The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-09-23
FLETCHER NINE WINS
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Champs and J. Jackson, big fire.
ball finger of East Flat Rock.
Jackson struck out six of the first
eight men to face him and never
allowed a man to get beyond first
base until the fourth inning. But
| in the 4th an error by B. Caps,
East Flat Rock second baseman,
allowed NJ. Bagwell to reach first
safely. He stole second, went to
third on an infeld out by ]. Bald
win and scored when Garren laid
down a perfect bunt and reached
first safely. Justice then singled
sending Garren to second. Case
struck out for the second time but
E. Baldwin came through with a
double to centerfeld that scored
both Garren and Justice. Sorrell
then rolled out B. Capps to Gill
reath at first and the score was
Fletcher 3, East Flat Rock 0.
J. Baldwin was pitching great
ball and kept East Flat Rock from
scoring until the 9Th inning. In
the 9Th B. Caps led off with a
two-base hit, went on second on a
passed ball, and scored on an in
field out by V. Drake. Fletcher
came back in the 7th to tally three
more times. After two were out,
B. Capps fumbled n. BagwelPs
grounder and he was safe. He
stole second and scored a minute
later on Wilkes single. M. Bag
we'll followed with a double
against the fence, the hardest hit
ball of the day, that scored Wilkie
and ]. Baldwin singled sharply to
left field to score NJ. Bagwell.
Flat Rock picked up two more
runs in the 9Th. E. Phillips drew
walk, B. Caps singled him to
third. Caps went to second on a
| passed ball and stole home after
jackson had singled him to third.
Fletcher picked up another run n
the 9th off Ray Ward who had
relieved Jackson in the 7th. N.
Bagwell walked and went to sec
ond on a passed ball. Wilkie lined
out to Jackson at first and Jack
son shot the ball to Drake at sec
ond to double off Bagwell. But
Drake dropped the ball and Bag
we'll lived. He went to third on an
infield out and scored when }.
Caps booted ]. Baldwin's ground
err down the third base line.
Going into the last half of the
9th the score was Fletcher 7, East
Flat Rock 8, and the fans were
getting ready to leave the park.
But Baldwin seemed to weaken
and Flat Rock put on belated
rally that created more excitement
than all the rest of the game. E.
Gibbs led off with a single, ".
Phillips followed with another one
base blow, ]. Capps walked, filling
the bases. E. Phillips then dou-
bled to deep center, scoring both
Gibbs and w. Phillips and sending
J. Caps to third. B. Caps went
out to Sorrell at first and ]. Caps
stayed on third. Jackson went out
third to first and ]. Caps scored.
The score was now Fletcher Z and
East Flat Rock 6 and E. Phillips
was on second with the tying run
and two men were out. V. Drake
was up. He grounded to E. Bald
win ar third to Sorrell at first and
the game was over.
Despite the fact that Fletcher
held a commanding lead from the
fourth to the ninth inning it was
a great game, filled with catches
and plays that kept everyone in a
state of excitement. Fletcher won
mainly through hitting, pitching
hard that was really hard to hit,
and taking advantage of Flat Rock
errors and misplays. Then ].
Baldwin was bearing down all the
time and his mates were giving
him spectacular support. NJ. Bag
we'll played great game around
short and E. Baldwin did great
evenings work at third base. Both
teams collected the same number
of hits-10-but the Flat Rock
team just wasn't clicking on de-
Tense.
Ray Ward pitched the last two
and a third innings for East Flat
Rock, struck out two men and
didn't allow a hit. He will per-
haps start the second game for
East Flat Rock.
The two teams meet again We'd
Inesday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock
at the same place-Balfour park.
A nominal admission is charged.
First game-score by innings:
Fletcher 900 800 301-7 10 /
lE. Flat Rock 900 OO1 O23-6 10 d
Baldwin and Case; Jackson,
Ward and E. Phillips.
Stars of first game:
E. Phillips-Singled in first in
ming, walked and scored in 9Th
doubled with bases loaded in 9tn
to score two men.
j. jackson-Struck out six of
first eight men to face him hit
two singles and drove in one run
| Z: Baldwin-Singled first time
up Tor first hit off Jackson, drove
IN two runs in fourth with double
and played nice game at third
M Bagwell-Doubled in 7th to
drive in two runs and played spec
tacular ball at short.
Garren-His bunt scored first
FIetcher run. Singled first time at
j. Baldwin-His assortment of