Martins Are Striving For First Division Perch
Longest and A1 Slakis
Feature The Victory
Over Bugs Last Night
Martins Go Into
Extra Frame For
Consecutive Win
Slakis and Cloninger Share
Batting Honors in Thrill
er Last Evening
?
For nine inning! Pitcher Walter
Wilson, of the Go Ids bo ro Goldbugs.
stemmed the tide of the determined
Martins, but his courage and curve
ball deserted him in the tenth, when
Williamston's hustling Martins edged
out a 4-3 victory over in the Wayne
capital last night. It was the Mar
tins' fourth consecutive triumph and
represented lanky Cecil Longest's
third victory of the season against
s like number of defeats.
Iarossi homered with Pulton on
in the second stanza, but the Mar
tins solved Wilson's delivery for a
pair of singletons in the fifth and
sigth frames to deadlock the count.
Slakis doubled following Pitcher
Longest's single for one score and
Stotler reached base on an error and
completed the circuit on Newman's
timely base blow. The teams then
matched tallies in the eighth as the
count advanced to 3-all.
A1 Slakis commenced the pro
ceedings in the tenth with a double,
his second of the day, and scamper
ed across 011 A1 Cloninger's sharp
single to right field for the winning
run.
Longest allowed just five hits in
pitching the win while the Martins
were blasting Wilson for ten bin
gles. Leading batsmen for the Mar
tins were Al Slakis, with four for
five, and Al Cloninger, with two
for three. Baker with two for four,
was the only Bug to hit safely more
than once.
>
Monday. July 16.
WUliamaton Ab R H PO A E
Taylor, cf 4 0 0 3 0 0
Popovich, 2b 5 0 0 1 6 0
g u jrv; v avail g,u u u u ? u w
Slakis, 3b 5 1 4 0 4 0
Rockr-ftJ 5 t 0 17 0 0
Stotler, ss 5 1 0 3 4 1
Cloninger, rf 3 0 2 1 0 0
Newman, If 4 0 13 0 0
Longest, p 4 1 2 0 6 0
Totals 39 4 10 30 20 2
Golds bo ro Ab R H PO A E
Digaetano, If 4 0 110 0
Pawlak, 2b 3 0 0 3 2 1
Amette, 3b 5 1 0 5 4 0
Red's Communique
More Encouraging
Owner Announces Beaufort
(ktunty Night; Martin
Night Later
?
Manager Red Swain's bi-weekly
press statement, issued Monday,
contained perhaps a higher level of
optimism than any other baseball
communique of the present season.
For after all, the wily pilot had not
seen fit to make a single roster
change during the past four days
and his charges were on the wings
of a three game winning streak, with
every indication pointing to a con
tinuation of the victory splurge.
Tonight the Martins journey to
New Bern where they will endea
vui Ui eliminate a Tittle of tlie day
light between the two clubs in loop
standings. Upon their return they
will engage the self-same Bears to
morrow evening at 8:15 with lanky
"Slim" Gardner representing the
Martin hill corps on the mound.
Friday evening the Martins' man
agement will entertain Snow Hill's
Billies and citizens and fans of the
neighboring Beaufort County at 8:15
on Taylor Field here. One thousand
free tickets for the game have al
ready been distributed in the adjoin
ing county and club officials ex
pressed the hope that a goodly num
ber would be on hand for the en
gagement. According to Swain it
would be impossible to name a start
ing pitcher for the battle at this early
date.
Peele, rf 5 0 0 10 0
MacWilliams, c. 4 0 0 9 2 1
Baker, ss 4 0 2 3 3 2
Patton, cf 3 1 0 0 0 0
Iarossi, lb 3 118 0 0
Wilson, p 3 0 10 4 0
Totals 34 3 5 30 15 4
Score by innings: R
Williamston 000 011 010 1?4
Goldsboro 020 000 010 0?3
Runs batted in: Iarossi 2. Slakis,
Newman, Peele, Cloninger. Two
base hits Sakis 2, Baker. Home run:
Iarossi. Stolen bases: DiGaetano,
Rock. Sacrifce: Wilsun. Double plays:
Pnnnvirh Slnller and Rock Pawlak,
3a Iter and Iarossi. Lefton bauoa?
