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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1935
Page
11
Scotland Neck visits Roanoke Rapids this Saturday while Lucama faces Roanoke Rapids Sunday in a fast Central Carolina League match. Windsor, Ahoskie, and Roanoke Rapids shape the late half race amid roster disputes and eligibility questions centered on Ahoskie’s 14 players.
Speaks For Ethiopia half claims Windsor pitchers all have sore arms. The teams will meet six times this half. Collusion fears push league to drastic action. President Leggett awaits a ruling from Judge Branham. Windsor protests but still has games with Hobgood and Roanoke Rapids that could alter final standings.
No. 1 Weavers defeated Doug Worsham's crew 13 to 1 as No. 2 Weavers committed thirteen errors and could manage four hits off Slim Edwards. Mills and Ansley led the winners with four hits each while Moyle homered in the seventh for the losers' lone run.
Roanoke Rapids posted three wins in four games through the week. They beat Hobgood 9 to 4 at home behind Davis and solid hitting from Nelson Hardison Outland and Davis. Jack Scott defeated Bill Clarkson in a Sunday exhibition 7 to 4 for Jack's Grill of Raleigh.
Hollister defeated the New York Bloomer Girls 12 to 6 behind pitcher Jack Crawley who struck out eight. The crowd of about 800 set a record for a Hollister game at the new park as manager Margaret Nabel noted the large turnout. This was Hollister’s 17th win in 19 games with Crawley leading the hitters alongside Marley and the Crawleys.
Crawley and R. Crawley, Demarest and Barry supply batteries for Hollister with likely local service and product options.
In a tight pitchers duel Curley Johnson of the Card Shop and Screwball Hall of the Spinners each allowed five hits as Babs Ryals belted a home run in the tenth to give the Spinners a 1-0 win. Hoggard sparkled for the losers in the field.
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