The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-06-14

TrE ingalls, Shipsarc baseball
team swept through their series Of
games with 8 pair Of Mobile teanaA
curing the past week end soaring
two victories Nnc tying Il game
Or Saturday afternoon Ingalls,
scored . : 70 victory IN the first
game Of 5 dossble header with the
Alabama Dry Decks team, and the
second was called because Of DARK
ne2 with the score ceAdlocked }
10 , AZ the end OF the seventh sun
day afternoon are strong MRsbis
Bakery team invaded the ingalls,
PARK and was defeated IN an X
citing contest. 4 20 3
The games wsre scheduled ak part
OF the celebration IN connection with
the launching OF the 8 S Exche-
Quer.
The Alabama Drydocks team dre~
first blood In tie opening game
scoring their lone tally H. the third
inning Their score came when
Moulds. shoFtStop raped cut q
double and then scored when Babos
followed up with q clean drive into
the outfteid which vent for = single
Striekief or the mound for the
Dockers was pretty much the master
or the Situation until the last OF
the fourth when the Ship5uileerE
solved his offerings and lambasted
the ball 70 the far oornerx Of the
lot and WREN the smoke cleared
away they had scored five taliies.
Both pitchers settled down 70 do
some nice hurting. jackson doing
the rubber duties for the ingalls,
team. turned in a splendid per-
Torrance and only once did he get
himself IN trouble. that was In the
seventh but he managed 70 pull out
before any serious damage vas done
He had q total of nine strtkeouts
TO hts credit.
In the last Of the eighth. Stricken
again weakened and scoring another
taliey when Fountain vino started
the first rally with q double. singled
and advanced on Putman's hingle
Their scored on Jackson's single.
For good measure the Shipbuild-
ers added another run IN the ninth.
when Lumpkin singled and was
brought around by his mates.
Score by innings: r H Z
Drydocks 00l 600 000-1 7 4
ingalls, 900 500 Ilx-7 Is /
The lineupS
The hne-ups: Drydocks-WatSon.
3b; Moulds. IS. Babbs. ID: Young.
CT: Steadman. %; Lee. RI: Wilcox.
II: Fails. c. Stricken. p. TngRls-Saw-
yer, IS. Graves, %: Fountain. ID.
Putnam. CT; Basenberg. c: Jackson.
p. r. Lumpkin. IF: Payne. II; @
Lumpkin. 80.
Summary Two base hits. Moulds.
Babbs. Lumpkin, Fountain. Left on
bases. Drydocks. 8; Ingalls,. 7. Bases
on balls. off jackson, 4. Stricken Q.
Tie Night Cap
The Drydoeks came back with a
vengeance in the programs night
cap and only by batting with all
their serength did the Shipbuilders
manage TO deadlock the count 3 70 ;
at the end of the seventh inning.
The Dockers opened up BY taking
q oae-run lead In the opening frame.
However. the shipbuilders came
back TO tie up the count. Mcleod
on the mound for the 6~hipburlders
retired the Dockers via the strike
out route In the first OF the Sec
ond and only by headsup playing
were the Dockers shut out from
crossing the home plate.
In the first of the third. the Dock
ers again took the lead. by scor-
ing again off a double BY Babbs and
q single by Steadman. In the last
Of the fifth the Shipbuilders again
connected with a double by Nc
Leod and q triple by jackson to
take the lead which they held only
for q short time as In the opening
OF the sixth Steadman's single was
backed up by Young's double to tie
up the count Neither was able to
score before darkness set in.
Mcleod hurled q masterfui game
for the Dockers. having II strike
outs to his credit during the game
and issued only two free passes as
against six strikeouts and four
walks.
The Shipbuilders showed 3 power
ful batting attack with jackson get
ting q triple and Basenberg. Nc
Leod and r. Lumpkin getting
doubles. The only extra base hit
by the DockerS was a double by
Young.
Score BY innings: r II Z
Drydocks lof O0I o@2 S l.
ingalls, 100 O2O O-s 8 2
The ltneups; Drydocks-watson.
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