Vets Fall 7 to 4 to Textiles in Gastonia Tilt
Don Parker of the Vets pitched well with 14 strikeouts and only four hits until a ninth inning wobble, as Textiles of Gastonia beat Kings Mountain 7 to 4. The Vets stranded 11 runners and Parker departed after giving up three runs in the tenth while Gibson yielded one in relief.
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RHE ‘Textiles
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Sems
Etters
Coley Guyton Extends Hit Streak With Line Single
Vets shortstop Coley Guyton extended his hitting streak to twenty two games by lining a single on Tuesday. He went one for four, dropping his batting average from .406 to .400 after 40 hits in 100 at bats. Guyton also starred in the field, making 111 chances with six errors for a .946 fielding average over twenty one games with the Vets.
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Juniors Fall to Shelby Champs 22 to 0 in Elimination Game
The Shelby Juniors defeated the Juniors 82 to 0 in Shelby last Monday night. It marked the Shelby champ's fifth win in the Western eliminations and the Juniors' fifth loss, as they had only beat Charlotte once. Mountain betters noted three hits off Anthony and Britt while Amos and Haffateller added singles.
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Blan- Dan’ Britt
Billy Amos
Haffateller
Vets Slip to Fourth After 7-4 Loss to Textiles
The Vets fell to third in Tri County standings after a 7 to 4 defeat by Textiles Tuesday, leaving four games behind league leaders Rex Nine. No league games are on July 4. They travel to Clover Saturday for a con test with cellar-dwelling South Carolina.
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Textiles
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Clover
South Carolina
Juniors Lose To Jastonia In Narrow Battle
Gastonia Juniors fall 30 7 to Jastonia in a hard fought night game under the lights. Mountaineer pitchers struggled as Gastonia walked several batters and plated runs late. Local star Stone connected for a line single in the fifth while Vet’s club stayed close with two runs in the late frames.
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Mountaineer
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Ross
Fireball Boyce
Steve Last Sturter
Gaston
Dan
Johnny Grice Seer
Jim Hudgins
Coulis Allen
Dwight
Rune
Ware
Charles Whisnant
Rose
Gene Brooks
Borse
Cherryville and Gastonia to play two home games at city stadium
Tea. Cherryville meets Post 100 at four p.m. Friday in Cherryville where Post 100 won 9 to 6 under the lamps in the first game. On Monday Gastonia city team visits city stadium at four p.m. for a return game after Spin dle City beat them in Gastonia last Saturday night.
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Gastonia City
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Gastonia
Gibson Sets AYP Down With 2 Hits
Mt Holly hosts an abbreviated seven inning AYP game due to rain. James Gibson pitched five strikeouts for the Vets in a win, Throneburg led with two hits, and John Gerber hit a three run homer to spark the late rally. The Vet defense and timely hitting sealed the 4 to 6 victory.
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Bill Thronpburg
Lets
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Ringo Mountains
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