managerial rok with the St.

Louis Cardinals. His hard riding strategy made the Cards famous in baseball lore ihc.Gashouse Gang. This is a big day for the old Fordham Flash, who moves into a repen ted S30.00Q a year job from the Giants' coaching line. The Cubs. 1 2 game ahead of lost place Pittsburgh, which Frankic Frisch managed from 1940 to 194G.

By KEN ALVTA Ashevjlle, June 14.Lack ing a solid favorite, the 43rd annual Southern Amateur Golf tour nament got under way today over the a held of 147 sw Biltmore Forest course. Country Club With several highl; garded Dixie dandies in the held, locket room experts have been unable to tab any one as the man to inherit the title vacated by last year's1 cnampion, Atlanta Gene Dam bender, now a professional. une thing is certain. Ihe new champion, whoever he is, will have his work cut out for him. Thirty six holes of qualifying play is carded.

18 today and again tomorrow. This will trim the champion hip division to 32 and set up live rounds of match play. Preliminary matches will be at 18 holes, with the 36 hole finals set for Saturday. Georgia is well repesented by such capable par punishers as George Hamer of Columbjus, Tom Barnes oi Atlanta and Biilv Key, the 120 pound Atlantan who won medal honors a year ago. Hamer has been a finalist for three straight years, winning one.

Barnes was his conqueror in the finals two years ago. Among the nationally known threats to this threesome are Harvie Ward of Tarboro, N. C. and the University of North Carolina and Al Besselink, the Florida collegian, who takes a whirl at of the major Open events on occasion. Ward has been a finalist in each the last two North and South amateurs, splitting a pair of championship duels with Frank Strana han.

Besselink recently won the Southern collegiate crown. ward tuned up with a five under par 66 yesterday over the 6,630 yard course that Jias been left lightning fast by a prolonged drv spell. There are many other of local lavornes, not widely known outside of this area, whose familiarity wim me course may make them factors. Chief of these is Albert Neal, a member of the Biltmore Club from Marion. His last two trips around the course have been accomplished in 6o and 66 blows respectively.

Play will be in six flights, with alt finals Saturday. A club team! championship trophy will be! awarded on the basis of qualifying! scores. I The associations moi)iMO will be held tonight, with a board! of directors session following. Kirkpatrick Wins Softball Battle Kirkpatrick Heights trounced Huey and Loy Grocery in a City Softball League game yesterday afternoon on the Ciiy Park diamond by a 10 7 count. Henley gained credit for the triumph for the Kirkpatrick club.

Partin and Kirkpatrick led the winners with two hits apiece while Ellington arid Stanfieid had two apiece for the losers. Futrell homered for the victors. Cooper Leading All Star Voting Chicago. June. 14 alker Cooper, who was trailed yesterday the New ork Giants Cin nnati for Hay has forget! ahead as the National leauues tching choice for ihe all star baseball game in Brooklyn July 12.

I I i i Both Teams Clicking On All Cylinders By RALPH ROD EN AP Spurts Writer Those two old antagonists, the league leading Brooklyn Dodgers and the runner up St. Louis Cardi nal at olner tonight in the i'irt game of a vital three game series in St. Louis. Brooklyn, clicking on all cylinders, leads the Cards and the third place Boston Braves by two games and is a seven game win ning streak. With the exception of a three game excursion across the rivr to the Polo Grounds, Brooklyn has completed a home stand that brought 11 victories in 15 attempts.

The Cards also are pretty hot. Stan Musial and company staged a triumphant swing through the east that netted them 10 victories in 13 starts. Howie Pol let. stylish lefthander who has won five straight games in brilliant fashion, has been selected to oppose lefty Preacher Roe in the series opener. Roe.

whose chief fault is a home run ball, beat Pollet. 2 0, the last time the pair met in St. Louis, May 19. That was the last time Pollet was beaten. Ralph Branca (8 1) and Don New combe (3 0 or Rex Barney (2 4) are expected to work the remaining games for Brooklyn against Al Brazle (6 3) and either Red Hunger (4 2) or Harry Brecheen i513).

The Braves, meanwhile, open a three game set with the last place Pirates in Pittsburgh. Rookie Bob Hall is slated to go against the Pirates' Bob Chesnes tonight. New York's stumbling Giants launch their second tour of the west in Cincinnati and the up and coming Phillies take on the Cubs in the major's lone day game. The American league's front running New York Yankees return home after a road trip that saw them win only eight of 15 games. The Yanks left the stadium on May 30 in first place by four and a half games.

Casey Stengel's crew now leads the Detroit Tigers by three games. The Tigers, in fifth place, six games off the pace before Memorial Day games, have captured 11 of then last 15 starts. Vic Raschi. (9.1 the league's lop righthander, will open the Yanks' home slay against the Chi cago While Sox tonight, former Yankee Bin wiSht toss for lhc Sox are in for ltmr games. viier uie nuc aox, tne vieve land Indians c6me in for three games followed by the St.

