Roanoke Baseball Figures Highlight Local Notes
Friday night scorekeeper Alvin Ennis lists Roanoke No 2 regulars with Speed Hux leading at .355 and Braxton Cooper at .345. Roanoke No 1 lacks wins since May, the longest skid in the city league. Also flags Rosemary pool opening, uniform pride, and a Dodgers vs Yankees note, plus a nostalgic look at old soft ball games and a Navy reunion.
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Alvin Ennis
Red Raiders
Speed
Hux
Roanoke
No. 2 Roanoke Tops Halifax 6-3 in Tight Contest
The Roanoke No. 2 Red Raiders beat Halifax 6 to 3 to move into a temporary second place tie. Halifax led briefly with a fifth inning run on a Carlisle single and errors while Roanoke responded with three in the fifth and three in the sixth aided by doubles from Hux, Matthews, and Cooper and a triple by Hux. Batteries Nethercutt Carlisle Bricklemeyer for Roanoke and K Rogers Jernigan for Halifax. Score by innings shows Roanoke 000 033 x and Halifax 000 012 0.
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Roanoke
Red Raiders
Halifax
Raiders
Paper Boys
Carlisle
Lana
Matthews
Cooper
R. Rogers
Hux
No. 2
Nethercutt
Bricklemeyer
K. Rogers
Jernigan
Local social notes from the Grant and Ray families
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Grant, Mrs. W. H. Jones, Mildred Ray Grant of Emporia, and Ann Bidgood of Portsmouth visited Mrs. Paul Ray Sunday. Joe Hawkins, spending a furlough with his parents, returned to Florida Tuesday.
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J. E. Grant
W. H. Jones
Mildred Ray Grant
Emporia
Ann Bidgood
Portsmouth
Paul Ray
Joe Hawkins
Florida
Halifax Defeats Red Raiders 5 To 1 In Protested Game
The Halifax Paper club defeated Roanoke No 2 Red Raiders 5 to 1 at Roanoke No 2 Park to move into sole possession of second place. The Red Raiders protested in the fifth inning over a call by Umpire Fred Mills aftera collision between Halifax third baseman Mac Outland and Roanoke shortstop Robert Rogers. Eight errors followed the call. Carlisle pitched for Halifax with Bricklemeyer catching. Knox Rogers started for Roanoke No 2 and was relieved after the fifth. Jernigan caught for the losers.
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Halifax
Roanoke
Red Raiders
Carlisle
Paper Boys
Bricklemeyer
Knox Rogers
Hux
Jernigan
Romances Lead City Softball Standings with 13-Game Streak
City League standings show Romances atop the table with a 13 game winning streak. Halifax, Roanoke No. 2 and Roanoke No. 1 follow, with Co. D Engineers and Patterson close behind in a tight race.
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GWL Pet Romances
Halifax
Roanoke No
D” Engineers
Patterson
Roanoke
Morris Leading Hitter In Co. D
Lieut Robt B Moore athletic officer of Co D 30th Engineers announced batting averages for league games through June 18 1942 The three leading hitters are listed with Ab H Aug 17 6 353 12 4 333 28 7 250 Morris and others with scores and averages described in brief lines
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Robt. B. Moore
Co. “D” 30Th Engineers
Engineers
Morris
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Bill Hodges
Roanoke Rapids
Ted Williams
Boston Red Sox
Roanoke No. 2
Ora
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Yankees
Rosemary Mill
Rosemary
Weavers
Patterson Mill
Bill
Wild Hoss) Riggans
U. S. Navy
USC
Roanoke Ave
Jesse Speight
Washington, D. C
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