The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-04
CAPE FEAR LOOP
PICKUPS
BY R. C. POWELL

BY r. C. POWELL
Sundays slate in the Cape Fear
circle reads:
Hi-Kappas VS.. Masonboro at Hill
ton, Griffith and Peale, as umpires.
Leland VS.. Purol at Leland, Hale
and Gretchen calling.
Pepsi.Cola VS.. S. A. G. at sta
dunn, Singleton and Casteen Off
ciating.
Royal Crown VS.. Jackson-Bell at
Robert Strange. Watson and Flora
arbiters.
Back on familiar home sod, the
two pace-setting clubs, Leland and
Hi.Kappas, are the ruling favorites
to extend their winning streaks with
victories over the Bluebirds and
Ramblers respectively. However, the
Masonboro clan has instituted a
winning spree Of its own and may be
all set to upset the applicant with a
win over the thrice-victorious frat
nine. With good pitching, the Purol
team should give the hard-hitting
Leland club a close battle. The two
cola aggregations are favored over
the cellar-dwelling AS and JB's, but
anything is libale to happen in base
ball.
Stars OF Last Sunday
Jim Bullock, and Jimmy Eagles,
Hi-Kappas-Former held the Blue
birds to three hits and famed II
while the latter led the Kappa at
tack in the frat mines win over the
Purol outfit.
Ray Brew, Leland-Shut out AS
with six safeties and enjoyed a per-
feet day at bat. in his third pitching
triumph of the year.
Snag Allen, Pepsi-Cola - Pinch
double and relief hurting beat JB's.
A brief review Of the first three
sets of games tell us that, from ev-
cry angle, the Leland Bears have
been the outstanding team in the
circuit thus far. Look at this record:
Runs scored As, hits So, opponents
runs 5 e earned, opponents hits
Is. Brew has struck out SO batters
in q innings Of hurting. Bullock
of the Hi-Kappas has famed % in
18 frames.
However, over the league as a
whole. good pitching has been a
rule rather than ar exception. OF
the dozen tits played, four have
been shutouts on one side Of the
ledger and there also has been sew
eral games where the margin of
victory has been close.
In all, the Cape Fear loop seems
headed for a banner season.
Heard On The Run
A ore arm kept Sweeney Swim
son out of the Purol-Kappa fracas
last week 1t is hoped that the
ailing wing will come around in
time for him to face Leland's muir
Y 4OW ouAAdoy . . 1Co0O11 L Ill
er has been released by the res
and has signed with the Purol club
. Hi-Kappa Third Baseman
Billy Pieper handled eight chances
without a misplay last Sunday .
Tough luck continues to trail the
JB's and the AS, both have a good
team. but they are not clicking -. .
Johnnie Casteen, popular Jump of
last season, Is in town and will call
one Of Sundays tits Hi-Kappas
Leon Thomas and Jimmy Eagles
are batting at a 500 clip . .
Charles Cherry, speedy Royal Crown
outfielder, is out with an injured
ankle David Sandlin is a hard
working pitcher-win or lose.
Tribute
1t is with bowed heads and
saddened hearts that we learn of
the death of the Rev. James A.
Manley, 1910 president of the
Cape Fear league and long an
outstanding figure in the local
Sports world. For years this
civic'minded, sport.loving indi.
vidual carried on an untiring
fight for the promotion of bet.
ter recreation conditions for the
youth of this section. His con-
tributions to this cause are too
numerous to mention here, but
we vii! pause to say that he
has done an excellent job. We
could 60 on and on naming the
merits of this man, but we will
end by joining with the Cape
: Fear Baseball association and
the rest of Wilmington in say
ing-hats off to the memory Of
a great fellow-Father James A.
Manley, the champion of local
youth.