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SPEARHEADING
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SPORTS
By ED SPEARS
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Jur teams still having a cnance lor ine trophy.
ek will find the "Waynesville team (the Tan
additiuns) and Sutton's (also with some help)
he Brevard invitational tournament. And in
eek. J. C. Burrell and his All Star aggregation
lick in the state tournament at Greensboro.
lER to oiler fans some top rate Softball, how-
Ins Club has presented a challenge to the Ro-
L a same, if the Kotarians accept, the battle
idea lesson to all other would-be players on
play the game.
! 16 Teams Enter
Brevard Softball
Play On Tuesday
BREVARD More than 350 soft
ball players from various towns in
Western North Carolina will see
action in the first WNC Invitational
softball tournament which will ect
underway here next Tuesday after-
noon under the sponsorship of the
Brevard Recreation and Athletic
association and the Transylvania
Softball league.
A total of 16 teams representing
Brevard, Asheville. Waynesville,
Hendersonville. Enka, Canton, Bry
son City and Tryon have entered
the event according to "Slim" Bul
lock, financial manager of
Transylvania league, who i
charge of arrangements for
tourney.
A large trophy will be awarded
to the winner of the tournament
and a smaller one will go to the
runnerup. Prizes for the outstand
ing player, hurler, hitter, etc. will
Hazelwood
Takes Tenth
Inning Win
Sylva Nine Puts Up
Game Scrap Here
Wednesday; Martel
Here Saturday
With two men out and Rlalock
on base, Bob Pitts smacked a high
drive over first base to untie the
scnre in the last of the tenth in
ning during Hazelwood's game with
Sylva here Wednesday afternoon.
Saturday the Blalockmen re
sume their Industrial League play
with Martel Mills coming here. The
game will get under way at 3:30
p. m. with Zeb Swann the likely
starting pitcher for Hazelwood.
Sylva held the lead twice during
the seesaw game here Wednesday
and knocked Billy Griffin from the
mound In 4 sixth inning rally.
The visitors scored first, squeez
ing home Dillard on Phillip's sin
gle during the second. Then Henry
the came through with a single in the
in i third, Robinson was walked and
(Surfs Mdvamices Bbi IACC IPlay
IN THE GROOVE
By Jack Sorcfs
LMENT DEPT.: Dick Powers is turning into a
taseman as rJiniocK continues to jean on nis
s in the Hazelwood lineup, building for the
Griffin, whose chance to pitch Wednesday
'as a bis surprise to him, showed a steady aim.
'anyone with as little experience and we're hop-
of him on the mound. Oliver Yount, who can
In anv league, couiant nit tne proveroiai Darn
,er. Now he connects about as often as any.
IRS will be interested in what happens Mon-
meeting of the North Carolina Wildlife Re
mission in Raleigh. The establishment of the
in seasons and bag limits will be the prlnci
business, which of course includes taking up
lr$il item of whether there will be an open
Iter in the western counties or not . . . There
unters in the field last season to every two
Ire, and indications are that a larger number
bed this vear.
Blalock hit a drive into left pas
ture for two runs.
Both teams kept up the hustle in
the field and it was the sixth be
fore the game broke open again.
Brown, first up for Sylva, banged
a single and beat the play to see-
also be given with the compliments ond when Ellis hit to the infield,
of Brevard merchants, it is re- Rector hit safely to score Brown
Ported. I and Ellis came home on Smith's
Mr. Bullock states that in all 34 single and an overthrow. With no
teams made an effort to participate one out, Blalock came in from
in the tourney, but only 16 teams third to relieve Griffin and struck
The Smoky Mountain league game slated
Brevard was cancelled due to a wet field.
mijjhty like another subway World Series
of the proceedings in the majors with the
idgers and the New York Yankees leading
ive leagues by a comfortable margin. That
If the St. Louis Cardinals don't muster their
lick to overcome the Dodgers at the wire.
could be accommodated in the
event. The first game will get
underway at 5:00 o'clock next Tues
day afternoon with four games be
ing played each day through
Thursday, while on Friday and
Saturday there will be two games
each night.
