Sports Review
By Porter Griggs
BASEBALL? The Mountaineers
are taking shape in what one will J
predict to be a team that will be ^
after every semi-pro tournament
they will enter. The infield is
particularly looking good. Rantin.
Fowler. Hemphill and Tipton are
the fellows holding down the
spots. The outfield post are taking
care of by Kirkland, Clark ant
Cosmo.
Tipton is the pep of the infield
as he keeps the hustling going
and has not come up with a single
i rror to his credit, he is also look
ing good at the plate. Kirkland is
the outfield's pep as he is in good
thape and is not doing bad at the
plate Other boys deserving praise
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are Fowler at second and Hunt
when he works on the mound
Hunt won his third straight game
without a defeat Saturday night.
The high school is coming out of
? their sleep and other teams should
I | take notice now tha: the Bulldogs
will be out to take every team they
I play. Hughes is the leading hitter
. for the Bulldogs collecting 9 out of
17 times at bat while Brendle and
Brandon are fielding well. Bill
i Lovingood who has worked on
the mound the past three games
i also looks well when he "logs" the
ball over.
The Marble entry in the Smoky
, Mountain league is also having a
successful season with the excep
tion of defeats by Murphy and
Franklin. Marble was shutout by
the Franklin boys 2 to 0 last
Saturday and that knocked them
out of a temporary tie for first
place. Sunday the Boys from Mar
ble beat the Hiwassee team 14 to
4 un the latters diamond
BITS AND ENDS The Western
I North Carolina class D league
! opened their season last Friday
;nd from all indications the young
i t st member of N C.'s baseball
family should have a successful
?eason. West and Parker, with
I Andrews last year is playing for
' the Forest City Owls of the new
I loop. Coach C C. Pondy ? Poin- ?
dexter and his Canton Black Bears
I arrived took late to take part in
j WCTC field day events last Friday.
Brendle from Murphy high was
j very impressive in the 100 yard
i clash when he came in about the
! 1 H mark Conch Poindexter's
I mueji publi/ed M ller should be
I glad he missed it -ince Brendle
i was in it Alexander. Thompson.
1 Hughes and Brandon also came out
I i'n the winning side to end the
' eeond anual event at Cullowhee
\sheville-Biltmore baseball coach's
'? am may have lost the game but
he left here with the hone cf lur
? i - : leftfielder Caronesi to the AB
i ampus.
Careless smokers are the biggest
-ingle cause of forest fires in
North Carolina. According to
figures compiled by the North
Carolina Division of Forestry an.l
Parks, more than 900 forest fires
were started by careless smokers
i'l 1947.
Si BSCRIBE TO Till-; SCOt T
Bulldogs Trounce
Frankiin 15 To 4
The Murphy high Bulldogs boil
ed over a favored Franklin Panth- '
ei baseball team here last Wednes- j
day by a score of 18 to 4 for their !
first win of the season. A small j
gathering saw the Bulldogs take
advantage of the ten hits and seven
errors to take an early lead anil ;
coast on through the game witho it |
c*ny serious threat.
Bill (Coach) Lovingoop worked
the entire nine innings for the
Bulldogs allowing only nine hits 1
and striking out seven. Angel and
Keener were on the hill for the '
\v ;tors. Keener was the loser.
Brendl and Thompson paced the !
Murphy hi "h nine at the plate j
collecting 2 for 3 and 2 for 4
respectively. Moses lead the Frank- 1
I n attack.
Friday the Bulldogs travel to
\ndrews t<> battle the Wildcat nir.c% (
ur.d the Bulldogs will be out to get '
revenge for two previous lickings 1
th ? Andrews boys have handed
them. Brendle will probably be on ;
tit ? mound for the Bulldogs.
Score by innings:
Franklin 201 000 010-4 9 7
Murphy 20) 307 21x-15 10 10
Keener. An el and Brown: B.
Lovingood and T Lovingood; 2B
lit: Hughes 3B hit Henry: Losing
pitcher: Keener: Winning pitcher:
Lovingood.
