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AURSDAY, JULY 12, 1951,
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Panthers Take Monroe
24-0 In District Play
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The Athens Post anthers returned home yester
¢rom their bout with the Monroe Post nine withythise }(11:1};
of the Tenth District American Legion tourney wrapped
up with a 24 to 0 score. The Panthers won the entire
Tenth District play last year and appear to be serious con
tenders for that honor again this year. The Panthers went
to the State tourney where they were beaten by the cham
nion Savannah nine last year,
’ The same was the Panthers’ all
iho way vesterday with heavy hit
tine from that team as well as
;te ady fielding work. The Post
90'ers sent Tommy Williams to the
mound to do the hurling in the
iilt. Williams' record of seven
trikcouts to six walks showed up
well with the Monroe pitchers,
3a and Palmer, who had a
record of three strikeouts and six
wal y their credit.
[1» ac/lition to the heavy hitting
on the part of the Panthers the
o'her tactor which contributed
p-ostly to the Monroe whitewash
i w.s their abundance of errors,
e Monroe nine was chalked up
with 11 errors to the Post 20 lads’
three.
1 first Monroe pitcher, San
ders, was taken from the game in
the face of terrific fire in the
third inning with the score stand
ing at 7 to 0. Palmer was brought
in to replace him but seemed to
fare little better in the pitching
department. Catcher for the Mon
roe team was Mobley.
Packing up Tommy Williams as
he hurled the ball across the plate
for the Panthers was Catcher
Jerry Walker who distinguished
himself both behind the plate and
beside it in the batting proceed
mngs.
Sonny Saye, shortstop, was tops
in the batting department with
four hits for six times up. Two of
Saye’s hits were cracked out of
the park for easy homers while
the other two were clean singles.
Efird, second baseman, got three
for four, including two doubles
and a triple. Other exceptionally
good Panther hitters were Jerry
Walker with a three for six aver
age and Leon Williams who tal
lied two singles and a double from
his five times up at bat.
The Panthers will play the win
ner of the upper half of the dis
trict as soon as that winner is de
termined. According to members
of the Post 20 team the tourney
has not yet begun in the other
half but should be completed by
the end of next week.
According ‘o the tentative
schedule the first of the district
play-offs will be held here in Ath
ens at the University diamond.
The starting line-up for the local
team yesterday included: Carnes,
left, field; Efird, second base;
Saye, shortstop; Griffeth, first
base; Walker, catcher; Leon Wil
liams, right field; Epps, center
field; Moon, third base; and Tom
my Williams, pitcher.
MENINS. C.
News was received from Mer
ritt Pound, jr. and Danny Huif
late yesterday that they are to
play sometime Wednesday in
the quarter finals of the Junior
Men’s Doubles in the Greenville,
S. C. tennis tourney.
Both of the Athenians were
eliminated in the Junior Singles
and are to compete for the dou
bles honors against a pair of
Greenville High boys today. The
two local net men accredited
themselves well in the recent
city tennis tournament. The
doubles pair walked away with
the Junior Men’s Doubles in the
local matches and Danny Huff
was the winner of the Junior
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Teams Battle
For American
League Lead
BY JOHN CHANDLER
Associated Press Sports Writer
Major league baseball, after tak
ing time out for three days to set
tle the annual All-Star game,
swings back into action today with
most of the interest centered on
four teams battling for the Amer
ican League lead.
The next two weeks in the Am
erican race will go a long way to
ward settling the pennant, and the
Chicago White Sox, Boston Red
Sox, New York Yankees and
Cleveland Indians well know it.
Boston, one game back of the
leading White Sox, tackles Chicago
as hostilities resume with a twi
night doubleheader at Comiskey
Park.
The other top drawer attraction
is a night game at Cleveland,
where the New York Yankees hope
to get back on the victory trail
after losing three straight at Bos
ton last week-end. New York is
two games behind Chicago, while
the Indians are four.
The high-stepping Brooklyn
Dodgers, riding on an eight and
one-half game edge over the sec
ond place New York Giants in the
National loop, open a 12-game
home stand against the Chicago
Cubs.
