PITCHERS PACE SYLVA
HITTERS THROUGH 1ST.
2-GAME SERIES
Over their l.rst two games of
tne season, the Sylva Legion club
found their p.'ehers to be the stick
men at the plate. Jim Gudger,
Hush Sumne:,-?, and Jitn Cunning
ham c<?!leeted a combined total o/
5 hits in 9 official trips to bat.i
A I i... ee hit .">00 or better. George
Let*, '.:M b.ist nun. wms tiie only
? ther man at the .500 mark even
tnou^h the team average is a neat;
.320 :ar the t\v > names Wi'.n t i".
Henderson ville Skylarks.
Plover AB l\ H Pct.J
Gudger .... 3 0 2. GOT
Lee .... 6 0 3 .5001
if;tmri(T .... .... 4 0 12 .500
Cunningham 2 0 1 .500
Olson .... 9 3 4 .44 4 j
Diliard .... 10 2 4 .400]
Norton .... - 5 1 2 .400 j
Smith : 5 1 2 .400j
Davis 3 1 1 .333 j
Squirrel .... 7 2 2 .286
Hector 9 0 2 .222
Phillips ' 7 0 0 .000!
Gibson ... 4 0 0 .000 j
Parker 4 0 0 .000
Team Average 78 10 25 .320
PITCHERS' RECORDS
Picher IP R H ERA W L
Gudger 6^ 2 0 0.00 0 0(
Sumner 9 6 8 3.00 0 1|
Cunningham 3 3 3 6.00 1 0
CATAMOUNTS BEAT
SKYLARKS 13 TO 10
The Western Carolina Cata
mounts pounded out a 13-10 vie-1
terv o . er Charley Munday's Hen-!
dersonville Skylarks at Hender-1
sunvill" last Thursday.
' Going into the ninth inning with
the scoi'e knotted at 9-all, the Cats
?macked 5 base hits for 4 runs and
t i" gone. Mendei sonviile >c red
< nee in the nint!i
Mill s and Jhe.V-iev coll^'-ted 3
for 5 I ?r the Cirts while Heuser
"h?td 3 f(^ 0 for the Skyiarks. Don j
MeKenzie slugge 1 a thn e-run
hoi i'kr .n the- int.; l'i. to ? Cata
moint.N,
WC'TC ... 010 170 004 13 17 4
Hend. 012 020* 04 1 10 ?) , 4
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Batteries: (J.llin, I'm ker (8>.j
Fountain (8) . ;:<l PiWih; Ayers.
Ilandall (4). Hi.'.: f H >. lijrrel'l (7)
and Munday. Winning pitcher?!
"Fountain. Losing pitcher?Burreil.i
Georgie Abrams Hangs
Up Gloves For Good
Georgie Abnims, one of the na
tion^ top ranking middleweight ;
lighters, called it quits last Fri
day and hung up his gloves for
good.
The 29-year old fighter made
the decision following a tenth round |
TKO by Estonian Anton Raadik.i
Abrams ? suffered a terrific body!
bombardment throughout the fight.
He was rated the favorite since he j
had beaten Raadik in Chicago a'
year ago. |
Abrams began his career in Bal-!
i
timore in 1937 and since has fought
the best in the middleweight di
vision throughout the world, in
cluding Tony Zale, Marcel Cerdan,
Billy Soose, Steve Belloise, Teddy
Yarosz and Fred Apostoli.
In 1941 Abrams reached his
height of fame when he defeated
Soose for the third time and re
ceived recognition from the New
York Athletic commission as mid
dleweight champion of the world.
On Nov. 29, 1941, he fought Zale,
the National Boxing association
titl^holder. to settle the dispute
as to who was the real champion,
and lost a 15-round decision, al
though he floored Zale for a nine
eou.it in the first round.