Williamston 7. Goldsboro 7 Bases
on balls: off Wilson 3, Longest 4
Struck out: by Wilson 8, Longest 1.
Hit by pitcher: by Longest (Iarossi).
Passed ball: Mcwilliamfi. Umpires:
Cibulka and Rosner. Time of game:
2:25.
CALL 182
FOK TEXACO
HARRISON OIL CO.
Miller Wins Ninth
After A Thrilling
Fashion Over Bugs
Stotler Homer* in Seventh
To Share Batting Honor*
In Sunday Came
Sunday afteronon before a fairly
large crowd. Ted Miller racked up
his ninth victory of the season, an
8-5 victory over Goldsboro's Gold
bugs, climaxed by a four-run lucky
seventh uprising. Stotler's circuit
clout with one on in that stanza af
ter Rock had doubled to count two
runners ahead of him produced the
winning margin.
Goldsboro scored two in the ini
tial inning on DiGaetano's single to
center and Arnette's Ruthian wallop,
but the Martins knotted the count
in the succeeding stanza. Rock sin
gled to commence hostilities and
scored on Bert Stotler's healthy
three-base blow. Then A1 Cloninger
poled out a single to drive across the
peppery little shortfielder.
The Bugs added two more in the
sixth on doubles by Pawlak and
Arnette and McWilliams' single, but
McWilliams went out attempting to
stretch his hit. to terminate the ral
ly. Baker's four-base blow in the
seventh ended the invaders' scor
ing.
Meanwhile, the Martins had pick
ed up a singleton in the fifth frame
on one hit, a single by speedy Chuck
Taylor,?and tied the count- once
more in the sixth without a single
base hit. Rock walked and went to
second on an error of Stotler's at
tempted sacrifice. Both men ad
vanced on a wild pitch and Rock
tallied on Newman's lofting out
field fly.
In the lucky seventh Ted Miller
drew a walk and moved up on Pop
Popovich's single He scored easily
on Rock's double. Then Stotler hit
for ttlO circuit.
Both teams made nine hits, but
the revitalized Martns played er
rorless ball behind Miller who bet
tered his mound opponent in every
other phase of the game. Ted whif
fed five men, while Woodend retir
ed but three via the strikeout route
and allowed only three bases on
balls as Woodend walked four and
hit Charlie Wilcox with a pitched
ball
Rock and Stotler led the local*
with the willow while Arnette and
McWilliams each hit two for four
to share similar honors for the los
ers.
Sunday, July 14.
(iobUboru Ab R H PU A K
DiUaetano, It
3 110
"TT
ol
Pawlak. 2b
4 113
2
0
Arnette, 3b
4 2 2 1
2
0
Iarossi, lb
4 0 0 11
1
0
Peele, rf
3 0 13
0
0
MacWilliams, c
4 0 2 3
1
1
Baker, as
4 111
1
0
Patton, cf
4 0 12
0
0
Woodend, p
3 0 0 0
2
0
xMorrissino
10 0 0
0
0
Totals
34 5 9 24
9
1
xHit for Woodend in 9th
Wllliaraatun
Ab R H PO A K
Taylor, cf
4 0 2 4
0
0
Popovich, 2b
5 112
1
0
Slakis, 3b
3 0 0 1
1
0
Rock, lb
3 3 2 9
0
0
Stotler, as
4 2 2 3
4
0
Cloninger, rf
4 0 10
3 0 0 3
0
1
0
0
Wilcox, c
3 10 5
1
(1
Miller, p
2 1 1? 0
2
0
Totals
31 8 9 27
10
0
STATEMENT OF CONDITION
Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
June 29, 1940.
