Williamston Martins Continue Fight For First Division
Chester Sparr's Homer
Defeats Goldsboro 6-5
Locals Remain A
Half Game Out Of
The Top Bracket
Pen Green Allows Nine Hits
In Pitrhin^ the Vie
tor) Last !Ni?ht v
Skipper Frank Rodgers' Martins
took two close decisions in as many
days, when they defeated Goldsboro
there last nighl by the score of 6-5.
And a home run figured in the final
outcome of both victories.
With the score knotted at 5-all,
Wifliamston's top hitter, Chester
Sparr uncorked a terrific wallop
that sent the small pellet out of the
playing field and gave the Martins
the needed edge.
Williamston scored twice in the |
first" inning, but the Bugs counted !
a run in the second and two in the ;
third to take the lead. The locals j
made three markers in the fifth to ?
once more take over the reins, but j'
Goldsboro tied the fount with single- M
tons in the sixth and seventh.
Allan Pea Green limited the Bugs
to nine safeties, while the Martins
were getting 10 off of the combined
efforts of Yeske and Acosta. Green
walked seven and fanned five bat
ters.
Chesty Sparr led both teams at 11
the plate for lhe evening Besides j i
his game-winning home run clout in
the eighth. Sparr hit a double* and
single for four attempts and knock
ed in four of the six tallies. Chuck
Taylor was next best with two for
five.
GREEN COLORS BUGS!
Thursday, June 26.
Williamston Ab R H PO A E
Byrum, 3b 4 110 2 0
Tuckey, ss 4 112 10
Taylor, If 5 2 2 3 0 0
Sparr, lb ' - 4 2 3 4 1 0
Rodgers, cf \ 4 0 I 1 0 0
Hoy If. rf 3 0 0 6 0 0
Cone. 2b 3 0 14 3 0
Wilcox, c 4 0 16 10
Green, p ? 4 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 35 6 10 27 9 0
Goldsboro Ab K H PO A E
DiGaetano, If 2 0 0 0 0 0
Fessler. ss 5 0 0 3 6 0
Sturges, rf 5 110 0 0
Peele. c 4 2 19 10
Smith, 3b 5 1 3 0 2 0
Patton. cf ,411100
Clifton, lb 4 JO 2 10 0 0
Riershenk 2h '2 0 1 4 2 0
Yeske. p 2 0 0 0 1 0
/Brinkley 1 0 0 0 0 0
Acosta, p 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 27 12 0
/Hit for Yeske in 6th
Score by Killings: R
Williamston 200 030 010?6
Goldsboro 012 001 100?5
Runs batted in: Clifton 2. CotlC.
Sparr 4, Smith, Patton 2, Rodgers
Two base hits: Clifton 2. Sturges,
Taylor. Sparr, Peele. Home run:
Sparr Stolen base: DiGaetano. Dou
ble play: Biershenk, Fessler and CI if -
Ion Isft on bases Williamston 6,
Goldsboro 10. Base on balls, off
Green 7. Yeske 3. Struck out? by
Green 5. Yeske 3. Acosta 4 Hits, off
Yeske 7 in 6; Acosta 3 in 3. Hit by
pitcher, by Yeske (Byrum). Wild
pitch: Acosta Passed ball: Wilcox.
Losing pitcher: Acosta. Umpires:
(?"lowers and Green, lime of gillYlf,
2:20.
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Opinion...
Bv "BI FF"
If Williamston defeats Golds
boro here tonight, the Martins
will become inhabitants of the
top flight of the CoasUl Plain.
At the present time only three
and one-half games separate the
third place Rocky Mount team
from the seventh place New Bern
Bears, while eighth place Tar
boro is only two games behind
New Bern. Willlamston, in fifth
place with 23 wins and 26 losses,
is one-half game behind fourth
place (loldsboro and a game out
of third place. So?if we win to
night and Rocky Mount loses.
Williams ton will be tied for third
place.
