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HERALD SPORTS Weldon Jaycees Drop By Locals In Softball • For Second Time By 10-8 rne Koanoke Rapids Jumoi Chamber of Commerce softbal team made it two in a row over the Weldon Jaycees las Thursday by downing the visi tors 10 to 8. The game was played on the Roanoke Mills No. 2 field. Dick Collins started on the mound for the local Jaycees but gave way to M. C. Newsome, Jr., in the third inning after Weldon had scored all of its eight runs. Newsome held Weldon to three hits and no runs in the remaining four innings of the ball game. The local Jaycees battled from behind to notch the vic tory as Jack Vincent and Bill Shell each clouted three hits to lead the local batters. The Roanoke Rapids Jaycees scored one run in the firrt, four in the fifth and then put on a live run outburst in the sixth to notch the victory. Charley Wil liamson was on the mound for the Weldon Jaycees and lost his second decision to the local Jay cees. Fletcher Gregory led Weldon at the plate with two hits. € Golf Match Here The Roanoke Rapids Coun try Club Golf team will be 1 ost to the Warrenton golfers here Wednesday afternoon in an other of the series of team matches with golfers from towns of the state. The local golfers will travel to Henderson on July 14 and * return home for a match with Emporia on July 21. The last scheduled match for the local golfers will be a re turn engagement with Frank lin over the Franklin course on July 28. Shotgun Acree Boosts Strikeout Total To 56 In Winning 5th Straight ùn Veterans Down Merchants 20-18 In Warren Loop Warrenton — Rain interfered with play in the Warrenton Soft ball league last week and the games were delayed until Thurs f day and Friday nights. Thursday night the Veterans defeated the Pecks 13 to 4 in the opener, while the Merchants tro unced the Lions 16 to 3 in the nightcap. The Veterans collected 13 runs on 15 hits and one error, while the Peck softballers were able to get only four runs on three hits and three errors. The Merchants got only eight ^ bite, but eight Lion errors coupl ed with the hits enabled the Mer chants to tally 16 times. (Continued On Page 6) Shotgun Acree used his left arm for a rifle Friday as he set down the Elizabeth City Ameri can Legion Junior team with four well-scattered singles. Acree struck out 11 enemy batsmen in winning h i s fifth straight game and he boosted his strikeout total to 56. He has lost but one game. Scoring three runs in the fourth frame. Coach Cranford Hoyle's Roanoke Rapids nine won their eighth loop victory against three losses. The big hit of the inning was Bubber Matthew's triple off the center field wall, with two men aboard the sacks. Matthews and Boob Lowder, with a triple and single each, paced the local nine at the bat with no visiting batter col lecting more than one hit. Score by innings: E. City 000 000 000—0 R. Rapids 003 110 OOx—5 Hewitt and Wallace; Acree and Wheeler. Jays Drop Leafs 8-4 After Losing First Sixth Victory In Eight Contests Is Marked Up By Five Runs In Fifth λ. nve-run min inning upris· ing at Simmons Park before 226( fans here last night gave th Jays an 8 to 4 victory over tht Rocky Mount Leafs and an ever break in a holiday double bill The Jays lost a slugfest al Rocky Mount yesterday after noon 10 to 9 when they couldn't hold onto their early lead and five pitchers couldn't stop the onslaught of tht second-place Leafs. It was victory number six for the Jays in their last eight games last night and the pay ing customers really whooped il up at Simmons Park despite the warm sticky air which left many of them very uncomfortable. Afternoon Contest 1,200 partisan Rocky Mount fans saw their Leafs battle from behind and break a 9-all tie in the bottom of the ninth inning in Rocky Mount to hand the Jays a 10 to 9 licking. In thai inning John Handley popped out, but Dave Fowler beat out an infield hit. Tyson flied out. but Pepper Martin walked and then Lonnie Smith singled tc score Fowler and break up the ball game. The Jays had scored twice in their half of the ninth to tie il up. Glenn Titus, the fifth Jay pitcher, who was making his third appearance on the mound in as many days was charged with the loss. Helmer was win ning pitcher for the Leafs. The Jays had staked out ar early lead and were coasting along in good shape until the roof caved in on Reed and Pete King, the Jay tossers who had teaken over after Vencowicz had trouble in the first. The Leafs tallied four runs ir fifth inning and added single runs in the sixth, eighth and the game winning run in the ninth. Milt Bolick, Jay second base man had a field day at bat ir the afternoon contest getting five hits in six trips. That was ex· actly half of the Jay blows ir the afternoon contest. The Leafs pounded the five Jay hurlers for 17 blows includ ing home runs by Fowler anc Helmer. Sheehan homered for the Jays. Night Contest The Jays and the Leafs moved over here to Simmons Park foi the second half of the holiday double bill last night and they were a little late getting started, but it didn't bother the 2260 paia ι ans wno naci paia to see the ball game. Alton Brown and Saladna were the opposing chunkers at the start of last night's contest, but neither was around at the end of the game, though Brown was credited with the victory for the Jays. A fine relief job by Tom Pritch ard, who came on the scene in the seventh with one man out, saved the victory for Brown. The big blow of the nighi was one of seven doubles, but this one should have been a home run, because it was high above any barrier in Simmons Park. It happened in that wild fifth inning when the Jays iced the ball game. Val Gonzalez was the leadoff batter and he pounded