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Evening star., 1952-04-04
Ex-Botboy Fosters Celebration
InHonor of Ruth S First Homer

homer. The commemoration of
the homer was his idea.
Tom Zachary, the pitcher who
served up that home-run ball to
Ruth, was invited to attend.
Others invited to take part in
cluded Connie Mack, former Ruth
teammates Ernie Shore, Frank
Crosetti, Bill Dickey and Lefty
Gomez; Gov. Kerr Scott and ma
jor and minor league officials.
The day-long program started
with parade to the scene of the
old ball park. now a State High
way Division Office, where a
marker was placed locating that
initial round -tripper. A luncheon
followed, and the ceremonies
wound up with an exhibition game
between Ruth's first club. the
Baltimore Orioles Of the Inter-
national League, and the Phila-
delphia Athletics, parent club of
Fayetteville's class B Carolina
League team.
Evening star., 1952-04-04
Exhibition Baseball
T0nAV,S SCHEDUIIE

,
Washinston 'A) VS.. Cincinnati N.'
Boston ,5AD VS.. Fort Worth IT. L. al
r05a Chicago %s5'h' ,A Tex VS.. st. Louis "a, a,
San Antonio, Tex.
Cleveland tA) VS.. New York tN) al
ohsaNU@e NeT York fl'y yYAo VS.. Atlanta Is. AZ a,
Atlanta (night.
tCarolinal at Fayetteville, N. C..
philadelphia INo VS.. st. Louis M)
:, PlftsbnTsh NJ VS.. Chicago Mo Al
Boston lNJ VS.. Brooklyn N) at Mont.
gomery, Ala.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
Cincinnati M, 5: WASHINGTON tAJ, l
Philadelphia Ao' 6; Columbia Is
ShiSsgS ehi}sSsDSSs a. ,n p; pisssOqFsh IS a1, %
Boston ND. 8; Brooklyn (N.), 4 Il;
Boston (A.), 1; Dallas IT. L., 1 (callec
enc five innings, rainl.
Other games Cancelled, rain.
TOMORROW'S SCHEDULE.
Washington (Al VS.. Cincinnati IN
at Columbia. s. c.
Boston (A.) VS.. Tulsa IT. L. at Tulsa
Chicago tAl VS.. Fort Worth IT. L. al
Boston (N0 VS.. Brooklyn N) a
Nashville, Tenn.
Cleveland A.l VS.. New York (N) Al
Dallas, Tex.
Detroit (A.) VS.. Birmingham Is. A.
New York (A) vs.. Atlanta Is. A. Al
Atlanta. Ga.
Philadelphia A.) VS.. Durham (caro
lina). at Durham, N. C. ...-.
at San Antonio, Tex.
Philadelphia tN) VS.. st. Louis (N.I
at Charleston, 8. C..
Pittsburgh tN.) VS.. Chicago (N) al
New Orleans, La.
Evening star., 1952-04-04
Z Former Big Ten Coaches
Seek Arizona State Post
BY the Asseeioied Press

TEMPE, Ariz., April 4-Clyde
B. Smith. formerly head football
coach at Indiana University, and
Leonard Raffensperger, who held
a similar position at Iowa, have
made formal applications for the
head football coaching job at
Arizona State College here.
DR.. Donald r. Van Petten, d.
rector of athletics. said the two
are receiving consideration along
with Walter Barnes of the Phila-
delphia Eagles and a number OF
earlier applicants.
Arizona States head coaching
job was left vacant by the resig-
nation of Larry Siemering, for
mer coach at College of the Pa
|cif1c. Siemering's resignation still
lis to be considered by the State
Board Of Regents.
Evening star., 1952-04-04
BY the Associated Press

