The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-22
HashySoldier Outfit
Seeks Second Victory
Over Wilmington Team
Victory For Servicemen
Means Cape Fear Loop
Championship

| WIN tQe1T packs 10 tIle wall, lle
Sheetmetal workers baseball nine
journeys to Camp Davis Sunday
afternoon to meet the Fighting
AA's on the post diamond in game
number two of a best-two-out-of-
three series for the 1943 champion
ship of the Cape Fear league.
Camp Davis, the first half win
ners, came from behind in the late
innings to salt away the first leg
of the Wilmington World Series f.
2, on the American Legion field
Thursday afternoon. If necessary
the rubber tilt between the Cape
Fear leaders will be played as the
second game of doubleheader to-
day at the Camp.
Bob Davis stingy southpaw tWirl-
er working in harmony with a
set of fleet AA outfielders, kept
the tough Metalmen murders row
at bay most of the time during
Thursdays 10-round scrap, al
though the losers two tallies came
via the hitting route, thanks to
the fine pinch-punching OF Catch
er Pig Joyner, who was also in
strumental in the Sheetmetal pen
nant- clinching ;-in over the Bomb
ers.
AS for the Davis fly-chasers,
they practically stole the game
from the Shipyard sluggers in the
ninth inning of the series opener.
With the score 2 all Centerfielder
Ed Stoeckel raced back to the flag
pole to haul in W. T. Hobson's tre-
mendous 400 #. wallop what looked
like a sure round-tripper. And a
few plays later, Nick Bucci, In
left field made good catch Of
Coward's hoist with the winning
Sheetmetal run camped on second.
Lefty Claude Scott, the stocky
portsider who came back after two
months on the inactive list to hurl
the Metalworkers to victory over
the Bornbers in the roud robin
finals, will probably be the start
ing chunker for the visiting out
fit today. On hand for relief duty
or second game service will be
pitchers Joe Moon and Burman
Bare, the erstWhile infielder who
looked smart in holding the Fight
ing AA's to six hits Thursday.
The Joyner brothers, Pig and
Charley, will be missing when the
Shipyard team makes it's final
stand for 1943 honors. This brings
to five the number Of absent re-
gulars that Manager Stanley could
use against Major Johnson's
smooth-playing aggregation. Carl
Snow, Ed Urbon, and Dolly Lam
bert are the other although Lam
bert. who pitches and plays first,
may be back in time.
If he plays, lefthanded Lambert
will hold the initial sack for the
Metalmen and Stanley will be be-
hind the plate. The rest Of the in
field for the second-half champions
will be manned by W. T. Hobson
at second, Burney Covington at
short and Sam Paxton or Bare
at third. E. T. Burchette, Dink
Coward and Joe Moon or Paxton
will compose the Sheetmetal gar
den patrol.
Bob Vaughn, Camp Davis mound
ace, will get his chance against
the hard-hitters in today's first
game. If there is nightcap, Da-
Wis will probably be called back
to the slab. Schneiter or Ray will
likely work behind the bat and
Davis or Adubato will be the first
sacker for the home club. Rudy
Gertz, the teams leading batter
will be at second and Ray Poteat
is the regular short fielder. Ness
ing will be in the hot corner and
Bucci, Stoeckel, and Poletti will
probably be in the outfield.
The Cape Fear league will close
out it's 1943 business at an import
ant meeting tomorrow night in the
county court house. All members
are requested to be present.