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AIKEN STANDARD AND REVIEWMONDAY, MAY 27, 19S7»►ravesIntorThirdSpotinHotNLRace.**•......... — —■MU'lavmdue.llieI a Imiltheand«i*iUi-hit best I lies Donl i lithe vithbledbirdlinneskilasturt hfiht-hingDa*ick-t toIHutson-Etherredge EdgesRalchiord 11-10 in LB Plaviin7Smw ■|| ' /pswTHEshownBoh!\ unlell. I hird1957 III IS.ON-l. 1111, lilt Id KiK IKAM ol the Aiken National tattle Boys League is above, are, first row, (kneeling), Tim (dace, Jerry Peeler, Claude Stokes, Mike Aiken, v Hobertson. Seeond row (crouching), Bill Bebbington, Lee Pearson, Sammy Timms, Donrow (standing), Coach Hobby Hobertson, Hobert L. Johnston, Tommy Olson, Brad Kuhn, Bilk W inters, Billy Marx, Coach Charlie Aiken. Not present when photo was made were Steve Zelnack, Coach Charlie Crace, and Coach Nate Ldmunds—Photo by Harvey.roveYan-Budlam-andfirstmonforhneliHutson-Etherredge Team In LBLeague Competition Fourth Yeartilth*RedirginI outhindtone-hit-)ukeI heirtheII of i lied11was. t lie thei fustone?d asThe Ilutson-Etherredge team of the Aiken National Little Boy League Is the fourth to be sponsored by the Hutson-Etherredge A-gency of Aiken. The firm, headedby C. E. EVierredge and Lewis E. IBrown is one of the 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 and safely under the guidance of experienced coaches. Many of the alumni of the team are now playing in the Pony League and representprime material, well-schooled inthe fundamentals of the game, forthe High School team.R. E. “Hobby” Robertson and C. R. “Charlie’* Grace have been the mainstays of the coaching staff for the past diree years. Both are veteran basebaUers. Hobby, head coach, lias coached Little League teams for ten years, here and in Greenville, North Carolina. Charlie played semi-pro ball in Delaware before being transferredClemHutson- EtlierreiLe terminatedRubye V. Ratehloi d's ten-game winnin; streak Friday night tu oia of the most exciting games of lids season, in this makeup game bothteams h..d to rely on ilieir younger pitchers and ihe batters were key men. Hatcluord played a fine game featured by a home run by Brotherton and a triple play to slip a Hutson - Etiierredge rad* in the lourth, but the winners weie always ready to fight tine*w..y bat k into the game, tinally breaking a 10-i0 tie in tiie last of Uic sixth with a hard hit by Bobby Hobertson that scored Zc 1-k.tk.Ratehford starter: strong, seoring four runs 111 the top of Hie lust on fits by Ct ly, Burch andH.tchloVd assisted by a couple otH-E errors. H-E picked up one in their half when Aiken scored on a sacrifice by Johnston. The count cud not change then until the bottom of the fourth when Hutson Etiierredge staged their first ral ly, scoring four time; 011 bits by Bebbington, Olsen, Winter and Timms.In the fourth Ratehford was able to do nothing offensively but stopped H-E abruptly when, with the bases loaded and no one out Johnston of H-E hit a hard drive to Burch at first. H-E runn refiguring 011 a cafe hit, werecaught off first and third by the alert Ratehford iniicld and the inning ended.ison Athletic Dept.I ionors Retiring CoachesJohnson 2-4 vs Hernandez 0-0 and Stobbs 0-9.x-lst game completion of April 21 game suspended by power failure.The fifth was the biggest inning. Hoberton poled his third homer of the year with one on tio start the action for Ratehford. Bodes also collected a hit and Rat-chiord scored lour more runs with tiu* help ol some errors and freeoases. Ilutson-Etherredge was undaunted by a deficit of five* runshowever, and came back in theirhalf to even the score, taking advantage of somebases on balls and Inis oy Timms, hunn and Robertson. Ratehford was unable to get a run across in the top of the sixth although Messlck readied third. H-E came back hard again and had filled the bases to set the stage for Robertson's game -winning clout. Bebbington started pitching for the winners but was allowed only three innings because lie had pitched earlier in thew'c« k. lie was followed by Grace, Marx and Kuhn. Messick started tor the losers and was relievedby Burch.The Box Score:Rubye V. R. 400 060 10—8liutsoii-E 104 051 II—11The league standing al the end of the pasl week’s play was:WRubye V. Ratehford 10 State Bank and T. Co. 5 Hutson-Etherredge 4 Hobby House 3The games this wee’Monday, Hobby House Bank and Ratehford vs. Etiierredge; Wednesday, Hutson-Etherredge vs. State Bank and Ratehford vs. Hobby House; and Friday, games rained out May 15th Hutson-Etherredge vs. HobbyHouse, followed by Ratehford vsState Bank.iiL 1 678willPet.910 .455 .364 .27* bevs. StateHutson -ICLEMSON, May 20 — The Clem-* in the state and was 4-2 in the con-son College Athletic Dept., honor- ferenee. 