FAYETTEVILLE, N. c., April 4.
"A 38-year-old home run-be-
lieved to be the first poled by the
immortal Babe Ruth in his pro-
feSSional career-waS commemo-
rated here today.
The ceremonies were held on
the site Of a long abandoned ball
park, the same park where Ruth,
just a kid fresh from a Baltimore
orphanage, stepped to the plate
for the Baltimore Orioles in an
exhibition game and slammed the
ball out Of the park.
Today's ceremonies drew many
baseball notables, some of them
Ruth's contemporaries. Taking
part in the ceremonies was Maui
rice Fleishman, a Fayetteville
clothing merchant.
Fleishman was the batboy on
that day in March, 1914, when
Ruth got his first professional
Evening star., 1952-04-04

!
but every time break club somebody writes big story
about it."
Bolt nicknamed after he became known would
be the second leading money PGA wasn't
snooty about which $4,000 Tommy
won for top at Los Angeles count however
under the PGAs system Angeles Open was
not a sponsored event.
THE TERRIBLE-TEMPERED Mr.. Bolt first made name
for himself by winning Open
ber OF both Ryder Cup teams last fall He followed by taking
the Los Angeles Open and recently lost payo to Jack Burke
for the $4,000 Baton Rouge Open He topped the
pros in the rich LaC1orce event in Miami
Tommy qualified for the Masters the professional
not on the invitation list who selected by committee
the National Open champions He played the Augusta National
Course for the first time Wednesday the company
George Fazio and Claude Harmon.
Somebody asked Bolt when he broke club time
without hesitation, Tommy said in the Jacksonville
Open two weeks II missed couple puts and snapped
the club in hands the ninth green explained "bu
didn't make any scene was just tired of putting
club and got rid OF it. putted the rest of the
No. 2 iron"
BOLT RECEIVED his greatest publicity last winter over
at Baton Rouge when he arguing with
spectators Tommy said that business also was overpayed
and besides he thinks people trying him there
because group was betting heavily players
leading.
Lawson Little member the PGA Tournament Commit
tee who has missed most of the pros tour walked up
TO Bolt and asked him everything he about him was
true There's little fame but enough all that smoke
Tommy said with a laugh.
Bolt incidentally earned the respect of most of the
top golf for his club throwing He has come
long in and already been paired with Jackie
Burke in the $4,000 Inverness ASta Tournament which in
vites only the top IL pros in the country
TOM PLAYED the Augusta as though he owned it
In Wednesdays practice consistently ahead of his
three playing partners off the tee what PLAYER that
fellow is going to be- Fazo sad when the over
And Bolt quite fulfilled Fazo expectations at least in
the opening round being deadocked with at H.
only two strokes behind the co-leaders Ray Gaord and
Johnny Palmer He got his II rounds of 81 and a. His
"a gained with IS on the back nine the
difficult two.
Tom may not figure to beat Hogan this one
but he's playing too well to be discounted if the big names
should pick this to slip realizes his club throwing
antics wouldn't go too good with the buebood here either so
he'll probably take some salt and along just eat
his miSbehaving sticks shaft inclined
Evening star., 1952-04-04
Wants Substitute for Rizzuto
StengeI, Experimenting Again,
Trying Mantle at Shortstop

Manager Leo Durocher said
gloomily. "The big job is mending
the ligament in his ankle"
Il wish it had been me-" COM
mented Catcher Yves Westrum.
when I saw him at the hos
pital, he said he was hungry and
asked me to use my influence to
get him something to eat" said
Outfielder Willie Mays, Monte S
closest friend.
MOBILE, Ala. R.-Chuck
Dresser, manager of the Brooklyn
Dodgers, said today he was think
ing of taking Jackie Robinson out
|of the cleanup spot-but he has
tened to add that he meant it as
a compliment to Jackie.
I'D like to have him bat third
Dresser said, because he can dc
three things as well as any one on
the club. He can bunt, he can
hit behind the runner and he can
hit away"
If Robinson is put in the third
(See BASEBALL, Page C-3.)
Evening star., 1952-04-04
S|ump-Ridden
Mats Run Into
Ewe|| Blackwell
Rookie Stewart Goes
Against Reds Ace in
Come at Wilmington
By Burton Howkins
Stor Sioff Correspondent