Everyone who attended the base
ball game in Edenton last Wednes
day afternoon, returned with much
praise both for the^exceptionally
vyell-played ball game, the crack
Edenton High School band, and the
hospitality of the Edentonians Ev
eryone agreed that the transfer was
a success from every standpoint with
a number of fans already talking
about switching another contest to
our ..neighboring city. If it was a
baseball game you went to see, you
came away well satisfied, and those
who stayed home just can't apprcci
i.ie the afternoon by listening to a
verbal essay.
Johnny Byrunl had a .good day
in Edenton, as did his opponent
and former teammate, "Little
Bud" Cayton. Tarboro second
baseman. Levi Woods, the start
ing pitcher, and Eddie Sudol,
Orioles' first baseman, trained in
Edenton with the Pocomoke City
team and Poke Whalen. All
turned in unusual performances.
ed that ball when Manager Whalen
had the squeeze play on, instead of
missing the pitch, allowing "Donald
Duck" to tag the man coming home
That would have placed an en
tirety different slant on the ball
game and may have given Tarboro
the victory . You never can tell
about those breaks
In announcing the various "big
shots" Aubrey Shackell, Tarboro ed
itor. failed to note one of Williams
ton's most faithful fans Todd Max
well of Washington. Todd never
misses a game and when Rocky
Mount played a doubleheader here
some" time ago, he attended both
contests, going back to Washington
fairs. Such spirit and interest is
what is making the Martins a better
team this season.
Slim Gardner wall take over
the mound duties here tonight
when the Martins meet Golds
Lsoro. Slim has had his regular
rest since he went the route
to defeat Rocky Mount last week
.and he is expected to turn in a
sterling exhibition against Man
ager McKinneVs Bugs this eve
ning Skipper Rodgers announc
i?l lie.I I lurry "t|n'e;" H"t"p''?
ries is slated for action here to
morrow night against New Bern.
In his last two starts Humphries
has turned in well-pitched bat
tles hut lost both by very close
scores.
KING FOR A DAY Playing his
initial game as a Martin. Elmer
Cone made a magnificent start in
the opinion of the local fans. Cone
came here from Goldsboro, where
he had a hitting percentage of 183
this season Yet in the tenth inning
this youngster went to bat, overcame
all pressure and nervousness and
proceeded to knock the first pitched
ball out of the park. Elmer also got
another hit to paceJhe local attack.
Bill Shrlton and Bert Stotlrr
arr still out of thr Williamston
lineup, due to injuries. Right
now it is impossible to say how
lonit it will he before they re
turn to action, but it is sincerely
hoped that they will be ready
to go soon.
League president, Ray H Good
mon has been having a tough time
with his umpiring staff With the
recent resignations of Hfclmer Eric-~
son and Jim Stroner, Good/non has
had to stage a real hunt fur arbiters.
He signed Tan Flowers, Arthur L.
McGloon. of Chicago, and C C New
man, of Winter Haven, Fla. Flow
ers is remembered in this section
having umpired in the Albermarle
League during 1936. Newman has
worked in the Appalachian League
and the Florida State loop: Person
ally, we don't think there'll be much
arguing back at Newman f6r he is
a "tough looking" fellow with plen
ty of size. According to reports, he
was with the Foreign Legion during
| the first World War. These three ad
ditions now give the Coastal Plain
fuH umpires' staff for the first
time this season.
At the beginning of this season,
there was much talk about several
of Wilson's star players having low
draft numbers, and that they would
be called for service in Uncle Sam's
Army ere long. Almost two months
have passed and Irv Dickens and
Earl Carnahah, a pair of aces, are
still breaking up ball, games for the
Tobs. If and when the Army gets
this pair. Manager Bill Herring will
have a hard time trying to replace
them, for ball players of their cali
bre are like hen's teeth.
Pete Kunis Wins Pitehing
Duel In Edenton Wednesday
Elmer Cone Hits
Homer In Tenth
For Deciding Run
liotli Train* TnniwI in Su
perh Exhibition Before
Fine Croml
Staging tlu? second pitching duel
in as many days. Williamston edged
out Tarboro. 2-1 in Edenton before
a large and appreciative crowd last
Wednesday afternoon. This game
was originally scheduled for Wil
liamston. but the local management
agreed to transfer the contest to our
neighboring town.
