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Martins Are Now Tied With Four Clubs For Fourth Place ^ Public Opinions ? ? ? ? ? ? ? SOLVES LOOSE AGAIN . . . The Wolves are still trying to toll everybody what is wrong with the Williamston Martins. It's u great game of guessing and second guess ing. and jmaybe even Skipper Frank Rodger* knows, but he can't go out and pick good ball players off a limb like apples Woof! Woof! Chester Sparr is making a lot of those Wolves eat their words Before the season got underway they stated emphatically that first base was one of the weak est positions on the Martin team Since then. Sparr has been play a great game in the field, making numerous beautiful stops of bad throws, and he has been hitting the hall well at the plate. He has shown more improvement than any other ball player to come here in many a moon Wool' Wool' League President Ray Goodmofi can be complimented upon his um piring staff for the 1941 season "so far.' Big Jjm Bagby. who was behind the plate here last Saturday night, did a masterful job The former big league pitcher, who still holds rec ords made while at Cleveland, en tertains high ambitions of getting back in the majors, this time as an arbiter. He is making a good start in a tough loop, and everyone is pull ing for the friendly and gentleman ly Bagby to make the grade in rapid order Here's luck to you. Jim* Wool! Woof! The Martin* won then fust Ipiign.' gaii.? hot Saturday night hut only a handful of fans pres ent. They gave an exhibition of power at the plate, and old man Shni Gardner offered an excep tionally fine performance on the mound, considering that several Wolves'shivered even with their oveicoals pulled tight. Kven in then losses, the Martins show a lighting.spn it and nevt-i give up ? v? n though the odds are against victory ? which is something lacking on last year's squad Woof! Woof! Tin- new secondbaseman, Bill Slu-lton, former Greenville and E 1 C T C star, seems to have found I himself job for the summer Bill looks like a veteran out there around ! the keystone sack, and his hitting is something to biag about Wool' Woof At the present reading. Skip per Rodgers needs a veteran catcher, who also can hit. That type receiver is a very valuable man to any club and will be hard to get. "Semi-official" in formation says that Skip is ne gotiating with a North Carolina College receiver who has had several years' experience in semi-pro leagues in New Jersey. Nothing official or definite can he had before Friday, and the catcher cannot he had before the last of this month, even if he is signed now. Woof! Woof! That double play combination of j Tarboro's, Cay ion and Hcndershot, which was so "hot" against us in the pining game, must have been at its peak that game. Since then, they! have been booting plenty Woof! Woof! Clarence (Babe) Tuckcy and Bert j Stotler have been doing some long distance clouting They have hit two apiece to-date, and ere the season i advances much farther. Williams lnii may liiio up. with a pair of pow. , ?t hitters Woof! Woof! Believe it or not, Greenville has a better ball club, right now. than Tar boro Arid both look like second di vision outfits, . or else the Coastal Plain has slowed up this season. Woof! Woof! Km Rymer hurled a good game last Sunday in spite of the \\ illiamston Drops 10-1 miinil Decision To Tarboro Friday Errors IMa\ Big Part in Final Outcome* of Initial Night (ionteM i Williamston lost its second game in as many days last Friday night, as the Tarboro Orioles gained a 7-6 ^ decision, the battle going ten