The times-news., 1936-09-28
MILLS RIVER
LIFTS final
GAME, SERIES
MilIers Defeated 4 to ! as
One of Greatest Ball
Gatherings Looks on
Bv EDGAR II. CASE

Little Boy Blue come -OOL' = '1''
horn, Little BO Peep forge; those
Deskv lost sheep and iOln the ceIe-
Erating throng. The Mills River
Farmers have been back to town,
and the Farmers have Won the
county league baseball crown
From along the fertile, level
stretches out on French Broad
River and Mills River the Farmers
came. led by their &Stute manager.
/ 7 Wilson. They came To the
Hendersonyille high school athletic
field 10 meet the powerful Green
pivcr NGllcrs. MANAGE by W. r.
Bates. in the fifth and final game
ns the championship series. Ana
,brough the might and main anG
ritcb;ng cunning in the powerful
I;gb+ arm of johnny Jackson,
need ball king of the league, ana
by virtue of some timely hl;tiHZ
and brilliant defensive Work, the
FaTn,ers carried the champion
shin crown back to the land wn"rr
rntatoes. corn. caDba@rS ana
pumpkins grow and where honey
bnes hum induStTiouSly over IN"
clover fields. ,,.,, L..
m score before perhaps tnr,
biggest crowd that ever gathered
in the HcnderSonville park Tor an
athletic event. And it was the
brilliant. sparkling, sclntIllat'n%
superb pitching of Johnny Jackson
that turned the mighty Green
Riyer team back and put the nran
pickers on top Of the world. Jack
Som hurled one of the finest games
of his career. He held the hard
hitting MillerS to 7 scattered hItS
and should have had clean shut
Hut But a single bobble in the
infield. the only poor play Of the
6av in the 9Th frame after two
men had walked gave the Green
River team their lone marker ana
without the aid Of a hit.
But here's how the Farmers ana
the Nillers scored.-Hill was on
tbe mound for Green River. ne
gave the Farmers a duck egg IN
fhp first. but i'm the second hrG-
ward lashed. a triple to right tIelu;
b. Corpcning promptly Iala
down a roller to first and BreVard
crossed the plate while Smith was
retiring Corpening. II was the
first run Of the day and the only
tallv in that frame. But alter
Jackson had famed, Crisp triple.
to right field and tried to score
on.it But Erwin burned the. ball
m Cannon who shot it 10 Hill on
the third base line and Hill pegged
4 70 Harris at home plate VINO
drobped it, picked 1t up. leaped
and gagged Cyisp sliding IN. 1t was
thriking. fastNaction.
The Farmers rang up another
marker in the 9TH. Jackson flied
ont To Erwin. but Crisp drove one
of Hills pitches over left tleld
fence for a home run. The 9th
stanga saw Manager Wilson's po-
tatol diggers gain 3 to . lead on
the thread SpinnerS.
Staton led off with two-bag-
GER, Taylor hoisted a fly to Sar-
GEM at short, but Clark singled
down the first base line, sending
Station home and the pumpkins
were smiling on the vines out on
French Broad.
But il was the 9Th that gave the
MilJers their first and only tally.
Sargent popped out to Gibbs.
Farmer catcher. Crosland walked,
Harris drove fly TO Bryson IN
center. Cannon walked, sending
Crosland to second. High then hit
a grounder 70 Clark at short.
Clark tossed the ball TO. Brevard
at second to force Cannon for the
third out. BMt the toss was bad
and Brevard missed the bali.
Crosland Scamuered home while
Brevard was chasing the ball.
jackson again found the