The Giants defend second place
against the St. Louis Cardinals in
an afternoon encounter. The Cards
are in third, one game back.
Boston’s Red Sox, moving at a
torrid clip of late, plan to send
Mel Parnell (10-5) and Leo Kie
ley (1-0) agaimnst the White Sox.
The teams clash again Friday
night and Saturday afternocon.
Chicago has Saul Rogovin (5-4)
and Joe Dobson (6-3) ready to
shoot at Boston, and the manage
ment looks for a crowd of some
50,000 for the opening fireworks.
The White Sox have won 7 of
11 games from Boston this year,
four of five in Comiskey Park.
Allie Reynolds (9-5) is the Yan
kee hurling choice against the In
dians’ Bobby Feller (12-2). New
York’s pitching staff is shaky, and
the once great Joe DiMaggio is
riding the bench with torn ten
dons behind his left knee.
Ralph Branca (7-2) has been
assigned the Brooklyn hurling
chore against Paul Minner (4-7)
of the Cubs.
In other National League games,
Cincinnati is at Boston and Pitts
burgh at Philadelphia tonight. In
the American circuit, Washington
plays a day game at Detroit, while
Philadelphia is in St. Louis for a
twi-night double bill.
Men’s Singles. Both competed in
the Junior and Senior events of
the local tourney.
The matches in Greenville are
being played on the Country
Club courts of that city. The two
Athenians have received a warm
welcome in the South Carolina
city and have even had their
pictures published in the local
paper.
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Coach Wally Butts, head foot
ball coach at the University,
and two of his grid stars of the
past few years were recently
named as Sugar Bowl All-
Timers by one of the Sugar
Bowl pubiicaiions,
Little Rock
Takes All
Star, 4-3
LITTLE ROCK, July 12—-(AP)
The Little Rock Travelers hold the
Southern Association lead and
victory in the loop’s 13th annual
All-Star game for the same rea
son — they’re go-getters who take
advantage of more chances than
they muff.
The hot Rocks’ 4~3 conquest of
the All-Stars, an exciting epic that
kept 9,072 fans screaming ali the
way, was a carbon copy of the
way they’ve paced the Class AA
circuit almost from opening day.
No powerhouse, Little Rock got
hits—just little old singles—at the
{ right times to capitalize on breaks,
|and breaks at the right time to
cash in on hits.
| Traveler pitching wasn’'t bad,
either. =
In only two innings were the
All-Stars able to send more than
four men to the plate. One of
those was the fourth, in which a
pair of consecutive home runs ac
counted for all of their scoring.
Bob Ludwig of Nashville start
ed it with a double. George Wil
son of Birmingham hammered one
of Trav starter Milo Johnson's
deliveries over the right field
fence. Frank Thomas of New Or
leans cracked another out of the
park in left center.
Three of the stars got two hits
apiece. Both of Ludwig’s were
doubles. Larry Dipippo, Birming
ham first sacker, and Dale Lynch,
Pirmingham second baseman, each
: collected two singles. None of the
Travelers hit safely more than
once.
Little Rock’s triumph was the
eighth for the host team against
five for the All-Stars.
Today is an open date in the
league schedule. All clubs re
turn to action tomorrow night,
with Chattanooga at Little Rock,
Atlanta at New Orleans, Birming
ham at Mobile and Nashville at
Memphis.
Knute Rockne
&
Namesake At
Auburn Now
, AUBURN, Ala., July 12.—Knute
Rockne has arrived at Auburn and
the football fortunes of the Tigers
are bound to take a majestic hop.
Gifted with name of the immor
tal Notre Dame coach, Knute
Rockne Christian is a freshman
footballer from Tuscaloosa.
Head Coach Ralph Jordan’s of
ficial summer enrollment list of
football players carried the name
of the 205-pound tackle who
chose Auburn over his backyard
neighbors, the University of Ala
bama.
