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Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-10
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SPORTS
Berkstresser Presents Golf Awards 4
TO Winners At Country Club Dance

of 1859.
Berystresser paid high tribute
to Pro Buddy Miller and his
wife for the fine work they are
doing to make our cub one of
the best"
The club president presented j.,
Meacham with the trophy SYM
bolic Of the club championship,
and a wrist watch. Allen Pierce,
runerup TO Meacharn in the tour.
nament, received a soft drink
box and other winers and run
nersup in the various flights IL.
ceived their awards.
Those receiving awards, mlry
CT which were donated by local
merchants, included: Jimmy
Mayfield, consolation winner in [
the first flight; Jimmy Cutrm,
second flight winner; Ned Man
ming, second flight runnerup;
George Wood, fourth flight win
per; Rex Carter, runnerup; Ra-
leigh Baines, fifth flight winner;
Jasper Eley. runnerup; sixth
flight, DR.. F. G. Kroneke, WIN
ner; Butler Brown, runnerup;
seventh flight Fred Hoyle, win
ner; Henry 10y, runnerup and
consolation winner, Robert Wick.
The outcome Of several flights
has not bee undetermined because
of the Indictment weather Of the
past week. The winners Of the
various awards in the flights
which have not been determined
may get their awards from the
pro shop when their matches
have beeh played.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-10
CoIeroin Grid
Team Defeats
Jackson 1876

Colerain - The jackson High
School football team, fiel> Ag the
first team in the history Of the
school, went down to its second
defeat here Friday night when
the Colerain High School team
won a 1876 ball game for its
second victory of the season.
Coach Bill Brooks is the coach
for the first Colerain High School
team ever fielded.
A last-minute pass was snag-
ged by Bomar in the end zone
on a play that netted IS yards
to give Jackson its lone score
in the ball game. The try for
the extra point was missed
Cedric Pierce scored both tho
Colerain touchdowns, bulling off
tackle for IL yards ii the sec
ond quarter, and aGain hitting
the line from the ST. in the
third period.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-10
Scoreboord
Football

Iowa IA. Ohio State 7.
Notre Dame Is, Michigan
State 7.
Texas Christian 7, Indiana s..
Kansas 20, Iowa State 7.
Army 20, Illinois 81.
Northwestern 10, Minnesota is.
Duke %, Navy 7,
Georgia Tech q, Washington
and Lee o.
William and Mary 81, Virginia
Military 0.
Maryland %, Virginia Tech O..
Mississippi 20, Vanderbilt 7.
Tulane IA, South Carolina 0.
George Washington 20, Vir-
ginia IL.
Clemson 81, Mississippi State 7.
Colorado 10, Nebraska s.
California 40, Wisconsin IA.
Santa Clara 81, Stanford IA.
Michigan 40, Purdue 0.
Missouri 20, Southern Meth
odiSt A.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-10
Jaycees Will Sponsor Local Semi
Pro Team; Players Asked To Report
For Practice Monday Afternoon At a

/ Der of local footballerS and the
Jaycees were asked if they
would sponsor the team. The
question went to the athletic
committee last week and was re-
ferred to the entire club for ap-
proval.
George Nethercutt, club mem
Der, secured the use of Simmons
Park for the football team for
the Sunday afternoon clashes
which will be scheduled here.
All games will be played Sun
day afternoons at 2:30.
Kidd said a proposition has
been worked out whereby the
profits made by the team will
be divided among the players
participating, the team getting
half of the net gate receipts
for division and the other going
to the sponsoring group.
All practice sessions will be
run daily at 4 o'clock for two
hours, and Kidd said that on
rainy days the team will work
out in the Armory.
Team prospects already lined
up are the following: Charlie
Draughan, ITO pounds; A. W.
Rodgers, 165 pounds, and Nc
Donald Hedgepeth, ITS pounds
all ends; Buck" Cross, 22C
pounds, Connie Polk, 220 pounds
and Boyd Malone, IT'S pounds
tackles; Roy Cooper, 1875 pounds
"Jabo" Hale, ITO pounds, and
Bill Bridges, 1870 pounds, guards
Webb Tillery, 1855 pounds, anc
George Lewis, 1855 pounds, cen
tiers.
Backfield candidates so fal
have been Billy Burton, former
high school and University Of
South Carolina player, 19(
pounds; Roy Kidd, high schoo
and St. Helena Navy player, III
pounds; Leaman Oliver, 10.
pounds; Buddy johnson, 10.
pounds; Jack Jones, 1865 pounds
and M. c. Crane, las pounds.
}, All others who want to play
semi-pro football are asked Il
be on hand for tomorrow's prac
tice session.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-10
Steve Gr0mek Hands Braves ? to |
Defeat; Tribe Leads Series 3 to