Admission to the games on Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday will
be 10 and 25 cents, and a slight
increase will be made for the final
encounters, it is stated.
In the upper bracket, Waynes
ville and Enka have top seeding,
while in the lower bracket Cham
pion "Y , of Canton, and Elks club
of Asheville. are favorites and
Ridgeway and Hendersonville in
the upper bracket and Blue Rirfyo
Weavers and Adams Mills in the
lower division, according to Mr.
Bullock.
The pairings for the first day are
as follows: 5:00 Ridgeway vs. A.
G. Stores; 0:15 Enka vs. Brevard
College; 7.30 Waynesville vs.
Army stores; 8:45 Ecusta vs. Hendersonville.
fairings tor Wednesday are: 5:00
Blue Ridge vs. Baptist Church;
6:15 Adams Mills vs. "Suttons";
7:30 Brevard legion vs. Bryson
City; and, 8:45 Elks club vs.
Champion "Y".
out Morgan, walked Squirrel and
the side was retired when Dillard
hit into a double play.
Behind 4 to 2, Hazelwood rocked
the boat in the seventh as Trout
man hit safely to first, came home
on Henry's single and Dick Powers
blasted a long homer over the left
fielder for three runs.
Dillard singled along right field
and crossed the plate to tie the
score at 5-up when Phillips hit a
triple into deep center. It was the
tenth before Pitts untied the knot
for a hard-fought victory.
Lawson Brown want the route
for Sylva, shooting some of the
trickiest curves offered here and
keeping a steady pace all 10 in
nings. Blalock struck out seven
men in his five innings, while Grif
fin kept the visitors to 8 meager
two hits until they got hot In the
sixth.
BOX SCORES
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maintain a stiffer oace on the
Country Club links. At the recent
Beaver Lake meet he took the med
alist prize but was eliminated by
Uowtin in the semifinals. Allen
also has made his name familiar in
Asheville golfing circles, having
been medalist in the city open.
of te eestfez spots
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Tannery Throws Softball
Race In Muddle With Wins
National Guard and
Dayton To Tangle in
Feature Event Tonight
Sylva-Huelwood
The Tannery took two straight
fwins over Pet Dairy and Sutton's
i to climb into a tie with Sutton's
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Record Of W-H
Games Show Big
Scrap For Flag
For an idea as to how much of a
scramble the major division teams
have been in since the current sea
son opened on May 26, here is a
record of the 25 games that have
been played to date:
Tannery 6, Sutton's 3.
Dayton 12, National Guard 11.
Dayton 4, Tannery 1.
Dayton 14, Pet Dairy 11.
Sutton's 9, National Guard 0.
Tannery 10, Dayton 7.
Sutton's 15j Dayton 3.
Tannery 12, Pet Dairy 4.
National Guard 13, Tannery 9.
National Guard 14, Dayton 4.
Sutton's 14, Pet Dairy 5.
Dayton 11, Pet Dairy 3.
Tannery 6, Dayton 0.
National Guard 11, Pet 9.
Dayton 11, Sutton's 2.
National Guard 11, Tannery 9.
Sutton's 9, Pet Dairy 1.
Sutton's 7, Pet Dairy 1.
Tannery 13, Pet Dairy 4.
Sutton's 12, National Guard 8.
National Guard 11, Pet 4.
National Guard 5, Pet 4.
Sutton's 10, Dayton 5.
Tannery 6, Pet Dairy 5.
Tannery 3, Sutton's 0.
