The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-10-09
E, FLAT ROCKS
WIN EVENS Up
SERIES here.
Hundreds Witness County
Loop Contest With Close
Score of 3 to z
Rv E. H. CASE

Ry y. II. SAOE
Decnite the fact that radios
everywhere were screeching out
the nlav by play of the fourth
world R series game between the
Detroit Tigers and the Chicago
Cubs, hundreds of loyal baseball
fans came down to the Balfour
park Saturday afternoon to see
East Flat Rock and Fletcher, dia-
mond stars of their own county,
play the fourth game of the coun-
ty championship series. And they
were not disappointed in coming.
They saw a real ball game-one
chuck full of all that goes to
make baseball the favorite game
of millions of sport loving Amer
icans-beautiful pitching, spark
ling infeld play, scintillating and
thrilling outfeld catches all cou-
pied with just enough hitting and
scoring to strike a perfect bal
ance and make the outcome of the
game uncertain until the last ball
was thrown in the ninth inning.
East Flat Rock, beaten in the
first two games of the five-game
series and victorious in the third,
had to have the game to stay in
the fight and won it by 3 to z
score. And in rising to the occa-
sion of taking their second
straight after being backed to
the very brink Of ignominious de-
feat in losing the first two con-
tests to the 1884 champions, Mr..
Pope's boys looked better than
ever and played with more dash,
fire, pep and confidence than they
have exhibited in the three pre-
vious games. But they had ample
season to be in jubilant spirits
their big pitcher, Johnny Jackson,
was in rare form and from the
first to the ninth inning gave a
beautiful exhibition of pitching.
He allowed the champs only five
widely spaced singles and struck
out IS. Besides, he practically
won his own ball game in the
first inning by smashing out a
sizzling single which scored two
of his mates. But Jackson was
given nice support by both the
outfield and infeld. Drake was
outstanding at third while Con-
drey made three pretty catches in
center field.
On the other side, Fletcher,
after a bad first inning start,
played an unbeatable brand of
ball. !. Baldwin, just hack from
Detroit where he saw Lonnie
Warneke do his stuff, started the
game on the mound for the
champs but was wild and ineffec-
tive and was also the victim of
some loose play by his mates.
Hendrix, first batsman to face him
hit a roller toward NJ. Bagwell at
short and was safe when Bagwell
was slow in fielding it. E. Phillips
drew a walk after Brock, start
ing catcher for the champs, miss
ed an easy chance to retire him
on o foul pop fly. Hendrix went
to third and E. Phillips to second
while Ward was striking out.
Jackson then came through with
his very, timely single, scoring
both runners. Baldwin got the
next two batters out to retire the
side and went on to start the sec
ond inning. But he walked w.
Phillips and B. Capps singled.
Baldwin left the box and N. Moore
came in to pitch. Moore retired
the side without allowing score
and pitched eight innings of as
beautiful baseball as one could
wish to see. He did allow one
score, that in the sixth on sim
gle by Condrey, an infield out by
w. Phillips and a single by b.
Capps, but outside of that one
tally, Moore was just as effective
as was Jackson. He was given
beautiful support by his mates.
Wilkie made a number of pretty
catches in centerfeld and N. Bag
we'll made. several thrilling stops
Of hard hit balls in the intield;
1,c Io,m were unearned. In the
Sar the champs picked up
fbeir first tally when M. Bagwell
IuSll ll'S I'll, IN an error