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Rex Carey PitchesfWin Over ChiefsHex Carey pitched am! batted for the position by emerging vie-the Herrin Fords to an 8-2 win tors in their remaining fracasesover the White Chiefs in PonyLeague 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 Fotd win gave the league leading VFW squad a full-game edge ovei the second place Chiefs and boosted the Fords a full game out of the cellar slot with Sum-mers-Shenod now occuping thatposition.while the Chiefs drop one.Carey pitched no-hit ball for the first three stanzas Friday night before giving up one run on two singles, two stolen bases and a passed ball in the fourth, settled j 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, j walked once, banged out three team being assured of a ' singles, scored three tallies, stoleO n I vslot n the playoffs is the \ j f;Hi‘ee bases and batted in a runwho can do no worse than tie for j second. The possibility of a three-way tie for the second position in the playoffs exists and would occur I should the Chiefs and the Fords I split their two remaining games I and the Mattressmen win theirs.The Chiefs can grab claim to the second playoff hole byto have a hand in scoring four of j£ . ■ 'the Fords markers. jThe Chiefs went down in order j in the first two innings before Rob j Henderson was hit by a pitch in i the third. Doyle White forced Henderson at second and advanced a clear j cm a passed ball.Randall Hartsfield started the■taking their two remaining games scoring for the Fords in the first j and the Fords can tie the Chiefs as he poked a ground rules doublepass 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 andthird 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 inning, which was charged to White.Randall Hartsbield became thel Garner, cf................3110victim of a freak play in the bot! Henson, lb... ..... 3000tom of the sixth for the Fords asKeahey, c.............2110Yancy leaped into the air and tippedYancy, If, p......... 3000his bounder just enough to allowColeman, 3b.............i«i.....3011Bohn Jay Barham to scoot underj Henderson, rf.................2011in time to make the play at first.White, p. ....2000Carey continued his rampage atj Flemming, If^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ .000the plate as he laced a single into————right, went to second on a wildTotals25243pitch and took third as FranklinFORDS—ABRHEWood grounded out before KenWard, 2b..............3000Lamer brought him in with an in-wHenry, lb...............4000tield single. David Trammell folHartsfield, ss..........4110lowed Larner with his second sucCarey, p............ 3330cessive base blow of the game but jWood, cf4210both runners were left stranded asLarner, cQ210Lee Groves grounded second toTrammell, 3b3020first.L. Groves, rf..........., 4000The Chiefs came back in the topFidler, If .....__________ 0000of the seventh with a one-run rally— •that fell short as Carey whiffedTotals «28880Mike 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♦ Iby a pitch. Yancy blasted a double 1 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 1Mrs. Jim Trimble of 1571 W. Washington was taken to the Ste-phenville hospital July 23 due to sickness. She was taken ina Trewitt Funeral Home ambulance.Wayne Tudor, son of Mr. Ross Tudor of 1200 Isla, has just got out of the Air Force after 8 Vs 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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