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Prof, M, L, Turner
In the Hoover Rail for April we informed you that the
boys here at Piedmont were playing a little baseball despite
the fact that the space for playing this game wa.s decidedly
limited. But at the present baseball has been discarded
and the students are enjoying the game of soft Dal.L quibe a
lot. Our playground is'far more suitable for this game than
it is for real baseball. Of course we are not playing any
Igames with other schools but we are really having a good
time among ourselves. It is a pleasure to note the enthus
iasm exhibited by both the boys and girls of Piedmont in the
playing of softball,
boys in service would like to know something about how the major
getting along at this early stage of the game. Suppose we give you
the major clubs as of May lAth, In the American League we find Chic
ago occupying first placej having won 12 games and lost 6, This gives the White Sox
a percentage standing of ,667* However, the New York Yankees are mighty close on their
heels with a percentage standing of,6^0, They could bo in first place before this
gets cold, It*s not so hot anyway. Next comes Detroit with, a standing of ,611, A
little warm spell might conceivably bounce the Tigers into the first place spotlight.
The St„ Louis Browns, last year*s champions in the American League, have thus far won
9 and lost 9 games for a standing of even ,500, The'remaining clubs in the order of
their standings are Washington, Philadelphia, Boston, and finally the Cleveland Ind
ians looking after the cellar,
.Switching to the’National League we find that so far the New York Giants have
made the, best showing. They have won 16 games while losing but 5 for a percentage
standing of ,727*. Next to the Giants we find Dem Bums from Brooklyn^ liie Dodgers
have won 13 contests and lost 6, This gives them a standing of ,68^, The only other
team ivith a percentage standing of ,500, or bettor, is the Chicago Cubs, The stand
ing of'this team is ,556* The teams that haven’t broken even are Pittsburgh, St, Louis
Boston, Cincinnati, and Philadelphia. The record of the Philadelphia Nation^s is
just the opposite that*of the New York Giants* This club has won 5 games while losing
16, for a standing of ,238, They are way down in the cellar. But of course we all
are aware of the fact that the' season is still very, very young. Who knows vtiat Sept
ember, or even July the Fourth, may bring forth?
One of the hi^ lights of big league baseball this'far has been the,jj:^
hurling of 22 consecutive scoreless innings by a rookie, Dave Ferris^^^‘"J’^/'
This was a new modein record for a pitchcr begiijnj^i^his
ma4^r league career, Ferriss is a dischar,^e f/''
of the Amy Air Forces, He is a member of theL
Boston Hed Sox team. We mi^t also mention thcS:..^^ ..
fact that Mel Ott of the Nejv York Giants has just hit his 495tl)A
run, putting him in third placo ajnong all»“time circuit cloutera^^ '
M'lny people from Lawndale are interested in the outcom^^
of ath?.ctic contests ehgaged in by our county seat,
She;i?:yc The Shelby baseball toajn has j^.ist won its y
ninth conference'game. It has suffered but one defeat'in the'conference, I’wo days
ago« Hariy McKee, a pitcher on last year’s Junior Legion Te^, blanked the Newton Hi^
Sohool players 11 to O'for his fourth victory of the season. Only 25 batters faced Me
Kee dtrring the contest, 15 of whom were sbr'lke-out victims. He allowed but four scatt^
ered hits. In this contest only tv;o Newton players reached second base, Trtiere, with Me
Kce bcariiig down, they v/ere left strandedv Only two more games remain on the Shelby
schedule,’ These are with Forest City and Hickory,
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