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Morristown Gazette Mail from Morristown, Tennessee • 8

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lx MORRISTOWN BACK IN MSB LEAGUE Play Oak Ridge Here Monday-Tuesday Nights Pilchers In Both Major Leagues Find Selves Iladdix Snaps Win Streak Oak Ridge Kingsport Play Here June 26 Playgrounds To Be Open On Monday Afternoon By BILL IIODGES G-M Sport Editor Morristown in again represented in the Moun- First District League Standing Tiger had beaten the rookie 16-5 In Maltimore Bob Porterfield of the Senators stayed 13 innings for his eighth victory The Orioles battered him for 16 hits but he remained in control Jim Busby singled home the two winning runs in the 13th Mickey Vernon hit safely his first five tirrie at bat Next Saturday night June 20 the Kingsport Cherokee and the Oak Ridge Pioneer will meet her in a MSL game Game time i et for 8 tn at Sherwood Park fcythe Fatrnl OrXrof States League for he second time this season With ice here in Morristown the help of Dr Ilohart Ford of Newport and William It The Kingsport Chenpkee are1 i- r- in i managed' by Leo McKechnie Jr superior of Cincinnati Baseball Club Shoal and have eight former Farin Clubs the Maryville Alcoa Twins will he moved to Morristown where they will henceforth called the Morristown Beds Morristown team Tkket may purchased LECION 4 JUNIOR AMERICAN Johnson City MORRISTOWN Kingsport Greeneville Bristol Erwin Morristown play By BEN PHLEGAR If ome of the major best pitcher turned up with aching back today they had a good excuse They'd been busy taking bow for Friday game when in every active park in th two circuits there was at least one hurler who had covered himself with glory At the Polo Grounds it was Harvey Iladdix of the St Louis Cardinal The pint-sized lefthander snapped the New York Giants' aix-game winning streak with hi third straight shutout 5-0 In winning his ninth consecutive game Iladdix ran hi string of scoreless inning to 32 longest in dhe major thi season He also increased hi from Chief Winstead or th Police Department Greeneville her Thursday night 800 The Recreation Department aumrner playground program will get underway Monday afternoon at 1 at three playground Sherwood Interwoven and Gluck The hour will be from 1 to 5:30 and from 6:30 until 8 exreot that on Moday after thia week they ground will open at 2 and on Wednesday the ground will be open from 1 to 6 The ground will be under supervision at all time with Mr Ray Franklin at Sherwood Mr Thomaa Pugh at Interwoven and Mm Hetty Lynn Skeen at Glurk Park Activitiei will be planned for youngtAi between the age of five and fifteen year of age The program will Include a number of activitie ranginjr from low organized and quite game to active athletic game both individual and team There will be a special event each week to highlight the program It ia anticpiaied that thia will be on of the heat season' since there will be new activities added to the ptogram and the pre-twilight operation will give pertenta time to attend the playground along with their children Modern And Southern Bell Win Softball Gaines complete game since May 7 The big 'right-hander turned back Chicago 6-3 a th Dodgers chipped the league lead to a ingle game Newcombe struck out eight all in the last six inning Gil Hodge homer-ed twice In the Aemncan League Cleveland beat Boston 2-0 New York shaded Chicago 7-5 Philadelphia edged Detroit 2-1 and Washington outlasted Baltimore 7-5 In 13 innings Mike Garcia of the Indiana turned back the Red Sox on four single for his ninth victory hi ninth straight triumph and the ninth success in nine meetings with Boston this year At Comiskey Park in Chicago a pitcher starred in a different role Bob Grim called in a a relief man in the fifth won the game with his hitting He singled home two Yankee runs in the sixth and hit his first major league home run with one aboaid in the eighth Grim needed help from Johnny Bain in the ninth Phil Cavarretta reached him for a pinch hit home run and Carl PawatskJ bashed a pinch hit double Singles by Nelson Fox his fourth hit and Ferris Fain produced one mor run by George Kell grounded out with the tying run on third It wa the seventh time in nine game the White Sox have lost to New York and the fifth time lost to the Yankees by a single run At Briggs Stadium in Detroit