Bears Score ^ in
In Bitter Battle
Sunday Afternoon
Skhiii and Berry hn k Horn*
in F<iurteen-lnniii^ Tilt
In Men Bern
Martin Manager Red Swam and
New Bern's Leonard (BUllpen > Ber
ry battled 14 innings before the for
mer'.- mis plays cost him a bitterly
comc*f?f~2-t setback. mounds
men limited their opposition to nine
safeties while Swain was also bur
dened with five -Williamston bob
bles
The Bears took the triumph in the
fourteenth. when Swain committed
two of his team's costly errors. Ger
aci. first up. walked and advanced
qu., Archer's sacrifice. Archer assum
*fhg safety when Red errored on the
play Swiggett attempted to sacrifice
and again Swain errored setting the
tare t .? Hug s game-winning sm-.
Ne? Bern': initial tall>
liit oecbhd stanza. MacWilhams
TTicn b.i? f.r'rwi hv
reached second passed ball ami
tallied*Geracfs ohe-base blow.
Swain's fourteenth home run of the
?oa*or. knotted the count in tlie sev
enth
Near the end of the game Berry
collapsed but managed to return to
firiish the game However, he was
removed for a pinch-hitter in the
fatal fourteenth
A1 Siakis. with three b ingles. and
Ia'.s Rock with a pair of safeties, led
th? locals at bat while little Johnny
Hug poked out four hits and drove
?? the \\ inning run to pace the Bears
Sunday. August 25.
V illiamston Ab K II PO A I.
of, cf
li t) 5 0 <>
ilakis 3V. 6 0 3 0 4 0
lay lord, If ?r> 0 2 5 0 0
ib 4 U 2 11 10
siew man. rf 5 0 0* 1 0 0
itc.'hr - 6 0 0 4 3 1
..p-vich, 2b 5 0 0 4 2 0
arret c 5 0 0 8 0 1
>\v airt, p 5 12 10 3
I'otais 46 1 9 30 16
New Hern Ab R II FO A t
Sw iggett
6 0 14 10
Hug - 6 0 4 4 4 0
Southern, cf 5 0 1 3 0 0
T Whtiker.?rf -2?0-?0? J.. Jil?0.
Harper, 3b 0 0 1 3 3 0
Mac-Willtams c 5 0 1 9 3 0
L? i;e\ 2b (.10511
lb JT& 1 1 12 0 0
B.-rtTT' ? Lti-ZU?lL_li. 2 0
Bramh rf 3 0 0 1 0 0
/Arcln-r 0 0 0 0 0
I'otais 48 2 9 42 14 1
. Batted for Berry in 14th
Score by innings R
WiLUam5ton 000 000 010 000 00 1
Runs batted in Gf'iaci. Swain.
Hug. Two bast hit Harper. Ilomc
run Swain Stolen bases Hug. Swig__
get' Southern. Hock" Sacrificed
Swiggett. Archer. Southern. Double
plays Sw am. Stotler and Rock Left
on bases: Williamston 5. New Bel'n
14 Bases on balls-off Swam 8. Bei
ry 9 .Passed ball Marcel: Umpires
Rosnt r and Hanna. Time: 2:40.
Aiuh Anderson Is
\ietor (her New
Bern's Bears Here
llil- I \t-nly Diviili^l \n Mar*
?l;i\ I ill of SraMHi
Though New Bern's Bears were
effective more often here Saturday
aflei nboii the Williamston Martins
were more potent in the pinches and
won 4-3 behind Andy Anderson's
scattered ten-hit-hurling- Lefty Ar
eher held the locals to eight Dingles.
but the Martins managed to bunch
their blows for two scores in each
of the fifth and sixth stanzas
The Bears assumed a tentative
lead with singletons in the first and
second frames, but the locals soon
out-distanced them.
Every player on the Williamston
team had a hit except A1 Siakis. al
though no one had more than one
safety." Clouting two apiece fop the
Bears were Whitaker, MacWilliams
and Lokey.
Saturday, August 24
New Bern" Ab K II PO A E
Bwigggti. if 4 0 1 1 0 If
Hug. as 4 0 0 2 2 If
Southern, cf 4 1 0 3 0 0
Whitaker. rf 4 0 2 0 0 0
MacWilliams, c 4 0 2 5 1 0
Lokey, 3b 4 1 2 2 4 0
Branch, 2b 11 2 1 1
Geraci, lb 2 0 0 9 0 0
Archer, p .^201010
xFeatherstone 10 10 0 0
Totals *33 3 10 24 S 1
xHit for Archer in 9th.
