Bryson Plick HUBERT BRYSON, JOE PLICK HOLD ECUSTA BATTING LEAD Hubert Bryson and Joe Plick, outfielder and first baseman, are holding down the number one and two positions in the batting averages on Ecus* ta’s W. N C. Industrial League team. After five games of league play, Hubert has SOFTBALL IN FULL SWING Departmental softball is now in full swing at Ecusta with 14 teams in hot competition for the number one position in the standings. Over sixty games have been played to date and, if favorable weather conditions continue, interest should pick up even more rapidly. At present the Cello-Wonders, coached by Mar shall Gillespie, are undefeated and are holding down the number one spot on the standings ladder. Jack McCall’s A-Bums are in second place, having lost only one game. Their single loss was dealt them by the Cello-Wonders. ECUSTA'S W. N. C. SCHEDULE FOR JULY Date Team and Place Time Sat., July 3—Ecusta at Hazelwood ....3:00 P. M. Mon., July 5—Hazelwood at Ecusta ....3:30 P. M. ■Sat., July 10“0pen date Wed., July 14—Enka at Ecusta 4:00 P. M. Sat., July 17—Ecusta at Beacon 3:15 P. M. Sat., July 24—Martel at Ecusta 3:00 P. M. Sat., July 31—Ecusta at Enka 2:30 P. M. W. N. C. INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE STANDINGS JUNE 12 T earn Won Lost Enka 6 2 Hazelwood 5 2 Ecusta 4 3 Martel 2 4 Beacon 1 7 compiled an average of .316. Joe is batting close behind at .313. In the third and fourth place in the team’s in dividual batting averages are Dennis Norton with a .294 and George Tesnow with .286. Gillespie Lavel ONE FOR RIPLEY! Jce Lavell (Paper Finishing) and Jesse Gilles pie (Autobound), bowling in the Ecusta Men’s Scratch League Handicap Tournament this year, came up with a bowling "believe it or not.” Joe and Jesse finished in a deadlock for the tournament’s all-events honors, each having a total of 1836 pins. The oddity comes in the fact that Joe’s handicap was 126 pins and Jesse’s 279 pins for the three events, and totaling each’s handicap and actual pins in the team, doubles and singles events, they managed to finish with identical scores. Their individual scores are as follows: Hep. Team Dhls. Sing. Totals Joe Lavel 126 504 572 634 1836 Jesse Gillespie 279 531 479 547 1836

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