The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-04
WOW. DROPS
GOSEONE TO
SALUDA, 41O3
Mills River and Saluda Oc-
cupy Top Of County
League
B~ EDGAR H. CASE


featured by terrific hitting and !
wild scoring. But when the cries
and wells of umpires and fans had
lied down and the dust had set
tied On the fields Of action, the
Mills River Riverians and the Sa-
i,,da Mountain Toppers were |
found securely perched side by |
side on the top rung Of the league
ladder, undefeated both.
But here's how they say it hap
Dened:
MILLS RIVER AT FLETCHER
The farming boys from the big
level stretches chalked up their
second consecutive victory by de-
featinc Fletcher on the latter's
own diamond by an impressive ID !
TO 10 score. The Riverians col
Iected Is sound base hits, regis
teriur their win over Fletcher
mainly through the potent power
in their bats after the home team |
had got away to 4 TO 0 lead IN
the first innings of the game.
Crook and GOode led in the at
tack on Fletcher moundsmen, /
each getting four safeties out OF
five trips to the rubber. Stewart I
cracked out a home run for the
same team.
On the other sheet of the score
book it was found that Fletcher
hammered out Ii safe blows but
was charged with eight mlscues
afield.
3. Case hit a homer for
Fletcher. /
Holden and H. Taylor worked
on the hill for the Riverians.
Fletcher's hurIers were H. Bald
win and H. Wilkie.
sALuDA AT WOW.
The SaIuda Mountain Toppers
from down in Polk county kept on
the win side of the ledger and
kept pace with the Mills River
clouters by spelling the opening
day at home for the natty uni
formed WOW. team by handing
it a to 3 licking in a tight and
thrilling game at the Henderson,
vile high school park.
Preceding the contest, Mayor A.
V. Edwards made short talk to
the fans, asking their moral sup
port Of the WOW. team, then he
walked out to the mound and
threw the first ball.
But the game became pitchers
hattie from the beginning, with
neither scoring until the fifth
frame
Gilreath, a chunky left handler,
was working on the. mound for the
Mountain Toppers and Brothers. !
another stOckv port-sider, had |
drawn the hurting assignment for
WOW. And full credit must go
to GiIreath for the Mountain Top
pers' win. He held the WOW: |
hitless until the fifth. inning and
gave I'D only five blows during
the entire game, four singles and
a home run.
But SaIuda drew first blood by
a tally across the pan III
the first half of the fifth when
Egerton singled after two were
out, went to second on a high
throw in by Orr, WOW. left
fielder and scampered home on
single by Holbert after Ward was
hit by pitched ball.
WOW. tied the score a few
minutes later on singles by Brock
and Houston, a fielder's choice by
Brothers and a long fly by A.
Manning which scored Houston.
SaIuda Tailed again in the
seventh on a single by Gilreath,
an error BIZ Barnette, WOW.
and a single by Ward.
In the ninth the Mountain Top
pers made the score 4 to in their
favor when they scored twice thru
virtue of a single by Foster, a
triple by Egerton and another
single by Ward. .-
But WOW. came within one
run of tying the score in their {
half of the final frame when
Brock hit a long home run over K
left field fence after Hendrix had /;
walked and Orr had struck out.
But Houston went out second to
first and Brothers struck out to
end the contest and give the
Mountain Toppers their second
straight win.
Brothers struck out 10 men for
WOW. while Gilreath whitfield 9
for Saluda. But Brothers was
for II hits by the Polk
,euntians. Egerton got triple
and a single and Gilreath a dou-
Die an da single. for the visitors '
while Ward and Holbert each had ,
;wo singles.
Brock led the WOW. in hit 7
ing, getting a single and home {
,un. go,
The Mountain Toppers played
srroreless ball behind Gilreath c
while WOW. committed three 7
niscues and played somewhat e
loosely behind the fine pitching I
If Brothers. t
A great crowd witnessed the
game. t
GREEN RIVER AT C
CROSSE h
Chipman-LaCrosse, playing on S
is home grounds, hammered the t.
ball to all sections of the park to
,verpower the tough Green River y
ISLANDERS by IL to 10 score. Q
The East Flat Rock aggregation 1
collected 1S hits. three of which n
we're home runs. re g. II
B. Westall drove out two four o
,ase plays for CT, while V. Drake r
accounted for the other round a
ripper. Hill also hit we'll for the =
Winners.
P. Jones hit homer with the
ases loaded for Green River. .
Both teams were somewhat err =
atio in. the field =