CATS PASTE HIGH
POINT BY 16 TO 9
The Western Carolina Cata
mounts collected 21- hits off three
High Point hurlers Saturday aft
ernoon and pasted their North
State rivals a 16-9 loss.
The Cats scored three in the first
and tallied in each of the last five
innings. They scored five runs
in the sixth to put the game on
ice. Clyde Pressley blasted a
homer in the sixth with no onej
abo.rd.
Ted Gayle, who replaced War-'
fourth, gained credit for the vic
ren -Deyermond on the hill in the
tory, while Powers, second Panther
pitcher, was charged with the loss.
Marshall Teague fiad a perfect
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Legion Splits Twin Bill With Skylarks
Gudger and Cunningham Hurl
6 To 5 Triumph Sunday p.m.
Skipper Charley Munday
Disputes Sylva Victory
With Big Jim Gudger and Jim
Cunningham splitting the pitching
chores and holding the Henderson
viile Skylarks to 3 hits, the Sylva
American Legion pounded out a
fi-5 decision over Charley Mun
d.iv's b >ys on Mark Watson Field
Sunday. Tne Skylarks took a
(J-4 4.ime finrn Sylva Saturday in,
Svlv.i's season opener.
Sylva'< bin bat- blasted 16 hits,
oi l three Skylar.; pitchers and had I
men on ~iut the end of each.
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inning Sunday.
Her.dei sonville jumped to a one
.'Un It ad in trie first when Hol
comb reac'.od first via Dave Squir-'
ret'-. error, advanced to second on
u walri and scored of Sheriff1
Sm til's tnrowaway ball. But
Syh'a came back in the fourth with'
t\v<> tiill.it s to take tiie lead when1
Ike Olson re-ached first ,on Pitcher
Bill Home's error, went to third
>n Smith's singles and scored on
Dillard'.s infield out. Smith stole
second and advanced to third on
Dillard's out and scored on Luther
Norton's single.
Hendersonville tied the game in
the s:\th when Joe Plick rounded
the bases on three Sylva errors.
Then came the inning that Mun
day disputed. In the last of the
sixth, Sylva scored three times and
Hendersonville's storekeeper miss
ed recording, one tally. Ike Olson'
led oft with a single, -advanced to
secontf on Smith's infield out, and!
I
stored on Dillard's double to right
field. The ball was fielded by
right fiOlder Stamy and thrown in
to first baseman Plick, who tried'
to p.ck Dillard off 2nd but threw,
high into left field where Heuser!
fumbltd and Dillard crossed the
pl.ite with the second run of the
inning. Norton then drove his
second consecutive bingle into
ri-iiit,and went to second on a walk
' > Lee. Hector singled to .deep
i enter and Norton >eored the run
t.-at Hendersonvilie's tallier miss
ed ?
(Jiaiger lei'l the garni1 at this point
,.;iiT pitching -i\ hitie>s innings,
Wh tl^ig 10, and wa> replaced by
Cunningham.
Tiie Skylarks tallied in the sev
<':11;on a walk, a sti'len ba.-e, and
.in error, then tied the game at
a-all in tiie eighth on Pliek's d* u
i?le .ind Miller's homer over the
center field fence.
Syha won the game in the last
??f the ninth when two singles and
an t nor loaded the bases and Smith
>hi?t a single into right scoring Roy
D,ivi.< for the ball game.
The storekeeper found his mis
take "and the game Was over with
Sylva holding a 6 to 5 edge.
A big five-run second inning
Saturday gave the Skylarks a 6
to 4 victory over the Sylva club.
Pitcher McBay's single with the
bases loaded drove home 2 runs and
Whitten followed with a blast over
the left field fence with two aboard
for the five runs after Sylva had
taken a (wo run lead in the first
on singles by Ben Dillard and
Dave Squirrel and an outfield
error. Sylva scored their final
two runs in the third on doubles
by Olson and Squirrel and a throw
away ball by Pitcher McBay. Ayers
replaced McBay on the hill and
held Sylva to four scattered sin
1 ules the rest of the way.