With every player on both teams
turning in a superb exhibition, and
the three pitchers in fine form, it
was not until the tenth inning that
the final decision was reached. Pete
Kunis. who went the route for the
Martins, was at'his best, never giv
ing the batter anything good, spread
ing the nine hits well. He struck out
seven Levi Woods, starter for the
Orioles, also was in fine form, allow
ing five hits during his seven-inning
r&iayv- and fanning nimx- He was re
moved from the game in ihd eighth
for a pinch-hitter. Coogan finished
the contest* allowing two hits and
fanmng two. Coogan was charged
with 'the defeat.
Williamston scored first in the I
sixth inning when Edenton's own
Johnny Byrum was hit by the pitch
?r. went to second on Chester Sparr's
single and scored on a base hit by
Skipper Rodgers.- ?
Manager Poke Wlialen put John
?h hit in the eighth in*
ning. the lug pitcher promptly hit
one over the left field barrier to knot
the count. ,
Neither team could cross the plate
in the ninth, and Tarboro could not
solve Kunis' offerings to any de
gree of sucees in the tenth. But El ?
iner Cone, first Martin to bat in the
tenth, hit the first pitch for a home
run ovtT the left field fence to wift
the ball game.
Cone, playing his first game in a
Martin uniform, led the Martin at
tack With two-for four and tguvc an
exceptional |>erformance in the field |
as did Babe Tuckey. Johnny Byrum
and everyone else.
A large crowd from here attended
Wednesday, June 25.
Tarlwrn Aft RHP
Hi Icy, if 5 0 13 0 0
Mm my. If 4 0 110 0
Cuylon, 2h 4 0 3 2 2 0
Hendersliot, 3b 4 0 12 0 0
Suilol, lb 4 0 0 5 0 0
OlfStli'WK'z, ss 4 0 0 1 2 0
DeCubellis, c 4 0 0 11 1 0
CnunviT. if 4 0 2 2 0 0
Woods, p 2 0 0 0 2 0
xxjohnson I 1 1 O 0 0
Coogan, |) 7 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 30 1 0x27 H 0
xNone out when winning run was
I'ni'i'd.
xxBattcd foi Woods in Hth.
Williamston Al> R II PO A E
Byruin, 3b 3 1110 0
Turkey, ss 4 0 0 2 3 0
Taylor, If 4 0 0 2 0 0
Sparr, lb 4 0 1 12 0 0
Rodgrrs, cf 4 0 12 0 0
Hoyle, rf 4 0 1 2 0 0
Cone. 2b 4 12 12 0
Wilcox, c 3 0 0 B 0 0
Kunis, p 3 0 1 0 4 0
Totals 33 2 7 30 9 0
Score by innings R
Tarboro 000 000 010 0?1
Wilhamston 000 001 bOO 1
Runs batted in Rodgers, Johnson,
Cone Two base lot: Cayton. Three
base bit: Conover. Home runs: John
son, Cone Sacrifice: Coogan. Left on
bases: Tarboro 0, Wiliamston 5.
Struck out, by Woods 9. Kunis 7,
Coogan 2. Hits, off W<x>ds 5 in 7 in
nings; Coogan 2 in 2 Hit by pitch
er, by Woods (Byrum) Losing pitch
er. Coogan. Umpires: Green, flow
ers and Newman. Time:'1:57.
STANDINGS
W
I,
Pet.
Wilson
34
13
.723
Greenville
30
19
.612
Rocky Mount
f IaIHc f-iri | i |
24
Oi _
25
.490
.480
uoiusno ro
21
26
VYilliamston
23
26
.469
Kinston
20
26
.435
New Bern
20
28
.417
Tarboro
18
30
.375
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TUESDAY, JUNE 24
Rocky Mount at Goldsboro
New BOrn at Kinston
WHliamston at Tarboro
Wilson at Greenville
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25
Goldsboro at Rocky Mount
Kinston at New Bern x
Tarboro at WilliamMton
Greenville at Wilson
THURSDAY. JUNE 28
Williainston at Goldsboro
Rocky Mount at Tarboro
Wilson at Kinston
New Bern at Greenville
FRIDAY, JUNE 27
Goldsboro at Williamston
Tarboro ai Rocky Mount
Kinston at Wilson
Greenville at New Bern ~
KKSlU/rS
Tuesday, June 21.
