THE ROANOKE RAPIDS
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DIAL R-326 ALL DEFTS THURSDAY, DEC. 2,1937 SECTION B—PAGE I
CARDSHOPCRACKS 1 SPINS
3 WEAVERS STOP 1 WEAVERS
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ROSEMARY DARTBALA. LEAG.
Games Dally 4 p.m., Recreation
Club
Teams W L
No. 1 Weavers 5 l
No. 3 Weavers 6 2
No. 3 Spinners 4 3
Card Shop 2 3
Cloth Room 3 3
No. 2 Weavers 1 4
No. 1 Spinners , X 4
No. 2 Spinners 0 4
No. 3 Weavers Clout Leag. Leaders
Led by “Feathers” Pridgen and
Freddie Mills each with four base
knocks the fast travelling No. 3
Weavers knocked off the undefeat
ed 1 Weavers 6-5. Russell Deberry
and Hale pounded out three hits
each to help with the victory. Mills
singled and Hale pounded out three
bagger in the ninth to win the ball
game. ‘Ripper’ Riggan and ‘Dart’
Davenport led the losers with three
hits each. Ansley, Boyd and Odell
got two hits each for the league
leaders. It was 1 Weavers’ first
loss in six starts.
Card Shop Slams 1 Spins 9-7
‘Cross Cut Saw’ Cullom smashed
out two long home runs and “Wee
Willie’ Wright cracked out another
as the Card Shop won over last
year’s champions, 1 Spinners, 9-7.
‘Long Tom’ Hasty smacked out 4
hits to lead the Card Shop while
Hoggard and Cullom got three
each. Hall led the Spins with four
base hits, while Van Dyke, Trippe,
Neal and Capt. Vick got three hits
each. ‘Old Hoss’ Finch hit a homer
in the right field stands in the
seventh.
No. 3 Weavers Found Fins 4-3
With Robert ‘Sling Shot’ Britton
cracking the boards with four
straight hits and Collins ‘Feathers’
Pridgen along with Hale getting
three base knocks No. 3 Weavers
edged up on the league leaders
with another victory over Capt.
Cole Weiss and his Cloth Room
Toms 4-3. Russell Deberry slam
med out a triple with Britton end
Pridgen on base in the tenth in
ning to win. It was one of the
hottest games that has been played
in the league so far. ‘Barrel’ Col
lins led the Cloth Room with four
hits, while Edwards, ‘Kaywoodie’
Clevenger, Allsbrook and W. Wa
ters got two hits each to lead the
Toms.
No. 3 Spins Goose Egg Cards 2-0
Outland singled in the sixth and
Russell Birdsong hit a triple to
score one run and again in the
eighth Outland singled and Joe
‘Ramrod’ Taylor cracked out an
other three bagger to score No. 3
Spinners’ second run and they
whitewashed the Card Shop 2-0.
Taylor led the Spins with two hits
while ‘Beard’ Hoggard’s two sin
gles and ‘Big Boy’ King’s single
were the only blows gathered by
the Card Shop. The Sharks were
off badly in their hitting, getting
only three hits to the Spins’ eleven.
Champs Lose Again 6-8
Lefty Everette and James Hud
son got two hits each to lead No.
3 Spinners in a fast 6-3 win over
Capt. Robert Vick and his last
year’s League Champions, the No.
1 Spinners. The Champs have been
having hard luck recently, losing
many games in the last innings by
their opponents making rallies.
Van Dyke, Finch, Neal and Lee
got two hits each to lead the los
ers. It was the No. 3 Spinners’
second Win of the week.
OFFICIAL SCHEDULE
ROSEMARY MANUFACTURING
COMPANY
BOWLING LEAGUE
Nov. 29—Mill 2 vs Shop.
Nov. 30—3 Spinners vs 3 Weavers
Dec. 1—Finishers vs Office
Dec. 6—Office vs 3 Weavers
Dec. 7—Finishers vs Shop
Dec. 8—Mill No. 2 vs 3 Spinners
Dec. 13—Mill No. 2 vs 3 Weavers
Dec. 14—Finishers vs 3 Spinners
Dec. 15—Shop vs Office
Dec. 20—Finishers vs 3 Weavers
Dec. 21—No. 3 Spinners vs Shop
Dec. 22—Mil No. 2 vs Office
Jan. 3—Mill No. 2 vs Finishers
Jan. 4—No. 3 Weavers vs Shop
Jan. 5—No. 3 Spin, vs Office
BOWLING
ROSEMARY BOWLING LEAGUE
END OF FIRST HALF
Teams W L Pet
No. 2 Weavers 13 5 733
No. 3 Weavers 10 6 625
Finishers 8 8 500
No. 3 Spinners 8 8 500
Shop 5 10 333
Office 5 10 333
TOWN
TALK
Mrs. Mark Allen spent the week
end in Richmond.