Potter it will be, and many
of the experts were Inclined to-
night to the belief that the for
mer American Lacquer might
gfve the indians lot of trouble.
He looked berry good in two in
nings of relief in the second
game at Boston, when he gave
up one hit in two innings. His
choice pitch is the screwball.
Gromek, who muzzled the
Braves today, spent most of the
past winter in bed resting an
injured knee which had threaten
ed to end his baseball career.
Little was written of him in all
the thousands of pre-series words
But he was sharp customer a
gainst the Boston team.
For change, both chukkers
received the highest support.
The left side OF the Boston in
field pulled itself togethr after
two miserable days and accord
ed Sain the backing the deserv-
ed. Alvin Dark, the rookie short
stop, who appeared to be COM
ing down with the shakes, made
couple of fairly brilliant plays.
In the fourth, with Robinson on
second, he raced far into foul
territory to haul down a high
pop by Gromek. He handled
five other chances alertly and
with dispatch.
Doby's homer kept him out in
front of all the series hitters.
The Negro spedster had poled
five safeties in one of the great
est pitching series in history.
Robinson of the Indians and Tor
geson of the Braves each had
delivered four wallops. Walt Jul
dnich, Cleveland Highlander
still had failed TO connect, and
he began to look like the low
man on the totem pole when
Sain struck him out twice today
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-10

That was all Gromek needed
as he sneaked a weird assort-
ment Of curves and screwballs
past the bewildreed Bostons. In
all. he gave up seven hits, but
Rickert was the only Brave to
see third base. Just to demon
strate that he could do it, the
Cleveland chucker racked up two
strikeouts in the final inning, his
only ones of the game.
Ricketts, round-tripper broke a
string of % scoreiess innings for
the Braves, start;C in the Sc
cond game of the series. Gene
Bearden southpawed them into
a helpless state yesterday. AS
matter of passing interest, Ric
kert's blow was exactly the 200th
home run ever hit in a World
Series game.
Again, and for the fourth
straight day, today's great crowd
more or less sat on its hands.
Pitching duels do not, for some
reason, generate great deal of
enthusiasm, and all this series
has seen is pitching of a very
high caliber, indeed.
Today's throng raised its blood
pressure only twice-when Dolby
socked the winning hit, and when
Boudreau was called out at third
by Umpire Bill Stewart, Cleve-
lands favorite william, after de-
hvering his timely double in the
first inning.
Dale Mitchell, Tribe Leftfield-
er, inaugurated the contest with
a sharp single through the box,
for which Sain didn't even bother
to stoop. Dolby was an infield
out, and then Boudreau, handso-
NEST of all the managers, poled
a long one down the right field
line.
1t was double easily, n d
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-10

Mitchell raced across by miles,
but for some reason Lou, who
also is one of the slowest pilots
in the business, decided to
stretch it by one sack.
Tommy Holmes whipped tn e
ball in to AL Drak. Boston short
stop, and Al in turn relayed to
Bob Elliott, who was squatting
over third. Boudreau slid, FL
lott planted the ball on him,
and Stewart SAID the Cleveland
leader was a casualty.
Elder Bill McKechine, the Gle
veland third base coach, who had
encouraged Boudreau to stretch
his luck, first blew his top. Then
Boudreau stuck his chin about
two inches from Stewards nose
and delivered himself of a tir-
ade.
1t finally was necessary for
rotund Bill Summers, who
was working the second base pre-
cinct, to trundle over and pull
the two enraged Indians off the
harried atbiter. From there on
the record crowd missed no op-
portunity to vent its wrath on
Stewart.
Boudrean naturally was jubi-
liant alter the game, but he re-
fused to bite at suggestion that
the series was all over except
for the shouting, He said that,
yes, his pitching staff was in
excellent shape, with Teller rest
ed and ready for the fifth
game. But he declined to pre-
dict a victory tomorrow.
Manager Billy SouthWorth of
the Braves announced before the
series began that he would use
the veteran Nelson Potter only
for relief chores, but he had to
alter his plans after watching
Sain get his Jumps today.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-10

