The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-06-30
2 RIVERIANS
TIED FOR TOP
COUNTY RUNG
Mills River, Green River
at Grips in Sizzling
Contest
By EDGAR H. CASE


things. Four teams are still in
the race with only the morning
games of July 4th left to play to
complete the first half schedule.
A loss for Mills River, league
leaders, Saturday and win for
Green River threw those two
teams into a tie for top position,
each having won 7 and dropped
3. But right behind the two River
| teams, with 6 wins and games
recorded in the lost column, one
of which is to be played over, is
wow. the terrible Woodmen
team of Hendersonville. And
should WOW. win its morning
game July 4th and go on to beat
Balfour in the play-off of that
game recorded in the lost column,
it would be certain to gain q tie
for first place, even if both the
River teams win their last con-
test.
Balfour, while still in the race,
is less hopeful. Both Mills River
and Green River must lose July
4th while Balfour wins everything
left on the docket, which includes
the game with WOW. and an I'M
finished game with Fruitland.
But next Saturdays games will
chart the direction of the wind
pertaining to county league mat
tiers.
Last Saturdays games:
| MILLS RIVER AT WOW.
Mills River 9. WOW. 10. The
Riverians came to town but they
did not go to town as many eX-
pected. On the contrary, they top
pied before vows big guns
like a falling tower. The scores
tell the story. Batting hitting.
Devastating, pitcher numbering,
team demoralizing hitting. Vicl-
Gus. concentrated, relentless hit
ting.
Singles, doubles, triples. home
runs. From the lead-off man right
on through the batting order.
Every man killing the ball. Muir
ders' row in action. That sums
| it up in a nut shell for WOW.
| 1t was the Woodmen's fourth win
! in a row. 1t kept them right in
| the middle of the race. for first
| half honors. And they are deter
mined to fight right down to the
finish, realizing that as long as
they continue TO win they can t
| be beat out.
| But back to the game.
Little can be said about the
! pitching. 1t was a good tonic for
rundown, debilitated batting
! averages. f. Case, WOW. score
keeper, pitched the first inning
| for WOW. and gave up one run.
NJ. Rhodes started for Mills River
and gave up one run in the first
stanza. But at the beginning OF
the second, w. Brothers, Van
Lingle Mungo of the WOW;
pitching staff, had been rounded
up, carried to the park and was ca
| ioled to supplant E. Case on the
mound. The Riverians greeted
him with three hits and three
runs and duplicated the feat IN
the third frame. But Rhodes
turned out to be a good cousin to
WOW. in the second inning, CIV
ing up six hits, two walks and d
runs. Taylor relieved Rhodes, but
looked like a double cousin a III
tie later when he gave the town
boys 7 runs in one frame.
Brothers got along better after
the third inning, but let Houston
twirl the final frame:
Tom LYDIA, Joe DiMaggo OF ne
county league, was vows lead
ing hitter, getting four safe blows
two of which were home runs. :,
WOW. collected 27 hits in all
The Riverians smacked out Ia.
GREEN RIVER AT SALUDA
The islanders had to have this
one and went out to get IT III
big way. They BANKED the Noun
{ tain Toppers 9 to 0. swan was
the big star of the day. he gave
the Polk countians only 2 hits.
Pace and Ward pitched Tor ID
luda. But the Green River team
was too powerful to subdue. Inc
win put the Islanders right PACK
into a tie with Mills River 1or
first place.
BALE OUR AT CHAPMAN
LACROSSE
Balfour again. The score was
RaIfgour Is, Chipman-LaC Crosse
5. With more new players IN the
lineup, Balfour demonstrated us
power. And the team is too not
! for most of the other clubs IN the
county league.
Shuford and Hunter, two new
twirlers, worked on the mound
for Balfour. Both showed up
we'll. -, ,,J
E. Phillips and Gilreath hurled
! for C. L. ,-
B. Crisp and Fetner hit homers
for the winners. Shuttord had
hits out of four trips to the ruD-
Der. ~ c.
For Chipman-LaCrosse, Capps
and Gibbs hit well.
FLETCHER AT FRUlTLAND
Fletcher 3. Fruitland 2. 1t was
tight like that. Cobb Lyda, ana
his boys are still trying hard;
Might have beat FLETCHER hau
they not made a few errors. =
But Neal Moore pitched one 1 Oh
his best games for Fletcher ne
was almost invincible. II: oo'1es
twirled good ball for Frultiand.
Cobb is looking for a couple oS OF
good ball players for tne - se u1aH
half. See him if you want u pay
LEAGUE STANDINGS