Williamston Ab K II PO A K
Taylor, cT 3 0 TTT 0
Siakis, 3b 4 0 0 2 2 0
Gay lord. If 4 0 1 3 0 o
Rock, lb 4 0 19 10
Newman, a 4 0 l ? if t
Stotler, ss 3 1 1 3 ft 0
Popovich. 2b 3 2 1 6 4 0
Marcel, c 4 11110
Anderson, p 3 0 10 10
Totals 32 4 8 27 14 1
Score bv innings: R
New Bern 110 000 100 -3
Williamston 000 022 000?4
Runs batted in Whitaker. Geraci.
Anderson, Taylor, Archer, Marcel
Two base hits: Marcel, Branch. Fea
therstone. Three base hit: Whitaker
Sacrifices: Swiggett. Archer Stolen
bases: Southern, Lokey, Stotler
Popovich. Left on bases: New Bern
9, Williamston 7. Double play: Siakis
Popovich and Rock Struck out: by
Archer ft, Anderson 1 Base* on bslls
off Archer 3, Anderson 4 Wild pitch
Archer. Time 1 45. Umpnes: Manna
and Rosner
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CJ
n
Tail-Liid Martins
l)i\i<le Twin Bill
\\ itli The Leaders
Slim (farilner Pitches ad \\ in
(her T he Tohs in WiUon
Lust Kveiling
Approximately 3.000 fans jammed
Wilson's new municipal stadium last
night to sec the unheralded Martins
trim the Tubs in the finale after Les
Rock and his mates had gone by the
board 0 2 iri the opener. Limiting the
locals to three hits. Lefty Monk
Webb was in trouble only in the fifth
frame in pitching the victory.
Nevertheless, costly misplaj's dam
! aged the Martins' hopes in the early
stages of the game A double and an
i outfield fly accounted for two Wil
son tallies in the initial tuning and
Eddie Bauer tripled in the winning
singleton in the succeeding stanza.
Stotler singled. Popovich followed
: suit and Rock tripled down the right
! field__fr?ul line to account for Wil
UainstoTTVTuhS ill the fifths '
Dan Gardel'Ja, Qlm.o's successor in
j the Tub lineup, was the white-hair
I ed boy m the Wilson offensive with
two hits for four trips to the plate. No
Martin solved Webb's delivery on,
more than one occasion.
Turning the tables in an abbi
vtah d seven inning afterpiece, the
Martins slapped a 5-1 defeat on the
proud league leaders. Slim Gardner
j Vn twirling the win.
Williamston scored two runs in
scored on Newman's double and Loz
i it * i counted on Rock's timely single.
Die Martins concluded then scoring
in the fifth frame when a pair of run
, ners reached base on errors and
I Manager lied Swam blasted his fif
teenth home run of the season.
Speedy Chuck Taylor with two for
three was best for the Martins while
Irving Dickens, with a similar rec
! ol d. w ;ts Jak-jn^ off plugging honors
I among the Tobs
Monday, August 2ti
First Game
Williamston Ab K II PO A E
"n im. 11 a ? (i 3 0 0
Slakis. SI, 4 " 11 " " 1
N.xunan II 4 " 0 '
II, S .1 I > II u
stlii if, - ~I *,T
|>,,povjrh 21) 4 ' ' 2 4 1
I Mai'iTT , 4" 0 I) 0 t IT
Miller. ,1 S II II 2 i) I)
Km k. p II, 3 *1) 1 t> 3 0
Toluls 31 2 3 24 14 5
Wilson Ab R II PO A E
Dickon- 2b . 5 2 113 0
' Ram i . Sh 1?U?1?? ^ I
JJuJUiai, 5 2 2 9 1 0
i Murphy, n 3 U 0 10 0 ?
