Wildcats Meet Raleigh In Season’s Last, Game Bright Fielding Sparks 7 To 5 Buc Win lastern Conference Winners Take On Caps 12“Hit Barrage Gains n Legion Stadium Tonight At Eight; Locals Seek Eleventh Victory Victory Over Dunn-Erwin fsewlian-over High school’s East- leigh he will be tough to beat. Wildcat Pirates Extend Winning Streak To Conference champion Bennett is around 6 ft. 3 in. tall Three; rK will be to ban ;eam seeking and boasts a very fast ball that conference Staton’s Alertness Pleases 8.-sh their campaign prevented NHHS from scoring a Crowd; and one defeat v 11 victories run in the last couple of innings '-'jht. when they encounter the at Raleigh. Bucs Play In Lumberton HlSh CaPs at Le' irons'R’leigh If Bennett takes the hill at ■ at 8 o’clock. L, Stadium gametime the rest of the Raleigh By GENE WARREN clinched the crown Star locals liner,-) will probably find Som- Sports Writer Durham last Friday and The Sa<;inst mers at first base, Sonny Ussery Wilmington Pirates stretched their winning streak more interested in the now at second, Uzzle at shortstop, Sen- to three straight last at stadium as down- the Gastonia-Greens- night Legion they rE„onie of ter at third, James Edwards in ed in the Western circuit Dunn-Erwin’s Twins, 7 to 5, in a game marked by the series left field, Red Barham in center, finally in the outstanding fielding gems of the Buccaneers. °an what happens Charles Edwards in right field, H&wever> Coach Two loop. Crocker catching, and Bennett double plays, one engineered by Wilmington ’astern wants this final tus. n- Brogden pitching. catcher, Jim Staton and First and forth Baseman Harry Bridges f it expected to send the ‘nd For New Hanover High the same other by Outfielder Andy Poklemba and Second Base- ace, .Herman Cick, in hurling club that opposed Durham is man Ed to make it two in a row Hardisky, created loud outbursts of applause during attempt slated In the two out- to go after their final game the contest. the Capitals. Eastern last month the against Conference oppo- • first meeting On the first twin took the third strike sition of the 1917 season. On first killing Staton ianoverians blanked the Raleigh from Hurler Roy Lamt and threw at base will be Duncan 10-0, Raleigh Futrelle, to first where Bridges a aggregation, who is trapped then the invaders have slugging around the .300 Dunn-Erwin runner I sin°Cc between first mark; at second will be Paul Hor- SPINNERS rraoued almost every opponent TRAMPLE and second. On this particular play a .389 of Fayetteville ton, swatter; at third will be there was also a man to rith the exception going Bill Hardison; at short, J. C. 13 5 third and another coming home. who has won four Price; in left, .300 plus Luke Col- CLINTON, TO When the player Bridges was ^Bennett, for Eastern chasing dodged him, Harry sprint- "es on the mound Raleigh, lie; in center, Conference Special To The Star ed down to third base and to get the starting nod batting leader Mike Austin, in tagged “‘expected SANFORD, May 12. — The San- out the runner t> third. and if he does as well right, Marion Rogers; catching, going Light ford Spinners continued to set the the locals as in his first Rudy Johnson; and pitching, Her- The other double play was also Lnst pace in the Tobacco de- against- them at Ra- man Vick. league, by brilliantly executed. Poklemba nnparance the Clinton 13 feating Blues, to 5, made a one-handed snag of a long here tonight. fly to left off the bat of Jack Bell. JULY WAS AS HOT in 1903 as it is and if you had on pad ded pants and a heavy shirt like the boys above, you’d be today, perspiring, Wilson and Nessing lead the bta- Dunn-Erwin third sacker, and too. It was Boardman vs. Fair Bluff, shown here after playing nine innings to a futile 2-2 tie. Fair Bluff is in the foreground, with the Board- ting attack on the caught Denning off second base. Hits man team backing them up. After playing the game with such poor re suits, the boys quit to have their picture taken and drink some lemon- hapless Samp- Eyemen, son outfit. Wilson socked ACL 4-2, ade, or something. On the Boardman team shown above; reading left to right, are: W. R. Surles, (the gent in the derby) who