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Pat's Peckings By JfEALE PATRICK Pat On Back To Diamond Champs Noting the sports scene: The baseball boys are putting away their gear on an other season, and its time to hand out the posies to the victors for a busy summer on the Kings Mountain dia monds. Momentum from last summer’s play-off tournament championship carried-over into the new year for North’s youngsters who swept through the pennant race in the Little League with the loss of only one game . . . North’s “Cinderella Kids” won the post-season tournament last year, and with many of the same players notched 13 wins in 14 smarts this trip for new coach Bob Hope. . . . The North streak finally came to an end when the club lost in the post-season tournament. Moose appeared well on its way toward the second straight undefeated season for a Babe Ruth League cham pion before suddenly hitting a slump in the final two weeks of the year for three straight losses . . . But Coach Willie Grice’s club copped the payoff game with defending champ Margrace to nab the title . . . Margrace went through a perfect season in ‘60, a feat Moose failed to mat ch. Incidentally, one might assume that the two kid lea gues were better balanced this year, the champions losing at least one game . . . Whereas in ‘60 the pair of winnners, Kiwanis Little Leaguers and Margrace Babe Ruthers were undefeated. Several of the same players in the Little League and the BRL this year also played in the Kings Mountain Bap tist R. A. circuit, which saw Faith capture the regular-sea son diadem and Macedonia win the playoffs . . . Coach Wade Hartsoe’s Macedonia team was the “comeback club” in the double-elimination tournament, coming-up from the losers bracket to win the event. Two local softball teams claimed titles playing in lea gues with Shelby or Gastonia teams . . . The local fast pit ch team won the playoff tournament in the Cleveland Co unty Industrial League, after finishing down the line dur ing the campaign . . . The development of Harold Dean Pearson into one of the top softball chunkers in the area helped the team in the late season surge . . . And the KM team also rated as one of the hardest-hitting outfits in the league and won its first game in the Midwest tournament before bowing out. The Park Yarn team won the title in the local slow pitch circuit which included two Gastonia entries . . . Foote Mineral, the other local entry, however, was the| hottest team in the last weeks of the season and played in' the district slow-pitch tournament at McAdenville. 1 Jerry Morris Is N. C. State-Bound Jerry Morris, former Bethware and Kings Mountain Legion junior catching and slugging star, is State College! bound for his future basehalling, and schooling, of course; . . . He will play for ex-Detroit Tiger pitcher Vic Sorrell w ho has turned out a long string of good college catchers in his dozen-or-more years as Wolfpack diamond mentor, j Keith Layton is stepping-up his pre-season training program before report ing for The Citadel football drills on September 1 . . . Keith has been working at Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company this summer, and playing a bit of softball . . . Lately he has been carrying out the training plans issued by Coach Eddie Teague, which includes run ning a half-mile in two and a half minutes . . . “But that’s not as tough, I don’t think, as the program last year when we had to run a mile in six minutes,” says Keith. Local Legion junior diamond fans remember the cla ssy Newton shortstop Joe Rowe of a couple of seasons back . . . He was signed by the Cubs, but since has been traded to the Braves who have farmed him to his home town New ton-Conover Tw ins of the Western Carolina Lea gue ... He still rates a top-drawer prospect. Kings Mountain’s George Wilson who brings his Sta tesville Owls to town Thursday night to meet the Shelby Colonels in a WCL game sponsored by the local Little Lea guers had a unique distinction this season of managing one of the teams in both of the circuit’s all-star games . .. He guided his Owls in the first one, and last Friday night piloted the East stars in the second affair. The feat of two no-hitters in one night of Little Lea gue action a couple of weeks ago was duly noted in the re ports of the game . . And now the thought occurs, too, that the two pitching masterpieces in the same evening might be a “first" for KM Little League play .. . Ray Cash of North and Gene Camp and Charles Green of