The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
NEWS AROUND
THE
CAPE FEAR LOOP
By r, j. POWELL,

49, oA1iOlS themselves IIllS
AFTERNOON as the association OBJ
serves its sixth week of action.
Leland's somewhat subdued, Bears.
Keeling from the effects of a col
llslon with Snag Allen last week,
Will try to regain their former pcs.
ture When they tangle with the Roy.
al. Grown .second-place team on the
home lot at Leland. At Hilton, it
VIII be homecoming day for the Hi
kappas and for guests they will
have the red-hot Pepsi Cola gang,
Parol goes back to the Stadium to
engage the Ramblers from Mason.
boro and the Athletics meet the last.
place Jackson Bell entry at Robert
Strange in the other games of the
day. 49,.
ALL tits are scheduled to BEGIN
at 8 O'Clock.
Lefty Brew, who failed to start
for Leland last Sunday for the first
time this season, will be the prob
able starter for the Brunswick nine
with Woody Brew on the receiving
end. The rest of the Leland lineup
will remain the same.
The pitcher for the visiting res
will be John "Fireball'' Hendrix or
Johnnie "Horseshoes" Edens. Hen.
dirk, out of town for the past few
weeks, is expected back in time to
resume his turn on the rubber for
the Cola club. Edens, although be.
ing hit hard has pitched beautiful
clutch ball' to win his last two
assignments. Smith, husky newcom.
er who started behind the bat for
the res last Sunday, but was fore.
ed to retire about middle way, will
likely be the Crown catcher. No
other change is anticipated.
A pitchers duel is expected to
ensue in the Kappa-Pepsi brawl at
Hilton. Jimmy Bullock, mainstay of
the fraternity teams mound staff,
will likely be opposed on the slab
by Snag Allen, conqueror of Leland,
ad last years leading finger. For
relief duty, the Hi-Kappas have
Mintz and Hatchel and the visiting
outfit has Vic Gore. Gordon Hobbs
will be the fraternity catcher and
recruit John Flake is expected to
work behind the bat for the Pepsi
Colas. Excluding the Pepsi short.
stop situation, the two lineups will
probably be as follows:
First base, Eagles for the home
team and Horton for the visitors;
second base, Bradshaw for the Hi.
kappas and Paige or High for the
PCS; third base, Pieper VS.. Stands
Leon Thomas, Hi-Kappa shortstop;
Flowers, Cherry, and Lewis in the
Kappa outfield and Day, Reese and
Lee in the Pepsi garden patrol.
Big Sweeney Swinson, with one
win and one setback to his credit,
is scheduled to start on the hill for
the tied-for-third place Purol Blue.
birds against the Ramblers, who
also have a claim on the third rung
of the ladder. Beasely will be the
Purol receiver and the rest of the
lineup will find steady Albert Brown
at the initial sack, Henry Taylor
at the keystone station, Jiggs Gore
at short and James Carter in the
hot rne The outfield will be com.
posed of Snow and John Taylor and
John Cameron.
Masonboro will rely on it's ace
moundsman, Johnnie Carter, to put
it on the winning road again. Car.
ter was absent last Sunday and the
Ramblers went down in defeat. Buck
Tyre will be the Masonboro catcher
and the remainder of the lineup will
remain the same.
Heartened by their first victory
of the season, the Athletics will take
the field this afternoon with a new
spirit and the determination to con-
tinue along the upward lane. Mana
ger Woody Sandlin is expected to
send his top hurler, Fletcher Piner,
to the mound against his former
teammates, the Jackson Boilers.
On the other hand, the JB's are
confident that they can turn back
the AS charge and thereby start a
climb out of the league cellar. Lap
ply Williams, former Athletic, will
get the chunking assignment with
hard-hitting Burney Covington on
the receiving end. The rest of the
two liueupS will be about the same.