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Ji. Win Twin Bill From Hornets
Adcock’s Single
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By RAYMOND SHRINK
CARROLLTON — There was ple
enty of action for the Griffin Tig
ers here Wednesday night when
they defeated the Carrollton Hor
nets 20 to 6 in the curtain raiser
of a double header and then came
back to win the nightcap 2 to 1
on Bob Adcock's base loaded sin
gle
While the Tigers were winning
there were two moundsmen pitch
ing a whole game for the Tigers,
Hubert Brown went the route in
the first game a'ud George Tomaslc
. went the route in the second. Both
pitchers pitched creditable games
in winning although Tomasic need
ed the hit of Bob Adcock to give
him his decision over the Hornets
w ho just the night before had bea
ten the league leading Tallassee
Cardinals.
The first of the two games was
a wild scoring affair on the part
of the Tigers. Every Tiger who pla
yed in the 2ame got at least one
hit. AH but three had some RBI’s
to their credit.
Griffin had a big second inning
in which they pushed 11 runs across
the plate on six hits. Fifteen bat
ter. faced the Carrollton pitcher
» thU frame and 12 reached ba.se.
In this inning Manager Buck Et
chison hit his first home run of
the season.
In the third inning Griffin push
ed twe more runs through.
Robert Rinker hit his second home
run of the season, sending one mate
scampering home ahead of him.
Five more runs were added in the
fourth inning. Willie Chechile. the
t first man up hit a home run, his
first of the young season. It was
an inside the park homer. William
Wassel] singled and Angelo Battis
telli sacrificed him to second. Pit
cher Hubert Brown sent Wassel to
1 third with his single any Lewis
Sanders scored both runners with
his triple. George Noga poled out
a double, scoring Sanders, and then
Robert Rinker hit a double to score
Noga.
Griffin scored two additional runs
to the seventh inning to end the
wild affair.
The second game of the twin bill
wa* entirely ... a pitcher’s .. ,__. duel. . . Geor- _
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ge Tomaslc yielded five hits and
Kurds of Carrollton gave up two In
the seven Inning game.
Carrollton scored one run in the
first Inning of the nightcap on two
of their five hitk. A single, by right
fielder Clchon and a double . by
manager Bill Seal gave them their
lone tally.
Griffin's centerfielder Bob Ad
cock pulled the game out of the fire
in the third inning when he sing
led with the bases loaded to drive
in the tieing and winning runs. Un
til that time Griffin had hit only
once and Adcock’s single was their
last. After that Inning Kurds set
them down on strikes and with little
aid from his infielders,
The Tigers have now won six
games on the road and lost only
one. But here at the home pn-k
the won lost record is Just rever
sed They have won two doublehea
ders and will be out for another
knight,
Tonight the Tigers journey to
Tallassee for a doubleheader with
the highflying Cardinals who have
* 081 ' v 0 straight games. They de
fkated Griffin in their only other
; game.
Carios : is scheduled to pit
the first seven inning affair
and Hanlc Lane tbF nightcap. Both
pttcrere are southpaws.
First Oame
KS» Sand^™ f X! ? 4 \ ?
5 (KM
Etchison. lb 4 - HMCinn - 0
Rinker. c 3 A 0
Adcock, cf 4 U 0
Chechlle, If 5 0
Wassel. rf 4 a 0
Battlstelli st 3 1 H- 2
Brown, p 3 1 o 2
Totals 35 15 21 8
CARROLLTON ab h po a
i Berman, 2b 3 2 0 3
Thompson, cf 4 10 0
Chlchon. rf 3 0 0 0
Seal. 3b 4 3 2 0
Hudson, lb 1 1]0 0
Rucker. If — - - 4- - 2—10
Jefts. *' '4 2 6 0
e
Green, as 3 113
Little, p 0 0 0 0
Meeks, p 4 0 0 3
Totals 32 12 21 9
j .GRIFFIN 0 U 2 500 2—20
CART.TON 0 0 2 011 2— 8
R—Sanders 2, Noga, Etchison 2,
Rinker 4, Adcock 3. Chechile 2,
Wassel 3. Battistelli, Brown2. Ber
. man2^Chichon, 8eal, Hudson. Ru
c ker. E—Etchison, Rinker, Wassel.
