Morehead City and Beaufort Sweep Weekend Tilts
Morehead Tops Newport Twice
Webb and Price Star On Hill
Morehead City protected its two-game margin over'
second place Beaufort with two hard earned victories over
Newport last weekend, and can now clinch the Carteret
League title by taking two out of three games to be played
with hapless Marshallberg next Saturday and Sunday.
Morehead came from behind to score a 5-2 win in Sat
urday's tilt at Newport, but it took a sensational relief job
by shortstop Charlie Price to give Morehead a 5-4 decision
at Wade Bros, park Sunday. Starting hurler Tom Woody
had pitched a no-hitter through the first six inning?, but in
the seventh frame he couldn't get<
anybody out of there except him
self. An error, three singles, two
walks and a hit batsman gave New
port four runs and left the bases
loaded with none one The youth
ful Price then came in from his
shortstop position to protect a 5-4
lead, and he did just that with the
help of an atrocious decision by the
' plate umpire. Donhue, first batter
to face Price, went down swinging
on a pitch that was in the dirt.
Wayne Benton, Newport first sack
er, then was called out on a 3-2
pitch that broke down around his
ankles. Benton rightfully blew up,
but of course it didn't do him any
good. Price then struck out the
dangerous Stanley and the Newport
team was finished.
Priceless Pitching
They did manage a single to open
the eighth, but Price turned
Lockey's attempted sacrifice into a
double play ? again getting a break
from the umpire who missed the
call at first by a step and a half.
Price then retired the last four
men in order, striking out three of
them. In all Price struck out six
men in his three innings on the
mound, and didn't walk any one.
, It was a brilliant job, and a high
ly necessary one. 01' Pappy Diem,
after being rocked for five runs in
the first two innings was untouch
able on the Newport mound. He
allowed only one hit over the last
six innings, none in the last five,
and had Newport managed to grab
the lead in that wild seventh it was
extremely doubtful that Pappy
would have lost it.
Pappy Pelted Pronto
Morehead, however, landed on
Pappy before he was really warm,
scoring twice in the first inning
and three times in the second.
With one down in the first Con
nor's grounder was fumbled J)y
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Barrington. Woody Kelly then
blasted a drive to center that ca
roomed off the roof for a two-bag
ger, scoring Connor. Benton's sharp
single to right scored Kelly and it
was 2-0 at the end of one. Mitch
Burge started the Morehead second
with a line drive that center fielder
Lockey played into a double.
Woody popped out but Holt singled
to right, Burge stopping at third.
With Connor at the plate Diem
started to throw to first, then hesi
tated for a balk. That scored
Burge and moved Holt to second
whence he scored on Connor s sin
gle. Kelly then slammed his sec
ond straight double, a smack that
hit the base of the right field wall.
The blow scored Connor with the
fifth and final Newport run as
Diem suddenly found his stuff.
From that point until the finish,
in six and two-third innings, Diem
allowed just one hit.
Morehead hurler Tom Woody,
meanwhile, was mowing down the
Newport batters with the greatest
of ease. Only one man reached
base off him in the first four in
nings ? Barrington coaxing a walk
in the second. Woody walked two
in the fifth, but struck out Widgon
to end the threat. With two gone
in the sixth center fielder Connor
saved Woody's no-hitter when he
went up against the center field
wall to make a one-hand grab of
Wayne Benton's smash. But that
belt augered ill for Woody, and
sure enough, he fell apart com
pletely in the seventh.
Woody Walks Out
Stanley opened up with a boun
cer that second baseman Tom Ben
ton messed up. Barrington then
broke the no-hit spell with a wick
ed liner that hit the right field
wall. It went for a single, moving
Stanley to second. Loekey then
stepped in and belted another one
off the wall. This too went only
for a single as the runners held up
to make certain the ball would not
be .caught. Woody then lost his
control. He hit Diem on his bald
noggin to force in one run, and
then walked pinch-hitter Justice to
force in another marker. Widgon
popped a Texas leaguer into short
left and it was 5-3, with still no
one out. When Woody forced in
a fourth run by walking Kenny, he
was yanked in favor of Price.
