The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-16
Nv Ken Alexander -
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MATTHEWS GETS FLORENCE POST

With Yesterdays mail came a letter from Florence, $. c. ad
Of Curtis Matthews to the presidency Of 18th the t Florence Jun Junior Oh
p 4eme NJ eGm Matthews as !: a a former stanaout in football, basketball
. baseball and track while a student at New hanover High He
earned letters in all four sports.
A supply of North Cardinals 1916 softbal yearbooks
ted ed to w Wilmington softban teams -. Containing informa-
:in Q happnings during e. the h s soffnan a sdl1 MS cbs OF asao.
ship games, the book Will serve az a handy weapon for all
Before long the Wilmington Pirates may find the I'M Nv p fielding I'M
a team for 2md former gn;es Sanford nha dep play sfvsn pink ln saps from nm II the . C
State leagueleaders Burnstein. an outf field E, Joined the e. Pirates rate
3aSt th weS feys Te d q m9r replacing svd @a Harold Horton, a local boy,
The shake-ups purely experimental, may ayL be e exacty w nanas IN o ofe +Ss
lastplace Pirates.
Carolina Cupboard association officials have gone to great
measures in preparing for the cupboard races to be held 10
day from the pits at Banks Channel at Wrightsvile Beach.
berns si to a sss i sSs1 %ri aas VI et today 7 for fun and szs,smsat:
Pr .ssyMaaing this exhibition shdbdissa goes sSs G 'sTre in r a Dig th Moy, H%nt
the ssi SUMNER naa~ AA'
that 7 {na ii4st o Dert tsam R m1togs1et to sut big rs ss4 a ut has 4Ssn r5 nSs1ei IN
the caroLna Asi VIII LIES be STAGED geo. Sunday AI als e the iige tied eiu of M noted ed
dirt track drivers entered assures the event OF being ms s luce e chitwood'
the Gate city attraction.
and ] vsea It your Se, d gsn On On The heui sls f' Thss es are E tso 5 tse MORE MORE
prominent questions that have been II poksd at this hs wr'e r, iacs
SIX Ss~ weeks es ago.
From the bits 2a.! Of gossip IS that that I've sc pic Asdrs up }s from talk RsT i4 ths shs en,,
ter of discussion, Conn hasn't a dogs chance But from otneI
f fGS5fss: T tbsy7d fa 1syi sss til t. be eIos sa5 BUT f1 sal ia 5S H The z@ dyn an E
listed Louis to repeat as the heavy king Despase me uao { nj
We know the Bomber is certainly getting no younger, we u rlde
along with him under the assumption that he still possesses that we'll
known lethal punch that has put many a chap to sleep when he
thought he was going great guns =.
PEssIMIsTIC HE MAY BE, BUT wHATTA COACH
Coach Leon Brogden, who is skipperng the Wilmington Am
ercan Legion Juniors, is never a ma who likes to serve adj
vance notices o n what he expects of his teams chances during
a season When his New Hanover High school squad was
hopping off the best of Eastern prep competition this past
season, he was still in their pitching hard for improvement.
-. Although his youngsters were knocked off in their chance
to win the State crown at Gastonia, he, beyond the shadow
of a doubt, moulded together n of the finest teams in New
Hanover history, considering the material he started off
with this spring.
In Legion competition so far, his Juniors have walloped Swans
boro in two straight, and WILL be seeking to run that string to five
with games against Go1dsboro, (O and Fairmont this week
His boys seem to have what it takes, but Coach Brogden says there's
still room for improvement, especially in the pitching staff Tina
was his viewpoint when the New Hanover High boys started the
season this year, so maybe we'll see our local entry reach great
heights in Legion horsehide action for the season of AS.