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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1938
Page
12
Roanoke Rapids hosts Colonial Heights Firemen as the Owls win 7-6 for their second straight victory. Scouting praise from Petersburg paper highlights Roanoke Rapids as a live baseball town with Scouts at bases and a flag raising before a well behaved overflow crowd.
Hype surrounds the Owls offense with Dickens and Ad erholt delivering home runs. Red Butler and Petersburg are recalled figures from past series as fans grill questions about players. The city softball tournament nears with Rosemary teams at Simmons Park and Romancos pitchers on show. Briggs of Detroit leads the 1937 Worlds Softball Champions on a July goodwill tour southward for real softball excitement.
On Wednesday Patterson No. 2 Club defeated Roanoke No. 1 All-Stars 10 to 4 at the Rose Bowl as Johnnie Gossett pitched strongly for Patterson. The following day Patterson No. 2 Club edged Roanoke No. 2 All-Stars 3 to 2 at Roanoke No. 2 park in a tense pitching duel between Speed Hux and Gossett.
A Roanoke No 1 squad faced Patterson No 1 in a series of softball games. Highlights include Richardson and Patterson's 2 team win 11 to 4, with key hits from Matthews and Richardson. Roanoke No 1 later beat Patterson No 1 9 to 5 on June 2, while Roanoke No 2 edged Roanoke No 1 in extra innings on June 7.
Soft Ball headlines from Patterson report Carders defeating Weavers 9 8 and 8 3 against Spinners. Roy Blythe injured but expected back next week. Weavers beat Spinners 12 6 while Boy Scouts meet at the new cabin this week.
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