young Arnold Portocarrero checked the Tigers on four hits and was in complete command after Ray first inning home run Only a week ago the Triple Play Is Feature of Cub Scout Game Onvof the unthinkable happened Saturday morning in the Cub Scout Baseball League It wa the triole play Not only wa it a triple play but it wa an unassisted play Larry Howard of Den 3 caught a fly ball caught a man off second and tagged the base and then ran to first and tagged the man that was attempting to get back to first Incidentally team won 17-7 With Larry's play thi can be understood The Cub Scouts play every Saturday morning with Rev William Boyd and Bill Nelson doing the supervising top-rankin McKrrhnie amt Dr Ford after coming to terms called George Trautinan President of the Minor Leagues yesterday and hi offieat okay was given for the club to operate in Morristown' i McKechnie stated that Cineinnati had its eye on Morristown for a long time and thought it was a good 6 baseball town So it wa decided that the club would re 1s haSi Vn if a 10 Man Muial hit hi 22nd main here the remainder of the season ibis will mean heme rup top -in both league therefore that Morristown will have a working Atonal ''Teague with the Cincinnati Prd of the National League and brightest rookies allowed Milwaukee only three singles and won the game 2-1 for Puts-burgh with a bases-Io-ded single in the lat of the ninth Warren Spahn Law mound foe was The club at the present time is only 3 game out of K'vin2 only fue first place only a half game behind second place Lexing-Middleshoro i currently holding down the top pot 'ton if1 Corky Valentine another rookie outdulled Curt Simmons as Cincinnati shaded 0 3 1 2 By LAWRENCE TUCKER In the recreation softball game at Kings Park Thursday Modern beat th Morristown Power System by a 18-17 score Modern had a big 4th inning getting 7 run in that game while the Power System got 8 runs in the third Jo Berry is the winning hurler and Fair-child is the loser Bearing with 4-4 led Modem hat Fairchild with 3-4 led the Power System In the second game Southern Rail over Ilelding-Jlemin-way by a oie of 18-6 Crosby is the winner and Rymer in charged with the loss Whitlock and Ford led Southern Bell with 3-4 ea Metz with 2-3 led IieldingHeminway Th second gam was hampered for 4 inning by rain The attendance for the second game declined somewhat to the first game Enka Building Research Center in the league Philadelphia 2-1 Simmons the victim of the Phillies' weak hitting in hia last two outings drove in the only run for the loser Wally Post collected four hits and drove in both run for the Red-legs as Valentine carefully spaced seven safeties The joy in Flatbush came from Don first Plummet To Death JOHNSON CITY 111 3 coal miner plummeted 60 feet to their death lute Tuesday when a hoisting cage lifting them to the surface struck the side of an entry shaft Another was critically injurefi in the freak mishap The club is composed of young hoy and is managed by Tuck McWilliams The club only ha one foreigner jgjand he i a Canadian Today the club will journey to Middleslioro where they will meet the in a ningle game Thi was done in order that the club might get the gate receipt Mid-dleshoro did Morristown this favor and they certainly mut he thanked for it ASHEVILLE Commencement of construction on a new research building near ita Enka rayon plant wa announced yeaterday by American Enka Corporation Authorization for an expen diture of 1130000 tor the new unit has been approved official laid To be situated about 300 yards northwest of the present rayon plant the building will be constructed ao as to permit additional unit a required It represent a tep fprward In the continued emphasis on research official said Crushed To Death Melton Nelson 34 of Harriman wa cruah-H ed to death near here Friday 0 1 when the dairy truck he was 0 driving went out of oontrol ran 0 up a hank and overturned SPECIALS VALUES GALORE! BFGoodrich PRICES SIASHEDI SUNDAY JUNE 20 1954 DAILY GAZETTE-MAIL And aim On Monday night and Tuesday niglit the Morristown Ked will he at home in Sherwood Park where they will meet the Oak Ridge Pioneer The price of admission will he the ame as the start of the season 50 cent for adult and 23 cent for children Season ticket will not he honored at thi time a the club ha changed entirely Dr Ilohart Ford will serve