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Episcopalians ScoreWin in SoftballShow Creat Power To Turn Bark TheMethoterians. H-.'Manager Mack Simp*in Tlt;wT hi*charges at bat with three hit* for five attempt*. while Ernest Meant with t for iwip wlt;r 4i perftn t m* artL w best tut iiw 1amt*. Iky^l ) Wynne featured aft eld for th* vie tors.Malinger Simp*on Get* Hoi At Bat To Feature FpiM’te pultun*' Great Victor*STANDINGSChristiansMethoteriansBaptistsEpiscopaliansw1.Prt.H2ttoo6401H)564552t»182GAMES SdlF.DI IHtWednesday. July 31All-Star gameFriday. Augunt ZEpiscopalians vs Christian*i*Surprising even their most devol oil followers, the lackadaisical Epis copalians showed unexpecti'd power in defeating the slumping Met ho tenans 8-5 yesterday, behind th« nine-hit hurling of Taylor MaloneMalone held the Methoterians hitless and scoreless until the sixth as his mates were building up a gen emus six-run marginThe Episcopalians scored first in the initial inning on Simpson's single. a pair of stolen bases and an out field fly, and increased their lead by three runs in the succeeding stun /a. Malone singled. Fowden follow ed suit and Hardy reached base on an error Tallman sacrificed home a run and the other two baaerunnerg scored on Simpson's second hmgle ofthe day.Refusing to quit, the Methutertans sprang buck with singletons in tin-sixth. eight and hinth and u pan of scores in the lucky seventh Sin gles by Boykin and Cunningham, a pair of errors, and a walk accounted for the seventh inning scoring But the Episcopalians early advantage proved too formidable and tin- Me lit-oterian* consequently went down in their third consecutive defeatt— 39MetholerUn*AtKIICrockett, c400Boy km. 3b-ss4t2Cunningham lb;4gig2Cm?ton. If4iiHW i*w. 2b30 “0Whit lev rf Hi411Cobb, sf411uEverett, cf3t1Kogvr-son. rf2u0Thigpen. 3I201Maiming, pIii(1Meats, plt;•#0. •t2Ti*U»K “ ~Episcopal tans37AbyKHIIM Simpson, c51iR Simpson. 2b■»00Cooke, hs401Skitmri cl3F0Wynne, at40uMalone, p42- 2Fowden. If4•*a*2Hardy. 3b3m0Green, 3b100Crilcher, rf20IRhodes. rf2tItHow MartinsManager Ked Swain combatt deucy among the Mai tin tiurlcrs t seems to have forestalled such a p old fade-wheeler rackt*d up his tvvr the Greenville tireenies Incident club to master his slants trouncin Since that time Swam no Ion of his former self, hut actually the■v 'consecutive games and saved mar mates. Often, as in the past fortu of fifteen contests, he has workei for himself Swain has pitched in mgs. striking out 139 batters, for record in the league.Slim Gardner maintained his and a loss while Bertie Ted Milli remain bracketed in second positi
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Williamston Enterprise
Williamston, North Carolina, US
Tue, Jul 30, 1940
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