[ Christian’s father was a great
‘admirer of the great Knute
Rockne, so when his first son was
born a few years after Rockne’s
death, he tabbed the boy after |
him. l
The boy grew up to be the ideal z
of his father and a great high‘
school player, gaining state rec-'
ognition and holding down a spot
on the All-County eleven in hisl
home county. ‘
Asked why he chose Auburn, |
over Alabama, Christian said that |
he had always loved Auburn ands
wanted to enter the pre-med |
school at the Plains. 1
He will face tough competitions
during the fall when practice |
opens on September 1. Some of |
the boys he will be up against are |
big Joe Tiburzi, Sam Hanks,l
Gene Mulhall, Don Rogers, Bobby |
Griffin, Bill Turnbeaugh and Hal |
Harris, plus a group of freshman
hopefuls.
Auburn Ticket Sale
Auburn football tickets will be
available for the general public
on July 15, when Athletic Direc
tor Jeff Beard takes them off the
“alumni only” sales.
Auburn opens its football sea
son on Se¢ptember 29 agains_t Var_:-
derbilt in Cliff Hare Stadium in
Auburn, :
The longest kickoff return by an
Auburn football player was made
in 1938 by Spec Kelly, who ran
96 yards for a touchdown in the
Auburn-Mississippi State game.
R RR R R R R EREESmEE
THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
BANNER - HERALD
MERRITT POUND, JR.—SPORTS EDITOR.
Awards Given
To Scouts In
Troop 22
Awards were made to several
local Boy Scouts at the Honor
Court meeting of the Scout Troop
22 at the First Baptist Church
Monday night. The awards which
were presented were acknowledg
ing the accomplishments that the
Scouts have made during the
spring and early summer.
The First Baptist Church troop
has a well diversified program for
the Scouts with Scoutmaster Den
man Snow in charge of the activi
ties. Snow ic aided by two assis
tants Hugh McCoy and Paul Wil
liams.
. Thirty seven merit badges, four
i advancements to second class, two
to star rank, and five blue ribbon
awards to patrols taking first class
honors at the district camporee
were awarded in a campfire cere
mony which was directed by
Scoutmaster Snow.
Those Scouts who were given
awards are: :
Bobby Langley—Fishing, Path
finding, Safety, Public Speaking;
Harry Scrivener, jr.—Woodcarv
‘ing, Pathfinding, Scholarship,
Safety, Carpentry; Bill Horton —
First Aid, Pathfinding, Carpentry,
Fishing, Safety; Jimmy Hubert—
Safety, Pathfinding, Personal
Health, Public Health: Jerry Nich
olson — Safety, Beef Production,
iA}lgzriculture, Pathfinding, Camp
g;
Ben Brackett — Scholarship,
Safety, Public Speaking, Pathfind
ing; Branson Free—Woodcarving;
Warren Lanier—Public Health;
Marshall Smith — Safety, Path
finding; Jim Horton—Home Re
pair; Pat Snow—First Aid, Path
finding. Cooking, Safety; Lewis
West—Woodcarving.
Second Class Rank—-Henry Wil
liams, Lewis West, Harry Bailey,
Walter Echols.
Star Rank—Bill Horton, Jimmy
Hubert.
Following the Honor Court,
Scout Bill Horton showed a two
reel movie he took of the troop ac
tivities at the scout camp on Lake
Rabun.
STANDINGS
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SOUTHERN ASSOCTATION
W. L. Pct
Yittls Rock ........ 53 32 524
Birmingham ...... 51 37 .580
Memphis .......... 46 42 .523
Nashville .......... 44 46 .489
Aflante ... ... 8 45 209
Mobile .......couec 43 48 418
New Orleans ....... 39 50 .438
Chattanooga ....... 35 54 '393i
AMERICAN LEAGUE 1
W. L Pel;
Chieall. ... . .24 290 28D
Bhstol .. .Ve AT 818
New York ......... 45 29 608
Cleveland ......... 44 32 579
BOIE .. ... 348 BT
Washington ........ 31 44 .413
Philadelphia ~..... 29 48 .377
St Touls .05 .0 22 82 207
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. Pect,
Brookiyn ......... D 0 &6 B 8
New York ......... 43 36 544
SLIOGIE . .iusviiva ¥ 35 39
Cincinnati :........ 36 38 .488
Philadelphia ....... 35 41 .461
Bolon .ou.. v, 40 300
Chiegten .....c.covo N 39 885
Pittsburgh ......... 31 44 413
By The Associated Press
National League
St. Louis at New York.
