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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1939
Page
17
Roanoke Rapids High School will host Kinston High Friday at 3 30 p m in Simmons Park Owls stadium. Jax has two wins no defeats and Lefty Talley aids coach Hoyle Blue Byrd limited Elizabeth City to five hits.
A Roanoke Rapids gathering set for Friday at 7 30 P M in the Municipal Building Courtroom to discuss organizing girls and men softball teams for the season. Attendees urged to attend or send a representative from their organization.
Littleton High edged Bethel Hill 4 to 3 on Tuesday in a seesaw game. Bethel had handed Littleton its only loss this season by 10 to 1 earlier, making the win especially sweet. Mose debuted as pitcher and struck out 20 batters, earning 25 cents per strikeout beyond nine.
Report from Patterson Recreation Club highlights winners W H Britton and Birt Shaw over Baggett Chestnut and Sercey Felts in clay and night finals. Bingo nights continue Saturdays with Bruce Camp winning grand prize. Old man softball returns with opening day set for April 10 at Williams Field 4 00 p. m. Roy Blythe misses season start amid contract disputes. team hopes to resolve before opening day.
Littleton High powered to a 10 to 1 victory over Wilton High in their second home game. Littleton had 10 runs on 9 hits with 1 error while Wilton posted 1 run on 3 hits with 2 errors. Batteries for Littleton were witts Hale Spain Mosley. Wilton pitcher Saddler Brummitt supported by Brummitt Sparks. Brummit moved from pitcher to batter and batted in the 5th.
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