Price, who had been playing at
short, had very little time to warm
up, but he looked like a 1941 Hugh
Casey as soon as he started to fire
them in.
Unearned Victory
Three unearned runs in the top
of the sixth gave Morehead its Sat
urday win over Newport. More
head had tallied in the opening in
ning on doubles by Holt and Tom
Benton, but Newport came right
back to take a 2-1 lead. Justice
singled, and came all the way
around on Wayne Benton's double.
Benton then raced home on Stan
ley's single. Morehead hurler
Webb struck out Barrington and
Lockey to end the first, and pitch
ed shutout ball the rest of the way.
Morehead tied it in the fourth
when Newport pitcher Donhue
walked Benton and Tuttle and gave
up a single to Price. Then came
the big sixth and the ball game.
Kelly opened with a single but
was tossed out trying to stretch it
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Tuesday
9-12 Field Day, Beaufort and
Morehead Boys and Girls at More
head U.S.O. Bldg.
Wednesday
9 a..m. Midget baseball practice,
R.A.'s., Eagles, Methodists, and all
gnomes under three ft. .
10 a.m. Swimming.
11 a.m. Intermediate baseball
practice.
1 p.m. Girls' basketball.
2 p.m. Football and volleyball.
Thursday
9 a.m. Midget baseball practice,
i 10 a.m. Intermediate baseball.
1 p.m. Swimming.
2:30 p.m. Basketball.
Friday
9 a.m. Hike.
Play-oHs and Protests
Concern So it ball Heads
Two protested games and play
off plans will be discussed Wednes
day at 7:30 p.m. when local soft
ball managers and/or representa
tives meet at the Civic Genter.
The two games under protest
have a vital bearing on the tight
race for first place as they involve
both the first place American Le
gion and the second place More
head City Marines.
The Beaufort Odd Fellows have
protested the Marines' victory of
July 23; while the Marines have
lodged a protest against the Le
gion's victory of July 16. Should
the latter protest be decided in
favor of the plaintiff it would put
the Marines in first place by one
game.
into a two-bagger. Benton popped
out, but Tuttle walked and Woody
singled. Price grounded to third
and Justice fumbled the ball and
then threw wildly to first. That
brought in Tuttle with the tie
breaking run, and Burge's two-run
single iced it.
Notes
Holt and Burge paced More
head's attack Saturday with two
hits each, while Justice picked up
three of Newport's eight hits off
southpaw Webb . . . Short stop
Charlie Price had been hitting like
a pitcher all day Sunday, so it was
poetic justice that he be called on
to hurl. Price had gone down
swinging three straight times for
Diem . . . Tom Benton went two
for five oyer the weekend, and
maintained his team leading bat
ting average of .382 . . . Woody
Kelly is number two for Morehead
with a lusty .370 average . . . Kel
ly is as smooth a fielding first
baseman as we have seen, and that
goes f?r the majors . . . Four of
Price's six strike-outs Sunday were
on bad pitches. One was a called
strike, but the batters swung on the
others. But for the over-anxious
ness of Newport betters Price
would have had a rough time . . .
Morehead plays a single game at
Marshallberg Saturday and will
play a double-header against the
same team at Wade Bros, park next
Sunday beginning at 1:30.
Saturday Game
Morehead City 100 103 000?5 7 2
Newport 200 000 000?2 7 2
Webb and Burge; Donhue and
Stanley.
Sunday Game
Newport 000 000 400 ? 4 4 2
Morehead 230 000 OOx? 5 7 1
Diem and Stanley; Woody, Price
(7), and Burge.
Sid Gordon of Boston tied a Na
tional League record when he hit
four homers with the bases loaded
during the 1950 season.
