The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-31
PEBS LIFT two
FROM MEMPHIS
Chicks Hope of Climbing
Back to Lead in Series
Dashed
By UNITED PRESS

The Slugging jobs from Little
Rock blasted Memphis for a dou-
bic victory in double header
Sunday as they opened Il crucial
series" for the Southern ASSocia-
tiOn lead.
The victories, by > to , and II
to 4 scores. gave the PebS a safe
advantage and dashed Memphis
hope of climbing back into the
leadership i'm this series,
Kola Sharpe did the mound
work for the leaders in the open
er, scattering eight hits so eff
GENTLY the Chicks were able to
drive in single markers only in
the fourth and ninth innings. Al
Benton, the Memphis ace, and
Wetherell, hurled for the Chicks,
yielding between them two less
hits than Sharpe gave up. But the
PebS turned them into five runs.
In the seven-inning final, Mid
kiff held Memphis scoreless until
the sixth. The Chicks rallied to
drive i'm one run in that Stanza
and two in the last of the final
inning, but it was too late. The
Pebs had pounded Doyle, wether-
ell and Spencer for 10 hits and ii
runs and never were headed after
spending two runs flying in in the
first inning. Midkiff gave up only
eight hits.
Knocking off New Orleans in
both ends of a double bill, the
booming BaronS from Birming-
ham climbed over the Pelicans to
take possession of third place.
The scores were CD and Al.
Banked by Kalcrncr'S SlantS for
seven innings in the first tracaS,
Birmingham came suddenly to
life. to drive him and Capdeville
from the mound and smash in five
runs. They topped it off by scor-
ing one more off Butzman in the
ninth. collecting a total of Ii hits
for their six markers. CoombS
went the distance for the Barons,
giving up - safeties.
New Orleans scored once in the
first inning of the finale, but
from there out, Hutchings had the
Pels under control and BANKED
them, permitting but nine hits.
Birmingham got to HUMPHREYS
for seven hits and four runs for
the edge. 49,,
Nashville split a twin bill with
Chattanooga. They licked the
Lookouts ~ to ) in the first
game. continuing the wild batting
that marked last weeks series
with Atlanta, but dropped the
nightcap. 4-5 when it was halted
in the sixth by darkness. Driving
in seven runs in the first two in
nings of the opener, the Vols gave
Ray Starr n safe lead and he
coasted in. holding the Lookouts
to nine safeties. Weinert and Jess
Petticolas were nicked for a
dozen.
The Lookouts drove in their
winning run in the final inning IN
the nightcap, after Nashville had
tied it up in the fifth. Banner
and Sauerbrun set down the Vols
with six hits.
The lowly Knoxville Smokes
came to life to sock it to the sag
gingf Crackers for two victories
10 to 9 and 8 to 3. The first
battle was anybody's from the
start, with the Smokes pulling it
out of the fire in the 10th. At
lanta collected Is hits off Win
ston and Hudson, but were unable
to convert them when they needed
to. Trexler and Beckman hurled
for Atlanta, giving up Ia.
A four-run rally in the fifth in
ming of the seven-inning final
game gave the Smokes their sec
ond decision. Chapman, Hudson
and Heintzleman held Atlanta to
four hits but it was a free-forall
until the smokes got the range.
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