Par'kgrace were the hurlers who spun the hitless pitches on the same night More Kid Baseball In ‘62 Plans Having taken our look at the past successful season in kid baseball, let’s look into the crystal ball and see what might bo in store for next summer . . . Actually the plans for the *62 season are more concrete than a gaze into a crystal ball. Two local civic clubs are seriously considering taking over the sponsorship of the two currently-unsponsored Little League teams, North and Raiders.. . City and Little League officials confidently hope that the two clubs can work out the plans, thus giving every one of the eight mid get teams a backer in the program . . , The “hat has been passed” at recent LL games here to raise funds to carry the expenses for the unsponsored teams this season, and the new sponsors, when and if they agree, will solve that problem in the future. Plans also are being talked for a Pony League here for 13-14 year old boys next summer, thus providing a baseball outlet for the immediate graduate of the Little League program . . . The current Babe Ruth circuit is too fast for the boys just a year or two out of Little League .. . Pony Leaguers play on smaller diamonds than the regu lation-sized fields the BRL clubs use . . . Sponsors also are being lined-up for a possible four Pony League teams . .. The plans call for using the lower level field at the Deal Street Recreation Area as the Pony League Park. And that isn’t all, either, in the future baseball plans for Kings Mountain ... A league for the 15-16 year old youths would continue in operation, possibly taking on the name of Colt League, which is the older affiliate of the Pony League. If present plans go through. Kings Mountain will have a continual flow of diamond talent moving-up through the ranks from Little League (10-12) through Pony League (13-14) to Colt League (15-16) then to the Legion juniors of (17-18), and the high school. Parkgrace and Kiwanis Settle Little Loop Title Parkgrace and Kiwanis set tled the local Little League tour nament title in a sudden-death showdown scrap Wednesday night, with the winner succeed ing North as the “Cinderella” champion of the posit-season e venl. The two teams which finished among the also-rans during the regular season went into Wed nesday’s finale with one loss each — to the other _ in the tournament. Kiwanis sent the event into the deciding game with a 5-3 viottry over Parkgrace on Tues day night, that toeing the first loss for the young charges of Coaches Hay Mullinax and Bill Sellers. The victory was revenge for Kiwanis which suffered its first loss to Parkgrace (8-4) last Friday night, that loss dropping the Kiwanis club, coached by Bob Southwell and Paul Hen dricks, into the losers bracket. The Kiwanis club managed on ly two hits an Tuesday night’s game, both being first-inning singles when the winners sewed three runs. Darle Whetstine and Robert Phifer secured the first inning raps, going-along with a pair of walks and two errors for the runs. ParkgTaee aoe Roy Medlin came on the scene after that and had his strikeout pitch in fine order, fanning 14 of the 15 outs for the remainder of the game. He fanned ali three batters in the third when Kiwanis also used three walks to score twice for the winning runs. Gene Putnam obtained two of Parkgrace’s four hits, Harold Farris and Phil Bunch having one each. Parkgrace put over all three of its runs in the fourth frame, on a pair of errors, two walks and the single by Bunch. Freddy Wright, the Kiwanis catcher this season, shifted to the mound Tuesday nghft, pitch ing ithe win, fanning ten. Pitchers on both sides were stingy, not allowing an extra base blow. Paikgroce Ab R H Wayne Mullinax, cf 3 0 0 Gene Putnam, 2b 3 0 2 Boy Median, c-p 3 0 0 Harold Farris, lb 4 0 1 Sieve Bell, ss 3 0 0 Phil Putnam, If 2 10 Rick Moore, 3b-c 2 10 Phil Bunch, rf 3 11 Charles Green, p 0 0 0 Gene Camp, 3b 2 0 0 Mike Graham, 3b 0 0 0 TOTALS 25 3 4 Kiwanis Ab R H Danny Walker, cf 110 Tom Gerberding, 2b 3 10 Daxle Whetstine, 3b 3 11 Fred Wright, p 3 0 0 Robert Phifer, c 2 11 Dennis Bridges, ss 110 Bruce Jones, If 2 0 0 Roger Randal, lb 2 0 0 Ricky Grail, arf 3 0 0 TOTALS 20 5 2 Peskgrace 000 300 —3 Kiwanis 302 OOx _5 E _ Bridges 2, Jones, Wright, Grail, Farris 2; LOB Parkgraee 10, Kiwanis 7. IP H R Bb So Green (1) 0 2 3 2 0 Medlin 5 0 2 5 14 I Wright 6 4 3 6 10 MONDAY'S SEMI-FINALS ! Kiwanis moved into the champ ionship game with a 9-5 victory over Burmil in the loser’s brac ket finals on Monday night. That loss, thus, eliminated the runner-up in the regular-season ! race, Burmil. which joined ] champion North on the sidelines 1 while the third-place (Park grace) and fifth-place finisher , (Kiwanis) battled for the playoff f crown. Kiwanis slugged a pair of ho I mere and two doubles in their • nine-hit attack in Monday’s win Danny Walker contributed half of the extra base clouts, with a homer and double. Darle Whet stine also homered and Tommy Gerberding rapped a double and single. Robert Phifer was the winning pitcher for Kiwanis, allowing eight hits, while fanning three. 