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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-08
Six Wins In Matches
HSC Golf Squad hriues
On Play OF 7Os Shooters

The squad completes its team
match schedule today Thursday
meeting Lynchburg College on the
Boonsboro Country Club course at
Lynchburg Earlier the Hornets
were defeated 10 in a match over
the LongWood course home
links for the Tigers here.
MD Tourney
Hampden-SvGney Will send its top
four TO the Mason-Dlxon champion
ships at Baltimore MAY u The
title match is a 36-hole affair,
with Baltimore University defend
ing Champions.
Coach Thalman believes a vic
tory in the MD match is possible
if the Tiger four play up to poten-
tlal. Baltimore's winning 1853 squad
averaged BIS to take the diadem.
H-SC's Nos !. 2 3 and have each
averaged in a fine season three to
SIX strokes better than that.
Golf was revived as team sport
at Hampden-Sydney last year When
the squad posted 4 22-l record.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-08
Six Wins In 7 Matches

With six victorie in seven
matches already in the record, and
prospects good for win today over
Lynchburg in the final team match
and in the Mason-Dixon champion
ship next week. HampdenSydney 5
golf team is compiling an outstand-
ing record
Two juniors, two sophomores and
two freshmen compose the six-man
links squad which has defeated
Richmond, Lynchburg. Norfo ] k
Division. Bridgewater, Randolph
Macon and Roanoke, and lost only
to Washington and Lee
Coach Bob Thalman 5 first four
players, who shoot in the middle
7O's. are SO close as to alternate in
starting positions. Each has been
the match medalist Oh separate &C.
casions.
Top Four
The four are Junior Clayton
Eisinger. Of Bethesda Md. Sophie
more Jimmy Slaughter, the Rich
mond football halfback. and Fresh
man John Gemmel. Of Wilmington
N. c.. and Charles Ferguson, Of
Newport News.
Danville Junior Bill Overcast and
Cary Mayo. sophomore from
Richmond. complete the Tiger
squad. They play consistently in the
low 30's.
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and put Coach Marion Martin S
Duke squad in line for a shot at
the 1889 title first official sea-
son in the l3-School loop.
In walking only three and whiff-
ing Is Statesmen. the strong arm
hurler avenged the Dukes lone
league loss. That defeat was to the
same Statesmen by an identical
40 score.
Buddy Martin gave Meinhard the
batting assistance he needed while
compiling his no-hit shutout. Mar
tins two singles knocked in all four
Of the Dukes runs.
The swift hurler hiked his season
strikeout total to Sc during the vic
tory. He has famed that number in
four scvcn-inning games.
Coach Martins squad whipped
Buckingham Al in its previous con-
test. with Dave Shores tossing a
four hitter. Shores also banged out
double and two singles to take
personal charge Of the defeat of
Coach Bill Franklins Buccaneers
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Whip Hornets 80-42
Tigers Tune Up
For Little s Meet
With Track Win

Hampden Sydney's cindermen
warmed Up for SATURDAYS Little
Eight track and field champions
ships With all 8O-42 dual NEE. win
over Lynchburg College Saturday
afternoon, at Death Valley
Walt Chapman led the Bengals,
taking four Of the 10 first places
they captured. Chapman took both
events in his speciality the hurd
les. and broke the tape in the 100
and 220-yard dashes. That 2O-polnt
total was the biggest afternoon for
a single performer in long time
at Death Valley.
Other first place winners for
H-SC were Co-Captan King Wad
dill, the two mile run in 1929 2
minutes; Co-Captain Bob Hippen-
steele. the half mile in 2:03 /
minutes; Norton Howe, mile run.
1888 minutes; Gil Sayres. hi g h
lump. five feet. eight inches the
IllllC lCldS ltdiil VI HllClI. ~ ot-
way. Howe and Hippensteel. 337 5
minutes. The pole vault event which
was swept by Cutler, Sears and
Benson.
Chapman times were l0l in the
100: 229 in the 220-yard dash; l5.4
N the high hurdles. and $50 in the
low hurdles. The senior trackman
holds the H-SC records in both
hurdle events.
Bill Benson. Tiger dash man did
lot compete in the running events,
'esting pulled muscle in prepare
ton for the annual championships
tomorrow Saturday which will be
run at Death Valley
Howe's mile race was only four
seconds off the college record Of
4:29. set in 1852 by Gene Milener.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-08
Catcher In Korea

