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May 20, 1953
COLUMNS
Page Three
WILD PITCHES
by
Marvin Jordan
SLUGGER PRICE
Well, hello again, baseball fans.
Believe it or not, I’m back on the
mound chunking wild pitches
again. Get up to the plate now, but
stay loose or you may not be able
to get out of the way of my high
inside pitch; and I’d sure hate to
bean anybody in the last game of
the .season.
Good old baseball season is al
most over, here at L. C.; and al
though the boys have won a few
games and lost a few, things have
not been too exciting. Therefore, I
think I’ll take you outside of
Louisburg to a game played back
in 1951. Although I didn’t actual
ly see the game, I read about it
in the May issue of Sport; and
it was one of the most unusual
games that I’ve ever read about.
It took place only a few miles
from here, in Tarboro, N. C.
Tarboro was a member of the
Coastal Plain League and was a
farm club of the Philadelphia Ath
letics. Things had been going from
bad to worse for the Tarboro Club,
and the mother club was ready
to give it up. Tarboro was in the
cellar, attendance had dropped
off; and to top it all, the directors
of the Coastal Plain League was
voting Tarboro out of the league.
However, before the team broke
up, the Tarboro fans saw one of
the biggest games ever to be play
ed in organized baseball. Here is
the way that Lewis Heilbroner de
scribed it in the May issue of Sport.
“It happened the night of June
2, with Tarboro playing a home
game against Wilson. Joe Antolick,
the visiting team’s manager, had
previously managed Tarboro, and
there was a friendly but hot rival-
ly between the clubs. Tarboro fans
always cherished a win over Anto
lick.
The two clubs played on fairly
even terms until the fifth inning,
when Tarboro came to bat. Bill
Carr the first man up, lined a
double. Milburn Felton reached
first on an error and Carr went
to third. Manager Joe Rullo came
through with a single; Carr scor
ed the first Tarboro run. Manager
Antolick of Wilson brought in a
new pitcher but Johnny Wolf of
Tarboro hit a grounder which the
second-baseman booted, and Fel
ton scored, with Rullo going to
third. Jim Stevens walked and the
hitting vendetta continued when
Ray Shiffner doubled. Again, An
tolick produced a new pitcher. By
this time, with four runs in and
nobody out, the local fans could
smell blood. The league doormat
was getting some sweet revenge
and the home folks were enjoying
every bit of it.
The new pitcher walked the
first man to face him. Bob Brown.
Russ Hand, Tarboro’s catcher, also
walked. There were only 400 fans
in the stands but when Tom Davis,
the Tarboro pitcher, smacked a
solid single to score runs six and
seven, they could be heard for
miles. Bill Carr, who had started it
all off, loaded the bases by walk
ing. Antolick waved in another
pitcher, his fourth. By this time,
the Tarboro fans were really hav
ing themselves a ball game, but
what had gone before was nothing
compared with what was to come.
Felton slammed a base-clearing
double to make the score 10-0 and
manager Rullo scored run no. 11
with another double. Johnny
Wolfe, swinging from his heels,
blasted a home run to make it 13-0.
And still nobody out. But at least,
manager Autolick reflected as he
surveyed the carnage, nobody was
on base. However, that condition
was soon remedied. Stevens tripled,
Shiffner singled, and Brown walk
ed. Antolick, desperate, put him
self in to pitch. The hapless mana
ger couldn’t find the plate at first
and when he did, Bill Carr knock-
BEN PRICE
*
Campbell Is Defeated
By Louisburg
Louisburg defeated their arch
rival and continued their win
streak as they won over Campbell
6-5.
Campbell was leading 2-0 after
the second inning. In the third the
Wildcats tied the game two all as
Gary Morris led off with a single
followed by a walk by Price and
a single by Brickhouse — all with
a Campbell error. Campbell added
■a run in the fifth to regain the
lead. Louisburg took the lead for
the first time as Gary Morris hit
a base loaded single to score two
runs to lead 5-3.