WILMINGTON. N. c., April 4.
north in the kind Of
general batting slump that can
panic a ball club, the Mats had
little to look forward to today in
the prospect of facing Ewell
Blackwell of the Cincinnati Reds.
one of the National Leagues best
pitchers.
Bunky Stewart and Don john
son were to pitch for the Mats.
who dropped a 5-1 decision to the
Reds yesterday at Charleston.
IS. c. Stewart, 21-year-old rookie
lefthander. is fighting for a place
on Bucky Harris overloaded
pitching staff and is hoping a good
effort today will prolong his stay.
Little-used Floyd Baker and
Frank Campos now are the Mats
only 300 hitters. Otherwise.
Manager Harris can gaze mourn
fully at batting averages of his
regulars and see figures resembling
early afternoon train schedules.
Nine Hits in Two Games.
The team has made only nine
hits in the last two games and in
the last eight contests has pro-
|duced only 18 runs. The top hit
ter among the regulars is Cass
Michaels and his mark is an un.
|fattering .272.
Bucky's cleanup hitter. Mickey
Vernon, is sporting a .214 average.
Same Mele is batting 200, Pete
lRunnels .211. Eddie Yost .220.
From his catchers, Clyde Kluttz
and Mickey Grasso, Harris is re-
Iceiving .158 and 100 hitting.
And it appears it could 60 on
and on. Pitchers of little distinc-
ton are Handwriting the Mats.
Herman Wehmeyer, who could
fashion only seven victories last
season, stopped them on four hits
Wednesday. Yesterday it was
Ileft-handed Harry Perkowski, a
Ithree-game winner last year. who
held the Washington entry to five
hits.
Erratic at ShOrtstOp.
The most distressing perform
ance among the regulars is being
given by Shortstop Runnels. who
has shown nothing afield or at
bat to indicate he'll improve as
Expected on the fine half-season
he put in with the Mats last year.
Runnels has been erratic at
lshortStop. With his smooth bat
ting stroke, Runnels had been
Ipegged by Harris as the teams
better hitter, this year. but Pete
(See MATS. Page C-3.)
Evening star., 1952-04-04
Speaker, "a Today,
Claims Control Is
IS Pct. of Pitching
By the As.oeioted Press

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, April
4.-Tris Speaker celebrated his
64th birthday today and observed
that being able to pitch to bat
ter's weakness is the key to a
hurler'S success.
Speaker, a member of baseball's
Hall of Fame and an instructor at
the Cleveland Indians minor
league farm camp here, put 1t
like this:
'I think IS per cent of pitching
is control. It is proven to me be-
cause pitchers like Joe Wood,
Lefty Grove, Walter johnson, Bob
Feller and others came up to the
majors with lots Of stuff, but were
somewhat wild.
GAS they began to lose their
stuff they developed control and
still won on their ability to pitch
the ball to the weakness of the
batter. That's what Feller is do
ing today. When Bob was fast
he was wild enough to keep the
batters worried. Now he has con-
troll and he still wins. That con-
vinces me how far control goes. y
Evening star., 1952-04-04
BY the Associated Press

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, April
Casey Stengel, manager of the
New York Yankees, admitted to-
day he is not through expert
menting with his inf1eld-and as
proof he installed Mickey Mantle
at shortstop.
Since Phil Rizzuto will be the
only reliable shortstop after Jerry
Coleman leaves for the service
May 2, Stengel will have to find
"a substitute in the event some
thing happens to Phil.
Gil McDougald. and Carey or
Kal Sigrist all might be able to
do a job of shortstop." Stengel
said. why Mantle might even do
it. He looks pretty good out there -
Mickey played shortstop in the
minors two years ago.
WICHITA, Kans., P.-There
was only one subject of converse
ton in the camp of the New
York Giants today-Monte Twins
broken ankle.
We'll carry on without Monte -
Evening star., 1952-04-04
Three Joint Favorites
At 1907 Top Lineup
For Grand National
BY the Asscciafed Press

