The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-07
Pirates Take Series With Leland, 8 To
Evens Series
By Beating San Diego
CAPE FEAR LOOP
PICKUPS
Bv r. ]. POWELL

BY r. ]. POWELL
Drawing near the finish line, the
Cape Fear baseball association
presents round number eleven in
the second half fight tomorrow aft
ernoon with the following setup:
Hi-Kappas VS.. Purol at Hilton,
Griffith and Peal umpiring.
Royal Crown VS.. Masonboro, at
Masonboro, Bass and Jackson call
ing. -.
Athletics VS.. Jackson B ell
at Robert Strange, Casteen and
Grotgen, arbiters.
Somewhat startled at the unusu-
al success we have enjoyed in
picking the winners this campaign
we once again swing way out on
the creaking limb to meekly &C.
claim that the res are going to
encounter much difficulty in SUBJ
DUNG the Ramblers in the Ma
sonboro bailiwick come Sunday aft
ernoon. Further trusting to Lady
Luck, we state that the fraternity
nine will win over the Bluebirds
and that the Athletics will take
the JB's. All three tits r ex-
pected to be close, however.
Vic Gore, Athletics - Lost a
heartbreaking one-hitter to tn e
Kappas Jimmy Mintz. The single
off Gore resulted in the only score
of the game as Mintz held the AS
scoreless.
James Todd, Masonboro-
Spanked the Rambler's ninth in
ming rally that brought home the
bacon.
Yates Hawkins, RC-Paced his
club with the willow against the
Bluebirds.
Off The Record:
Cape Fear loop teams and for
mer members of the association
will just about dominate the
Southeastern N. C. Baseball tour
nament picture here next week
if present plans materialize. . .
The league-leading Royal Crown,
club has entered the meet along
with Leland and Pepsi Cola two
ex-Cape Fearers; and the Hi-Kap-
pas and the Athletics are sched-
uled to hook up in a regularly
scheduled tilt as a part of one of
the doubleheaders in the latter
part of the week, probably after
the challenge affair against the
Pirates on Friday night. Ills
the first time that this sort of
sports event has come to Will
mington, and the promoters are
expecting a healthy reception. . e.
If baseball pitcher Phillips can
produce half as well as softball-
pitcher Phillips, then the Ca p e
Fear batters are in for additional
headaches for the remainder of
the season. The Hi-Kappas have
acquired the ttle-diamond wizard
to help Jimmy Mintz in the ex-
pected first-half playoff. In case
you have forgotten, the res, Hi
Kappas and Purol r tied for the
first half leadership due to the
+. . If either of the three named
withdrawal of the Bears and PCS.
wins the second halt, then the
other two will battle for the right
to enter the championship play
off 1t is likely that the season
will be cut short to allow the Sc
ries to be played earlier. In
cidentally, Hi-Kappas entertained
the baseball team at a steak sup
per last night, with the Reverend
Walter Freed and Cape Fear loop
vice-president L. E. Skies as the
guest speakers for the OCCASION .
The league may sponsor just such
an event for all the members of
the association as a grand finale
10 second year in the baseball bust
eiccccccccse etaoin shrdl shrdlu u
ness. The new Jackson and Bell
manager has not been announced
yet. Wonder who It's. One Of
the local teams are our choice to
take the top honors in Bert Kites
baseball jamboree starting Mon
day night.