The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 01, 1938, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3

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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. II H 1II -XI 11 MUUL _!U.,1 . II J F Taste Schlitz Today. 'You'll marvel at this miracle of brewing that produces a beer so smooth, so pale, so pleasingly dry. So keyed to the modern taste, with all the richness of true old-time beer character. 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