Gordon l.. Berkstresser, pre S. :
dent of the Roanoke Rapids
Country Club, presented awards
to Frank Meacham, winer OF the
annual golf tournament and club
champion and to the winners Of
the various flights in the recent
golf tournament as the highllght
of a tournament dance Friday
night at the Country Club.
An estimated $50 persons at
tended the dance and the social
affair which was one of the high
lights of the years activities at
the club.
Berkstresser in his opening
remarks reviewed the growth
of the club during the past sew
eral years and spoke of the
great interest which is being
shown in the club and its ac.
Invites.
He expressed appreciation &c
the tournament and greens com
mittee for the fine work in con.
Quoting the recent tournament
The club president recalled
the limited facilities before The
reorganization of the club II
1910" He pointed out that the
Simmons Company mad agreed
to take over the property ano
put it in first class operating
order at that time.
He recalled that the money
from the first SO stockholders o.
the club was used to furnish the
clubhouse and that since thai
reorganization the club hac
grown to membership today
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-10

Cleveland, Oct. 9-(AP)-Steve
Gromek stood the hapless Bos-
ton Braves on their collective
heads today before 1897 custo-
mers, a new series record, as the
Cleveland Indians took virtual
strangiehold on the World Base
ball championship with 81 vic
tory over the National Leagues.
Gromek, right out of manager
Lou Boudreau's bottom drower,
gave the Indians a 81 advantage
in games, putting them in posi-
ton to close out the series to-
morrow behind Bob Teller.
Larry Doby's third-inning homer
the first Of the series, proved
Gromek his margin of victory.
The only score the Braves
made off the 27-year-old right
handler was well tagged home
run in the seventh by Marv Rio
kert, the minor league outfielder
who got in the playoff at the
last minute because Of an in
jury to Jeff Heath.
Today's vast crowd, although
slightly under the Major League
record 82,7Sl which saw a mid
season Observation-Disclosures
doubleheader in the vast munich
pal stadium here, paid S370,775.
%, also a new series mark. The
The Indians today beat the big
tobacco-chewing fellow who lick
ed them in the Boston opener
Johnny Sain.
They clipped him for only five
hits, all in the first five frames.
But one Of their blows was a
double by Boudreau with an I'M
derling on base in the first in
ming, and another was a home
run smash by the Negro out
fielder, Larry Dolby, deep over
the right center field railing in
the third.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-10
FoIqer and Cox Pace Duke
To 70 to J Victory Over
Navy Grinders at Durham

same quarter. End Bill Dun
can smashed through to
block a punt by Bill Earl
in the end zone and fell on
il for Dukes third score.
That spurred Navy into
its best effort. and the Mid
dies marched back with the
ensuing kickoff for their lone
touchdown on a drive that
started from Nays IS. Bill
Hawkins zoomed over from
one yard out for the score.
Jim Wills converted from
placement.
Duke retaliated by start
ing a drive of 80 yards from
the kickoff that paid off in
their fourth touchdown aft
er six and a half minutes
of the fourth period. Jack
Friedlund wound things up
by converting the final 20
yards on a reverse. Mike
Souchak. Dukes place.kick-
ing specialist. provided all
the Blue Devils extra points.
As advertised. Nays chief
threat lay in the arm of
Reaves BaYsinser. Jr.. sling
shot passer. One Of his losses
TO Bob McElroy-ate up 4s
Of the yards Navy covered in
Its scoring march. In all he
completed nine of Is throws
TOR a total of 1877 yards.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-10
Enfield Marks
9TH Straight
Grid Triumph

Enfield - The fourth tlaignt
victory of the season vas sco.ed
here Friday afternoon by Enfield
High School, when the Enfield
boys came through with q FIRST
quarter touchdown ard held on
the rest of the game for a so
triumph over Litt'e.ou High.
Enfield put on strong de-
fensive show Wh,"n stopped the
visitors short of the 20-yard line
IL u e only thre"> they ho";.d.
Tn. home team rot olling in
the first period and climaxed a
81 crd drive when Alton Cos.
set went thro..n tn" l.rttlclo:.
L.. for IL yalr S ard he lone
'siI,. Enfield moved down the
f's:1 on the ground with Jack
w., IS and Edd,, Hickman car
r. ing the ball al ing with Gossett
to put the bal in scoring terri
tory.
Woods attempted to buck the
line from the two for the extra
point but was stopped short of
the mark.
In the second period ard
again in the fourth The Little
ton team dug in to stave off
Enfield scoring threats. The seq
ond quarter drive was held on
the eight-yard marker and in
the fourth Enfield moved to the
Littleton two before the defen-
ders could hold them 10 take
the ball on downs.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-10

