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Renew Concert Membership. —-— . FLASHERS BEAT RADFORD; TO 1 PLAY HERE TONIGHT, ALSO Oil WEHESDAY, THHSBAY MOOTS With Big Bob Wright blasting away with terrific power, the North Wilkesboro Flashers earn® from behind and defeated Radfor Rockets at Radford yesterday to move within one- and one-half games of first place. Wright, who alternates with Jack Biggerstaff as catcher, slammed a long homer, triple and two singles in four times at bat. Harry Simpson started on the mound was was replaced in the first by Tom Jackson, who held the Sockets in check for remainder of the game and allowed only four hits. Tom Daddino, who had been ont of the lineup slice opening game because of a shoulder injury, played Sunday at Radford and banged out two hits. Tonight will find Radford fn Memorial Park here. The Flashers will journey to (Wytheville Tuesday night and Wytheville will be herd Wednesday/night, which will be family* night with a single admission price of one dollar for man, wife and children. Mount Airy will play, here Thursday night and the next following home game will be Elkin here Sunday afternoon. North WHkesboro has a well balanced club this season and is definitely a> credit to the community and entire county. With the club performing well on the field, the club's business office now is concerned with increasing the number of fans and attendance, which will detenpine baseball's future here. Drop Close One Galax had all the breaks Saturday night to win 4 to 2 in Galax. Alvis Coram, youthful right hander, did a very creditable pitching job for the Flashers but a series of breaks in the eight netted Galax two runs and the ball same, Joe Subbiondo was the hitting star, with a long homer, double and single for the Flashers. Lose Opener Here Mount Airy Graniteers, hungry for a victory, went on a batting spree here Thursday for the season's opener here and won 11 to 8. The game was played following a rain at eight o'clock and under bad conditions. Fog enshrouded the'field during much of the game. North Wilkeeboro used flour BALL To get additional baseball fang and to provide baseball opportunities for children, the North Wilkesboro baseball dun in the Blue Ridge League will start family night as a regular Weekly feature. Family night means a bargain in admissions. A man and wife and children, regardless of the number unless they are adults, will be admitted for the special family night ticket costing only one dollar. -This will give the man Qf the house -the opportunity to take his wife and children /or only one dollar, which would be 20 cents less than the price of two adult admissions at the regular rate of SO cents each. pitchers: Lee Bentley, Tom Jackson, Lon Stuart, and Leslie Rhoades. Bea£ Galax A to a With Bill Hamlin doing a superb pitching job, North Wilkesboro handed Galax a ft to 2 defeat here Friday night. Galax was unable to score until the ninth nning. Dare Davenport and Bernle Loman led the hit parade with three hits each. TM Flashers played well afield and had the situation well in hand from the opening frame through the ninth. Hamlin allowed seven hits, but three of the seven were in the ninth after the Flashlers had the game sewed up. North Wilkesboro had a total of 11 hits. We Are Buying PINE LOGS Abo We Are Paying $10.00 PER CORD For Straight Pine PULP WOOD 4 Inches and Up 8 Feet Long RALPH FRAZIER LUMBER COMPANY ! North Wilkesboro manner the clnb be lieves that the benefits of professional baseball as a form of recreation, diversion and entertainment can be spread among a greater number of people. First ob Wednesday The first family night will be Wednesday, May 10, when the Wythevllle Statesmen play here. Dates for other family nights will be announced In advance. The purpose Is to increase the number of fans, and to encourage parents to take their children to the ball games. HHP lands cut import Quotas 10 per cent, Council group re o ports..
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