Leading The Loop—
Southport Nine Winner Over Shallotte
The Southport Sails won a hard
fought game from Shallotte Sun
day afternoon at the Shallotte
field, 10 to 3 but the game was
much closer than the score indi
cates. The home team left men
on base in every inning after the
second frame, and outhit the Sails
eleven to seven. Joe Swain was
the winning pitcher for Southport
while Beaman Hewett took the
loss. Both pitchers went the route
and turned in top-notch perfor
mances. Swain fanned 11 and
walked only two, and his effort
was matched by Hewett who
fanned 10 Sails while giving up
six free passes. Swain received
a little more help from the field
Southport only bobbled the ball
twice while the Shallotte fielders
committed four errors.
Ronnie Hood led off for South
port by drawing a base on balls
, and went to second on a passed
I ball before Gene Russ popped out
to Steve Gore behind the plate.
Chris Holland, the Southport
shortstop, also worked Hewett for
a free pass to put men on first
and second with only one out.
Bobby Spencer, the Sails clean-up
hitter who sports a batting aver
age of .357, slapped out a double
on the first pitch to send Hood
home with the first run of the
game and advance Holland to
third. Paul Cochran bounced one
off Mark Hewett’s glove at
shonstop, scoring Holland and
giving Spencer ample time to get
to third. This brought up John
Carr Davis for his first time at
bat this year. He dropped a
blooper over the third baseman's
head for a single, scoring Bobby
Spencer from third. There was a
short conference on the mound
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which apparently settled Hewett
down as he caught Gehrig Spen
cer swinging at a third curve for
the second out. Tebo Rogers
popped out to the mound to end
the inning with the Sails off to
a three run lead. For Shallotte
it was three up and three down
in their half of the first frame
as Hal Reynolds and B. Hubert i
both flew out to centerfield and
Mark Hewett grounded out, short
to first.
Neither team was able to get
a runner in the second inning and
both pitchers added one strikeout
to their day’s total.
In the third Holland led off
for the Sails by working Hewett
for his second walk of the after
noon and promptly stole second
base, the first of three that he
stole during the game. Spencer
popped up behind third base for
the first out but when the short
stop and third baseman went af
ter the flyball they left third base
unprotected and Holland moved
up. Cochran also popped up to the
third baseman and this time
Hubert had to go into deep foul
territory to haul in the ball. Hol
land tagged up after the catch
and streaked for home. Hubert
threw to Gore at the plate but the
ball got by him and Holland was
safe with the Sails’ fourth run.
Davis went down swinging for
Southport’s third out. When Shal
lotte came up in the third Swain
looked like a big leaguer on the
mound as he struck out J. Hinson
and Tex Holden and got two
strikes on Hewett before he level
ed off on the third pitch and
sent it rocketing into rightfield
for a double, the first hit off of
Swain. Reynolds flew out to Spen
cer in rightfield to end the mild
threat but the home boys had
found out that Swain was not in
vincible and they banged out hits
in every inning from there on out.
Hewett took his cue from Swain
and sent Spencer, Rogers -and
Swain back to the bench with
out being able to get their bats
on his pitches in the fourth. The
strikeout parade continued with
Hubert going down swinging for
the first Shallotte out, but Hew
ett sent one of Swain’s pitches out
into leftfield for a single and
went to second on Gore’s Texas
Leaguer. Billy Cheers ended the
inning by lining out to Holland
at shortstop, who tossed over to
Davis at second to double Hewett
off the bag for the third out and
the only double play of the game.
Ronnie Hood led off for the
Sails in the fifth inning and be
came the seventh strikeout vic
tim for the hard throwing Hew
ett. Gene Russ hit a hard one
at M. Hewett, playing a rather
shallow shortstop, that went
through his legs for a two-base
error. Russ advanced to third on
a passed ball while Holland was
drawing a walk to put runners on
first and third. Spencer chose this
moment to blast one over the
leftfielder’s head for a triple to
score Russ and Holland for the
fifth an<J sixth Southport runs.
M. Hewett errored for the third
time -on a grounder by Cochran
to let in B. Spencer with the
seventh tally. Davis was issued a
free pass to send Cochran to sec
ond. Davis took a long lead off
first and was caught in a run
down when Gore snapped the ball
to Hinson. During the run-down
Cochran sneaked over to third but
was left there when Red Best,
batting for Spencer, grounded out,
third to first, to end the inning
with the Sails out front 7 to 0.
