The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-08
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: CULLINGs
By EDGAR II. CASE


to this hombre Baltour an"
WOW. in the cellar Mills
River and Saluda undefeatr,a!
Things can't 60 on like TINS
. Mills River may be the ozark
horse" of the league and Saluda,
with it's lineup of high school
boys, may continue to win
Both teams appear to have some
thing But how about BaItouI
with its string of players tnai
performed in the Industrial
league last year, Chipman-La La
Crosse, 1885 champions, Fletcher
winner of the first half in 1852
WOW, with the best players III
Hendersonville and Green RIVER
revamped and streamlined, deter
mined and ambitious????
Then there's Fruitland, which can
be tough and may be tough
Wouldn't be surprised to see
things evened up throughout the
loop in the next few weeks
Then real fight for first hall
honors will begin Still looks
like a great year for the county
league.
But the biggest surprise of the
county league so far, has been
the pitching of Gilreath of the
Saluda Mountain Toppers. After
being shunted around from team
to team in the loop during the
past few years, he has got his due
chance with the Mountain Top
pers and has apparently already
made good by turning in two neat
victories over Chipman-LaCrosse
and WOW. in just two starts. He
looked like a real conner against
WOW. Gilreath is a left handler
and uses the screw-ball effective
ly on right handed hitters ,.
Another port-sider who has twlrl-
ed two nice games only to lose
both, is Brothers of the WOW
team. Green River beat him 4 to
3, mostly on errors and Saluda
beat him 4 to 8 mainly through
the loose play of his teammates
and tough decision by the UNI.
pire that deprived his team OF
two runs And perhaps the
best hitter in the loop is A.
Vaughn of Green River. He hits
any kind of pitching any old day
Jumping to the short stop
position, .Barnette of WOW.
looks like the class of the circuit
And they are saying that Sor-
rells of Fletcher is the best first
baseman in the loop . But we'll
know more about The boys later.
There is no doubt about it
The Cincinnati Reds are enter,
tanning bold intentions in regard
to who cops the National League
pennant in 1886 And If their
pitching holds up the hilly town
may see part of the big series -
Look at those Red pitchers-Lee
Slime, AL Hollingsworth, Glen
Schott, Paul Derringer, Nelson,
Johnson and perhaps another one
or two :. And behind these fin
gers is a lineup well balanced with
seasoned, experienced veterans
and fast and ambitious young
sters Watch the Reds E. But
how are they going to outdistance
the Cubs with Warneke, Lee,
French, Carleton and OF h e 7
moundsmen going great and
Chuck Klein hitting? The
Giants and Cards are having
tough Shedding The Reds
themselves have been treating the
Terrymen rather rudely and, it's
hardly according to Hoyle, but
the Boston Bees have been sting
ing the Redbirds But there
are the poor Dodgers who get
shut out every other day and lose
between times The Pirates
are holding their own AMI the
Phillies are not so bad And,
coming to individuals. don't you
suppose Carl Hubbell feels rather
piqued toward his teammates
They let the Cardinals and Par
melee beat him 2 to l in II in
nings and on his next time out
failed to get him a single run
against Lee Slime and the Reds,
letting him lose 1 to 0 . But
there are several veteran hurlers
in the National who are doing
well, including Ray Benge and
Danny MacFayden of the Boston
Bees, Hallahan of the Cards and
Weaver and Hoyt of the Pirates
In the American League the
Boston Red Sox are stealing the
show Yves Terrell and Bob
Grove are battling each other for
shut out victories . Can't see
any team hating the Red Sox
Behind them the Yankees and In