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Win 5 - 1
By BOMAN ROCHESTER '
Griffin's Tigers strung up their
fourth straight victory Thursday
night, defeating the Alex City Mil
lers 5 to 4 behind the 13 hit pitch
ing of John Ebetino.
Ebetino was helped along in his’
victory with the hitting of Boo
Adcock, Robert Rinker and George
Noga and the fielding of Bob Ad
cock in centerfield.
The victory moved Griffin to
within two and a half games of
getting out of the cellar and put
them within six games of first div
ision baseball.
It was their 13th victory in the
last 18 starts.
Charles Mc.Taggert went the
route for Alex City and yielded
10 hits to the Tigers. Four of the
hits went extra bases, accounting
for the Griffin scoring.
Only one of the 13 Alex City hits
went for extra bases. It was a
double bv Brown in the fifth.
SOGGY MOUND
John Ebetino found pitching from
the soggy mound was a little dif
ficult, and he had a little trouble
getting ... the . . ball the , plate.
across
Then in the ninth inning with only
three outs between him and a vict
ory, he bore down on the Millers.
He set Brown and Roberts down
on strikes and Edwards grounded ;
out to York at first to give Ebetino
the victory.
It was Robert Rinker who put
Griffin ahead in the fourth inning
and J it was Rinker „ who won the
game with his double in the ninth
to put Griffin ahead again, where
they stayed.
Griffin started it off in the first
inning with two runs after Ebetino
pitched himself out of a hole in the
top of the first frame. Gene Pollard
walked and Lewis Sanders doubled.
George Noga singled and Pollard
and Sanders scored for the two
runs.
Alex City tallied one in the sec
ond inning on three singles. They
tied the game In the third inning
on two singles and a couple of
stolen bases.
GRIFFIN AHEAD
Griffin went a run out front in :
the fourth inning. Robert Rinker j
I
lifted a pitch over the scoreboard ! |
that would have been a home run
in any park. It was a high hit bail
and cleared the scoreboard with
plenty of room to spare. It was the
only run in that inning for Griffin. I
The Millers scored two more in I
the fifth inning to go ahead. Three
hits and an error figured in the
scoring.
trailing by one run in the last of
single. Bob Adcock, good at hitting
that three-two pitch, hit a long
triple to left center to score Noga
with the tieing run. York fouled
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out to Edwards at third and Robert
Rinker doubled to left field to sco.-e
Adcock. Laney and McAndrew went
down in order to retire the side.
Ebetino finished the game with
his best pitched inning, setting two
of the Millers’ big guns down on
strikes and taking the third ground
out to York at first.
Tonight the Tigers are slated for
a doubleheader with the Troupers
in LaGrange. Most of the pitching
staff is ready to go since having
plenty of rest. The Tigers return
home for a game with the Browns
of Newnan Saturday night.
GRIFFIN ab h po l»
Pollard, rf 2 0 0 ©
Sanders, if 4 1 1 ©
Noga, ss 4 2 2 to
Adcock, cf 3 3 4 to
York, lb 4 0 7 SOWOPcWWUUWH
Rinkej Laney,' . c 4 3 5
3b 4 0 2
McAndrew, 2b 4 0 4
Ebetin °. P 3 1 2
Tdtals 32 10 27
Alex City ab h po
Wooley ,cf 4 1* 2
Huesman. 2b 3 2 3
Reach, If 5 0 2
Brown, lb 4 2 8 !
Roberts, ss 4 2 1 03
Edwards, 3b 4 0 1 1 !
Hovell, rf 4 4 0 1
Elio, c 0 0. 1 0
Hartman, c 4 0 6 0
McTaggert. p 4 2 0 1
Totals 36 13 24 12
ALEX City Oil 020 000—4
GRIFFIN 200 100 02x—o
R—Roberts. Edwards 2, Hovell,
Pollard, Sanders, Noga. Adcock,
Rinker. E—Reach. Rinker, Ebetino.
ER—Oriffin 5. Alex City 3. RBI —
Wooley, Hovell 2, Noga 2, Adcock,
Rinker 2. 2B — Brown, Sanders,
Rinker. 3B—Adcock. HR—Rinker.
Wooley. SB—Edwards, Hues
man. Brown, Roberts. DP—Ebetino
t,o York. Roberts to Huesman to
Brown 2. LB—Griffin 6. Alex Cny
8. BB—Off Ebetino 5, off McTag
gert 3. SO—By Ebetino 4, by Mc
Taggert 7. WP—Ebetino. LP-Mc
Taggert. UMPS—Owen. King. Time
— 2 : 10 .
BIGHORN RARITY SHOWN
SAN DIEGO — lift — The first
Nelson bighorn ram to be born in
captivity has been put on exhibit
at the San Diego uo Zoo ..i
cials raid the extreme \ rare Nel
son bighorn sheep were brought to
the zoo here in 1 7 'ey t'e U. S.