iCarnahan. II 3 112 0 0
Kodgcis, cf 3 0 I 0 0 0
Gardella. rf 4 0 2 1 0 0
Stuart, ss 2 0 1 2 2 0
Webb, p 4 10 0 10
Totals 33 6 0 27 9 1
Smrc tov innings R
Williamston 000 020 000?2
Wilson 211 200_00x?6
Runs batted in: Mollis 2. Rodgers
2. Bauer. Stuart. Rock'2. Two base
: hits Morris 2. Gardella. Three base
i hits Bauer, Rock. Stolen bases:
Dickens Sacrifice: Stuart. Double
Rock
bases: Williamston 5. Wilson 9 Bases
on balls: off Rock 4. Webb 3. Swain
1. Struck out: by Webb 10. Hits: off
! Rock 8 in 5 Swain ;1 in 3 Losing
pitcher: Rock. Umpires: Latham and.
Johff Time 1 42
Second Game
Williamston Ab K II PO A E
Taylor, cf 3 12 4 0 0
Slakis. 3b 4 0 112 0
i Newman. If 4 2 110 0
Rock, Hr 4?1?2 5 0 1
l Sw ain, rf 4 110 0 0
Stotler, ss 2 0 0 1 3 0
I Popovich, 2b 2 0 0 5 2 0
Marcel, c 3 0 0 4 9 0
[Gardner, p , 3.0 0 0?0?0
Totals 29 5 7 21 7 1
Wilson Ab R II PO A E
Dickens. 21, 3 0 2 3 2. 1
Bauer. 3b 4 0 0 4 2 0
Morris, lb 4 0 0 4 0 0
Edwards, e 3 0 0 4 0 0
Carnahan. If 2 0 1 2 0 0
Rodgers. cf 3 0 1 3 0 0
Gardella. rf 3 1110 2
Stuart, ss 3 0 0 0 1 0
Creaaon. p 1 0 0 0 0 0
Talley. p 10 0 0 0 0
Webb, p 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 6 21 6 3
Score by innings R
WilluunMon y 002 030 0?S
Wilson 000 010 0?1
Runs batted in Newman. Rock.
Swain 3, Talley. Two base hits Sla
kis. Newman. Three base hit: Gar
della. Home run Swain. Double
play: Bauer. Diekena and Morris
t^eft on bases Williamston 8, Wilson
8. Bust s on balls: off Creaaon 2, Webb
1. Gardner 2. Struck out: by Crea
son i. Gardner 4. Hits: off treason
*8 in 5; Webb 1 In 2 Losing pitcher:
treason
Billies Win Over
Martins On Friday
Friday evening Virgil Taylor,
Snow Hill's mound ace. pitched him
self a beautiful game before rabid
Billy boosters, limiting the locals to
five hits and a single tally by alert
Red Swain in the fifth, while Snow
Hill players were busily engaged in
running down a player trapped be
tween first and second Raking ag
ing Slim Gardner for 15 bingles, in
cluding a pair of extra-base clouts,
the Billies notched singletons in the
first and third frames and terminat
ed their scoring with a three-run
sixth stanza insurrection
Kurst singled and stole second to
open the Billies' big inning Singling
sharply MeCaskill accounted for the
runner but was himself forced at
second by Floyd Hinton. Hinton, a
fast runner, reached third on Bur
dette's single and the latter immed
iately pilfered second. Both runners
scored on Smith's driving double
Lou Burdette. of the Billies, and
Bert Stotler, of the visiting Martins,
each had a perfect day at the plate
wail four and three hits respectively
Two singles and a double for four
trial.- gave Kurst runner-up hon
jui Meanwhile. Al Siakis was mag
ging three extremely difficult put
ool chances to run off with fielding
honors.
Friday, August 23.
Williamston Ab R H PO A E
Taylor, ef 4 0 1 2 0 0
Slakis, 3b 4 0 0 1 4 0
Newman, If 4 0 0 0 0 0
Rock, lb 4 0 15 0 0
Swain, if 2 10 2 10
Stotler, ss 3 0 3 2 11
Popovleh, 2b 3 0 0 ? 0 0
Marcel, c S" tr 0 4 5 0
Gardner, p 3 0 0 0 2 2
Totals 30 1 5 24 11 3
Show Hill Ab R H PO A E
.Stirewait, 2b 5 113 2 0
iRabb, ss 4 0 114 0
Cohen, cf 4 1 1 2 0 0
Kurst. rf .413100
MeCaskill, c 4 119 10
I Hinton. If 4 0 1 4 0 0
I Burdette, lb 4 14 7 1 01
Smith, 3b 3 0 10 10
Taylor, p 4 0 2 0 2 0
Totals 36 5 15 27 11 0
Score by innings R
' Williamston 000 010 000?1
| Snow Hill 101 003 OOx-5
Runs batted in: MeCaskill, Smith
2 Two hase hits: Kurst, Smith Stol
2 1
I en bases Cohen, Stirewait, Swain,
Pnpovich, Kurst, Burdette, MeCas
kill Double plays: Swain, Popovich
and Mareel; MeCaskill and Burdette
Left on bases: Williamston 3, Snow
Hill 6 Bases pn balls off Gardner 1.
