The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-26
MILES RIVER
ACANLEADS
Four Teams Are Now Tied
for Second in the
=" County Loop
Nv EDGAR II. CASE

The Mills River RiyelianS again
took the lead in the county league
first half race Saturday afternoon
by soundly trOuncing the strong,
tough and ready Green River IS
landers from down near placid
Lake Summit by q 10 to 9 score
at Mills River while Saluda and
Crosse were losing to
Eahfour and Fletcher respectively.
The game between the two
"Piyer" teams was mostly a loose
" played free hitting contest. with
Mills River swatting the ball hard.
far, wide and most often. The NJ.
p athletes registered ~ safe
6ineles and made eight errors,
while the Islanders had only o hits
and seven miScueS afield. Goode
for the home team had a perfect
day at the plate. getting i've
straight hits. ,
Jacobs started on the mound
for the RiverianS but was relieved
by Taylor after pitching to 4
batSmen.
The Islanders used three
monndsmen. Swan, Thompson and
smith. but could not silence the
heavy bats of the husky RiverianS,
who were in their old-time nvlncl-
form.
FLETCHER -.
Fletcher captured position IN
rhe fourGway tie for second place
in the. loop. standings with Green
River. Chipman-LaCrosSe and Sa-
mda by defeating Chlpman-La
Crosse 9 to 1 at Fletcher.
Fletcher scored first, In the
fourth frame when Wilkle doubled
10 drive ia two runs. The former
champs Registered three more
markers I'M the fifth and added the
final two IN the seventh.
The 1885 champs from Fast
Flat Rock and Chipman-laCroSSe
Tailed three times in the elghth
ON an error. q double BY b. CappS
and a home run by V. Drake.
V. Drake and Hill started at the
Mate for the losers, while b. Case,
Justice and Wilkie led IN hitting
for the home team. Wilkie had
triple i'm his collection of hits.
!. II. Baldwin and Tweed pitched
for Fletcher. f.. Phillips went the
route on the mound for Chapman
Lacrosse. e.
Bagwell hit home run for
Fletcher. -.s:...
SALUDA AT BALFOUR
BalfOur chalked uD victory No.
| bv defeating the Saluda Noun
tain TopperS by u 4 tOr5 score at
Ralfour, pulling the Polk coun-
tians down into the fOm-way tie
for second place s.. .. w
The .Balfour team, exhibiting a
marked Improvement over past
showingS. had entirely too much
mower at bat for the Mountain
Toppers, outhitting them Ia TO y.
The Mill boys also played tighter
ball afield than did the visitors,
committing only two errors to five
for their opponents. -.
B. Crisp and ]. Capps led IN
hitting for Balfour, with Crisp
eetting four hits out of five trips
TO the plate and Gapps getting
three for five. Egerton hit home
run for Saiuda and Laughter had
two hits for. four times up r,s:r =,
Ash pitched for Balfours and
Ward went the roate for Saluda.
WOW. AT FRUITLAND
Out. in full force. determined
and confident, the WOW, team
hit it's stride at FruitIaHd Satur-
day afternoon, routing. the Fruit
land team 81 to 6 in q weird, four
hour affair that was called at the
end of the sixth inning with Fruit
land hopelessly beaten.
There isn't much more to say
about the game. But perhaps the
heroes of the battle were the w.
0.W. coacher and the score keep
err. ~ ..
The WOW. coacher waved w.
0.W. runners around the bases
antil his arm got lame but stayed
right on in there waving. And the
ScOrekeeper had Just as tough q
job marking down scores, but did
not COMPLAIN. -..... ~.
But WOW. sewed up the game
in the very first frame when the
white-smted athletes scored nine
times on eight hits. Il walk and an
error. They got five more in. the
second, three in the third and six