Martins Take Two Out of Three from Leafs; In Third Place South Conauers North, 6-3, Lust Annual All Williamgton Splits With Rocky Mount Sunday Afternoon Home Runs Play a Deciding Part in Outcome of Both Battles ? The Williamston Martins split a double bill in Rocky Mount last Sun day afternoon under a sweltering sun, winning the first game 7-6, and dropping the finale 3-2. This split raised the Martins to third position in the Coastal Plain loop and tightened the race consid erably. At the present time, only a half game separates the third team from the fifth place Leafs, while Goldsboro rests in sixth spot, a mere game and a half out of third. The Martins are six games behind the second place Greenville Greenies. So it looks.as though fireworks and pressure will be on in a large degree as the circuit goes into its final month on Friday. The deciding runs in the first af fray came in the ninth when Skipper Frank Rodgers homered over the left field wall with one on. Elmer Cone hit a four-base blow in the seventh to keep the locals in the ball game Pea Green started the initial bat tle and hurled creditably until the eighth when he was relieved by Har ry Humphries who finished the game and received credit for the win. Home runs also played a big part in the nightcap, with the Martins scoring both of their runs in such a manner and Rocky Mount counted one homer Tuckey drove a pitch over the left field fence in the fifth, and Charlie "Donald Duck" Wilcox, as a pinch hitter, in the seventh, did likewise. Slim Gardner went the route for the Martins, giving up five hits. Tuckey hit safely twice to lead the locals in this game The box Sunday, July 27. First Game. . Williamston Ab FfH PO A P. Byrum, If 3 0 0 2 0 0 Shelton, 21) 5 1 0 3. 2 0 Hoyle, rf 4 2 2 0 0 0 Sparr, lb 5 2 3 9 2 0 Rodgers, cf 5 114 0 0 Cone, 3b 5 1 2 0 4 0 Wilcox, c 5 0 3 5 0 Green, p 4 0 0 0 1 0 Humphries, p 10 0 10 0 Totals 39 T 11 27 14 2 Rocky Mount Ab R H PO A E Drews, ss 5 0 2 1 1 1 Kasper, 3b 5 0 0 0 4 0 Kurst, if 4 0 0 1 0?ft Sanford, lb 5 2 2 9 0 0 Brittain. c 5 2 2 9 0 0 Krai, cf 3 13 10 " Shee, rf 4 112 0 0 Ware, 2b 4 0 14 10 Gautreaux. p 1 0 0 0 10 Weeks, p 2 0 10 10 Kennedy, p l) 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 38 6 12 27 9 1 Score by innings: R Williamston . 000 200 302?7 Rocky Mount 010 200 030?4 Runs batted in: Brittain 3, Krai 2, Sparr, Cone 3. Rodgers 3. Two base hits: Hoyle, Sparr. Three base hit: Sparr. Home runs: Brittain 2, Cone, Krai, Rodgers. Stolen base: Drews Double playst Cone, Shelton and Sparr 2; Green, Turkey and Sparr Left on bases: Williamston 11, Rocky Mount 7 Bases on balls, off Gau treaux 4, Weeks 1, Kennedy 1, Green 2, Humphries 1. Struck out, by Gau traeux 5, Weeks 1, Kennedy 2, Green 4 Hits, off Gautreaux 5 in 4 1-3; Weeks 3 in 3 1-3; Kennedy 3 in 1; Green 10 in 7 2-3; Humphries 2 in 1 1-3 Wild pitches: Gautreeux, Hum phries Winning pitcher: Humphries. Losing pitcher: Kennedy. Umpires: Daniels and Greene. Time: 2:17. Second Game Williamston Byrum, If xxxRymer Shelton, 2b Hoyle, rf Sparr, lb Rodgers, cf Cone, 3b Pettus, c xWilcox Tuckey, ss Gardner, p Ab R H PO A E 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 4 0 1 3 0 0 6 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 Public Opinion.... Bv "BUFF' Our vote for the biggest pack of wolves goes to Rocky Mount. They even criticise their own players when they are winning . . . The um piring Sunday afternoon was slight ly on the "lousy" side . . A Leaf player went into home plate with a good slide, when Clyde Pettus stoop ed and tagged him on the chest . . . According to "everybody" there was no possible way the runner could have been out . . . But Greene said he was, and if you don't think a howl went up and a razz