LOSE 12 INNING THRILLER, 8 - 6 HOBGOOD WINNER YEST’DAY Fans Thrilled By 12 Inning Game Here Wednesday Lost In 12th AHOSKIE IS HERE THIS SATURDAY Leading until the 7th inning when Hobgood tied the score and holding the tie until the 12th in ning, Roanoke Rapids league team gave the fans their money’s worth in a thrilling game at Simmons Park yesterday afternoon and then allowed an error and a bunting rally by Hobgood take the game 8 to 6. The local team outhit Hobgood, getting 14 hits, driving Knight from the mound in the 6th inning. Parker finished strong. The visit ors hit Acree^and Starke for 10 hits. Acree held them hitless until the 6th inning and was taken out in the 7th when the visitors got five hits. Starke allowed 4 hits in 5 and a half innings. Dickens led the locals with three hits, one a 3 bagger, Outland with a 3 bagger and single, Garris a double. Allsbrook, Davis and A eree had two singles each. Parker, winning pitcher, got 3 singles. Sanford, huge first base man, hit a home run with two men on in the unlucky 7th. Ahoskie Coming The league-leading Ahoskie team will play Roanoke Rapids here Saturday afternoon. The game will start at 3:30, a half hour earlier than week-day games. The slogan is “Beat Ahoskie” which has one of the best semi pro teams ever seen on the local diamond and a stirring game is in the offing for Saturday. Womble On Team Jimmie Womble, hard-hitting, clever-fielding player on Carolina will add strength to the Roanoke Rapids team when he appears here with them in Saturday’s game. Jimmie reported for practice this Tuesday and will beome a perma nent member of the local squad. Birdsong Coming To further strengthen the bat ting and fielding of the Roanoke Rapids team, fans will be delight ed to know that Russell Birdsong, than whom there is none better in this game, will report for practice some time next week. Sticking to the plan to use only local boys on the team, it appears that another week will sc% the squad comprised of a hard-hitting, winning bunch of local boys. Birdsong plays any of the nine positions on a ball club, including pitching and catching, and is a consistent hitter. -n—— Mrs. Turner Entertains Mrs. C. R. Turner of Weldon was the hostess last Wednesday afternoon at her home on Elm Street to her contract bridge club and guests. High score prize was awarded Mrs. T. J. McKim. Those playing were Mesdames T. J. Mc Kim, C. F. Gore, G. H. Nash, Grace Kennedy, both of Roanoke Rapids, S. G. Morehorn, W. G. Suiter, J. T. Maddrey and D. W. Seifert. The guests were served a salad course. ■-o Mr. James Rowell is' spending the latter part of this week in Richmond, Va. ! Yankee Sensation 1 PAS JfOBK-. . . Young Vito famulis (above), is the N. Y. Yankee rookie pitcher who is now l sensation in the American League, (n his first five games he won them j »U, three shut-outs with 18 consecu five scoreless innings to his eiedit. 1 He’s 24, has courage, control and a good curve. Batting Average G AB H R PCT. Hardison 2 6 4 3 .667 Allsbrook 4 19 9 5 .474 I. Dickens 6 25 10 4 .400 If. Dickens 13 11 .333 Davis 6 21 7 2 .319 Speight 6 25 7 3 .280 (Jutland 6 22 6 5 .273 Starke 2 4 1 0 .250 Miller 2 8 2 0 .259 Garris 6 25 6 4 .240 Sullivan 4 14 3 4 .214 Acree 4 14 2 1 .143 Mosely 5 23 4 2 .130 Note: G Games played, AB At Bat, II Hits, R Runs, PCT batting percentage. Above figures include yesterday’s game. Rosemary Mill Soft Ball League , — ■ ■ ■ League Standings Won Lost Pet. Finishers 2 0 1000 No. 3 Spinners 2 0 1000 No. 3 Weavers 1 0 1000 No. 2 Weavers 1 0 lOtfO No. 2 Spinners 0 2 000 No. 1 Spinners 0 1 000 Card Shop 0 1 000 No. 1 Weavers 0 2 000 Games Next Week (All games 4:30 P. M.) Monday: Finishers vs No. 2 Weavers. Tuesday: No. 1 Weavers vs No. 1 Carders-Spinners. Wednesday: No. 2 Carders Spinners vs Card Shop-Designers. Thursday: No. 3 Carders-Spin ners vs No. 3 Weavers. In the opening game of the Rosemary Soft Ball League, the Finishers walloped No. 1 Weavers 16-2. Wolhar, with three hits, led the winners. Lyles also got three for the losers. Mills was the field ing star. No. 3 Weavers landed No. 2 Spinners a 12-6 setback in League play. Sadler, with three hits, led the winners, while J. Hoggard, al so with three, paced the losers. The heavy hitting weavers got twelve hits. No. 3 Spinners hopped all over the Cardshop and Designers with a blasting 19-5 victory. Birdsong pitched a steady game for the win- . ners. The losers made 10 errors, j Plane and Fancy Sowing u mat quotation. As you sow so shali you reap, applied nere, Russians would apparently have to harvest wheat Id an airplane. The plane shown above is sowing wheat on a collective farm Id the USSR Russia is the only country Id