A recent letter from Seoul. Korea,
informs us that Lacy Butch Cum
hey is right where he'd rather be
than any place else in the world
. in baseball uniform.
The former Farmville High
pepper pot has had many a uniform
on. FHS Wolverine, James River
League. Farmville Independents,
Tri-County League. but his present
one was one of the hardest to put
on.
Butte writes about being the
starting catcher for the SAC Seoul
Area Commando Mountaineers: u
made the team. but believe me. it
was not easy just about every
player on the team has some type
Of pro experience which, of course,
is the case Of most all service
teams
The far-off Mountaineers opened
on May 8 and though thousands OF
miles away. Butch Cumbey is
once more in the diamond wars.
You know how much l love base
ball SO you can imagine how happy
am over this opportunity to play, !
he adds.
You bet. do, Butch. and. with
your host Of friends here at home.
join in a big wish that the Noun
taineers win the Korean champion
ship. We know it won't take long
for the SAC's opponents to find out
that they'd better get down to sec
ond in hurry if they want to
beat Butch's peg!
Butch couldn't close without a
strong wish for good luck to the
1859 Farmville High Wolverines
and a plug for his hometown and
its Little Boys Baseball effort. 1T
certainly is good to read about that
and to see that everyone seems to
be working hard on this wonder
full project"
Butch is with the Await ton Section
of the Eighth U. S. Army Head
quarters at Seoul. It is quite a
satisfaction to know that way off
in Korea, the Herald's stories bring
| comfort to an old home toWner
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-08
FarmviIle Whips
Buckingham 9-;} On
Jones Hitter

Farmyllle Highs Co-Captains,
Pitcher John D. Jones and Hitter
Joel Coleman teamed together to
backbone a a-3 win over Buckine-
ham HIGH BIZ the Wolverine field
Tuesday night
Jones doled out foul hits il aong
DIX route while Coleman, veteran
infieldel clouted two home sums.
Thr FarGyllle pitcher struck out
eight and walked three. in pitching
HITS to its fourth win in seven
starts.
Amone the Buccaneers four
hts We're Riehtfielder D. Hudglns'
home run and double and Don Rear
don triple.
Farmvlile Catcher Red Wilker-
son. one Of the leading Wolverine
hltters this season. had another
stout nieht at the plate, knocking
out bases loaded triple aud
single. among the eight FarmNille
hits
Hutchison started for Bucking-
ham and was relieved by Richard
son in the fourth inning.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-08
POwhatan Takes
Fifth Place In
District 2 Meet

PoWhatan took fifth place in the
Group 2. district , track meet at
Culpeper Saturday in which James
Monroe went Oh to take the meet
behind the l6-point performance Of
Joe Hicks.
Culpeper was second with % So,
Stafford third with IL "a; Orange
fourth with Is 10 Varina. King
George. Lee Davis and Spotsyl-
yanla and Madison followed fifth
place PoWhtan in that order.
The summaries: first place and
PoWhatan.
High jump 49, Bledsoe &C., 50 "a
Shot put ~ Torrice ST.. distance.
SOL -.
Mile ~ Brooks JIM time. 1890.
High hurdles ~ Hicks JIM time,
l54
Broad jump Goodwin fPl.
Hunt p. third. distance. 2I-4.
440 Finchman c.. time. 52.2.
Discus Estes JIM, distance
1864.
100 - Jones 'KGl, Goodwin tP,,
time, 1914.
$50 Simpson JIM, Kacbeski
p, fourth. time. 205.7.
Low hurdles ~ Hicks tJM9. time,
20.6.
22O IN Finchman &C.. time, 1872
Pole vault - Bledsoe &C., tie be-
tween Mistr " and Morris iP),
tie between Jenkins sC) and Jes-
sup p, height 11-6.
Mile relay James Monroe
time, 1865.
0S0-relay James Monroe, Pow.
hatan. third. time 1861.
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&e&ne Ne.us
Versatile Traps
By JOHN STICK

Hunger and curiosity motivaors
well the human
sncts have filled the
great variety of catches besides the primary
TRENDS from the animal and bird
grondhogs rabbits partridge
and field
They are Of above the
considerable complete
report have
varied all the way to 20
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-08
SIDES WITH JOBLEss

Swift political footwork by Sen
ate Democratic Leader Lyndon B.
Johnson has put him on the side
OF the unemployed for whatever
1860 may hold in store.
His action tended to counter carl
Ter criticism Of his leadership in
Congresses extension OF an cmcrg.
ency jobless paJ program la t
month.
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permanent injury to dogs A num-
Der have been caught. but soon re-
covered from the bout with the
jaws of a trap.
In the first place. the traps are
too light for inflicting severe in
jury In the second place. most
dogs won't fight the trap. T h e
fox with his wild instincts becomes
furious and thrashes about. while
the dog with far more sense lies
down to await release by human
friends.
There may be some objection to
animals trapped other than the fox I.
but l believe we should keep in
mind the ultimate good to come of
the program. What falls to the
traps is pittance to what the fox
consumes in his free state.
The improvement in small game
numbers and the elimination of a
rabies threat are considerable gains
to exchange for small number of
lnadvertant tragedies
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-08

