TABS SPANK BASCOES 10 - 7 .. .. •• u 5L Aft Aft Aft Aft Stark Hurls Kilo Swats To Second Victory 14-7 --i -- --- Sullivan Leads Way At Bat In Saturday Game For The Tabs When the Herald Tabs broke loose again Saturday in the sec ond tussel of the City League double game they handed the Rosemary Mills Bascoes their third loss in their last three tilts by a 10-7 count. Each club collected fourteen hits with Tom Taylor staying the route on the mound for the Tabs, winning his second league game. Johnson did the firing work for the Bascoes. The first home run in the City League history was marked up when “Bab” Ryals hit for the cii cuit in the ninth frame. The Tabs scored three runs in the first inning. I. Dickens open ed with a single, Speight got on with a fielder’s choice, W. Dickens was credited with a high pitch and W. Outland singled, scoring two runners. Sullivan brought in * nother with his bingle. Things looked good for the Bas coes, also they chased home four runs when they got to bat. I. Dickens named Birdsong’s ground er, Finch singled, Dick Lee sent out a fielder’s choice and F. Sul livan tripled, scoring three runs. Ernest Lee sent in the other run with bis blow. The Tabs tied the score in the second frame, T. Taylor got a bingle, I. Dickens a two bagger and B. Speight tallied Taylor with his base knock. In the seventh stanza W. Dick ens got on base by dropping out a fielder’s choice. W. Outland doubled and singles by Sullivan and J. Taylor sent home two runs, making it a total of six runs. The Bascoes came back with two markers in the seventh. A wild throw by Sullivan pulled Acree off first base when Johnson hit to Sullivan, and safe hits by Ryals, Finch and Dick Lee scored the run ners. A big inning for the Tabs in th« eighth gave them a safe lead when they scored four times. Allsbrook errored Speight’s try, leaving him safe at first. W. Dickens doubled and Birdsong missed W. Outland’s grounder, sending home Speight. Sullivan sliced out a nice single, scoring two and J. Taylor,_ like wise, scored another. The last Bascoes run came in the ninth with Ryals homer, wko circled the bases in one of the hardest balls yet in Simmons park. Box scorer Tabs ab. r. h. po. a. e. I. Dickens, ss. —5 0 2 3 5 1 B. Speight, 2b. —5 2 2 6 1 0 W. Dickens, If. —4 3 110 0 W. Outland, c. —5 3 2 4 2 0 Sullivan, 3b. —5 1 3 2 3 1 J. Taylor, cf. —5 0 2 3 0 0 Acree, lb.-5 0 1 8 0 0 T. Taylor, p_5 110 3 0 M. Outland, rf. —4 0 0 0 0 0 Garris, 3b.-1 0 0 0 0 0 44 10 14 27 14 2 Bascocs ab. r. h. po. 'a. e. Allsbrook, 2b. —5 0 0 2 4 1 Birdsong, ss.-5 113 5 1 Ryals, If.-4 2 3 3 0 1 Finch, rf.-5 1 3 0 0 0 D. Lee, cf._4 113 0 0 F. Sullivan, c. —4 12 4 10 E. Lee, 3b._3 0 3 3 1 2 Lyles, lb.-^5 0 0 8 0 0 Johnson, p.-4 1 1 0 6 0. Mills, 3b.-2 0 0 1 0 0 36 7 14 27 17 5 1 ■ Acree Names Twelve Leading Hitters In City League Games Listed below are the twelve lead ing hitters in the City League who have played in as many as three games. Vester Finch, Bascoes play er, retains the lead, hitting safe ly three times out of five trips in Saturday’s games. Ryals stepped up to second place, sending Butler to the sixth position and G. Sul livan sliced out three bingles in five trys Saturday to take third place. Wilbur Outland got two blows for five chances to move up a place. Big Twelve ab. h. p . Finch - _ 22 14 .630 Ryals _ 23 10 .440 G. Sullivan_15 6 .402 W. Outland _ 18 7 .392 Starke _21 8 .384 Butler_16 6 .378 Coburn _ 8 3 .375 B. Speight _ 17 