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MBlankenshipRain CancelsLynxes9 GameBy FILAXK CKLlASV Kc11tin’s Roy Blanken.ihlp twisted u masterful two-hitter, anti with a liny assist from rain, blanked Kingsport Dohyns-Bennelt, 3-0, in the doublc.-eliminailari District 4 high schuol baseball tourney Wednesday night at J. Fred JohnsonPork.The dowuponr, ened Irom the when the gomeold. and washedwhich was threat-1j eg inning, came was 61* innings out the Txidlnns*last hone ol scoring. However, Blankenship had had smoolh shil-Ltidlug since the second Inning, gave no signs of Li ring.The win was the eighth in 10 decisions (or the Wildcats’ slcilar rlghlhnndcr.Six StateTrack MarksIn DangerXNOXV1LLE (APi — At least six iJate high school hack and field records will he in jecipnrdv Salur-rtny M Ihe amuml Tennessee Secondary Schools Alhlcilc As*uh meet an Memphis.0:i the basis of pci fonnanee.lt; in regionnl meets last week and also (luring the regular season. East Tennessee entries loom Ihreais Id four of the standards.Of course, the rain also can-called the second game of Jhc I our n ey session between Lynn View and filurf Cily,The Lynxes and Grizzlies, who spill a double header for their only losses nl ihe year, were rc-SL'lirdulod for a single game at G:30 p.m. today. 1'nbeafexj rlgUlhanderi Fred Denney and .1. R. Cross were again announced as starting pitchers, llcuney Jias won seven tor Coach Carl Mullicrly's Lynxes, and Cross has six wins for Couch Charley Fleming’s Bluff Citians.The weather willing, the tourney will have two-game srsslous a^aln Friday night, Sullivan will meet Alary Hughes in the first MIL, and Dobyiis-Bcimclt will play the. loser nf the Lynn View-Bluff City battle.Blankenship and D-B’s Johnny Wilboin waged a tense pitcher's duel through four innings, but the VVildcniK broke the scoreless ricad-tfcck with a pftlr of unearned rims jailer two outs in the fifth.Wilborn, a sophomore right. Iliad not yielded a liit and hurtShuts Out
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Kingsport News
Kingsport, Tennessee, US
Thu, May 14, 1959
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