went out, you should have been there . Another time, in the first game, Daniels call ed 4 balls on Elmer Cone who went to first filling the bases. An argu ment ensued and it was decided that the pitcher had made only three bad pitches . . . What kind of "second guessing" do you call that? BEST STORY OF THE WEEK ?The wolves had been giving Babe Tuekey a thorough raizin' in Rocky Mount during the sec ond game, and when he went to the plate in the fifth, they really gave him the works. Not to be outdone the Babe promptly pro ceeded to slam one out of the park and on crossing home plate, he curtsied to his "admiring" fans. The Martins' power at the plate has picked up considerably accord ing tQ the last official- report- from the Howe News Bureau which in cluded games of Monday, July 21st . . . Ches Sparr with a mark of .325 has batted in 62 runs . . Bill Shel ton, dependable second baseman, is slugging at the .312 mark, having driven in 26 scores Charlie "Don ald Duck" Wilcox is now hitting over 300 for the first time in his profes sional career, driving in 19 runs with a mark of .301 Fred Hoyle, hustl ing- i fght todder iV h.itilh|F,'.91k) an# has knocked in 29 runs . Slim Gardner's mark is 277 Skipper Rodgers has hit in 52 runs with a 274 average . . Johnny Byrum. lo cal lead-off man, is at .272 and has driven in,23 runs . All the others have increased their averages to some extent . . . Pete Kunis with a reeord of 10 wins and five losses leads the Mar tins mound staff . . . Slim Gardner has eight victories and six defeats . Pea Green's average is 7 wins and 6 defeats . . Harry Humphries has won 2 and lost 7 . . . Ken Rymor has won 2 and lost 5 . . . According to reports, at .least six big league scouts were in attendance at the All-Star game in Wilson last night, and from this corner, Fred Hoyle looked just about as good as anybody on either team. The pitch ing on both sides was "rough" in spots, the umpires had a good night, and all in all, everybody had an en joyable trip. xxKunis 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 27 2 5 10 9 3 xBatted for Pettus in 7th. xxEatted for Gardner in 7th. xxxBatted for Byrum in 7th, Rocky Mount Ab R H PO A E Drews, ss 3 0 0 2 3 1 Kaspcr, 3b 3 0 1 0 2 1 Kurst. lb 3 1 0 7 0 0 Brittain, c 2 0 1 6 0 0 Krai, cf 2 0 0 3 0 0 Shoe, rf 2 2 1 3 0 0 Ware, 2b 3 0 1 0 2 0 Gallovich, If 3 0 1 0 0 0 Williams, p 2 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 23 3 5 21 7 2 Williamston 9?? 010 1?\ Rocky Mount 100 101 x?3 Runs batted in: Shee, Ware, Tuek ey, Wilcox. Home runs: Shee, Tuek ey, Wilcox. Double play: Gardner, Cone and Sparr. Left on bases: Wil liamston 5, Rocky Mount 5. Bases on balls, off Gardner 3, Williams 1. Struck out by Gardner 2, Williams 4 Wild pitch: Gardner. Umpires. Greene and Daniels. Time 1:23 Ken Rymer Limits Leafs To Trio Of Hits, Wins 4 to 2 ?? Babe Turkey and Cheo Sparr Hil Homers; Tuekev Features Afield * Ken Rymer limited the Rocky Mount Leafs to three hits in pitch ing a 4-2 victory' here last Saturday night. Ken struck out eight butters. One of the Leaf hits was a home run by Tommy Kurst, their other score coming in the first inning as a result of three walks and an error. Williamston counted its first run in the fifth inning when Babe Tuck ey was safe on an error, Rymer dou bled and Tuckey scored on Johnny Byrum's outfield fly. Tuckey homered in the seventh to tie the score, Ches Sparc's circuit drive in the eighth putting the locals in front. Two walks and another single gave the Martins their-final tally. Three local players got all the hits, Rymer leading with two fur three, and Sparr and Tuckey each with two for four. Making several beautiful plays at | shortstop, Tuckey also featured | afield. The box: Saturday. July 