Gaskill Bests Owens, Hobucken Edges Sea Dogs, 1-0
Local Nines Bent
On Gaining Wins
Three afternoon and one night
contest win keep local nines hop
ping today as high school action
increases. One game hopes to be
played at Beaufort; three are away.
Eager to get back on the victory
trail after dropping three consec
utive games. Morehead City's vis
iting diamondmen are bent on re
venge in tonight's under the arcs
contest with New Bern. It was
the hard-bitting Bears who started
the Eagles on their losing streak
a few weeks back by slugging
their way to an 8-4 victory.
Featuring stout sticking by third
baseman Junnie Lingman, catcher
Jack Gaskins. leftfielder Bud Wil
liams and pitcher Veston Stewart
?all rapping out two or more hits,
the Bears hopped on starter Walt
Thomas and reliefer Hal Deibert
in a hurry and were never head
ed.
Stewart's steady hurling mean
while held the Eagle bats almost
noiseless. He wiffed 18. As a re
sult of the fine showing, the lanky
righthander should once more
draw the starting assignment from
Coach Leo Morgan. Deibert is the
likely choice of Coaches Gannon
Talbert and Charles Hester.
Newpart at Le)eune
Newport, meanwhile, travels to
Camp Lejeune to play the junior
Marines at 3 p.m. Coach Wayne
Benton's nine, which lost its last
game to Beaufort in the last inn
ing. also is hoping to get back in
to the win column. They sport
a 2-1 record.
Hard-throwing righthander Har
old McCabc and Joe Smith prob
ably will form the Blue and Gold
battery combination, with Lloyd
Culpepper on hand to take over
mound duties if necessary. Frucci
will do the hurling for Lejeune
with Propst catching.
Over on the Beaufort diamond.
HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE
TODAY
. 2:30 p.m.? Queen Street at Wil
mington.
3:00 p.m.? Newport at Camp Le
jeune.
3:00 pm.? Atlantic at Beaufort,
(tentative).
8:00 p.m.? Morehead City at
New Bern.
FRIDAY
2:00 p.m ? Alliance at Beaufort
(tentative).
3:00 p.m.? Newport at Swans
boro.
Robert L Lm Spaaks
To VbrehMi Ci?y Lion*
Robert E. Lee, former resident of
Morehead City entertained Lions
Thursday night at Hotel Fort Ma
con when he spoke on his inter
esting and educational hobby of
foreign correspondence.
Taking his listeners on an around
the-world travelogue, he visited
European and Asiatic countries,
giving sidelights on present living
conditions.
This was Lee's third appearance,
before a Carteret county civic club.
He spoke last week to Morehead
City and Beaufort Kotarians.
the Sea Dogs hope to tangle with
Atlantic. Big Clyde Owens or Don
Dudley, two overhand fastballers,
will fire 'cm in to dependable B.
G. O'Neal behind the plate. Just
as the other area teams, Beaufort
will be aiming to ' stop a losing
streak. The Green and White cur
rently have a 2-2 record.
And to round out the day's ac
tivity, visiting Queen Street trades
hits and runs with Wilmington at
2:30. It's anybody's guess who
will start on the hill for the
Knights, but the nod may go to
little lefthander Flee Copes. Ber
nard Carter, winner of the 18-7
Selma rout last Saturday, also is
ready to throw.
Bill (Tippy) Dye, former Ohio
State star, is coaching the Univer
sity of Washington basketball team
this season.
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ta a four-hit pitchers' battle as I
tight as they come, Ben Gaskill
bested Clyde Owens Thursday aft
ernoon as Hobucken caaie up with
on* run in the fifth inning to edge
Beaufort, 1-0. W
The close seven inning Hobucken
win evened the series with the
Sea Dogs who had opened the sea
son with a 6-4 victory over Coach I
Moose Tenoev's nine at Hobucken.
The loss was Beaufort's second in I
a row, and gave them a 2-2 rec
ord.
Relieving starting soutlipaw Al I
McKinney, who injured his ankle
in the second inning Blazing Ben
ny proved highly effective, blank
ing Coach Tom McQuaid's nine on
four scattered singles. He struck
out one and didn't walk a batter.
Only three Beaufort runners were
left on base.
Big Owens also was red hot,
chucking one of his finest games
of the year. He also allowed but
four bingles? two coming in the
ail-important fifth when the Blue
and Gold pujfced across the lone
tally. Owens set nine hitters down
on strikes, and issued three pass
es. It was the steady righthander's I
first loss of the season.
Masterful Moundsmen
So masterful did both hurlers
prove, that only one extra base hit
was collected during the game.
Catcher Bill Carowan, who scored
the only run of the contest, wal
loped a double to start the Hobuck
en rally in the fifth. Shortstop I
Larry Jones, driving Carowan
home, got the big single, while
first-baseman Hay Mayo, and left
handed hitting Gaskill whacked the I
other safeties.
