The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-19
SALUDA And
BALFOUR WIN
Former Lone Claimants to
Top Rung as Play,
JBy EDGAR II. CASE

After two weeks of rest, en-
forced by rain. and soft diamonds,
all the county league baseball
teams got back into action Satur-
day afternoon and resumed the
fight for second half honors. The
main result was, the Saluda Noun
tain Toppers from down IN Polk
county toppled over Mills River
IL to 5, thus winning their fifth
straight game in the second half
and gaining sole possession of the
top rung. The win was chalEed up
at Mills River while the Green
River Islanders, previously unde-
feated, were losing to Balfour.
The Polk county team won the
contest through hitting hard anu
timely behind the effective pitch
ing of Fred Pace, their husky
smoke-ball finger. No further de-
tails of the game nave been re-
GREEN RIVER AT BALFoUR
Balfour 6, Green River 3. 1t
was a good game, but H. Taylor's
pitching and the hitting OF b.
Crisp and his mates was too much
for the Islanders.
Taylor pitched very nice game
while B. Crisp had a perfect day
at bat, getting four straight hlts'
two of which were OF the extra
base variety.
Green River used three mounds
men, Swan, Smith and Thompson
The loss dropped the Islanders
into second place, one game pc
hind the pace setting Saiuua
Mountain Teppers.
FRUITLAND AT
CHIPMAN-LaCROSSE
Chipman-LaCrosse 16, Fruit
land Is. 1t went 10 innings. That
was the kind of a ball game 1t
was. Hitting hard and running
fast. Keeping the seore-keeper
and umpires busy and the 1ans
bowling for more runs. But the
contest was a thriller in one re-
spect. Fruitland got away to a IL
10 O lead in the first six frames.
But Chipman-LaCroSse got ousy
and started whiting down the
huge lead. - -,
The result was the mill boys
drew up at the end of the 9Th IN
Is to Is tie with the visiting
nine. Here ]. Jackson, smoke oali
king of the league, went to the
mound for Chipman-LaCrosSe. ne
Quickly disposed of three Fruit
land batters by striking them out.
Then he got a turn at bat with
two mates aboard. He promptly
doubled and the game was over as
a Chipman-LaCrosSe runner cross
ed the pan. c.n
Zones, Maxwell and Griffin
pitched for Fruitland. Griffin hit
a home run.
w. o. w. AT FLETCHER
w, O w. got back into the win
column by taking this one by a
TO I score. 1t was very, very
close to shutout for the Woodmen.
Two hits in the final frame and
wild heave in from left field by
E, Case produced the lone tally
for the home team.
But neither team was out IN 1uii
force. The Woodmen were minus
SIX of their regular players, but
managed to find requirements
that did a nice job of winning.
But the Fletcher team was far be-
low standard, having only a few
regulars on it. Nevertheless, the
game was pretty tight.
Tweed, a young left handler, was
on the mound for the Fletcher
nine and pitched very creditabls
game all the way through.
He struck out several men and
made it hard for WOW. to score.
On the other hand, WOW. sent
a new twirler to the mound IN
Conner, a slender right handler.
Conner had a lot of stuff on the
ball and kept the Fletcher boys
hitting weak rollers to the infield
or striking out. He gave up only
seven safe blows.
B. Caps was vows leading
hitter. He drove out two doubles.
The win was vows third of
the second half and Fietcher's
fifth straight loss.