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i»AGfi tWELVt! THE ECHO a Softballers Capture Sports Spotligli Girl Softballers Improving; Meet Champion Y Next After a rather shaky start in its first game of the season on open ing day at Camp Sapphire, the girls’ softball team is settling down and playing a better brand of ball. In the most recent game, they racked up a 13-12 win over Canton high. Previously, the Can ton team had defeated us, 11-3 and 3-2. The next scheduled game is against Champion Y in Canton on Wednesday night, July 16. The Champion maidens return the game here on Wednesday, August 20. There will be more games dur ing the coming months if competi tion can be found. A series of two and possibly four games with Can dler is being worked out, but no definite dates have been selected as yet. A scheduled game with Candler was rained out Saturday night June 21 in Asheville. There’s little to be said of the opening game except the hustling Canton youngsters just decisively whipped our girls. The return game at Canton was a different story, however. Miriam Poore pitched beautiful ball and the ty ing run was on third in the last inning. In the third game, a last inning home run by Jean White sides broke a 12-12 tie. Control Paces Interdepartmental Loop; Hitters Having Merry Time At Plate COPHRSTHAIf. IN LOCAL lEAB' Another Big Day Is (Continued From Page One) ming, boating, fishing, and pic nicking will be available. With such a variety of activities offered, everyone is certain to find plenty to do. Probably the largest crowds in history have been enjoying the camp since it opened June 1. An estimated 1,500 were present on opening day. Among those who enjoyed the fine program that day was Mr. Harry H. Straus who had just returned from a vacation in Europe. Second Round Of Fishing Permits To Begin July 1 Beginning next Tuesday, June 1, you may secure your second per mit to fish at Camp Sapphire. Per mits are issued by the Personnel department. Most of the anglers who tried their luck during the month of June carried home a nice string. A1 Montville is credited with the biggest catch of the month—an 18 inch bass that he hooked on open ing day, June 1. “Obie” Willing ham was only one inch behind and Holland Corn caught a I6V2 inch bass in addition to three nice crap- pies. Edwin Perkins had a 16 inch bass as compensation for his an gling efforts and Randall Lank ford hooked five nice crappies, all over eight inches. Through June 21, a total of 164 bream and 24 bass had been caught. Holland Corn Leads Pitch ers With 3-0 Mark; Ma- chine Room In Second Tennis Team Meets Greenville July 20 Rain hampered the tennis club’s schedule during the past month, but one match was played—the opening day’s match with Ashe ville. The visitors won by a 6-3 score. The next definitely scheduled match is with Grenville there on July 20th. Matches with Johnson City, Tenn., and Asheville are be ing arranged so it is probable that there will be another match before the Greenville contest. Four members of the team— Walter Straus, Bob Anders, Sam Matthews and Charles Colwell are currently participating in a tournament in Asheville. The well-balanced Control nine is currently riding the top of the heap in the Interdepartmental Baseball league with a spotless 4- 0 record. In second place is the rapidly-improving Machine Room with a 3-2 mark. Although there has been some good pitching at times, a glance at the batting averages indicates that the league is definitely a hit ter’s loop. Of the ten leading hit ters, the lowest batting average among the ten is .450 while the highest is .714. Holland Corn, of Control, is the leading pitcher to date with three wins against no defeats. As a sample of the closeness of the league. Control had to go extra innings on Monday, June 16, to whip the bottom place General team 11-10. Holland Com entered the game five runs behind, but stuck it out, eventually being cred ited with the win. LEADING HI'TTERS Name and Team Pet, M. Gillespie—Control .714 Clint Morris—Control .666 Roy Carter— Champagne .584 Fred Miller—Mach. Room -- .563 Bill Morris, Jr.—Control — .542 Roy Head—Control .583 Rusty Carland—Control .526 David Sams—Control .500 Holland Corn—Control .462 Charlie Clayton—Champagne .450 Have 13-3 Record F"' son; Carland And ^ Are Leading — . j]]Ol The sports spotlight th^ jj is centered on our hus , ; ball team which capW first half of the Transylva* ball League. Boasting of six hitters )unding the ball at . ^ f „ .300 clip, and receiviM^,) i pitching from Fritz ® . 51 Jim Griffin, the team tured 13 games and June 20. The record ‘ jj 1 7-1 won and lost recor local league; a 3-2 ^ p Smoky circuit; and a mance in exhibition con team is batting .322 ADVENTURER “Hard work never killed any body,” said the father. “That’s just the trouble, Dad,’ replied the son, just out of college. “I want to engage in something that has the spice of danger in it.” Girl Softballers Sentelle, Wells, Snyder, And Arnette ^es *JI,C :^ci ^14 i \tl J J 3Sf 'Ht »!et Awaiting their turns at bat are Argyle Wells, Faye, Sentelle, Florence Snyder and Gladys Ar nette, members of the girls’ softball team which has been playing regularly during the last month. Although competition is scarce in this area, the girls have mado a creditable showing in their games thus far. “ot iiij I ^fi vania League games The most importam ' the month was the 12‘ SOFTBALLERS The bottom-place team played inspir®® j Wednesday night olI Ecusta from the j,i Smoky Mountain ' Ecusta had the tying IJ ning runs on base io (f inning, but failed to across. One of the best gai year is slated for f.. the Fourth of July ^ .jj h j stone of Gastonia i Ecusta at the high scl> ^ ‘ in the second game ® jjj header. -Our girls first half of the doU%,)^ against an unnamed over Brevard College night in a game that , first half champio”® j Transylvania loop. ^ | citing game, featured w jj J rific hitting by Ecu® sixth inning. Up the collegians were ^ but the winners po^ AWj to ' ar® f runs across the plate to crucial game. Roy Rusty Carland, who ^ . the team in hitting) '^j.k in the heaviest stick game. Roy is leading ^ with a .642 average is second with .551- ^5 Hitters over .300—g®" June 20: Name Roy Carter Herman Carland Roy Head Ed White Jim Griffin Lawrence Holt — ••I A man with a joofy j* knocked at the front ecu’® “Come in, sir. the father of hope to goodness Y" tuner.”
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