The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-04-27
BALL SEASON
IN AUSPICIOUS
OPENING HERE
Green River Beats WOW.
a to 3 In Thrilling Game;
Boys losses First
SALUDA. FLETCHER
MILLS RIVER WIN
Bv EDGAR II. CASE

The skies were slightly overcast
Saturday afternoon and a crisp.
invigorating breeze stirred, hut it
was ideal baseball weather and
the Henderson county baseball
league got off to IN suspicious
start when all eight teams went
through nine innings Of action.
The gaines were well attended,
big crowds turning out every
where, giving assurance that the
league is going to be quite popn-
lar this year. And, us whole,
the initial contests of 1886 were
quite pleasing and gave promise
of Il thrilling first half race.
w. o. w. AT GREEN RIVER
Perhaps the best game Of the
day was staged at Green River
between the Green River Island
erS and the w. 0. w. (WOOdmen
of the World) team of Hender-
Sonville. The Islanders, with every
break seeming to go their way,
emerged from the game victorious
by q to 3 score.
But the game was preceded by
formal ceremonies which included
the raising of the United States
flag and 4 short talk by R. w.
Boys, president of the Green
River Manufacturing company.
Mr.. Boys threw out the first ball
and the game was on.
p. Thompson took the mound
for the ISLANDERS and held the
W. o. W. scoreless in their half
of the first.
w. Brothers was the w. 0. WIS
pitching choice and he took the
mound. But. while pitching great
ball, three errors by his team
mates in the very first frame gave
the Islanders two unearned runs.
However the w. O. w. came
back with a bang in the second
inning to score three runs on two
base hits by Brothers and Bar
nette and Il single by Orr. But
right there the scoring stopped
and the contest became a pitch
er's battle between Brothers and
Thompson, with Thompson giving
way to Swan in the fifth inning.
Swan finished the game in spec
tacular style, showing lot of
stuff and not allowing a single
lun, although he was touched for
q triple by Williams in the eighth.
But Williams was called out for
failing TO touch second base, de-
priving the w. o. w. of a chance
to make a run that was later much
needed.
Brothers continued to pitch
! great ball until the Sth inning.
But in the eighth, p. Jones, pinch
hitting for Ward, singled. He was
caught off first and tagged out.
But 3. Vaughn followed with a
single and A. Vaughn sent him
home with a triple to tie the
score. Swan struck out, but Jar
Wis smashed a grounder to third
and A. Vaughn scored what
proved to be the winning run
when A. Manning, w. o. w. third
baseman, threw the ball too high
to Hendrix at first.
Each team collected eight hits,
and the w. o. w. made errors
to 8 for the Islanders.
A. Vaughn got triple, double
and single for Green River.
Orr and Barnette each got two
hits for w. o. w.
The Green River team is outfit
ted in brand new suits, stream
lined and set to go places in 1886.
But by every spin Of the wheel
Brothers should have scored a
victory over the Islanders for
w, O. w. Saturday afternoon.
FLETCHER AT BALFOUR
The second best game of the
dav was staged at Balfour be-
| tween Balfour and Fletcher.
Fletcher won the contest by a 6
to 2 score but was outhit II to 7.
Some poor base-running cost
Balfour heavily. But Fletcher
played its usual bang-up game
behind the fine pitching of N.
Moore and walked away with vic
tory No. l.
Balfour used three moundsmen
-Wilburn, Hammonds and Stew
art. Stewart was most effective.
He also led the team at bat, get
ting two doubles.
CHIPMAN-LaCROSSE
AT SALUDA
Chipman-La Crosse, which went
nv the name of East Flat Rock in
I935, and the Saluda Mountain
Toppers engaged in a wild and
wooiy SUGGEST at Saluda, which
the Mountain Toppers. more used
70 finding and retrieving the ball
in deep hollows and on steep
mountainsides, won by a IL to G
Both teams knocked the bal
over everything around the imme-
date vicinity. including the state
highway, the Tense, garage and
the high school gymnasium. But
the Mountain Toppers got most
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