The times-news., 1936-05-12
Mills RIVER
ON TOP Rl)NG
Four Teams Tied fer Sec
ond Place After Satur-
Gag days Games =,
By EDGAR II. CASE.


their home grounds Saturday aft
ernoon while the Saluda Mountain
Toppers were losing to Green
River, the Mills River Riverians
grabbed first place III the county
league race.
Although the boys who listen to
the musical murmur Of the big
river doubled the score on W.O.
w., like the other games WOW.
has participated in and lost, the
contest out where the honey bees
buzz sweet song and make
plenty of clover blossom honey,
was a thriller, containing whole
heap Of sparkling baseball. But
perhaps the casual baseball fan
would toss most boquets Of praise
at the pitchers who worked in the
game, as each team COLLECTED only
six hits during the struggle.
Holden was the Riverian's start
ing moundsman. He gave up a
run in the first inning and another
marker in the second to. start w.
O.W. off with to 0 lead which
the white-suitcd athletes held un-
til two were out in the sixth in
ming.
Z. Case, making his debut for
WOW. on the hill, held the husky
Riverians to a lone scratch single
and no runs until two were out in
the sixth. But, after two were
away in that frame, three infield
errors, a bad throw and a two
base hit by Taylor, Riverian pitch
er, produced two runs. for Mills
River and Case was yanked and
H. Smith sent in to pitch. Smith
got Crook out to retire the side
with the score deadlocked 2-2. But
in, the seventh the RiverianS got
hits and walks enough off Smith
and Station, his successor on the
mound, to chalk up four more tai
lies and take a to 2 lead. Hous-
ton pitched the last inning and
did not, allow a hit.
On the other hand, Taylor re-
lieved Holden in the fifth for the
Riverians and held WOW. in
complete check until two were out
in the, ninth. After two were
down''in the final frame, and the
RiverfanS with victory No. 3 in
the bag, Barnette, WOW. short
stop, got W,O.W.'s inevitable third
run by smatking a long home run
to the territory beyond right field.
j. Case was ;W.0.W.'s leading
hitter, getting a double and a
triple. Barnette made several
beautiful stops in the infield.
Williams and Houston made
nice catches in the outer garden.
WOW, pulled one double play.
1t came in the sixth with runners
on both third and second and no
outs. A Riverian batter bunted
and the runner on third dashed
for home. But E. Case caught the
bunt and tossed it to thifd, retir-
ing two men. However the double
play did not keep Case in the box
as three miscues and a two-base I
hit followed, causing his downfall. |
wow. was again victim of |
SOME very putrid umpiring deei-
sions, which saw j. Case called out |
because he brushed a player
founding third after he had tripled
and the spectators telling Mr.. Ump |
where the Bali went and what to
call It on several occasions. Every
thing was called against WOW.
and the rotten, business has just
about got this holnbre's goat.
SAtUDA' AT GREEN RIVER,
The. SaludaA Mountain Toppers
.aSted defeat for the first time this
year: when the Greer. River Island
efs, down in the land Of '"big
plenty aqua whipped them 5 I'd 8
behind the sensational pitching of
Swan, their new hurler.
Swan struck out 19 batsmen
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