The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-22
Home Teams to
Play Round Robin
Under the Lights
Three double headers to
be played next week;
proceeds to help pay for
lights


ing close next week with a full round
robin of play among the four teams
of the regular league which are from
KennewicH. This play will decide a
much debated question: (which is
the best Oh the Kennewick teams?"
There will be double headers on
Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
August %, "a and 26.
The regular play in the Kenne-
wick+Pasco softball league will be
concluded at Pasco on Friday, the
23rd. Present indications are that
the league play will end in a three
way tie with F'anns, the Engineers
and KenneWick Cougars each with
nine wins and two losses. Steps may
be taken to decide this also.
The KenneWick fans, however, are
mostly interested in the Kennewick
play-offs for there are varying op-
inions as 10 which of the four Ken
newick teams is the best, and ques-
lions also as to the rating of the
others. All questions will be answer
ed in the play-off for each team will
play each of the others.
Cougars Lose Two
The Conoco Cougars have a good
story to tell, for they finished the
regular playing season with only
two losses and that is better than
any other KenneWick team did. The
fly in the ointment is that one of
their two losses was to the Kenne-
wick Cubs. There has been much
speculation as to what will happen
between these two teams in the
play-offs. Raymond Fries is not a
fast-ball pitcher, but he has been
very successful in keeping the OPP
posing batGers well in control. Glen
ETramel manages the Cougars.
New Pitcher
The Kennewick Cubs are taking
nobody's hack seat either, at least
not yet, for they have swung into
their stride and their followers point
to the fact that their fast-ban pit
cher, Wilbur Virgins was kept on
the bench because of injuries for a
good part of the league playing sea-
son, but is now in top condition.
They also have an opposing array of
batters with Walter Otte the num-
her one distance hitter. Parkey
Parker manages the team. s
T.. Highlanders Win
The Highlands team does not have
such a good story to tell, but in spite
of the fact that they have SO far
recorded only two wins in league
play, with one more contest to play,
their hackers insist that they have
just now found themselves, and will
offer good resistance to any of the
other teams. There weak-spot has
been in the box, but in Basil Shields
they have uncovered pitcher good
enough to hold the Columbia Mar
ket scoreless in their last contest.
This is a feat not often accomplish
ed in local softball. With their
new lineup the Highlands team is
sure of upSetting somebody. ~~~a-
"Threat" Team
The Lu5herans have been the
threat" team all season. Although
they have won by a single game in
league competition the scores have
always been very close even against
the best opposition. In their last
game, against the Ace, the Luther
ans turned the trick an6 chalked up
a neat 1916 win over a strong team.
With some slight changes in the
lineup and a consistent group of
hitters with Rollin Smith topping
the list, the Lutherans expect to do
a fairly good job of things in the
play-off.
Although the exact schedule is not
yet made out, the fans can be as
sured of two genuine 'give and
take" games next Monday night,
the first at 8. The playoffs will
continue or Wednesday, night and
concluded on Friday night.
Proceeds Go for Lights
Although this has been Kenne-
wick's first season of night softbal
and although the season was we'll
underway before the public was
really aware of the situation, the
play has Teen more than self-sup-
porting under the sponsorship of the
Kiwanis Club, and it appears as
though a handsome profit will re-
main afte-c expenses are paid, to be
turned over to the School District
to help detray the cost of the light
ing equipment.
Even though the games in the
play-off will be championship
games with special interest attach
ed to eaca one, word comes from
the Kiwanis Committee that the
price of admission will not be
raised, but will be the nominal ten
cen charge that has prevailed thru