1A five-run explosion in the first inning when both Danny and Darie slugged their homers in a Moris-Mantle one-two style . provided a working cushion tow ard the victory. Tony Leigh led Burmil with a double and a pair of singles, and i Ricky Laney came through with ! a double and single. Darle Put nam, also doubled for the losers. Ricky Laney, Darle Putnam j and Jerry Ramsey shared the pit ching chores for Burmil, permit j ting the nine hits and whiffing j eight. The linescore: Burmil 030 101 5-8-4 Kiwanis 502 llx 9-9-3 Laney, Putnam, Ramsey and Goforth; Phifer and Wright. Ed Ledford Named To ACC Honor Roll Edward Ledford of Kings Mountain and Wake Forest Oof leg 3 has been named on the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Ho nor Roll of athletes for the past school term of 1960-61. The conference annually ma kes the scholastic awards to those students who averaged grade B or bettor in the class room during the sehol year and who participated in var sity athletic events. Ledford was a member of the track and cross country (teams at Wake Forest. He was one of 13 Wake For est athletes gaining recogni tion on the Honor Roll. A to tal of 123 Atlantic Coast Con ference athletes were named on the honor 'list for scholastics and athletics. Duke led with 27 members, followed by Car olina with 24. State College had nine, South Carolina eight and Clemson five. Maryland had 22 and Virginia 15 As a track performer, Led ford was a participant in the sport which furnished the most student-athletes to the Honor j Roll. The sport finished 30 mem - ! bers on the list followed by 1 football with 26. 11 Lettermen Head List Of 53 Mountaineer Gridders BY NEALE PATRICK A turnout of 53 candidates heralded the opening of football practice for the Kings Mountain High Mountaineers here this week. The group of over a half-hun ; dred turned out for the opening 1 sessions of the pre-season drills | on Tuesday morning and they will continue to work twice a j day until the middle of next week. Practice times are set for 8:30 in the morning and 4 o’clock I in the afternoon through next 1 Wednesday, after which time the j drills will revert to one session i j per day. Although school does not open1 j here until August 28, teachers re- j j port for orientation on August: 24, thus forcing the cancellation I of morning practice after that date. Head Coach John Gamble and three aides welcomed the 53 1 hopefuls who face the task of RUNNERS-UP IN LITTLE LEAGUE FLAG RACE_The Burmil team, pictured above, fin ished in second place behind champion North in the regular-season pennant chase in the Kings Mountain Little League this summer, and like the champs also bowed in the post season tournament. Burmil last tft Kiwants in the losers bracket finals Monday night. The squad, left to right FHONT BOW_Dana Sar vis, Steve Martin, Larry Carroll, Keith Ramsey and Glenn Perkins; SECOND ROW _ Darrel Putnam, Jerry Ramsey, Ricky Laney, and Ric ky Woods; BACK ROW_Coach Freelon Ram sey, Bruce Bridges, Tony Leigh. Tommy Gofor th, and Keith Carroll. Shelby Stops Minette, Wins Softball Title Shlby Independents copped the Midwest district; fast-pdttch soft ball tournament, defeating Min ette A team, 5-4, in the final game of the event at Grover on Tuesday night. The victory sends Shelby to the state tournament in Winston Salem next week where their fir st game will be against the Ra leigh-Durham area winner on Monday night. Jake Kiser pitched the win for Shelby Tuesday night and was voted the most valuable player of the tournament. Yates Mitch cm helped him with the victory, Hamming a two-run homer foe Shelby. Phi Roark started for Minette but gave way to Don Brerthauser in the second when he hit a streak of wildness, walking three :n a row. The pair of finalists were the two teams which handed Kings Mountain’s club its pair of losses in the double-elimina tion event, KM Softball Team Loses Pair, Bows Out