The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-15
FARMERS HOPE.
FOR COMEBACK.
IN CO. SERIES
To Play Again Saturday;
Sparkling Defense Marks
Dual Bill
By EDGAR n. CASE

county and the Henderson County
baseball league. The two teams
came TO the HenderSOuville high
school grounds Saturday after
noon, prepared for a double head
er. A goodly crowd filed through
the gates to see the yarn makers
and the potato growers exhibit
their wares. Mayor Edwards was
thereon the job. He spoke BRET
ly of expected baseball happenings
in the series and served up the
first pitch. Director Bill Bangs
was at bat and Director n. b.
Gibbs was behind the plate. Case,
league secretary and baseball
scribe was holding down the initial
sack. The mayors pitch sailed
over Catcher Gibbs head and ne,
Bangs, Gibbs and Case left the
field to the thread spinnerS and
the corn huskers and the jumps.
The Green River boys took the
game by a 5 to 2 score. A pretty
good ball game it was, hard fought
all the way through and featured
by some nice pitching and spark
ling defensive play.
Crosland, a neat made, nice
looking side arm thrower, was on
the mound for the Islanders. Aid
ed by a snappy double play, he
gave the Farmers a goose egg In
their half of the first Stanza. But
the boys from the big fertile level
stretches encountered trouble as
soon as they faced the yarn MAX
ers from out in the bright sun
light. Crook was their starting
moundsman. 1t was a big surprise
to everybody. 1t was a piece of
on the part of Manager
Wilson that didn't work. Crook
has never been a pitcher and there
are those who say he isn't yet. His
control was totally lacking. After
Egerton. Islander leadotf man,
popped out to Whitesides, Mills
River catcher, ne walked Sargent.
A. Vaughn hunted and was safe
on first when G. Corpening drop
ped Crooks throw to the initial
bag. High hit a grounder to Clark,
Mills River shortstOp and his
throw to first went into the spec
tators and Sargent and Vaughn
both scored while the ball was be-
ing returned to the infield and
thrown wildly about. High had
reached third and scored a minute
later on an inheld out, Crook to
Corpening. 1t was three runs with
out a hit.
In the second frame the Island
ers added another marker on a
single by B. Vaughn, stolen base
by Vaughn, a fielders' choice by
r. Erwin and an error on CrOs-
lands grounder to short. In the
third the Islanders got their fifth
and final tally on an inheld safety
by High, a walk issued to Pace, a
little loose infeld play on the part
of Mills River and a fielders'
choice by Smith. Here J. Jackson
relieved Crook on the hill. He
stopped the Islanders completely,
holding them to two harmless sim
giles and no runs during the rest
of the game. But the damage had
already been wrought and Jack
sons fine pitching went for
naught. The Farmers couldn't IA
Thorn Crosland's delivery and were
lucky to register two tallies. One
of these markers came in the 9TH
by virtue of walk issued to Tay-
lor, a sacrifice bunt laid down by
Goode and single by Whitesides.
The next tally was annexed IN
the 7th on a single by Taylor, an
other bunt by Goode and single
by Jackson.
The whole Green River team
played bang-up ball. Smith and
Sargent performed nicely in the
infeld while A. Vaughn's bare
handed catch of F. Corpening's
line smash to left field was the
fielding feature of the afternoon.
For Mills River, Bryson made a
number of sparkling catches in
the outer garden and Clark played
nice ball in the infeld.
The second game was a walk
away for the mill team. 1t was a
rout. The Farmers just couldn,
have any luck at all. Taylor took
the mound for them and the yarn
twisters started pounding the ball
They hit it with everything but
the water bucket, and it didn't
make much difference where they
hit it, the Mills River boys couldn't
seem to get their hands on it. II
was as elusive as the peas IN
Scotch soup. 1t jumped over their
heads in the infeld, scooted be-
tween the legs of the outhelders
or ducked before it got to them.
1t Just wasn't the Farmers day.
However hard they tried they
couldn't get going. They were
buried under an avalanche of runs
in the first two frames and their
fight was a hopeless uphill one.
Even when G. Corpening re-
heved Taylor on the mound the
Islanders continued to slug the
ball to all corners of the lot. They
drove out % hits, ten of which
were of the extra base variety.
Pace, Egerton and Sargent hit
homers.
On the other hand, the Farmers
could do little Extensively them
selves. Smith was on the mound
for the Islanders and was plenty