one of Saladna's pitches far away to deep right center and Centerfielder. Plandley started backing up to field and then threw up his hands in disgust as the ball apparently soared far and away across the fence, but it hit the light pole and bounded back into the playing field and Gonzalez was held at second base for a double. Herb May popped up to the catcher, but Woody Gray came through with a single to score Gonzalez and make the count 4 to 3 with the Leafs ahead. Johnny Pavlich obliged with his third straight hit of the night., a single to center and then Stu Martin followed suit with u single to right center, loading the bases and bringing up Shurley Hammack, who had al ready walked once. Saladna had trouble again and couldn't find the plate and issued Hammack a free ticket to first forcing in Pavlich with the typing run and the bsaes were still loaded. Alton Brown was called out on a third strike, but Milt Bo lick slapped a sharp single to center scoring Pavlich and Mai · tin and that was all for Saladna, but not all for the Jays in the inning. Page took over the pitching chores and Bolick started from first to second and Page pulled a balk sending Hammack home and Bolick down to second. Manager Turkey Tyson didn't like the umps' decision and rav ed at the homeplate umpire for 'several minutes but to no avail as the fans hooted. Joe Ferra struck out to end the inning. The Jays added another one in the seventh inning to make the final score 8 to 4. The Leafs got all of their runs in the second and third inning. Brown, who gave up only seven hits during his stint on the mound was the victim of some rather weird fielding in the third inning. Johnny Pavlich and Val Gon zalez led the Jays at the bat in the night contest, each get ting three hits in five trjps. Fowler got two for four for the Leafs. The line scores: Afternoon Game. R'y Mount 200 141 Oil 10 17 0 ' R'n Rapids 022 110 012 9 10 1 Venceowicz, Reed, King, Pritclj ard and Titus, Sheehan; Pitt man, Braton, Helmer and Fowl er. Night Game. R'n Rapids 101 050 lOx 8 13 1 R'y Mount 013 000 000 4 7 1 j Brown and Pritchard, Pavlich ; Saladn^i and Page, Fowler. Thursday GOLDSBORO 10, ROANOKE RAPIDS 0. Bill Herring was the master ' of the field Thursday night in i Goldsboro when he set the Jays down with four hits as his hired hands wore out home plate (Continued On Page 6) TEE Shots from Roanoke Rapids Country Club By Buddy Miller The water system at the golf club h a s gone on the blink. Either the well went dry some time Saturday night, or else the pump was in bad shape, becausc there was no water until Tues day morning. The lack of water didn't keep the golfers from coming out over the long Fourth of July weekend and there was a good crowd out Sunday and several more out Monday. Eagle .artists of the week were Jimmy Mayfield and Wiley Long. They each shot an eagle two on the par four 255 yard ninth hole. Frank Meacham, one of the most ardent golfers at the local club, fired a one over par 73 for the 18 hole route during a match early this past week. In one of the many matches going on at the club during the week. Lee and Shag Johnson soundly trounced Frank Meac ham and William Pierce. Meac ham wanted to know if we could put a few dots and dashes in the column this week. He added that he didn't mind too much, though, because "we were only playing for cokes." There have been quite a num ber of visitors playing the course in recent days and all of them have been highly complimentary of our golf course. One of the most ardent golf enthusiasts who has been visit ing in Roanoke Rapids is D. C. Ward of Durham. He has been out almost every day. Oth er visitors included N. S. Bie and Leon Whichard of Ports mouth and William H. Crowder of Philadelphia. Niblick Notes . . . Robert C. Josey, III, and ,Frank Cole came by early Sunday morning to get their clubs and took off for a weekend of golfing at Elizabeth City. The Elizabeth City club is operated by an old friend of yours truly, Cliff Spencer, who for several years before going to Elizabeth City was pro at Washington, D. C. Club . . . Mr. and Mrs. John Dunn were out for a round of golf Monday morning. Joe Suiter and Kelly Jenkins reported in bright and >arly Sunday morning for their usual match . .. ! Jays Batting .262 Now Fielding .944 The Roanoke Rapids Jay 3 con tinue to cling to sixth p)*c in batting and fielding in the Coastal Plain League, according to averages released by Howe News Bureau, covering games through June 28. The Jays, however, are in the cellar in the league standings as far as games won anct lost are concerned. Jolin Pavlich, the Jays' catch er, climbed several notches in league batting during the past week and ha« compiled an aver age of .342. However, First Baseman Gon zales. who has been on the sick list for the past week, continues to lead the Jays in the batting column with an average of .3c9 lor 60 games and Herb May add ed a few points to his average and now is sporting a .343 aver age. Gonzales is fifth in the league standings in batting with Jack Hussey,s Goldsboro's slugging star, continue to hold the lead with a .425 average. The Jays -overhall batting av erage as a team is .262 and th*y are tied for sixth place in the league standings with Wilson. Tarboro continues to hold the team batting average with a per centage of .314. In fielding the Roanok^ Rap ids nine has an average of .944, good enough for sixth plr.cn in the league. Wilson's Tobs lead the league in the fielding depart ment with a .959 average. In the pitching department, Tarboro's Neville continues to lead the league with seven vic tories against no defeats, but he has worked in only ten games. 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