The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-07-06
Bv E. II. CASE

The first half in the heated
county league race is over WIN
East Flat Rock perched securely
on the top rung, winner by tull
game over it's nearest rivals, Mills
River and Valley Hill. The East
Flat Rock team won by putting
on a great finish down the nome
stretch while the Valley Hill Hill
ers who had led the league most
of the way. fell by the wayslde
by taking two whippingS IN them
last four contests, q 10 to z hex
ing at the hands of the winners
and a 6 to 5 beating from Mills
River in a 4th of July tilt. Mills
River finished strong to tie the
Killers for second place but were
out of it when its husky sluggerS
absorbed a 6 to 0 beating from
Saluda last Saturday.
lit was East Flat Rocks 8 to z
thinning victory over Frultland
and its 5 to 8 win over Fletcher
that cimaxed its victorious march
down the stretch and added more
JOY and excitement to its big 4th
of July celebration. The game
with Fruitland was played in the
morning of the 4th and was a
thrilling IL inning affair. With
Foots pitching Fruitland put up
a great fight before finally going
down in defeat. It's fast stepping
athletes knocked E. Phillips out
Of the box in the Sth inning and
hit Jackson, his successor on the
mound hard. But East Flat Rock
out hit Fruitland Is to 9 and
PLAYED tighter ball in the pinches
which was enough to gain the vic
tory. The game was played at
East Flat Rock.
In the evening game East Flat
Rock defeated Fletcher 5 to 3 on
the same diamond. There was
nothing sensational about the
game. Jackson pitched his usual
good ball for East Flat Rock and
hlstus pitched a nice game for
Fletcher, but an error at a criti-
cal moment helped him lose. w.
Phillips hit a triple during the
contest.
VALLEY HILL. AT
MILLS RIVER
THE Killers played their morn
ing game at Mills River and were
beat 6 to by the Riverians in a
thinning contest that was halted
for a while by rain in the last in
ming. In this tilt the Killers did
everything wrong from the start
and tried to add to that nv Civ
ing the Riverians a dirty deal. In
the third inning with Mills River
leading by a five to one score
with two Killers batsmen out,
Houston hit a roller toward first
base and ran over the ball, kick
ing it across the diamond and
was automatically out. But it
went as a hit and two men scor-
ed as a result. From then on the
game was played under protest,
but Mills River saved lot Of
useless arguing and time killing
by winning the contest.
lib. Drake started on the mound
for the Killers and was given
very poor support in the first
two innings. being touched for
five runs in those two frames.
But four of the runs came as the
result of three errors and two
passed balls. Drake settled down
and pitched scoreless ball until
the ninth when he was relieved
by Houston with the score tied
5-5. After rain had stopped the
fracas for a few minutes during
the first half of the 10th play
was resumed and the Killers
failed to tally. But the first man
Houston pitched to in this inning
took first when the ball brushed
his pants leg, went to third on al
error that let another batter
reach first safely and scored or
q passed ball thus ending the
game. Drake and Houston gavs
up only eight hits. F. Corpeninf
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