! Heuser homered in the fifth
( with the bases empty for the Sky
j lark's other run.
Hush Surrtner pitched eight hit
! ball for Sylva and whiffed 7 over
! the nine inning stint.
Box scores:
(SUNDAY)
SYLVA AB R H PO A
Rector cf 4 0 0 1 0
Olson If *3111 0
T")il lard 3b 5 1 3 0 4
Squirrel 2b 5 2 2 2 1
Lee lb 3 0 1 ro 4,
Davis ss 2 0 0 1 2
X or ton ss 2 0 0 1 1
Phillips rf 3 0 0 1 0
Sumner p 4 0 2 3 0
Parker c 4 0 0 4 1
day at the plate for the Cats with
5 hits in 5 trips. J*. C. Price had
4 lor 5. Vick h.^cl4 4 for 4 for the
Panthers.
High P 030 051 000?9 11 3
WCTC 300 115 24x?16 21 3
Batteries: Cartwrig'nt, Powers 6,
Hubbard 9, and Slade, Kimble 7;
Dcyermond, Gayle, and Powell.
Winning pitcher, Gayle. Losing
pitcher, Powers. 2 bh?Price,
He^ener, Harris, Painter. 3 bh?
Ellis, Selzer, Vick. HR?Pressley.
35 4 9 27 12
SKYLARKS AB R H PO A
Whitten cf .... 5 12 11
Holcumb 3b 4 0 0 1 1
Plick lb 30090
Heuser If v. . 5 1 10 0
Mundav c 3 0 0 4 1
Colagerakis rf 4 110 0
Miller 2b 3 12 8 5
Gieger ss 4 114 4
Me Hay p 2 110 0
Avers p 2 0 0 0 2
35 6 8 27 14
Skylarks 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 0-6
Syiva 202 000 00 0-4
Errors?MeBav, Gieger, Whitten,
Davis. N< rton, Dillard. Runs Bat
ted in ? Squirrel 2, Whitten 3,
MeBav 2, Heuser. Two base hits?
Olson, Squirrel. Home Runs ?
Whitten, Heuser. Left?Sylva 7,
Hend. 7. Double plays?Dillard,
Squirrel and Lee; Geiger, Miller
and Plick 2; Ayers, Miller and
Plick; Whitten and Miller; Earned
Runs?Sylva 3, Hend. 3. Bases on
balls off?Sumner 4. McBay 2,
Ayers 3. Strike out?Sumner 7,
McBay 1, Ayers 3. Hits?off Mc
Bay 5 in 3; Ayers 4 in 6. Winning
pitcher?McBay. Passed balls ?
Parker 2. Hit by pitcher?Sumner
(Plick). Umpires?Green, Paint
er and Robertson. Time of game
? 1:50.
SUNDAY ' *
SYLVA AB R H PO A
Olson If 6 2 3 2 0
Smith c 5 1 2 12 1
Dillard 3b 5 112 1
Squirrel 2b 2 0 0 0 0
Norton ss 3 12 10
Lec lb .v.. 3 0 2 6 1
Rector cf 5 0 2 1 0
Phillips rf 4 0 0 1 0
j Gibson ss-2b 4 0 0 1 2
I Davis 2b 11110
Gudgor p 3 0 2 0 1
Cunningham p 2 0 10 1
43 6 16 27 7
SKYLARKS. AB R H PO A
Whitten cf 5 0 1 10
Holcumb 3b 5 1 0 1 1
Heuser ll 3 0 0 1 0
Plick lb 3 -JZ 18 2
Mu'nday c f. 4 0 0 4 0
Stamev rf 4 0 0 1 0
Colagerakis rf 0 0 0 0 0
Miller 2b 3 2 15 3
Gieger ss : 4 0 0 3 2
Home p 2 0 0 0 1
Swan p 0 0 0 0 1
Gilbert p > 2 0 0 0 0
35 5 3 24* 10
None out in ninth when winning
run was scored.