Sylva Ab
Ellis. 5
Ractor, lb 5
Smith, c S
Morgan, cf 5
SaulrreK 2b 2
Dillard, 3b 4
Phillip., rf 4
Brooks, If 3
Brown, p 4
Cun'on'm; If 1
R HIHaielwood AB
1 llHanry, 2b 4
1 2.'Pown. lb 5
0 lIRoblnton, tt 4
0 OlBlalock. 3b, p 4
O OlYount, If 3
2 1 Pitts, rf 5
0 2 Troutman, 0 4
0 0 Harris, of 4
1 2Griffin, p.Jb 4
O 0
-I Totals 39 6 10
for first place this week, and throw
2 the Waynesville-Hazelwood soft
l : ball race into a dog fight the rc-
2
0
1
1
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1
Totals X 5 91
Scora by innings: R. H. E.
Sylva 010 003 001 05 9 2
Hazelwood .... 002 000 300 1 6 10 1
SUMMARY: Two-basa hit Robinson;
three-base hit Phillips; home run Powara.
Struck out by Brown. 9: Griffin, 3; Blalock,
7. Left on base Sylva, 5; Haielwood, 5.
Double play Robinson to Henry to Powere.
Cards To Conduct
Try-Out Camp At
Lenoir, Aug. 29
LENOIR Central high school
field in Lenoir will be the scene
of a baseball try-out camp Friday
and Saturday, August 29-30, con
ducted by the World's Champion
St. Louis Cardinals, it has been an
nounced by D. Archie GotTey, pres
ident of the Lenoir Red Sox of the
Blue Ridge league.
The Cardinal system, which has
sent more young players to the
major leagues than any other base
ball organization, is sending two of
its ace scouts to Lenoir to conduct
the daily work-outs which will be
gin at 10 o'clock each morning
and continue throughout the day.
George Ferrell, veteran scout, for
mer minor league player and man
ager and the brother of Wes. now
catching with the Washington Sen
ators, will be in charge of the
camp. He will be assisted by Har
rison Wickel. veteran scout and
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mainder of the route.
Both games were close ones, al
though a player shortage on the
part of both opponents gave the
Redskins technical forfeit wins anyway.
Tonight will he another impor
tant scrap, bringing out the Na
tional Guard who can make it a
three-way tie for top spot if they
overcome Dayton Rubber. The
preliminary will pit the High
School against the Youth Club.
Pet's Tony Jones held the A. C.
Lawrence team to a meager five
hits through Monday's game which
went into the seventh inning tied
3-all. Then the Tannery's new in
fielder Merrimon, drove a homer
through center with two on base.
The Milkmen followed suit, Alli
son hitting a four-bagger with one
runner on. Franklin got to third
with one man out and Jones banged
a fly to left field. Collins made a
dive for it, came up with the ball
in his hand and Jones was called
out; then tossed the ball to third
where Franklin was called out, giv
ing the Tannery a 6 to 5 victory.
Tuesday evening's scrap with
Sutton's was a pitching duel be
tween Bronson Robinson and Earl
Scruggs, both of whom allowed
only five hits. It was the fourth
frame before a score was made
Merrimon walked, stole second, ad
vanced to third on Blalock's single
and beat the play at home when
Yount hit a grounder to shortstop.
Singleton, getting to first when hit
by the pitcher, stole second and
during the play for him, Blalock
scored.
Blalock doubled and scored
again in the sixth, while Sutton's
couldn't squeeze home any of the
eight men who got on base.
In the preliminary games the
Lions went down before the Youth
Club after a bad first inning, losing
18 to 9 and on Tuesday night ral
lied behind Boyd Owen's pitching
and John Nesbitt's swatting to win
13 to 10 over Sutton's juniors. Kuy-
kendall pitched for the Youth Club
allowing only 7 hits in Monday's
game.
Box Scores
Tannerv AB R
L.1H0, c 4 1
Merrm n. 2b 3 1
Henry, ss 3 0
Yount, If 4 0
Collins. If 4 2
Mull, 3b 2 0
Sinfjieton, p 3 0
Robinson, rf 3 1
Burrell, lb 2 1
Tannery-Pel Dairy
HPat Dairy
Totals 28 6
Score by inninrjs
Tannery
Pet Dairy
AB
OlPhllllps, rf 3
HUnrierw d, ss 3
OlS tt'nf'ld, If 4
2Allison. cf 4
OlFranklln. 3b 4
OlJones, p 4
HSutton. lb 3
HGrahl, 2b 3
II Leopard, o 3
6! Totals 31
R.