Chicago at Brooklyn (N).
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia (N).
Cincinnati at Boston (N).
American Learue
Washington at Detroit.
New York at Cleveland (N).
Boston at Chicago (2) (twi
night).
Philadelphia at St. Louis (2)
(twi-night). *
Southern Asscciation :
(No games scheduled).
TOMORROW’'S SCHEDULES
National Leacue
St. Louis at New York, I:3C p.
m.
Cincinnati at Boston, 8:20 p. m.
Chicago at Brooklvn, 1:30 p. m.
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 8 p.
m.
American Learue
Boston at Chicago (2), 6 p. m.
and 8:30 p. m.
New York at Cleveland, 8:20 p.
m' -
Washington at Detroit, 2:30 p.
m.
Philadelphia at St. Louis (2).
5:30 p. m. and 8:30 p. m.
YESTERDAY’S RESULTS
By The Assnciated Press
Major Leagues
(No games scheduled).
Ruby Robert Fitzssmmons held
the world’s heavyweight title
from 1897 to 1899 even though he
weighed only 158 pounds.
When a eoot is being chased by
a hawk or an eagle, it sometimes
dives at full flight into water.
Athletes Foot Germ
After one applicatton of T-4-L
if not pleased your 40c back. This
mobile liquid PENETRATES fas
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kill. T-4-L at any drug store. To
day at Citizens Pharmacy.
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Pine Tops’ Top
Team Is Topped
PINE TOPS “Y” CAMP-—The
Alligators, captained by Jimry
Allen, were knocked out of a
chance to pe the first team 1n the
history of this camp to go unde
feated in softball play for a two
weeks session of camp.
The last-place Hawks, with
Buzzer Howell as captain, whipped
the 'Gators, 12-4, Wednesday. The
Alligators now have a 8-1 record
in softball and football. If they
had gone undefeated in both
leagues they would have been the
first team to accomplish the feat
in the six-year history of Pine
Tops Camp. A team last year
went undefeated in football, but
no team has ever made a similar
record in softball,
Tied for secoud place in softball
are George Brown's Brownies and
James Basham's Beatles, Behind
the 'Gators in football are the
Brownies in second, the Beatles in
third, and Hawks taking fourth
spot.
League play began more than a
week ago when the second two
weeks period of regular camp be
gan. The leagues will be com
pleted Saturday when the session
closes. There will be two more
two-weeks periods of regular
camp followed by a special week
of beginner camp.
Much emphasis has been placed
on improvement in softball, foot
ball, and swimming this week.
Special drills in each are held
daily besides the regular league‘w
games. Also there have been reli
gious services, arts and crafts, and |
nature study. 3
Independents To
°
Have Big Week
Plenty of action is on tap for
Independent Lewgue fans this
weekend as there are ten games
slated to be played in that loop
on Saturday and Sunday after
noons. The Independent League
has been affording a first rate type
of baseball for sports enthusiasts
all season and the play is improv
ing daily as the teams line up for
their top honors’ bids.
All games are played at 3
o'clock and the admission at the
gates is 30 cents for adults with
children being admitted free of
charge.
Weekend Schedule
Saturday July 14: ‘
Bogart at Diamond Hill.
Winterville at Colbert.
Bostwick at Comer.
Whitehall at Farmington.
Athens VFW at Statham,
Sunday, July 15: |
Colbert at Diamond Hill.
Bostwick at Farmington. |
Statham at Bogart. |
Whitehall at Athens VFW.
Winterville at Comer.
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Thrills League Fans
By THOMAS BROWN
The Mathis Construction Com
pany and the third-place Dairy
pakers last night thrilled the Le
gion Field capacity stands with a
close tilt that finally resulted in
the 'Pakers taking the fray, 13-11.