In the eighth inning Louisburg
added two more runs on a home
run by Ben Price. In the ninth
Louisburg stopped Campbell’s ral
ly just in time to wip 6-5.
Gary Morris led the “Wildcats”
as he got two hits in three official
trips to bat. Manness led Camp
bell with a home run and two sin
gles in four times up.
P. J. C. Defeats Louisburg
p. J. C. snapped The Louisburg
“Wildcats” a one game winning
streak in an eleven inning game
played at P. J. C. The score was
5-4.
Scott, P. J. C’s left handed pit
cher, held The “Wildcats” hit-
less until the eighth inning when
Gary Morris got an infield hit.
In the ninth Louisburg tied the
score 4 all when Plug Brickhouse
tripled, a walk by Fred Ransom,
and a single by Jerry Faulkner,
along with a passed ball produc
ed three runs.
P. J. C. won the game when
Keels singled with a man on base
to win 5-4.
Chittum led P. J. C. with three
singles in five times to bat. Plug
Brickhouse led The Wildcats” with
a triple and a single in four times
to bat.
ed his pitch over the fence for a
grand-slam homer. Moments later,
run 21 scored and not an out had
been recorded. In fact, 25 batters
came to the plate before Wilson
retired a man. The inning dragged
on and so did Wilson’s agony. Be
fore the third out, 24 runs were
scored by Tarboro, seven pitchers
were used by Wilson and the fans
were all dizzy. A number of rec
ords for organized baseball were
set. Among them were the run to
tal for one inning, number of bat
ters in one inning (29), number of
batters before an out was made
(25). Bill Carr set three records by
scoring four runs hirnself, getting
three hits and driving in seven
runs. The final score of that un
forgettable evening of baseball (?)
was 31-4.”
Boy, wasn’t that some game? I
guess I’m not such a wild pitcher
after all. At least I haven’t beam
ed anybody yet, and the game is
over. Besides, my space is about
used up; so, I guess I’d better be
getting out of here. This is your old
wild pitcher saying thanks for
sticking around for the game, and
have a good vacation. So long,
now.
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Batting and Fielding Average of L C. "Wildcats"
Name
Brickhouse
Tippett
Perry
Price
Ransom
Faulkner ...
Womble ....
Frazier
Morris
Mangrum ..
Nelson
Hurley
Matthews .
Barbour -...
G
AB
R
H
2b
3bHRrbiSbDP BB
SO
Pet.
PO
A
E
FA
11
47
11
16
3
2
0
5
2
4
4
11
.340
31
31
8
.886
3
3
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
.333
0
1
1
.500
11
40
9
13
2
1
0
4
1
0
6
8
.325
17
0
2
.895
11
48
13
15
0
1
1
6
4
8
6
10
.313
35
27
5
.925
11
45
14
14
4
2
0
9
2
0
3
12
.311
19
1
0
1.000
11
46
9
11
2
0
2
10
2
1
5
16
.239
30
2
5
.865
11
41
5
9
1
0
1
5
1
11
5
3
.220
105
1
2
.981
9
32
3
7
0
0
0
2
2
0
4
9
.219
40
0
6
.869
10
32
3
7
0
0
0
6
0
0
2
6
.219
3
21
3
.889
11
38
4
8
1
0
0
4
2
2
2
6
.210
11
21
5
.863
5
9
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
.111
0
13
1
.750
6
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
.000
0
4
0
1.000
5
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
.000
0
0
0
.000
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
2
0
0
1.000
Pitching Record of L C. "Wildcats"
Pitcher
G
IP
H
R
SO
BB
HB
W
L
Pet.
Nelson
5
23
21
16
10
10
2
1
0
1.000
Morris
10
73.7
95
57
24
12
2
4
6
.400
Matthews
2
2.3
4
7
1
4
2
0
0
.000
Hurley
1
1
1
4
0
3
0
0
0
.000
Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. | Sigma Pi Alpha Initiates
Officers Are Installed New Members
The New officers of the Y. W. C.
