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ks. America.Crowd Good, RaceVan, Joy Lou Edwards, Joyce Go lead the band during this coming; sc?Poor At D-E Track)90essay.sessens..hesesessersreeheld-isash»oiiy-teeallbyiti a he id-rseic-lalhed.re-aidtitsTwo weeks ago, the Dunn-Erwin Speedway put on one of the best Sportsman Stock Car Races that one could hope to see, but very i few saw it. On the day of the | best race ever held on the local track, the crowd stayed away.Yesterday afternoon (Sunday) the crowd turned out, the largest crowd of the season; however, if is not likely that this large group of fans will be fans on the next race day. Yesterday's race was one of the poorest races that has been held on the D-E oval.There were only four cars of grade A” ability. When paying a two buck admission, a race fan expects to see more than four ‘'A grade cars.The Widenhouse boys of Concord brought their fine B-29 speedster to the Sunday race. B-29 is admittedly a grade A” car, and Dink Widenhouse would have pushed it through to an easy victory against such a field as he raced against yesterday; but, both rear axles in the Concord power-buggy snapped while the car was about a lap out in front of the Feature Race field during a midway lap.“Cannonball” Davis of Benson had his car, No. 7, in good shape yesterday, and Davis ran a close second place to Widenhouse until 7 begju) to s*kip and lose speed about the eighth lap.Another good car that rounded the oval was car-No. 78 that is driven by Banks Simpson of Kannapolis. Banks came across the finish line first in the Feature after B-29 dropped out and 7 slowed up. Simpson also made the Heat Race a better one than it would have been coming up fast in the last, three or four laps to get nosed out of second plaqe by Bill Haire of Dunn.Bill Haire drove No 41 to second place, by about 10 feet, in theBensonEnding GoiC. 10 r teeusen'tOther witnesses have said the reserve clause keeps the richer clubs from buying up all the talent.But Horning said the rich clubs have the better players anyhow', through buying them at high prices or outbidding the other teams to j sign promising rookies.Men's ties can be kept wrinkle-free while traveling if they are folded once and placed inside onene. ! of the popular picture magazines.: - FREE - FREE - F)KESacco Farmers on a!NG DAY Tobacco MarketsREEQUSPMENJ CO.uip Your Farm HomeHeat Race and third place in the Feature Race. 41 was in good shape yesterday, and the local car rounded out the four-car field. At times, Haire had 41 sticking wit ^he fastest.Tljere were five other vehicles of various types that took part in the competition including a Ford pickup truck that took fifth place in the Feature Race.Davis’ No. 7 ran away with the Consolation Race.Benson’s Knee Pants League, formed during June, is about to wind up its first year of operation, jFrom every present indication this first season can be called a rousing success.The Knee Pants League was j formed after weeks of talking and | slow organization. Because of its I b e i n g a new organization it i was quite a problem to raise enough interest and money to keep the League going. There was ' absolute ly no money to begin with, but the Kiwanis Club of Benson ! got the ball rolling with a donation of $50 to be spent for playing ! equipment.The next move was to purchase uniforms.Boys interested in playing in the Knee Pants League agreed to go out and do any type of work which would produce money for the pur-i chase of their uniforms. This work i project produced enough money to outfit two teams of 12 players each, j The league was also given the opportunity to run concession stands and to be a sponsor of the j Hillbilly Hit Parade which was I held in Benson July 4. This netted the league an additional $175.At the present time the follow-; inging boys have uniforms: Wallace Parker, Mack McLnmb, Larry Medlin, Lindis Coats, Randy Overby, Jimmy Gilstrap, Jerry Medlin. A. T. Johnson, Richaru Britt, Kenneth Johnson, Keith Neighbors and Larry Miller.Tommy Stephenson, “Mousey” Miller, Charles Holmes, Haywood Dorman. Don Matthews, Donald Wheeler. Donald Parrish, Dan Gil-, bert, Mack Page, Don Norris, Bill Woodall and W. T. Sorrell, manager.The Knee Panters have played three games with a midget baseball team from Smithfield and wind up their season next Wednesday with another contest with the Smithfield nine.Plans are now being made to increase the number of teams to four next year. Since the town has no recreation director and no organized recreation program, the teams have not had too much attention this year. However, plans call for the hiring of a recreation director next summer if possible to keep the program running smoothly.Those who have helped with the Knee Panters in this, their first year. Include Sandy Sand-li i
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Dunn, North Carolina, US
Tue, Aug 07, 1951
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