Durham. Oct. 8 (AP)-
Duke found the scoring
punch it has been looking
for all season and rolled over
Navy. 2s7. here today for
its first victory.
The spark that set the
Blue Devils off TO victory
after ties in their first two
games came from the heels
of a pair of Mount Airy
speedsters who kept the Mid
dies in confusion most Of
the day.
Fred Folser. Jr. the old
reliable Of the Duke back
field for the past two sea-
sons. pulled the crowd of
rs. 900 to its feet when the
game was less than two
minutes old by intercepting
4 pass and dashing so yards
to set up Dukes first score.
Paul Stephan rammed the
ball over from the five on
his first try.
In the third period Sophie
more Billy Cox. who follow
ed Folger from Mount Airy
to the Duke campus. faxed
a punt that completely foil
cd the Middies and sped 81
yards to a touchdown.
After Navy stopped an
other Duke thrust in the
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-10

Members of the Roanoke Rap
ids Junior Chamber of Com
merce today announced that they
will sponsor this season a SEMI
pro football team made up en-
tirely of local boys.
The team, which was started
last week through the efforts
of Roy Kidd, former high school
backfield man, and several other
young men, has already started
daily drills and has game ten
tatively scheduled with Ports
mouth, Va, next Sunday after
noon in Portsmouth.
Kidd said that there are al
ready Is men out for practice
and he has issued a call for all
who are interested to report on
Monday afternoon on the field at
the south end of the Roanoke
Rapids High School at A o'clock
He said all local ex-football play
| els dIC llltlICQ " SOtllC Wv oA4A
try for a place on the team.
Equipment for two full teams
is being purchased and should
be ready for distribution tomor-
row, Kidd said.
M. c. Newsom, Jr., chairman
of the athletic committee of the
local Junior Chamber, said the
success of the team will depend
to a great extent on the mum
Der of capable ball players who
will be playing. He said the
Jaycees had told the boys who
were organizing the team thai
the club will back them so lonl
as they show that there is
real desire to have semi-pro foot
ball in Roanoke Rapids.
Jimmy (Flip) Edmondson, for
mer Nort.l Carolina State Col
lege athlete of note and loca
sports official, has agreed t,
serve as coach Of the semi-pr,
gridders, and Graham Shell vii
be the teams business manager
Any semi-pro teams in this are
looking for games are asked Il
get in touch with Shell.
The team was started In ,
spontaneous maner by a mum
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-20
Dewey Has New Line
 For Talks
By JACK BELL

ENROUTE WEST WITH DEW EY. Sept. 20.--tR--An invitation to Latin American countries to join as full partners" in halting the march of Communism came today from Coy. Thomas F. Dewey.
 AS the Republican presidential nominee pushed westward toward major campaign speech in Des Moines tonight, he bore down. on peace and freedom theme.
 His campaign train, dubbed the Dewey Victory Special paused in the Englewood railroad yards in Chicago to receive delegation Of Latin America representatives from the inter- American council of commerce and production meeting in Chicago.
 Dewey read to the group of a dozen, formal statement express ing my sincere hope that in the years to come we shall progress side by siGe, not simply as good neighbors, but as full partners
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-20
PARTY HEADS PLAN MAJOR
 TALKS TO-DAY
Truman, Dewey Moving West . Warren Making
 His in Appearances
0By The Associated Pressl

tDy 1iiS f1rcOJittIQ iitcoi
 Both President Truman and Govsrpor Thomas Dewey, are nov ing West, and each has scheduled a major campaign speech for to- day
 Today MT. Truman is heading foI Denver and his second major ad- dress. Soon after fe enters the state, he will pick up Colorado party officials and candidates Among these is Senator Edwin Johnson who faces stiff Republican opposition in his fight for another term.
 Governor Dewey has busy day ahead, climaxing it with a major speech at Des Moines tonight. Dewey is expected to sketch the broad outline of the program he thinks the voters will approve in November.
 In the meantime, Dewey's running ate-Governor Earl Warren of California heading into Okla homa. But Warren's manner of campaigning is shocking veteran politicians.
 When Warren talks. he goes stead fly through his typewriter text from start to finish He speaks seriously, without oratorical eff fleets. A cheer is checked by the Warren hand. And he is likely to say such things as there are good Americans in both parties,' or mo party has a patent on principle and good government His audiences are attentive. but it is only when Warren talks informally that his audiences warm up. Then, his Western mannerlsms and tolksy approach are those of man genu- finely glad to meet people-a char acteristic which his friends say i' true.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-20
SOVIET TROOPS
 GOING TO QUIT
 DIVIDED KOREA
Announcement Made Over Moscow Radio with Hint
 that U. ,. Do Same

