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Kings Mountain Vet* and Norwood
Rfd Birds advanced to the semi ds
finals of the Western North Carolina' wi
district semi-pro baseball toura- nn
ment Monday with Impressive wins, es
Vets 7 to 1 over Monroe Blue Sox, Je;
and Norwood, 11 to 4 over Kings wi
Mountain's other entry, Cora Spin- so
ners. CI
Wayne i Lefty) rfaynes went the 21
route for the Vets, giving up only oei
three hits, two In the second and one tei
In the eighth, setting the Blue Hose
down with four strikeouts and walk
lng none. c?
Leon Snuggs.^itellar southpaw ef
anjSrg'aeveii hits tthlleTrying
eight and walking five. .
Norwood jumped on starter Boyd gk
Howell for six rune on nine klta and La
two walks In flat and one-third innings.
Lefty McDaniel stayed on the I '
mound tor two-thirds of an Inning, 1<M
giving up a nix ana run. Jim u?- 1*V*
on otme In from the garden to fin- ?*J
leh the game.
Lowell and battery-mate Ed Bridge*
tripled for Cora and Ben Ruasell jj,
Red wrd ahortatop. had three for Wj
four to lead the hitting. Luco Falle Ru
had three for four for Cora. u,
Bob Wells got the only extxa-basa Hii
blow for the Veta in the afternoon
encounter and Coley Gaffney, Gene Cp
West, and Wayne Haynesfcad two Cg
hit* apiece. N 2T
The boxes: ~
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NIGHT GAME " J X-1
Cora AIIBPO A
A. Tignor 4 0 1 1 1 TO
W. Kiser. lb 3 0 0 8 0.
Goforth, 2d 4 0 1 2 2 "
Gibson, cf, p 1 10 1 2."?,
Smith, rf ..4 1 0 3 0|jT|
Falls, 3b 4 2 3 2 3 ?
Thoraburg, ss ,..2 0 0 0 1 ?"
Bridges, c .. .4 0 1 7 2 1?*
Howell, p , 3 0 1 0 6 i5'3.
McDanlei, p 0 0 0 0 1
G. Tignor, cf 1 0 0 0 0 ?a
x-Boper 1 0 0 0 Off'
xx-Ford 1 0 0 0. 0 Mc
xxx-King 1 0 0 0 0 ^
TOTALS 29 4 7 24 181 *
Norwood . Ag 1 H FO Jtl ?"
Tarlton, 3b 3 4 2 1 1 "r
" Russell, ss 4 13 3 I1-*
Boles, If ...5 0 1 3 0 ?Lisk,
cf 5 0 1 1 0*
Blalock, 2b ...? 5 1 2 3 3
little, c 3 1 <T*-2?*
Vick, lb : 4 1 2 7 0 col
Bnuggs, p . >...... 4 1,1 0 12 g?
'i i Bfl
TOTALS 36 11 13 27 19
x- Struck out for W. Riser In 9th.
xx-Struck out for Goforth in 9th.
xxx-Grounded out for Glgson In 9th
E: W. Riser, Goforth, Thornburg 3,
A. Ticnor. Gibson. Russell. Tarlton. 'roi
RBI: Tarlton, Russell, Boles 2, Llak, Ha
Vlck 2, Snuggs, Falls 2, Bridges Ho- Byi
well. TBH: Russell, Snuggs, Blalock Sm
TBH: Howell, Bridges. 8B: Falls. Sdc
Russel}, Klser, Thornburg. DP: Bis- Th
lock to Russslk LOB: Cora 5, Nor- N*
wood 6. BB: Snuggs 5, Howell 2, Gib- Ho:
son 1. SO: Snuggs 8, Howell 4, Mc- Ca]
Daniel 1, Gibson 1. Hits off: Howell Oa
9 for 6 runs In 51-2 Innings; McDan
lei 1 for 1 run hi 2-3 Innings; Gibson TO
3 for 4 runs In 2 Innings: HBP: Gib- - .
son (Tarlton. Wild pitches, Snuggs 2.
PB: Bridges 4. Winning pitcher, i*
Snuggs, Losing pitcher, Howell. Urn- ^
pires: Talley, Bronson, Guyton. Scor ,
er, Cox. Time 2:17. . ^
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AFTERNOOK GAME J?
