The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-01
LEAGUE LEADERS
BEAT BEARS, As
Kappas Edge Out Crownmen,
rs In IL Innings; AS
And Purol Triumph
BY r. J. POWELL

A9SSN
si-Colas Tightening their grip on
first place with q 4 to 8 triumph
over the Leland Bears at Leland.
The Hi-Kappas were forced into
II innings to edge out the Royal
Z to 6 and the Athletics
went. 10 frames before beating the
Masonboro Ramblers 81. In the
other tilt of the day, Purol defeat
ed the cellar-dwelling Jackson-BeH
club 2 to ! at Legion field.
Pitchers Duels
All Of the contests were pitchers
duels with the Lefty Brew-Snag
Allen argument at Leland topping
the card. Brew struck out IS and
allowed eight hits while the Pepsi
Cola mealticket famed 10 and
granted only six safeties.
For the second straight game,
backstop Barefoot Burney Coving.
ton led the PCS at the plate, con-
Meeting for three blows out Of four
attempts. Batson followed with two
for four. Morris paced the home
club with a similar record. Pen
Clark was the Leland receiver.
Pieper Stars
Thirdbaseman Billy Pieper's
eleventh inning single sent Leon
Thomas across the pan with the
run that beat the res. This hit
for the Hi-Kappas' brilliant infield-
er was his third for the day and
pushed his run-batted-in count up
to four for the afternoon.
Playing minus both regular
catchers, the Royal Crownmen got
away to a flying start with one
marker in the opening stanza, but
the home lads came back in the
next chapter to take the lead with
a four run spree accomplished on
three singles, catcher Joe Marki-
tons error and a base on balls.
The res kept pecking away at
the slants of Jim Bullock, on the
mound for the frat nine, and at
the sixth round the count was Hi
Kappas S, Royal Crown, 4. The
Jamesmen went out in front with
a two run rally in the eighth, but
the fraternity men knotted tn e
score after two men were out in
the ninta to send the game into
tie extra innings. The res threw
away numerous chances to tally
in the overtime. In all, the Crown
men left 10 men stranded during
the course Of the battle.
Hendrix Fans IA
Y John Hendrix went the distance
for the losing outfit, issuing 10 base
knocks while whiting IA batters.
The res touched Bullock for nine
hits and were granted 8 free pass
es to first base-a new high in this
department for the Hi.Kappa ace.
Gordon Hobbs was the frat nine
receiver and Markiton and Charles
Cherry worked behind the bat for
the Cola club. Lappy Williams,
holding the keystone position was
the outstanding man on the field
for the res. Not only did the re.
liable Williams lead his team with
the willow by slapping out three
telling blows in six attempts, but
he also starred on the defense,
handling seven chances without a
bobble. /
In the ten inning affair at Robert
Strange, the S A C club overcame a
six run deficit in the seventh frame
to their win over the Ramblers.
The AS tailed five in the lucky
seventh and added two more in the
next round which enabled them to
pull away from the Rarnblers who
had scored one in the first, fourth,
and fifth and three in the sixth. The
Masonboro aggregation knotted the
score in the ninth but failed. in the
tenth when the AS put across the
winning marker.
Fletcher Piner pitched for the AS
until the seventh when he was pull.
ed in favor Of Anderson, who fin
ished the game. Piner held the
Masonboro gang to II hits while his
mates pounded out N safeties off
Johnnie Carter on the slab for the
Ramblers. Carter struck out ten bat
tiers.
Buck Tyre vas the Masonboro
backstop and Baton and Piner shar.
ed catching chores for the Athletics.
Baton led at the bat for the AS
with four for five while VIM was
the leader for Masonboro with two
for two. First baseman Collie Rich,
for the AS, turned In the fielding
gem Of the day, a beautiful catch
of Todd's line drive hit in the sec.
ond frame.
Alright Hurting
The alright hurting of right
handler Headon Piner, plus Edgar
Vause's- booming bat gave the Pu.
rol Bluebirds their well-earned win
over the scrappy jackson Bell out.
fit in the game at the stadium.
The JB's got one man home in the
first inning, but for the remainder
of the contest, the durable Piner was
complete master Of the situation,
tanning Is and permitting seven
scattered hits. Meanwhile, Reese, on
the rubber for the surprisingly pep.
py Printers, turned in a nifty per-
himself, allowing only nine
knocks and holding the Bluebirds
helpless in every chapter except the
third and the eighth when they
scored all their runs. Vause's triple,
his third hit out of four chances,
was the deciding factor in the Purol1
run-minting. Garnering two for
three. Reynolds and Shepard were
the leading batters for the tailenders.
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