The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-08
WALLACE, WARSAW
TO PLAY IN OPENER
Columbus County All-Stars
To Meet Pepsi Colas; 252nd
c. A. Band Will Play

Norm "a
Nv league scouts-will have an
amn1ortunity three nights this week
view some of the best baseball
..,ent in this section of the state
&c the Wilmington Pirates present
se first annual Southeastern North
CAROLINA baseball tourney.
Teams entered IN the tourney are
warsaw, Wallace, Leland, the Co.
,'r,bus County All = Stars, Royal
crown Cola and Pepsi Cola.
The winning team of the tourney,
,hich will be concluded Wednes-
Sav night, will met the Pirates at
Legion field Friday night, thus as
s,ring baseball fans in this section
If four nights of heads-up base
ball.
Monday night will present a dou-
Me bill, with Wallace and Warsaw,
arch enemies, meeting in the open
mo game at 7:30 o'clock. These
teams have met twice this year.
Zach team taking one contest, and
the rivalry between them is as
keen as anything which has been
seen in this section of the state in
several years.
hundreds of fans from both Wal
,ace and Warsaw are planning to
attend the game and indications
are the grandstand crowd will be
me of the most lively which has
been heard there this year.
Band to Play
The finale of the night will match
The Columbus county All Stars
against the Pepsi Cola nine, and
here too, fans are predicting, there
will be a baseball game well worth
seeing. Reports from Whiteville
and other sections of Columbus
county which will be represented
IN thu All-Star team indicate there
will be a large agreation Of fans
from that section at the game.
Prior to the game the 252nd
Coast Artillery band, N. c. N. G.,
will present a concert at the stadi-
UNI and between the games the
band will also present a number
of selections. This will be n OF
the last appearances of the band
in this section in some time, as 1t
is anticipated the band will be
called for a years training under
the recent National Guard bill. .
Each team in the tourney has
heen allowed a roster of IS men to
play in the games.
The Warsaw aggregation, as sub
mitted to Bert Kite, Pirate man.
ager, is composed of Brant Waters,
Sb: Runt Wess SIS; Robert Pridgen,
2b; John Cam Pridgen, pitcher and
fielder; Turner Holland, pitcher,
and fielder; Robert Frederick, C;
Purcell Jones, pitcher and fielder;
Arthur Apple, first baseman and
team manager; Woodrow Black
burn, Rivers johnson, and Bill Car
roll, fielders; Fred Gaylor, catch:
er; Vivian Johnson, scorer, and
Sterling Mariner, business man
ager.
Against these men the Wallace
team will throw an aggregation
selected from among the follow
ing: R. ]. Hussey, Bill Ipock, Joe
Wallace, Willis Boney, c. T. Fus-
sell. Pete "Rabit" Livesay, Jo-
seph Huffman, John Baucom, John
Jennette, Chris Combs, ] a e S
Cardwell, Oran J. Taylor, Orbis
migpen, Sammie Howard and
Charles D. MCGOWAN, business
manager.
The Pepsi-Cola nine will be Sc
lected from among the following
P. S. Tolden. business manager;;
Snag Allen, pitcher and playing
manager; Johnnie Carter, pitcher;
Burney Covington C; Harold Hor.
ton lb; James Carter 2b; BABY.
Allen IS; T. Stephens, James Al
len, H. Beatty, George B S H.
Smoky Stevens and Fred Day, out
fielders; Red Beardon and Harry
Smith, utility men.
At the conclusion of the double
bill Monday night there will be a
drawing to determine what teams
will play Tuesday night against
the winners of the Monday night
contests.
The rosters of other teams en-
tered in the tourney follow:
Royal Crown Cola-Skeet James,
manager; w. Sandlin, coach; V.
Gore and H. Piner, pitchers; Buck
Tyre, catcher; Farmer, Brown, Ro-
wan, Edens and Tyler, infielders;
Wilson. Williams, Hawkins, Bowen,
stokley and REESE, outfielders.
Leland - Clifford Clark, Penn
Clark, Lyon Clark, co-manager:
Ray Brew, Herbert Brew, David
Watson, co-manager; D. I. Watson,
Jim Bullock, John Morriss, John
Barnhardt, Workman, Armon Ga
ney. Barney Lewis and Francis
Hollis.
Kite announced last night that
special admission prices have been
made for the tournament to allow
fans who otherwise might not be
able to see all the games to wit
ness the entire tournament.
a public addition system will be
installed at the field for the tourn.
ament so that fans not acquainted
wltn all the visiting players will
We IN a position to keep up with
the contests. /