LONDON, April 4.-There were
three joint favorites and 48 guesses
ready today for 1852 running of
Grand National Steeplechase and
each was as good as the other.
Forty-eight take their places at
starting gate at Aintree tomorrow
for the 10:15 am. (EST) getaway
that will wind up some 10 min
uceS later after a 4-mile, 856-yard
chase over 80 treacherous hurdles.
It's a race where favorites usual
ly don't count for much, but Brit
aims legalized bookmakers spread
the nod among three likely
prospect-Royal Tan. Teal and
Freebooter. all at 1907.
Royal Tan finished second last
year. Freebooter won in 1850, but
fell in the 81 running. Teal,
who once changed hands for %
pounds ($61 .6O is o newcomer to
Alntree. .-
The final callover on book
makers odds will take place today
Horses Kick Erases Him.
Two American-owned horses
will be in the jumping classic
Possible, a 100-1 shot owned and
ridden by 19-year-old Gene Wey-
mouth of Delaware, and st. Kath-
leen II, a SOL entrant owned by
Sam Small of Garrison, Md. near
Timonium.
Texas Dan, owned by H. H.
Riddell, dropped from the race
last night. Riddell said the horse
kicked his jockey. Gerry Coogan,
in the face during q morning ex-
lercise and Coogan couldn't make
lit tomorrow.
For Britons, the biggest news
about the Grand National was the
assurance the race really will be
broadcast tomorrow. The British
Broadcasting Corp. finally came
to terms with track owners.
Tophams, Ltd, owners of Ain
tree, had insisted they wouldn' I
permit any live broadcast. They
said everybody was cashing in
but the track owners.
Tracks Terms Met.
What they proposed - and
finally won-was to have the BBC
pick up a recording of the race,
one of the track owners could
copyright and on which they could
claim royalties.
The BIC insisted for weeks 1t
would have nothing to do with
any such commercialized arrange
ments. But there were protests
all the way up to Parliament and
the BIC came around to the
tracks terms last night.
The track brought in its own
crew Of announcerS. Their run
ming commentary will 60 into a
recorder. The BIC will pick it
up from the record, running some
four seconds behind the actual
commentary.
'This is the only solution we
can find and keep the copyright
at the same time" Track Owner
Mrs. Dorothy Topham insisted.
1T costs over 100000 pounds
($560,000) a year to run Aintree.
The Grand National is the one
opportunity for us to get some
OF this money back and we have
to make the most of it,"
Evening star., 1952-04-04
SotcheI Paige Fined 500

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. April
R.-Satchel Paige. the Negro
pitcher, has beer. fined 500 by
Rogers Hornsby. manager of the
ISt. Louis Browns, for failure to
show up for an exhibition game
with Pittsburgh at Corpus Christi
Monday night.
Evening star., 1952-04-04

(See MASTERS. Page C-2.l
Evening star., 1952-04-04

In fact, Bolt says he has been the most
misrepresented man in America Tommy
Scowled from under white cap that set off
his deeply tanned face and added that most
of this business about his throwing clubs,
Scrapping with galleries. beating on the
courses and carrying on in general was just
newspaper talk.
They've got me pictured as villain"
the North Carolina-born pro drawled, "but
I can name you 20 guys who carry on worse
than do when they get mad. Look at Snead
and Burke. They slam clubs around and
make fuss when they miss a shot but no.
Evening star., 1952-04-04
O'DonnelI's Team Victor

ODonnell's won the District
Recreation women's basketball
championship last night with a
1923 victory over FBI at Roose-
velt High gym. Richardson led
the winners with 13 points,
Evening star., 1952-04-04

Five years ago-Adoption of
major league players pension
plan was announced by Com
missioner Chandler. effective
April ].
Evening star., 1952-04-04
SneadHogan Leaves Masters Tourney Where Started
Win, Lose, or Draw
By MERRELL WHITTlESEY
Stor Stoff CorYesnondsnt

AUGUSTA, GA, April 4-Tommy Bolt pictured frequently
OF late as the new bad of go appearing the
Masters for the first time and before play started
yesterday he allowed how he going fight this golf
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-03-26
SOCIALISM IS THE SAME EVERYWHERE