A. and Y. M. C. A. are George El
len Marks and Robert Stainback,
presidents; Jackie Farrow and
Josh Scull, vice-presidents.
The installation service was held
in chapel, Friday 15, 1953. The
1952-53 presidents, Phyllis Bailey
and Bob Kennedy led the group in
prayer; and Bob read the scrip
ture. The new officers took their
oaths; and, at the end, Phyllis clos
ed with the benediction.
Ben Price Is Ping Pong
Champion
A new champ Is born! Ben Price,
who excels in basketball and base
ball, recently added another lau
rel to his athletic achievements.
In record-breaking time Ben Price
defeated “Tee” Barnett for the
championship. The day was warm
and the spectators few in number,
but Price was really hot. In the
preliminaries, Barnett defeated
Manning, Merritt, and Denning.
Price defeated Sadler, Powell, and
Godley.
Ben Price, one of the most pop
ular students of Louisburg, rich
ly deserves the title: “Ping-pong
champ of Louisburg, 1952-1953.”
To show the gratitude of our
school, Robert Stainback, as direc
tor of the Ping-pong tournament,
presented Price with a “gold” med
al of achievement at chapel. Con
gratulations to the new champ of
Louisburg — Ben Price!
The Lambda chapter of Sigma
Pi Alpha initiated four new mem-'
bers during the spring semester.
The new initiates into this nation
al honorary language fraternity
are Alice Lee Dennis, Louisburg;
Marvin Jordan, of Weldon; Jacque
line Farrow, Waves; Thomas Shutt,
Roanoke Rapids.
Paul Bunn of Graham, a senior
member was singled out for high
honors in language when at the
National Congress of the fraternity
held in Raleigh on April 25, 1953,
he received a scholarship award
for high attainment in language
work and in general scholarship.
Surprise for Miss Bethea
One Wednesday night, there was
a long-distance call for a person
in Wright Dorm. This person just
happened to be at the gym where
Miss Cooke had taken her a few
minutes before.
As the unknown entered the par-
lar a group of excited girls burst
into the words of, “For She’s A
Jolly Goodfellow.” Forgotten was
the phone call as Miss Bethea was
presented gifts from the girls in
Pattie Julia Wright Dorm.
What brought all this on? Miss
Bethea’s trip to Europe this sum
mer with the Youth Caravan. The
girls just wanted to sho wthey ap
preciated what she had done for
them this year and to wish her the
best “bon voyage.”
Louisburg Wins Over
Chowan
Louisburg got ample revenge
over the Chowan “Braves” for an
earlier defeat. The “Wildcat’s” bats
were red hot as they pounded four
Chowan pitchers for twenty-three
hits to win 19-4.
Chowan took a two run lead in
the top of the first, but Louisburg
came through in the bottom of the
first to take a 4-2 lead. A single
by Price, double by Perry, a sin
gle by Ransom, and a double by
Faulkner accounted for the runs.
In the third Chowan tied the
score 4 all, but again The “Wild
cats” came through to take a lead
they never lost. A single by Brick
house, double by Ransom, and a
home run by Faulkner, his second
of the year made the score 7-4.
In the sixth inning fifteen men
went to bat for the “Wildcats” with
nine runs crossing the plate on
seven hits, along with three Cho
wan errors, and three walks. Price
led off with a single. Perry tripled,
singles by Brickhouse, Ransom,
and Womble, two errors, a walk
by Morris, Price collected his sec
ond hit of the inning, two walks.
Ransom’s second single for the in
ning gave the “Wildcats” a 16-4
lead.
Louisburg added another run in
the seventh and two in the eighth
to finish with a score of 19-4.
Frank Gibson led the “Braves”
with 3 for 4. Ransom and Price
led the Wildcats with 5 for 6 and
4 for 5 respectively. Womble and
Perry each added three hits to the
heavy Louisburg attack.
“Daddy, why do the ladies al
ways bring their knitting when
they come to the house?”
“It gives them something to
think about while they’re talking.”
•
My husband would never chase
after another woman. He’s too
fine,' too decent, too old.
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