New Bern Kinston, rain.
Tarboro 4, Willianiston 3.
Goldsboro 7, Rocky Mount
Wilson t>. Greenville 0
Wednesday, June 25.
Willianiston 2, Tarboro 1 ,
Goldsboro 8, Rocky Mount 1
Wilson 8, Greenville 1
New Bern 5, Kinston (I
Thursday, June 28.
Willianiston (?. Goldsboro 5.
Kinston 5-3, Wilson 3 5
Rocky Mount 12, Tarboro (i.
Greenville II. New Bern 3.
Vegetables
Market supplies of truck crops
I available ami m pros peel IT?i eaTTyi
summer Hum tin tie sinaller than a
.?yettT'earlier, but supplies of new po
. tatoes are larger, says the IJ. S I)e
, partment of Agriculture.
Wheat farmers of the United
States voted 80 5 per; cent in favor
of marketing quota restrictions on
the 1941 crop in the AAA referem
i'dum held throughout the country
recently
'Specs' Ilum|)hrics
Loses To Tarboro
In Mound Duel. U\
Koil. 'IVum* knock Out Six
Safrlic*; Skipper Kod^
rr* Hit* Homer
Horry -"Specs": Humphries and
| (leorgo Zit/.ler staged a hot hurling
I duel 'in Tarboro last Tuesday eve
i ning w ith the Martins coming out
? ?a the short end of the 4 score.
| Both pitcher allowed six safeties,
?with Humphries walking one batter
and striking out h?ur. Zit/loi fanned
i\ and i . in (J three
W11t'liiiiT>111if"T'^iI tin lead in the
second inning oh a home run drive
l?y Skipper Frank Rodgers. hut the
Orioles came hack in the third to
score twice: and counted two more
in the fourth when Steve DeCubcllis
homered with our on. The other lo
cal tallies came in the sixth and
j eighth frames
Three of the Martins' ax hits were
i for extra hase> Charlie Donald
! Duck" Wilcox and Chuck Taylor hit
iwo-hase hlows. while Kodgers pit
a home run
No player on i illier team got two
| hits during the evening
The box
lut'Miav. june ~4.
Uilli.im.Ht6n Ah It II PO A F
Hynim, 3I> <>01020
Turkey. ss 4 10 14 0
Taylor. If 4 n i inn
:< l i io o l
3 I 12 3 0
4 0 12 10
* 4 0 1 5 0 0
4 0 0 3 0 0
3 0 0 0 1 0
10 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 0 24 11 1
xBatted foj Huhiphries in 9th.
Tarhoro Ah K II PO A F
Riley. ef 3 1 12 0 0
Murray,, j;, 4 0 1 7 2 0
! (.'avion. 21. 4 0 1 1 2_0?
jSuiiol. lb 4 0 0 110 1
IIcndershot, 31> 2 0 0 3 4 0
I (Jlrsiewuv. ss 3 1 ! 1 2 2 ,4
j Di C'uIm IIi II 3 2 1 0 0 0
Coho'vei . 11 3 0 0 2 (J 0
Zitzlef. p 3 0 To 1 0
Totals 29 4 0 27 11 3
Seme by innings R
Williamston oil) ool 010??
Tarhoro 1)02 200 OOx?4'
Kujts hathd in: Rotigers, Riley,
Murray. DeCubellis 2, Hoyle. Sparr
Two base hits: Wileox, Taylor Home
runs Rodders, pet'ubellis. Stolen
base: Olesiewie/. Sacrifice: Riley.
Douhje play Mui lay-to Hendershot.
Left on basts Williamston 0. Tar
] h?i't> 3. Rase on halls, off Humphries
| 4, /at/lor li Wild pitch Zitzler. Um
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