The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10

and holds a 40 point edge in bat
ting, as well as also holding ar
edge in smuggling with "a runs bat
ted in to Alsnauer's II. Station is
hitting .254.
The men to watch of course
is the only Buc who can still be
called an unknown quantity.
Johnny Muskovitch. The slim
and graceful Buc gardener
hasn't been around long
enough to let fans know if he's
going to be a player of prim-
Use Or not.
It's not too hard to guess that
Muscemeci, Hardisky, Benton ano
Bridges are slated for better things
next year. It's not too difficult
to realize that Steckel. LaBlane
and Alsnauer need more season.
ing. Davis, Poklemba and Edens
Gas a hitter are question marks.
But. Muskovitch is the only
Pirate that it's not easy to
render a decision on. From the
looks of the lad since Poky
went home and gave him a
chance to perform, he'll be the
hottest Buc from here on in.
HURLERS' HAVEN
In hurlers' haven, Lefty Lou
Cheshire commands nearly all the
plaudits although it's not fair to
overlook the Woodworking Roy
Lamb and Johnny Edens.
Cheshire with 16 wins up till
last night leads the loop in
that department. all the more
amazing when it's realized that
he does not travel with the
team except on Weekends.
Hurting 213 innings and allow
ing 159 hits, he has elready
averaged less than seven hits
per game, and his 1852 strike
outs are second only to Carl
Johnson of Warsaw who has
ITS. Johnson's record however,
is 1917.
Lambs 1877 record holds down
second spot for the Buc hurlers,
and Edens' 1919 puts him in third
position. We r convinced that
Edens' future is not as a pitcher.
Although he's a better han aver
age Class D hurler, he BUGS had to
pitch Johnny this year because OF
a lack of hurlers, but his bat
swinging a 1863 tune now. should
be in t~hereSevery day. Station used
Steckel as a hurler for n part
of an inning Friday in Smith
field, and should Steckel toss 'em
up in approved style, Edens
might go back to playing third.
But, it's kinda late to discover
it now.
Fred Townsend is listed in
the Weed Loops official sum-
mary as having Won six and
lost three, but unless there's
been a scorers change of late.
he's the winner of seven and
loser Of four. And he's a puz-
zle, blazing his righthanded
delivery over for five quick
wins, and then losing four in
a row., before hitting the vic
tory column again. Some fans
believe T~oWnsend's health was
bad during the losing streak
of the BUGS. Nobody felt good
those days.
Emory Hewlett, who has won
four and lost 10 is nobody's hero
this year, but outside of Cheshire
Should the great southpaw de-
eide to go up) we'll privately
wager that with proper instruc-
tion, Hewlett will go the furthest
of any Buc hurler on the road to
higher classification ball. He's
not a Glass D star, but he's got
the undeveloped, potential ability
for at least AA ball. Townsend
may beat him to it, having more
confidence and pose, but our
money is on Hewlett in 1949-50.
So the BUGS hit mid-August
in third spot. They are burn
ing up no n but the fans
who believed they'd be on top.
If they can pass Lumberton
they'll have won a moral vic
tory. If not, the Pirates will
be the third best club in the
league regardless of how they
come out in the playoffs.
Unless of course they drop to
fourth ouch!