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 lost only to The Citadel in a turn either in a coaching or ad-1 12-match schedule.visory capacity,riie banquet held at Mic Clem-son House paid tribute to two coaches who are retiring at the endot the school year and to four men Iwho have recently retired afterNow! Highest natural octane in historyIAiken Federal4*}* iason. 1 here. Both men have sons who aretthetiieserving many years on the athleticcouncil.Two coaches who are retiring at ♦.he end of tiie school year are A. W. “Rock Norman- and Hoke Sloan. Council memtiers wdio have recently retired and being recognized are Dr. Lee NV. Milford. J. I H. Mitchell, Sam R. Rhodes andJ. C. Littlejohn. Each honorec waspresented an engraved plaque withFMBankSnlilDoublchcadcrregulars on the team, and Robbyhas already graduated one son to name, title and years of service ton on I Pony League. Charlie Aiken who i the college,Hlh also has a son on the team has1 assisted with the coaching for theppot lBei -i 2t Hie leet s, 1 theurray ndout r thelefen-past two years. He is a native Carolinian and came here from Columbia.Norman is retiring as head traek coach, freshman basketball coach, cross country coach and head of 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 But. 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 forthe losers with 2 for 3 at theplate. *R* HhtP4e-f/«»*gri** rules* tiie Hut*son-Etiierredge squad is made up of five twelve-years old. five eleven years-old and the remaining five eight to ten years olds. The old-timers who are playing their i last season this year are Brad 1 Kuhn. Tommy Olsen. Don Vardell,; Billy Winters and Steve Zelnak.Brad is a regular sorting pitcher and he. Tommy and Billy are a-)U* 9. i mong the top ten of the League’s. ?r for Don also pitches and shares the! catching burden with Steven and Sammy Timms. The II - E infield is usually selected from among Ze*, . . , . In the second game Aiken Fed-48 ot ius years have .^been ; *j-al .buunced back with a thrillingeithei a student or coach of; 5 to 4 victory going 7 innings.Greater for every car on the road ... yet nothe game.Since coming here inincrease in price! Only Greater Amoco-Gai1S*40 he liasPadden lead tin- hitting attackfor Aiken Federal along withguarantees: longer car life ... greater mile-a I no served as freshman football j0hn Maneroff playing a speetacu-coaHi ^ev*r;_ .e has gained |ar fabling job also had a good day! at the plate. Madison Canady was jage per gallon than ever before possible ...withgoodAs u pmost of his fame in traek and hasketball. He served at the old Bai- i^e winning pitcher after coming(in'* in tin* .1 ? 11 nlliku inn onlu lt;iit«* hit I lw*100% power... no lead fouling!is be it theley Military institute in Gi wood, Furman, tiie University ofSouth Carolina, The Citadel and Clem so 11. He won state basketballtitles at Furman, South Carolina; and The Citadel and state traek titles at Bailey, Furman, South Carolina and Clemson.in the 4th allowing only one hit tinremaining game mixing in insj curves very nicely.Brackett was the leading manfor Farmers and Merchants who! seem to have started off slow buthas found himself of late lookingHi II if I 4 I K I It * tw ft iiftllAmoco’b new York town, Virginia refinery plusnew facilities at Amoco’s other refineries makeinhibit* new Greater Amoco-GaalGreater Amoco-Gas is the only premium motorf 111*1 th.lt Cfltl t/l I FI nn li'flit* All r*#hf»ru o ro a •inline
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Aiken Standard and Review
Aiken, South Carolina, US
Mon, May 27, 1957
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