RESOURCES
(jiih and in Banks $2,530,869.21
U. S. Bonds 490,321.49
N. C. Bonds 215,395.82
Municipal Bonds 688,892.57
Total Cash and Marketable Bonds $3,925,479.09
Other Bonds and Stocks 37,600.00
Banking Houses, Furniture and Fixtures (Net) 142,040.67
Other Real EsUte (Net) 2,960.25
Bond Income Earned But Not Collected 9,968.41
I/oans and Discounts 2,732,248.94
Total Resources __? _____$6,850,297.36
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock?Common ----- $ 272,000.00
Capital Stock?Preferred 170,000.00
Surplus ? 210,000.00
Undivided Profits 58,184.40
Unearned Interest 23,199.64
Reserve?Interest, Taxes, Insurance, etc. 66,544.00
Reserve?Dividends Payable in Coin, or Pfd. Stock 58,000.00
DEPOSITS ?- J?5,992.369.32
*
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
-1
Total Liabilities $6,850,297.36
How the Martins Hit
?
In ? fortnight featured by a gradual decrease of percentage
among the club's hitting howitzers, the attendant slack was fully
absorbed by the upsurge of members of the lower end of the bat
ting order to provide sufficient punch for the continuation of the
Martins' victory parade. Wilcox led the advance with a 38 point
increase to .248, and was followed in turn by Stotler with a 15 point
gain; Newmaji with a eight point gain; Swain with a six point gain,
and Beaird with a five point rise. The team is hitting at .268.
Meanwhile Thompson, Gardner and Rock were hitting the
skids for appreciable losses while speedy Chuck Taylor, formerly
the fourth member of the select .300 hitters circle, was sliding back
below that level. However, Taylor has fallen before and proven
his ability to comeback and it is expected that he will be back
above the .300 within a few days.
Manager and twirler. Red Swain, in his extra-curricular cir-1
cuit clouter's spot, banged two home runs during the past 14 davs
to bring his total to nine and more closely threaten the league
leaders in this department. Rock maintained his runs batted in au
thbrity with 49 and remained firmly entrenched in second place
in total runs scored and base hits with 45 and 98, respectively. In
cidentally ,Leon Thompson, recently sent to Pennington Gap, with
100 bingles and fifty runs, led in both these departments and al
so in individual batting with an average of .340.
The statistics, with games, at bats, runs, hits, home runs, runs
batted in, and percentage, are as follows:
Thompson, of
Gardner, p
Rock, lb
Beaird, p-inf-of
Taylor, cf
Swain, p-of
Slakis, 3b-ss-2b
Cloninger, rf
Newman, 3b-lf
Wilcox, c
Stotler, ss
Popov lcliT 2b
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
Pet.
75
294
50
100
3
41
340
9
37
3
12
0
6
324
77
313
45
98
4
49
313
27
an
90
8
?m
25
1
i
11
? tt
278
'17 1
1U
53
too
133
??
25
w
34
i
9
29
- ( I
256
50
193
25
50
2
18
251
3
8
3
2
0
0
250
71
317
32
79
1
38
249
41
149
15
37
1
17
, 248
43
137
37
31
4
17
226
65
26
.203
How Martins Are Pitching
In games as of Saturday, July 13, unofficial records indicate
that the Martins' stellar mound work is improving with Manager
Swain, Bertie Ted Miller and Jamesville Slim Gardner bearing
the brunt of the load. Gardner and Swain have each won three
straight ball games since the last records were published while
Miller has won a singleton and pitched better-than-fair relief ball
for many a faltering Martin hurler on more than one occasion.
Cecil Longest won and lost and Breezy Beaird dropped a pair
of tough ones to account for the remainder of the fortnight's hill
operations.
Red-haired Manager Swain toed the rubber for 27 innings to
hold his advantage in innings pitched at J70 2-3 and was also tops
in hits allowed, in strikeouts with 102 and was second to Miller
in bases on balls with 42. Meanwhile the husky hurler from Ber
tie was garnering the remainder of the honors with seconds in
innings pitched and strikeouts and a first place in games won with
eight victories against six defeats
G I.P. H S.O. BB W. L. Pet.
