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THIRTY-ONE CANDIDATES FOR JUNIOR JACKETS BALL CLUB | (By WYLIE WARREN) Roanoke Rapids’ High School Ju nior squad of Yellow Jackets, fielding a team of inexperienced but hustling ooys are ready to defend the “Gold and Black” once again after a lay off of three years. Rock Venters will handle the coaching assignment and al ready has the boys in top condi tion. The last time that a Junior > squad has represented here was in 1942, when Rex Carter was coach. . „ Venters has more than 30 boys out for the team, these coming from the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth grades. Not any of these boys have had any previous high school experience. Like the varsity, pitching ap pears to be the chief worry Wil ham Wheeler and Troy Hasty, both righthanders are the most i promising twirlers and should see plenty of action. Venters has two southpaws in WiluJn. Lewisand Carl Jones, who will probably serve as relief men. , At the catching post is Robert Wright, D. W. Etheridge and Bob thus far because of his hitting 3 ThTre are four first base can didates led by Dwight Elting. Julian Armstrong is the other lead ing contender. Rueben Slade and Harry Talley show signs °f im proving and may see action there. P David Cox. one of the team s leading hitters, is slated for full time duty at the keystone sack. Billy Wood is a capable substi fute and so is Buster Britt Both should play in seevral contest Clifton Acree has the inside track as the shortstop guardian, and Herbert Moore and Edison Nicholson are putting on a bat tle for the second-tring berth. At third base, Herman Deaton holds a slight edge although James Mac Daniel is giving him quite a scrap for the regular lob. Billy Nixon is the other “hot corner candidate. In the outer garden .there are 10 who rate about equal in ses sions thus far. Venters has Earl Waters, “Bubber” Matthews, and James Warren working for the left field slot; Kenneth Mizzell, .James Butler, and Rudolph Deaver in centerfield and Oris Edmond son, Tommie Wheeler, Huber.. Lowder and Howard O’Neil at the rightfield post. That completes the squad, which is showing much improvement ev eryday and should come through in true Jacket fashion. Town Talk Mrs. A .O .George spent Thurs day in Emporia with relatives. xfjflg Mary Louise Ray of Rich mond spent the week end with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ray. Mr. and Mrs. John Grant of Emporia spent the week end with relatives here. Jake Johnson has returned to his home tafter being a patient at the Roanoke aRpids hospital for several days. C. F. Ogletree is expected to re turn to his home in Enfield this wedk after being a patient at the Roanoke Rapids hospital for some time. Mr. Ogletree was in a car wreck recently but not seriously injured. Miss Lillie Liverman spent the week end in Lasker with rela tives. Mrs. Henry O’Neal of Gaston is a patient at the Roanoke Rap ids Hospital. Mrs. Elmer Ashby left Tuesday for her home in Wilmington, Del., after being the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Thomason for a week. Mrs. George Garner left last week to meet her husband in Ral eigh who is expected to get his discharge immediately from the U. S. Services. He has just re turned from overseas. Miss Rothie Hansley left for Richmond, Va., this week. Mrs. L. A. Tilley and Mrs. Ver non Daughtrey are attending the North Carolina Conference Wom an's Society of Christian 'Service at Duke Memorial Methodist Church in Durham. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. W.|che left Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Franc is Wyche of Petersburg, Virginia for a trip to the azalea gardens in this state and South Carolina and other points of interest. 1946 SCHEDULE By WYLIE WARREN The 1946 edition of the Yellow Jacket baseball team will play approximately seventeen games this season. The schedule will call for twelve Northeastern Confer ence games and four or five non conference battles. In the 1945 campaign, the local squad copped fourteen contests and lost ony to Emporia, a team that they defeated earlier in the season. Most notable fact about the 1945 team was the batting aver age of the combined squad which was a nifty .303. The schedule is listed as follows: April 2—New Bern _There April 5—Elizabeth City_Here April 9—Greenville _Here April 10—Weldon_There April 12—Greenville _There (Continued on page 6—Sec. C) JAX BASEBALLERS PREPARE FOR ANOTHER BANNER YEAR Coach Cranford Hoyle’s 1946 edi tion of Yellow Jacket baseballers, having had three weeks of prac tice under their belts, are finally rounding into condition and ap pear ready to play their first ball game. Hoyle has thirty boys out for the varsity squad and all should see considerable experience this season. He has already issued twenty four uniforms and will probably give the other six boys a uniform in due time. Hampered by bad weather, the Jax have not had much of a chance to practice this week although they have had a few light sessions. The Yellow Jackets will field a veteran at every position, and from the looks of things so far, they should even have a two year vet eran at every position on the field, including the pitching slot. Hoyle has ten boys out for pitching and all seem to be coming along fair ly well. Ted Etheridge is the only returning hurler that has had any previous high school experience. Etheridge twirled in a brace of contests last year, winning one and going in as a reliefer in the other. Charles Wright and Archie Lee Moody, both southpaws, have been showing up well in the in trasquad games thus far. Fred Etheridge is the other portsider who should see action. Hoyle has five righthanders who show prom ise of some action from the hill. 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