Berman 2, Thompson, Hudson,
Jetts. 2b—Green, Wassel, Adcock,
Rinker, Noga. 3b—Sanders. HR—
Etchison, Rinker, Chechlle, Rucker.
RBI—Noga 4, Etchison 3, Rinker 3,
Adcock 2, Chechlle 3. Wassel 3,
Battlstelli 2, Chlchon, Seal 2, Ruc
ker 3. SH—Battlstelli. SB—Rinker.
DP—Noga to Sanders to Etchison.
LB—Griffin 3, Carrollton 8. BB
off Brown 4 In 7, off Little 8 In 1,
off Meeks 2 In 6. SO—By Brown 6
in 7, by Little 1 in 1, by Meeks 5
in 6. WP—Brown. LP—Little. Umps
—Gunnells, Cain. Time—2:20 .
Second Game
GRIFFIN ab h po a
Ssinders. 2b 0 0 5 1
Noga. 3b 3 0 14
Etchison. lb 2 0 8 0
Rinker. c 2 12 1
Adcock, cf 2 12 0
Chechlle, If 3 0 10
Wassel, rf 3 0 0 0
Battlstelli, as 3 0 14
Tomaslc, p 2 0 0 2
Totals 30 3 31 13
CARROLLTON ab h po s
Berman, 2b 3 2 2 1
Fullington, If * 0 ’ «
Chlchon, rf 3 10 0
Seal, St; 3 1 U 3
Rucker, cf 3 0 0 0
Conheeney, 3b 2 10 1
Shirley, lb 3 0 8 0
Freeman, e 2 0 10 0
Kurds, p 3 0 0 1
Totals 26 5 21 6
GRIFFIN 002 000 0—2
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g er . 8H—Etchison. Sanders. HB
j ilton Freeman. 9 BB LB—Griffin off Tomasic 7. Carrol- 3 in 7,
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Lcgaster
To Play
For Tigers
Hartford Green, ousiness mana
ger of the Griffin Tiger Baseball
Club, announced today that he has
signed Joe I ' inflelder
egaster. an
from Brunswick, N. J.
Legaster is 18 years old, stands
six feet tail and weighs 175 pounds
‘He bat* and ihrows righthanded.
He already has made two ap
pearances in the Tiger uniform,
getting one hit and scoring one ruh
| in two trips to the plate. .
§palding Loses
To
W. Fulton
Spalding High School lost the
semi-final game of Braoket I in
the state elimination baseball tour
nament to West Fulton Wednes
day afternoon at West Fulton 11 to
8 V
Most of the game was played in
the rain which made it hard on
both teams.
Donald Boggs pitched the first
three innings for Spalding and gave
up nine hits. Ralph Autrty re
vived him in the fourth with no
one out ani finished the game giv
ing up the remainder rf hits. Boggs
struck out 2 and walked three
while Autrey talked one and did
not strike out anyone. The Spald
i ing nine made two
errors.
Adolphus Bailey hit a grand
slam , 3o ° „ fo0 ' . home . ta thf .. top .
° f " V " Wh ** s «* ,di “*
* d ° {t at ' e ' ,rd and ^ rally died
■
; down. Red Trenton hit a triple
| and Kenneth Newbern got three
hits fow !r * s ' ° ne hit a
Saturday night they will travel
to Manchester for *(«my
W.Fultl - 105 320 x—11
Griffin High School’s nine was
i rune . at Dundee Dundee Park Park ir *r East East Qrif‘
flit at 4 o clock today.
\ Wrestling
Features
Women
The Kiwanis Key Club will pre
sent its weekly wrestling card at
the Griffin High School Gymna
sium Saturday night with the first
match getting under way at 8:36.