Louis Browns. The Tigers arrive after the Browns for an important five game series. The Bengals begin their secon jaunt through the east in Philadelphia taking on the Athletics for three games. Righthander Virgil Trucks 3l goes against the third place A's Dick Fowler (4 3 tonight The Tigers then move to Washington for four games and to Boston for three before clashing with the Yanks. Boston, tied with Washington for fourth place, entertains the Indians in the first of a three game set tonight while the Senators play host to the Browns in the lirM of three.

No games were scheduled in either league yesterday but four teams were busy on the trading market. The deadline for trades, other than by the waiver route, is midnight Wednesday. Greensboro nip Durham. 4 3. and Manacrr Fred v' inr Irrcn1wos win.

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flasf increased his lead in the chair, pionship point standings of the Na tional Association for Stock Ca Auto Racing by sweeping both end of Sunday's feature at Martinsville following the Friday night tri umph at Danville, Va. Flock now paces the field will 1187 points, slightly more than 301 points ahead of his nearest rival Curtis Turner of Roanoke, win has tallied 881 points for the sea son, to maintain second place. Two important changes in stand ings announced at NASCAR quarters here today sent Tim Flock youngest of the three Flock brothers from Atlanta, into third place! with 780 points, following his twe second place finishes at Martinsville, while Bill Blair, the diminu live High Point star, moved up to fourth place with 732.5 points, just a scant margin ahead of Atlanta's famous Red Byron with 730 points. Frank Mundy, another Atlanta driver, moved up to sixth place with 527.5 points, while Buck Baker, Charlotte, dropped to seventh with 447.5 points, and Joe Eubanks, Spartanburg, S. C.

star, climbed into eighth spot with 428 points. Other leaders for the season in elude Bob Flock, Atlanta, with 400 points; Bill Snowden, St. Augustine, with 384 points; Peewee Martin, Bassett, with 3p8' points, and Johnny Grubb, Greensboro, with 268 points. The drivers will vie for further, honors in the weekly race, meet at J3owman Gray stadium in Winston Salem Wednesday night in their modified stock car battles. AUTO FIRE "The alarm that was sounded at 6:19 o'clock last night was turned in because of an automobile fire at Worth and Andrews Streets, it was reported today.

Damage to the car. owned by Sonny Bosweli, was listed at $15. Thef blaze resulted from a short circuit in the wiring of the vehicle, according to the report. AT THE Genuine China Army Khaki PANTS $299 Wai to Jmtam 30 in 36 Rrnrku ell. who has had trouble: with his control ever since he joined the Bees shortly after the season started, looked good in the first inning last night but from then on was in trouble.

He gave up a walk to Siegert in the second inning and the speedy leflfieJder immediately stole second, went to third on an overthrow by Catcher "Walt Sinrntko and crossed the plate of a timely single by Eiken burg. In the next inning lie walked Pattern and Powell and Then served; up a triple to Davis and a double bv Baxter for three more runs before Larry Hartley came to his relief and retired the side. Raleigh accounted for a run in the fourth on a walk to Eikenburg, error by Hafenecker and infield out Their final run came in the. fifth on a single by Davis, walk to Baxter and a single by Eikenburg. At this stage of the game: Fireman Olen Hancock was called into action and for the final four innings he held the Caps score less.

In his tour of duty Hancock retired 11 Cap batters in order before giving up a single to Powell in the top half of the ninth. Davis forced him at second to retire the side without further damage. Southpaw Dale Leeper completely mastered the Bees for seven innings but weakened in the eighth to give up a single to Burns and triple to Cooper for the first Burlington run. He faced but two men in the ninth before giving way to Reliefer Steigman. Trotta opened this inning with a single and tallied a moment later when Hoawrd laid down a perfect bunt for a hit and Leeper threw the ball into the right field corner on the play.

Howard, who went to third on the error, scored a momen later when Sierotko grounded out to Lamb walked but Turowiez, pinch hitting for Hancock, fanned. With two away Steigman gave up a single to Don MacLean and walk to Jim Burns to load the bases. At this stage of the game Chuck Cronin. acting manager of tne Caps, rushed Miller to the mound and the new hurler came through with flying colors to fan powerful Pat Cooper for the final out of the game. Following last night's game which was witnessed by slightly more than a thousand fans.

Brodie Hood, president of the Bees, indicated that the board of directors of the club are once more considering banning broadcast of Burlington games. He pointed out that the directors are making a tlior ouh check as to how the broadcasts are affecting attendance and added that thus far Jliis season attendance is off several thousand from what it was in 1948. RAM.IGIl ItfKI.IXGTON ah ai, li Davys 2. KaxVr. 1 r'' 7.

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