26. Rocky Mount Ab K H PO A E | Drews, ss Ware, 2b Kurst, If Sanford. lb Brittain, c Krai, cf Kasper, 3b Shee. rf Matthews, p Totals Williamston Byrum, If Shelton, 2b Hoyle, rf Sparr. lb Rodgers, cf Cone, 3b Wilcox, c Tuckey, ss Rymer, p ?S'^flrfSls 29 4 6 27 7 1 Score by innings: H Rocky Mount 1(H) 010 000?2 Williamston 000 010 12x?4 Runs batted in: Kurst, Byrum, Tuckey 2. Sparr. Two base bits: Shee, Rymer. Home runs: Kurst, Tuckey, Sparr. Sacrifices I Cone, Shelton. | Double play: Ware, Drews and San ford. Left on bases: Rocky Mount 7, Williamston 7. Bases on balls off Matthrws 4. Rymer 5. Struck out by Matthews 3, Rymer 8. Umpires: Greene and Daniels. Time of game: 1:42. 4 0 1 1 6 1 3 1 0 1 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 15 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 o 0 0 ?4 -0 -"*?"? The box: Friday, July 25 First Game, Ernest "Matuza" Mears pitched two-hit ball last Friday night when his Methoterians captured ;? 5-0 vic tory over the league leading Bap tists. despite the strategy of Man ager Harcum Grimes. In the sec ond game, the Christians were forc ed to rally in the last two innings to defeat an eight-man Episcopalian team, 7-6. Mears had the Baptists handcuff ed completely in the opening tilt, with the Methoterians displaying their best form of the season. A scratch single by Dick Miller in the fourth, and a double by Bosko An derson in the seventh frame account ed for the powerful attack of the loop leaders. The Methos' big irwung came IS the fifth when four runs were scored on four hits and four errors. Jojo Thigpen was top hitter for the winners with three for four, while Parson Piephoff had a triple and sin gle for three. The Christians edged out the Epis copalians in the nightcap, 7-6, but there was little honor attached to the victory, for Pitcher John Hardy had only two outfielders. At that, he shut out the Christians for four innings, but his control left him in the fifth and a walk, an error and four hits, including a home run by Fenner Wallace with one on pro duced five runs. The Christians add ed two more in .tlie sixth.on two sin [Methoterians Ab K II Jojo Thigpen, c I). Cobb, sf 4 4 1 1 ? 1 3 1 ; i Boy kin, ss Fitzgerald, 2b Clayton, lb-rf W. EveretL-xf 4 3 3 __U 1 1 0 o -j- - 0 1 0 Mears, p "Piephoff, cf Critcher, 3b 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 ' Rogeraon, If M Cobb. If E Roberson, If Wise, rf 1 0 0 2 0 1 ~~0 0 0 0 0 0 IN. Cunningham, lb 2T Totals 32 r>. 0 Baptists .Ab K II Miller, 2 b ?I 0 1 O. Anderson, ss 2 o 1 S. Taylor, 3b 3 0 0 Hall, c 2 0 0 Grimes, lb 2 0 0 Cone, cf 2 0 0 A. Anderson, If 2 0 0 Hairell, sf 2 0 0 Button, if 1 0 0 F. Peel, rf 1 0 0 Stalls, p ' 1 0 0 xSummerlin 1 0 0 Totalti 22 u 2 Score by innings R Methos 000 140 0?5 Baptists 000 000 0 -0 Second Game Episcopalians Ab K II J. Cooke, ss 4 2 1 S. Critcher, 3b 3 2 1 Hardy, p 4 1 1 Diem, c 4 1 3 R. Simpson, 2b 3 0 1 T. Critcher, lb 4 0 0 M. Moore, rf 4 0 0 Skinner, sf 3 0 0 Totals 29 6 7 Christians Ab K 11 Sullivan, p 3 2 3 C. T. Roberson, sf 3 1 0 Bunting, 3b 4 1 0 Barnhill, ss 2 1 1 Wallace, c 3 1 1 Ward, lb 3 0 0 T. Harrison, rf 2 0 0 C. Manning, cf 2 0 1 Bonduiant, 2b 2 1 0 Spivey, If 1 0 0 Goff, If 2 0 1 Totals 27 7 7 Score by innings: R Episcopalians Christians 100 000 014 052 0?6 x?7 STANDINGS ^ - r W L Pel. Wilson 54 21 720 Greenville 44 34 564 Willlamaton 39 41 .488 New Bern 38 40 487 Rocky Mount 38 41 .481 Gpldaboro 37 42 468 Tarboro 31 46 .403 Kinaton 31 47 .397 Fred Hoyle Hits Safely Twice To Feature in Attack I Vie k ii iii* Receive* Poor Support To Get Credit For the Defeat 1 Before a crywd of more than 2,000 fans, the Northern forces defeated Manager Frank Rodgers^Southern teuni, G 3, in the fourth annual All star exhibition id