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8th Audi Week-End Family Night Attraction Tuesday Will B« Color, ful Statesmen . " nia ' % North Wilkeeboro Flashers, rorking to get back into the thick t the Blue Ridge pennant chase, are four home games scheduled >r this week. Wytheville Statesmen, who have ran in and aronnd the "top all »son, will furnish the opposition ere Tuesday night. Radford Rockets will be here a Thursday night. The big attraction during the sek-end will be the Elkin Blan eteers, who last week surged i the top in the league. Elkin id North Wilkesboro playing ean closely contested games tat the fans enjoy to the fullest, he Blanketeers will be here on iturday night and Sunday after ion. Tuesday night will be (amily ght again and the attraction is le colorful and unpredictable Fytheville Statesmen. Family ight means that man and wife ad all children under 16 are ad kitted for the special family price I only one dollar. This special ecasion is the first night in each eek and is for the purpose of preutfng the recreation which Wfall affords to a greater num erN>f people, and at a price that sople ean afford to pay. Jlained out games during the Ifeth of June costs the local :lub " many hundreds of dollars, ind faithful support of fans is ibsolutely essential to make pro 'essional baseball possible here. THE JOURNAL-PATRIOT FLASHERS BUST MOUNT AIRY i IH DOUBLE HEADER THDBSBAT North Wilkesboro forged back into the red hot Bine Ridge race Thursday night by defeating Mt. Airy twice, which, is a man-size Job in the Oraniteers' own back yard. Ffve to two was the score of the first game, which the veteran Tom Daddino won with a well tim ed single with the sacks full and good for three runs in the fifth. BH1 Hamlin was on the mound and kept seven "hits scattered and good for only two runs. _both of which were in the first inning. Tom Jackson and Mike Scheer combined in pitching. the Flash ers to a triumph in the second game. The Flashers jumped on the veteran Joe Roseberry for 14 hits, and were aided by five grani teer errors. Mount Airy went ahead in the fifth but North Wilkesboro knotted the score in the sixth and won with runs in the seventh and ninth. Both games were well played by North Wilkesboro, and the Flash ers displayed more hustle than in any games since early in the wwwwwwwwwwww The club management through family night and other promotions is trying to make it possible for all to enjoy baseball and to en able the club to operate on a sound financial basis. season. Lose To Galax Lee Bentley lost a pitchers' duel to Mitch Mozejko at Galax Fri day night 5 to 3. Galax and North Wilkesboro each received seven hits, but Galax's hits were bunch ed in early innings for a lead. The Flashers scored one in the second and in the ninth two runs came in on Bob Wright's pinch single. Bob Horan for Oalax did the Flashers the most damage, getting three hits and scoring two runs. On Thursday night Elkln won from Wytlnrille 6 to 3 and Mt. Airy won a 14 to 10 slugfest from Rad ford. o m Blue Ridge League Schedule For Week Monday, Jane 5 North Wilkesboro at Elkln. Galax at Mt. Airy. Wytheville at Radford. Tuesday, June 6 Wytheville at North Wilkesboro. Mt. Aiiy at Elkin. Radford at Galax. Wednesday, Jnne 7 North Wilkesboro at Wytheville. Elkln at Mt. Airy. Galax at Radford. Thursday, June 8 Radford at North Wilkesboro Elkln at Galax. Mt. Airy at Wytheville. Friday, June 9 North Wilkesboro at Radford. Galax at Elkin. Wytheville at Mt. Airy. Saturday, June 10 Elkin at North Wilkesboro. Galax at Mt. Airy. Radford at Wytheville. Sunday, June 11 Elkin at North Wilkesboro. Mt,, Airy at Galax. Wytheville at Radford. Monday, June 12 Mt. Airy at North Wilkesboro. Elkin at Radford. Wytheville at Galax. o Baker And Flock To Race Sunday Afternoon Here North Wilkesboro, — Buck Ba ker and Tim Flock, the two lead ers of the season's first cham pionship modified stock car race at the North Wilkesboro speed way, will revive their duel Sunday afternoon when the speed demons return to this fast five-eights of a mile banked track for the second I | race program of the season under I the direction of Bill France. Young Flock, present leader in the NASCAR modified champion ship point campaign for the lea son, ranks as one of the top fav orites, but the Winstdn-Salem stai will face plenty of tough competi tion from a field of ranking stars In the six-event program arranged by Fl-anoe. Baker, driving F. 7. Bland's No. 70 Dodge, iron the sdason open ing race at the local track, trail ed over the finish line by Tim Flock, The Charlotte bus driver was leading in the feature at Oharlotte two Sundays ago when he flipped his No. 87 Pord on the backstretch, leaving the leader ship to Fireball Roberts of Day tona Beach. Baker should have his No. 87 Ford ready for Sunday's program here, but should No. 87 not be ready for action, the bus speedster* will hare Bland's car available for the program, fn Sunday's program calls tor two 10-lap beats, a 10-lap consolation, plus a trophy match race and a 40-lap feature. Time trials get underway at 1 o'clock with the first race slated for 2:46 p. m. Supported Cross
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