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Red Caps Fail ToScoring Chance?Tonight’s Game Will Start. At 8:30; Sanders Or Melton to Oppose Hutchinson On MoundrsVT.2Vbd(i. t 219■The Sumter Ftskatcers look «lt;1-votitagc of loose' play by the-Red Oops last night and defeated Flor-ehcri, 5 to 4, at Sumter to knot the playoff series at one victory roiescli team.' ' - ,• Tonight at 8:30 nt the American Legion stadium here the two teams will meet' In the' crucial third game of the best throe col of five series. 'Sumter will havp H. N. Hutchinson, ace of Us stan on the mound.' He rctutjaed night horn tits honey moon. Florence v/iil use eH her Bardin Me! con or Homer (Dunk) Banders,Bast night's Game - yK* fj 3e-esaw ‘affair with Sumter pomp a lie'ad twice only to hcCve the Red Capa knot' the scare/-Sumter then pushed over a pair or vans In tna eighth* and warded off-ft serious throat by the Florohce learn in the ninth when' ohfe runmr1 scored-and three were left stranded.• Ernest Cox hurled ■ for Florence, and gave up only five'hits..He tva* a little wild, walking six men afl'.l hltting another.'Homtriic Korr was touched' for 11 safeties and issued lour bases on balls, two* intcn-'tlonal to KU'by Jordan, the strategy. working each lime.Careless base running nulimefl several nice scaring opportunities for the Red Caps.Tnhnan Goodwin got two ox the Sumter hils, including: a prodigious triple, curly Co wick, wilh two for three. .Cox and Bob Perry, with two for four and Pepper Marlin, with two for five, were best nt but for the Red Caps.Meanwhile lest night at Hart.s-■viile the Camden Chiefs turned u-round on the pqiioca boys and handed them a 2-G. dcfcut. Tom LaSorda and Rufus Leonard hooked In a beautiful duel with La* Sordti giving up six hils and Leonard seven. Hartsville had throe errors to’ one for the Chiefs.A1 LaMont rapped out an ins Id c the pnrk home nm in' the fourth and -Camden added another tally in the sixth. LaMollt also had single to share butting honors for ids team with Joe Biolock who had' c double and single. Htn'd Register find BUI King, with' a triple were best for llavUvUlc.Those looms play al Camden tonight. j,ELAide8 • g*3*jCHJ.GiW:MKHMKB.SIV*.The box.FLORENCE AH H 11 U ACowlck ss .......... 3 2 2 1 0Martin 2b .......... 5 0 2 2 BYnrhoro If ........... 4 0 1 0 ftJordan cf .......... 2 0 0 2 pJeffers'lb .......... 0 0 t IS ■■}Hill rX .............. 4 0 1 1 0Holland x .......... l o 0 0 0Owens c ........... 4 i o 2 lPerry 3b .....'■..... 4 ' 0 3 0 2Cox p .............. 4 l 2 0 3TOTAI.S ........30 4 It 24 IBx—hit is fielder's piny grounder for Hill in 9ih.SUMTER AH R II O AEpps cf ............ 3Reynolds 3b ......'Goodwin rf ......TOTALS .......Score by Innings:3Ii1T200S23i1272l0013i03G3oI24iTll'2014n0312002l265D2718QQ1010 :ioS'P.V9ARFTEEhJSCcSUMTER'.......... 1IO 010 Clt;2x—5Errors: CowSck,1 Jel/ers, Price.Bradley, 2 anti Stokes. Runs battl'd‘in: Martin 3, Beard,' Cluffy, Epps and Goodwin.” Three base hit: ’ GobdwLiE * Sacrifices:' Yor boro. I j Cowlck/ Price, Claffy, Bradley and i f Reynolds; Sthlen' basej: ' t C^vick Beard. Double pi ay: Marlin andJeffers. Left, on bases: Florence, 12; Sumter, . Buses1 bn ball*: by Cox, 6; by Kerr, 4. Strlkeouls: by Cox, 2; by Kerr. 4. Hit by pitlt;?h: crs: Jordan and Kpps. Umpires: Rowland and A'ddy. Time 2:08.
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Florence Morning News
Florence, South Carolina, US
Sat, Aug 30, 1947
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