. . 020 100 3 6
. 100 110 25
Waynesville's Charles Curtis advanced to the semifinals
in the fifty-third Asheville Country Club golf tournament by
defeating Jerry Rogers of Asheville one up in a hard fought
match Thursday. He will bf puirrd against Weldon Doe, Jr.,
of Montgomery, Ala., in the main duel today.
Al Dowtin, who defeated Hans
Merrill, 2 and 1. will meet Henry
Camp, 3 and 2 winner ot-r .1 V.
Hyatt, in the other semifinals
match.
Doe, who blazed through the 'M
holes qualifying rounds hi KiH to
take medalist honors, uutshot Hie-1
man McKenzic in his first match
and F. J. Boatright during the,
quarter finals. j
Curtis and Boh Allen earned
Waynesville two berths in the lirst
flight during the qualifying i omuls.
Monday and Tuesday. Curtis'
in 145 for third low score. Allen,!
with 151, was tied with lour other
players lor the last three pols in1
the top bracket, but vumvett a
"sudden death" p!aotT.
In the first mutches Wednesday. .
Curtis dropped Alan Smith ul
Asheville with surprising ease, (i
and 5. Boh Allen. houii-r. was
turned hack by Jerry Rogers iwho
qualified in M9) four hides up and
three to go.
Doe will enter the semifinals fav
ored to take care of Curtis, hut
STANDINGS
W-U SOFTBALL LEAGUE
Major Division
Won Lost Pet.
niton's 1 7 3 .700
annei y 7 3 .700
lalional Ciiard (J 3 .644
)aton 5 5 .500
'el Dairy .0 11 .000
Minor Division
High School
Youth Club
Sutton's
Charlie is showing his ahilily to I. ions Club
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GAMES TUESDAY
Llons-Sutton's 2
ATHENS, Ga. The University of Georgia is planning
big things for this fellow. He's John Rauch, a junior, and
Georgia coach Wally Butts hopes he can replace all-America
Charley Trippi in the backfield. He weighs 195 pounds and
completed 48 out of 87 passes while spelling Charley last year.
Rauch hails from Yeadon, Pa., the same state that produced
Lions
Davis, lb
Nesbitt. c
Boone, lb
Weath'by. ss 3
Owen, p 4
Eckhoff, 2b 2
Brown, If 2
Spears, cf.rf 4
Woodard. rf 2
Phillips, cf 1
Ab R HSutton's 2 Ab
4 1 HWomack, c 4
4 3 3lWh,nh'nt. ss 4
5 1 HSutton.lb.p 4
1 OIG'bn.cf.p.lb 4
2 HEiell. cf 4
1 0'Howell, 3b 3
1 HCamp, p.cf 4
1 01 Bell, If 1
1 OIGrlffin. If 1
1 O'L'thwood, 2b 3
Totals 31 13 7 Totals 32 10 12
Score by innings: R. H E
Lions 313 212 113 7 1
Suttons 2 010 Oil 710 12 3
Tannery-Sutton's 1
Tannery Ab
Lane, c 3
Merrim'n, 3b 2
Henry, 2b 3
Blalock, sa 3
Yount, cf 3
Sing t'n. lb 2
Collins, If 3
Mull, rf 1
Soruoos. p 3
F.Rob's'n, rf 2
Totals 25 3
score by innings:
HiSutton s 1 Ab
UPhilllps. If 4
01 Shook, 3b 3
O VVyatt. ss.c 2
3IW.R'b's'n. cf 3
OIB.R'b's'n p 3
HSutton.c.lb 2
OUaynes.lb.ss 1
OlCarver, rf 3
O'Teague, 2b 3
OlPowers, ss 2
51 Totals 26
Tannery 000 201 0 3
Sutton's 1 000 OOO 0 0
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