Monroe AB R H PO A Cai
Simpson, ss 4 0 1 1 1 Kel
Presson, 2b 4 0 0 4 2 Bui
Elliott, 3b 4 0 0 0 0 * 3
Carroll, rf 4 0 1 2 0 ZZ-!
Parrott, lb 4 1 1 2 0 az
Griffin, cf 4 0 0 1 0
Austin, If 3 0 0 3 0 TO
L. Brantley, c 3 0 0 4 1 z
D. Brantley, p . 2 0 0 1 3 z
English 1 0 0 0 2 z
Totals 33 1' 3 24 9 Foi
Kings Mtn. AB R H PO A Bel
Wells, If 5 1 1 1 0 ?
Harris, ss 5 0 1 4 1 1
Ballard, rf 3 1 1 3 0 Ks
Hull, 3b 4 0 0 0 0 Am
Gaffney, cf .. ...4 1 2 10?
A Hartsoe, 2b 4 1 0 0 4 341
Lohr lb 4 1 112 1 Th
West, c 3 12 5 1 Wi
Mitcham, c 0 0 0 0 0 on
Haynes, p ,3 12 1 8
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Monrw 010 000 000 1 3 6 '
Kings Mtn. 030 030 Olx 7 10 2'**
Z-. jfcWott s, Psrrott, Griffin, . D. 1
BrMiky. A- Hartaoc 2. RBI: L. BrSnt \1
tar, Lohr 2, Hayncs, Gaftnay 2, Rill
.< jfela TBH: Walls. SB: Ballard 2. 8:1
Wart. LOB: Monroe S, K. If. 7. BOB:
lJb BrsntJay * BO: L. BrantlajrS,
English 2, HKyiwt 4. Hits off: ? D. #
Brantlay 3 for runs In 41*3 innings
English 5 for J iW In S 2-3 Innings. '
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Semi-Finals
Two red-hot baseball game* wer
if led In City Stadium Tuesday
th Belmont's Cardinals taking th<
easure of Phil Oatss and the For
t City Owls on the strength o
ray Frye's ninth toning home
th two down and two on base, th<
ore 5 to 4, and Lance Packers o
larlotte edging Llncolnton Bed 8a
to 1, both teams advancing to tin
ml-final round of play irtthe Was
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district tourney. ? *
Largest crowd aver ssen in the lo
1 orchard wae on hand for tlx
cker-Sox affsdr TXtosilay nl^ht^n*
Barry McKes. former Shelby Lo
m hurler, gained the win tm
nee, giving up six hits.
Dates was credttsd with the Ow
m. making H another Class i
rler to take the count hi the sin
t*loas elimination affair,
rhe boxes.
MKUfcTQftMK
Ithers, m 4 0 0 0 :
dWll, cf 4 0 0 1 (
iab?rger, U 4' 0 .1 1 4
iffstetler, 2b 4 0 1 1 i
l c . 4 0 0 10 (
nwe, tf ............ 3 li/ 0 0 4
mpbalLrt...;..,^^ OO^O'j
Jomfc.'lb ..3 0 1 10 4
niney, 3b 4 0 1 1 i
iffln. p 3 0 2 0 If
Hayes ,. 0 0 0 0 4
TAW 34 1 6 24 22
DC Al H I ro 1
uae, cf 3 0 0 2 C
tshburn, ae 1 0 0 0 (
pkins, a* 2 0 0 1 ?
Uer, lb , 3 0 ,0 1 1
dan, rf 3 1 1 2 C
'the, 3b 3 0 0 3 (
lick, 2b 3 1 1 4 I
xton. If 2 0 0 2; ?
?m, e ........... uS 0 1 5 C
Kee, p 2 0 0 0 8
TAW 25 2 3 27 11
c-Ran for Broome in 9th.
icolnton 000 000 100 1 0 1
nce? 000 010 Olx 2 3 S
111 11
Broome, Miller, Washburn, Hop
is (2), Paxton. KH: Griffin, lor:
Grif/in 10, McKee 4. Umpires:
inson, Cline, Guyton. Scorer, Cox.
ne 1:47. ' ' \V ' ,
AfTIIDIODR OAM j.