in nings This was the opening game j of the 1941 season for Tarboro and I Sheriff W E Bardin, president of the club, did the hurling in the pre game festivities. Due to cool wea ther the attendance was only about 500 Williamskui. started the scoring with a run in the fourth inning but the Orioles came back in the fifth to count four times. The Martins scored again in the sixth while Tarboro was making one run in the seventh. Wil liamston tied the contest up in the' ninth on Bert Stotler's second triple of tin- game which sent in two runs He crossed the plate later on a pass ed ball Tarboro was unable to score in the ninth, and it hniked as though the Martins would Jje victorious when Hill Shelton. playing his initial game as a Martin at second base, stole home in the tenth. But Tarboro put across two runs on two walks, a sin gle and an error. Pete Kunis started on the mound j for the Martins, being touched for eight hits and five runs during his eight inning stay Marty Matuza fin ished allowing two hits and two j runs and was charged with the de feat Stratton went the route fori Tarboro. Erryrs played a big part in the af- i fray with the Orioles making eight miscues, the Martins three. ?leading at?Lad for the Martins was Chesty Sparr with three for five, followed by Stotler with two for five. Stratton led the Oriole at tack with two for three The box: Friday, May 9th. Williamston Ab K II PO A K By rum. If (>11300 Stotler. us 5 2 2 1 4 1 Taylor, if 5 0 0 -JL 0 0 Tuckey, 3b 5 I 1 I I 0 Rodgers, cf 5 0 1 4 0 0 Span, lb 5 ,0 3 IL 0 0 I Shelton, 2b 4 10 14 1 Pettus. c 5 0 1 4 0 1 Kunis. p 3 0 0 0 2 0 x Miller 1 10 0 0 0 Matu/a, p 10 0 0 0 0 Totals 45 11 9 28 11 3 xllit for Kunis in 7th. Tarboro Ab R II PO A E Riloy, cf 5 1 2 0 0 0 Hendorshot, s.s 5 0 1132 ! Mcdaglia. 3b 4 0 1 2 2 2 I Lcary. If 5 10 2 0 0 Cayton. 2b 4 2 1 4 3 1 Sudol. lb 5 12 110 3 i DrCubellis, c 4 0 0 9 2 0 I Morawski, rf 4 2 110 0 iStratton. p 3 0 2 0 3 0 Totals 39 7 10 30 13 8 I Score by innings: R Williamston 000 101 003 1?6 Tarboro 000 040 100 2?7 Runs batted in: Tuckey, Sudol 2. Riley 4. Taylor. Stotler 2 Two base hits: Cayton, Riley. Three base hits: Stotler 2. Home runs: Tucktty, Riley. Stolen bases: Taylor, Rodgers, Shel ton Double plays: Mcdaglia, Cayton and Sudol; Stotler, Shelton and Sparr. Left on bases: Williamston 10, Tarboro 7 Bases on balls, off Ma tu/a 3. Stratton 1 Struck out: by | Kunis 3. Stratton 9. Hits: off Kunis 8 in 8. Matu/.a 2 in 1 1-3. Losing pitcher Matuza. Umpires: Albright and King. Time: 2:32 HKSI'I.TS Friday, May 9tli. Wilson 10. Greenville 5 Tarboro 7. Williamston 6 Kinston 16, Now Born 4 Goldsboro 9. Rooky Mount 8 Saturday, May 19. Williamston 10, Groonvillo 5 Wilson 9. Tarboro 0. Rocky Mount 19, Kinston 7. Now Born 9. Goldsboro 5 Sunday, May 11. Now Born 4, Goldsboro 3 Groonvillo 6, Williamston 3. Rocky Mount 6, Kinston 3 Wilson 7, Tarboro 2 Monday, May 12. Wilson 19, Kinston 1 Now Born 6, Groenvillo 5 Williamston 7, Goldsboro 3. Rocky Mount 3, Tarboro 1 fact that his wildness got him in trouble almost every inning. This was his debut in organized ball, and he was bound to have been nervous. With two exceptions, ho came through in every inning Woof! Woof! Despite the fact that many do not like Clyde Pettus as a catcher, they must give the youngster credit for two things. First, ho can handle a "man's size" chew of tobacco, and second, ho stops almost anything that comes within his range, his specialty being ground balls. In Greenville on Sunday Pettus caught a number of pitches that hit thr ground before they got to him, and