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MARTINSVILLE COMEBACKS SPARKED BY TEAM EFFORTSOI T!I NORFOLK - Ra lt;ball i .1 !lt; .m gam* \riH th* Mar*m \ ij e I lenrv lt;ountv ML Si at sA/ ftr\u r» abl« to win the Sectional1 * »nv League Tournament b* (ju-e they played a- ,i team Martmsvilh dropped it ‘ tuM game to ( hurehland 21. and anothei deb at would have eliminated them trom the tournament. Rut that next lo s never came.In a wild, improbable series 1 dramatic comebacks Martinsville won ;t next lour game . threeof them b\ om run mat . ins,and took the Sectional Pony League championshipIt was truly a team victory. No player was more outstanding than anv other, but someone al ways managed to get the vital have hit. oi make the kev I adding play •The All-Stars had to come from behind to win each of the games, .starting with their 4-1 deteat of Kempsville on Wednesday Martinsville tell behind early in the contest but managed to even the store as Ranch Cox walked.Mole second, went to thud ona wild pitch, and stored on aground ball by Doug Mullett Then in the fifth, after thefirst two batters made outs, Rill (Joins collected his first hit in tournament play tlu yeai \nd it couldn I have come at a bet tei time He lined a triple off the right held wall and tame in to the plate as Kempsville pitcher Bobby Lewis threw a wild pitch. Martmv ill* idded another run duung that nnmg and scored a: an on Reger Hall s homer inthe sixthIt wa' a dramatic comeback, but it was nothing like Martins-vi!L next win Warwick jump-fsi olt to a 2-0 lead in the secondinning leg the V s*. ,. tied it jn the sixth on singles by lt;ox and M.ke R« • • .usd a doubabv * i \\ -aThe game w - u eec nto esttaI tin 11 - and Mo isuLi scoredin th* top et ih** * i 1th w h* nRim • a t * « ( t. r j|rmoved to a , on Hulled s sacrifice, and ,o dnv* u in bvwMi'm R«h:. . ha * h ‘ far me Hun* a v i ( e| et stat tinWpitehe« lim lt;Hogan preservedtlx • »• o X 1) u- iklh out thesid* m th* W.ti Aiek hall *»l theinnimAnd of lt;i.i »• tin ! e vo i e the two i! iiam tetorie ov • rlt; hm * hi in*! m I* 11dav s plav In tin 'a i (lt;!,*• ; the MlStars tollowed then now •well established pattern lt;t plav Theyfell behind earlv in and had to come ttwice, fmalh wmmn. Wf •;in the eighth w h* n « at -nan \m* v m iallowing R - *thirdSince ttof hr*t f ifgame.om ttetitndV IVt lt;■ W IT ^gameMl * — m ■f Adjfi ” tthird ■strike.scoretrom( hurehland onlv d» '* ‘ ; *• wF'in nt anothet *nn .». t » »eplayed immediately t L n? g thefirst I nuMiaa' M u , u f-a :M lead ai ’ a t ut( hurehland •*•*••’ n t • : ! • nand sixth to o ah- . \ 11 vevei th* v. St a \ 'ai mu a* * ;tl*i ’ * Ufa*in the bolten, - ' th« • . * it h.w hen 1 )on M e . a ,i ■ ol till pitleh !at ! -It w as a team that u nuldr ‘ hlt;brat* It KK\NK RXRIMWSThe Winning RunTo Cage Hallnational Basketball Federation.V i I i il'il a i jr. . a * i t t t . r\ I 4 ti i i all
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Martinsville Bulletin
Martinsville, Virginia, US
Sun, Aug 02, 1964
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