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WTERTA1N METS TONIGHT.TG-Pirates Win Pair, Ease Into FirstGastonia's Pirates came up with a surccl doubleheader sweep in Thouasvilte last night and took over first place in the torrid Western Carolinas League chase.With a 31-20 won-lost record, the Pirates lead Salisbury ami Rock Hill by a hall same. It's a three-team fight coins down to the wire, with the locals slated to finish regular season piay here next Wednesday against Bock Mill.The Dues beat Tbomasville’sTwins by scores of 7-6 and 84 Tuesday. Salisbury lust to Greenville J2-S ano Rock HiB just did edge Shelby in U innings 3-2.Tonight, the G-Pirates play here at 7:30 against Greenville end it's Ladies Night, the ladies being admitted at half price. Richard Mergler, sporting a fine S-3 record, goes against the Mets here.Bob Robertson broke his second WCI. record last nigiit by virtue of a three-run homer inBOB ROBERTSON ROY FOSTERNew League RBI Record His Homer Big OneKen's Pen!By KEN ALEXANDER Exacutlva Sports EditorElias, Press Hof On Middies End, NortonIT’S ALMOST LIKE starting anew, this column bit, what with a week's hospitalization and then a Mow-up vacation spanning a couple of weeks.So.. . . the first impulse was to scan the piled-up mail for some college releases and maybe a local angle. Perhaps something from Bab Quincy, the UNC sports publicist, or a Skeeter Francis reminder that Wake Forest coach, Bill Tate, is optimistic despite the loss o£ the talented fullback, Brian Piccolo, among others.Shut out on both counts.Then, while picking up the phone to check some Gastonia contacts, into the newsroom strode Gene Beattie, hardware dealer in town clutching a pipe in one hand and a newspaper dipping in the other,mere was something in the New York World Telegram he wanted me to read, dealing with a 21-year-old Naval Academy football player “emed Phil Norton, who has been drawing rave notices /rnm sports writers in Washington and Maryland. New York, too, since the WT got into the act.* * *—Rog Eyed Him OftenNORTON, A ZOO-FOUNDER, stands 6-2 and impressed new Middle mentor, Bill Elias, to such an extent in spring practice that the farmer Virginia coach has labeled him as an All-America possibility in 1965.”Why ail the Elias enthusiasm?Simply this. In Navy's final two spring scrimmages this year,Norton caught ID passes for 227 yards, a couple of them unbelievable receptions.As a regular end forMiddies last fail, Phil flagged I down 19 of Roger Staubach’s i tosses, covering 210 yards. One $ of them came for a two-point j-conversion in Navy’s traditional | knoek-down-and-drag-out scrap f with the men from West Point. 1 Norton, who played in every ; game. in 1964 as a junior, wound \ up Just behind Skip Orr in re- i ceivingstatistics and that's keep- | ing pretty good company. \ * * ■*BEATm, APPARENTLY A I real grid enthusiast, motored to ;the first Inning of the second game.With the trio of rbi’s. Hobby upped his maik in that department to 92. one more than the old league record (91), previously shared by Salisbury's Paul Roberts in 1960 and Greenville's Levi Brown in IB63.The homer was Robertson's 29th and he sets a new high every time he hits one.•k * AA TWO-RUN sixth inning enabled the Corsairs to win the opener 7-6. The big hit of the inning was a tun-scoring and tie-breaking single by Conard Brown.Gastonia had led 4-0 in that one until Thomasviiie scored five in the bottom of the fourthBuc BoxesTOtrti*__________________ 34 7 13THOMASVU-taAlexander. If ____Livingstone, efGlover. « ..........Ashcroft. cf Beekner. 3b ....Free, 2b ---------Dooley, lb _____Littlejohn. « .......Bryce. s ............Weldon, p ...______Vldetich, pb .... Sierra, p -............3 l on ..........2 oTotal* __________Score by Innlngx:GASTONIA ---------.. 220 (112 (1—7THOMASV3LLE .... 000 510 0—6E—.Thomas, Hammond. Alexander,Brrkner 2, Bryce. I,OB—Gastonia HI;Thomssvllle 7. 29—Feeter, Glover,Ashcroft. HE — Thomas,Aahcrof-Littlejohn. SB—Cruz. Ollvr 2Alex-under. Dooley. S—Clem.Pitcher IPHRErBb Soclem ................3**534a 4Nsumnn --------- l?y3112 2Wise ------------20001 3Biyee _______59530 6Weldon ........ -332i eSierra ..............l‘i10a1 1Winner: Nauman C-2)Loser: Weldon (7-1)HBP—Pxedovlo2:31.ByBryoe). T—(Second Game)GASTONIAABKH BIThomas, cl _____300 0Oliver. Ib ..............412 0Foster, rf ................32I ITloberlaoli, 3b -----____31a sBrown. If .............411 0Predovic. 2b .............4I2 1Cruz, m ................400 0Hammond, a ........403 1lamb, p ------------____100 0Marotz. p .............. 100 0Brent, p ................, 200 0Totals ......................32t12 6THOMASV1LLEABKK BIAlexander. K .......401 0Lir:ccst:r.e. ef —.100 0Clo-.er. a» - -301 Iarhcruf:. rf ....210 0Beranc:. 3b .........110 0r-,-,-. 2n .....311 0T/tcIci ll ........200 0e . . ..302 1Sv.ioi. p . .000 0?iU. pn00 0Vide-.-.-I- ph . .l11 2WelCiPI. |000 0CaIrI,, p .. . _2n0 0Totals —-..........2448 4Srnre by Innings:TGASTONIA ----------_ 411 000 0-6THOMASV7LLE ........040 000 0-4B - Free. PO-A— OAstottl* 21-9:TnotnsvlUe 2J-9. LOB—GastoniaTQomasvllle 5. 2B—Brown. Predovic,Hammond, Thomas,Glover,HE—Eoberwon, FosterDP —Predovic,Cruz and Oliver; Predovicand Oli-Pitcher 1?HKErBb SoLamb .—...... 14i4442 1Marotz ........... %000a oBrent .............. 4’A2000 2Melton .........a551 2Erbe .....-------... !jl000 1Weldon _______ 3.i,2112 0Calvert _________ 3»j3001 3winner: Brent (.0)Lcser: Melton (8-13)WP—Weldon. HBP—Beekner. Doo-.jy (By Marotz). U -- JVoaupp and Satchell. T—1:10. A—1,230.for a temporary 5-4 lead. Bob Nauman, though giving way to Glen Wise over the last two frames, picked up his seventh win of tlie season against two losses.Brown, Will Hammond. Stan Thomas, A! Oliver snd Roy Foster paced the 13-bit Gastonia attack with a couple of hits apiece.Foster walloped a hone run in the second inning of the nightcap, which proved to be the winning run. it was Roy's 13th circuit blow.A newcomer to the teSFii, big righthander Frank Brent, was an important man in that one. Brent came on to pitch two-hitball in four and two-thlnf frames and picked up his fii*t decision in a Bucco Uniform.* * *FIVE HITS in a row lit tbe top of the first innlag erabled the Buc* to take a 49 lead against Gene Melton of tbe Twins.After leadoff batter Stan Thomas fanned to'open the game, Oliver and Foster slapped singles to center. That’s when Melton surrendered Uie three-run shot to Robertson, whose towering blast went over the Svwebonnl in left-center.Brown hit Uie next pitch for a double off the scoreboard and scored when Dan Predovic sin-(First Game)GASTONIA An R H BITltoltlAs, Cf —........ S 12 1OIDer. :» .5 I 2 0Rbtjerunn. is ----- .31 1 «Brow.n. If .......4 II 2 1Predovic. 2b . . 2 U 1 0CaiZ. sa . .. —......... 1110Hammond. c ...... 4 12 1Cleir.. P ...... I 0 0 1ph . . 10 2 0Ssaawr., p ........ 0 9 0 0WUe. p ................. 10 0 0Km Alexander, Dwight Frady, Neale Patrick, I Harold PearsonI 6-B—The Gastonia Gaxerte, Wed., Aug. 18, 1965 ;AS R H »1gied down the third base line.Gastonia took a 54 lead in the top of the second on Foster's homer, then Thomusville scored four in its turn against John Lamb and relief hurier Greg Marotz. The big hit of the inning was a uases-! oaded single to center by pinch-hitter Torn Vide-tich.But Brent came on in the third to throtUe Tliomasville thereafter.The pressure was just too much for Gracia Parra, Lexington pitcher who entered the game against Spartanburg in the 13th inning last night.With the score knotted at 6-6, Parrn allowed an infield hit to Bobby Kelly. Two wild pitches later, Kelly was standing on third.Parra, determined not to let the runner steal home, was caught in a balk situation and Kelly came home for the winning Phillie run, 7-6.