B. Russ and J. Hinson went down
swinging for the first two Shal
lotte outs and Southport should
have gotten out of the inning un
harmed, but Spencer let a hard
one by Tex Holden get past him
to put a Shallotte runner on first.
B. Hewett drew a base on balls,
sending Holden on down to sec
opd, then Hal Reynolds sent one
through the mound and over sec
ond base for a single to score
Holden. The relay from the out
field caught Hewett going into
third for the last out of the in
ning.
In the sixth Rogers popped up
to Hinson at first, Swain flew
out to Cheers in centerfield and
Hopd took a called third strike.
Hubert led off for Shallotte with
a single into rightfield and went
to second as M. Holden, batting
for M. Hewett, drew a walk. Gore
also singled into rightfield to send
Hubert homeland Holden to third.
Cheers lined out to B. Spencer at
third base and B. Russ grounded
out, third to first, to end the in
ning and leave Shallotte on the
short end of a seven to two
score.
As usual Hewett got the first
Southport batsman on strikes as
Russ went down swinging to open
the seventh inning. Holland flew
out to Cheers in centerfield for
the second out and it looked like
smooth sailing for Shallotte in
the seventh. However the Sails
got rougher as Spencer singled
over second base and went to sec
ond as Cochran walked. Davis
banged out his second hit, a long
double into deep centerfield to
score Spencer from second and
Cochran from first to put South
port ahead, nine to two. Best end
ed the Southport half of the
seventh inning by whiffing for the
third out. Hinson went down
swinging for the first Shallotte
out of the seventh and Holden
grounded out, short to first, to
make it two down. Hewett kept
the Shallotte hopes alive by sin
gling over second base but he be
came a victim of a fielder’s
choice when Reynolds hit a sharp
grounder to B. Spencer at third
who threw to second to force
Hewett for the third out.
In the eighth inning Southport
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was three up and three down for
th fourth time as Rogers ground
ed to Hinson for an unassisted
putout at first, Swain flew out
to Holden in centerfield and Hood
popped up to M. Holden at short.
Swain struck out Hubert but then
he loosened up and let Holden
single into centerfield and Gore
single over first base. Both run
ners advanced a base when Rog
ers errored the throw-in from the
outfield to put Shallotte runners
on second and third. Swain end
ed the threat by getting Cheers
and B. Russ to swing at third
strikes.
Both teams scored in the ninth
inning as Russ led off for South
port by grounding out, short to
first, on a nice fast play. Holland
doubled into left field on a long
fly that Holden couldn’t quite get
to, then went to third as B. Spen
cer grounded out, short to first.
Dick Brendle came in to bat for
Cochran and got his fourth hit in
eight times at bat this year. Hol
land scoring easily on the play.
Brendle was left on first as Davis
grounded out, third to first, for
the third out. Jarvis Jones, bat
ting for J. Hinson, led off for
Shallotte with the longest hit of
the day, a booming triple into
deep leftfield. The Pirates went
f
to .their bench again, this time
j bringing Carter in to bat for Hol
den. The strategy didn't pay off,
however, as Carter went down
swinging for the first out. B.
Hewett, with a double and a sin
gle for two official times at bat.
slapped out another bingle into
centerfield to score Jones and
narrow the gap to ten to three.
Hewett stole second base to get
into scoring position but was left
there as Reynolds grounded out.
second to first, and Hubert flew
out to leftfield to end the game. I
The Southport Sails have now !
won four games and are undefeat- j
ed in Cape Fear loop play to lead \
the league by a full game. The
Sails next game will be against
Ogden Sunday afternoon at 2:30,
the game to be played in South
port at Taylor Field. Ogden has
fielded a strong team this year
and are currently holding down
place in the league, the game
James L. Bishop
Dies On Friday
LELAND—James Lauder Bish
op, 78, retired merchant, died at
his home here, Friday, after a
long illness. Final rites were held
Tuesday at 11 a. m. at Cooper
Funeral Home chapel by the
Rev. Charles Aikens, with burial
in Greenlawn Memorial Park,
Wilmington.
Survivors include a daughter,
Mrs. C. D. Holden, Wilmington;
three sisters, Mrs. Sam Fitzgerald
of Danville, Va., Mrs. J. B. Belch
and Mrs. Ed Mims, both of Fay
etteville; three grandchildren and
six great-grandchildren.
Sunday promises to be a good one
and the Sails will have to hustle
and play heads-up ball for nine
full innings to remain undefeated.
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