Henri. 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0-5
Sylva 000 203 001-6
Errors?Plick, Holcumb 2, Heus
er 2-, Colagerakis, Home, Swan,
Squirrel, Gibson, Norton 4, Smith
3. Runs batted in?Smith, Dillard
2, Norton, Rector, Miller 2. Two
base hits?Dillard, Plick. - Home
run?Miller. Left?Hend. 5, Sylva
15. Stolen bases?Smith, Miller.
Earned runs?Hend. 2, Sylva 3.
Bases on balls?Gudger 2, Cun
ningham 1, Home 3, Swan 1.
Strikeouts? Gudger 10, Cunning
ham 2, Home 2, Gilbert 1. Hits?
off Gudger 0 in 6, Cunningham 3
in 3, Home 8 in 5, Swan 4 in 1-3,
Gilbert 4; in 3 2-3. Winningham
pitcher?Cunningham. Losing pit
cher?Gilbert. Umpires ? Sutton
and Ellis.
CATAMOUNT
BATTING AVERAGES
Tummy Ellis, Catamount second
baseman and team captain, is lead
ing the Catamount hitte's with a
.404 average with 19 hits in 47 trips
to the plate. Ovie Heavener, off
to a slow start, has pulled up to
second place with a .373 average.
AB H Pet.
Norton 7 3 .428
Teague 17 7 .412
Ellis 47 19 .404
| Williamson 5 2 .400:
! Heavener 51 19 .3731
| Sel/er 20 7 .350'
j McKenzie 23 7 .304!
j Pressley 54 15 .2781
; Beam 55 15 .273
j Price 52 14 .269
(Gibson 34 9 .265
| Deyermond 11 2 .182
' Gayle 8 1 .125
| Powell 39 4 .103
Brown 14 1 .071
! Willard 1 0 .000
f Production of milk per cow inq
I North Carolina averaged 330 lbs.
i during March compared with 286
pounds during February.
The Hendersonville Skylarks
have come and gone and behind
them are many satisfied fans. In
getting the:r first taste of profes
sional ball in Jackson County, the
fans were pleased with the work
of their Sylva Legion team who
made Cnarlev Munday's contin
gent really put out to gain a split1
in the two day stand.
Alter their big five-run second
inning Saturday. Hendersonville
got only two men past second base!
as Hush Sumner allowed one hit
in the last six innings. However,|
those five runs were enough and*
the Mundaymen went on to win'
6 to 4.
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But Sunday the going was rough
er. When Big Jim Gudger hurled
the first s*x innings for Sylva with
out giving a nit, Munday must have
wanted to rur. the bench in.
Gudger's fast ball, curve and
change of pace kept t.ie Skylark
hitters so cro-sed up thrt six of
them went down swinging and
fcur jus: s'ood and watched that
third strike go by for a total of
strikeouts.
The funny ^;.it is that Gudger
belongs to Hendersonville?at least
until June 1st when he may. go
back to Rocky Mount where he won
16 games last veL.r.
While we're plugging the pitch
ers, we can't forget Jim Cunning
ham who relieved Gudger in the
7th innmg of the second game and
gained credit fo;- the win. Cunning
ham^ held Hendersonville s stick
men to three hits in the last three
innings.* The pitch that Miller
tagged for the home run to tie the
- IN DETAIL
Score in the eighth, was at least
6 inches outside.
Ail in ail, the Sylva club looks
good. Their fans should be pleas
ed th..t they have pulled out of
the Smoky Mountain conference
and will play independent ball
this year. This will give every
one concerned a better brand of
ball and should increase interest
in the^eam. t
"if vcu've got a place to put 'im,
you better use it!" That proved
:o be Charley Munday's motto in
the first inning of each game when
Skipper George Lee came to bat
with two away and rlinners on in
both cases. Our . guess is that
Mundav has heard oi Lee's fence
-usting attitude when occasion
arises because he gr.ve George an
i tentional walk both limes.