Sea Dogs hitting safely were]
Jimmy Parkins, Ed Powell, utility
outfielder Pierson Willis, and Lew
is Woodard, who extended his hit
ting streak to four games.
Hobucken garnered their. tally
when catcher Carowan followed
keystone-guardian Dick Perry's
pop-up to third with a long double
to center. Owens got third-sacker
Curtis O'Neal on a deep fly to Bil
ly Eudy in left, but shortstop
Jones banged a line drive out over
third to plate what proved to be
the game-winning run.
Beaufort Battles
Beaufort, making its strongest
scoring bid, came back in their
half of the fifth with two hits, but
failed to bring a runner across. B.
G. O'Neal started the inning off
by skying to leftfield, Parkins
grounded out second to first, but
Pbwell whacked a single in the
hole between first and second.
Willis, batting for Bob Martin,
blooped a curving hit along the
rightfield line, and Powell, leg
ging it around third, was out by
two feet at home on a fine peg
from outfielder Morris to Caro
wan. Neither teams threatened
seriously thereafter.
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Diamond Sidelights
The Sea Dogs continued their
hitting slump In four games, they
have collected a total of but 18
hits. Besides Woodard, the only
ray of sunshine during the plate
slump ha* been in the person of
Pierson Willis. A* a late inning
pinchhitter he ha* clubbed two
safeties in two trips to the plate.
0?kiU, a very effective right- 1
banded hurler, bats authoritative
ly from th* left side.
Box Score:
Hebaeken, 1 Ab. K. H. Po. A. E.
C. O'Neal, 3b .... 4 0 0 1 2 0
Jones, ss 3 0 1 0 3 1
Howein, If 3 0 0 1 0 0
McKinney, p 1 0 0 0 1 0
Gaskill, rt-p 3 0 1110
Morris, rf '2 0 0 0 1 0
Mayo, lb ? 3 0 19 10
Ireland, ef 3 0 0 1 0 0
Psrry, 2b 2 0 0 2 2 0
Carowan, c 2 l l i i 0
Totals 26 1 4 18 11 1
Beaafort, ? Ab. R. H. Po. A. E.
Eudy, If - 3 0 0 3 0 0
Woodard, lb .... 3 0 1 4 0 1
Rhus, cf 3 0 0 0 0 0
Modlin, cf 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lynch, 3b 3 0 0 2 0 0
B. G. O'Neal, c 3' 0 0 0 0 0
Parkins, ss 3 0 1110
Powell, 2b 2 0 113 0
lfartin, rf 1 0 0 0 0 0
Willis, rf 10 10 0 0
Owens, p 2 0 0 0 1 1
Totala 26 0 4 11 5 2
Habocken MO 010 0?1
Beaufort 000 000 0? ?
Runs batted in: Jones; two- base
hita: Carowan; stolen bases: Gas
kill; sacrifice: Morris; double
plays: Perry unassisted; left on
baa*: Hobucken 7, Beaufort 3; hit*
off: McKinney 0 in 1, Gaakill 4 In
6, Owm* 4 in 7; strikeouts: Me
Kinney 2, Gartlll 1. Owens 9; (mm
on balls: McKinney 0, Gaskill ?,
Owens 3; paaaed ball: B. G. O'Neal;
winning pitcher: Gaakill; losing
pitcher: Owens; time: 1:40.
Benton's Big Bat Blasts
Ft alcon Flingers in 6-3 Win
Led by second-sacker Tom Benton's home run and
two singles, Morehead City stayed out in front all the way
Sunday afternoon to top New Bern 6-3 in a pre-season
exhibition contest at Wade Bros. park. The full nine-inn
ing game served as warmer-upper for both semi-pro clubs
preparing for the Tidewater league opener Saturday.
n^Tl'i"8 t0 give as manv b?vs as
Ease's Fal? "** t0 displ8y lhpir
and u ^nJ"anaefr Bob Jo"es
and Morehead acting managers
' l""y s?lter and Jimmy Webb
substituted freely.
Webb, Tom Woody, in (he sixth
and. schoolboy Don Coales in the
eighth, combined to hold the Fal
f'.Ve hi,S? Whilc Mo?'l?'ad
^ g ,'i,{h, b'ngles off
&rizc:?.j'ck Gask,ns' -
Wrhh??th : "?rowinK lefthander
Webb received credit for the win
giving up one run and three hits'
'"f've "wings. He walked four'
and fanned four. Little righthand
er Price took the loss, doling out
six runs, seven hits. He walked
four and struck out three.