Taclor 1. Struck out: by Gardner 1,
Taylor 5. Wild piteli: Taylor. Um
pires Koaner and Hanna Time of
game: 1:18.
<*
Loss Will Hardly
Exceed $120,000.00
In Martin County
(Continued from page one)
acres of tobacco, 36 acres of cotton.
505 acres of peanuts, 567 acres of corn
and 512 acres of general crops, in
cluding soybeans, potatoes and gar
dens covered by the muddy waters
and that the damage to the crops
alone would approximate $51,500
Damage to buildings, household
goods and feed and livestock wns
placed at $25,000. Mr. Eubanks slat
ing that nearly 300 hogs were either
drowned or lost in the ilood waters.
While it will be several more days
before the river is back in its banks
and a complete survey can be made. '
the estimated total of $118,375 will,
it is belit-ved, fairly represent the
loss sustained by owners in the path
of the record flood waiers.
RELIEF AGENCY
Owe W the largest relief Ms
mpportrd was located at the
Dennis Barber borne in William*
Township during the Hood that
swept over the Ielsnd section ai
that district in recent days.
It was reported that SI per
sons were sharing the small
home with the man and his fam
ily. N'eighborlinesa and a will
ingness to share what little there
was available with others sup
ported the relief center, one re
port declared.
Martins Going Into
Crowded Tailspin
Wallowing through a maze of bar
gain bills due to the recent "damp"
weather, the Williamston Martins
finish the inauspicious 1940 season
with five consecutive doubleheaders.
Last night the locals took on the
league-leading Wilson Tobs twice in
their magnificent stadium and this
afternoon the Tobs tfre returning the
coinplunent
Tomorrow and Friday, the second
place Tarboro Cubs venture South of
the second division for a couple of
twin bills while the Martins put on
their road uniforms for the last time
of the season in Tarboro Thursday.
All home programs will begin
promptly at 2:00 p. m.
Manager Swain indicated that Ted
Miller and Andy Anderson would
probably handle hurling duties for
the, locals this afternoon. However,
he refused to attempt even to guess
the probable starters during the rest
of the season. "While the club, over
all, is in fairly good shape, the pitch
ing corps is shot," he added
RESULTS
Friday, August 23.
Goldsboro 3. Tarboro 0.
Snow Hill 5. Williamston 1
Greenville 4. Kinston 2.
Wilson 5. New Bern 2.
Saturday, August 24.
^now Hill 3, Wilson 1.
Goldsboro 12, Greenville 4.
Williamston 4. New Bern .3
Tarboro 1, Kinston 0.
Sunday, August 25.
Goldsboro 8, Greentdlle 2
Snow Hill 2. Wilson^^
New Bern 2. Willian^fcn 1
Kinston 8. Tarboro 5.
Monday. August 28.
Kinston 4, Goldsboro 2
Tarboro 11. Greenville $
Wilson 6-1, Williamston 2-5
Snow Hill 4. New Bern 1*.
1 <pnfsrrssiomil Committer
To Hold Meet Next Week
e
Scheduled to meet in Eden ton on
Friday, September 6, the First Dis
trict Democratic Congressional com
mittee will nominate a candidate to
succeed Representative Lindsay War
ren whose resignation becomes ef
fective on October 1.
A. E. James, of Robersonville, is
the committee member from this
.county.
Herbert Bonner, Warren's secre
tary, will cop the nomination, it is
generally believed.
Announce Birth
Rev. and Mrs 7. B. Cox. of Salem.
Va., announce the birth of a son,
Paul Hart, of August 20. in Salem.