*CORSAIR CLIPS — Will Hammond, catcher who just joined the team last week, has been wearing the cover off the ball. With his three hits in four trips in last night's second game. Will raised his batting average to .474 on nine hits in 19 al-bals . . .The pressure should be oft Bob Robertson now since he liasshuttered th* two WCL bat marks in home ruiu and runs-batled-in.Robby, lvov/ever, undoubtedly lias his eyes set on 100 rbi's, which Indeed looks good on the statistical chart . . .The Buncos have remaining series with Greenville, Spartanburg, Lexington and Rock Hill. And it looks as though the two games with the Cardinals next week might decide the issue.Footloose and fancy ft'oe, those bottom clubs could be tough. They haven't any, where to go and fit the spolier role perfectly .. ,I like our chances of winning this thing, said skipper Clyde Sukeforth this morning. That was a vital (luubieheader for us last night. But from now on, every one of them lakes on added significance. . .I Buc Bats!BATTING£l*-,r . ab * nHamznDhd !p 5 Napoleon ------- 9 17g’H’er ............... 182 73 110Robertson ----- 414 84 124P?5t«r ............-....... 451 68 133Thomas ............ 456 84 124C. Brown ............ 35B SS 92Cru* .......... 317 40 79Predovic_____ 168 25 38Golden ------- 348 31 78Little ........... 1J7 ie 32Land ____ 41 0 «.146RONS BATTsn IN — Robertson 02. Foster 71. Oliver SS. 0. Brown 45. Thomas 40. Cruz 30, Golden 25. Predovic 16. Hammond 6, Little 3. Napoleon 5, Knutson 4, McKinley 3. Mcrxler 3. Land 3, Lamb 2, R. Brown 1. Olem 1.DOUBLES — Robertson 38. Oliver IS. Foster 18, C. Brown 37, TBomes 14. Golden 33. Cruz 9, Predovic 5. Napoleon 2, Little 2, McKinley 2. Nauman 2. Hammond 2, Knutson 1, Cunnlnghsm I, Mers-ler 3, Fitter 3. -. Brown I.TRIPLES — Oliver 5, Tfcomaa 5. C, Brown 4. Crus 3, Golden. 2, Foster 2, Robertson 1, Napoleon 3, Homers — Robertson 30. Poster U, C, Brown 12, Thomas It, Oliver P. Crus S, Predovic 3, McKinley 3, Golden 2.STOLEN BASES — Thomas 47. Crus 31, Foster IT. Robertson 33, C. Brown 10, Oliver 9, Golden 5. Predovic 4, Little 1. Nauman 1, Napoleon 1.PITCHING Player WMrats _______—__1Wise _______________1Brent ----------—-— INauman ................7MergleiBb 80R. Brown -----------Knutson_________—Lamb -Clem3 36 9331 57. 7 5 49 92Cunningham ------------3McKinley —Fltzcr ...... 9 7 48 159Napoleon ------- 0 1RICHARD TO RUNRichard Petty, ace Plymouth driver, center, signs first entry for the American 500 stock car race to be run over th« new mile superspeedway being built at Rockingham. With Petty are Else Webb, chairman of th* speed-AT ROCKINGHAMway board (left), and Dr. George Galloway, a physician and vice president (right). The new speedway, North. Carolina Speedway, holds its first race October 31. tAF Wirephoto)AMERICAN 500 RUNPetty Predicts Average Rockingham Speed 135ROCKINGHAM, N. C. lt;AP1-Ace driver Richard Petty took a look at the new North Carolina Speedway here Tuesday and predicted race cars will average 135 miles per hour over its one mile paved course.Petty was here to sign the first entry blank of a NASCAR driver for the speedway's inaugural American 500 mile race Oct. 81.The speedway. Rearing completion at a cost of more than $1 million, is on a 155-acre tractthird turns.Those are the only relatively flat places on tbe track. But once you get into these turns, then the elevation increased and literally slings you down the straightaways. There won’t be any reason to back off the throtUe going into the second and third turns, so this should mean that the speed down the two.straights should be unlimited,” he said.The new course has a trioval home stretch, but even the home and back straightaways are banked from five to eight degrees. The four-lane turns are elevated as high as 28 degrees, so that three to four race cars can go through them abreast at high speed.SOFTBALL RESULTSGETTYSHARDWAREHEATERHEADQUARTERSLay-Away NOW for the Cold Winter Months Ahead!• FREE STOAT: PIPE with any heater bought during Augwi or September!Brick - Lined KING ’0 HEAThi 40 !b., 66 lb., and 75 lb.* LAUNDRY HEATERS with Z-ey«, large «d small size** FRANKLIN HEATERS* FLOOR MATS* DAMPERS* STOVE POLISH* FURNACE CEMENTAnything You Need For Installation!EASY TERMS!• 30-DAY ACCOUNTS• LAY-AWAY• CASHGETTYSHARDWARE CO.
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The Gastonia Gazette
Gastonia, North Carolina, US
Wed, Aug 18, 1965
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