The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-06-25
SALUDA NIPS
E. FLAT ROCK
Fletcher, Mills River and
Green River Also Win
in County League
Rv E n. CASE

the teams lH tue SOuHNS o
saw action. :,
Down ut Saluda the Salud;
Mountain TopncrS adv" need SteT
closer to winning the first half ny
heating East Flat Rock s to D N
a hard fought contest. 1t was the
POLK CONTAINS 18th win against
a single setback and kept them q
full game ahead of Fletcher VINO
also won.
r Ward pitched the game for
Saluda and held East Flat Rock to
five hits but had one bad inning
when the visitors scored all their
runs. o,.u.- la,
on the hill for East Flat Rock anu
between them had IL strikeoutS.
ID. Heatherly hit triple for Sa-
luda and l.. Heatherly and J. John-
son got two-baggers.
BALFOUR AT FLETCHER
In another contest OF impo[1
lance Fletcher defeated BaltoGr .
TO s at Fletcher to keep a game
back of the Mountain TopperS;;
But there was nothing sensational
about the game. 1t was Just d
game the 1884 Champs had 10
have to stay in the fight and they
stepped out and won it through
hitting when hits meant runs and
holding Balfour's big shots SUD-
dued.
Stewart pitched for Bslfour and
was Balfour's leading hitter, get
ting three safe blows
Justice and Baldwin pitched for
Fletcher. Wilkie and Lewis were
the Champs best hitters Of the
dsy. Wilkie got home run.
Lyda starred in the outtield for
Balfour.
FRUITLAND AT MILLS RIVER
Mills River remained in the race
for first half honors by squeezing
out a 8 to win over Frultlano
at Mills River in tight battle.
Fruitland, witt Foots pitching
had a 2 to 0 Lad over the Rlverl-
ans going into the seventh inning.
But a few hard smashes by the
husky corn huSkers soon produced
three taIlies for the home team
and they were enough to spell VIC
tory.
r. Holden pitched seven innings
for the Riverians and his drop was
breaking beautifully. Gilreath mn
ished the game for him.
Briggs pitched the last two IN
ninps for Fruitland. Each team
collected five hits.
VALLEY HILL AT
GREEN RIVER
The Valley Hill Killers, minus
FIVE of their regular players, went
down TO Green River, the land OF
s'big plenty aqua" and were wal
loprd 16 to 9 by the brave bold
islanders. That should be enough
to say. But it happened hike TINS
The beginners from the hill. with
Ern,ando Horatius Cascarindo on
the mound for them, jumped rlgnt
ont and got nine runs on r
Thompson in the first six innings
xhile the Islanders were scoring
three times of Ermando. But
-, when the Islanders went to bat IN
the sixth B. Vaughn reached first
safely when C. Barnwell stepped
off first base a second before tax
ing a peg from short off Vaughn'S
roller. Owens then hit an easy fly
to left field which c. Klpatrlck
let fall between his hands.
B. Ward then hit a groundel
through the pitchers box that Err
mando should have handled ant
Vaughn scored. A. Manning, Hill
err catcher, then threw the ball into
left field trying to catch Owens
stealing third and he scored. WIS.,
followed with a single. Bane file!
out to second, but L. Barnwel
let Barnette's grounder trot thru
him at third and B. Ward scored
The score then stood 9 to o \
favor of the Killers and Ermand
was yanked from the box and sen
TO second and Station took tn
mound. He was greeted by SIN
gle and a double which tied tn
score. But he struck out J. war
and Ermando took B. Vaughn
pop fly at second for the thr
out. But in the seventh State
got into a peck of trouble throug
walks, errors, passed balls an
stolen bases. He was relieved b
Barnwell. .BarnwelPs first pitc
Was a beaner and knocked out /
Thompson. Thompson was revive
and was not badly hurt. But tn
FLANDERS scored six times in tn
seventh with the aid of only on
single Walks. passed balls, error
and 700 stolen bases did the trick
In the 9Th Barnwell was touche
for another run on two consecu
tive hits and had another man o
FIRST. But he struck out Barnett
and Ermando pulled him out of
hole little later by going acroS
second, slapping down a sizzlin
grounder. stepping back on SET
ond and shooting the ball to frs
to complete a double killing.
Each team collected IL hits. d!
Manning got two three-baggel
and a double for the Killers.
Drake, least player IN the leagu
got three. line-drive singles.
Fitzpatrick got double and a on
bagger and R. Station collected tv
one-base blows.
"a, For Green River, j. Ward al
=. Owens hit triples. Wise got
double and a single and Waugh
= hit two singles. Bsne and B. Wa,
also hit safely twice.
P. Thompson took two turns
the mound. Wilkie pitched Il
sixth and r. Erwin the ninth f
him. The three Islanders stru
out Is Killers.