Mr. Cox is a native of Martin Coun
ty
and R A. Haislip. of Oak City, were
here today attending to business.
4
Speeding is Hie principal tTSTfti
eiobitioft in North Carolina, account
ing for 25 per cent of all conviction
on traffic counts.
Mile Of Cement Is
Broken; 2,000 Feet
Fill Undermined
(Continued
work, stated unofficially yesterday
that he believed temporary traffic
could be restored in a fairly short
time. "Give us a water pump and ar
air gun and we could level up the
broken spots in short order," Mr
Snell said If such a plan is follower
the road will have a number oi
"dips" but traffic could move ovei
the route within the matter of a few
days, it is believed.
Sixteen trucks are hauling din
on the fill on the Williamston sid<
and another crew is working on th<
Windsor end. Many places whert
the water had undermined the con
crete have been packed already, anc
highway trucks are tearing ovei
those sections at a fairly rapid rati
of speed.
Questioned yesterday what actior
would be taken in placing the fill ir
a permanent state of repair, Engin
eer Gardner stated that future plant
would have to be advanced by th<
commission in Raleigh, that he anc
his forces were anxious to reoper
the route after any fashion possible
It is understood that state highway
officials have contacted Washmgtor
and that a cooperative plan will b<
formulted for permanently repair
ing the fill.
Chief Engineer Baise, of Raleigh
is expected here tomorrow to in
spect the damage, it was learned to
day.
Seve nAre Rescued
From Flood Water
()ver the Week-end
(Continued from page one)
did not show up at 8:30 that night, i
searching party was formed. Hug)
Spruill and Joe Daniel reached therr
about midnight and landed them or
this side of the river about tw<
o'clock yesterday morning Lewi!
and Pope were a bit nervous anc
their clothes were nearly torn off
According to their story, they had i
bad time fighting off mosquitoes anc
insects and keeping a watch foi
snakes.
It was reported that Johnnie Scar
borough turned over near the Creek
last Friday with Sergeant Dail, ol
Edenton.
John A. Manning, Carl Mobley
Bruce Wynne and A. J. Osteen weri
marooned on Conine bridge Frida;
afternoon 'or a short time. They hat
crawled on the bridge and weri
watching the flood when the boa
was caught by the current and sunk
Several boats and outboard mo
tors have been lost in the stream.
Demonstration Clubs Will
Hold Field Day Thursday
The annual field day for Honv
Demonstration Club Women will b
held at Parmele Methodist Cliurc]
Thursday. August 29, at 2:30 o'clock
A program has been arranged whici
-wrtt include lepoita fioin girls aw
boys attending the State short coura
and reports from women attendin
Farm and Home Wrek.
A prize play will be given by tb
Farm Life 4-H club and special rnu
sic in charge of Mr. B. F. Lilley wil
in furnished. ?.acn club member l:
requested to bring a picnic lunch foi
the picnic supper which will be hel
at the conclusion of the program.
An active official in the Mar
tin County Building and Loan
Association, Mr. Wheeler Martin
has been instrumental in pro
moting the material growth of
this community over a long per
iod of years.
Quickatep* Whip Scollaiul
!\eck Black Sox, 6 To 2
Sunday afternoon at 3:30 the Wil
liamston Quicksteps hotfooted the
Scotland Neck Black Sox. 6-2, as
Lefty Williams struck out 15 bats
men and allowed but three hits
Twelve Quicksteps' bingles smoth
ered the invaders before around 100
fans, four runs coming in the big
fourth frame on four hits and a free
pass.
Horace Latham led the locals at
the plate with two triples and a dou
ble for a like number of attempts.
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War Tempo Moves
To A High Pitch
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(Continued tram page oat)
to pass the Senate by Thursday by
a fairly large majority Reports from
all over the country indicate that the
people are disgusted with the slow
action in Congress and are strongly
in favor of the sale of sixty destroy
er* to Britain at once. Negotiations
between Canada and the United
States are being continued as a de
fense measure and possibly as a new
world order regardless of the out
come of the European war.
STANDINGS
W
L
Pet
Wilson
74
46
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Tarboro
86
50
568
Golds boro
63
56
.529
Kins ton
62
57
.521
Snow Hill
60
61
496
New Bern
55
66
455
Greenville
51
67
432
WILLIAMSTON
45
73
.311
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