6 .354 J. Brown _17 6 .354 Love _12 4 .333 D. Lee _26 8 .304 Birdsong_29 8 .280 League Standing W. L. Pet. Tabs _3 1 .750 Bascoes -3 3 .500 Trueworths _ 2 3 .400 Kilo-Swats_ 2 3 .400 Local Youths Win Bouts At Training Camp At Ft. Bragg Four local boys enlisted in the C. C. C. Camp at Fort Bragg won prize fights in last Saturday’s bouts at the training camp. Hurley Midgette, of Roanoke Rapids won a three round decision over John Pridgen of Raleigh. Paul Birdsong of Roanoke Rapids scor ed a technical knockout in the third round at the expense of Mil ton Jones of Wilson. Leonard Carver of Roanoke Rapids took two bouts, the first a technical knockout over George Williams of Wilson in the second round, and the other mix-up a clean knock out over Randolph Basset of En field. G. Humphrys, local pug, box ed a one round decision over Carl Burton of Wilmington. Referee Davis highly commend ed the local boys for their ability at the art of boxing and stated they could really handle the mitts. Harold Blick and Robert Henry Wells, Jr., of Lawrenceville, Va., visited Misses Ophelia Chambliss and Mildred Major, Monday. Miss Nita Turner spent the week-end in Weldon with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Turner. Carroll Whyte, of Norfolg, Va., and Miss Johnnie Horton spent Sunday in Ahoskie with Miss Horton’s parent*. Score by innings: Tabs _ 310 000 240—10 Bascoes _ 400 000 20— 7 Summary: Runs batted in: Out land 3, G. Sullivan 4, Speight, J. Taylor 2, D. Lee 2, F. Sullivan 2, E. Lee, Finch, Ryals. Three base hits: F. Sullivan. Two bese hits: I. Dickens, W. Outland, W. Dick ens. Home run: Ryals. Stolen bas es: Allsbrook, W. Dickens. Left on bases: Tabs 8, Bascoes 8. Struck out: by Johnson 4, by Toylar 3. Umpires: Wolhar, Bray. KILOSWAT VICTORY SATURD’Y Hoggard And Womble Lead Slugging For Vepco Team In Saturday Game SCORE 14 TO 4 The Kilo-Swats took their second win in City League Play Saturday by spanking the True Worths 14-4 in a slugging feast on Simmons field, the first game of the double header. Elmer Starke, Kilo-Swats ace southpaw, came through with five hit pitching as the Vepco boys sup ported him with sixteen hits, led by Pat Hoggard with a two-bagger and three singles and Colon Wom ble throwing in three safeties. Errors were frequent, the True vvorthg miscuing eight chances and the Swats seven. The power boys up at bat sent two runs home in the first stanza. C. Womble singled, F. Dickens got on by a fielder’s choice, Starke flyed out to centerfield scoring C. Womble, and F'. Dickens came home when Covington errored Morris’ grounder. Both Clubs scored four runs in the fifth inning, the Swats open ed with F. Dickens getting a blow, J. Womble walked, Starke singled scoring Dickens, Morris hit out to centerfield, bringing in Wbmble and a wild throw with Kimball’s fielder’s choice scored Starke and Kimball scored on an error. Covington started the True worths scoring spree by singling. Brown touched first by Vaughan’s error, Searcy sacrificed and C. Womble errored N. Taylor’s fly, scoring two runs, then successive errors by Vaughan and Morris let two more runs home. The Swats pushed over two markers in the sixth frame. C. Womble bingled, N. Taylor mis cued J. Womble’s swift hit ground er and Starke slapped out a two The NEW BURROUGHS STANDARD TYPEWRITER Combines attractive appear ance and durable construction with speed and ease of opera tion. See its many new fea tures. Ask for a demonstra tion. Howard