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League isTill: 1957 HUiS.()\-KTHi:mu:iX;K TEAM of the Aiken National Little Boysshown above, are, first row. (kneeling), Tim Grace, Jerry Peeler, Claude Stokes, Mike Aiken,Bobbv Hobertson. Second row (crouching), Bill Bebbington, Lee Pearson, Sammy Timms, DonYardcll. I liirtl row (standing), Coach Bobby Holx»rtson, Hubert L. Johnston, Tommy Olson, Brad Kuhn. Bills W inters, Billy Marx, Couch Charlie Aiken. Not present when photo was made were Steve Zelnack, Coach Charlie Grace, and Coach Nate Edmunds—Photo by Harvey.Hutson-Etherredge Team In LBLeague Competition Fourth YearieThe Hutson-Etherredge team of the Aiken National Little Boys League Is the fourth to be sponsored by the Hutson-Etherredge A-gency of Aiken. The firm, headed by C. E. F 'u rredge and Lew is E, I Brown is one of tlie original sponsors responsible for the beginning of the National League activities Through their interest and help between thirty and forty Aiken boys have had the opportunity to learn to play baseball well andsafely under the guidance of experienced coaches. Many of thealumni of the team are now playing in the Pony League and represent prime material, well-schooled in the fundamentals of the game, forj the High School team.It. E. ’‘Hobby” Robertson and C. R. Charlie” Grace have been the mainstays of the coaching staff for the past tthree years. Both are veteran baseballers. Hobby, head coach, has coached Little League teams for ten years, here and in Greenville. North Carolina. Charlie played semi-pro ball in Delaware before being transferred | here. Both men have sons who are regulars on the team, and Hobby has already graduated one son to I Pony League. Charlie Aiken who also has a son on the team has assisted with the coaching for the past two years. He is a native Carolinian and came here from Columbia.tlemson Athletic Dept.Hatehford started strong, scor ing four runs in the top of ilie lust on rlts by Ct ly, Burch andi{, tehlord assistid by a couple otH-E errors. H-E picked up one in their half when Aiken scored ona sacrifice by Johnston. The count did not change then until the bottom of the fourth when Hutson Ethcrredge staged their first ral ly, scoring four time ; on bits by Bebbington, Olsen, Winter and Timms.In the fourth Hatehford was able to do nothing offensively but stopped H-E abruptly when, with the bases loaded and no one outJohnston of H-E hit a hard drive to Burch at first. H-E runn r:, figuring 011 a cafe hit, were caught off first and third by the alert Hatehford infield and the inning ended.Johnson 2-4 vs Iicrnandez 0-0 and Stobbs 0-9.x-lst game completion of April 21 game suspended by power failure.aim nau imvu wic uaovathe stage for Robertson’s game -winning clout. Bebbington started pitching for the winners but was allowed only three innings because he had pitched earlier in the wet k. Hr was followed by Grace, Marx and Kuhn. Mcssick started tor the loser* and was relieved by Burch.The Box Score:Rubye V. H. 400 060 10—8llutsoii-E 104 051 II—11The league standing at the end of the past week’s play was:WRubye V. Hatehford 10State Bank and T. Co. 5 Hutson-Etherredge 4Hobby House 3The games this wee’Monday, Hobby House vs. State Bank and Hatehford vs. Hutson -Ethcrredge; Wednesday, Hutson-Etherredge vs. State Bank and Hatehford vs. Hobby House; and Friday, games rained out May 15thHutson-Etherredge vs. HobbyHouse, followed by Hatehford vsState Bank.L 1 678willPet.910 .455 .364 .27* beI ionors Retiring CoachesNow! Highest natural octane in historyICLKMSON, May 20 — The Clem-, in the state and was 4-2 In the con-son College Athletic Dept., honor- ference. The best showing in the«d six men here tonight who have last, decade was in 1952 when thegiven long service to the associa- team lust only to The Citadel in alsI turn either in a coaching oivisory capacity.Fhe banquet held at Mic C’lem-son House