An incident that recently occurred III hlglaho c'stS
significant light on the operations OF socallzed industry
The Yorkshire Electricity Board, an important part Oh
Enpands nationazed electric industry, recently peaoeu
ouv in court to charges of overspendlng us aunoflZeo
finds bv ST 800 doing work not IN accordance WITH Tue
plans submitted and carrying out unlawful WORK Inc
cout fined the Board $4,000 and sentenced Its chairman
to six months in prison.
In this country electric power agencies nave
freouentlv spent far projects than was orgs
estimated-and Congress has supney dug UP the aool
onal funds as the expense of all tn taxpayers ana
time and time again has been charged that ngh govern
ment officials have ignored distorted the PLAIN len
of Congress in framing policies and in carrying out Soc
stc ventures But there have been no court actos anu
very little action of any kind Apparently Engsh justice
is conducted ON much higher ethical plane tnan ours
In anv event. the British incident illustrates one OF e
most omnous tendencies of socialism OFFICIALS oecoe
swollen with power They the bosses ana the peop7
are their subjects They free of most OF the Restraints
that are placed upon private enterprise just aS ey "
free of the necessity of paying taxes and OF earning tte
profit for the shareholders If they thing that they can s
awav with something gain end, they go to Whout
conjunction.
Socialism is the same everywhere-the enemy OF Tree
DOM and of honest representative government ol tne
neople-and vet Washington bureaucrats are permtlls
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-03-26
Your County
Agent Says
WAGING WAR ON RATS

WAGlNG WAR oiH ia
!. On ( IS not disgracefu.
70 have rats, it is foolish TO keel
sbon7 and it cost to much to kee.
n.aring them. According to the
r s, Public Health Service IT,
off.spring of a single pair OF rats
could multiply to 94O,369'9o9'lo-
n q period of five years. Fac:
~ YOU see en- your farm costs
Won at the rate of $40 per year
Won would be better off If you
could catch each rat you see ano
tie 6 twenty dollar bill to ms
tail aand then you could see
where your money goes.
Rats can be cleaned up on tne
farm by using Warfarin which IS
recommended by U. S Depart
ment of Agriculture. Warfarln
rat poison can be puTchaseaoo
from YOUR local All club for &
per five pound package. This raj
poison is put up under the super
vision Of the Rodent Control Dr.
nartment in Raleigh. Now IS :
GOOD time to get rid Of tire lat>
while the barns are alH'oS
empty. See your nearest 4-H GU
for your rat poison
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-03-26
.Rascal" Returns
To Little River For
Spring Fishing Season

LITTLE RIVER - Capt. an
Mrs. Vivian Bessent and famll''
have returned to Little Rive,
after having spent the winter IN
Floriad, where Capt. Bessent hes
been associated with dredging
firm. =,
Owner and Skipper of the
Rascal" one of the Grand
Strands largest and finest deep
sea pleasure fishing cruisers:
Captain Bessent stated that ne
will get under way early this
season, as he has already receiv'
ed numerous inquiries from out:
of-town fishing enthusiasts, and
and has booked some deep-sea
trips already.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-03-26
WOMEN SELLING
ELECTRIC IDEA

Raleigh, March - Don't be sur
prised when you find a woman
pointing the way toward modem
electric living in the new houses
you see going up.
Two saleswomen-first IN the
business here - have been en-
ployed by Carolina Power &
Light Company. They will call
on home owners, prospectlves
owners, builders and architects
to sell the idea of Electric llV-
ing"
They recommend full use CT
electric service to take advantage
of the many electrical appliances
now available and also new CAD
gets likely to appear soon. These
require ample wiring provisions
be made for present and future
uses.
Men always filled these Jobs
until two women were recently
added to the Raleigh district
sales staff and one was acquired
through the Tide Water merger.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-03-26
COUNTY W.M.U.
WILL HOLD MEET
ON THURSDAY