Ratlin?; Averages
Ml'RPIIY If Hill SCHOOL
Name ab r h pet
Hughes 20 7 9 .450
Brendle 14 4 5 358
Brandon 16 5 5 .313
7 Lovingood 2.) 4 5 .250
B. Lovingood 17 3 4 .23f>
!' ndley 17 2 3 177
Thompson 12 2 2 .167
Dockery 14 3 1 .072
( rk 14 2 1 .072
MOl \T
CI .rk
Cole
Fowler
Tent on
Hemphill
Palmer
Coronesi
Tipton
WKKRS
20 9 10 .500
2? 8 9 .375
3') 7 11 .367
29 6 10 .345
27 8 9 .333
6 0 2 .333
17 5 5 .294
26 6 8 .307
Mountaineers Take
Ihree Victories
\IOI NTAINEERS 12 ISABELLA 2
The Murphy Semi-pro Mountain
cu rs took three contests over the
week defeating Isabella. Tenn.. by
a score of 12 to 2 Thursday night
nd Aragon Mills of Rome, Ga.
by scores of 18 to 3 and 5 to 2
Saturda> and Sunda>.
Isabella, member of the Smoky
Mountain league, could not last
against the semi-pros as the Mur
phy nine took an early lead and
coasted on out with reserves with
out any threat from the Isabella
n r. \
hunt and Hughes worked on the
mound for the locals allowing only
m\ scattered hits while Clark and
Kirkland were leading Murphy in
> 16 hit attack. Each collected 3
for 3 and 2 for 2. Hunt was the
w?nn;:i'4 oitcher while Sission the
for Isabella was charged
with the loss.
Scurc by innings:
1 ,:.a 000 002 0?2 6 0
Murphy 510 600 x? 12 16 1
Hunt Hughes and Cole: Sission
:.!u' Kills; 2b hit: Clark, Hunt: 3b
hit: Tipton; Losing pitcher Sis.-ion,
winning pitcher Hunt
MO t' NTAINEERS 18 ARAGON 3
The Murphy nine found Pittman
the starting hurler for Ara^on to !
their licking here last Saturday j
night and in the last two innings
blasted him for 10 hits and 15
runs In earlier innings the
Mountaineers had a 3 to 2 margin.
Hunt worked on the mound for
the Mountaineers and turned in
t?iii of his best prcformances
st: !c out 10 and allowing only
hit
Fowler, second baseman, and
Kirkland lead Murphy at the plate
each making pood on 2 of 4 times
the plate. Lane paced the Ara
:on Mill's seven hit attack.
Score by inning.-:
Angon 001 001 010?3 7 3
K.rklancl
Hune
Crawford
29 4 9 .301
10 2 3 .3'?K)
10 2 3 .300
Murphy 200 001 78x? 18 15 1 ,
1'ittmaii and Lane; Hunt and Cole; |
2B hit Garner. Evans, Cole. I
Coronesl Home run Crawford. j
Hunt. Winning Pitcher: Hunt, j
Losing Pitcher Pittman.
MOI NTAINKF.R.- 5 ARAGON 1 j
Jim Kd Hughes behind surperb |
fielding let the Aragon Mills nine
down on 9 hits here Sunday in
the last of their two game series
and while his own team was pi),
ins up ten for a 5 to 2 triumph to
five Murphy a clean sweep of the
series.
This was Hughes first game of
the season before local people and
the tans came away with the hope
of seeing more of the screw ball
exper;.
Fowler. Kenton and Hughes led
the Mountaineers each getting 2
lor 4 while Lane paced the Ara^on
Mills attack
Score by innings:
Aragon 000 000 020?2 9 3
Murphy 101 001 1 Ix ? 5 lu u
Pittman and Lane: Hughes and
Cole; 2B hit Lane. Hemphill and
Fowler. Winning pitcher llunhes
Losing Pitcher Pittman.
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