Of Midwest Tournament Kin^s Mountain came to the end of the Sine in the Midwest ern f a?a -pitch softball tourna ment at Grover late last week The local club, which won its first start in the tournament, lost two in a row, to The Shelby In dependents by 10-6 on last Thursday night, then was elimi nated in a 6-5 loss to Minette A team on FWday night The defears in the double-eli mination event snapped the win ning sitreak the local club start ed recently in the Cleveland In du'*Tial League playoff tourna ment Kings Mountain maoe a bid to overcome an early Shelby lead in Thursday’s game, scoring five runs in the top of the sixth frame to close the gap to 7-6. But the Shelby team, playing under the name of Independents and being products of several Shelby teams in the Industrial League, came bade with three mare runs in the last of the sixth to ke the victory. Gene Stone and Jetty Ross raped a pair of hits each to lead KM. One of Stone’s blows was a triple. Harold Dean Pearson, the •osing pitcher for Kir^s Moun tain. also tripled, both of the three- bagers coming in the five i run uprising. Bob Bridges, Holland Smith, '■ Gene Tignor and Carl Barnette ■ obtained <the other hits in the i nine-blow attack for KM. Kings Mountain carried Min ; ette A into extra innings in Fri day night's loss, the host dub scoring the winning tally in the eighth frame. Gene Stone blasted a homer for Kings Mountain to deadlock the game for the first time at two-all in the fourth inning, and KM soared three in the sixth to tie it again, sending the contest , into the extra frame. In addition to Stone’s homer, the cither Kings Mountain hits were obtained by Bridges. Boss. Barnette and Pearson, who was the local loser for the second straight night. Minette scored the winning run in the top of the eighth on a single by Gene Blanton, who stofie second, went to third on an oat and scored chi an error. The linescares: rings Ntn. 001 005 8_6-3-1 Shelby 103 033 x—10-13-1 Pearson and Barnette; Gsori and Bridges. Minette A 030 030 81_6-10-4 Uags Mta. 001 103 00_5- 5-3 Bretthauer and Ellis; Bauson and Barnette. i Bnrmil Eliminates Champ North In Little League Tournament Burmil’s second-piace finishers during the regular-season gained the distinction of ousting de fending champion and pennant - winning North from the Little League tournament here Friday night. Battling its way back through the iosers bracket after an open ing round loss, Burmil needed an extra frame (the seventh) to de feat champion North, 4-3, Friday night and assure the post-season event of a new winner. North won the playoff tournament last season and won the seasonal crown this summer. Riekev Laney singled to open the top of the seventh and even tually scored the winning run for Burmil in the Friday night thrill er. Laney’s hit was one of four for Burmil in the game, the oth ers by Tony Leigh, Gary' Ledbet ter and Keith Oarioll. Dairyle Putnam and Larry' Car roll hurled the win for Burmil, permitting six huts and whiffing seven. Ray Cash and Bill Brid ges pitched for North, giving up the four knocks and striking out nine. Ray Cash cracked three sin gles and Philip Cash a double and a single for North, with Ric hard Blanton securing a double far the other hit in the losing cause. OPTIMIST BOWS The win was the second in two days for Burmil. having elimin ated Optimist, 13-3, on Thurs day. Burmil slammed 13 hits in the win. including three each by Tommy Goforth and Daryle Put nam. Each included a double in his collection. Jerry Ramsey slammed a pair of doubles, Glenn Perkins a double and sin gle, and Rickey Laney also a two-bagger in the big attack. Laney pitched the win, allow ing seven hits and fanning sev en. Nelson Ocrnnor banged a dou ble and a single and Micky &sk a pair of singles to pace Opti mist. with Robert Jones and Donald Mace having doubles for the losers. OPTIMIST OUSTS POLICE Optimist had advanced again st Bujmil following a 16-2 tri umph over Police Club on Wed nesday night Optimist made on ly- five hits, but took full advan tage of 11 walks and four errors to oust the Police dub. Nelson Connor also ted his teams hffiting in this one, too, with a double and triple. Donald Mare rapped a triple and Larry McNeelv a double far Optimist Rocky •Bennett hit • double and single to pace Police. Robert Jones pitched the Opti mist win. giving up four hits and whiffing nine. NORTH ROMPS The night before 'being elimi nated, North went on a soaring spree to defeat Raiders, 18-2. The pennant-winners banged