Gardnef & 77 1-3 63 44 31 7 ?> 777
Miller 22 149 2-3 142 95 64 8 6 571
Longest 5 38 2-3 41 10 4 2 3 400
Swain 23 170 2-3 Ifl.'l 10?. 47. 7 I1' ~3K?T
Beaird 11 79 84 23 33 1 8 111
Managers For The
All-Star Contest
Pick Their Teams
Wilcox, Miller, Hcuirri anil
Stotlcr Arc Slated To
Represent Murtins
?
Announcement of the rosters of
me Coastal Plain All-Stars as select
ed by Managers Rodgers and Arnette
reveals the Williamston's greatly
improved Martins placed three play
ers on the side of the Rodgersmen?
Charlie Wilcox, catcher; Ted Miller,
pitcher, and Breezy Beaird, utility.
'Hie annual mid-summer show will
?he?contested?between one.?group
chosen from the Wilson, Tarboro,
Greenville and Williamston forces,
managed by Frank Rodgers, and an
other made up of men from Golds
boro, Kinston, Snow Hill and New
Bern, headed by Mack Arnette.
While the list includes many top
notch performers, it seems that the
Martins might have been short
changed on some of the selections.
Slim Gardner, with a record of 7
and 2 with a cellar outfit, certainly
RESULTS
Friday, July 12.
New Bern 13, Snow Hill 3
Tarboro 2, Greenville 0.
Wilson-Williamston, rain
Kinston 4, Goldsboro 2
Saturday, July 13.
All games postponed, rain
Sunday, July 14.
Kinston 5, Wilson 0.
Greenville 10, New Bern 0
Williamston 8, Goldsboro 5.
Snow Hill 6, Tarboro 5.
Monday, July 16.
Wilson 2, Kinston 1.
Greenville 4, New Bern 2
Wlliamston 4. Goldsboro 3
Snow Hill 4, Tarboro 3
STANIHNOS
w I.
Wilson 55 25
Tarbnrn 46 34
Goldsboro 43 36 531
Kinston 40 40 500
Snow Hill 37 42 46U
New Bern 36 43 456
Greenville - 34 46 415
WILLIAMSTON 29 56 .367
Walter Wilson, Goldsboro, p, Virgil
Taylor, Snow Hill, p; Leonard Ber
ry, New Bern, p; Sid Stringfellow,
Kinston, p; Johnny Hug, New Bern,
utility.
warrants some recognition, and
Chuck Taylor, one of the speediest
centerfielders in the loop was also
overlooked. Bert Stotler and A1
Slakis, steady infielders, and work
horse Red Swain were among the
missing. Swain was chosen as the
outstanding right-handed hurler in
the circuit last year.
Wilson and Tarboro have their
full quota of four men on the squad,
with Greenville and the locals hav
ing one less. The entire Tob outfield
placed as did Joe Talley, the league's
leading moundsman.
The complete rosters:
Kodgersmen: Morris .Wilson, lb;
Schenz, Tarboro, 2b; Justice, Tar
boro, ss; Jenkins, Greenville, 3b;
Carnahan, Wilson, If; Crowe, Green
ville, cf; Olmo, Wilson, rf; Pinion,
Tarboro, c; Thornton, Greenville, c;
Wilson, p; Don Parker, Tarboro, p;
Fred Caligiuri, Greenville, p; Ted
Miller, Williamston, p; Breezy
Beaird, Williamston, utility.
The Arnettes: Iarossi, Goldsboro,
lb; Russo, Kinston, 2b; Rabb, Snow
Hill, ss; Harper, New Bern, 3b; Di
gaetano, Goldsboro, If; Cohen, Snow
Hill, cf; IJennedy, Kinston, rf; Mac
Williams, Goldsboro, ( c; Overton,
Kinston, c'; McCaskill, Snow Hill, c;
Score by innings: R
Goldsboro 200 002 100?S
Williamston 020 011 40x?8
Runs batted in: Arnette 3, Peele,
Baker, Stotler 3, Cloninger, Taylor,
Newman, Rock 2. Two base nits:
Pawlak, Arnette, Taylor, Rock.