As Secretary of State Marshall took off from Washington for the Paris meeting, new patterns of So- viet diplomacy activity began to develop
 Most important of these was the announcement that all Soviet troops will be withdrawn from divided Korea by the end of the year. That came from Radio Moscow just about the time Marshall took off from Washington. Coupled with the statement was a strong hint that the United States do likewise pull out of southern Kor- ca without delay.
 Moscow said it's withdrawal from Korea will begin not later than the second half of October and be completed by the first of next year. Western sources have felt that an unprepared withdrawal from the divided nation might be prelude to civil war. The United States and the new republic of southern Korea have agreed on gradual withdrawal of American troops as the Koreans increase the strength of their army in the south
 Some 100000 Communist-traine troops are in the northern Korean army and this has been weighty factor in American policy on Kor- ca Moreover, Soviet Siberia bor- ders northern Korea and thus any Soviet forces withdrawn from the country could be left within easy reach
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-20
EXTENSION,
 pAA SYSTEM
 I5 SOUGHT

SEATTLE, Sept 20- -tR-Harvey Hancock, American World Air ways Pacific Alaska Division traf- fife director, returned to Seattle last night from an Alaska trip made in connection with an air route hear ing scheduled here October 25.
 Pan-American has asked the Civil Aeronautics Board for extension of Seattle Fairbanks service to give Alaska passengers one-plane service to Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Stabilization of Alaskan service and increased business are sought by the move. Hancock said
 He was accompanied on his trip by Capt. Harold Gray, Pacific Al aska division manager, and Capt Gordon Maxwell, divisional opera tions manager.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-20
TRUMAN IN
 DENvER0N
 WEST TOUR
Warns Voters Against COP Sabotage of West
 -SpeakSto Thousands
By ERNEST B. vACCARo


 DENVER. Sept. z6.--tR-Prssident Truman pledged the continued de- velopment of the nations water re- sources today hefore cheering Rocky Mountain voters whom he rallied to light against Republican sabotage of the West
 He spoke to a crowd overflowing the state capitol grounds from an improvised stand with the golden domed capitol serving as back drop.
 Assistant State Highway Patrol Chief James D. Cole estimated that 15,000 persons, standing on the sun baked grounds, heard the Presi- dents prediction that if the Repub- licans take over the government they will try to turn back the clock to the time when the West was an economy colony of Wall Street"
 The speech followed whistling, cheering, handclapping welcome to Denver from what Police Chief John O'Donnell estimated were 50,0oo persons lining downtown streets for the Presidential parade.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-20
FISH TRAPS TO BE SUBJECT OF OPEN
 FORUM TONIGHT

The League of Women Voters will sponsor an open forum on the fish trap referendum this evening at o'clock in the Grade School Auditorium. John Wiese of An- chorage, president of the Westward Alaska Fisheries, and Marcus Jen- sen of Douglas, Democratic can- didate for the Territorial Legisla- ture, will present their views in favor of the gradual abolishment of fish traps over period of ten years. Mrs. Mildred Hermann will act as moderator.
 At the meeting there will be a period of time for questions from the floor, The public is urged to attend and to enter into the discus sion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-20
DOCK MEN ]. HANDLING
 FISH NOW
Agreement Reached Be. tween Packers, Sieve
 dores-CoaI Loaded

SEATTLE. Sept. 20.-tR-Strike- bound salmon valued at between $l0,oo0,0O0 and sl2,O0000 was freed for shipment to market by rail today by new agreement between packers and the Griffiths ana Sprague Stevedofing Co.
 William Gettings. regional direct- or of the O-International Long, shoremen and Warehousemen's Un- ion, said dock workers began hand ling the shipment this forenoon. Griffiths and Sprague. an indepen- dent firm, reached an agreement with the Army last week for hand ling essential military cargo at the Port of Embarkation, during the maritime strike.
 Some 20 of the citys 60 long shore gangs were sent to handle the salmon, cargo at the Port of Embarkation and barges and other vessels not tied up. Gettings said.
 Gettings also reported that long, shoremen had gone to work to load coal for the Orient for the Pacific Coast Coal Co, and the first ship had been loaded.
 An official of McGovern and McGovern brokerage firm, said about 500.000 cases of salmon were stored at the salmon terminals, but all might not be shipped east immediately. An official at Ames Terminals, where about l50,00( cases are stored. said similar agreement with Griffiths and Spra- , gue was being discussed.
 The agreement does not aissc salmon that was not unloadec from ships before the strike. This cannot be removed, gettings said because of the strike.