The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-19
.PEPSI-C0LA BEATS
LELANDERS, loT07
Purol Beats Jackson Bell, 7-3;
Ramblers Run Over Ath-
Ietics, 5 To l
BY r. j. POWELL

By r. j. POWELL
The high-geared Royal Crown
baseball outfit took over undisput-
ed leadership in the Cape Fear loop
yesterday by handing the Hi-Kappas
a sound trouncing, Z to 8.
Meanwhile, the Pepsi-Cola club OBJ
ligingly stopped the Leland Bears,
10 to Z.
In the other games of the day,
the Purol Bluebirds took over the
Jackson-Bell printers, Z to 3, and
the Masonboro Ramblers went
through the Athletics, S to 1.
Between pitcher Billy Pieper's in
ability to find home plate and catch
err Joe Cherry's inability to find the
ball, the Res had an easy time
rolling up five runs in the early
innings, which proved more than
enough margin to snow the frater-
nifty lads under.
Pieper started on the mound for
the Hi-Kappas, but this was not his
day, for in the three innings he
pitched, he was touched for five
runs on five safeties and handed the
res seven passes to first base. In
the third three opposing runners
scored from third on pass balls when
the Hi-Kappa out-of-position back
stopper lost the agate.
Two other Hi-Kappa pitchers were
pressed into service in an effort to
quell the re 11-hit b~ombardment'
Ed Lewis took over for the fourth
frame and was nicked for n single.
Charles Cherry worked on the slab
from the fifth on and granted the
other Crown scores on five base
knocks. Oscar Flowers relieved
| Cherry behind the bat in the fourth.
| Charlie Edens was the Royal Grown
catcher.
On the other side of the picture,
John Hendrix, on the mound for the
winners, limited the fraternity boys
to five hits, but four of them came
with damaging effect. A base on
|.balls and Cherry's long double net
ted one marker in the third and
Pieper's single mixed with Rowan's
error gave the frat nine another IN
the sixth. Doubles by Parnell and
| Hansley accounted for the other
| Kappa run in the seventh.
Johnnie Edens was the big gun
in the league-leaders attack, getting
four lusty blows out of four trips
to the bat to hang up a perfect
record. Jack Brown trailed with two
out of three.
Coming into the game with the
count against him, Snag Allen per-
sonally pitched and batted the first
half winners to a win over the boys
from over the river, Red Breadon
started on the hill for the PCS but
found the going tough as the Le-
landers got to him for six runs be-
fore Allen came to his rescue. Gov
ington was the Pepsi-Cola receiver.
Allen, with three for five, led the
Pepsi team at bat and J. Allen was
next with two for two, followed by
H. Smith with two for three.
Lefty Brew was the starting hurl-
er for the Brunswick nine and ne
was touched for nine hits before
Jim Bullock took over in the fifth
chapter. Bullock gave up six safe
ties in going the rest of the way. p.
Clark, the Leland catcher, was the
only man on his club to register
more than one hit.
Behind the steady six hit hurting
of Bobby Edwards, the Masonboro
Ramblers played bang-up ball to
score their upsetting victory over
the Athletics. The Masonboro win
pulled that outfit up into a three
way deadlock with Pepsi Cola, and
the SAC's for third place in the
loop standings.
Rowe started on the rubber for
the visiting AS and was nicked for
seven hits before he was replaced
by Fletcher Piner in the eighth.
Piner allowed only n singleton
in finishing the contest.
Buck Tyre led the home club
with bat, getting two for four while
two for three was high
mark for the losers.
The Purol Bluebirds climbed in
to second place with a win over
the Printers at Hilton. Headon
Piner went the route for the Blue
permitting only five scatter
ed hits while whiting nine batters.
Beasely was the Birds receiver. j.
Allen did the mound duties for the
Printers and Robson was the
The Purol lads collect
ed a total of eleven safe bingles off
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