[Mt City AI I I K> A
rdln, cf .5 0 1 1 0
srs, cf 4 0 0 6 0
talley, rf /... .-. 4 0 0.' ? 0
mrick, 3b 5 3.2 0 0
omas, 2b .4 0 0 0 3
nney, as .".... 3 1 2 1 3
lllfleid, c 1 0 0 7 0
llahan, lb .3 0 1 10 1
tea, p 3 0 0 1 8
TALS .......... 32 4, 6 26 15
moot AB I H M A
lodgin, cf 5 1 0 1 0
'e. 3b ... 5 2 1 14
mders, rf 4 11 3 0
ig, lb .. 4 0 1 11 0
Dodgln, ss 4 O 1 3 1
Vatta, c . 2 0 0 1 0
ck, c 2 0 0 4 2
mpbell, 2b .1.2 1 0 3 2
Hey, If
rdette .... .,..3 0 2 0 f
impson 1 0 0 0 0
Ltngle ...,l 0 1 0 0
-Wilson ,........? 1 0 0 0
TALS ...36 5 8 27 15
; Ply out for Kelley In 9th.
z-Singled for Burdette In 9th.
zz-Ran for Llnfle In 9th.
rest City 010 101 010 4 6 2
Imont 000 000 023 5 8 4
5: Nannay, Oattm, fty 4. BBI:
nney. Hollifleld, Callahan. Saun
ra 2, Pry# S.TBH: Jr. Dodgln. HB:
Linden, frye. SB: Byers, Sac.:
AMaa AA. *1
uiou, ^?iuui?ii, or. Duroeuv,
itts. Lone, Frye, Campbell, Long.
: off Oates, a; Burdette & SO:
tea 6. Burdette 3. Wild pitches:
rdette. Umpires, Rome, Austin,
Hey. Scoter: Cox. Time IsSC
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1 eee some baseball. 1 , ~ ^
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* Among out-of-town sports wrttetr
aboard ? Kays Gary, Shelby Star
f ed., and Hatty Robinson ? the
r WGNC staff, sport* that !* Pat Mcf
Swain, the broadcaster, and Har\ey
f Laughter, Kings Mountain lad, his
l assistant?official scorer, Jamet:
? (Blondy) Coot, hard working statir
tics compiler?expected over are
Wilton Garlson, Observer ed., Lyle
Edwards, Gastonia Gazette ed., and
* others Including the state semi-pro
: Coduntasloner and sports ed- Greene
j boss News, Smith Barrier.' ^ ,
l Plenty of big lehfcue scouts in the
dJs3fijgSaS8i?2tTS??**g,gk|t*lt ? half
iostlly whan pitcher ODeli GrifflrT
i slammed out game ****"( single
r aided by tare outfield boots In the)
Sop of seventh after Lanos tool.'
the Isad oa George Jorden's fenceI
clearer to the oimatary ? Pat Mc
> Swain tailing the radio audience
> that the Belmont supporters seem to
be tfjging theirjjknarimtytngev
by 4 to 2. lust gum they knew they
ware ertng to win all the time?and
l they W on Jerry1 Frye's two-down,
i two-out, bottom of the ninth, round)
tripper.
| The avtra hustle when the big
[ eye* the Mg-tbp scouts, were known
' to hi watching the ~
IChu&le iSSJd To>>Ue
Williams at the public address
| system announced Hal Harris as a
; Baylor University star?Chubby Is
; Catawba college coach and scouts
' far the otie of me Philadelphia clubs
> ?Frank O'Rouke, Cincinnati 'eye'
' thought so rauch-of the talent here
l he brought along two assistants to
1 help keep watch ? among other
> scouts seen were members of the
I Detroit Tigers, Boston Braves. St
I Louis Cards, Chicago Cubs, CleveI
land Indiana, N. Y. Giants, Brooklyn
i Dodgers, staffs
I Ifs nice to know Kings Mountain}
I la stopping out on the semi-pro bare-.
I ball front ? attendance and hand ' ;
I in* of the tourney in general Ind* ,|
cates the affair should rate another J
I go here in 1948.
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