The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-15
Second Half Flag On Line
As Air Base Meets Metal
Lads AtLegion Stadium
Auman To Oppose Lam
bert In Crucial Cape
Fear Loop Tit
By r. j. POWELL

The Cape Fear baseball leagues
second half flag will be on the
bargain counter Sunday afternoon
at the American Legion Stadium
when the shipyard sheetmetal
club clashes with 1t. Higers Blue
thenthal Bombers at 4:45 in game
that will decide Camp Davis play
off partners and at the same time
conclude the regular 1943 playing
season for the local semi-pro cir
cult.
Camp Davis Fighting AA's, first
half kingpins, will take on the VIC
tor of today's scrap in best two
out-of- three series for the league
title, next week, starting Wednes-
day at a place and time to be an
nounced later.
The Bombers arrived at today's
playoff position by whipping the
Blades in the first tilt of a round
robin elimination contest to find a
second half champion and the Met
almen earned the right to meet the
Fliers by bowling over the Weld
ers Friday. The round robin play,
which shortened the season by sew
eral games was fixed by the leag-
lie board of directors when that
group heard Major johnson, Camp
Davis athletic officer, state that
due to football practice ard mill
tary reasons, the Blue Brigade
would be unable to continue base
ball after August %.
AUMAN TO PITCH
Howard Auman, the Bombers'
ace fastball twirler, will again car
ry the pitching hopes of the Blue
thenthal lads in today's crucial
fray with the Sheetmetal gang,
which has held somewhat of jinx
over the Air Base nine since it's
entrance into the Cape Fear COM
pany: The only win that the top
ranking bombers scored against the
Metalworkers came via the forfeit
route in their last second half par
ty.
When Bomber pitcher Ralph
Hartman received an injury late in
the first half, 1t. HigeFs mound
was left in the hands
of only one starting chunker -
Howard Auman and the slen-
der Highlander has been starting
and finishing them ever snce. Six
straight hurting victories which
carried the bombers to top of the
heap was the result Of that consist
ant flinging. Auman added to his
strikeout record during the spree
and the peak was reached when he
Whitfield II games with the AA's at
Camp Davis. The Metalmen's Carl
Snow set a season record when he
famed eighteen Bombers in the
Airmen's first loop engagement.
spud Murphy, former Sally
league player who is the Cape
Fears batting king with a mark
way above the dizzy 400 line, will
be in his familiar spot behind the
bat and shortstop Fisher, who with
Murphy and Auman form the Bonn
oers' "big three" with the stick,
will lead the regular infield into
the important tussle. Although
Brewer played a nice game at Sec
ond against the Blades Wednesday,
t will probably be Lakford back at
the keystone station when the
gong sounds this afternoon: Metz, |
who banged out two hits in the
nid-week contest, will handle the
lot corner duties and Oliver will
guard the gateway sack. Bomber
,ly-chasers on hand for service in
,lude Cetnar, Pedrick, Elletti, Car
roll, and utility man Brewer.
With two of their leading hitters,
Snow and Urbon, not expected to
be in the lineup, the Sheetmetal
gang, which batted over 300 as a
.eam to lead the Cape Fear first
aalf race in that division, may |
have to depend on some of the
esser lights to furnish the power
'or today's jamboree with Auman,
Murphy and company.
Lefty Dolly Lambert will prob
ably get the starting slab assign
nent with Pig Joyner on the re-
,eiving end. Field manager STAN
ey will be the first baseman and
next to Murphy in the
league hitting parade, will probab-
" be the second baseman. Bare is
The Metalmen's third base choice
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