The feature attraction of
night will be the match between
two women wrestlers.
Violet Viar.r. of Kants* City, Me,
will be pitted against Celia Blevins
of Tulsa, Okla
Violet Viann is th* number one
challenger for the world's cham
pionship title held et the present
time by Mildred Rurke. Celia Ble
vins is near the top in women
wrestling circles and probably will
shoot the wo-ks in trying for a win
Violet Viann. ;
over
This will be th* first time that
women wrestlers have appeared in
the local ring and the largest crowd
of the tojjwU Season is expected to be on
hand uss the matches.
Miss Blevin is an Indian girl and
will have a little weight advantsif
and a couoie or more year* of ring
experience than her younger op
ponent.’ Miss Blevins will enter the
ring at 131 and Vio.et Viann »t
137.
Both are brunettes who c*n toss
their opponents sround in the ring.
Mias Viann has been wrestling for
four years and is only 21 years of
age. yet she is the most logical con
tender for the world’s wrestling
title.
Tommy Ward, the junior heavy
weight champion of th* South, will
take on one nf the roughest wrest
lers to appear here ir some time
when he meets Jack Blackstock Of
Jacksonville, Fla,
Bob Shipp of Dallas takes on
Red Dugan of Marietta in the op
ening maten of th* night.
There will be no advance in
prices for th>* top notch wrestling
card
Michigan State’s three varsitv
football coaches all are graduates
of other schools—Clarence Munn
from Minnestota, Forest Bvashe
vski from Michigan and pugh
Daugherty from Syracuse.
Dr. John S. Arnold
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GEORGIA ALABAMA LEAGUE
Team W L Pet.
- Tallassee 10 3 .788
Newnan 8 8 .800
Opelika 7 8 AW
GRIFFIN 7 7 .500
LaGrange • I .500
Alex City A 5 7 *17
Valley I • 357
Carrollton 5 10 .333
Games Tonight
Volley at Alexander City
GRIFFIN at Tallassee
Newnan at Opelika
Carrollton at LaGrange
Results Wednesday
Newnan 8, Valley 8
LaGrange GRIFFIN 8, Tallassee 1
30-2, Carrollton 6-1
Alexander City 8, Opelika 6
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
Team W L Pet.
Atlanta 13 7 .650
New Orleans 16 9 .640
Birmingham 12 8 .571
Mobile 11 10 .524
. Little Rock 11 12 .478
Nashville 8 10 .474
Chattanooga 8 12 .400
Memphis 8 17 .261
Game* Today
Memphis at Chattanooga
Birmingham at Mobile
Little Rock at Nashville
j I Atlanta gt New Orleans
Resalts Wednesday
i Atlanta 7, New Orleans 2
I Mobile 5. Birmingham 0
I Nashville 3, LitUe Rock 2
j Memphis 7. Chattanooga $
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As
Ehainp In Jr. League
Hl ^ w * nd defealed ° rrs 8 ,0 7
-
7 to 3 and East Griffin^Wpped Rt^
Baseball^game “f * Vd”^ Wednesday Lea8ue after
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1116 Wedne!,day brou 8 ht
10 a close the baseball program of
the city and county Recreation De
partment for the city and county
grammar schools.
Tommy Stephens, Marvin Gun
ter, Charles Hopper, Jim Cavau
and George Patrick have served on
the umpire staff of A1 Bishop dur
ing the eight weeks that the lea
gue has been in force.