Benton Blasts
It was a big afternoon for left
handed hitter Benton. In garner
^haf/The'!?'^' hi's, he batted
hr? .? rUns and scort'<l
three times. His line drive four
master in the fourth with none on
1,1,1 ?wg when it cleared the
nght-centerfield wall. '
fhf'^r-UP.!,iUer 3tck w?l'ace was
the only other Moreheader to ran
thrllT ' ge,ting ,wo sinSles in
three times at bat.
Shortstop Bill Fulcher led Fal
con hitters, whacking out two sing
les i in three trips to the plate
Morehead took the lead from
he start with two runs, added
three more in the second, one in
oteihJ"!!S' *"d coas,ed 'he rest
of the distance. New Bern count
ered with a singleton in the first
and two in the eighth.
Falcon rightfielder Leonard Gas
kins started festivities off with a
bang when he bounced a slow
Webb curve off the right-center
t ive ih J " ^ari0n Rowo- <llm'?u
hrl lSackcr' drew his first Of
DenniWr "nd big 'eftficlder
Dennis Gaskins whacked a long
single to the rightfield wall How
I ever fancy fielding by I,eon Love
laec held L. Gaskins on third.
Webb Walks in Run
With the sacks jammed, Webb
eurw'h II ,hrowing lhird strike
flerV n ,P;Sl ,he big me". An
f"?"" and Jones. And just when
it looked like the stylish lefthand
er would pull out of the hole he
forced in the first tally by walkino
baMs,St0P Fulchcr on four straight
Morehead came back with two
unearned runs in the bottom of the
first. Price wild-pitched Bill Hope
in for one tally and Benton scored
when catcher Jones, attempting to
nail stealing Skinny Ellis, threw
into eenterfield. 1
th'" thc ,setond they combined
three singles with two walks to do
the damage. Lovelace and catcher
Harry Salter drew free passes and
Webb sacrificed both ahead. Hope
was called out on strikes, but Ben- 1
ton cam* through with a liner off
George Campbell's glove at second
to drive ui two runs.
Kelly Clouts
Haywood Kelly promptly strok
?",side Pr'? pitch to right
nin ?unt?" uho had taken sec
ond on the throw-in on his hit
W^v" ^,ebb ,nd righthander
Woody were blanking the Falcons
until the eighth, Morehead tallied
once more on Benton's blast. Re
lief hurler Anderson drove Rowe
who had walked, in with the final
score of the game, and tallied him
self on a bad throw by Lovelace,
playing second.
Anderson had been caught be
tween second and third when the
costly toss, intended for Kllis. then
playing third base, ended up in
the Morehead dugout.
Box score:
New Bern. 3 Ab. R. H. Po. A. E.
L. Gas kins,
rf-2b-3b 4 112 0 0
Rowe, 3b U 110 0 10
D. Gaskins, 1Mb 4 0 1 3 0 0
C. Anderson,
cf-3b-p 4 112 0
Jones, c 3 0 0 0 0
J. Anderson, c 20001 1
Fulcher, ss 3 0 2 2 1 0
B. Gaskill, lb 2 0 0 5 0 0
Campbell, lb . 4 0 0 0 0 0
Price, p 2 0 0 0 4 0
J. Gaskins, p 2 0 0 0 4 0
Totals . .. 31 3 5 14 8 2
Morehead, 6 Ab. R. H. Po. A. E.
Hope, 3b 3 10 10 0
Cervi, 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0
Benton, 2b 3 3 3 0 1 0
Kelly, lb 3 0 18 10
Wallace, ss 3 0 2 1 1 0
Ellis, cf-3b 3 0 110 0
Deibert, cf 1 0 0 0 0 0
Henderson, lf-ss 3 0 0 3 0 0
Morgan, lf-ss 10 0 1 10
Lovelace, rf 2b 3 10 111
Cummins, rt-lb .10 13 0 0
Salter, c 1 1 0 0 0 0
Tuttle, c 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burge, c 1 0 0 0 1 0
Webb, p 10 0 10 0
Woody, p 1 0 0 0 3 0
Coates. p 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 27 6 8 19 10 1
New Bern 100 000 02?3
Morehead 230 100 00?6
Runs batted in: Benton 3. Kelly,
C. Anderson; two-base hits: L. Gas
kins: home runs: Benton: stolen
bases: Ellis, Wallace, Rowe: sacri
fice: Kelly, Webb: left on base: by
Morehead 8, New Bern 7; hits off:
Webb 3 in S, Woody 1 in 2, Coates
1 in 2, Price 7 in 5, J. Gaskins 1
in 2, C. Anderson 0 in 2; strike
out.": by Webb 4, Woody 2, Coates
1, Price 3, J. Gaskins 3, C. Ander
son 1: base on balls: by Webb 4,
Woody 0, Coates 1, Price 4, J. Gas
kins 2, C. Anderson 1; wild pitch:
Price; winning pitcher: Webb; los
ing pitcher: Price; umpire: Rabon;
time: 2:08.