Hancock LOCAL AGENT Dial R-326 bagger to bring both Wombles a cross home plate. In the seventh box the Swats added their tenth run. Vaughan, Warren, and Hoggard first three men to face Browning, singled, then J. Womble touched Browning for his only blow during the game, scoring two runs. Four runs were chalked up in the eighth. Morris hit safely, Vaughan’s grounder was missed by Crowder, then three singles each by Warren, Hoggard and C. Wom ble, accounted for the runs. Kilo-Swats ab. r. h. po. a. e. C. Womble, If._6 2 3 1 0 1 F. Dickens, c._6 2 12 10 J. Womble, ss. __5 2 1 1 2 0 Starke, p._5 12 13 0 Morris, rf.-4 1110 0 Kimball, cf. _5 10 10 1 Vaughan, lb._5 2 2 15 0 3 Warren, 3b._4 2 2 1 3 2 Hoggard, 2b._5 1 4 4 5 0 45 14 16 27 14 7 Trueworths ab. r. h. po. a. e. N. Taylor, ss. __5 1113 1 L. Taylor, 2b._5 0 0 2 3 1 Crowder, ef., 3b. 5 0 1 2 3 0 Butler, If-4 0 0 0 0 0 R. Browning, c. 4 0 0 6 1 1 Covington, 3b._2 113 11 Brown, lb._4 1 1 10 1 0 Vaughan, rf._3 0 1 0 0 1 Sercy, p. -2 1 0 0 3 1 T.B. Browning, p 2 0 0 0 1 2 Lowder, cf._1 0 0 0 0 0 Coburn, rf._1 0 0 0 0 0 38 4 5 27 16 8 Score by innings: Trueworths_000 040 000— 4 Kilo-Swats-200 042 24x—15 Summary: Runs batted in; Mor ris 2, Starke 4, Kimball 2, Hog gard, J. Womble, Warren, C. Wom ble 2, Searcy, N. Taylor, Crowder, Butler. Sacrifices: Searcy. Three base hits: Crowder. Two base hits: Starke, Hoggard. Left on bases: Kilo-Swats 10, Trueworths 9. Base on balls: off Starke 3, off Browning 1. Struck out: by Starke 2, by Searcy 1, Browning 3. Hits off Searcy, six in five innings, off Browning nine in four innings, off Starke five in nine innings. Losing Pitcher: Searcy. Local Netmen Will Battle For Honors The City Tennis Championship started the first of this week and twenty-six players were on the list of preliminery matches. This tour nament is under the direction of Belmont Murray who has worked out a schedule for the entries to follow up until the final stages. Being the first local tennis tour nament ever staged here it will probably turn out a success. The games are being played at all times during the week and it’s up to the entries to get together as they have pairings posted on the courts. There will be prizes contributed by local merchants for the semi-finalists and winner of the tournament. The first round of play is as follows: Paul Matthews vs Gene Cannon; Hugh Bradley vs John Ogletree; Wilson Mullen vs W. A. Wolhar; Belmont Murray vs Har ry Cannon; Graham Dean vs Glenn Thompson; Edwin Akers vs Jack Smith; Rufus Vick vs Calvin Brown; Johnnie Bounds vs Jimmie Shell; John Dunn vs Heath Lee; Jack Cassada vs Gene Wells; Bil ly Baker vs Lela Murray; Virgi nia Akers vs Mary Wolhar; Ned Manning vs Jimmie Beckwith; and Roland Johnson vs Henry Hardison. This group of contestants does not include everyone that is to take part in the meet and anyone desiring to enter the tournament is asked to communicate with Young Murray. This tennis competition will pre sent some fast netters. Every en try is requested to play at least one a week, otherwise he has to forfeit and his opponent is at lib erty to continue in the elimina tions. The first match is to be played off in one set and so on until the finals, which will be played off in three out of five sets. The matches are being played on the Ledgewood Hall court, Pat terson and Rosemary Mill courts. Miss Edythe Welch is spending this week in Raleigh. 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