The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
LELAND TO PLAY
~
PRINTERS THERE
Purol Meets res; Hi-Kappas
Tangle With AS; PCS
Play Ramblers
By r. ]. POWELL

Glaring question marks dot this
afternoons menu in the Cape Fear
baseball league as the eight clubs
take to the field for round number
two in the second half schedule.
Query number n will be an
swered at Leland where the one
time victorious jackson Bell Print.
ers battle Leland's frey Bears in
the days most interesting subject.
A triumph for the JB's would
clearly establish them as the po-
tential comeback club of the year.
but defeat will only prove that the
Hi-Kappas were having a bad day
last Sunday when they fell to the
spirited play of the Printers to
give Robbie Roboson's lads their
frs victory in over 20 starts in
GLIDING this and last season. The
man of the hour for the Printers
will probably be Elmo Reese who
hurled so splendidly against tn
fraternity boys. Lefty Brew or Jim
Bullock, the pitching star recently
acquired from the Hi-Kappas will
toe the mound for the home nine
with Pen Clark doing the catching.
Robson will be the Printers re-
ceiver and the remainder of the
two lineups will be the same.
Next in line is the Purol-Royal
Crown controversy which will be
aired on the improved diamond at
Robert Strange. Can the res, mi
nus the services of smooth-work-
ing Linwood Rowan, who has been
promoted into the ranks Of Bert
Kites Pirates, shove the S a m e
smart machine on the field that
was functioning so powerfully
against the Athletics last Sunday.
That is not all-how will the Blue
birds fare without speedballer
Headon Piner, who is not expected
to be in today's lineup? Answer
these questions and you will prob
ably have a winner in your grasp.
Lappy Williams. and Sam Smith
are expected to form the res
starting combination while R ed
Miller of Piner will be the Purol
finger with James Baker on the
receiving end.
The K-Kappas constituted a lit
tie problem also. Here is a team
that for the greater part of the
first half was considered one of
the hardest outfits in the circuit to
lick. But in the most recent games
the frat boys have struck a pro-
longed batting lethargy that has
brought about three straight de-
feats-games that might have been
turned into sweet victory had the
frat boys mixed a goodly portion
of heads-up ball with a batting at
tack worthy of the name.
Seeking to pull out of the red,
the fraternity lads will send high
pockets Jimmy Mintz to the slab
this afternoon at Hilton against the
AS fletcher Piner with a strong
armed Austin Mcdonald handling
the backstop chores. Piner's bat
terry mate will be Baton. Some
what of a shakeup is brewing in
the Hi-Kappas lineup but the Ath-
letics are expected to present the
same team that saw action last
week.
For their second opponent in this
half the once-defeated Pepsi Colas
draw the hard-hitting Masonboro
Ramblers. The game will be
played at Legion field where the
PCS have put on their best per-
formances of the year. Snag Al
len or Johnnie Carter, forme r
Masonboroite, will start on the hill
for the first half champions with
the leagues number one catcher,
Burney Covington working behind
the bat. For Masonboro it will
probably be Lefty Walter MINI on
the rubber and Buck Tyre behind
the plate. !