The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-29
FLETCHERITES
BEAT Killers
IN TWIN BILL
All Diamonds Miry Satur.
day But County Loopers
Play Best They Can
Ry E. Il. CASE

II was still raining SATURDAY
afternoon and baseball diamonds
were soft and miry. but all the
teams in the county loop played
ball as hest they could with the
following results:
Fletcher'S hard-drivlng team ad-
vanced two more long steps to-
ward winning the second half by
defeating the Valley Killers IN
both ends of a double header 3 to
| and IS to O. respectively. The
first game was a pitchers duel be-
tween r. Drake, young right han
der for the Killers, and J. Bald
win, tall slender port-sider OF
Fletcher. Baldwin allowed the
Killers only 5 hits and was air
tight in the pinches, while the
1888 champs were only able to
collect 7 scattered bingles off
Drake, but an error and a loose
play in the infield gave Fletcher
two of its runs and brought about
defeat for Drake. Baldwin struck
out 10 men in. this game.
The second encounter turned
out to be a smuggling bee. Justus
started on the mound for Fetch
err and Drake went back TO the
mound for the Killers. But the
Killers jumped on JuStus for SIX
hits and six runs in the first two
innings and Baldwin was rushed
back into the fracas. He was
smashed for four hits and three
runs before he could retire the
Killers in the second frame but
pitched scoreless ball for the next
three innings of the five-inning
game. The Fletcher lads made two
runs off Drake in the first inning,
on walk and a home run by n.
Ragwell. In the second they pick
cd up two more runs on a walk,
an error and single by Ward.
In the third and fourth they fail
ed to tally, but in the fifth with
darkness coming on and the Hill
ers leading nine to four, Drake de-
veloped a wild streak and the team
went to pieces behind him with the
result that Brown was sent to the
mound. But he failed to stop
Fletcher from pounding the ball
all over the park, and with the
game already lost Is to Erman-
do HOratius Cascarindo ambled
out to the mound and pitched to
two men, striking out NJ. Bagwell
to end the inning and game. The
defeat should be charged to Err
mando. He could have stopped
Fletcher cold at any stage of the
disastrous inning but stood like
block of asphalt until the damage
was all done.
E. FLAT ROCK AT SALUDA
The Saluda Mountain Toppers
got going Saturday afternoon and
showed the hard E. Flat Rock
team thing or two about how to
play baseball by downing that
aggregation by a nine to five
score. The Mountain Toppers col
lected Is hits off ]. Jackson while
their young star, R. Ward, was
limiting East Flat Rock to five
hits. D. Heatherly got three hits
for the Mountain Toppers.
GREEN RIVER AT BALFOUR
Balfour won another ball game
to stay in the race for the second
half, downing the Green River Is
landers IS to 2 at Balfour. No
details have been heard of the
game, but Balfour collected 81
hits to Green Rivers seven and
had little trouble winning.
MILLS RIVER AT FRUITLAND
Fruitland won it's first game in
the second half Saturday by wal
looping Mills River at Fruitland,
10 to 2 But Fruitland still has
a chance at the second half as
the team has only lost two games.
1t has a double header with
Fletcher Saturday and two games
with Valley Hill the following Sat-
urday and a number of postponed
games to play off. If the boys will
just get down to it and knock
Fletcher over twice in that twin
bill Saturday and keep playing
ball they might still come out on
top. Fletcher must go to Saluda
September 8 for its final game
and the Mountain Toppers will
just about take that contest.
Some amusing things were done
at the baseball meeting held at
the courthouse Saturday night.
The Mills River-Fruitland game
of August IL was adjudged tie
and was ordered left out of the
standing. Mills River had been
credited with winning the contest
by a 6 to 5 score. The game be-
tween Balfour and East Flat Rock
on August 8 which East Flat Rock
won by 2 to 6 score in 10 in
nlngs was given to Balfour by
East Flat Rock because East Flat
Rock had used an Ineligible play
er. Balfour has been credited with
the win in the league standing.
The game of August 21 between
Ba1fonr and Valley Hill which
Valley Hill won 10 to 5 was left
out Of the standing because of a
disputed decision and will be play.