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Rex Carey Pitches»Win Over ChiefsHex Carey pitched and batted for the position by emerging vie* the Herrin Fords to an 8-2 win tors in their remaining fracases over the White Chiefs in Pony while the Chiefs drop one.League play at the City Park Fri-24 to set the stage for a showdown stretch battle for the playoff positions for the loop laurels.The Ford win gave the league leading V'FVV squad a full-game edge ovei the second place Chiefs and boosted the Folds a full game out of the cellar slot with Sum-mers-Sheri od now oceuping that position.Carey pitched no-hit hall for thefirst three stanzas Friday night before giving up one run on two singles, two stolen bases and a passed ball in the fourth, settled down to pitch hitless ball again until the seventh when another Chief tally came across on a hit batter, a single and a double.He came to the plate four times,lt;) n I v slot in| walked once, banged out three being assured of a j singles, scored three tallies, stole the playotfs is the \ | t^hi^ee bases and batted in a runteamwho can do no worse than tie forsecond. The possibility of a three-way tie for the second position into have a hand in scoring four of the Fords markers.The Chiefs went down in ordertlie playoffs exists and would occur / jn the first two innings before Rob■ishould the Chiefs and the FoldsHenderson was hit by a pitch in the third. Doyle White forced Henderson at second and advanced a clear , on a passed ball.split their two remaining games1and the Mattressinen win theirs.The Chiefs can grab claim to the second playoff hole by taking their two remaining games scoring for the Fords in the first and the Fords can tie the Chiefs as he poked a ground rules doubleRandall Hartsfield started thepass the left field fence that hit inches fair before curving out. Carey lined a single in to right center to bring Hartsfield home and Franklin Wood was nipped by inches at first by Henson in a foot race on his grounder to end the threat.White settled on the mound for the Chiefs during the second and third before the Fords got to him for three runs on one hit (Carey’s second single), two errors, a walk, a sacrifice, a wild pitch and two stolen bases by Carey.The Fords renewed their attack in the fifth, knocking White out of the box and scoring two more on two singles, three walks and two stolen bases before Don Yancy trotted in from right to put out the fire.Yancy toed the rubber with the sacks loaded and two down but issued a pass to Jerry Ward to force in the third tally of the inn- 1 ing, which was charged to White.Randall Hartsbield became the victim of a freak play in the bottom of the sixth for the Fords as Yancy leaped into the air and tipped his bounder just enough to allowGarner, cf Henson, lb Keahey, c Yancy, If, p Coleman, 3bBohn Jay Barham to scoot under j Henderson, rfin time to make the play at first. Carey continued his rampage at the plate as he laced a single into right, went to second on a wild pitch and took third as Franklin Wood grounded out before Ken Lamer brought him in with an in-tield single. David Trammell followed Larner with his second successive base blow of the game but j Wood, cfWhite, pFlemming, If .........TotalsFORDS—Ward, 2b Henry, lbHartsfield, ss ...........Carey, p .......... 3both runners were left stranded as Lee Groves grounded second to first.The Chiefs came back in the top of the seventh with a one-run rally that fell short as Carey w'hiffed Mike Flemming, who had come in as a batting replacement for White in the fifth and took Yancy’s place in left defensively.Randall Hartsfield robbed Henson of a base blow on a fine stop at short to start the inning and Mike Keahey took first when hit by a pitch. Yancy blasted a double into right center to bring in Keahey before Flemming whiffed.The box scores:CHIEFS— AB R H EBarham, 2b ' 3 0 0 0Davis, ss 3 0 0 1Larner, c Trammell, L. Gi •oves,3brfFidler, If ...... 0Totals311030002110300030112011.2000100025243ABRHE3000.4000411033304210321030204000000028880Mrs. Jim Trimble of 1571 W. Washington was taken to the Ste-phenville hospital July 23 due to sickness. She was taken in a Trewitt Funeral Home ambulance.fWayne Tudor, son of Mr. Ross Tudor of 12(50 Isla, has just got out of the Air Force after SVs years of service. He was born and reared in Stephenville. He plans to stay with his father and stepmother for a while.
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Stephenville Empire Tribune
Stephenville, Texas, US
Fri, Jul 30, 1954
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