The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-08
PCS SCORE 1875
WIN OVER KAPPAS
Leland Triumphs Over Crown.
men, III; Purol And Ath-
letics Register Victories

The Pepsi-Cola baseball team
clinched the first halt flag in the
Cape Fear association yesterday
afternoon by slapping out II hits to
defeat the Hi-Kappas. II to 8, while
the second place Leland Bears
held on to that spot with a 1T
triumph over the Royal Crown
men on the Robert Strange dia-
mond.
In the other games of the day,
Purol vanquished the Masonboro
Ramblers, 81 at Masonboro and
the Athletics took the measure OF
the JB's, IS at Hilton.
Allen Stars
Snag Aliens Ave hit, II strike.
out twirlng plus the loose playing
on the part Of the Hi-Kappa inield
told the story Of the Pepsi-Cola
pennant-clinching victory.
The game looked like a sure-hre
thriller until the fifth when the
PCS went on the warpath to blast
out six singles which accounted
for Ave important tallies. From
then on it was one-two-three
for the fraternity batters while the
Pepsis added one more in the
eighth. Eight Hi-Kappa errors fig
ured in the PCS run.minting.
Bullock was on the mound for
the frat nine and Leroy Flowers,
Oscar Flowers and Shine Brad
shaw shared the catching chores.
Covington was behind the bat for
the first half champions.
In the batting department, Hefty
George Batson showed the way for
the PCS, nicking the Hi-Kappa ace
for three run-scoring hits out OF
five trips to the plate. Fred Day
had the best average with three
out of four and James Allen and
Firstbaseman Blanton chalked up
two for four. Leroy Flowers and
Billy Pieper conspired to get four OF
the Hi-Kappa bingles and Red
Hanseley got the other one.
Hurting Duel
As was expected, the battle at
Robert Strange was a hurting duel
between John Hendrix and the
Bears Lefty Brew. Both fingers
granted nine base blows, but a fatal
third inning in which the Leland
ers Tailed seven times on 1--WE hits
and two errors marred the res
lanky pitchers performance. Elk
cept for this frame, Long John
was never In trouble and kept all
the remaining knocks well spaced.
Except for errors by Catcher Cher
ry and the pitcher in the third,
the Crownmen played ,dawless ball,
giving Hendrix air-tight support.
Brew famed IL batters while the
chunker struck out
seven. Ed Wilson replaced Cher
ry behind the bat for the res and
P. Clark was the Leland receiver.
Johnnie Edens was the big gun for
the Crownmen, rocking out his third
and fourth homers Of the year and
single in four attempts. Farmer
followed with a round.tripper and a
one.base blow. L. Clark and Morris
led for Leland with two for four.
P. Clark homered for the Brunswick
nine.
Close Win
Two runs in the sixth proved just
enough to give the Bluebirds their
close win over the Ramblers. Sue
cessive bingles by Beasley, Gore and
Piner drove in the winning points
in this spree. Purol pushed one
across in the first when Vause walk
ed, was sacrificed to third and scored
as Tim Farrow muffed Cores sharp
grounder. On hits by L. Todd and
d. Todd, the Ramblers tied the
count in their part of the third.
Headon Piner went the route for
the Bluebirds, issuing seven hits
and tanning eight while James Todd,
on the rubber for the home team,
granted a like number Of safeties
and whitfield four. Baker was the
Purol catcher and Tyre caught for
Masonboro.
Bill Kingoff, making his initial
appearance in the loop as a pitcher
for the Athletics, held the J..B.'s to
five scattered hits for five stanzas
which paved the way for the Vow
men conquest Of the Printers. Joy
and Piner finished on the mound for
the AS, and allowed four safeties
between them.
The individual star Of the game
was POPPY Sandlin, the AS left field
er, who took defensive honors with
his daring bare-hand stab Of Bled'
sons liner in the sixth and. also
paced his club with the willow with
three for five. Stokely and Lennon
garnered two apiece in the 15-hit as
sauit on the Printers Elmo Reese.
Baton was the catcher for the Vow
men and Robson was the Jackson
Bell receiver.