The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-02
KAPPAS, RAMBLERS
SCORE TRlUMPHS
CrOwnmen Hold Two Game
Lead Over MasonbOro; Hurl-
ing Features Games
. BY r. j. POWELL

Alright pitching cropped up in the
Cape Fear Baseball association yes
terday afternoon with the league
Purol Bluebirds Sd while the Hi
Kappas were continuing their cur
rent victory march with a nerve
racking 1 to 0 shutout over the
Athletics.
: The Masonboro Ramblers edged
out the Jackson Bell Printers, 81.
Yates Hawkins ninth inning slash
ing drive to center scoring Lappy
Williams who had doubled turned
defeat into sweet victory for the
|Crownmen which enabled the res
to maintain their two-game advan-
tage over the rest of the pack. Up
until the final chapter the tilt was
a nip-and-tuck thriller with the score
changing hands several times and
went into the ninth knotted.
Lappy Williams started on the
slab for the res allowing six hits
while whiting eight and walking
one. Johnnie Edens relieved Will
liams in the middle of the sixth, and
held the opposition hitless, but grant
ed two runs on errors. Charles Edens
was the Crown catcher.
Piner Wild
Wildness marred the performance
of Headon Piner, who was the chunk.
er for the Purol aggregation. Piner,
Ctoo6i1u o11nuYnd 0r1yy rSre
hits but issued no less than seven
free passes. Six strikeouts were
marked up in favor of Piner. James
Baker a the Bluebird receiver. In
the hitting division, Hawkins paced
the res with three for five while
Manship and Reese topped the Purol
entry with two hits apiece.
One-Hitter
The Observation-Disclosures affair at
Hilton was one of those rarely wit
messed dream games, featured by
the sterling pitching performances
turned in by the AS Victor Gore and
the Kappas Jimmy Mintz. The &c.
centric Gore was the shining light
of the game although he was on the
losing side. The fiery Highlander
held the frat nine hitless and score
less for six happy innings and then
the charm was broken. Captain
Oscar Flowers, first up in the tilt
winning seventh chapter, slapped a
clean single to left field and prompt
ly stole second and went to third
on Catcher Batton's error. Charles
Cherry's hot smash that was juggled
by Walter Stokely sent the Hi-Kap-
pas field general SQUIRTING cross the
pan with the only tally in the game.
Gore famed nine and walked two.
Meanwhile on the other side of
the picture, Mintz, with the able
support of eight other fraternity men
limited the AS to six singles, and
pitched brilliantly in the pinches to
keep the S. A. c. boys from the pro-
mise land although they came close
several times. Mintz whitfield eight
and passed five.
A. B.. Baton caught for the Ath-
letics and Austin Mcdonald worked
behind the bat for the Hi-Kappas
who advanced into fifth place in the
loop standings.
Rally In Ninth
Going into the ninth on the short
end of a rs count, the Masonboro
Ramblers coupled two hits and one
error to pull the game out of the
five with a three u uprising. James
Todd's long clout was a leading fac
tor in the winning spree.
Ed Farrow started on the mound
for the Ramblers but was replaced
by Bobby Edwards in the eighth,
while Elmo Reese went the distance
for the Jackson Boilers. Hardee was
the JB's catcher and Adrian Rhodes
caught for the winners. The Jack
sol Bell Businessman, Albert
Thomas his for the circuit to take
the batting honors.
STANDINGS