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Legion and M. C. Marines
Continue Tight Battle
Marines 5-3 Victors As
Cody Throws 5-Hilter
At Morehead Jaycees
The Morehead City Ma
rines remained on the heels
of the front running Ameri
can Legion by edging the
Morehead Jaycees 5-3 in a
Wade Bros, park softball tilt
Thursday night. Bill Cody
held the Jaycees to five hits,
four of them coming in the
fifth inning when the losers
scored all their runs. Jaycee
hurler Cy Adams also allow
ed hut five hits, but two
bases on balls proved fatal.
Marines Score Early
The Marines jumped into a 3 0
lead in the first inning. Sullivan
opened up with an infield single
and Arnold walked. Ellis lined out
to left but Moody's sharp single to
center scored Sullivan and moved
Arnold to third. Dyer then brought
in Arnold with a fly ball to center
with Moody going to second on the
throw to the plate. Lindsey made
it 3-0 with a bingle to right that
scored Moody, and the Jaycees
never caught up.
After going down in order in the
second the Marines got to Adams
for two more runs in the third. Ar
nold singled to start it. and Ellis
walked. Both men advanced on a
passed ball, and scored when
Moody's roller to second was kick
ed by Dunn. It was scored a hit
and an error.
Jaycees Break Through
Adams managed to check the Ma
rines the rest of the route, but his
mates couldn't manage more than
three tallies off Cody, all of them
scoring in the fifth. P. Cordova
slapped a hit off the pitcher's shins
to open the frame, the second hit
off Cody. Klux grounded out,. but
Norwood beat out a bunt to place
men on first and third. Cy Adams
laced a single to right scoring Cor
dova and Geer's single scored Nor
wood. The final run crossed when
Dunn's grounder was fumbled by
shortstop Moody.
Cody settled down to get Mcln
nis with the tying runs aboard and
closed out the game by retiring
See MARINES WIN. Page 7
Williamson Pilches 5-1
Win as Legion Knocks
Odd Fellows 3Vi Oul
Catcher Lou Brogan blast
ed a tremendous home run
and two singles Thursday as
the American Legion soft
ballers defeated the Beau
fort Odd Fellows 5-1 at
Wade Bros. park. The win
maintained the Legion's first
place margin of one game
over the Morehead City Ma
rines and tumbled the Odd
Fellows right out of the race
? three and a half games off
the pace.
The Legion battery of Jack Wil
liamson and Brogan was too much
for the Odd Fellows. Williamson
was untouchable on the 'mound
after allowing a run in the first in
ning. and between tbem the bat
tery scored all five of their team's
runs.
The Beaufort team scored their
lone run in the top of the first.
With one down Fodrie beat out a
bouncer to short and then came all
the way around when Langdale
slammed a double down the left
field foul line. The throw to the
plate might have nailed Fodrie had
not Williamson elected to cut the
ball off ? a move which did him no
good at all as Langdale went into
third anyway. That brief flurry
completed the Beaufort offensive
for the night. Williamson bore
down to get Mundy on a pop and
strike out Chappel, and from that
point through the sixth he allowed
but one hit. Lovelace mopped up
in the Seventh.
Pitcher Slugs Homer
Williamson got that run back and
one more in the bottom half of the
first when he followed Brogan's tin
gle with a line drive home run that
scooted down the left center alley
between Owens and Chappel.
In the top of the second the Odd
Fellows loaded the bases on three
walks, but Langdale, who had
whacked Williamson for a double
in the first, went down swinging.
Odd Fellow hurler Roberson then
killed a Legion threat in the bot
tom half of the frame when he
forced Coats and Cantelli to pop
out with men on second and third.
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Salter Path Tops
Mill Creek 8-1
With Hal Deibert tossing a neat
four-hitter, Salter Path scored its
seventh straight Salt Water league
victory Sunday, downing Mill Creek
8-1 at Newport.