Miss Lillian Edmonds spent last
week with her parents at Bruns
wick.
Miss Sara Gurley spent Thanks
giving holidays in Goldsboro.
Lois and Margaret Ann Right
myer of Littleton were week-end
guests of Frances Rightmyer.
Miss Cora Edmonds of Bruns
wick is the guest this week of her
sisters, Miss Lillian Edmonds and
Mrs. S. J. Lynch.
Miss Margaret Butler was a vis
itor in Emporia Saturday.
Mrs. E. M. Rightmyer of Vaugh
an was the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
R. J. Rightmyers Thursday.
Mrs. Zollie Powell and Mrs.
Garard Jones were guests of Mrs.
Garland Hart in Emporia Friday.
Miss Margaret Williams spent the
holidays in Emporia.
F. L. Jones and daughter, Elo
ise, of Williamsburg, were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Rightmyer
Thursday.
Miss Angela Hardy spent the
week-end in Suffolk.
Misses Louise Wells and Alvera
do Faison, Nash Grooms, Russell
Matkins and Walter Grooms spent
Thursday in Rocky Mount.
Nashe Grooms returned to Fay
etteville Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Faison Jr.,
Jeff and Allen Cumbra spent Sun
day at Broadnax.
Jimmie Taylor and John Con
nor spent the holidays in Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Nackley,
Misses Mildred Liverman, Beaunie
Holliday, I. B. Eunn and Raymond
Coker attended the V.M.I.-V.P.I.
game at Roanoke. Va. Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Morgan spent
Sunday in Suffolk. They were ac
companied home by Derith and
Billie Morgan who spent the holi
days in Suffolk.
J. C. Harper and R. C. Hardy
spent Friday in Franklin, Va.
Miss Ella Brown spent the week
end in Richmond with Mr. and
Mrs. Yates Brown.
Miss Mary Gurley returned to
Raleigh Sunday after spending the
holidays here with her parents.
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The Roanoke Textile Owls had
to apply the heat in winning three
bouts from Rocky Mount Friday
night at the Arena. The locals won
three bouts out of four for their
closely contested margin. There
was also an exhibition bout be
tween the Owls on which there
was no decision.
i^d Moseley won handily from
Sparky Register in the 118 lb. class,
seeming to have the advantage in
the first round over the Rocky
Mounter, his lefts landing almost
at will. In the second round, Reg
ister’s thumb was sprained, mak
ing him unable to continue, which
gaev Moseley the decision.
The bout between Jimmy Gilbert
and Wildcat Kelly, in the 118 lb.
class, went only a minute of the
first round before the hard-hitting
Kelley had Gilbert reeling on his
feet, apparently dazed by Kelley’s
blasting blows. Referee “Booty”
Outland awarded the “Wildcat” a
TKO for Rocky Mount’s only win
of the night.
Clyde Shearin and R. L. Topping,
two local middleweights, put on an
exhibition bout, not originally
scheduled, to give the fans a few
thrills. The two Owls seemed very
evenly matched in all three rounds,
there being no decision on the
bout. Shearin was to have fought
Bob Moore from Rocky Mount, but
for some unknown reason, Moore
never made his appearance.
Wildcat Kelley pulled an iron
-man stunt by taking on Dick Col
lins in the semi-final bout. This
is the same stunt Collins recently
pulled at Ocean View. Kelley, aft
er winning a TKO from Gilbert in
the second fight of the evening,
gave Collins plenty of fireworks all
the way through in one of the most
exciting bouts on the card. Kelley
noticeably weakened in the last
round, which Collins took advan
tage of to pile up his points and
take the decision by a close mar
gin.
The final bout on the program
was a hair-raiser between ‘Goat*
Garris and Tom Johnson in the
160 lb. class. This proved to be
another close bout, with both boys
throwing everything they had.
Blows landed frequently on both
sides, the first two rounds being
even. Garris, Textile Owl, landed
a terrific right near the end of the
second round. Johnson gave Garris
plenty, before finally surrendering
the decision to the local lad.
“Booty” Outland refereed while
the judges were Howard Hancock
and J. O. Brown. The Owls fight
in Ocean View this week-end, and
have not as yet scheduled a bout
at the Arena.
Jack Vincent of Carolina spent
the Thanksgiving holidays with his
mother, Mrs. W. H. Babcock.
Lewis Chambliss of Triplet, Va.
spent Sunday in town with friends.
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