The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-09
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BY Roy Cook
BY Roy Cook

Tuesday night at Robert Strange park. The 1ova1
o,aor of Moose and the Post Office softball teams will
w sss bats in the second game of the three-game series
" determine the champions of the Hanover softball
1 w The Postal Men go into the contest with q
. .J edge over the Moosers as they copied the opening
srtest in a hard fought, nine inning battle, that saw
W. lead change hands several times. TUESDAYS
. 4h should be a slam-bang contest as Johnny Fell and
H. Lodge try to take the second game from BIN STAN
I ~ and the Mailmen i. A large crowd is anticipated
and from all lhoio"|ons 'ney Will ne treated % a good
uftball game.
The Senior Class A softball league will swing back
nto action at Robert Strange park tonight The
aaoue leading Sunshine Laundrymen are scheduled to
ro+ Whites Ice Cream team in the first game and
+a first half champion Wiremen will cross bats with
tbp Atlantic Coast Line aggregation in the nightcap
Other teams will see action Wednesday and Friday
nights.
The First annual North Carolina Model Plane con-
+ot will be held in Raleigh on Wednesday, Sept. Is.
An unusually outstanding list of trophies, medals and.
mT7ps will be offered i. The events will be sanctioned
BY the A. NJ. A. and governed by A. M. A. rules ....
T~hirty-nine of "A men on the North Carolina State
College football squad this year are ex-GIs.
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Fourteen Of the 1916 State College footballers are
married. more than at any time in history. When
someone yells Hey, Pop the answers form a chorus.
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The tackles who will be playing for the Wake For
pt Demon Deacons in the opening game against Boston
rouege on Friday night, Sept. 9th, at Boston are big
and husky fellows. No less than Is of the Is candi-
dates for tackles on the 1916 squad weigh 200 pounds
Or more. The heaviest tackle weighs 248 pounds and
tbe ightest one weighs $50. Most of the others range
from 200 to 220.
The 1916 Clemson Tigers have six All-Something
this year. Center Ralph Jenkins has been the ALL
Southern Conference center for two years running and
made the AP All-America third team last year; Tackle
Bob Turner made the UP Al-Southern last fall; Ends
Chip Clark and Eddis Freeman, tackle Mavis eagle, and
wingback Billy Poo made the As All-South Carolina
team. o. v.s. lua-
Taking a glance at the unofficial figures of the
Tobacco State League Roy Lamb led the Pirates
with long distance batting :. eight home runs and Il
runs batted in -. Paul Smith, II year-old eenterfielder
paced the htters with an average of BAT -. Britain
with 1926 and 'Hoggy' Davis with .318 were the other
top stckmen Little Andy Cullen was the leagues
leading base stealer with 20 bags stolen He also
took top honors in the two and three base knock divis-
ion. Nate Andrews was the leading pitcher with nine
straight victories against 2 defeats -. He hurled 81 in
nngs, allowed Is hits, % runs and struck out &c Il.
George Brooks was the circuits third place strikeout
king and topped local pitchers with 167 strikeouts.
George worked in PA innings, gave up 2O2 hits and luz
runs ... In team batting Wilmington finished fifth
lO4O hits in 1879 times at bat 80 home runs, "a
triples and 172 doubles were smacked out by the Pirates
1Urino thnir fret cnason in tho Tobacco State League.