Following the winners were Blue
stone % l3; Victoria 10; Amelia
Is So Randolph-Henry Is l-3,
Cumberland IL, and Park View
IL.
Winners in each Of the events
we're.
l00-yard dash. Harris, Bluestone
lO.6: 220-yard dash, Wellons, Vic
toria. 24.l; 440-yard run, Snead,
Bluestone, Sos; 8OO-y ard run.
Rhodes, Victoria. 2tl5 minutes
lille run, wens, Green's
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-08
Win Over Bridgewater Saturday Would
Give H-SC Little Eight Baseball Title
Tigers Up Mark
To 14-3 With Wins
Over VMI, Hornets

Hampden-Sydney's IA and 3 base
bail squad needs only a victory
over Bridgewater tomorrow (Satur-
day. to take the Little Eight title.
The Tigers already hold the Mason
Dixon Conference Southern Division
title, with 100 loop mark.
H-SC advanced its cause Tuesday
with IA win over Lynchburg built
on Billy Pierces six-hitter and a
12-hit utburSt Leon HaWker
dubbed two over-the-fence homers
and a triple in the assault on the
Hornets Pat Patterson and Carroll
Owens 9TH.
Norfolk Divisions Braves, de-
Tending Little Eight champs, closed
out their season Tuesday with rs
and 80 wins over RPI in double
header at Norfolk Coach Bud Me-
theny's Braves finished with a 90
mark.
Big One Saturday
If Hampden Sydney gets asst
3rldgewater morrow, Coach
Claude Milam's squad will end the
Little Eight chase at 81 for the
title. II they lose to the Eagles, the
Braves will repeat at king pins.
Randolph-Macon. off to a fast
start, but in a decline recently,
gave the Hampden-Sydney cause a
Dig assist Saturday in dumping Nor
folk Division 1919 to give the Braves
their second loss in loop play.
Pinch-hitter John Bagby dashed out
an RBI single to give the Jackets
the big win at Ashland.
In the Tuesday win at Lynch
burg. HSC's IL hits included a
homer by Catcher Wayne Mclean
and triples by Tommy Davis. Larry
Hammer and Roy Sisk. freshman
third sacker. in addition to
HawkerS booming blasts.
Lefty Billy Pierce, the stylish
H-SC finger posted his fifth 1859
win without defeat. Pierce now has
dropped only one contest in three
years Of college huyling He walked
seven and whitfield three. In going
threefor-five, Hawker had three
RIBS and scored four times.
H-SC IA, VMI 4
FrOnt-runnerS in the Little Eight
and Mason-Dixon loops. the Tigers
turned their attention to the Viz
glnia Big Six, Saturday afternoon.
It wasn't any different, and H-SC
whipped Vicente Miller's Keydets
l4-4
Rlght-hander Lew Drew allowed
VMI eight hits while going the
route. H-SC collected Is hits off Of
VMI starter George Henning, who
left IN the 5th with the Tigers
ahead So. and against Oscar Mabry
who tolled from there to the end.
Larry H m m Ell, Tiger right
fielder, and Wayne Mclean, H-SC
catcher. were the winners batting
standouts each knocking in four
runs Hammer had two doubles and
single. and Mclean dashed out
two doubles.
The win was No. 10 for Hamp-
den-Sydney against three defeats.
and put them IL against Big Six
opposition. Richmond gave H-SC
one Of its three defeats. winning rs
On April Is.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-08
Cumberland Lights
Rally Called May 10

public rally IS being
planned tor MaN 10 at Cumbcr-
land Countv's Court House to
advance plans for lights at the
new Cumberland athletic field.
The sponsors. group OF in
terested Cumberland citizens, is
seeking to have as large a turn
out as possible at the rally.
Plans will be presented to get
the lights installed right away.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-08
Cumberland Dukes Push for Title Shot
After Meinhard's NO-Hit 40 Shut0ut

Claude Meinhard's no-hit pitching
amounted to lot more than 40
win for the Cumberland Dukes
over Randolph Henry Tuesday
afternoon. at Cumberland.
The 17-yearold Duke junior also
knocked the Statesmen out of a tie
with Crewe for the District lead
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-08
JOB IMPROVEMENT STUDY