he is also im proving in his throwing. Woof! Woof! SEEN ON THE RUN?Tom Han na. dean of Coastal Plain umpc. xtill showing that injured elbow. Ixioks like a poor alibi for mak ing mistakes with his eyes, don't ynu think' Tom was called on to make an announcement 7n Greenville Sunday, and one of the fans asked him If he want ed the loudspeaker. Smart as ever, Hanna answered, "What do you think I am, a Siasy?" Woof! Woof! Don't forget the New Bern Bears will come here Wednesday night, ?nd "President Pete" wants every Sparr's Timely Hitting Aids In Local Victories Williamston Slugs | Out 10-5 Victory Over The Oreenies (Jun k Taylor Led Martin At tack With Three Hit* For Four Trip* $ , i The Williamston Martins gained their first victory of the 1941 season j last Saturday night when they de feated Greenville 10-5 here. ! By combining three doubles, three singles, a walk, an error and a wild 'pitch, the Martins pushed across six i runs in the third inning, which prov ed sufficient However, they count-! j ed again in the fourth, and two more j | runs scored in the seventh on Sparr's | triple, two singles, a sacrifice and an j error. Slim Gardner who pitched fine hall for eight innings, filled the baes in the ninth on a double and two j walks. Ted Miller then took over the duties and walked the first batter to 'allow a score. The next batter hit to centerfield, Miller fanned the last | two. Gardner struck out five batters, 'and allowed six hits. Williamston displayed plenty pow [ er at the plate, gathering 15 hits, m | eluding six extra base blows. Chuck Taylor, with three for four, led the attack, followed by Chester Sparr with three for five. Tuckey. Rodgers, Shelton and Gardner each got two safeties. Scagg was the only Greenie to get two hits during the game. Johnny Byrum made a pair of good catches in left field, to feature with Tuckey The box: Saturday, May 10 Greenville Ab R II PO A E Finfrock, 2b 2 3 1 2 3 0 Caraway, rf 4 1 1 2 0 0 Scagg, If 4 0 2 1 0 1 Crowe, cf 5 (? 0 1 0 0 Wilson, lb 5 0 0 11 0 (1 Jenkins, ss 5 0 1 1 0 0 oe/,,,e - -Oka ? 5 ml I c ei, of) .1 u u 0 0 McGarity, e 4 0 0 6 0 0 Pickerin, p 1 0 o 0 2 0 Severin, p 1 0 0 0 0 0 Kee. p I 1 1 0 2 1 Totals 35 5 6 24 2 2 Williamston Ab R II PC) A E Byrum. If 5 1 1 3 0 0 Stotler, ss 5 0 0 2 0 0 Taylor, if 4 3 3 1 0 0 Rodgers, cf 4 1 2 3 0 0 Turkey. 3b 4 1 2 1 5 0 Sparr. lb 5 2 3 10 0 0 1 Shelton, 2b 4 2 2 0 5 Pettus, c 3 0 0 7 0 2 Gardner, p 4 0 2 0 0 0 Miller, p () 0 0 0 0 0 Totals i7 10 15 27 10 3 Score by innings R Greenville 102 ill) 001 5 Williamston 106 100 20x in ?V ??'? V/iii a vv ay, ^ruwi', Sc;igg 2. Turkey, Tuylm, Rodgers 2 Spam Shcltpn 3, Gardner. Two base hits: Kei>. Caraway, Taylor, Finfrock Byrum. Gardner, Shelton, Jenkins. Turkey. Three base hit: Sparr. Sac rifiee: Pettus. Left on bases: Green ville II), Wilhamston 8 Base on balls off Pickerin 2, Severin 1, Gardner (S. Miller I. Struck out, by Severin 5, Kee 1, Gardner 5. Miller 2. Hits, off Piekerin 7 in 2 1-3; Severin 4 in 3 2-3; Kee 4 in 2; Gardner 6 in 8; Miller 0 in 1. Wild pitches: Piekerin, Sever in. Passed ball: Pettus. Winning pitcher: Gardner. Losing pitcher 1 Pickerin Umpires: Bagby, Hanna and Cavender. Time 2 18 1 Tommy Kurst Is Seeking Home Run Laurels In Coastal ? Rocky Mount Outfielder Will Be Aided By Short Fence There 1 s Young Tommy Kurst, inherited by Rocky Mount when it took over thi Snow Hill franchise, has an idea set-up which may make him the 194 [home run king .of the Coastal Plait Loop. A righthanded "pull" hitter that comparatively short left fielc fence in the leaf enclosure