The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-26
FEAR LEAGUE
CARDS FOUR GAMES
Kappas To Play Leland, res
To Meet Pepsi Team In
Top Tits
BY r. j. POWELL

With a ~doubleheader at Hilton as
the feature, four games are sched-
uled in the Cape Fear Baseball as
ISOLATION this afternoon as the loop
reaches the halfway mark in its
first half play.
Staring at 2 o'clock, the Hi.Kap'
pas will tangle with their old cous-
ms, the ~tied-for-top Leland Bears in
the opening game of the bargain
bill on the fraternity diamond. The
second tilt will find the Purol Blue
birds ~squaring Off against the ris-
ing AS from Dry Pond way.
In one of the most talked about
games of the season, the third place
res will battle the tied-for-top
Pepsi Cola team at the Robert
Strange diamond. Rounding out to-
days card, the Masonboro Ramblers
will take on the last place Jackson
Bell outfit in a game on the sound.
The umpires schedule is as fol-
lows:
At Hilton, LIST game, Hale and
Grotgen; second contest, Griffith
and Peal.
At Robert Strange, Casteen and
Watson.
At Masonboro, Singleton and Jack.
SON..
The Hi-Kappas nine, winners over
the Lelanders in six meetings last
season, will most likely call on its
strikeout artist, Jim Bullock, to
take the hill in an effort to make it
number seven against the Brunswick
lads. However, Jimmy Mintz was
highly successful against the Bears
last year, and may be given the
starting assignment. Gordon Hobbs
will be the frat catcher and with
the exception of second base, which
will probably be manned by Ed
Hobbs, the remainder Of the Hi
Kappa lineup will remain the same
as last week.
Leland, seeking to snap the JIM
held over it by the frat nine, will
send it's pitching star, Lefty Brew
to the mound in an effort to turn
the tide. Brew, fresh from his close
win over the res last week, is in
excellent shape and rearing to en-
tangle with the fraternity men
Hard-hitting Woody Brew will be
behind the plate and the rest Of
the lineup will be the same.
Observers say it will be Snag AL
len versus John (FirebalD Hendrix
on the rubber in the affair IN the
Robert Strange diamond. If those
two fingers are elected to mount
duty, then the customers are in fol
another one of those bitter pitching
duels that are becomming more fire.
ouent as the league season progress
ses. No outstanding changes are ex
pected in either Of the two lineups
which will find Sam Smith or &c
Wilson catching for the Royal
Crown team and Flake or Rhodes
II U6IllIlO llC pdl " lC ASto
ing Pepsi Cola outfit.
Two advancing aggregations lock
horns in the second argument al
Hilton and this setup promises q
close, well-played game. The Blue
birds, with Fireballer Headon Pinel
doing the chunking will be out tt
register their third straight con.
quest while the AS will depend or
Fletcher Piner( Headon's brother,
to hurl them to their third in {
row also. A change of management
and the addition of several new
players has served to pull the once
tagging Athletics into the position
as one of the most aggressive team!
in the league. Bill Beasely will b.
the Purol receiver and Baton is thu
likely nomination for the AS catch
ing job.
Striving to rise out Of the celia
position, the JB's have released
several discontinued players ant
taken on a number of promising
looking recruits who are expected
to bolster the Printers chance o
coming out on top in it's scrap will
the tied-for-fourth place Rambler
this afternoon. Lappy Williams an
f Burney Covington is the probable
starting battery for the JB's. John
ME Carter and Bucky Tyre will form
the Masonboro pitcher.catcher com
bination. The rest of the lineup
will be the same.