The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-13
UPSETS MARK PLAY IN CAPE FEAR
CR0WNMEN WHIP
HI-KAPPAS CLUB
Pepsis Climb In League With
1911 Win Over Leland;
Athletics, Purol Wins
BY r. j. POWELL

the league ledQlIlS Ill-rAdppoS dllu
Leland clubs went down in defeat
before the Royal Crown and Pepsi
Colas by scores of 6-5 and 1871 re-
spectively and the Athletics rang
the. bell for the first time this seas
on with a 14-10 win over the favor
ed Masonboro team.
In the other game of the day the
Purol Bluebirds vanquished the
Jackson-Bell nine Z to 6.
Rally In Ninth
Although outhit, II to 9, the re
outfit rallied in the ninth to pull the
game out of the fire and hand the
frat nine its first defeat Of the cam
paign. Johnnie Edens, on the mound
for the winners, was hit hard and
often but managed to wiggle out of
several jams during the course of
the battle.
Lefty Hatchel, making a surprise
start for the visiting fraternity club,
allowed four hits and two runs dur.
ing the five innings he worked.
Mintz went in for the losers at the
start Of the sixth and hurled until
the ninth when he was relieved by
Jim Bullock. Smith and Wilson shar.
ed catching duties for Skeet James
gang. and Hobbs and Macdonald
worked behind the bat for the Hi.
Kappas.
The Kappas scored one in the
opening chapter to take an early
lead, but the home team came back
in the next frame to knot the score
at one-all. They pulled in front
with a two run spree in the sixth.
Four hits gave the Hi-Kappas four
markers in the seventh and then
came the game winning ninth in
ming rally.
Johnnie Edens, with two for three,
and Rowan, with two for four, led
the Cola attack. Mintz, PEPPER, Bull
lock. and Bradshaw garnered two
apiece for the fraternity team.
Allen Stars
Making his first start Of the seas.
on. Snag Allen set the hitherto I'm.
beaten Lelanders down with only
three hits while his mates were
combing three Brunswick hurlere
for IA base knocks for their lop-
sided victory. Allen was in his old
form, tanning II and walking none.
He also combined efforts with Red
Paige to pace the Pepsi attack. This
win pulled the PCS up into a three
way tie with Leland and the Hi
Kappas for first place.
With newly-acquired Fletcher Pin.
er on the slab, the AS showed new
life as they raped out 10 safeties
off a brace Of Masonboro fingers for
their first win of the season. Piner
whitfield eight and walked two.
Lefty Johnnie Hines started for
the Ramblers and was touched for
IL hits during the six innings he toll
ed. E. Farrow and J. Todd followed
Hines on the rubber for the losers.
The catchers were Baton for the
AS and Buck Tyre for the home
club.
With four for five, Piner showed
the way in for the Athletics at the
bat. ]. Brown trailed with two for
four. Johnnie Hines paced the Ma
sonboro team with the stick, hit
ting two out of four trips to the
plate. ]. Todd tripled for Masonboro.
Masonboro broke the Ice with a
seven run uprising in the second
round, added one more in the next
inning and one each in the eighth
and ninth. The AS big inning was
the seventh when they hit the pay
station eleven times.
Purol Triumphs
Three runs in the eighth frame
enabled the Bluebirds to overcome
the JB's an d thereby push tbs
Printers into %undisputed possession
of last place.
Headon Piner went the distance
for the Purol team, granting nine
hits while tanning 8 and WALKING
three. Red Miller started on the slab
for the Printers and Was touched
for eight base blows and four runs
until he was replaced on the hill in
the eighth by Lappy Williams, who
went the rest Of the way. Beasely
was the Purol receiver and Coving.
ton worked behind the plate for the