should b< a ready target for Kurst. who al ready has trained his sights on tht barrier. Tommy batted .289 for Snow Hill last year, but he crashed out 16 hom ers and drove in 80 runs, while stand ing at the top of the list as a defen sive outfielder. Outfiolding is something fairly new to Kurst. Originally, he was a catcher, but with Manager Norm McCaskill doing most of the back stopping this year, as he did last Tommy probably will devote hU time to shagging flies and pumping pellets over that left wall. Kurst has been a protege of the New York Yankees, who found hiir in one of their back yards at John *>" City, N. Y., which runs right in to Binghamton, where the Yankee! operate an Eastern League farm. Kurst was one of the most versa tile athletes JohnsoiVCity High haa turned out in recent years. He won eight letters?three in baseball, four in football and one in basketball He was captain of baseball his sophomore year and of football In his senior year. His last year of football, he was one to come out and support a hard working team. See you Wednesday night? 1 Chester Has Perfect Day At Bat. Driving In Four Martin Runs Outfield Make* Several Fine (jitrhes Ah l^oealH De feat BiifE* 7-3 By the superb hitting of Chester Span , the Williamston Martins gain ed a 7-3 decision over Goldsboro here iast night, and are now roosting along with four other clubs in fourth position in the Coastal Plain League standings. Sparr had a perfect day at bat, getting two doubles and three singles for as many trips. He bat ted in four runs. The small crowd of shivering fans had to bring out their overcoats for the event. Ted Miller, on the mound for the locals, was touched for two runs in the opening frame as Goldsboro com bined an error and two doubles. The other Goldbug talley was Renne's circuit blow in the fourth. Williamston also scored twice in the first inning on four walks and Sparr's single. In the second frame the Martins cinched victory, count ing three times on an error, two sin gles, a sacrifice, Taylor's double and a walk. Both hurlers allowed eight hits, but Burrell walked nine while Miller issued a free pass to only one, which proved the difference. Pitcher Burrell was the only Bug to get two safeties. All of the Martin outfielders made nice catches, the three players mak ing 12 putouts during the evening The box: MunHiv Ma Golds bo ro Ab R H PO A Fessler, ss 4 1 0 2 5 Arnette, 3b 4 0 1 1 4 Sturges, If 4 1 1 1 0 Peele, rf 4 0 1 0 0 Overton, c 4 0 1 1 0 Patton, cf 4 0 1 2 0 Renne, lb 4 1 1 12 1 Cone, 2b 3 0 0 3 4 Burrell. p 4 0 2 2 3 xDigaetano 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 3 8 24 17 Williamston Ab K H PO A By rum. If 4 1 1 3 0 Stotler. ss 1 0 0 5 2 Taylor, rf 4 1 1 4 0 Tuckey. 3b 3 3 1 0 3 Rodgers, cf 4 0 0 5 0 Sparr. lb 5 1 5 6 1 Shelton, 2b 3 0 0 2 2 Pettus, c 5 0 0 2 0 Miller, p 4 10 0 2 0 Totals 33 7 H 27 10 2 Score bv innings: K Go Ids bom 200 100 000 3 Williamston 230 101 OOx?7 Runs batted in: Sturges, Overton, Renne, Sparr 4. Taylor 2. Pettus. Two base bits: Sturges, Overton. Taylor, Muriel I. Sparr 2. Three base hit: Tuckey. Home run: Rennee. Sacri fices: Stotler 2. Double play: Miller, Stotler. Sparr. Shelton and Stotler. Left on bases: Goldsboro 7. William ston 13. Base on balls: off Burrell 9, Miller 1 Struck out: by Burrell 1. Miller 2. Wild pitches: Miller, Bur rell 3. Passed ball: Overton. Um pires: Cavender and Joliff. Time of game: 1:55. 