The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, June 25, 1953, Image 8

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I ~ x ^y Pafre Eight ‘J THE CLINTON CHRONICLE ,<C- = Thursday, June 25, 1953 *» ^ Little League Baseball Academy Street Ponies Lead The Academy Street Pony team Schedule For All Leagues Thursday—Thornwell vs Joana. Friday—Fla. St. vs Academy St. Monday—Thornwell vs Academy. Tuesday — All-Stir games (Lau rens, 3 p. m.) , , . , , , Wednesday — All-Star games continues to lead in their league by | (Clintont 3^ p m ) one game, though they lost a thrill-j Thursday _ A11 _ Star garnes (Lau- ing two-extra-innings game to rens 3 . 00 m) Thornwell 6-5. This pitfs Thorn-1 Friday—Ali-Star games (Clinton, well one game behind the league 3. m ^ leaders with six games to go. ^ Academy has won 8 and lost 2, while Thornwell has won 7 and lost Ch ur ch Film Ofl Luther Little League Race Stirring Up Sensation The Little League race is all tied up between Academy and Joanna. «* «• , * on * u „ 1 Each team has two victories each . New York, June 20.-A new big- s.nce they started plav.ng tor , ^'rolTn^eU^ta ^ligtouf cl^ cup. Each team has six more regu-] a grounasweu m religious circles, j lar scheduled games. Although the film, “Martin Lu- Joanna Small Fry Undefeated ! ther” so far has been unveiled only j Joanna's Small Fry team sti.T an d especial show- remains undefeated. Coach John-;‘ n gs to top church leaders it already ny Moore has a fine bunch of hust-!^ become something of a sensa- ling ball players. j tl0n - Clinton vs Laurens 1 Owned by six Lutheran church Clinton and Laurens Pony and; bodies, the half-million dollar pic- Little League will play four double-1 ture is said to be the first church- headers next week. The games on. backed movie ever distributed Tuesday and Thursday will be play-, commercially. ed in the new Stevens ball park at Various Protestant spokesmen say Wattsville, and the Wednesday and | it eventually could spark fresh re- Friday games will be played in, vival in their faith. Clinton. The Ponv game will start! “I believe it will become both at 3 o'clock and the Little League: a religious and historical experi ence for the American people,” said ; Dr. Daniel A. Poling, Philadelphia L 1 Baptist minister and editor of the right after the Pony game. Little League Standings June 19 W Academy Street . 2 0 0 Joanna 2 Florida Street 1 1 Thornwell .. 0 2 Lvdia . 0 2 L. L. Leading 12 Batters—June 19 AB H Pet. Brookshire (Aca.) 47 29 .617 Chandler (Fla.) . 42 19 .425 Campbell (Aca.) 40 17 .425 Alexander (Lydia) . .. 33 14 .424 King (Joanna) 33 14 .424 Littleton (Aca.) 43 17 .395 Long (Joanna) 36 13 .3611 Morse, (Joanna) 37 13 .3511 Chanev (Fla.) 40 14 .350 Wilson (Thorn.) 41 14 .341 i Reaves (Thorn.) 42 13 .310 Moody (Fla.) 43 13 .302 1 L. L. Five Leading Brookshire (Aca.) Strike-Ouis 83! Chandler (Fla.) 53 Tumblin (Lydia) 361 King (Joanna) 35 Rowe (Joana) 34 L. L. Home Run Leaders Dr. E. S. Flack, dean of Hamma 1 Divinity School, Springfield, O.,' said, “I can almost visualize a new reformation to be produced by this! film. Its far-reaching influence can never be estimated.” Dr. Samuel McCrea Cavert, gen eral secretary of the National Coun cil of Churches, called it the “most interesting and absorbing” relig- ,424!ious film yet and urged pastors to .395 1 alert congregations to it. Up to now—in Minneapolis and, .351'in Hockory, N .C.