Three base hit: Stotler. Home rune:
Arnette, Baker, Stotler. Stolen base:
Popovich. Sacrifice: Newman. Lett
on bases: Goldsboro 5, Williamston
6 Bases on balls, off Woodend 4, Mil
ler 3. Struck out: by Woodend 3, Mil
ler S. Hit by pitcher: by Woodend
(Wilcox).
Christians Qinil)
In Softball Loop
Standings Monday
O J
Defeat Baptist* by Seore of
3-1 To Warm lip the
Methoteriau*
STANDINGS
Methoterians
Christians
Baptists
EpiscopaTians
W L
Pet.
SCHEDULED
5 1
833
5 2
714
3 5
375
1 6
143
StHEDILt:
Tuesday, July to
Methoterians vs. Episcopalians
Thursday. July 18
Methoterians vs. Baptists
Bashing the Baptists 3-1 Monday
afternoon, the high flying Christians
advanced to within one-half game
of the leaguedcadmg Methoterians.
Ham Price allowed eight scattered
hits in pitching the victory, his
fourth in succession, but timely sup
port aided his cause.
For four innings the Christians
slashed at Freddie Summcrlin's de
livery to no avail, and meanwhile
Jule Harrcl! singled and scored on
an error of Grimes' one base blow.
However, the outburst ended when
Grimes was nipped trying to score
from third on an outfield fly by
Fenncr Wallace's perfect peg In
cidentally. this marked the second
Christian twin-killing of the affair
with the Baptists performing one
double play.
Until the fourth it was all Sum
merlin, but Bunting's terrific triple
with one away gave premonitions of
the coming storm. Then the blow's
full force struck as Harcum Grimes
was found napping at his position
on first base. Caught futilely about
ten feet away, his aging legs refus
ed to deliver when, he needed them
most as C T. Hoberson reached base
on an easy grounder .However,
Grimes did make one nice stop on
a line drive straight at him. to draw J
praise at least for covering the 1
ground he was standing on
Then Fenner Wallace blasted out
a might triple to seore Hoberson.
and he, himself, scored on Grimes'
wild thi'ow to home following an
infield out At this point the storm
| signals could- safely ;bc taken down;
but the Christian lightning _iiad.
| struck and the damage was done
though henceforth Harcum and his
hnys settled dnwn and held the VH.'
tors scoreless.
Though Oscar Anderson perform
?d ct edibility?at sluntstop. at
stage of the game it looked as if he
needed one of those much advertis
ed baskets manufactured by Gold
man. For in the fifth frame George
Roberson whamed a pitch that tore
at and past Anderson, nearly de
earing; him in the process.
George Hoberson and Vernon
Hunting, each with two hits, were
the big noises in the Christian of
fense while Hev. Smith and Hutiass
?d liarcum with a similar number
of base luts shared clouting, honors
lor the losers. Several <?! the other
boys hit well, but nifty fielding de
prived them of practically certain
base hits.
Today and Thursday afternoons
at 515, the Methoterians lock horns
with the Episcopalians and the Bap
tints respectively. Increased gpccta
tor interest is expected with the nar
rowing of the margins existing be
tween the clubs. Should the Metho
terians lost both games, the Christ
ians will assume the leadership, hut
a split or a clean sweep would leave
the Methoterians as well off or even
m a better situation in the chase than
at present.
Demaniln Lor Terracing
l.urffr In Lincoln ( ounty
Demands for terracing have be
onit far greater than the volume
f work the Lincoln County terrac
ig unit can handle, reports Assist
nt K.oiii Agent J W Webster
Atantic Hotel
FURNITURE
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hems To Be Sold C.onnist Of
(Ihuirs ? Bedsteads ? Springs
Bureaus?Table* & Other Items
PRICES REASONABLE ? Now ix the lime
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Blast
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