1 STANDINGS W L Pet. Wilson 4 1 800 New Bern 3 2 600 Rocky Mount 3 2 .600 Tarboro 2 3 .400 Goldsboro 2 3 400 Kinston 2 3 400 Greenville 2 3 .400 .400 Williamston 2 3 named a back on the All-State Schol astic team of New York, getting a like recognition 011 the All-Southern Tier eleven. He was catcher on the all-star team of the Tier conference his last year of baseball. The young man caught two years of Legion ball and was captain one year when the team won the district title. Starting out with Easton of the Eastern Shore League in 1939. he caught, played first and the out field. batting .269. Raising his aver age 20 points last s^nmer. there is no reason to figure lie won't boost the ante again this year. And look out for that homer record. Who's Where TUESDAY, MAY 13 New Bern at Greenville Wilson at Kinston Rocky Mount at Tarboro Williamston at Goldsboro WEDNESDAY, MAY 14 Rocky Mount at Wilson Greenville at Goldsboro Tarboro at Kinston New Bern at Willianuten THURSDAY, MAY IB Wilson at Rocky Mount Goldsboro at Greenville Kinston at Tarboro Williamston at New Bern nUDAY, MAY 1? Tarboro at Goldsboro Rocky Mount at Williamston New Bern at Wilson Greenville at Kinston Greenville's I^efty Long Is Too Much For Rodgersmen ? Local Go Down in Defeat 6 to 3 There On Sunday Afternoon The Martins went to Greenville Sunday afternoon and found too much lefthander, Joe Long, facing them, losing to the Greenies, 6-3. Ken Rymer, who went the route for Williamston, had some difficulty in finding the plate, but with the ex ception of the fifth inning, he came out of the trouble in fine form. The Greenies scored five runs in this frame, but errors accounted for at h ast two of tlu m. Two of the Martin runs were hom ers by Babe Tuckey and Bert Stot ler, both extra-long range clouts. The other run in the fourth inning resulted from Taylor's single and Rodgers' smashing double to right field. Bert Stotler and Bill Shelton were leaders at bat for Williamston. each hitting two for four. Scagg and Mc Garity hit a pair of safeties each to pace Greenville. The box: Sunday, May 11 tVilliamston Ab R II PO A E Byrum, If 4 0 1 2 0 0 Stotler. .ss 4 1 2 2 2 1 Taylor, rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 Tuckey, 3b 4 1 1 1 Q 2 Rodgers, cf 3 0 1 4 0 0 Sparr, lb 4 0 0 6 0 1 Shelton, 2b 4 0 2 3 2 0 Pettus, c 3 0 0 6 z> 0 Skipper Looking for Pitcher And Catcher Skipper Frank Rodgers is at pres ent negotiating for a left-hand Hurl er to bolster his mound staff. Trtie pitcher had a low earned run aver age last year in the Bi-State League, winning eighteen games and losing six. So far. the pair have not been able to arrive on terms It was also reported that Rodgers was trying to get a catcher from Nor folk, and he was expecting to hear frmo the Yankee farm head soon. Rymer, p 3 0 0 0 2 0 xMiller 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 3 8 24 10 4 xBatted for Pettus in 9th. ^ Greenville Ab R H PO A E Finfrock. 2b ~112 5 Caraway, rf 4 1110 0 Scagg, If 4 1 2 0 0 0 Crowe, cf 2 1 0 3 0 0 Wilson, lb 3 116 0 0 Jenkins, ss 3 1 0 2 2 0 Mercer. 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 Molarity, c 4 0 2 13 2 0 Long, p 4 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 6 7 27 9 1 Score by innings: R Williamston 000 101 010?3 Greenville 000 050 Olx?6 ^ Runs batted in: Rodgers, Wilson 2 ~ Jenkins, McGarity 2. Tuckey, Stotier, Scagg. Two base hits: Rodgers, Mc Garity, Scagg Home runs: Tuckey. Stotier Stolen bases: Scagg. Fin frock 2. Jenkins. Double plays: Stot ier and Shelton; Finfrock. Jenkins and Wilson. Left on bases: Williams ton 5. Greenville 9. Base on balls, off Rymer 8, Long 1. Struck out: by Long 13, Rymer 3. 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