Al Blsho P sald that he would
‘ llke t0 h,v * anot her baseball pro
* T “ m for b ° >6 of tbe grammar scl1 -
age that * ould extend mto
the summer months. The program
vould htve l0 begin >fter th „
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Team W L
New York 18 8
Cleveland 10 7
Detroit 11 8
Washington 13 11
Chicago 11 11
Philadelphia 11 13
Boston 8 11
St. Louie 5 17
Game* Today
Boston at Chlcaeo
Philadelphia at St. Louis < night >
Washington at Detroit
(Only Oamesi
Results Wednesday
Washington 11, Detroit 1
Chicago 12, Boston 8
St. Louis 5. Philadelphia 4
Cleveland 3, New York 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Team W L auiu«caa'p M-wSSMtOf*
New York 13 8
Boston 13 8
Brooklyn 11 10
Cincinatti 10 10
Philadelphia 10 12 l
Pittsburgh 10 12 **ia
St. Louis 8 11
Chicago 8 11
Games Today
St. Louis at Boston
Pittsburgh at Brooklyn
Cincinatti at New York
Chicago at Philadelphia
Results Wednesday
Cincinatti 4, New' York 2
Pittsburgh 5, Brooklyn 3
Boston 7. St. Louis 0
Chicago 4. Philadelphia 2
* cho01 ltl ' m ends
poK^f hushed' on the ^p'of "the
Junior League Standings with an
aimo.it perfect record. They just
eased out Highland in the race.
Some of the games that were rained
out were never replaved and M
iSome teams have no , plaved as
many games ^ others
Sacred Heart went through the
season without winning a game al
though they played somi . ,e ones.
They test their last game through
forfeit"
In the first division only one
city team could gain a berth. Four
th Ward was tied for fourth'with
East Oriffln. The oounty teams m
»ost cases proved to be much str
onger than the teams in the city,
Fins) Standings
Team W L Pet
Thursday. May 12. 1949
Tigers Whip Hornets
20 -G In First Game
Take Second Tilt 2-1
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Griffin walloped Carrollton 30 to
8 In the flret game of a double
header Wednesday night— and the
Tiger* had eneugh eteam left to j
take the second game 3 to 1.
Pour home runs were hit in the
first seven-inning g»me of the
Georgia-Alsoama League twin, bill,
but hits were at t premium in the
finale.
Etchison. Chechlle, and Rinker
hlt ,our bagger* Jot Grtfln In the
curtain raiser. Rucker of Carroll
I ton banged out a two run homer in
the seventh.
i The Tigers’ biggest inning came
in the second inning of the first
contest, when they chRsed 11 run*
over the plate Both teams were
errorless in the seven-inning nlght
es p.
The LaGrange Troupers knock
ed over league-leading Tallassee
for the second night In a row. The
score was 8 in 1, and makes onlv
the third time that the Cardinals
have iost this season.
I AH the wring came In the last
two Innings. LaGrange getting
; three markers each in the eighth
and the ninth The Cards got their
lone tally In the eighth. Three er
rors did the Cardinals no good. The
Troupers had a perfect; night afield.
Bill Brown of Alexander City
Kincaid 7 1 .875
Highland 5 1 .834
Orrs 6 2 750
East Griffin 4 3 .572
Fourth Ward 4 3 .572
Rlishton 3 4 428
West Griffin 3 4 .429
North Side 3 4 429
Third Ward 1 6 .143
Sacred Heart 0 8 .000
Wilfred 'Lefty) Lefebvre, Brown
baseban c0lch formerly yeas a
pitcher for the Boston Red Sox.
' Jack Mackmull, Army pitcher, is
i the extra-point kicking specialist
! 1oT the Cadet football team in the
' fall
a bright pink rattle is perched
atop a blue powder can so
baby will have sound effects with
his powdering.
GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
made seven consecutive bUe aa ha
paced the Mi lien to an 8 to 8 de
clalon over the Opelika Owls,
Brown la bedeved to have sat. a
league record for hitting In any
one game. The Millers scored si*
run* in a fat third Inning- The
struggle turned out to be a pitching
duel, with the Millers getting seven
of the Owls’ five. Four Alexander
City errors didn’t hurt the Millers.
Fulton at Newnan hit a four-bag
ger as thc Browns edged the Valley
Rebels, 9 to 8 Valley started out
in a big, big way—scoring five tal
lies in the f'rst inning—but ooold
n’t keep it up
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