Deibert struck out 12 and walked
but one. Odell Morton, throwing
for Mill Creek, also struck out 12
and for six innings gave Deibert a
real battle. Mill Creek scored its
lone tally in the sixth and trailed
only 2-1 going into the seventh ?
then Morton lost his touch. Salter
Path rushed across four markers in
the seventh and added two more in
the ninth. The Salt Pathers pound
ed out 15 hits off Morton, with
George Newman leading the way
with three for four. Ralph Smith.
Hank Frost, and Abrom Willis all
belted two hits for the winners.
No Mill Creek batter could solve
Deibert for more than one hit, with
Lilly, Culpepper, Morton, and Cur
rier getting one each.
Mill Creek caused quite a stir
when they sent Wayne Benton up
to pinch hit in the ninth. Salter
Path agreed to let Benton bat. but
were pretty acrimonious about it,
apparently because Benton is sup
posed to be a member of some
other team. In the light of the
score at the time it was much ado
about nothing, and appeared even
more so after Benton went down on
strikes.
Salter Path is idle this Sunday,
but will meet Beaufort two weeks
hence.
Line score:
Salter Path . 100 100 402?8 15 1
Mill Creek 000 001 000-1 4 1
The Legion sewed matters up in
the third with another two-run
frame. Brogan again started it with
a single to left that was kicked
by Owens, allowing Brogan to ad
vance to second. Roberson then
decided to walk Williamson and did
so by bouncing four straight
pitches along the ground. Lewis
followed with a Texas leaguer to
right, scoring Brogan and Kuhn's
ground out scored Williamson.
Brogan Belts Building
The final run of the contest was
the most notable. With one down
in the bottom of the fifth Brogan
cracked a long high drive to left
center that bounced against the
building wall on two hops. Brogan
was across the plate with a perfect
night long before the ball was re
turned to the infield.
Line Score:
Legion 202 010 x ? 5 6 0
Odd Fellows 100 000 0?1 3 1
Roberson and Austin; William
son, Lovelace (7), and Brogan.
Notes
In the top of the fifth, with only
your NEWS-TIMES reporter and
one not too bright canine in the
stands, Williamson proceeded to
literally smoke them through at the
Odd Fellow batters. Williamson,
who in his quiet way appears to be
the most affected softball pitcher
in the county, went a little too far
in proving how nonchalant he
could be out on the mound. When
players start smoking cigarettes on
the playing field it is time to draw
a halt. Next week we expect to
see Williamson with the softball in
one hand and an opium pipe in the
other . . . We are quite amazed
See LEGION. Page 7
Beaufort Still
Has Outside Shot
At Carteret Flag
Wallop Marshallberg 15-1
And 11-1, Bui still Trail
Morehead City by Two
Second place Beaufort
retained a mathematical
chance to catch high flying
Morehead last weekend by
twice drubbing a motely
Marshallberg crew in Car
teret County league play.
Beaufort slugged Mar
shallberg 15-1 at Beaufort
Saturday night and then
eased off to score a tight
11 1 win at Smyrna on Sunday.
Saturday's game was a travesty
as Beaufort scored nine times in
the first frame and added five
more in the second. Marshallberg's
starting pitcher (I use the term with
great reluctance) was a stumpy lad
named Ritenour who looked like
the Senator's Conrado Marrero and
possessed the control of Fort
Worth's Hex Barney. Ritenour
showed up with a little mustache
and a big curve which he threw
with monotonous regularity at 13
batters in the first inning, some
how retiring two of them. He
walked four, hit two, uncorked
three wild pitches and was tagged
for five hits and all nine runs be
fore being shunted to center field.