Fish and Wi'dlife service. The
parents rave been named Elmer
and Irma, but as yet no name has
been given the youngster.
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Dundee To
Play Here
Saturday
Ray Murphy’s Dundee baseball
team will play the Covington nine
at the East Griffin baseball park
Saturday afternoon.
The game will start at 3 o’clocx
with Cooper slated for mound dut
ies and manager Murphy behind
Plate.
Paul Westmoreland and Harvey
Mathis of the Griffin American
Legion team will patrol the outfield
for Dundee. These two were stand
out. for the Legion .during their
season here.
Faith RA Defeats
Thomaston 3-2
Faith RA defeated Thomaston
Mill 3 to 2 in the only game play,
ed in Ihe Junior Baseball league
Thur day morning.
McGee and Smith were the bat
teries for Faith RA. McGee help
ed his cause with a two base knock
Stewart, pitching lor Thomas
ton. whiffed 14 but sail lost. Bunn
received. Dunn hit a double for
their only extra base knock.
Highland at Kinctid was post
poned because of th.» Scouts being
away at camp.
Cod OP
Before PHimre
' Griffin Daily News-V M.
C. A; Wa’er Safety Rules
If. you are ’overheated from
strenuous exercise, cool off be
fore you plunge into cold water.
A rash plunge cm b -lug dan
gerous cramps or a heart at
tack while you are in deep
iv-ter. Do it easy—and cool
off.
The American Museum of Natural
History. New York, houses the lar
gest study collection of birds in the
world, numbering 750,000 specimens.
Deer are an important item in the
wolf's diet.
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Boone Is Developing
Into Good
By HUGH FULLERTON, JR.
NEW YORK—(JP)—It isn’t sur
prising to hear BILL McKENCH
NIE come out with optimistic words
about the Cleveland Indians, espec
i tally since they’ve climbed to sec- l
I ond P lace ’ • • never *** on?
1fcnoc * * club be worked for .
| W ” e hlttmg be ter now a " d we ‘ e !
-ally coming along, McKechnie
says ’ and he really «*m* lo mean
lf ’ ’ ’ L01 ,,0, DKKAl ' is really
hltting now and DOBY has brou « ht j
his averaKe lot Lou ls Pay- !
u » a '
lnR a lot slnce KEN KELTNKB was
I burt - « nd RAY BOONE is going to
be a good shortstop. He’s over his
1 nervousness now . . . It was our
pitching that was carrying us for
j a while, but we’re hitting now.” . .
After that explanafion. Bill took off
to hit to the inflelders with the
further comment : "It's up to us old
folks to make these youngsters
b- •> "—and, brother, he does.
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need help in a hurry later in the
season. They shifted pitchtr WIN
DY McCALL to Louisville and per
suaded Seattle to delivery SAM
MY WHITE, the *75.000 Rookie
catcher, ahead of schedule so he
could go to the same club . .
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THICK EVANS won the Western
0pen 0ol{ championsh)p ln 1910
and hasn't missed one since, though
h# „ ever repeated Chlck
It was a tougher tournament than
U. S. Open or amateur in those
days
CLEANING THE CUFF
AL WEH.L, the garden match
maker. plans to "use'’ JOE LOUIS
more in I. B. C. New York pro
motions than he was used in Det-
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
—TENNIS—
CHICAGO—PANCHO GONZAL
ES and FRANK PARKER, first and
second-seeded, advanced to semi
finaIs in National Clay Courts
Tournament.
GST A A Switzerland—Caech stars
JAKOBLAV DROBNY and VLADI
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roit and Chicago. In other word*,
Joe won’t be "director ol boxing"
on a golf course . . . . The P. O. A.
lured by a *1.000 guarantee and a
very pleasant spot for golfers, will
hold its next winter meeting at
Southern Pines. N. C. . . . . The
Cincinnati Reds publicity dept, has
dug the fact that almost the en
tire 1883 team barely escaped death
or serious injury in an elevator ac
cident. All but one player was on
the elevator that rn" v '"d
| (Reds’ be that was a precedent for the
annual piu.ice i-> ! #• *
15. 1949. GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
MIR CERN1K were ordered by their
government to cease playing m
InlernaUon “ 1 Tournment :n
which two Germans and a Spanl
ard are entered.
—GENERAL—
j PIT8BUROH—FRED HAAS. JR„
of : New Orleans, scored a 66 to
' eBd field in first round of the *16,-
500 tapper Dan Open Oolf Tourney.
NEW YORK — GIHERT JOHN-
SON - Southern Methodist ace pass
"■ *K reed 10 term * wlth th * N >' w
York Yankee, of the AU-Amer
I tea’ Football Conrerenct.
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