the Coastal Plain League in Wilson last night. League President Hay II Goodmon awarded the players of both teams and the umpires tie pins in pro-game cere monies. Skipper Rodgers selected his team from players on Williamston, Rocky Mount, Tarboro and Greenville ros ters, while Manager Bill Herring had charge of the Southern force players from Wilson. Goldsboro. New Bern and Kinston. The North opened up with a run in the second on Kurst's double and Jenkins' single. But the South promptly knotted the count when Lefty Long walked in a run after al lowing two singles and an intention al walk. The North went ahead again in ?the third on a walk, Ware's double and Sudol's single. The South went ahead in the fourth to stay, greeting our own Pete Kunis with a 3 run uprising, which resulted from a walk and three hits. The fielding during this inning was far from tops, with one or two of Jhe balls which dropped far hits on the "blooper" variety. Fred Hoyle was tops in the North forces, getting a single in the fourth inning and a double in the seventh Charlie "Donald Duck" Wilcox was unable to hit safely during his two times at bat. but caught a good game. Ches Sparr replaced Sudol at first base in the sixth, and did not hit in his only attempt. Pete Kunis pitched the fourth, fifth and sixth innings, allowing four runs op five hits He struck out one and walked one. and was charg ed with the defeat. For * he South, Joe DeMasi had a double and single for three official attempts to lead at bat, while Stdrtiiy Gales was next with two for four. Very noticeable was the absence of 1 nunc runs durina tin* contest with the sluggers of neither team being unable to clout one out of the park The hov ? North Ab K II PO A E Hendershot. ss ?> 1 0 0 2 0 tlreur* 1 {} 1) 1 () P Ware. 2b 4 P 1 4 1 P Sudol. lb 3 0 2 G P P Sparr, lb 1 (1 1) ?> P P Kurst, if 4 1 1 3 P P Crowe, cl + ?p 3 TL 0 ?? Jenkins, 3b 4 1 2 1 3 1 F Hoyle. If 3 (1 2 p P 0 Wilcox, c 2 (1 0 P 1 0 ? DeCubeUis, c 2 0 0 4 0 0 I.vnK, p 1 (1 P P 1 p K lints, p 0 *0" tt 0 0 0 xXcagg 0 0 0 0 p 0 xxCoogan 0' 0 0 0 0 0 Wilson, p 1 0 P P 0^ 4 ? xBntted for rvunis m 7th xxCoui tesy runner South Ah K II PO A E Upchurch, 3b 4 0 1 1 2 0 Fessler, ss 5 1 1 2 2 0 Clifton, if 4 o 1 P 0 P Averette, cf 3 1 1 1 0 P Carnahan, cf 1 0 0 1 0 0 DeMasi, If 3 1 2 3 0 0 Morris, lb 1 1 1 3 0 0 Thompson, lb 2 1 U 4 0 0 Gales, 2b 4 1 2 3 3 0 Murphy, c 0 0 P 1 0 0 Carr. c 1 0 1 3 1 0 Webb, p 0 0 0 0 2 0 Koy, p - 1 0 0 0 0 0 Acosta, p 1 0 o 0 0 0 Peele, c 2 0 1 5 0 1 Hamilton,, p 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 G 11 27 10 1 Score by innings: R North Oil 000 100?3 South 010 301 lOx?6 I Runs batted in: Jenkins, Webb, Sudol, Gales, Carr 2, Peele, Drews, DeMasi. Two base hits: Kurst, Ware, 1 F. Hoyle, DeMasi. Sacrifice: Morris. Double plays: Hendershot, Ware and Sudol. Upchurch. Gales and Thomp son 2 Left on bases: North 6, South H. Bases on balls* offLorig 2, Kunis I, Webb 1. Koy 1, Acosta 1, Wilson 1, Hamilton 1 Struck out, by Webb 1, Koy 2, Kuuis 1, Acostu 1, Wilson 4, Hamilton 2. Hits, off Webb 4 in 3; Long 3 in 3; Koy 3 in 2; Kunis 5 in 3; Acosta 3 in 2; Wilson 3 in 2; Ham ilton 0 in 2. Winning pitcher: Koy. loosing pitcher: Kunis. Umpires: Hanna. King, Greene and Bagby. Time: 1:53. "N "PRETTY "PE0(5y PEPPE^,,,^'ie Pu'* J'm back in the swim! P& p?T CO AAOMISCO TO SHOW THAT AAMCV WVf 0*** ON NOW. UOOK THIS WtU. HfL*. ITS SOOO KM U? SO VOU CAN DO THAT OOUSce JAC*ANiA? f POA OA. AMAAA* IS A TUfAT that's just thc samc as a |itj Tp -*iO* 1-Lks a ^1*'? d&l tHtT . A And ij Jim's ?n?rgy rsstortd ? tV^ Jwil watch him hit that diving baardl PICKS YOUR ENERGY v' *OU(i A*0?T 0* 4HOU < ** ****** AT IO. ATt . AT 4 I *?U 6ive woUA ewc*?y a soost u* J to **/U M weeuNG ve?y m*uc*d ua?