The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-11
Cape Fear Leaguers Plav
First of PlayoH Series
ToFlnd2ndHalfChan,ns
r;,.t Place Bluethenthal
lads Favored To Down
Whitleymen
W o Whitley's Blades square


oil OIL 1B5lrre.hsnthal Bombers Wed
the sa" D-S afternoon at 4:45 on the
nesuaS ond at the American Legion
olsdirm alaiiLJ in an important game as
staolsI,rI ean,i.nro Cape Fear baseball
me n.oiation starts a short-cut
assoold t|ad to determine second hal1
melnou or ~ ~ meet Camp Davis first
|llti''s WIN champs in playoff next
nan ' for the 1943 league cham
pionship. ,,o+,1 Workers are
s,,7ed me to battle the Welders at
,sn sSa'Sdi Stadium Friday afternoon l1, ana
the svau ';,,ner of this contest will en-
'ae - " +he Wednesday victor on tne
5ig 5n5t field Sunday for the rlsn' 10
ta5ale D,5 with the AA's. ,,,s
4;,ad lnI' at the Monday night session
tlzsd III tae at board 'cla of directors when
III that group heard statement ;a 1ram u,
laai .1aior Johnson, Camp Davis attn.
MaJoi May director, to the effect that
le.l' navis club would be unable
,lle IN continue baseball play after
~ .o1,s+ q due to the opening OF
footbsiI hribsi practice and military cir
instances over which the ath-
,a+in IaiI oroanization had no control.
lttle "a od 4bot without the
ramn ~ -" Davis entry finishing the
roarlIar season, the loop was FAC
I'D with the possibility of having
+u t~o champions, but there would be
nv nv playoff, and naturally no
+Y +ronbv award. Under the present
ssrm the second half winner will
come within a few games Of play
inc tbe original number schedul-
ed for the last lap, and at the
came time all clubs are given an
onnortunity to get into the post
season series.
As protective measure, the
board ruled that to be eligible to
compete in any of the remaining
tits player must have played
at least one league game with his
present team.
Getting around to today's stad-
lum setto, fans are expecting to
see some more fancy twirling
when the Bomber's Howard Au-
man tries for his sixth straight
mound triumph. This time the
chips will be down and his oppon-
ents will be the ever-dangerous
Blades who have scored all Of
their wins while occupying the
underdog roles.
Several times this season the in
dependent nine managed by the
veteran baseballer, Jesse Peele,
have surprised the league with a
clicking combination that was un-
beatable and it is the aim of the
management to place another
strong aggregation against the
l.igh-flying Bluethenthal boys. jim,
Bullock, pitching star OF few
years back, has been added to the
Blade curving corp and may get
the nod today, but it will likely
be one of the Piner Brothers or
4 Lefty Red Hill on the slab for
u the Whitleymen.
In Hardee at first, Bohanan
leaning with Griffith at short to
form the keystone combination
and Snag Allen in the hot corner.
the Blades have dependable in.
field, but the outfield, with Aubrey
Wallace the only fixture, consti.
tutes problem. West or Brown
will catch.
The Bomber's big three-Auman.
chunking, Murphy, league leading
SWatter, catching, and Fisher
playing shortstop, will feature the
BNethenthal lineup. Oliver will
be at first with Lankford at Sec
ond and Metz at third. Petrick,
Cetnar, and Carol or Brewer will
make up the garden patrol.