a President of the club and Earl Kelly will he lupines manager These three men Ford McKechnie and Kelly are very interested in hall in Morristown and you the fan could show your appreciation of their untiring efforts by going to Sherwood Park and supporting the hall club The club ha good hoy and before the season i over it would not he a surprise if they were in top spot forget the game time 8 Monday and Tuesday at Sherwood Park rand to (CAVALIER Not a Second Not a Recap But a Genuine Goodrich Tiro with LIFT-TIME Guarantu 9 0 NOW ONLY 1 vfV SIZE 600-16 Plot tax anJ your recappable tire 4- 4 1 Classes For Exceptional Children Sought In a vi I' 1X1 470-11 Plk tan ytvr rocoppobl dr Gov Frank Clement Candidate i for the Democratic Gnhernalotial Nomination couragemenk and assistance in it work from Mr A Shannon Mr George Jaynes of the county school and from the Hamblen County Medical Society It wa organized six week ago meet the second Monday night of each month in the Assembly Rcom of th Bank of Commerce and ia seeking the support of the general public in its program At the present time tho State of Tennessee rank 48th in the list of state in it program for th care of th mentally retarded V- A-- Sale Prices on Other Goodrich Tires Too! As low as $100 down and your old tire puts a new Goodrich tire on your car FOLDING STEEL LAWN and PORCH CHAIR A $693 VALUI ONLY kmvt Dim ma COLORFUL CLOTH BACK I HAT I AJSORTtD COLORS I mms At Frank Clement red greeii yellow blue The Morrifttowa Hamblen Council for Retarded Children took definite lep at' it monthly meeting Friday night to assist Superintendent of School A Shannon in securing two and mnybe three clauses for exceptional children in the Morrigtown City School rthi fall It aim decided to write Dr Quill Cope Commissioner of Education to find out what itat monies and facilitiei are available for Morriatown Hamblen County children in the group The "tiamable1 child is on who can not attend school because he can not compete on an equal basis with the aveiage sohool child but who still can be taught certain skill perhaps a trade so that he too may find his place in society happy self supporting individual When Dr reply ia received th Council will then write both candidate for the governorship of Tenneaee for a statement of their respective position which regard the whole program for the mentally retarted children of the itate including both tha and child Progress is being mud toward securing at least two apeiial classes by fall and on Friday of thia week the Board of Education hired Mr John Howard a a teacher of special education for the age group six to eleven year inclusive Mr Anne Mitchell and Mr It Walden was appointed by th Council Friday night to contact prospective teacher for th special clan for children twelve yer and older The Council ha lift of children for all three needed rlasae In Morristown and (liam-bien County but the real problem is finding th teacher with the sympathetic understanding and love and knowledge of the problems of th mentally retarded Th Council 1 receiving eft- FOLDS COMPACTLY FOR IASY STORAGE Cat B3lk WASH KIT $1-98 Batty Berg Louise Su TVg Iii Battle WAUKEGAN III Tatty Beig and Louise Suggs appear to be heading for a showdown today a th Western Open swung Into th quarter finals In opposite match-play brackets they wee backed by tourney expert to meet in th final Saturday Each ha won th Western Open four time Patty today was favored to d' feat Mrs Paul Dye Jr of Indianapolis only amateur left ih the quarterfinal Louis figured to have a more difficult timo with Beverly Hanson Other quarterfinal matches send Betsy Rawl against Betty Jameson and Betty Hick ficea Alice Mis Berg scored a 1-up vie tory yesterday over Fny Crocker of Montevideo Uruguay Mis Sugg trounced Mickey Wright of La Jolla Calif 6 and 4 Mi- Rawl beat Pat Lessor 6-6( Mis Jameson 6 and 4 over Mix Betty Bush Mis Hanson 1 up in 1 9 over Mrs Jackie Tung Miss Hick 4 and 2 over Polly Martin and Mrs Hagge I ap hi 19 over Viigmia Dennehy KIT INCLUDES i Nylongo Sponge large Size Shame rear's Supply I Cleaner LIMITED SUPPLY-COME IN EARLY! WEDNESDAY JUNE 23 at 8 Kntcrtaiinnent Begins At 7:00 OVloek by Members of the Grand Ole Opry (In ease of rain the Bally will he held in Morristown High School Auditorium) 1 1 i i i I 7.

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