Foreign-languagc study by for
eign aid employees is increasing
A House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee report shows that 100 en-
ployees of the International Coop
GRAFTON Administration signed up for
intensive courses during the period
July. 1858. to February. 1859. That
was eight times as many as took
courses a year earlier.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-08
Little Eight Marks
Powhatan Track
Team Wins
Over Lee-Davis

Henry Morris scored % points
Monday afternoon to pace the Pow
hatan Indians to a 6l-34 track vic
tory ovel Davis in a Group II,
District meet.
Christian Goodwin threw h G
discus 1893 to break a past school
mark Of l26 feet.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-08

Grove Highs Railroaders. victorS
over Buckingham and Cumberland
this week. are on top of the Dis
trict 3 race with ~ record
Randolph Henry and Cumberland.
losers Of only one up to this week.
but without as many victories as
Crcwe. dropped their second con
test to fall behind the Railroaders.
Park View continues among the
contenders with a Al district rec
ord.
Cumberland turned back Ran
dolph Henry 40 on Claude Mein-
hard'S nifty no-hitter. but t h e
Dukes fell to Crewe 81 for their
second loss
In District g. Powhatan outh I
Lee-Davis four to three. but seven
walks. an error and a double gave
LID six-run fifth inning for 10
win. Gary Cosbys three hitter
brought Powhatan 6-3 win over
Varina earlier.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-08

When you bounce bass lure on
a muddy bottom. the little cloud of
mud kicked up at each skip makes
the lure more attractive to the fish.
Sports Afield
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-08

The fresh water nv rod is find
ing increasing favor among salt
water anglers for many fish in
sizes ranging from snapper blues
to tarpon.
Sports Afield
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-08
NeW Records Set As Greensuille
County Wins District 3 Track Meet

Greensvile the
District College
The Eagles finished points.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-08

Results = Dorothy May 3, Bald
wins 0, Leggetts 2, Taylor-Frobes
l. Home Furniture ?, Newberry' 5
|.
Summaries high single game
Mildred Ownby Leggett's. a n d
Dolly Noble. Home Furniture. tied
with ll5-pin games; high three
game total Dolly Noble. 3o8 pins
for l03pin average high to NJ.
Newbcrry's 1897 pins for 87-pin
average per player
Team standings Taylor-F orbes
% wins. II losses. Leggett S. 26-l9:
Home Furniture, 25-2o: Dorothy
May. 22-23; Newberry 1926; Bald
wins 1880.
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James River League

Cumberland 5 - Powhatan l
Cumberland II = Amelia )
Orchid II ~ Buckingham
Arvonia 9 Powhatan 0
Sundays Games
Cumberland at Buckingham
Powhatan at Amelia
Arvonia at Orchid
Standings
Club w /
Cumberland 3 c
Orchid 3
Arvonia |
Amelia
Buckingham 0
Powhatan 0 5
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-08
Bolrling Results
Men \ En- Pins

Res;lt- rive skunks 3. Farm
VILE Five 3. Goa Cola 2 HUB l..
Davldson's ? Leggett's i.
summaries high single game
Julian Dunkun, Five Skunks. 222
pins high three-game total. Julian
Dunkum, 583 for l94-pin average;
high team. Five Skunks. 1858 pins
Tor 854 per game. or III per player
The total team pin fall sets a new
league mark on the current season.
Standings Legge,t's and Coca
Cola, tied with 81 wins and 48
losses, DavidSon's SO wins and 40
losses. Hub $50. Five Skunks AZ
"A. and Farmyille Five 1857.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-08
District 3 Recap

Crewe ) Cumberland
Greensvflle 2 ~ Brunswick |
Park View . Kenbiidge |
Crewe z Buckingham
Farmville 9 Buckingham 3
Friday Games
buckingham at Farnvllle
Amelia at Blackstone
Monday
Appomattox at Buckingham
Tuesday
Victoria at Amelia
Blackstone at Farmvillc
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''ee'"e'
Curdsvi|Ie Precinct
Well Water Precinct
Gold Hill Precinct
Wrights Precinct
New Store Precinct
Donoerons Precinct
New Canton Precinct
White Hall Precinct
Glenmore Precinct
MoysvIIle Precinct
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Comeback byMothews
KEEPS Broves in Race

