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PAGE SIXTEEN THE ECHO June, 19« WLINC Sports Page By JACK ALEXANDER SPORTS CHATTER One could easily call this edition of Sports Chatter a first report on Camp Sapphire. It is with great pleasure that the writer can bring to Ecusta, Champagne, and End less Belt’s employees attention such an array of good news about the different activities now in progress at Sapphire. In fact there are so many items that could be mentioned there is danger of over looking some of the important ones. Probably the biggest events during the month were the two big chicken barbecue dinners spon sored by the Five Year Club. On June 14 approximately 350 em ployees and wives thronged out to the camp where everyone enjoyed a full evening of fun and good food. The following week an ov erflow crowd finished up the bal ance of the delicious chicken. Tennis along with shuffle board and horseshoes have been the most popular sports. When weath er permits, the tennis courts are always in demand. Several of our employees have taken advantage of the tennis courts to improve their game, and in due time there should be some very interesting matches between our boys and other neighboring clubs. Sapphire Lake has exceeded all expectations so far as attendance is concerned. Sunday crowds have ranged from 350 to 700 swimmers while week days have averaged 200 swimmers. Everyone seems to be more than pleased with the marvelous improvements made in the swimming area. The new boats at the lake are in constant use from opening time to closing time. Indications point toward new ad ditions along the boat line. Picnickers have had everything to their liking with the additions of several new barbecue stalls. The men who worked so hard get ting the area ready for us are to be complimented for having done such a fine job. Included in the new plans are the vastly improved parking areas connected to the barbecue stalls. These enable a person to drive in without having to carry his or her food too far a distance. Most pleasing about the attend ance at Sapphire Is the fact that so many employees are using their five days off to take advantage of the many activities offered there. This practice cannot be over-done since we all realize how important it is for each of us to get the prop er amount of sunshine, relaxation, and exercise. The kids are going “all out” for the Sapphire Coaching School. At tendance has jumped from open ing day of 40 to the present at tendance of 55. Reports are com ing in to the effect that the boys are finding plenty to do and are well satisfied with the program. Many parents will be glad to learn that two new instructors have been assisting the coaching staff: Mr. H. E. Newbury and Mr. Char lie Russell. It might be wise to pass on to those parents who have not as yet made plans for their ^ildren to attend that the school X OOLSBl G LEANIlH ''YOU^RE oust 60IN& TO HATE ME . . '' Pulp Mill Sneaks Out Of Cellar For The First Time In Season By Winning From Control Team, 4-3 ECUSTA BASEBALL (Continued From Page One) good pitchihg by holding the Sayles boys to five hits. It was Alexander who scored the winning run in the 10th. in ning after he had gotten on with a hit; sacrificed to second by Sams and brought home by Rick Orr, who broke up the ball game with a beautiful hit to left field. On June 8th. Sams and Morris led the local aggregation to a 20 to 1 victory over Martel Mills, while Suttles held the losers to three hits. McCurry was also a big factor in the win with four hits out of six times at the bat. Ray Byrd, Misenheimer, Alexander, Sams and Orr were all credited with two hits each. On the 15th., Ecusta won anoth er slug-fest from Green River, 8 to 1. Again Grover Suttles was the hero as he held the losers to four hits and struck out eight men. Rick Orr, Ken McCurry, Byrd and H. Misenheimer were the lead ing hitters, with Orr getting two doubles and a triple out of five times up. Ecusta took the lead in the sec ond inning with hits by Suttles and McCurry and scored two runs In the fourth inning, the local boys scored three more runs when Mi senheimer and Orr tripled and singles followed by Suttles and Mc Curry. Green River scored its only run, which was unearned, in the third inning on a wild pitch. is still open for new members. The bus will continue to leave Brevard at 10:00 a. m. and return from Sapphire at 12M, Champagne Deftly Places Skids Under Fast-Moving Machine Room Outfit Last Wednesday afternoon, Ralph Morris’ Pulp Mill team played heads-up ball and defeated a favored Control Team 4 to 3. The victory enabled the Pulp Mill to sneak our of the cellar for the first time this season. Arthur Lind- ley, newly acquired pitcher for the Pulp Mill, pitched steady ball, al lowing only four hits. Vance of the Control team pitched good ball for the losers but poor support sank him into defeat. “Red” Cagle was the big gun for the Pulp Mill, hit ting a double when two men were on base. In the most interesting game of the current Ecusta inter-depart mental baseball league, Champagne finally put the skids to fast mov ing Machine Room team. After six innings of the see-saw battle, Champagne managed to blast across two runs in the first half of the seventh inning for a 5 to 4 victory. It was Roy Carter’s 390- foot homer with one aboard that clinched the game to place Cham pagne within one game of the league leading Machine Room team. Pitchers for both teams pitched good ball with Troy Drake finally besting John Pickelsimer. Drake allowed five hits while Pickelsi- mer permitted six men to hit safe- ly- Big guns for the Champagne team were Roy Carter and Phil Riddle who gathered two hits out of four trips each. Rick Orr and Footsie Case almost turned defeat into victory by blasting out all of Machine Room’s five hits. Includ ed in these hfts were two triples, By JOHN H. GOOLSBY It will be only a few until we will all gather that annual affair—the ^ picnic at Camp Sapphir^j'.^^jsi year it promises to be the and best one we have pe- time, skill and work riod of a year have made of the beauty spots of , crea® North Carolina. Bushels corn, lemonade and ice find their way into the ha carefree men, women # dren. Another added l)f year will be a baseball tween Enka and our own B ting nine. The boxing ’-5# always draw the crowds, P jjjl to be bigger and better. , in)' know how the rest of yo** , fjcli' that one day of fun does me more good than t"'^ il of the ordinary kind. I of the ordinary kind. - is because we are all gcui' once more—^just one |oo! family. This year be sur® fijg f at the American flag i tS”®! the breeze from the tops two large pine trees; that strikes me now, jj look at it more than ever, it shall always wave, hold sacred those things W it stands—^peace, liberW,, r and love. Yep, Red, dc'^ Blue—valor, sacrifice tion; stop and think ®, fepdi''’ folks. Our boys were ^ jt ’ that same flag a year "5 mighty big cost; their f at stake for our freedp’’’^ y, i' not forget that on this Fourth; at the picnic ji, iis our sons and daughters wi peace once more secure. .4 be, and will be, our best 0 . You people on the Service Club committee , any part in preparing gai'', at Camp Sapphire, and square dancing thinks of all of us. y it was'the best yet, or 20 people have renia it was the best yet, an“ one. Everything went and the members are sU^ ^ ing why we didn’t tbii’ before. More outings^— en. j. : „ Rastus Brown was too propose to his girl in he caUed her on the tel% ‘'g “Mandy,” he began ® LrC’,!i got me a little farm out^ ^ got a cow and a pig V chickens, a mule and a -y a buggy. Will yo " ' Came the quid I will, honey—who Came the quick reply- will, honey—who i® where is you?” a double, and two sing^®®' -1 Summaries; Pulp Mill Control Machine Room Champagne •3 if * I ^ 5 Ji
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