—it has drawn a .350 bigger box office than any current .341 Holloywood offerings, including 3- .310 dimensional hits. “Amazing . . . box office giant,” commented Variety, organ of the 83 entertainment world. The movie opened today in its drd city—Houston, Texas. Borden Mace, president of Louis 34 de Rochemont Associates, hired by the Lutherans to produce and dis Brookshire (Aca.) 4 tribute the film, said distribution Campbell (Aca.) 2 gradually will be increased nation- Rowe (Joanna) i..!. 2 wide by next fall. ! Leading 10 Pony Batters—June 19 "At first, theatres *Avere wary of AB H Pet. the picture,” he said. “Most of Bill Sease (Fla.) 29 14 .463; them wouldn't touch it. But this O’Shields (Joanna) r-gfr 9— .460 thing ha^ mushroomed so -today we .444 couldn’t begin to meet the requests .444 from theatres and major chains. .429 Their original hesitancy was due .414 1 to the fact the movie deals with .395 a profound religious theme and .3241 unlike most big-scale religious .314 films, offers no sex or sugar-coat- .304, ing. But it has sweep and drama j and tension. history-! a 16th i Pitts (Fla.) Samples (Aca.) Huey (Aca.) Five Pony Strike-Ouls 27 12 ... 27 12 28 12 . 29 n 38 15 37 12 35 11 23 r* 1 Patterson (Aca ) 68 The picture tells the Timmons (Thorn.) 56 making story of Luther, Archie (Thorn.) 54 century Roman Catholic prist who Samples (Aca.) 44 sought reforms in church condi-i Cooley (Joanna) 42 tions and was ex-communicated by Pony Home Run Leaders Pope Leo X, thus kindling the Sease (Fla.) 3 Reformation and rise of Protestant Timmons (Thorn.) 3 ism. Samples (Aca.) 2 A “must” for every Christian, Fuller (Lydia) - - 2 said Dr. James G. Patton, Jr., of Riser (Joanna) 2 Decatur, Ga., executive secreury Lambert (Aca.) 2 of the Presbyterian Church in the Pony League Standings—June 19 U. S. (Southern). W L “It is not only a thrilling movi®, Academy 8 2 but it tells in an unforgettable Thornwell 7 3 way the story of religious freedom Fla. St 5 5 in a day when that story is sordy Joanna 3 7 needed,” he said. Ly dla 2 8: Lutheran officials emphasized that they relied strictly on histori- Small Fry Standings—June 19 Joanna Thornwell Academy St. Fla. St. Lydia W 6 4 2 2 0 L (i 2 3 4 WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR? cal documents, both Catholic and others, to portray the story, but there has been some citicism. William H. Mooing, a syndicated writer whose column appears in 6 various Catholic publications, said - i the picture “appears to have been filmed less in defense of the Lu theran position than attack against 1 the Catholic one.” The Sunday Visitor, a Catholic publication in St. Paul, said the film “is evidently propaganda.” Hollywood’s censor, the Motion P ic t u r e Producers Association, which bans ridicule of any religious faith, approved the film uncondi- ; tionally. hen fighters slow down fans walk out. They want to see ACTION. So do our customers. They appreci ate our careful workman ship. but also they demand speedy service! WE RE SET UP TO GIVE THEM BOTH We’ve got the skilled manpower and the modern equipment to complete ev ery job RIGHT—on time! So what are you waiting for? If you want to see ACTION—call 77. ROYAL CLEANERS Open 7:30, close 6:00 on week-days. Close 7:00 on Saturdays Farmers Should File Seed Certification On or Before July 1 Glemson— Farmers of the state who desire to have cotton seed cer tified in 1953 should file their ap plications with the South Carolina Crop Improvement Association, Clemson, on or before July 1, ac cording to an announcement from R. H. Garrison, in charge of seed certification. He says that farmers who planted registered (purple tag) seed are eli gible to have the increase of this cVop certified as blue tag seed and those^_wha.,planted certified blue tag seed are eligible to have the in crease of their crop certified as red tag seed. Evidence as to source of seed must be filed with the appli cation for certification. 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