The second game of the night end
ed with the league leaders taking
their game with the Athens Man
ufacturing team with a decisive 13
to 8 final score. |
Mathis took the lead in the top
of the first inning with four runs
and Dairypak counterattacked
with two runs in the bottom of the
first, |
Mathis, in the second inning,
scored no runs, but Dairypak in
the bottom of that inning took one
more run to make it three to four.
Bray’s home run in the top of
the third gave Mathis a five to
three lead, but then Dairypak:
broke Mathis’ back with four runs
and a homer by Pat Field, Dairy-‘
pak’s pitcher.
In the top of the fourth Dairy
pak set Mathis down in order,‘
with three up and three down. In
the bottom of that inning Dair,v—‘
pak took one more run just for
insurance.
In ihe sixth inning Mathis tried
to pull ahead of Dairypak but
found it impossible with only four
runs, which put Mathis one run,
behind with 10-9 runs. Pat Field,
first man up in Dairypak’s sixth
inning, took a high pitched hall
and slammed it over the center
field fence. Then, with two out
Sailors tapped out a double.
Next batter was Shortstop Ham
mering Hayes, who knocked an
other homer to make the score 13-
9. |
In the seventh, Mathis tried
once more to take the lead in‘
scoring, but failed after two runs
wsere batted in, making the score]
13-11.
Second Game
In the second game of the night
Charlie James Cleaners found that'
they had no second baseman.
With only eight men the Cleaners
took the field only to see three
runs and two homers cross the
plate. In the bottom of the first,
James scored only one run, which
got on base with an error on Ath
ens Manufacturing’s first baseman
Flaoping Finger,
Neither team scored in the
second inning, but in the third in-‘
ning Athens Manufacturing
brought one across the nla*e.f
James was set down in order in the
third which kept the score to 6-2
in favor of the Manufacturers. |
In the fourth, James Celaners
played things right by making no
errors, giving up one hit and put
ting the next three would be bat
ters out.
- James broke Manufacturing’s
‘back when they batted in seven
runs to make the score 8-6 in the
fourth inning.
In the fifth inning, Athens Man
ufacturing aggregation could not
retaliate, but the Cleaners took
four more runs to widen the gap.
Manufacturing did not come
back until two outs were made in
the seventh when Bradberry and
Flanagan crossed the plate.
James is still in the top spot by
Athens Swim
Club T akes
150-Yd. Relay
MACON, July 12.—The Ath
ens Swim Club, fresh from win
ning the Senior Men’s events in
the Crackerland Swimming and
Diving Competition here recent
ly, have picked up the 150-yard
relay with a winning time of
1:28.1. The Atlanta Athletic
Club, which also took honors in
the meet at Athens, yesterday
took nine of the first 16 first
places in the annual Heart of
Georgia Swimming and Diving
meet.
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virtue of taking the game 13-8.
Tonight’s schedule:
Demolay at Athens Mfg.
Baptists at Dairypak.
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to completion by two shifts of
workmen with an eye to compet
ing in the Gold Cup Race billed
for Seattle’s Lake Washington on
August 4.
Slo-Mo-Shun Vs hull was
brought from the secrecy of An
chor Jensen's mold loft and put
into final construction stages on
July 2. Designed, as was all
conquering Slo-Mo-Shun IV, by
Ted Jones, and being built by
Jensen, Slo-Mo-V is being readied
under lock and key to assure se
crecy and meeting of the August
4 completion deadline.
Adhering to the typical Slo-Mo-~
Shun design, Slo-Mo-Shun V is
eight inches broader than her
world-record holding sister. She
has as well, several changes in
planing angle and larger non
trip areas which will make her
easier to handle on turns and in
rough water.
Like her sister, Slo-Mo-Shun V
will be Allison-powered, with pro
vision for an even heavier power
plant if necessary.
That “if necessary” means, ac
cording to Sayres, if some other
craft exceeds Slo-Mo-Shun IV's
160-3235 M. P. H. world’s straight
away record.
Work on Slo-Mo’® V actually
started in March, Sayres admits,
but was carefully guarded in its
initial stages.
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