paid tribute to two coaches who are retiring at the endoi the school year and to four menwho have recently retired after serving many years on the athleticcouncil.Two coaches who are retiring at Vie end of the school year are A.W. Rock” Norman- and Hoke Sloan. Council memticrs who have recently retired and being recognized are Dr. Lee W. Milford. J. j H. Mitchell, Sam It. Rhodes and J. C. Littlejohn. Each honorcc was presented an engraved plaque withname, title and years of service tothe college.ad- 12-match schedule.Aiken FederalFMBankSplilDoubleheaderNorman is retiring as head track coach, freshman basketball coach, cross country coach and head ot the intra-mural sports program The veteran will be 65 in early fall andAiken Federal and Farmers and Merchants split* a double header at Little Boys League field Sat. May 25.Farmers and Merchants taking the opening game by 7 to 5, Berry Johnson and Pete Nuessle led the attack with 2 for 3 at the plate while Berry Hunter stood out for the losers with 2 tor 3 at the plate.L*yt„ - .. In the second game Aiken Fed--W444***?-Mile*, the Hut-. 48 of his years . luure Jtccu spent fhuutvced back with a thrillingson-Etherredge squad is made up either as a student or coach of 5 4 victory going 7 innings..... ..... the game.1lirtP ;). 1ree13dof five twelve-years old. five eleven years-old and the remaining] five eight to ten years olds. The old-timers who are playing their last season this year are Brad Kuhn. Tommy Olsen, Don Vardeli. Billy Winters and Steve Zelnak. Brad is a regular sorting pitcher and he. Tommy and Billy are a-111 ong the top ten of the League’s. Don also pitches and shares the catching burden with Steven andSammy Timms. The H-E infield is usually selected from among Ze-lnak Marks. Stokes, Johnston, Olsen. Bebbington and Winters. Bill Bebbignton, Billy Marx and Tim Grace share the relief pitching duties and are counted on to carry the hurling load next year.Padden lead the hitting attackGreater for every car on the road ... yet noincrease in price! Only Greater Amoco-GaiSince coming here in 1940 he has for Aiken Federal along withalso served as freshman football j0hn Mancroff playing a spectacu-guarantccs: longer car life ... greater mile-coach. However he has g a in ed i*r fielding job also had a good day muv oi his fame 111 Hack and has- g,c |,iaie. Madison Canady was if1 ,a-,: 1 Kt‘rv°d ®t the old Bai- winnjng pitcher after comingley Military Institute in Green-age per gallon than ever before possible ...100% power... no lead fouling!wood, Funnan, the University of South Carolina. The Citadel and Clem so 11. He won state basketball titles at Furman, South Carolina and The Citadel and state track titles at Bailey, Furman, South Carolina and Clem son.At Ciemson he was won six cinder tittles, one came to him at Furman, one at Bailey and at Carolina he won one and tied for firstonce,Sloan began coaching tennisin I 'Fill ;i 1 ms,it 11111 lii* ti/au tn tifilrtin the 4th allowing only one hit theremaining game mixing in his curves very nicely.Brackett was the leading man for Farmers and Merchants who seem to have started off slow buthas found himself of late looking very good with Mie stick.Line Score 1st GameAiken Fed. 0 3 0 2 0 0—28Farm Merch. 13 0 0 0 4 x—242nd GameAiken Fed. 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1-29Amoco’b new York town, Virginia refinery plusnew facilities at Amoco’s other refineries makerpossible new Greater Amoco-GaalGreater Amoco-Gas is the only premium motorfuel that contains no lead! All others are actually5 4low octane gasolines boosted to premium rating7 6by adding lead. Hut lead doesn't burn! It leavesfouling deposits on plugs, pistons and valves5Bcausing preignition, misfiring and an ever
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Aiken Standard and Review
Aiken, South Carolina, US
Mon, May 27, 1957
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