The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-08
End Half Opens With Up
set or Two With Holiday
Afternoon Contests
By EDGAR II. CASE

with all these 4th of July ball
games to tell about. But how in
the heck am | going re- start tell
ing it all? It's a Chinese puzzle.
Better than a dime novel. What
team is going to win the first
half. That's the mystery.
The situation might not have
been so puzzling at this time had
Mills River, one of the teams on
top rung, played Saluda Saturday
morning. But for some reason the
Riverians and the Mountain Top
pers did not mix in battle, while
Green River, BalfOur and WOW.
the three other teams still in the
race for first half hOnOrs, did
play ball. The result was that
Balfour defeated the Islanders
and WOW. won over Fletcher
and had Mills River played and
defeated Saluda the fight would
have been left between only Mills
River and WOW. But as It
stands now, if the Mountain Top
pers should play and defeat Mills
River, four teams, the Riverians,
Green River, Balfour and WOW.
would all still be in the race, with
WOW. fighting it out for pos
session of a protested game that
that has been credited to Baltour
in the league standings and Bal
four perhaps having to play
Fruitland in a game that was ur-
finished or ended in a tie. But 1t
is q big headache like it is, and
more ball will have to be played
before the thing is settled. A
baseball meeting will be held this
week to iron out things.
The second half got underway
in the afternoon of the 4th with
all teams in action and was mark
ed by an upset or two.
But for the morning games.
GREEN RIVER AT BALFOUR
The Islanders needed this game
to keep pace with Mills River and
WOW. - should either or both
win. But Balfour put up too
much resistance and hit too hard.
The outcome was Balfour y.
Green River s. 1t was real bat
tie. Swan and Thompson pitched
for the Islanders while Stewart
and ]. Capps hurled for Balfouf::
The loss puts the Islanders out OF
the running for the first half Il
Mills River is victorious over Sa-
luda.
WOW. AT FLETCHER
WOW. IL, Fletcher 6. 1t was
a ball game, gentlemen! WOW.
lust had to have it to stay in the
first half race. But did they get
a scare. Neal Moore started
against the town athletes and was
plenty fast. But a double by Will
iiams, a single by Brock and a
scorching three-bagger by Orr
produced two runs for WOW. in
the first.
Brothers was on the mound for
the Woodmen and Fletcher didn't
scratch until the third. In the
third they tied the score with two
singles and double. And in the
fourth the home team had the
white uniformed athletes dizzy
when they scored four times on
three hits and three walks. W. U.
w. was behind by 6 to 2 count
and was trying to forget about
the first half. But in the 5th, af-
fer two were out, singles by Will
liams, Brock and Orr and a home
run by LYDIA knotted the score at
Go. Garrett followed Lyda's hon.
er with a two-bagger and scored
a minute later when Manning hit
a roller through the infield that
was booted by the short stop. w.
o. W. got another marker in the
sixth when Brothers singled and
Williams tripled for his fourth
straight hit. The 7th produced 3
more tallieS for the Woodmen
when LYDIA singled, Manning trl-
pied, Flicker singled and Houston
banged out a double.
Brothers pitched a great game,
holding Fletcher to two singles
and no runs during the last five
innings. LYDIA played sensation
al game at second for w. o. w.
while Garrett and Manning star
rad in the outer garden. w. o. w.
kept up it's terrific hitting by
smashing out II safe drives, z Of
which were of the extra base va
riety. Fletcher's only extra-base