was the umpite; county Big Roy Lamb, although smash- Arch Biggs, pitcher; Walter O’Berry, third baseman; Rossie Benton, shortstop; Frank Covington, first baseman; Will Covington, catcher; out four singles in six times at bat ed for an inside-the-park home run Pete furnished us with the and much information) Ed Stone Bolangia, right-fielder; Walt Mottinger (who picture utility man; (also a source while Nessing, the rifled armed in the ninth inning by Ratteree, Win of information) center-fielder; North Hall, left-fielder; and Eli Robertson, second baseman. The Fair Bluff boys were back row, Sam Scott, hot corner man of the Spins rock pitched a fine game and was in Spofford Registers first baseman; T. T. Martin, catcher; Claude Scott; third baseman; Joe Anderson, utility man; Devine Meares, second baseman; Art Morris, ed the horsehide for a home run control all the He left-fielder; Bruce Powell, right-fielder;; Carl Oliver, shortstop. Front: Spencer Scott, (the source of our information on Fair Bluff) center- complete wa;. and a of in the 11 stru.k Atlantic Coast Line broke a sec- fielder, and Jack Morris, pitcher. couple singletons allowed Scattered bingles, ond place tie in the Municipal Lea free-hitting affray. out seven, and passed five. The OX SLAM 4 TO 3 gue softball standings last night CLINTON AB R H O A E big local boy also did well with at Robert Strange park by beating Bohonko, 2b_ 2 3 1 5 0 0 the stick, slapping two doubles and Rudden, ss_ 5 1 2 4 4 1 a triple in four trips to the City Optical 4-2. Evans, cl_ 5 0 1 3 0 0 plafe YANKS to lead all hitters for the night. WIN OVER In the sixth inning, ACL, which Padded Vorrell, lb_ 4 0 0 4 0 0 had been 2-0, scored all Derbies, Baker,, If _ 4 0 16 11 hits came in truckloads last trailing Pants, Stylish Long Uhles, rf _ 4 0 0 0 0 0 1—UR—For sev- four of their runs. Linwood Rowan Hargrove Davis, Wilming- BOSTON, May Ciesiniski, 3b_ 4 1 0 2 0 0 night. the home run socked a home run down the ton’s notable slugging right fielder, innings today right Ward, c _ 2 0 0 4 1 0 off the left-center York Yankees field foul line with two mates Edwards, p _ 1 0 0 0 0 0 crashed a double ,s ol the New In *03 350 Games more Columbus which than Boston Red Sox in check, aboardl, bringing in three of the field wall is pt the County 33 5 5 24 7 2 TOTALS_ first man in tallies. feet from home plate. Billy Ben- t Rudy York, up SANFORD AB R H O A E one ton, speedy center fielder, knocked eighth for the Sox, drove The night’s second game found Fair Bluff Did Sturdy Battling, Guinn, 2b___5 112 11 Boardman, a drive into center that bounced Spud Chandler’s pitches over Spofford Mills continuing its win- Shoffner, lb_ 5 2 15 10 wall and Bos- DIXIE CONTINUES MULLIN PACES Wilson, cf _ 6 1 4 4 0 0 over the wall, forcing him to re- centerfield the, nings ways by hanging a 10-9 win But All Nine Proved Nesselrode, rf_ 3 3 2 1 0 0 a Innings Naught main at second because of ground went on from there for over the The 3b_ 6 3 3 3 3 0 iians Alpha Omegas. Spin- Nessing, a 320 2 rules. And Denning smashed -erdict. ners came in the last half Hedrick, c_ 4 1 5 0 0 through BATTING 2 To 2 JUNIOR LOOP foot blow off the field barrier. AB R H O A CHAMP -The Score: If _ 4 0 0 2 0 0 right »■ YORK of the seventh to beat Pugh, 5 0 3 1 5 Alpha Omega Butcher, ss_ 4 0 1 0 3 0 w„ 3b _ Tonight the Pirates journey to 5 0 1 0 0 after the latter had put across four Watson, p_ 3 2 2 1 2 0 irich, rf BY JIGGS POWERS Lumberton to meet the Lumberton ler, li- runs in the top half of the inning Bums’ Pride Out ? n ?1 ? 0n Tops Loop Tiger Slugs .441; TOTALS_ 40 13 16 27 10 1 Cubs and attempt to gain their DiMaggio, cf-5 0 for a 9-6 lead. There has been a great change in the brand of baseball 1 _ 3 115 fourth straight triumph. Johnny ra c With .397 the of Leads Nats’ Lewis CLINTON 0# 010 1 0 0 0 0 In the Len Thomas was Average, played in Columbus county since days the early By 10—5 _ opener, mound choice dell, x SANFORD 212 220 40x—12 Edens is the likely 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Ik c _ the winning hurler, while Shipp 1900’s, but the rivalry was just as great, as the story of for 1 C 0 0 0 Second 59 Points tonight.