nocKing ititcnour
Cahill started the first with a
single to left and Ritenour follow
ed with a walk to Price. George
Graybill then walloped a line drive
to center. Marshallberg center
fielder Thomas started in, the
ball started out, and never the
twain did meet. The ball sailed
into the woods and Graybill had a
home run of sorts. Bay and Rus
sell rapped singles, Bay's hit com
ing on a vicious pop fly that short
stop Butler refused to have any
thing to do with. Ritenour conked
Handley to load the bases and then
finally got someone out ? Hassell
grounding to short with all run
ners moving up. Fodrie walked to
reload the bases and Ritenour
came up with a d illy of play. First
he uncorked a Wild pitch to allow
one run to crooa and, after receiv
ing the catcher's relay, threw wild
ly past third to permit still another
Beaufort run to amble over. Pitcher
Smith singled for the seventh run
of the inning, but Ritenour, some
what of a masochist, stayed on.
Cahill walked, Price struck out for
the second out, and Ritenour let
go with another wild one, with
Fodrie and Smith advancing. Gray
bill was walked and Ritenour hit
Bay with a pitch to force in the
ninth run. Ritenour finally de
cided that the third out had bet
ter be himself, and switched posi
tions with centerfielder Thomas.
Thomas proceeded to fire one pitch
and struck out Russell. That final
out was legally recorded in Riten
our's name, as he had gotten two
strikes on Russell before calling 3
merciful halt.
Thomas Tagged Too
That ended the ball game to ait
intents and purposes, but Beaufort
picked up five more in the second
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STANDINGS
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Morehead City 16 3 ....
Beaufort 14 7 2
Newport 8 13 8
Marshallberg 4 17 12
SCHEDULE
Saturday
Morehead City at Marshallberg.
Newport at Beaufort.
Suaday
Marshallberg at Morehead City
(2).
Beaufort at Newport (2).
inning on three hits. Thomas, de
termined not to be shown up by
Ritenour, walked three and let
loose three wild pitches to help
Beaufort along. The big hit of the
inning was Cahill's bases loaded
single that scored two.
Beaufort's final tally was picked
up in the fourth when Thomas
walked Russell with the bases
loaded.
Dave Smith and Clyde Owens di
vided the pitching duties for Beau
fort and allowed Marshallberg only
two hits. Their lone run was il
legal, but no one seemed to notice
it except your NEWS-TIMES re
porter. Kuhn, who had struck out
into a double play to end the
fourth inning strode out of the dug
out to lead off in the fifth. Ap
parently the fact that Butler had
been pickcd off after he had swung
and missed a third strike confused
Kuhn, but it wasn't exactly a vital
issue. At any rate Kuhn walked,
becoming the first man in the Car
teret League to strike out and
walk in one time at bat. He
came all the way around on a
wild pitch, and an infield out. That
was the only time Marshallberg
ruffled Smith or Owens, and their
only two hits, by Williamson and
Coats were cheapies. Williamson
beat out a bouncer to short in the
first and Coats dropped a pop fly
between Price and Bay in the sec
ond. We'd rather not go into Sun
day's game.
Note*
Marshallberg's Jack Williamson
proved that he can really fly on
the basepaths on three occasions,
once with disastrous effect. In the
first he beat out a slow bouncer,
and did the same thing in the fifth
although the umpire called him
out. That fifth inning grounder
was hit at the second baseman at
a pretty fast clip, yet Williamson
beat the throw by a full step. The
prize bit of base running, though,
occurred in the third. Bubba Hill
halt opened with a walk and had
movptf to second on an infield tut.
Williamson then whacked a long
drive to center that GraybiU caught
up with and then dropped. Hill
had returned to second, but started
out for third as soon as Graybill
erred. Williamson was really mov
ing and he and Hill arrived at third
at the same time. Shortstop Price
tagged Williamson for one out and
when the contrite Hill came off the
bag to apologize to Williamson,
Price put the tag on him for the
third out. Hill claimed he thought
there were three outs, and by the
time he was through horsing
around there definitely were . . .
Graybill literally lost one in the
See BEAUFORT, Page 7
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