Torrance from Bob Rush, who
hurled scoreleSs ball after re-
lleving Juan Pizarro in the
second.
The Cubs dropped Los An
geleS into third place, a half
game behind the Braves and
80 behind the idle Giants, by
thrashing the Dodgers, l1-8.
Pittsburgh walloped Philadel-
phia, 60.
The Cubs routed Don Drys-
dale with a five-run outburst
in the first inning, highlighted
by Ernie Banks Saith home run
and Sammy Taylor's ninth.
Alvin Dark and Irv Noren also
Clipped in with four baggers
for the Cubs in the 28-hit
Suggest.
Roberto Clemente had a
single, double and triple, his
three-bagger coming with the
bases loaded in a four-run
seventh that enabled the Pr
rates to break a % tie with
the Phils. The victory gaze
the Pirates fourth place by
percentage point over the
Cubs. Harvey Haddix out
pitched Robin Roberts with a
seven hitter for his ninth VIC
tory.
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AII-Stors Will Not Sub
By Units Against Colts

is a fine offensive threat but
will be used only on defense.
Bank on Passing
There is little doubt that the
All-Stars will fill the air with
passes with such fine receivers
as Buddy Dial of Rice, Rich
Kreitling of Illinois. Dave
Sherer Of Southern Methodist
and Boyd Dowler of Colorado
as targets.
1--WE certainly can't over
power the Colts line" Graham
said. so. of course, we'll pass
a lot. We have the receivers
and the throwers who are good
enough if our line keeps out
those horses"
Starting at halfback will be
Dick Haley of Pittsburgh, who
is headed for the Redskins, and
Don Brown of Houston. Either
Larry Hickman Of Baylor or
Nick PietroSante of Notfe Dame
will start at fullback.
Ebert Dubenion of Bluffton
(Ohio) College. the squads
nearest approach to the break
away speed of last years sensa-
tional Bobby Mitchell, is shelved
with a knee injury. Tackle
Ron Luciano of Syracuse is
scratched with q damaged
shoulder. Otherwise the squad
is sound.
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Milwaukee'S Braves are not
d minating the National
League as they did a year ago,
but it hasn't been the fault
Of Eddie Mathews.
The smuggling third baSeman,
a consistent performer all
season, is making a determined
effort to atone for last years
dismal showing, climaXed by a
horrendous World Series in
which he batted only .160 and
famed II times.
Mathews, only 81 but in his
eighth big league season, is
hitting an even 300, has slug
ged 80 home runs and has
driven in 70 runs. Already he
has exceeded the 81 homers
and n runs batted in he had
in 1858. when his average was
only .251.
Eddie powered two home
runs last night, each with a
man on base, to boost the
Braves into second place with
a GA victory over Cincinnati.
Henry Aaron added his 30th
home run and a triple and Joe
Adcock hit safely in his 10th
consecutive game. The Braves
also got a fine pitching per-
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Dan Wuern Runs
Mile in 1892

VAESTERAS, Sweden, Aug.
Is (AP.-Dan Waern, Swe-
denis No. l miller, again broke
through the four-minute bar
rier last night when he was
clicked in 1892 in winning
the mile at an international
track and field meet.
Jim Grelle of Oregon was
fourth in 4:01 as Poland's Ste
phen Lewandowski finished
second in 4:00.6 and Norway's
Arne Hammarsland third in
4:00.8.
Ray Norton. San Jose State
Splinter, won both the 100 and
200-meter dashes, taking the
century in los and the 200 in
PIP
Another American victory
was turned in when Bob
Humphreys Of Los Angeles tos-
sed the shot IS feet, 6 inches.
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CHICAGO, Aug. IS (AP).-
Head Coach Otto Graham has
discarded unit-substitution
strategy and will insert his col
lege All-Stars on an individual
basis against the Baltimore
Colts tomorrow night.
The champion Colts are l6-
point favorites to gain the 18th
pro victory against eight col
legiate triumphs in the series,
Two Of the games were tied.
Soldier Field is the setting
for the midsummer football
classic. and more than $4,000
fans are expected. 1t will be
telecast and broadcast by ABC
Graham put the final polish
on his squad under the Soldier
Field lights last night. The
Colts arrive today and also will
have a private practice at night
in the huge lakefront arena.
ManpOwer Not As Deep
Graham's new substitution
tactics are a reversal of the
unit system he used last year
in the All-Star's 1913 record
offensive display against the
Detroit Lions. Observers say
his decision to spell offensive
and defensive players fire.
quently. until all able-bodied
men on his squad of 40 have
had a turn, indicates his man.
power is not as deep as last
year.
The starting quarterback spot
is unsettled, Graham saying
that all four Of his candidates
are good and leave little leeway
to base a choice.
Wen be using all four and
will stick the longest with the
one who is going the best, "
he said.
The quartet includes Lee
Grosscup of Utah, Buddy
Humphrey of Baylor, Bob New
man Of Washington State and
Bob Ptacek Of Michigan,
Tmane's Richie Petition also