nine hits, with Phillip Cash hatting a double and single and Roy Whit aker and Carl Cash a pair of singles each to Head. Chucky Gladden hurled the one-hit win and struck out sev en. Mike Smith obtained the lone Raider rap. PARKGRACE COPS Parkgrace won its way into the finals with a 8-4 win over Kiwanis on Friday night Roy Medlin pounded a homer and single to lead to win in the winner’s bracket affair. He also shared the pitching duties with Gene Camp in allowing four hits. Freddie Wright and Kenny Plonk led Kiwanis, with a dou ble each. KIWANIS WIN Kiwanis bounced Raiders out of (the winners bracket with a 13-11 win on Wednesday night. Danny Walker and Robert Phi fer each tagged a pair of singles to pace Kjw'anis, with Dermis Bridges and Darle Whetstine each having a double. Mike Camp sflugged a homer and a pair otf singles to lead Rai ders. Erskine Bolin pitched the high-scaring win. ---- --- Little League Tournament Liaescores WEDNESDAY'S GAMES Police Club 001 010_ 2-4-4 Optimist 408 40x_16-5-1 Whitley, Carroll, Davenport and Sanders; Jones and McNee iy. Rodders 640 100_11-6-5 Kiwanis 028 03x^13-8-5 Ramsey, Smith. Camp and W. Wright; Bolin and F. Wright. THURSDAY’S GAMES Optimist 010 030— 3- 7-4 Burmil 611 33x_13-13-0 Maoe, Sisk. Connor and Early, Baity; Laney and Goforth. North 30(141) 14_18-8- 8 Benders 008 00 „ 2-1-10 Gladden and Green; RayfieM and Wright. FRIDAYS GAMES Burmil 000 030 1_4-4-3 North 008 810 0_3-6-3 Putman. L. Carroll and Gofor th; &. Cash. Bridges and Green. Pmhgwma 105 308_8-5-1 Kiwanis 308 181_4-3-3 Camp, Medlin and Medlin. Moore; WngtK and Phifer. _ i matching or improving last year’s second place finish in the Southwest Conference. Don Park er, Btil Bates and Bill Cash ion are coaching assistants for the pre-season drills. Cashison will work with the varsity team un til school starts and the junior high team begins drills, at which time he will join Fred Withers to coach the Jayvees or junior high dub. The turnout of 53 candidates is nearly two-full-teams under toe list of 74 who signed inten tions last spring of playing foot ball this season. However, all 11 returning let termen are among the hopefuls, along with the majority of the expected products moving up from the reserves and toe junior high team. The 11 monogram wearers in clude nine linemen and two backs, an alignment which hasti ly suggests that a rebuilding task is in store for the backfield which lost a host of stars, in cluding aces Punch Parker and James Robbs. As for the line, Coach Gamble can start a letterman for each position, with a couple of extra experienced players on hand. The line lettermen are ends Charles Goodson and Bill Ram seur, tackles Eddie Ross and Jer ry Rikaxd, guards Curtis Floyd, Tommy Armstrong and Steve Brown, and centers Mike Dixon and Sammy Houston. The first personnel switch a mong the lettermen came with the opening drills on Tuesday morning, when Gamble shifted Brown from guard for a trial at end. Quarterback Wally Hams and halfback Alton Stewart are toe; only letter backs on hand, and j Harris spent the major portion of his playing time at fullback last j fall, although he also served as toe quarterback behind Robbs then. The other two backfield posts! are very-much up for grabs with i at least a half-dozen hopefuls1 making a bid for the jobs. They! include Henry Raines, Tommy; Hope, Mike Huff stickler, Butch j Harry, Lawrence Bolin and Lew is Cook. Boilin from Beth ware and Cook from Grover are giving football iheir first; whirl, moving into Kings Mountain this fall in toe new consolidation setup. Both Bolin and Cook were members of 4 he Kings Mountain Legion jun tos: baseball team this summer. Coach Gamble said that drills this week will consist of funda mentals, timing and learning as signments, with a scrimmage session a possibility by the last of toe week. The complete list of candidates who underwent physical exami nations on Monday and opened practice on Tuesday follows: LETTERMEN Wally Harris, Alton Stewart, Charles Goodson, Bill Ramseur, Eddie Ross, Jerry Rikaxd, Steve Brown, Curtis Floyd, Tommy Armstrong, Mike Dixon and Sam my Houston. NON LETTERMEN Warren Gofer:h, Tommy Hope, Sammy Mauney, Henry Raines, Reggie White, Tim Heavner, Ja mes Hope, Robert Whisnant, Mi ke Huffstickler, Birent McDaniel, Eddie Spencer. Gary Collins. Fred Dixon, Ste-1 ve Vickers, Jimmy Owens, John-; ny Guiton, Bill Jenkins, Lynn Cheshire, Dennis Floyd, David, Carroll. Bill Belt, Johnny Baity, Butch Harry. David Adams. Jimmy Medlin,' Steve