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7. mmy Ellis was elected as cap
tain oi' the Western Carolina Cata
mount baseball team at a meeting
of the players last week. The
choice couldn't have been better
because, among other things, Tom
my has a real baseball head sitting
on top of his shoulders. He was
the regular second baseman for the
Sylva Legion last summer, hitting
well above .3(Jo. This year for the
Cats he is currently sitting the
pace with a .404 average.
Hazelwood skipper Jack (Sher
ifl) Smith is bringing his boys to
town next Sunday to pick up trt%
hostilities where they left off last
summer. The Industrial league
champs beat the Sylva Legion
Catamounts, Panthers Play
14-Innings To 1-1 Deadlock'
TO MARION 6 - 5
A home ran by Ferguson with,
one aboard in the last of the ninth
afforded the Marion club oI the
Western Carolina league a S-5
victory over the Western Carolina
Catamounts ; t Marion Monday
/.igiit.
Ferguson's blow cr.mc l?1' Cata
mount &! c ,er Joe Foun'a r. with
teammate Cuther son roosting - on
second base. ?iari.>n had pulled
!:p to vithin e. e run of ti'.e Cats
lit tre e'g.uh when 5 Catamount
err, i s and t\yo single:- produced
tin\e r>irs.
T ie Ca'.s scored once in the first
on Prices triple and a fielder's
choice. Twice irr-the third on a
walk io H!11 ?.?. a passed ball, a sto
gie l v Lj am, a stolen base and a
doubie by He*-vor.er. In the eighth
they scored two more on two sin-*
gles. a passed ball and ar error,
Marion pitcher Berkley gained
credit fcr the win wnile Fount in
was ta^scd with the loss.
WCTC > 102 COO C20?2 8 8
MARION 000 010 032?6 8 3
Batteries: Griffin, Fountain 6.
ar.d Pawell; Daniels, Duncan 4,
Co: kley 7 a: c' Cuthbertson.
twice last ye. r. both times by one
run in the tenth inning. Both
teams are almost the same as they
vtre men so come prepared to
n. ::c-'s vs\,.i . - .
VV.th Lawson Brown and Jim
Frxwrtii locked in a flashy pit
chers' d 'el, the Catamounts and..
H gii Poirt Pa ahers bat ..led 14
i min&i tJ a 1-1 tie .t Cuilowhee
last Fridry in a North State con
ference gime.
Beth pitche.s \ve;:t ce route with
Brow.: scattering 5 -ingles, allow
ing only i'our Punchers to reach
seiond base, a: d :c*ir ng the side
in order- lor t.ie !a.-t i'^ur innings.
Fcxworth scai'c.cd 11 Catamount
hits and ianned 10.
The P.nther- cirfirst blood
in the li'.th or r.?. error and a sing
le by Gienn P. inK-r scoring Har
ris, but tue Cats carrte baalr in the
:ixth ard tied the score when Ovie
Heavener sivs'ch . )'3 second ard
?Corvd on a s . Sam (Hoot)
Gibson.
J. B. Beam v/cni 3 {'or 6 and
Heavener with 2 lor 6 traced the
Cats while Pointer had 2 for 5 for
the Panthers
tz: :?i ^ r h e
Kig i Pu t 15 4
WCTC - 1 11 4
Battcrie.?r ::w lhh a^d G;ac*ls
rrown ar"d Pr.wril. T. r.c base hit
?3c an;.
Card Of Thanks
The family o. Mr.p.H. R*. Queen
wishes to expre.>s its sincere ap
preciation for tiie n.a::y acts of
kindness shown by tne many
friends ard neighbors and for the
lovely floral oflerirgs s'j: i diring
h's sickness and at tue tune oi his
death.
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