The Columbus County Womens
Missionary Union Association
will hold it's annual meeting at
the Hinson's Crossroads Baptist
Church Thursday, March u, at
1000, Mrs. J. w. Cook has an
nounced.
Miss Marie Epley, field worker
for North Carolina, and Mrs. sam
Mavo. home missionary to the
migrant people, will be the prin'
cipal speakers.
All WMU members arc urged
to attend.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-03-26
MRS. MAE YOUNG
NAMED TO HEAD
CANCER CRUSADE

Mrs. Mae S. Young will serve
as campaign chairman of the
1852 Cancer Crusade which opens
in Columbus County in April:
Mrs. Evelyn Leonard, Command
or of the Columbus County Unit,
announced. The 1852 drive vii!
mark Mrs. Young's third year OF
service with the American Cancer
Society, Mrs. Leonard added
DR.. Ross M. Williamson IS
chairman of the Executive Com
mittee. and ]. A. Hufham, Jr., Is
treasurer.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-03-26
Local Scouts
Attend Camporee

About rs members of the local
bow scout troop attended a
camporee at Lake WaccamaW
last Saturday and Sunday.
The scouts were in charge OF
Leon Fonvielle and Patrol Leader
Ben Spivev assisted in the ar
rangements. Gene Spivey, Sam
my Rogers and V. R. Burroughs
also attended the spring outing.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-03-26
Items of Interest From
LITTLE RIVER
By MRS. RALPH ELLIS

Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Bellamy
and Mr.. and Mrs. Nollie P!att
spent Sunday in Rock Hill, S. C.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vivian Bessent
and son, Jimmy, who visited in
Florida for several months, have
returned home for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. F. Howard OF
Florence and Mrs. James Ellis
and son of Cheraw were weekend
visitors in the Ellis home.
Mrs. Walter Bessent and Will
bur Bessent were business visit
ors in Wilmington Saturday.
Mrs. William ]. Vereen is spend
ING this week in Fort Lauderdale,
Fla. with her husband who is
employed there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Brown and
children of Smithfield were week
end visitors with Mr.. and Mrs
j. w. Humphrey.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-03-26

For a number of years
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-03-26
Soles Looking
For Horse Owner

Oscar Soles of Emerson is IN
terested in locating a saw mill
operator who left two horses
with him four weeks ago and
has never come back after them.
Oscar says he doesn't knew what
the mans name is but he LETT
the horses with him and just
faded out of the picture. He
wants to get paid for their feed
and to get rid of the horses.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-03-26
CTYT "
I eaf Pre-measurement Closes APrn

inches long and 2 inches in di.
ameter.
eve have been advised" stated
Mr.. Wayne, "that the cost Of le.
checking tobacco after it is moa.
s,,red this summer will be mu,h
bioher than in the past. For this
reason, farmers should be as &C.
curate as possible when measur,
ing acreage if it is not prc.n1ea.
sired through this office"
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-03-26

,re.measurement, it will be enc ne
passarv for the grower to STATE tate
h ma'r Used and pay for the increas aS
amount an of land to be mea as or M
The cost is a minimum Oh $ooO
nor farm or S1.0O per acre wnle a,.
eve ever is greater. The prooucei
must also furnish stakes le. o
g. These stakes must be 81
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-03-26
Prehistoric Monster
At Cherry Grove?

Cherry Grove Beach - Mick
Nixon is at a loss to understand
the name or origin of a gigantic
animal skull which he has row in
his possession. The skull, measur'
ing some two and a half feet in
width, is completely ossified and
white with age. It was dug out
of a back-water channel near
East Cherry Grove Beach recent
ly by some oyster fishermen
There was speculation it might
have been a giant alligator or
porpoise.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-03-26

ers have requested that tractor
rows not be counted as tobacco
acreage. In 1852 the acreage IN
cluded in tractor or sled rows
NAV be deducted from the acre
age of tobacco provided the tract
or or sled rows are at leasst one
normal row in width and there
is not more than one such row
for each four rows of tobacco
When making an application Tor
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-03-26

Tobacco growers in Columbus
County are reminded by Clyde
Wayne, chairman of Production
and Marketing Administration
that Tuesday, April 1, is the clos
date for accepting tobacco pre-
measurement applications.
For a number of years produc-