Marlowe, Charles Benton,1 Dennis Farris, Steve Baker, Pat' Herd. Sid Carpenter. Hubert Me-1 Ginnis, Pat Murphy, Eddie Huff- I Bowling Leaders Meet Next Week To Plan Seasons Attention, league bowlers, it’s about /that time again. Officers in the men and wo men’s circuits will meet at the Mountain Lane Center next week to organize the pair of duckpin bowling leagues here for the fall and winter season. Plans for the men’s season will be made on Monday night, and the ladies loop will be organized on Tuesday night of next week. Officers of the leagues and the team captains selected at the end of the past season will meet to formulate the plans. Paul Ware is the president of the men’s duckpin league, and Mrs. D. M. Pouchak is the presi dent of the ladies loop. Current plans call for six teams to operate in the men’s league again, with either four or six teams n the ladies circuit If the women boost their league to six teams, it will be an in crease of two over previous sea sons. The ladies will open their sea son on Tuesday night August 29, with the men starting the keg action a week later, on Monday night, September 4. C. H. Houser, manager of the Mountain Lane Center, advises that any person wishing to join one of the league teams, men or women, contact him or the pres ident of the league. The bowling alley manager al so said that he has opening for church or industrial leagues here this winter, in either duckpin or ten-pints. Interested groups are asked to contact Houser. Moss Attends Meet On Minor Baseball Western CanoBina League Pres ident John Henry Moss of Kings Mounitan its pictured in this week’s edition of The Sporting News with minor league prexies attending a meeting in Colum bus, Ohio, last week. Moss was among ten minor league presidents attending the meeting to make a survey of the re-alignment possibilities for baseball ia the future. Such a realignment could af fect the towns and area of the Class D. Western Carolna Lea gue. KM Coaches Wear New Practice Attire Kings Mountain rfigh School football coaches are “real sharp, man” in their new prac tice attire. The Mountaineer mentors are spruced up in new white, short-sleeved, cotton tee-shirts and white shorts, both bits of apparel being duly taoeled “Kings Mountain Football” “Bert dressed coaches n the conference,'’ observed one side liner. stettler, John Bennett, Pete Put nam. Lawrence Bolin, Lewis Cooke, Richard Reynolds, Jack Rhea, John Harry and Doug Cobb. Wilson's Owls And Colonels Scrap In WCl Game Here Thursday Nioht Manager ueorge Wilson’s Sta itesvKle Owls and the Shelby Co lonels will be scrapping for sec ond place in the Western Caro lina League when ithey play a regularly-scheduled loop game at City Stadium here Thursday night. The first-half champion Owls are in second place in ithe Class D circuit with (the rapidly-im proving Colonels breathing-hard down their necks from third spot. The winner of the game hare Thursday evening could-well move into the runner-up slot be hind leader Lexington. Game time for the WCL con tent is 7:45, and it will be the finsfc and only pro diamond game here this season. caccnoE wdlsoh Tlhe game is being sponsored locally by the Kings Mountain Little League program with pro ceeds from the game going tow ard defraying expenses for the small-fin- lague here ths summer. Commissioner Boh Manor arran ged -the game with club presi demtc ITeeie McCurdy of States ville and K. D. Barnes of Shel by. fStatesville's Owls have the “Kings Mountain flavor”, both prMidenrt McCurdy and manager Wilson being residents of the community. The Owls are a farm affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels of the Amenncan League and the major ity of the players were assigned «o Statesville by the West Coast team. Many of the players are bonus babies, tagged for future greatness. Shelby s Colonels have a work ing agreement with the Pittsbur gh Pirates who have sent a host of players to the Cleveland Co unty' club. Wilson’s Owls captured the a** half title in the Wasted L*mwana League, heading the standings throughout the half a-sto an opening season streak. Statesville led through the the early portions of the second teH, before falling behind the Lexington dub. asps toa utKjtmopi bSujjj otjA ms ben a two-time all-star pilot ™*? guiding a team in both of the league’s all-star ga mes. pitting bis Owls agtast the toop rtais In the first game and Piloting the East to a win ihe Wept la the pry* feat
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