Coach Lea Starts Flyer
Spring Football Practice
Cherry Point? With spring foot
ball practice a week old, the main
worry of the new Cherry Point
coaching staff is to get enough
men out for drills. Only a handful
of hopefuls have turned out for
the spring training period, and
Captain Jack Lee, head coach, fi
looking for a larger group to man
the Marine squad next fall.
At present, every position is
open, and anyone with or without
football experience, having the de
sire to play, should contact Coach
Lee.
Named last week as assistants
to Lee were Capt. E. J. Artnack.
Capt f. J. Barney, and 1st Lt. G.
R. Pillion
The Flyer gridders were unde
feated in service competition last
year, winning 11 straight. Of
course, Uie present coaching staff
is hoping to extend the streak.
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Lijul.sey Hill, son of Mr. and Mrs.
R. Hush Hill, Beaufort, and Wil
liam K. Abbott, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Abbott. 1604 Evans
st.. Moroheud City, have enlisted
in the Army Air Force, according
to an announcement Friday from
the air force recruiting office.
Smith Appointed
Harvey W. Smith, Beaufort, was
elected to membership on the
board of directors of Oxford or
phanage at the 164th annual com
munication of the Grand Lodge of
Ancient, Free and Accepted Ma
sons of North Carolina last week
j at Chapel Hill.
Outfield Relay Nails Jones;
Williston Downs Knights 4-3
Rifling the ball into catcher Brud Canty, substitute
leftfielder Buster Richardson cut down Eddie Jones at
the plate to stop a Queen Street last-inning rally Saturday
afternoon, giving Wilmington's Williston high a dramatic
4-3 victory. The tight seven-inning win at Beaufort was
the sixth straight for Coach K. A. Corbin's nine.
With the sacks jammed, two out, and Queen Street
two runs behind, shortstop Billy
Vann singled sharply into left to
plate Richie Tootle from third, but
tying runner Jones just couldn't
make it from second on Richard
son s great peg.
It was a deserving win for Ma
roon and Gold righthander Bob
Brooks, and a tough loss for stylish
southpaw James Henry. Big fast
baller Brooks had the better of, the
mound duel all the way, however,
striking out 10 and walking five.
He allowed three singles. Little
curveballer Henry, getting strong
er with each inning, gave up five
hits, fanned seven, and issued five
Annie Oakleys.
Davis Drives
Tiger first-baseman Russell Da
vis was the only batter of the day
to collect two bingles as both hurl
ers kept hits well scattered. Left
handed hitting catcher Canty
bounced a two base grass-cutter off
Vann's leg that rojled into left
field, for the only extra base hit
of the game.
It was a case of Williston oppor
tunists plugging away for single
tallies in the first, second, third
and seventh innings against a team
which left runners stranded inning
after inning.
The Knights finally got going in
the fourth when they combined
their two hits off Brooks with two
infield errors, to score their first
run. First baseman Doug Fulford
rolled out to pitcher Brooks, but
big lefthanded clean-up man John
Tyson cracked a base hit off pivot
man Chuck Hill's leg to start the
rally. Vann's bounder was mis
played by shortstop Greer Saunders
and Tyson moved up a base.
Brooks, bearing down, got right
fielder Don Stanley on a pop-up
to deep short, but first-saeker Da
vis dropped Floyd Hill's easy pop
per along the right field line, and
all hands were safe. And with the
bases loaded, catcher Henry Par
ker crossed the Tigers up by trick
ling a base hit half way to short,
knocking in Tyson.
Still ahead 3-1 going into the !
last inning. Williston added what
proved to bo the winning marker
in the seventh. George Locke, hit
ting for rightfielder Boh Williams,
heat out a roller to second, raced
all the way to third on Brooks sac
rifice. and scored while Hill was
throwing out Ed Jacobs at first.
Coach S. H. Barrow's boys came
right hack with their biggest
splurge by garnering a single and
two bases on l>alls by Brooks and
an error by hot corner guardian
Herb Redd.
Parker walked to start the rally.
Rufus Fair, pinchhitting for Henry,
See KNIGHTS. Page 5
Morehead Ciiy Man
Promoted to Corporal
Fori Bragg ? Pfc. Thomas E
Lewis, route 1. Morehead City, as
signed to the 449 Field Artillery
Observation Battalion. V Corps,
as a cook, has been promoted to
the grade of corporal.
Corporal Lewis, husband of Mrs.
Mary k. Lewis and the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Norman F. Lewis,
was previously employed by J. V.
Waters in Morehead City, before
he entered the armed service in
September 1950. He attended
Morehead high school.
Miss Harris Appointed
Miss Thelma Harris of Marsh
all berg has been appointed to the
committee on constitution and by
laws of the Youiik Republicans
club at Kast Carolina Teachers col
lege, Greenville.
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