The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 01, 1938, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3
Lynch Leads Camden
League in'Hitting
Lyuch, hard hitting lullelder of the
Merchants team, loads the olty
league in batting with an average of
600. Stuart Clarkson of the Wolvea,
1h ruuuer-up with an eveu 500, but
Iihm not played In but a few games.
Goodale of the Guards, and Maya
ot the Esso Oilers, are hitting at a
423 clip, while W. F. Nettles and Clyburn
of the Merchant's team, have
chalked up 409 and 408 respectively.
\V. Jackson of the Esso team has hit
Ht a 416 Clip, while McLeod of the
Guards, Is an even 400.
In team batting the Merchant's are
far ahead of the rest of the teams,
the official rating not being announced
until at the close of the first half
next week.
Team leaders In hitting aro Lynch
of the Merchants with 600, Halle of
the Wolves with 300; Mcl^eod of the
Guards with 400, Mays of the Essos
with 423, while on the Slnclairs Gregory,
Plyler and E. Bheheen, ull hit at
a 333 clip to lead their mates. Hicks
leads the Kendall Mills team with
292.
The averages are compiled from the
score book recordings by the Bureau
of Recreation up to and Including tho
game of June 23, are as follows:
Merchants?J. Haynes 275, W. F.
Nettles 409, T. Barnes 240, Mosoley
250, Williams 192, Sheorn 363, McDowell
250, Clyburn 408, Bryant 367,
Salmond 111, W. Hammond 366,
Lynch 600.
Wolves?Rliame 227, Kirkland .70,
Halle 300, Z. Clarkeon 154, B. iiruce
238, J. Netles 273. B. Nettles 229, Hay
100, Halsall 200, Staley 286, S. Clarkaon
500.
Guards?C. Russell 304, P. Sanders
100, McLeod 400, Rowell 108, L. Prlco
193, B. Price 055, Watts 200, Stein
.066, Goodale 423, A. Sanders 333,
West 266, Jenkins .056, Bradley 333,
A. Robinson 333.
Essos?Hasty .087, Mays 423, C.
Jackson 322. H. Jackson 867, Thomas
125, R. Shirley 296, W. Jackson 416,
B. Shirley 111, Simpson 333, Johnson
188, Rose 333, Golf 179, P. Shirley
200, Hough 333, Caulder 333.
Slnclairs?Babln 211, JBell 269, Derrick
167, Gaskin 250, Hendricks 100,
Gregory 333, Lightfoot 218, Nolan 261,
Plyler 333, B. Russell 222, E. Sheheen
333, Sowell 218.
Kendall Mills?Robinson 133. A.
Reeves 154, M. Threatt 105, H. Shirley
333, W. Reeves 208, Twitty 188,
H. Threatt 158, Baker 200, Taylor 250,
E. Reeves 148, Hicks 292.
Robinson Stars In
Kershaw Guard Win
In a game featured by some sensational
defensive play by Arthur Robinson*
one-armed sensation of the
military squad, the Kershaw Guards
spanked the 1937 Champion Esso pastim<#s
8 to 2 In a Twilight Softball
league game last Thursday afternoon
before a crowd of 600 excited fans.
Robinson, playing short field for
the Guards staged a number of sensational
one-handed stabs of hard
driven fly balls and contributed to the
offensive work of the Guards by his
timely hitting and his speed on the
paths.
The Guards had a free for all in the
fifth inning of the game when some
lusty clouting by Goodale, Price, Russell
and Robinson, mixed with two
walks and an error gave them six
runs.
The score: R H E
Guards ? ? *
Essos * ^ ?
Batteries: Sanders, Sanders and
Russell; Hasty and Shirley.
MERCHANT8 DROP GAME TO
8INCLAIR8 BY CLOSE 8CORB
The Slnclairs, top-notchers in the
municipal softball loop squeezed out
a 4 to 3 victory over a brilliant Merchant
team Friday evening.
Haynes had an edge on Russell in
a sweet hurling duel, but the Oilers
bracketed three blows in the fourth,
which mixed with errors by Haynes
and Moseley, put three counters over
the plate. This, with a run scored in
the second on two hits, gave them
enough margin to score a
Haynes yielded but five hits while
Russell was touched for seven.
Bofiehead coaching on the part of
the Merchants board of strategy robbed
them of a victory?the retail laddies
running the paths like a bu^ch
of gazelles. The Merchants grabbed
three hits in the third but were a&le
to push two runners home. In the
fourth they connected for three more
blows but only one run counted. Russell
was effective in the pinches attd
in the fifth In particular, when with
a Merchant on third base and on^
one down, he caused Lynch and Nettles.
the slugging aces of the Merchants
to ground out weakly.
The score * 1
Sinclairs * J* ?
Merchants .
Batteries: Russell and Plyler,
Haynes and 8almond.
WOLVES DEFEAT KENDALL
MILLS IN THRILLING BOUT
Those resplendent Wolves, looking
like a world champion Arabian patrol
in their gay raiment took the measure
of a scrappy Kendall Mills team
8 tp 4 in t municipal softball league
gams Monday evening. ,
temporary explosion on the part
.
of the Kendall defense lu the fifth
frame, lu which two hits were mixed
with three errors nave the Wolves
four runs and a lead that the Millers
could uot overcome.
Wilbur Reeves was 011 the mound
for the Millers and did some effective
work, allowing but four hltB Six
glaring boots back of him figured lu
the final payoff.
E. Clarkson Khaine. chief polen
?.1 li-j ^ JL- <. HL~1?-i-.i- .1 -if'i. '
Ut? of the Arabian troupe, did the
hurling for his mates and was nicked
for flve blows. He, however, was effective
in tlio pinches and permitted
but two hits to be bunched, that coming
lu the second when a walk, two
blows and an error gpve the Millers
two runs and tied up the hall game.
Outside of the fifth frame when the
Millers staged their aviation number,
the game was air tight and productCi
>
1 v*? of a lot of enthusiasm in the
ranks of the fans. '
The game pulled the Miller* down
to a tie for second place with the
JOsao oilers and put the Wolves in a
tie for top honors In the second division
with the Merchants group.
The score ?l It 10
Wolves .. . . 8 4 3
Kendalls 4 & t>
Batteries: Khaine and Nettles;
Heeves and Hmtos.
Kendall Mills Defeats Guards
Wilbur Reeves, the college brand
hurler of the Kendall Mills team hurled
live hit ball to deftyit the Guards,
4 to 1. in a well played game in the
municipal league Tuesday. The
Guards. playing their rurowoll game
In the Softball spotlight for 1938, put
up a staunch defense but could not
Atom the oiiHlaiiKht or the Mlllor aticKera.
Seven lusty clout* clattered from
the slants of Alvlu Sanders, marina
ace. The Millers gathered a counter
In the third, two lu the ttfth and one
in the seventh, while the lone marker
uf the Guard* came In the flfth.
The score R H R
Mlllera 4 7
Guarda ..1 5 2
Liatterlea: Heevea and Reeves; Bandura
and Huasell.
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